The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-25
MORE FIRE ON SOCIALFAS-
CISM AND REFORMISM!

struggle and the growing possibilities for the
Communist Party openly warned the capitalists
that if they would not allow the socialists to
be part of the capitalist city and state govern
ment that this tactic will merely drive more
dishearened workers into the arms of the Com
munists If the latter had control not only
would property be confiscated, but the lives of
welto-do men would not be worth a copper
AS declared in a Labor Day edition of the
Milwaukee Leader, which, by the way, carried
advertisements from open shops and from the
Wilson Detective Agency the capitalists rec
ognize the services of the socialists as they
have already demonstrated that thew can be
used as the hangmen and butchers of the work
ing class. 1t was the Milwaukee socialist po
lice that attacked a demonstration of 10000
workers on March 9Th; tens of workers were
brutally beaten up and dubbed and the leaders
of the demonstration, Leo Fisher, Fred Bas
sest, Blair and others, were arrested and had
been sentenced to three months and one year
in Jail.
Bosses for Socialist Sheriff
In recognizing the services of the socialists
to the capitalist class, the Milwaukee Journal
leading capitalist newspaper, is carrying on
the most vigorous campaign to elect a social
list, Benson, as sheriff of Milwaukee County
There is growth of social fascists and fas
cists in which the socialist party plays lead
ing role together with the A F. of L. fascist
leaders who Jointly with the socialist party
publish the Milwaukee Leader, the mouthpiece
of social fascism
While the socialists are doing this on one
hand, on the other hand they are carrying on
a campaign among the workers under the
MARKHAM phraseology, speaking of class JUS
tice," "class war;" "disposing of class state"
etc. which has in view only one thing-to
win the support of the workers so the social
lists will be able to play their treacherous
role, can be useful to capitalists
The whole election campaign in Wisconsin
SHOWS definitely that the capitalists, by dema-
gogic promises of reforms through La Toilette
and the socialist party are attempting to pre-
vent the workers from organizing themselves
for struggle for work or wages, social insur.
ance, etc. The progressive" capitalist parties
OF La Toilette and the socialists, are attempt
ing to prevent the workers from entering on
their class path of struggle
Responsibility.
Ihere IS tremendous responsibility facing
our Party in Wisconsin in view of this situa
ton. In many respects, the situation of Mil.
waukee is similar to the situation in Detroit
l am of the opinion that our failure in Detroit
elections was the result of our inability to ex-
pose the fake campaign against unemployment
OF Judge Murphy and our not recognizing this
as the main danger confronting the working
class. In Milwaukee our fight must be concen-
trated on social fascism of the socialist party
and the "progressiveness" of the La Toilette
republicans, and on the A. F. of L. officialdom
which supports the progressive La Toilette
IN wisconsin. The recognition of this goes to-
gether with our main task, concentration on
factories and winning the workers in the fac
tories in the struggle for social insurance
against wage cuts, lay-offs, for shortening of
the working hours, increase in wages, building
the Trade Union Unity League and organizing
the workers for strikes, against wage-cuts, lay
offs, speedup. To lead the workers in every
day struggle in the factories will enable us to
carry on SUCCESSFULLY the struggle against social
reformism and social fascism which is raising
its ugly head today and the worker are mis-
lead as was clearly demonstrated in the cleo
lions in Detroit and in the primaries in Wis
consin.
The task confronting our Party in Wisconsin
is to expose and fight against La Toilette re-
publcans and their allies, the fascist leadership
of the A. F. of L. and their social fascist wing
the Musteites, and the socialist party These
are the main tasks of Wisconsin and by the
way, throughout the country Our election cam
paign in all states, on the basis of the lessons
of the elections in Detroit and Wisconsin calls
for the most merciless and concrete struggle
against the social reformism and social fas-
cism which can be carried successfully only by
leading the workers in every day struggle in
the factories and by organizing them into the
Communist Party, and building mass revolu-
tionary trade union center, the Trade Union
Unity League