The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-05
adopted by the Political Bureau of the
Central Committee of the Communist Party
and the New York District)


/. The New York municipal elections pro-
vided striking confirmation of the fact that
the United States shows the main character
istics of the third period of postwar capital
ism-sharpening class contradictions, growing
danger, growing concentration of state
power, development of social fascsm in the
unification of the labor bureaucracy and social
lists with the employers and state in con-
certed drive against the awakening working
class and especially against its vanguard, the
Communist Party.
?. Especially clearly was shown the recog-
milton by the capitalist class that there is 90
ing on deep rehabilitation rof the workers;
this demonstrated above all 10y the ,lo,
crate efforts made to prevent this radicaliza,
ton from gaining political expression, to divert
it into channels controlled by the capitalist
class-the specific form of this political man
euver being the open support and building-up
of Norman Thomas-socialist party vote, both
as means of increasing the Tammany plu-
rality and of creating a reserve force for beat
ing back the working class struggles, strength
ening the socialist party for its strike-break-
ing role (unity with rammany and the bosses
in the women's clothing Industry and incor-
porating it into the recognized system of CAPT
talist party government The socialist party
is fulfilling the same role in New York on a
small scale as the Social-Democratic Party in
Germany and the Macdonald Labor Party in
Great Britain.
3. In the measures adopted by the capt.
talists toward the socialist party is found the
complete confirmation of the correctness of
the estimation of that party by the Communist
Party. This election glarngy demonstrated
that (a) the socialist party has become the
third party of the bourgeosie;" (b) it is
rapidly taking more so~ial-fascst charac-
teristcs and functions; (c) it is merging with
the capitalist state apparatus, and is recog-
nized by the bourgeoisie as one of its reliable
tools (d) it has wiped out all fundamental
differences between itself and the open CAPT
talist parties. The character of the socialist
party campaign ('more efficient policeO the
reactions of the capitalist press (open support
for Thomas by the biggest capitalist dailies)
the current activities of the socialist party in
the labor movement triple alliance of social
list party, bosses, and government in the needle
trades and others); the of Thomas to in
crease Tammanys plurality; the nature of
Thomas vote Largest increase in the bour-
geos residential sections-"silk stocking" dis
tricts); the domination of Thomas as an in
dividual over the party (the party vote being
only half that of Thomas) the expressed will
lngneSs OF tnc SOCIALIST party TO finally drop
even the name of socialism, if and when their
bourgeois "allies" tell them to do so-all of
these characteristics of the New York social
list party preparation in the election, put the
final seal upon it's character as THE THIRD
PARTY OF THE BOURGEOISIE.
A. In view of the developing crisis, and
the rehabilitation of the worker, the bourg-
eosie has understood that the old 1.-TWO party
system" is no longer sufficient, and that it is
NECESSARY TO FIND NEW METHODS
TO DECEIVE THE MASSES. That is the
reason for their turning to Thomas and the
socialist party, and deliberately breathing into
its rotten carcass new life, by injecting bour-
geois blood 1t is in this fact, that the bourg-
eoisie recognizes that its old methods are no
longer sufficient, that it must seek new meth
DDS to prevent the rehabilitation from express
ing tself--in this fact is to be found the proof
of the growth Of this rehabilitation and the
developing crisis.
5. 1t is the most dangerous illusion, how
ever, to think that tho votes for Thomas them
selves represent a movement Of the voters to
the left. 1t is precisely this illusion that the
bourgeoisie wishes to create. This is exactly
the essence of their scheme. But it is impos-
sble to move to the left' by moving from
Tammany TO Thomas, or LaGuardia to Thomas
from the first or second parties Of the