The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-25

EulJOF the .DAlLI' WORhEh.-A
beautiful spirit of brOtherly affection
often crops out where least expected.
Having shown their strength" in the
late election, says Oneal, the German
socialists now unite with the catholic
party-a party that has always been
extremely antagonistic to every fea-
ture of socialism. when thine enemy
kicks thy behind turn it to him again"
0neal sees in the Communists loss
OF strength in the late election in
Germany disintegration Of Commun-
ism. On the same page, in an other
connection, he says, labor unions and
socialist parties in Europe organized
and failed many times before they be-
came permanent institutions. And also
on the same page, "That the workers
do not vote for their party shows
that there is much education needed"
Oneal logic, Ell?
In criticizing the Soviet regime Ro-
ger N. Baldwin says socialists are
imprisoned merely for their opin-
ions" and names Ward as one Of his
witnesses. Then later in his article he
quotes Ward as saying, "Politicals
are imprisoned for counter-revolution-
airy activity" Now which is it, Mr..
Baldwin?
Commenting on the smallness OF
the Communist vote in our last cleo
ton Oneal dubbed it miserable fla
SEQ. Hilquitt told the G. P. P. A. at
Chicago that the British Labor Party
polled only $4,000 votes in its first
round.
In the preface of the Unity Bulletin
issued by department of the British
labor congress, A. A. Purcell, presid-
emit of the international labor con-
gress, says the so-called socialist press
of Europe cannot be depended upon
to give an unbiased view Of condi-
tons and developments.
An English writer in the Labor World
said the report of the delegates to the
Moscow convention was very popular
with the workers of England. How
ever, Oneal says, New Leader March
%, page .12) "Many British trade
nnion leaders, are sapheads ready to
substitute emotion for fact as the
basis of judgement. Yet, the party led
largely by that bunch Of sapheads
was the Oneal-ideal of what our Amer
lean labor party ought to be.
The issNe between. the socialists
and Communists seems to be demo-
cratic pacifism versus revolutionism.
Each claims to have the same end In
view. Naturally at the present stage
of the class struggle the mildef
method is the more popular with the
proletariat. But the wise forecaster
will take into account capitalist de-
velopments toward despotism, and the
inability and failure Of democratic
pacifsm to check the development.
This narrows the question to one
point, to-wit: Is revolution the logic
al product Of despotism? II so (which
history afirms), then logically the
Communists hold the strategic posi-
ton, and will be the dominant force
at the final struggle.
The only possible escape from this
conclusion is, will pacifist democratic
methods fail? But here the wise fore
caster will take into account the
magnitude and strength Of capitalism
In its world-range; its absolute control
OF the means of subsistence, the tool
Of production; the utter failure OF
fifty years of struggle against mono
poly domination Of every feature Of
Industrial and economic activity; and
its oft demonstrated ability, thru in
dustrial or economic pressure, to sand
bag any political movement that
threatens its supremacy in the gov
ornment. With very best wishes,
L. D. RatIiff.