The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-02

against Ine lower mlQQle class poll
ticians for the souls Of the workers
and poor farmers in this mass which
is not exactly definable. They there
fore throw themselves into this mass
and recruit their forces. They at
tempt to crystalline the workers
class party tendency, before il u
drowned even if only temporarily, In
Third Party. The founding of the
Federated Farmer-Labor party Is the
immediate result Of this effort. This
Party is only the beginning Of this
process Of capitalization. The Fed
Grated Farmer-Labor Party does not
solve the problem. 1t only creates a
more advantageous basis Of opera
ton for the solution It has put the
whole left wing of the class party
movement among the workers and
poor farmers under the influence and
leadership Of the Communists and 4
has thus multiplied its force in the
campaign for class party.
This also determines the role Of the
Federated Farmer-Labor Party. We
cannot remain standing with it. In
the Federated Farmer-Labor Party
and thru it we increased our basis Of
operation by great deal. New at
tempts must be made 10 crystalline
into organization the class party ten
denotes among the workers and poor
farmers. Not abstractly on tAs
ground OF theories and empty reso-
lutions, but on the ground of real
and true political group organization
for the coming elections.
The St Paul Conference
Thus we come to the Conference
in st. Paul on May 80. For our pur-
poses it is unnecessary TO speculate
as to whether the Conference really
takes place. There may be another
Conference, or even a series Of sim
liar conferences.
AS the two tendencies described
are not exactly marked off and sepa-
rated, both tendencies will find ex-
preston at every such conference.
And the struggle at any such confer
ence will take place between the
Communists and the lower middle
class politicians, the Communists g
the conscious fighters for the work
ing class party on one side, and ths
lower middle class politicians az the
eiearest representative Of the Third
Party on the other side, and the
workers and poor farmers represent
ed at the Conference form the object
Of the struggle. The Communists
want a clear separation Of workers
and poor farmers from the Third
. Party, and in this way from the
political leadership of the lower
middle class. The lower middle class
politicians in turn want a separation
OF workers from the Communists.
The Communists are the only ones
who exert themselves seriously 30
withdraw the working class from the
political influence Of all strata of the
capitalist class and with time 10
make it impossible for the capitalist
class to utilize the political power Of
the working class for its own pur-
poses.
II we should be victorious in iris
fight at the Conference. because We
succeed in consolidating the workers
and poor farmers represented into 4
political united front on a class basis
with a realistic class program. our
problem is solved. But if the labor
ing masses and poor farmers theEp
represented are still SO much DOM
mated by capitalist theology that
their indefinite longing for q class
party is satisfied in the Third PARTY.
If they therefore accept the political
leadership Of the lower middle class
even if temporarily, what should No
do In that case? Here begins our
problem.
In leading article Of the s'voIis-
zeitung" Of January II we find that
the writer of the article. Comrade
Lore, without doubt, Is not OPP
posed to having the lower middle
class farmers and the city popula-
ton made sympathetic thru the prop
uganda Of the Communist movement
But that does not mean that We
should enter together with them into
party organization, there to lose
our identity. Comrade Lore, we do
not discuss in order to force thru
our views under all circumstances,
but to draw out the best for our