The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-21

ministration is openly assuming re-
sponsibilities for the Dawes plan
something that they didn't dare to
do till now and is proceeding in a
confident manner to impose the will
of American finance capital on every
colonial and semi-colonial country in
the world.
THE mood of the working class in
the United States shows dis
tinct spirit of depression. The work
ers do not readily enter into struggle
They are trying to avoid conflicts with
the capitalists even at the expense of
great sacrifices. Needless to say that
the reactionary trade union bureau
crazy is cultivating this spirit of pass
ivity with all means at their disposal.
We must not overlook, however the
fact that it isn't SO quiet and peaceful
in the labor movement as it may
seem on the surface. The recent So
called outlaw strikes in the anthra-
cite RECON, the strike movement in a
number of textile centers in New Eng
land, the tremendous victory of the
left wing candidates in the United
Mine Workers of America in which
John L. Lewis received 1876, 209h
votes and the progressive candidate,
George Voyzey received 62,S43 votes,
or about SO per cent of the number of
votes cast for Lewis. The continued
growth of the left wing in the arch
reactionary Carpenters Union as evil
denced by the splendid fight of the
left wing in the Detroit locals, the sue
cessful fight of the Communists and
the left wing generally in the Mime
sofa labor movement; all these are
signs of life and struggle in the Am
erican labor movement, signs which
portend great possibilities for the
near future.
THE prosperity talk of the capital
list press undoubtedly had a dis
tinct psychological effect upon the
American masses. However, you can
not cure the ills of capitalism by
psychological effects alone. These eff
fects which have allayed for a mo-
ment restlessness and dissatisfaction
are already beginning to pass away.
The hard realities of life and struggle
resulting from the gradual disintegra-
ton of capitalism, the unworkability,
for instance, of the Dawes plan, the
sharpening imperialist conflicts be
tween the so-called great powers-all
this is forcing upon the American
workers a period of new awakening
which our party must not overlook in
the planning of it's policies and tao
tics. We must equip ourselves for
coming big struggles in which we not
only participate but will attempt to
assume leading role.
Our Present and Immediate Objective.
MT the present time our party is
n carrying on a number of impor-
tant agitational campaigns. We are
attempting to initiate a strike move
ment against wage-cuts. This attempt
has already produced results. In spite
of the apathetic mood of the working
masses generally and in spite of the
absence of a unified economic center
in the textile mills of New England,
strike movements are developing. We
are also carrying on campaign
against child labor exploitation. You
are undoubtedly familiar with the pol
icy of the party in this campaign.
1t is the opinion of the Central
Executive Committee that the appar-
ent parliamentary defeat of the child
labor amendment should serve as a
new impetus to a revived struggle
against child labor exploitation. We
must utilize the defeat of this meas
ure to explain to the American work
ing masses the real nature of the
state legislatures and of the federal
government as organs of capitalist
rule. We must emphasize that organ
lied direct struggle Of the masses
themselves, in addition to parliament
airy means, is the only assurance that
any concessions at all could be wrest-
ed from capitalism.
Attention must be drawn to our
campaign against the criminal syndi-
calist laws for the defense of our
Michigan prisoners. This campaign
we must carry on with redoubled en-
ergy because it offers our party great
opportunities for arousing compare
lively large sections of workers
against the political machinery of
capitalism. And now / must mention,
il only in passing, our campaign
against Abramovich. the emmissary
of the Russian conference.-the and
of the Second international
IN developing our campaign against
| his activities we must concen-
trate on exposing the Second Interna-
tional and bringing to the forefront
of the American class struggle the
leadership of the Communist Interna.
tional. We must revive our agitation
for the recognition OF Soviet Russia,
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