The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-12

of elevators and mills; n i've year
moratorium for the farmers debts.
(d) The party endorses and sup
ports only such candidates rs accept
both the Class control of the party
and the party program.
(2) If this program is not ac-
cepted by the majority of the con-
vention We may yield on point (cJ
relating to the party program, we
do mot, however, yield rs to the
class composition Of the party
fully conscious of the fact that a
party controlled by labor and ex-
plotted farmers may in time become
revolutionary even if it is moderate
at its inception, while a party con-
trolled by bourgeois elements must
necessarily become reactionary even
if it starts with a liberal program.
(3) In the extremely unlikely
eventuality that the convention is
swamped by bourgeois elements and
the majority does not agree to the
formation of party on the above
specified basis, we secede from the
convention with as many labor and
farmer delegates as agree to a class
party and form such a party indie
pendently. The party to nominate
its presidential candidate and candi-
dates for the Legislative chambers.
c. After the June II Convention
Whether class labor-farmer
party energies from the majority or
the minority of the June n conven-
ton, we aid in consolidating the
new party, in carrying on its cam
paigns, in organizing its publica-
tions, al the time, however, empha-
sizing the difference between Com
munism and the new party. The
attitude Of the Workers Party to-
wards other political groups will
then be as follows:
Q) The Workers Party endorses
and supports the candidates of the
new labor-farmer party while con-
Quoting the election campaign in a
strict Communist spirit.
~ The Workers Party urges the
new party to send a committee to
the July 4 Conference for Progress
sive Political Action in order to
negotiate with it as to joining the
labor-farmer party.
(3) The Workers Party urges the
new party that in case the negotia-
tions fail it should try to attract as
many labor clements from the July
4 conference as will be ready to Join
class party.
"a The Workers Party stands for
relentless criticism Of the third
party to be born at the July 4 con-
ference, under whatever name and
with whatever progressive program
it may appear, the basis of criticism
being that the third party is bour-
geois in its composition, since it has
refused to accept the control of
workers and farmers organiza-
tons.
(5) In local elections we strive
towards united front on the broad
est possible basis, not overstepping,
however, the class lines OF workers
and exploited farmers. We strive
to unite all labor elements on
labor program; we support candi-
dates nominated by labor organiza-
tons; we make it clear to our
Workers Party members that in
supporting such candidates we help
to unite labor and to split it away
from the bourgeois parties; we lay
particular stress on the idea of bona
tide labor representatives being I'M
likely to betray the cause of the
workers while bourgeois parties and
their labor supporters are destined
to harm the cause of labor. We thus
appear in the eyes of our own mem
bership and in the eyes of the
masses as the foremost fighters for
the cause of labor.
(6) By no means do we form
election alliances with the third
party. The reasons for such a policy
may be thus summarized:
(a) An alliance would o" prac-
cally futile since the Workers