The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-23
Continued from previous issuel
Rank and File All Right.

naHk ana rio All Rl9nts
THE general strike did not fail be-
L cause OF any weakness or lack of
courage, OF unreadiness to act on the
part OF the rank and file. It failed
because those upon whom responsible
ity fell at the time had no belief in
the general strike; very few indeed
Of the members of the General Coun-
ell have any real understanding of
what is involved IN the general strike,
and those who claim to have a knowl-
edge of It have spoken and written
against It.
Thus these persons temporarily
supported the strike In order to make
it failure, holding themselves In
readiness to Illustrate and destroy its
chances OF success. They believe IN
and resort to the policy of class col
laboration to the serious detriment Of
the position Of the workers.
The leaders Of the future must rest
with those who
l.. Understand the real nature Of the
class struggle and are ever ready to
take militant action to travel towards
the workers control of industry.
2. Have a well-thought-out policy to
meet the varying conditions on a ma
tional and international scale.
We declare that the National Minor
ity Movement has acted as a nucleus
of such leadership and that the prin-
ciples we have popularized and the
policy we pursue are destined to revo-
lutionize the movement.
Capitalist Dictatorship.
TT is necessary to make reference to
L the role played by the government
during the period under review. Prob.
ably never in our history have we
had such a clear demonstration of the
truth of the statement of Karl Marx
that under capitalism the government
Is the executive committee of the
capitalist class" The government, by
its daily behavior, has shown unmis-
takably that it is ready to use all the
powers of the state, not in the inter-
ests of the people, but exclusively In
the interests of the capitalists.
The government has been utterly re-
gardless of the millions of workers
and has listened only to the voices of
its financial overlords, the Federation
Of British Industries and the Mining
Association of Great Britain.
By means of the emergency power
act 1t wipes out the constitution and
carries on a ruthless and tyrannical
crusade against those who do not
Row-tow to it's dictatorship. Never in
our history has this country been
under such ruthless capitalist die
tatorship as now.
State Employees to Be BuIIdozed.
TT is just over hundred years since
L our fathers won for us the right
to organize. This carried with it the
right to link up with fellow workers:
now at this time of day the govern.
ment is beginning a new attack to
prohibit sympathetic strikes, and de-
handing the Installation of civil SER
wants from the Trades Union Con.
gress and the labor party.
The government is not against all
trade unlonlsm, II Is only against
that trade unionism which Is strong
enough and directed by those who
are capable enough to achieve some
thing Of value to the workers.
The attack on the civil service trade
unions is very significant. In the gen
eral strike, railway clerical workers
were out with manual workers. This
is essential for complete success.
Solidarity with those who WELD the
pen and all others who work is the
object we aim at. II we examine the
position to understand what the gov.
eminent is after 1t presents itself in
three ways:
l. An attempt to make unity be-
tween clerical and manual workers i'm
possible.
2. An attempt to clear out of gov.
eminent service all other than reac.
uonaries. thereby making the workers
In the state departments 100 per cent
safe for capitalism.
3. Attempt to entrench reactionarv
elements in government service in
order to enable capitalists to sabotage
labor government.
The attack on the civil service Is
made under the cry, 'the civil service
is neutral body, It must be free from
politics" This is similar to the parrot
cry OF the army is a neutral body,
1t must be free from politics" This
shows how inextricably mixed are in.
dustrial with political questions.
We have in this present government
several of the most bitter and intol.
Grant reactionaries this country has
ever produced; in this list plaee
Lord Birkenhead and Winston Church.
Ill, These members of the present
government are the most unscrupu.
ious vilifiers OF the workers that have
ever filed public position. They are
continually connecting schemes 20 tic
up the workers, and they often sue.
coed In getting the backing OF their
colleagues. With effective organiza..
ton and courageoua Ieaderahin MO