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and giving Macdonald and the "op-
position" credit for their wiley tao
tics in attempting to fool the work
ers, says:
"When the late Labor govern
ment went to smash the Prime
Minister advised all his younger
followers in subordinate posts to
stick to the Labor party If they
wished to safeguard their political
futures"
In fact, all Of the members of
MacDonald's government who wanted
to follow him took MacDonald's ad-
vice that they could serve capital
ism best within the opposition" ex-
cept Malcolm Macdonald, who will
receive his reward now with an "un-
dersecretaryship."
Gust Thomas.
That it is becoming more difficult
for the Labor Party swindlers to fool
the workers, despite their glib
phrases or their opposition" fakery,
is shown by the comment OF the
New York Times on what the work
ers in England think of j. H. Thomas,
one Of MacDonald's cronies in the
present government. The Times re-
ports:
"For many years MIR. Thomas has
been too successful in associating
with employers to suit British
workmen. The union men thought
Mr.. Thomas wore his evening
clothes too often, although he al
ways told them his sole purpose In
going to big dinners was to con-
vert his fellow diners to the gospel
of big wages for railway men,"
The social-fascist role OF the en-
tire Labor party, and the sham split,
designed consciously between Mac
Donald and the members Of the
Opposition to mislead the work
ers, is fore and more revealing the
role of the Socialists in aiding CAPT
talism, when necessary, to establish
its open dictatorship in order to save
the capitalist structure.
That the new government Is di-
rected exclusively against the work
ers, and that all the talk of Mac
Donald about equal burdens" was
so much camouflage under which q
smashing drive would be undertaken
by the new government, is further
shown by the fact that the only def
mite proposal yet made by the COM
bined forces Of British capitalism is
that a 10 per cent cut in unemploy-
ment insurance should take place.
They find it difficult to work out
plans to make it appear that the
capitalists are to be taxed, without
any actual increase in taxes being
imposed.
Promises and Deeds.
How the Labor party, with its So
cialist leaders, fooled the workers
into voting for them by the promise
that unemployment insurance not
only would not be cut, but would be
increased, and then later agreed to
cuts in unemployment insurance, Is
now clearly exposed. 1t is significant
that the present opposition" is try
ing to cover up its role as conspira-
tor in agreeing to unemployment in
surance slashes.
What They Promised.
The Election Program of the La
Dor Party of 1929, when 1t bid for
power and offered the workers all
sorts of promises to vote for 1t, de-
clared:
"The Labor Party's plan for I'M
employment is to provide work;
but pending the absorption of the
unemployed I'm regular occupations
1t will take steps to relieve the
present distress. It will also
dmctiu tuc CICulpiOyCu Ahoui dhSO
Act so as to afford more generous
maintenance Of the unemployed,
and will remove those quaIifica-
tions which deprive them Of pay
ments to which they are entitled"
So much for the promise. What
are the facts? Unemployment insur-
ance is now being cut, with the full
agreement Of the entire Labor party
leadership. Unemployment has in
creased beyond all previous records,
despite the promise Of more work.
And, further still, the Socialists in
and out of the government are pre-
pairing the fascist dictatorship against
the rising resentment and action of
the workers.
That the new government will
take on more fascist forms and does
not intend to dissolve SO quickly is
again confirmed by latest news dis
patches. Promises of new elections
are gradually being withdrawn. In
TACT the new govaIauent u now