The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-30
The HOPE of the Working Class

We go before the working class in presidential election
with Communist candidates for the national ofces Inc Co
Party revolutionary political party the only party
holding to the aims and the classrugge policies OF our class
enters into the elections of the capitalist democracynot IN
harmony with the purposes of those elections but with the revo
uonary purpose of mobzng the of oers of industry
and country against the capitalist state which seeks through
thoseeecons, support itself by deudng the masses
Necessity compes capitalist put through the
peshow of elections by the people while the Sncas Melons
Morgans, Ryans and Rockefelers choose president
The Communist Party takes advantage of this necessity of
the capitalist class participates in the election by complete
and mercess OF the TACT that from such eon can
change the political which rules the country,
and that this be overthrow only by the actions OF
these masses outside of the parliamentary forms
The working class of the United States deeper il
usons of capitalist saed democracy than the workers of
any country the world This what the capitalist
politicians when they boast that there classes
in America And this is expressed in the fact that this the
only country the world where the working class and the most
exploited farmers by habit by tradition and by present prac
ce inside Of the two political parties OF the capitalist class
This historical fact explained platform adopted
by the National Nominating Convention of the Workers Com
munist) Party:
To-day the bulk Of the those who economically
miner af i unions e th y ne b t tb r b d dawO d
parties This is fatal mistake because it means that the workers
themselves help the capitalists hold their grip the state
Those workers who still remain in the camps of the republican and
injunciOns
and to paralyze the strike movements of the workers
To bring about the divorce of the masses of exploited work
this hdeous alliance with their worst class
mics breakup their habit and tradition of support of their
oppressors Communist Party in connection with its
rpagn for its revolutionary ticket and platform and ticket adj
vOcates the formation of a labor party.
Is there any inconsistency between in the Communist Party
actions calling per support for the Communist
Party and the time calling for the formation of labor
party Certainly not But there danger that many workers
nevertheless misunderstood the demand for the formation
labor party Of easy make the mistake of think
ing that the Communist Party wishes to substitute labor party
for itself But nothing could be absurd dangerously
misleading The Communist platform says
Workers Communist
labor parties which
of the working willing
of labor parties because considers this the
independent political by the
the frankly labor lmia
will the workers their
struggle their emancipation Only Communist Party
Only under the leadership
working itself double
capitalist exploitation and
The Workers (Communis Party fights for the formation
of labor party and against the reacherous policy of the trade
agency of the friends among the politicians of the
and labor party lead the working class to victory Only the
Communist Party can do that.
But keep true perspective No labor party lead the
working class to victory Only the Communist Party that
In Communist election the greatest possible
zaon of the working must be accompanied by the great
possible building of the membership of the
Party
and Gtow be accompanied by tens of
thousands members of Workers Communis)
That is what will call in the coming election
campaign.