The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-03


The Conference fol. Progressive Political Action
&C. P. P. Al is dead 1t was conceived by its
leaders treachery, 1t carried on its existence
servle tool in the hands of middlecass politicians
and reactionary labor bureaucrats. 1t therefore
died in disgrace, and one, except the socialist
party, will shed tear over its death. The class
conscious workers and poor farmers of America
will sigh breath of relief, and will say; The c. P.
P. A. is dead-Long live the Workers (Communist)
Party of America.
The c. p. P. A. came into existence some three
years ago because of pressure from below 1t was the
urge and the demand of the rank and file in the
labor movement that compelled the reactionary
bureaucracy of the railroad and other unions to
form organization for joint political action. The
workers demanded effective political action against
the growing power of oppression of the capitalist
government, and the reactionary labor bureaucrats
pretended to be in agreement with this demand of
the workers. Hence the formation Of the c. p. p. A.
But this demand of the workers for real political
struggle against the capitalists was never salts
fed. From its very inception, the c. P. P. A. was
nothing else than a new, camoufaged edition of the
old Gompers policy of non partisan politics The
c. p. P. A. having inscribed on it's yellow banner
the discredited GOmpers motto of rewarding
friends and Furnishing your enemies, soon became
the tail end of group of petty bourgeois poll
ticians led by Senator LaFOllette Instead of lead
ing the workers to struggle and achievement, the
G. P P. A. became an instrument in the hands of
these middleclass politicians and reactionary labor
bureaucrats for hampering and obstructing every
genuine move the part of the rank and file for
Independent political action. The American work
ing class will forget the fact that it was with the
help of the c. P. P. A. that LaFollette and Com
pers succeeded in destroying the farmerlabor move
ment in the months preceding the last presidential
elections.
The net results of the activities of the c. P. p A.
are merely these: 1t enabled LaFollette and the
reactiOnary labor bureaucrats to play middleclass
politics at the expense Of the workers and poor
farmers. 1t prevented in a large measure the
Capitalization of a genuine movement of workers
and poor farmers for Independent political action
against the capitalists. Thus the c. p. p. A. has
performed great service to the capitalists of the
United States
Now the c. P. P. A. is no longer in existence 1t
to an end on February %, 1925, because
neither LaFollette nor the reactionary labor
bureaucracy had any further use for it. The reac-
tionary chiefs of the railroad unions decided to
keep aloOf from the third party movement and to
resume the old game of playing politics with any
capitalist politician that might be serviceable for
the moment Hence their withdrawal from the
G. p. p. A. and its subsequent death.
The second meeting of these socalled progress
sives, held after the sine die adjournment of the
G. p. z. A.. went record in favor of a new party
based not on organizations but on individuals. The
LaFollette crowd and the second-rate bureaucrats
Of the railroad unions have proven by this decision
that they are MORALLY afraid of organized labor's
influence within the third party movement.
In other Words these middleclass politicians
and labor reactiOnaries perfectly willing to be
supported by labor but not directed or controlled
On the eve of this last meeting of the G. p =. A.
the Workers (Communist) Party Of America
again spoke to the workers and poor farmers of
the United States on the nature and prospects of
the G. p. p. A. and the LaFollette movement We
said: Nothing that is of any benefit to the toiling
masses can result out of this combination. We
maintained during the last three years that the
c. r. r. A. is serving the interests of the capitalists
big and smal-and not the interests of the work
ers. We strenuously opposed the false contention
of the socialist party that out of the G. p. r. A.
party. We branded the alliance of the socialist
party with the G. =. =. A. and LaFollette.in the
last elections as black betrayal Of the working class
because we know that this combination is just as
hostile TO the interests of the workers and poor
farmers as are the parties Of big capital the re
publican and democratic parties.
Now when the socialist party thru no fault or
virtue Of its own, finds itself outside of the third
party movement it is again raising its voice in
favor Of working class independent political action
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