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big business; this use Of the govern
! ment as a strlke-breaking agency
menaces the welfare of the millions
of toilers Of this country. 1t chal-
lenges them to abandon the support
Of the capitalist political machine and
reject the sham non.partisan policy
which labor follows today. The unity
Of labors forces into one political,
powerful party Of all the producers, a
labor party capable Of fighting for the
workers needs, is the immediate and
vital necessity Of the workers of New
York state as it is of the workers
turnout the land.
Non-Partlsan Policy Sham.
THE sham non-partisan policy i'm
4 posed upon the workers by the
reactionary labor officials at the SER
vice of capitalism and its political par
ties, is a fundamental obstacle in the
way of building up Labor Party.
This policy has divided labor's forces
and has chained the labor movement
Of New York State to the tail of Tam
many's cart. The labor bureaucrats
have become part OF the local and
state capitalist political machine and
have sold their influence and their
alleged power to deliver the vote of
labor in exchange for soft jobs, graft
and occasional political nominations,
The slogan of Reward your friends
and punish your enemies" has meant
in practice the dividing of the work
ers and their betrayal to their enc
mics by these reactionary labor lead
ers for a price. This policy has poi
soned the mind of labor and made it
an easy prey to class collaboration
schemes in place of unyielding strug-
gle for its own interest. The COM
plete divorce Of labor from the capt.
talist parties and the establishment Of
policy of independent political
working class action thru a Labor
Party is the immediate task Of the
workers of the state of New York.
For a United Labor Ticket.
THE Workers (Communist) Party
L has in recent years been the fore
most fighter for the formation of a
Labor Party. In July of this year, it
proposed to the Socialist Party of
New York the establishment of a
United Labor Ticket for the present
campaign. The Socialist Party once
again rejected this proposal BY this
act 1t gives the lie to any declarations
on its part that 1t favors the unity of
labor and the establishment of united
political action by the working class.
The Socialist Party must once again
bear responsibility, jointly with the
reactionary labor officials, for the
dividing Of the forces of labor and
for preventing the realization Of a
United Labor Ticket against the CAPT
talist parties in the present election
campaign.
THE Workers (Communist) Party
- has therefore been compelled to
put forward its own candidates but
pledges itself to make the fight for
the unity of labors forces politically
and economically the center of it's
campaign. 1t will continue to call
upon the Socialist Party and all other
labor groups to join together for a
united labor campaign against the
capitalist class for the immediate
needs Of the divided and exploited
workers. To this end, the Workers
(Communist) Party stands ready to
withdraw its candidates at any time
during the campaign in favor of a
United Labor Ticket If the other labor
political groups will take similar &C.
,tion.
Issues of the Campaign.
THE Workers (Communist) Party
while continuing its fight for a
United Labor Ticket enters the cam
paign under its own banner and with
it's own candidates and calls upon the
workers to unite under it's banner in
the fight for the following general de-
mands of the workers of America and
the vital needs of the working class
of New York:
THE New York State Platform en-
4 dorses the national platform is
sued by the Central Executive Com
mittee of the Workers (Communist)
Party Of America. These demands in
clude: a downward revision of the
tariff upon necessities used by the
workers and farmers; for throwing
the burdens OF taxation on the big
corporations and multimillionaire cap
italists; against anti-labor legislation;
laws against foreign-born; against the
use of injunctions against workers on
strike; for the repeal of the Watson
Parker Bill and all similar legislation;
for Negro equality and for repeal of all
laws discriminating against the Negro
lin word, for social equality for
the Negro; for the enactment OF
constitutional amendment against
child labor; for freedom for class war
prisoners; for relief from unemploy-
ment in textile, clothing and mining
industries; against militarism and i'm.
perialism; for recognition of the
Soviet Union.
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