The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-08

the capitalists are ever more active in suppress
ing every political thought or movement which
leads in the direction Of organizing the work
ers to fight for their own interests This ep-
preston and suppression gives the dominant
color to the political life Of present-day capital
ism We witness not only increased activities on
the part Of the police against the unemployed,
against strikers or against any anti-capitalist
activity on the part of the workers. We are also
treated to legislation executive action against
the workers, such as the Fingerprinting and Reg
istratton Bill recently passed in Michigan or such
as the deportation activities of strike-breaker
Doak. 1t also nanifestS itself in the capitalist
leadership Of all organizations which comprise
primarily workers. There it takes the form of
campaigns to drive the Communists out of the
ranks of the organizations.
It is this situation which created the specia1
vicious anti-working class activities of the re-
dictionary leadership in many mutual benefit So
cieties.
The mutual benefit societies, no matter what
their names may be- have all large numbers Of
workers in their ranks. After all it is the worker
whose economic insecurity under capitalism
forces him to organize in mutual benefit So
cieties in order to secure for himself or for
or death. Capitalism realized this necessity for
the worker BY organizing alphabetically d.
rected mutual benefit societies it utilizes this
necessity to keep the workers under its thumb
Thus these mutual benefit societies, though or
gained ostensibly for the purpose of securing
benefits for the workers, are in reality instru-
ments Of capitalism against the workers. A
mutual benefit society can become an instru-
ment of the workers only If it is organized open
ly and definitely on program of struggle against
capitalism 1t is the logic of class relation that
workers organization, if it wants to be for
the workers must be aaginst the capitalists The
theory Of political neutrality for such organiza-
tons is only cover used by the capitalist lead
ership to hide their anti-proletarian policies.
Of all the mutual benefit socities existing, the
International Workers Order is the only one de-
tending the interests Of the working class. 1t
is the only organization which organizes mutual
help among its members for the purpose to
support their in their struggle against capitalism
and to help them in their daily battles for ex-
istence The International Workers Order is
the only mutual benefit society which openly
proclain1s and practices allegiance to the inter-
ests of the working class. 1t is the only mutual
benefit society which supports militant labor
unions and their struggles.
In order to strengthen the International Work
ers Order and to make it more effective as
workers mutual benefit society all revolution
airy workers must make the building of the In
ternational Workers Order their concern. Work
ers won for the International Worries Order are
workers won for conscious defense Of the in
aterests of the working class. Among the mill
tant workers there is too much underestima-
ton of the Importance and value of proletarian
mutual benefit society. The capitalists do not
under estimate it They see the masses of work.
ers organized In these bodies. They see how i'm
portant 1t is to use these bodies in order to keep
the workers under capitalist rule Therefore they
make these organizations battle-ground to main
tain their control over the workers They see
that the mere joining Of a mutual benefit So
ciety on the part Of worker is already a po-
tential anti-capitalist step. Even though I'M
conscious 1t is already recognition Of the prin-
ciple that the workers cannot expect help from
the capitalist but must organize to help himself.
For these reasons the revolutionary workers
have the duty to use their membership in the
ranks Of any mutual benefit society to organize
the worker members to fight for working class
policies against the capitalist leadership II be-
comes the duty of all militant workers to support
and TO build into gigantic mass organization
the only proletarian mutual benefit society with
militant policies, the INTERNATIONAL WORK
ERS ORDER.