The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-11
BRITISH LABOR
GOVERNMENT is
FALSE TO TRUST
Communist Congress
Flags Traitors

Congress of the British Communist
Party was held in Manchester on Sat
urday May II, with seventy-three
delegates representing 30 locals in at
tendance. The work Of the congress
was facilitated by the appointment Of
commissions to bring in reports on
questions that had aroused discussion
in the party.
Comrade William GALLAGHER, the
chairman, in his opening speech
sounded the keynote of the conven-
tion by bitter arraignment of the
traitorous policy of the labor party
government toward the workers. The
Labor Party, he declared, threw over
all its original pretensions. Pacifists
before they took office, the cabinet Of
ficials now even Guido the Tories
in their militarism. I'VE have moth
ing to do with, or support to give
to capitalists armies and navies," said
the speaker.
The Disrupters.
Declaring that the Labor Party was
threatened with disruption by the
class-collaboration policy Of Mac
Donald, GALLAGHER said that the Com
munists were not against the Labor
Party but against the treacherous po-
Icy of its leaders and if that party
is saved the Communists will have
to be the saviours.
Marcel Cachin brought greetings
from the French Communist party
which has a membership of 10000
adult workers with 10000 in the young
movement and daily paper having
circulation Of 100000.
Comrade Cachin told of the growth
OF Communist sentiment in the army
thru the youth organization, for which
many members of the party are in
prison. The party candidates in the
recent French elections were not par
ty officials, he said but were drawn
from the workshops, carrying into
parliament their proletarian anger
and revolutionary energy. "In Paris
and suburbs our vote was 100000. In
some districts we beat all other par
ties"
Bargained Principles.
He predicted that the Socialists of
France would participate in the COM
ing government after they bargain
ed for while. The masses would
be disillusioned with the Left Bloc
who howl for peace but there cannot
be any peace under capitalism. Dying
capitalism is whitening in France, and
1t depends for another lease of life as
in England on those who use working
class phrases and who pretend to
represent the interests of the workers.
Fraternal greetings were brought
to the Congress by delegates from the
Communist Party of Germany and the
Communist International.
The latter pointed out that the so
called Labor government is the most
impotent issue in this country. There
were Socialist ministers before. In
1904 Millerand was a minister in a
capitalist government as the labor
parties had not then been sufficiently
corrupted.
Kings Lackeys.
Elm the Labor government" he con-
tinued, "you have Socialist ministers
of His Majesty the King, ministers
who brag about the glory of the EN-
pire and ministers who preach con-
fidence between capital and labor"
He said the Labor government was
trying to turn the workers victory in
to a terrible defeat
Comrade T. Bell, introducing the
resolutions on the Labor government,
declared 1t was the most important is
sue before the congress. The Labor
government on assuming Office could
not be indifferentiated from a Liberal
government. They had betrayed the
workers of India, one member of the
cabinet going so far as to defend the
prosecution of Comrade Roy on the.
ground that he was winning the In
dian masses away from His Majesty
the King.
A resolution demanding afiiliation
of the Communist Party to the Labor
Party was passed with few dissen-
tients.
Comrade A. Inkpin was elected
General Secretary of the party with
AZ votes against 81 for Comrade ]. r.
Wilson.