The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-07-14


the right to strike, to picket and assemble
against the criminal syndicalst and sedition
laws and for the building up of the revolution
airy trade unions and the Communist Party.
Expose the SOcial-Fascists.
The political situation in Pennsylvania is
not without any dangers for our Party. Be-
sides the struggle against the socialist party,
the role of Davis as 'the friend of labor" and
Pinchot as ''the foe of the coal and iron police"
was not made clear and explained to the work.
ers. We must take cognizance Of the fact that
among large sections of workers in Pennsyl-
vania, strong illusions exist about the so-called
liberal" and "pro-labor" role of Pinchot It
must also be admitted that the Party of dis
tricts and failed to take energetic steps
in the primaries to carry struggle against
Davis and Pinchot and unmask them before the
masses. This must be rectified at once.
The situation in Minnesota does not differ
basically from that of Pennsylvania. The
movement of struggle and resistance to the
speed-up and wage-cuts is rapidly developing
among the iron miners and lumber workers.
The struggles of the dock workers on Lake
Superior is assuming momentum. The cleo
ton campaign of our Party will find fertile
field in the present situation among the ex-
plotted working masses in Minnesota.
Win the Farming Masses
The Party must devote special attention to
the farmers. We must repair our Inaccessible
neglect of the agricultural proletariat and poor
farmers. In every election the farmers of
Minnesota become the prey of the capitalist
Farmer Labor Party. On the other hand, how
ever, the accentuation of the present agricul
tural crisis proves conclusively to the farmer
not only that the farmer labor party is unwil-
ling to fight for their interests, but that cap
italism cannot solve their problems. In Min
nesota the election campaign, without ignor-
ing the industrial proletariat, must especially
concentrate on the agricultural proletariat
and the poor farmers Precisely in this cleo
ton campaign can the Party bring its pro-
gram of class struggle to the farmers and es-
tablish a firm foothold in the agricultural dis
tricts.
AS in Pennsylvania, the Communist Party in
Minnesota is faced with the tasks of unmask-
ing those forces which speak in the name of
labor and try to mislead the working class.
The struggle against the farmer labor party
must be more politicalized and intensified.
On the basis of the political record of the
farmer labor party must we try to convince
the workers and farmers that the farmer la
Dor party is capitalist party and not
workers and farmers party. The results of
the recent primaries in Minnesota shows that
the farmer labor party is trying to capitalize
the present economic crisis and the growing
misery of the workers and farmers. 1t also
shows that strong illusions still prevail in
various sections of Minnesota concerning the
farmer labor party. These must be destroyed
on the basis of systematic political agitation
and struggle against the social fascist role of
the farmer labor party and its allies, the
Halonen group in the Finnish movement and
the Trotskyites.
The Minnesota and Pennsylvania state con-
ventions have concretized the political support
of the mass organizations and the response
of the workers. The most important thing
is to follow up organizationally the decisions
of the convention. Broaden the election cam
paign, bring it into the factories, farms and
mass organizations, particularly those which
are still under reactionary leadership and con-
troll
Forward to a Communist election campaign!
Build the revolutionary trade unions Build
the Communist PARITY