The daily worker., 1926-08-01
Chicago, Ill. July q, 1926.


Socialist Party of California.
Dear Comrades: The District Ex-
ecutive Committee of the Workers
(Communist) Party has considered
your reply to its letter urging the
Socialist Party to join with the Work
ers (Communist) Party in calling a
conference of delegates from trade
unions, workers political parties, CO
operatives and workers fraternal and
benefit organizations, to take action
on the question of placing a united
labor ticket in the field in the state
and congressional elections.
We must make clear at the begin
ming the nature of our proposal to
you. We did not propose unity be-
tween the Socialist Party and the
Workers (Communist) Party. We did
not propose that the Socialist Party
and the Workers (Communist) Party
agree to support common slate of
candidates in the elections. Our pro-
posal was that the Socialist Party and
the Workers (Communist) Party join
in the calling of a conference of dele
gates from the trade unions, from the
workers political parties, including
the Socialist Party and the Workers
(Communist) Party and any other po-
litical organizations claiming to fight
for the interests Of the workers and
the farmers and from co-operaives
and workers fraternal and benefit or
ganizations.
We proposed further that such a
united front conference place candi-
dates on the ballot and conduct a
campaign on the basis of a fight for
certain immediate interests of the
workers and farmers. Our proposals
for such a platform were:
~ The repeal of the State Grim
inal Syndicalist Law.
(2) Fight against the injunctions in
labor disputes.
(3) Fight against anti-picketing
laws.
(4) Against military training In the
schools.
90 Program of relief for the farm
ers.
(6) Against the adoption of the
water power resources of the State
and their exploitation for profit by the
capitalist interests.
(7) Struggle for improvement Of the
working conditions Of the badly ex-
plotted Mexicans and Negro. workers
and the lumber workers Of the State.
The organizations participating in
the united front conferences would be
pledged to this program or to such ex-
tension Of the program as the confer
.ence agreed upon, leaving each organ
zation, free at the same time individ-
ually to carry on agitation and propa-
ganda for such measures and prin-
ciples in addition thereto as each or
ganization supports.
We did not ask the Socialist Party
TO bind itself to give up dts program
nor could we agree that the Work
ers (Communis) Party bind itself not
10 carry on a campaign for its prin.
ciples and programs. Our proposal is
for a united front of all workers or.
ganizations, ready to fight for a GER
tain definite program Of immediate
measures representing the workers
interests. We believe that all work
ers organizations can unite on the
basis Of such a program as outlined
above and present united front TO
the capitalist parties and the capi-
talist interests.
Our proposal Of a united front be-
tween the Workers (Communis)
Party, the Socialist Party and other
labor organizations does not in the
least presupposo that there are no
serious political differences between
these organizations. But irrespective
Of such differences there are points
Of contact. We all profess TO be fight
ug for tho interests OF the workers
No matter how much We disagree