The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-01-09

ington and in reports made on the Hunger
March will cite few examples of these
errors
Leftist and AdyenturiSt Errors Harmful.
In Portchester, one of the marchers in speak
ing on the Hunger March forgot to mention the
purpose OF the march, but devoted his speech
to talk about blood being shed in the past in
the struggles for freedom of an oppressed class,
and that it may be shed again.
The comrade making the main report in
Bridgeport spent 80 minutes describing the line
Of march and stating that the workers had prac-
tically captured the city OF Washington, and
that next year the workers would march back
to Washington to take over the capital in the
name of the working class
During his entire speech this conrade forgot
to mention a word about the FIGHT for une1n-
poyment insurance and immediate relief He
even went so far as to state that if the leaders
Of the march had ordered the workers to dis
arm the police they would have done so with
out any difficulty
In the city Of Stamford. another comrade
making a report on the march devoted the ma
jor norton of his speech to describing the Hun
ger March as the advance guard of the future
red army" Needless to say be also forgot to
deal with the demands raised by the Hunger
March
There were many less glaring examples of
this leftism, which was quite general among
Party comrades who were delegates Many of
our comrades still insist on referring to the
Funoer March as Communist HUNGER
March; taking up the slogans of the ruling
class instead OF explaining to the workers that
this was march Of unemployed workers in
which the Communist Party played the leading
and decisive role
Which? Revolutionary Vanity or Mass
Movement?
These statements apparently satisfy the revo-
lutionary vanity Of some comrades but they fail
to see that in satisfying this vanity they are
unwittinely aiding the bosses in their efforts to
destroy the United Front movement which was
built up as a result Of the Hunger March and
the preparations for it. Such expressions can
have no other effect if not combatted than to
weaken the mass movement ard turn the Party
into an isolated sect The movement amone the
unemployed which is now under the leader
ship OF the Party is broad United Front
movement of workers having different political,
social and religious beliefs. If we were to allow
the attitude Of these comrades expressing this
leftsn to prevail the bosses and their hire
lings would easily be able to smash the United
Front movement and lead the masses away from
the struggle for Unemployment Insurance and
immaculate rene1. by continuing THIS they open
the road for the socialists and other demagogues
to step in and take over leadership of large
sections of workers whom we have involved IN
the fight for these demands
Must Overcome Leftist Tendencies.
Our task Is to overcome these leftist ten
dencies to broaden and deepen the movement
for the demands put forward by the Hunger
March and especially to intensity the building
of groups OF the unemployed council on the
basis Of local demands This means demands
which affect a single block, bread line relief
station, section of the city, and demands
which affect the city itself-also to develop de-
mands on state scale-uniting the struggle for
demands for immediate relief and Unemploy-
ment Insurance from the federal government
with similar demands but of more local char
acter on the state city and county governments
On to Feb. 4th-National Unemployment In
surance Day.
The national drive for signatures decided on
by the Hunger Marchers and the preparation
for National Unemployment Insurance Day or
Feb. 4th, offer a splendid means to broaden an
deepen the movement among the workers. Our
Job is not merely to retain the leadership we
have won but to broaden this influence over
ever greater numbers Of workers. At the same
time. we must skillfully avoid statements and
actions OF an adventurist character which only
serve the purpose of weakening our movement.