The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-20
REFUSE ITO TAKE
OATH TO FIGHT
FOR CAPITALISM
Minneapolis Assembly
Delegates Protest

unions in Minneapolis, who refuse to
take the new "oath" of the Trades
and Labor Assembly. It should be
noted that when reading it, Comrade
Skoglund was stopped by a point OF
order raised by an ex-socialist and ex-
syndicalist, who objected that it was
Communist propaganda" The state.
ment is: E p9
Statement Of the Undersigned Dele
gates Relative to the Obligation Re-
quired Of Delegates to the Central
Labor Union:
Dear Sirs and Brothers: At the
last meeting, Of the Minneapolis
Trades and Labor Assembly a new set
of bylaws, containing new obliga-
ton that delegates to the assembly
must take in order to hold their seats
as representatives from their respec-
tive local unions, were adopted.
among other things delegates
must subscribe to the following: 4
further pledge my word and honor
that am not a member of any dual
organization or revolutionary move
ment against the government of the
United States, and that will not be-
come member of such an organiza-
ton so long as am a delegate to this
ASSEMBLY, and should do so, 1 shall
automatically cease to be a dele
gate
"The employers of this country dur
ing the last three years have used the
government for the suppression of the
workers during strikes for better
wages and better working conditions.
The railroad shopmen we'll remember
the famous Daugherty injunction and
the injunetions against the United
Mine Workers and the general use of
the courts, the military forces, and all
other governmental agencies in pro-
hibiting workers on strike from pick
citing and carrying on meetings dur
ing times Of strikes.
During the known period Of his.
.ory, governments of different types
have ben destroyed when such gov.
srnments have heen found to be work
ng a hardship upon society. At NO
lime has a government been estab
ished exceptsby a revolution brot
bout by unbearable social conditions
ITO say that governments cannot be
changed by a revolution will not pre-
vent such a revolution taking place.
Any school, or individual that has
studied the social forces knows that
revolutions are product of unbear-
able social conditions and that no
revolution has taken place, or will
take place, by merely agitating for
same.
1.-THE fact Of the matter is that the
wealth of the nation is being concen.
trated in fewer and fewer hands and
that the masses of the people in So
ciety become propertyless, at the
same time the productive energies are
being eliminated more and more and
greater portions employed in useless
work; as a consequence of this eco
nomic development, dishonesty deceit.
fulness, are on the increase; crimes
of different kinds are committed by
people that never at any time ever in
tended to commit same, but were fore
ed to commit them for their own self
preservation.
"At time when these tendencies
are visible to any honest and, self
respecting persons, it becomes their
duty as members of society to point
out these wrongs and to propose
remedies that will eventually bring
about a permanent solution so that
society may 90 on to a higher develop.
ment. We, members of the Workers
(Communist) Party, are working for
the establishment of a workers and
farmers government which at all
times will look after the welfare and
happiness of the working class, in.
ltead of safeguarding profits of indi-
viduals.
I'VE stand unalterabIy opposed to a
society wherein production takes place
for profit instead of use. BY the ma.
ture OF this fact our organization is
revolutionary organization and the
usefulness Of this organization cannot
be wiped out by merely inserting a
paragraph in the constitution OF the
Minneapolis Trades and Labor AS
sembly barring the members OF such
organization from holding membership
in the Minneapolis Trades and Labor
Assembly.
"The Minneapolis Trades and La
Dor Assembly has merely decided to
put themselves down in labor history
alongside all heresy-hunting groups of
other ages.
1--WE do not expect fair trial where
our grievances can be heard by the
ruling group Of your body, because
they have no minds OF their own but
are merely being led by agents not
Interested in the welfare OF the work.
ing class
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