The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-03
ILLUSIONS OR REALITY?

Ai4No a SAy IL tuo WAAuCNn5oS, WllHOuJ
any effect.
Throwing aside all past mistakes
of the majority, out Of which the mi
nority wants to draw capital for its
superior mistakes" we come to the
ReeapltulatIon.
There being no immediate tendency
OF demand for a farmer-labor party,
among the farmers or Industrial work
ers but there being "a poll
teal orphanage Of the LaFollette
clique" concrete organizations &C. r.
P. Az and tendencies for the crea-
ton OF a third party. the slo-
gan for farmerlabor party Is neither
timely nor necessary, but rather In
furious. constituting nothing but q
waste OF valuable energy, and the
chief task OF the party logically must
be the strengthening and expansion
of the party in all its units and all its
institutions, thru education Of It's
membership and sympathizers, thru
propaganda and organization in the
shops, unions, fraternal organizations.
etc., Of the workers and farmers, In
order to prove there our ability ITO
! lead" our willingness to work. The
ability to lead is not proven by the
creation Of untimely slogans, imagin-
airy parties, or by the changes of
names of parties or other limitations
Of the labor takers, not even by ef-
forts of taking the takers by superior
| limitations" or conferences with them,
as our great Napoleons from the mi
nority imagine. On the contrary. The
ability to lead will be demonstrated
only and solely in the real fighting
units of the working class" such as
the shops, factories, mines, union To-
Gals, international unions, fraternal
organizations unemployed councils,
ETC., in their daily struggle for work,
wages, control of locals, unions, fight
for their political affiliations and rep
resentation, ETC., ETC., and the muster
ing out and Incorporation of ripe ele-
ments into the Workers Party.
Only this sort Of ability to lead"
and not the "Napoleonic ability OF
the minority that dwelleth high in
the clouds, and enable us to fight ex-
clusively the prospective third party
and gradually destroy the illusions
created in the minds of the farmers
and workers about improving institu-
tions Of capitalist order and deriving
benefit from it. Only this sort Of
ability to lead will rectify the psy-
chology of the poor, mislead farmers
and workers. and bring them into the
fold of the only lone proletarian
class party" in the U. S. A.-the
Workers Party.
The insignificant nucleus, which the
minority pretends we have, will serve
the purpose equally, and group itself
around and be directed by week
ly Farmers Critical Review" edited
by US, and given away if necessary.
1t will still cost us less than all the
proposed empty maneuvers and save
us from the reputation of very un-
stable policies" The c. I. reversed
the slogan on time, and wisely so.
In the U. s. A. the development of
political consciousness Of the masses
is marching thru the third party. The
heterogeneous element composing It,
the adversely of their various inter-
ests. is the best guarantee for a re-
division and Redistribution OF its ele-
ments. Then our harvest will begin
in full measure. AS soon as our cam
.paign-predictions Of crisis will begin
to materialize we will repeat (what
we should have said): After Cool
idge-the delugel" and quit LaFol-
lette's farcical deceptive banner; join
the class-party with sickle and ham,
mer.