The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-16

his career as a staunch defender of organ
lied labor. During the recent industrial
trouble in CASTOR and Mecklenburg coun-
ties, Mr.. Unison was chief counsel for the
striking textile operatives and other de-
PENDANTS.
What the Charlotte observer is doing for
Unison is very plain. They are building him
up on the basis of his former connections
with the labor movement-connection which
he made, not out of principle, but for what
he could get out of them. The Charlotte
Observer would like to see Unison "casn
in" on his former work in the labor move
ment. Mr.. Unison may be an aid in break
ing the workers away from their militant
leadership and bringing them over to the A.
F. of L. And best of all he may turn the new
political force in the South, the rising work
ing class, into the "harmless" channels of
capitalist class politics.
The workers of North Carolina and the
South must understand what it means when
the political flies like Unison and his kind
start to buzz around the working class. 1t
means that the working class in the South and
especially in North Carolina is force to be
reckoned with, is force to be feared.
The workers of North Carolina will see
more political events like the entrance of
Unison into the democratic primaries. The
deep-going struggle in the democratic party,
the fight between the Simmons and anti
Simmons forces, may yet lead to a split. A
fake "progressive" group may be built up with
the aid of the Jimisons, the Chapel Hill crowd
of professors and, possibly, some of the Raj
eigh A. F. of L. leaders. There is even the
possibility that the old yellow party of work
ngclass betrayal, the socialist party, may be
revived. I'm Winston-S Salem there are still
IL bo fory
ago ran a municipal ticket there.)
Must Build Communist Party.
The workers must learn to understand these
things. All the fights taking place in the big
political parties of the bosses are fights be-
tween the middle class and the great bankers
and manufacturers. The workers have nothing
to gain from any capitalist party or new"
group. These new groups and so-caled "pro-
gressives" are worse than the old ones, be-
cause they will carry on the same dirty work
for the bosses that the old ones have, with the
mask of Friendship to labor" on. All these
"new" groups and faker politicians will play
up to the workers. AS the workingclass move
ment grows in strength these politicians will
become more numerous. AS we started out
by saynig-"one can always tell whether
movement has influence or not by the number
of boss politicians that try to attach themselves
ia, the coat-tails of the working class. The
attempts of these boss politicians--Jimison in
North Carolina, Crothran (another woull-be
peanut politician, already exposed in the col
umns of the Daily Worker) in South Carolina
to mislead the working class will fall flat. The
workers will recognize them as only flies buzz
zing around the political molasses barrel.
Today Unison. Tomorrow it may be south
ern Socialist" Norman Thomas. The southern
workers will learn to see through his pink, too,
will learn to recognize the socialist party,
along with the American Federation of Labor,
as the worst traitors that the fighting work
ing class has.
The workers must understand that their only
party is the Communist Party, the party which
leads on the picket lines as in the other strug-
gles This means that the Communist Party
must carry on strong campaign in these
elections, must come out openly as the party
of the oppressed Negro and white workers and
poor farmers. The Party must have a special
program, beside our general program, suitable
to the local needs and demands of the workers.
This will mark great step forward for the
southern working class. It will be historic
step in the political ripening of the southern
workers.