The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-30
BRAND ROLE OF SOCIALISTS AS AID
TOBOSSES IN FIGHTING THE JOBLESS
AND PREPARING ItIPERIALIST WAR
New York District of Communist Party Issues
Statement Calling On Socialist Workers.
to Support Communist May |

the socialist party leaders more
cpenly sAd tFa1cAly than ever are
demonstrating that they have no
concesn for the interests of the
working class. More and more they
adopt the language and policy of
our enemy, the capitalist class.
Thu misery that every working
class family coslfrontSwthrough ua-
employment, wage cuts, speed-up and
the stagger plan; in the attacks on
tha foreignborn and the diserimin-
alton and lynching of the Negroes,
the socialist party leaders are either
silent or aid the bosses against the
workers,
What have they done in regard to
unemployment? Have they not con-
sistently understated the number of
unemployed, for the purpose OF min
iniising tho suffering of the unem-
pioyed Have they not smiled when
the police beat up and dubbed the
unemployed New York)a Have they
not allowed unemployed workers to
hunger and be eWeted In Milwaukee
and Reading, where there are social
ist administrations? Have they not
sold out strike after strike against
wage cuts--Roehestar, Reading, Phil
adeipiaia, Kensingten, Marion, Dan
vile, Illinois nainsss-wfere the So
called left, !" radical socialists, like
Music. Hspgood have led? Have the
socialist controlled unions not openly
worked with the bosses against the
workers--ths Anaalgaraated Clothing
Workers. International Ladies Gar
faent Workers. Araalgamated Food
workess. sts.a
Have they raised their voices
against the attacks ON the foreign
born7 The workers attending the
ball al the Finnish Socialist Club
were raided and about 20 were ar
rested and held for deportation. What
did the socialist leaders dea Nothing
only later to cooperate with the
same police 10 get Union Square
away from the workers who will dem
orstrate On May Day under the ban
nsr Of the Omitted Front May Day
Conference What have they done
agsizass the policy of lynchins which
the bosses of this country. have
launched with fury against the Me-
groe< for the purpose OF terrorlzng
them? Have they raised their voices
against the contemplated savage muir
der Of nine Negro boys In Scottsboro,
Ais.f Not q word has come from
Theses peopls. for 1t raean struggle.
and the seciss3st leaders want no
struggle.
What have TRAY done against I'M
peTtaisS war; u their policy one of
STRUGGLED, No. il consists OF disasra-
ing tha working class. of talking
pscifisnis while the government pre-
pares for war. More than that
Norman Thomas, IN the New Leader,
shows that hs openly supports Hoo
ver and St1tascsis and has only praise
fer Mowers clearly i,nperiaIist policy
and strategy In Nicaragua He says:
Secretary Stinson's refusal TO send
American boys 10 fight their way
through the tropical jucgles OF Nj
caragua In order to protect Amer
leans in the right stand and the only
right stand" To keep the adj
n,ipistration on the right road and
to put it forward, Americans, lovers
Of peace, must speak UP against the
innperiaIists.
Norman Thomas, official sopkes-
man, tries to make the workers be-
lieve that the Hoover plumber I'M
perialist government has honest in
tentions in regard to Nicaragua, and
all that the workers must do Is to
push the Hoover government to a
real peaceful policy toward the COL
onies! Every worker knows that i'm
perialist governments are against the
workers, and that the strategy of
Withdrawing the marines in Near
aqua is a sham and does not mean
that the U. S. government will not