The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-26

of social refOsm which still ideoogy the
American labor movement.
FOSTERS ORIENTATION TOWARDS THE SKILLED WORKERS
Comade Foster has lost group after
having long lost almost all of his followers Party
he wanted be practical leader but isolated himself
the masses Later he vnturd into the fields theory but lost his
bearings completely.
He out with his theory of the
decline the Importance reformsm admitted
his chef error (Which he should called complete error
but all in van for he winds his
to his first love- the orenaon arstocracy
Comrade Fosters last article entitled Wrong Com
rades Pepper and Bteman affords instructive comparison
tween Fosters amazingly opportunst orntation
ward the skilled workers and their A. traditions
the other hand Bemans opportunsm which he now i
czs in this greatest MARKHAM in America Comade Foster
COmrade Bitteman's theory also tends TOO MECHANIC
SKILLED IN THE NATIONAL UNION cEN4ERs We are now
entering upon prolonged period of dual unionism The
revolutionary center the TUEL will be upon
OF sem-skid and unsked and the old unions based
the labor arisocracy. BUT THIS DOES NOT IMPLY THAT
TWEEN THE TWO CENTERs IS EXACT OR THAT WE
SHALL ACQUEsCE IN IT. Such ideas lead straight
abandonment the old company.
for the control of the masses THE MA JOR TASK Of NV TIEi
likewise Party will be organize ganzed
of unskiled and semskled but 1T WILL ALSO TO
LATED TO THE A. F. L. UNIONS. On the other hand
the A of L. will fight not only to control the skilled
bring these under its Failure TO see
this OVERLAPPING STRUGGLE to understand the
rike-breakng role of the A. of quitting
old unions (Our emphasis.)
cOmrade Fosters of the term dual unionism"
stance cannot be merely careless language
evidence of two characteristic his
failure that the outright ebreang of the bureau
cratic fighting the unions does not permit the
conception of parallel organizations competing in
the same field Of organizing the unoganze Comde Foster has
yet been able the role bureaucracy
unquaifdy that the bourgeose by his
frequent desire to base his criticism the bureaucracy upon
supposed failure fight inactivity Second Corade Foster
fails to the and absolute Importance supremacy
of the work of organizing the unorganzd as shown long
his condemnation of the Party organization
over the heads of the A. F. of L. "dua unionism).
is chronic failing here denies
the division between the skilled and unskd strata the working
other words he rejects Lenns analysis of the ystaza
of imperialism He admits that unions
Party organize the unsked and semkled
workers. but the betrays tendency
developed whole policy of bang the entire tactics
munist Party and the Left the hope winning
skilled workers during this period from the A of L. This policy
as BY Foster carries great significance shows
the old trade union CENTER the A. F. of L. and the
According cOmade Foster emphasis
The A. OF lays emphasis the skilled workers. where
s ne" trade union center VIII lay more emphasis upon the I'M
skilled this seems be conceived difference
the degree of usefulness to the working class
and the other trade union center
Stretching beyond any reasonable relatively small
aspect that will work the unions of the highest
the orentation of the whole line of the wing
toward the struggle to win the of the unsked
industry Certainly there CT the
mentnot the unions of the skilled F.
where the Left struggle will extreme
of capacity auxiliary Partys organizing the
unorganzed the basic decisive section working
there doubt that Conrade Fosters socude
that he utterly fails the imperia phenomenon
Of the splitting the working class and that therefore
and the new trade union CENTER the TUE being essentially thu
There doubt this
list conception the whole
discussion COmrade Foster this
out opporunist conception which dangerously urs
between Communism and social democracy.
1t quite within the logic of the situation that
compelled to shout loudly the
Committee of Party This
Foster reveals that when he fails
constitutes the greatest danger the working
ton in the Right danger within the Party greatest
the Party ITSELF Comrade Foster himself
Right oppor Because social reformism similar
ideoogy because there knsp theology
spread by the leadership of the
Comrade Foserprcey this
to the danger social reformism
OF the decline" of social reformism
The sharp between
the Central Committee Comade
democratic outandout oppounist conception
lowing formulation of the thesis
Party Central Committee:
"The decisive orientation Party be AWAY
FROM THE LABOR ARISTOCRACY AND TOWARDS THE
REAL PROLETARIAN MASSES The of the Party
must be sharply turned in the direction
the hnorganized building
the real proletarian millions UNSKLLED AND
SEM1.SkILLED WORKERS AND NEGRO MASSES"
During the of the whole Party fight the last six
Comrade Foster aboed under the
conception Of orentaion towards the skilled
class There time 1922 when converted
Communist maintained the illusion that aalgamaton
movement and unprncpd struggle unions
we will be able to the A. F. of L.
that it will be enough if will GUST from office thin upper layer