The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-09
By SIMON FELsHIN.


THE thesis of the majority is not a
l thesis. 1t is fly-paper for catch
ing flies. There is something in it
for everybody. This is a practice fol-
lowed by the republican and demo-
cratic parties just before elections, so
that the majority is living up to the
best American tradition in the con-
struction of it's thesis. For the leftist
sectarians and romantic revolution
lists in the party the thesis states that
the farmer-labor party tactic means
liquidation of the Workers Party and
is opportunistic. For those who still
favor a farmer-labor party it hints
that the farmer-labor party idea is not
rejected definitely but that only for
the present the movement is dead. To
the right wing opportunists it holds
out the prospect of passive, we'll
behaved, defamation and propagan-
da club, which is just what suits
them.
The spokesman of the majority are
constantly talking about fake farmer
labor parties. would retort by writ
ing all over the thesis of sthe major
ty in huge letters so that all may
ee: Fake United Front. It ill-be-
looves the majority to speak of fake
armer-labor parties and to swear
hat they will give us the true, revo-
lutionary united front from below
when they have been guilty in the
past of forming fake united fronts
with any one who came along. Only
one instance is enough-the fake unit
ed front with John Fitzpatrick in
Chicago.
Conditions Analysed.
The conditions that gave rise to the
farmer-labor party movement have
not changed. 1t issa fact that % per
cent of the farmers went bankrupt
The temporary boom barely enabled
only section of the exploited farm
ers to pay off some of the accumulat-
ed debts, and their condition is hard
ly changed. Unemployment has not
have the conditions changed? The
majority says that LaFollette has cap
tured the farmer-labor party move
ment. If that is so it is our duty to
go out and save the workers from
LaFollette. We must fight for the
soul of the masses, and not capitulate
before the enemy without struggle.
The attitude of the majority means
that we extend helping hand to La
Toilette; that's what it means in the
final analysis.
A majority" Champion at Work.
A typical presentation of the ma
jority point of view is that of Joe
Marley, their newly acquired cham
pion who presented his wares at a
discussion meeting of the Harlem
English branch in New York. One of
the most remarkable transformations
is that of Comrade Joe Manley. How
can we take a comrade seriously who
undergoes such complete, such a
sudden change? / must say that it
took my breath away to hear his
brazen TRADE. He worked himself. up
blue in the face, just as he used to
do over the very opposite position
only short time ago. He seems to
have forgotten completely his recent
protestations of faith. The whole
performance looked to me like a neat
bit Of craftsmanship. A salesman can
take any kind of goods and speak of
it with just as much conviction, en-
thusiasm and sincerity as of any
other kind of goods. It's a way sales
men have. But what is this we Com
munists are doing? Are we selling
wares?
Comrade Manley says that all the
farmer-labor parties that were formed
in the past were fake parties. But
how about all those articles he wrote
telling the very contrary? Why didn't
he speak up then? Was he lying then
or is he lying now?
Stand BY the c. l.
Comrades should stand by the in
structions of the Communist Interna-
tional which were issued only recent
ly and not only in 1922 as stated by
Comrade Manley. These instructions
SAY explicitly and in such clear Ian
guage that every dog in the street can
understand: "The first task of the
Workers Party is to become a mass
Communist Party of workers. 1t can
fulfill this task only by most actively
participating in the establishment OF
a labor party which will embrace all
elements of the working class willing