The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-01
Wrong Tendencies in the Ranks
of the American IntelleCtuals

The power and progress of the Soviet Union,
where socialist construction challenges capital
ism at every point and where the working class,
led by the Communist Party has proved not only
the ability to overthrow Czarist autocracy and
capitalism, but to build socialist society," force
thousands Of intellectuals to ponder over polit-
ical problems which in the period of permanent
prosperity" in the United States we're considered
settled, at least for the period OF their life time
Two main currents are to be seen among the
utellectuals: one the trend toward the working
class, the Soviet Union and the communist
Party of the United States the other, toward
the socialist party and still more servile support
of American capitalism, here and there, Show
ing definite fascist tendencies. There are, of
course many brooks and riyulets Of thought be-
tween these two main streams flowing into them.
There is much hesitation and confusion.
But one thing is certain the American in
tellectuals have had their minds shaken like
butter in churn by the rapid and steady de-
cline OF production, the disruption of credit, the
creation of permanent mass unemployment and
an army of twelve million unemployed, the in
creasing war danger and the obvious inability
of the American ruling class and the world
ruling class for that matter, to find any way out
OF the crisis other than that of further attacks
on the living standards of the masses and imper-
ialist war.
The growing terrorism in the United States,
especially against the Negro masses, but directed
now with added ferocity also against white work
ers in strikes and unemployed demonstrations,
the increasing suppression through illegal" means,
and the greatly extended anti-working class &C
tivty of the various patriotic and fascist organ
izations, including Protestant and Catholic
churches, likewise increases the fonent among
the intellectuals.
Is no longer what it was, either from the stand
point OF income of security of employment.
Thousands of young college graduates can find
no employment, the salaries of most intellectual
workers have been reduced, or they unable to
collect them, as is the case with $4,000 teachers
in the city of Chicago, because of the bankruptcy
of the municipalities various educational inSti-
tutions, etc. Practically every state and corpora
ton is reducing both its budget and staff for
educational, research and scientific work.
New mergers of the already giant corporations
in the basic industries are being followed by mer-
gers of magazines and book publishing conf
panies The House of Morgan has financed
and is financing, other mergers in this field
The very meager freedom of expression which
American intelectuals had before the crisis, is
being rapidly reduced. A typical instance is the
case of John Dos Passes Harper'5 has published
everything that Dos Pessos has written until his
latest book, containing satirical pen picture of
j. Pierpont Morgan. This has been refused pub
LEGATION. Numerous other instances of this kind
can be cited
While this foment is going on among the in
tellectuals who had little, If any, contact with
Communism and the Communist Party, and
many of them are coming closer to the Party,
there are at the same time certain developments
among those intellectuals who for number of
years have been supporters of the Party, either
for his personal crooked gains.
He is about 40 years of age, dark complicated,
pock-marsed, about 5 it. II in. tall, about 1855
lbs in weight, and has false upper teeth. He is
nervous and jerky in his actions, and talks very
rapidly.
JACK MUNSON, Of Duluth, Mimi, has been
expelled from the Communist Party as thief
who absconded around December 20, 1881, with
about $3.50 of organization funds.
He is about 40 years of age about #. 7 In. in
height about les lbs in weight and he has blond
hair and blue eyes
All workers and workers organizations are
warned against these enemies and tespoilers Of
the working class
CENTRAL CONTROL COMMISSION
COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE U.S.A.