The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-23
BY C. E. RUTHEN5ERe, Exec. sec'y.
Workers (communlst) Party.

THE National Executive Committee
L of the Socialist Party has sound
ed note of alarm to the locals and
members of that organization and
made what the St. Louis Labor"
terms IAN important request" to the
units of the party.
This important request" Is nothing
less than seven point warning to
the locals of the Socialist Party not
to permit themselves to become part
of united action of the workers in
their present day struggles.
THE locals of the Socialist Party
L according to the request of the
National Executive Committee should
not enter the fight for the protection
of the foreign-born workers by par
ticipating in the Organization of coun-
ellis for the protection of the foreign
born. They must not Join IN a united
fight against discrimination from
which the Negroes suffer. They must
remain away from the united move
ment for the release of political pris-
oners nor should they aid workers in
a strike.
The Reason For This Warning.
THE reason for this warning of the
4 National Executive Committee Of
the Socialist Party is that the Com
munists are often the leaders and the
lnitiators OF united front movements
to fight in the workers interests. For
the National Executive Committee of
the Socialist Party, it is a crime for
the socialists to Join with trade union
organizations, workers fraternal or
ganizations and Communists in a
united front struggle to prevent the
foreign-born workers from being reg
istered, photographed and flngerprint-
ed or to fight against racial discrimi-
nation from which the Negro suffers
or to take action to help workers who
are fighting the bosses for higher
wages and better working conditions
thru a strike.
THIS warning has however, a deeper
l. significance than the mere fear
on the part of the National Executive
Committee OF the Socialist Party that
the members or units Of that organ
ization may really participate in the
struggles OF the workers. Many local
organizations of the Socialist Party
have ignored the policy Of the Ma
tional Executive Committee of keep
ing the workers from uniting to fight
their immediate battles against the
capitalist exploiters. There are, in the
Socialist Party, many sincere workers
who still believe that the Socialist
Party is an organization fighting in
the workers interests. Branches of
the Socialist Party in which such
workers predominant have, in spite of
all the past warnings, and denuncia-
lions by the leaders Of the Socialist
Party joined in united front action in
the interests of the workers even tho
those actions were initiated and led
by Communists. These working class
members and units of the Socialist
Party dominated by such members do
not fear to be associated with Com
munists in a common struggle to aid
striking workers or to protect foreign
born workers against exception laws
which would register, flngerprint and
photograph them like criminals.
COCIALIST locals have joined with
~ trade union representatives, with
representatives Of the fraternal organ
izatiops of foreign-born workers and
with the Communists in forming
Councils for the Protection of the
Foreign-Born Workers. 1t has been
thru the mass pressure Of these coun-
ellis that the enactment Of these ex-
ception laws by congress has been
prevented. Now the National Execu.
tive Committee of the Socialist Party
warns its locals to keep out of sEch
struggle to protect the foreign-born
workers.
THE same has been true in relation
to the great struggle Of the strik'
ing textile workers of Passaic. Many
SOCldllol lOSdAS NOuA0 nv 10 PAOFO
from joining in the united front move.
ment TO support the Passaic workers
In their heroic strike. The socialist
locals have Joined with trade union
lists, Communists, workers fraternal
organizations in forming relief com
mittees for the Passaic strikers. The
National Executive Committee of the
Socialist Party tells the socialist 10
calls to get out OF these relief com
mittees and let the Passaic workers
fight their own battles.
OOCIALIST locals have been found
~ themselves in united front politi
cal conferences formed for the pur
pose OF promoting independent politi
cal action and participated in by trade
union representatives, fraternal or
ganization representatives and Com
munists, in addition to the socialists
The National Executive Committee o
the Socialist Party is opposed to sucl
movement to break the workers
away from the republican and dem
ocrafic narffaa and IN orpanf1a then