The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-30
WAGE CUTS SWEEP ON! ONLY STRIKES Will STOP THEM
For a Decisive Turn in the
Local Elections

both
therefore must become
important force the development of struggles against hunger
the cities where cleo
tons take place important local struggles the UNEMPLOYED and strikes
took under the leadership of the Party in the textile centers
of New England and the anthracite in the coal fields OF Pennsylvania
thu election Uaign Of the part therefore in those cities must become
mobilization of the under the leader
ship of the PART for deeper and greater struggles
election campaign however is hampered
by the existence -paiamenaan the mdeem
revolutionary possibilities election 1t
not merely express itself in sIowness to enter develop
paig but completely
forgetting small towns but the towns where
headquarters even where
Committee resides
activities of the Party around this years local election cam
pc beginning of which will deal death
blew TIE traditional NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. tendencies prevailing in
F-rty
progress the election campaign thus far
cats4o election activities frequently confined and
paicy fashion the collection of signatures important
The danger of the theory
in Innocent form in the Party AS for instance
IA Gu % on the election campaign for one OF the section ere
tie Pittsburgh District find the following statement: Can
appor the Republican Democratic Parties?
III 60 s The workers. even though some are worse than others
The s.rygo against platform the
ta parties end particularly against the social fasc very uats
election campaign being made instrument
together the issues all the partial struggles and the issues of
ps2uar consolidated revolutionary
struggles capitalism 18th Penum resolution they
it organizations controlled
tie approached formally
growing the increases
the Opportunities Of Party in mobtng these masses for struggle
curing period election However the political
underestnaon great possibilities
which in activities makes
of the crisis to
the demagogy politicians both parties
with the danger that workers who have accepted the
leadership of the Party in the struggles for Unemployment insurance
strike struggles the scosboo campaign ETC. will result OF
will vote for bourgeois candidates in
theory of the lesser evil"
immediate unemployment
election campaign We
must not merely raise it as general issue but must explain to the
that for social insurance is based taxing the
rich creating fund at the the bosses and their state
linked with the struggle for immediate relief @aginst
against the various local bourgeois politicians demagogcay
speak
RELOCATING
up immediate
tying up struggle
Such tendencies must be Immediately done away with Our exposure
these social demagogu must be based facts and the development
will the result of their
the nature of the dmagog proposals of the bourgeois
candidates
strike breaking agencies of the ruling class The experiences of the
committees strikes
the full force of the hiring special deputies
and modifying the police to break the strikes indicate the growing
the The lessons of these must be brought home
to the workers
raised
local phcah o. sn VARIOUS eroup as means OF covering up sne
of the mobizng
for struggle against all of these bourgeois parties and to expose the
accomplished Party sensitive to
those the basis intensive political election
bougeoie
Party prepare
elections and in all of the local
local demands already bring forward political
particularly the fight for social insurance concentrated attack
the administration particularly
branding the
is not sufficient We must convince the workers the basis of facts
experiences struggles that the socialists the Musetes
strike breakers the fascist attacks
taking the
facts
native social fascists enriched
entire
clubbing
the
lion York City
elections build themselves
this
they will learn
agains THE interests the ruling
united activities
revolutionary unions
the demands election
campaign develop self activity of the
immediate must be
election But at the time must point out to the
achieved
these local fights with
overthrow capitalism for the establishment
Government contrasting the growth of misery
countries with the growth of Socialist prosperity the