The daily worker., 1930-08-21
FOSTER TELLS
OF The ROLE or
The SOCIALISTS
Calls For a Militant
Fight
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all attacks on that body during the
Fish Commission investigation"
They Need the S. p.
The capitalist give this open sup
port to the socialist party because
they realize the insufficiency of the
A. F. of L. with its weak organ
ization ami openly fascist policies,
it cannot effectively control the rap
idly radicalizing masses. 1t needs
reinforcencer e. The socialist party
is thoroughly fitted for this, with a
program basically the same as that
of the A. F. of L., but decorated
with deceptive radical phrases. The
employers count upon this pseudo
radicalism of the socialist party to
deceive the masses, to demoralize
their forces, and to keep them tied
to a program of waiting.
It's All Bunk.
The employers are not fooled by
the socialist party chatter about So
cialism. How could they fear par
ty with the Rev. Norman Thomas
at the head of it? Have they not
seen in practice the active working
alliance of Hillquit, Woll and Com
pany? Did they not see the Ger
man socialist party shoot the Ger
man revolution to pieces and save
European capitalism? Do they not
now see the Macdonald Socialist"
government murder Indian revolu-
tionaries and defend British impe-
rialism, as the New York Times
says, even more effectively than the
conservative government could have
done? Do they not see the world
wide socialist party war propaganda
against the Soviet Union? They rec
ognize it and use the socialist par
ty as a capitalist tool.
Significantly, it is exactly in New
York, where the demonstrations of
the unemployed are the most mill
tant and where the Communist in
fluence is the greatest that the en-
ployers make the most active use
of the socialist party. There the
bosses have most assidiously culti-
waited the socialist" unions in the
needle trades; there they are most
Systematically building up the So
cialist party. The socialist party
and it's Music group in the A. F.
of L. unions is the most insidious
and dangerous menace to the rev.
olutionary organization and strug-
gle of the workers.
Win the Masses.
In the coming elections this men,
ace becomes especially keen. The
socialists, with their capitalist sup
port and lip-service to the slogans
of unemployed insurance, etc. are
making great efforts to draw under
their political control the masses of
workers who refuse to follow the
A. F. of L. line of voting for the
candidates of the republican and
democratic parties. In substance
the capitalists, by Turing disinter-
ested workers to their third party,
the socialist party, hope to keep
them from the dreaded Communist
Party organization and leadership.
There is a real danger that mass
es of workers, deeply discontented
at the intolerable economic condi-
tions, will walk into the trap of
the socialist party thinking that
thereby they are dealing a blow at
their class enemies. But little ex-
perienced politically, they will be
deceived by the radical phrase-mon-
gering of the socialist party. 1t
would be a serious error to ignore
or underestimate the socialist par
ty in this campaign.
Militant Action.
The situation is one requiring the
most militant action by our Party
and all sympathizing organizations
in the election campaign. The work
ers are ready for action. They will
try during the election to find ways
to give vent to their fighting spirit
and to bring forward their demands.
In order to place ourselves at the
head of the masses, to organize
them, for the election campaign and
for the other great impending strug-
giles, we must greatly intensity our
election activities. And above all, in
every stage of the fight, we must
not fail to keep our fire centered