The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-06-13

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and the Communists.
ATTACK ACTS AS
Very likely LaFollette and the
leaders of the c. P. P. A. who IN
questionably inspired his statement
thought that they were doing an IN
Jury to. the Communists IN making
this public attack upon them and up
on the June 18th Convention because
of their participation. Actually the
reverse is true. IaFOllette and the
leaders of the CPPA did the Com
mUnists a great service by their pub
lie attack.
NO ILLUSIONS IN REGARD
TO LA TOILETTE
The Communists, as represented by
the Workers Party never had any IL
lusions In regard to Lat'ollette,s can
didacy. They knew that Lat'ollette
would not represent the workers and
exploited farmers of this country. In
my pamphlet "The Farmer Labor
United Front" l wrote, 1--WE know
that so far as the revolutionary
movement is concerned that its VIC
tory will be over the dead body (po-
litically of LaFollette"
On the ether hand, the Workers
Party said publicly that If the work
ers and farmers who still had lllu-
siOns in regard to what La Toilette
stood for, and nominated him at the
June 18th Convention, the Workers
Party would not therefore split away
from that convention. 1t would re-
main part of the Farmer-Labor Unit
ed Front, knowing that at some stage
of development LaFOllette's actions
and policies would of themselves Gre
ate the split between the workers and
exploited farmers and him.
SPLIT EARLIER
THAN EXPECTED
What has actually happened is that
La Toilette thru his attack on the
June 18th Convention has created this
split earlier than it was expected. If
the Workers Party had made a head
on attack against LaFOllette last No
vember when the June 18th Conven-
ton was first arranged or in March
when the final arrangements were
made it would have alienated from
itself the masses of workers anC
farmers in the northwest particular
ly who believed that LaFOllette
should be the leader of the Farmer
Labor movement. Such a fight made
at that time would have forced the
farmers and workers closer to La
Toilette and delayed the time wheT
they would separate themselves from
him.
WORKERS PARTY
FOLLOWS SET POLICY
By following the policy of crit
cism, stating to the workers anC
farmers that LaFollette should no
be the leader cf the movement tina
LaFollette stood for other interest
than those of the exploited farmer
and workers, but at the same timt
making it its purpose to accept hi
nomination and continue the fight i
the majority of workers and farmer
demanded that policy, the Worker
Party gained the confidence of thos
who are supporting the Farmer-La
Dor movement by emphasizing tn
need of the organization of a Farm
er-LabOr Party as against a loos
movement around the candidacy O
LaFcllette, it built up the ideolog,
which when LaFollette did actual,
come out in the open as he did in hi
statement last week made it impos
sible for LaFolrette to sweep aloni
with him in his opposition to Jun
18th and the Communists the Farm
er-LabOr support Of that convention
NORTHWEST STATES
]
FOR JUNE II CONVENTION
The reports from the Northwes
states show that all of the six stat
Farmer-LabOr Parties which partici
pated in the arrangement of the Jun
18th Convention are standing frml
for June 18th and against LaFOllettt
In fact, all the worth while els
ments which supported the June lit
Convention are standing firmly b
that convention.
THE CLASS PARTY
What LaFOllette has done for tn
Farmer-LabOr movement has been I
strip away from it all those element
which have no place in it. The Farm
er-LabOr Party, if it is to- have an
role IN American political life, mu;
be a class party.
When we say a class party, W
mean party which represents def
mite class interests; the same polit
cal party could not represent the ella,
interests Of the exploited industrii
workers and farmers and at the san
time represent the interests of tL
group known as the Committee of q
! The same party could not represer
the class interests which La Follett
/ represents in American political lii
and at the same time fight for IL
interests of the poor farmers and tt
city workers.
/ WOULD MAKE
! M0NGREL PARTY
The inclusion eff such elements {
those of the Committee Of 48 and tt
progressive groups represented b
the LaFollette elements in Congress
would have meant that the Farme
Labor Party would be a mOngre
Such a Party would have division
within itself which would have mac
1t impossible for it to carry on q
aggressive fight because of the col
test within the organization itself.
IL was necessary, in the movemel
for the organization of the Farme
/ i .Dhn1s Dorsfrv r,1sil