The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-13
By SAM DON.

~ policy of the Party. 1t is essential to un-
derstand what brought about the change in
the Party's policy with regards to the Labor
Party. 1t is quite obvious that the change is
due to the new conditions arising out of the
third period; namely, the maturing fascist
character of both the trade union bureaucracy
and socialists and particularly because of the
role of the left social fascists.
The Labor Party movement of 1922 grew
out of the 1921 crisis, the strike movement and
agricultural conditions Then the Labor Party
movement grew out of the very depths of the
masses and could serve and did serve, for a
while, as a means of mobilizing the workers
in struggle against capitalism.
In 1922 the Socialist Party and even the
progressives trailed behind the Labor Party
movement while our Party was in front The
Socialists and progressives stepped into the
movement in order to prevent it from assum-
ing organizational form and particularly to win
it away from the growing influence of the
Party. Today we see that there is no move
ment from below for the Labor Party while
the Socialists and left Mustetes who then
trailed behind the movement, are now becoming
the organizers and sponsors for the Labor
Party. What is this change due to? 1t is
due to the change in the world situation in the
5hlrd period in which, in face of decayng
capitalism, the working class is taking the
counter offensive, and the bourgeoisie is in
need of a Labor Party which will serve as a
safety valve against the growing rehabilitation
Of the working class.
To understand the new policy of the Party
means to see clearly the changed role of the
trade union bureaucracy of the A. F.. Of l..
from merely being reactionary, as in the past.
to becoming openly fascist and the old type
trade union progressives developing social fas-
csm as fig leaf Tor the open fascism of the
A. F. of L.
This role of the left social fascists is clearly
revealed in their propaganda of the Labor
Party slogan. AS the crisis deepens and the
growing offensive of the working class rises,
the strike breaking role of the A. F. Of L.
becomes ever more clear to the workers. From
heir bitter experiences the workers are learn
ng to know the fascist character of the A. F.
IF L., as stated by Mathew Woll in an article
in the Herald Tribune:
Those who rail at both Communists and
the A. F. of L. really ought to wake up and
discover that the Federation, whether they
like it or not, is holding the first line of corn
bat in the defense"
Workers Turn To T.U.U.L. And Party.
The workers are therefore turning away
from the A. F. of L. and will naturally turn
20 the leadership of the T.UU.L. and the Party.
IN OfQef 10 stop GnlS growing turning away
Of the workers from the ALL. toward US,
The socialists, Music Social Fascists appear as
critics" of the American Federation of Labor.
In the May issue of Current History, there is
4 debate between ONeal and Mathew Woll on
The American Federation of Labor. O'NeaPs
article is announced as an attack or the ALL,
while Mathew Woll is defending it. The pur-
pose of the attack is very clear, namely: to
save the ALL. as the fascist shock troops of
the bosses within the ranks of the workers.
In the May issue of Musteits Labor Age there
appeared an article by Music himself. The
article is also an attack on the ALL. An
attack on the nostrike policy of the ALL.
in the south. Of course, there is not the
slightest difference between the no strike policy
Of Green and the strike policy of Music. How
ever there is an important difference in the
method and role of both. We from
the experiences in Marion, N. c., Kenosha and
in the anthracite, textile regions where the
Party and T.U.U.L. were absent the workers
being anxious to struggle, having no faith in
the A.L.F. leadership accepted the Musteite
leadership because of their progressive phrases
and promises for struggle. The progressive
phrases were used to give the workers an il
fusion of struggle and at the same time prevent
them from really organizing for the fight and
in the heat of the struggle they were pur-
posely left completely disarmed.
The CRITICISM" of Music and the old tried"
socialist leader, James O'Neil is linked up with
their active propagation of the Labor Party
The trade union policy of the Musteises cannot
be separated from their labor policy One
supports the other. Just as in the economic
field the policy of these social fascists is by
progressive phrases (Howatt) to give the
workers the illusion of fight at the time when
they have already completely lost faith in the
ALL, so at the present time when the work
ing class due to the pressure of the crisis is
maturing politically and beginning to turn