The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-17
90 National Organizations Call u. S. AntiW Congress
Communist Party Appeals
for Anti War United Front
Calls on Masses to Rally Against War on Aug.
LIST; Supports National Congress Against War

To all workers:
To the members of the Socialist
Party and of the A. Foil:
TO all members of the Progressive
Miners Union ard other indie
pendent unions:
The American Committee for
Struggle Against War has issued a
call for a National Congress to set
up a united front of every organiza-
ton, every individual, seriously OPP
posed to war. This Congress is the
outcome of an appeal issued some
weeks ago by Sherwood Anderson,
Theodore Dresser and Upton Sin
clair. The call is signed by fifty
different national organizations, in
Guiding trade unions, unemployed Or
CARNATIONS, student organizations,
intellectuals, pacifist groups, youth
organizations, etc. The signers also
include the Communist Party of the
U. S. A. and the Socialist Party of
America.
The Communist Party gave its sup
port to the proposed Congress from
the beginning.
The participation of the Socialist
Party in the call for the Anti War
Congress marks an apparent depart
IRE from the settled policy of that
organization, which has been rigidly
opposed to any united front, except
that which was directed against the
revolutionary workers led by the
Communist Party. What is the
reason for their change of tactic in
this case? There is not the Slight
est doubt that this change has not
been brought about by changed at
titude of the Socialist leaders. Hill
quit, Thomas and others. Rather it
has been forced by the fact that the
appeal of the Communist Party to
the Socialist workers for a united
struggle against the capitalist at
lacks has reused a deep ferment in
the Socialist ranks. A large part of
the Socialist workers are in rebellion
against the sabotage practiced by
their leaders against the united front.
The demand for united action has
been growing so swiftly that these
leaders already see the danger of
losing their followers. They have
been forced to make some conces-
sion to this spirit of unity. They
started to try out a new nlR-cu;cr
in connection with the Anti-War
Congress.
II we wish to form a true estimate
of how sincere are Hillquit and
Thomas in this move, we must re-
member few more facts of very re-
cent history We must remember
tie unemployed convention in Chi
cago in May. a convention which was
called by Socialist Party leaders
but which was split by them when
they found themselves in a minor
ity, facing a majority which was de-
termined upon a real unification
which would include the fighting
National Unemployed Councils We
must remember the Pennsylvania I'M
employed convention, called to set
up a statewide federation of all I'M
employed organizations, which was
also split by the Socialist-led minor
ity because the majority refused to
exclude the Unemployed Councils.
We must remember that the same
meeting of the S. P National Com
mittee held in Reading, Pa, which
decided to enter the Anti-War Con-
gress, at the same moment decided
to give unconditional support to the
leadership of the American Fedora
tiOr 0f T a hOt, vUt1irb IL, it- f,,ry, rrix,.r
unconditional support to the mill
tariat and jingoist platform of the
Roosevelt administration.
The Socialist Party approached the
Organizing Committee of the Con-
gress, laying down, as conditions for
its participation, the inclusion of
eleven of its members and friends on
the Arrangements Committee. It
was the representative of the Com
munist Party Comrade Robert Minor,
who made the motion which was
adopted to accept the eleven nominal
tons of the Socialist Party. Com
rade Minor correctly declared that
the Communists have no interests in
limiting the Congress or it's prepare
tory committees and no desire to
establish any organizational control
In the Arrangements Committee
neither can there be any question
raised which predetermines the de-
cislons Of the projected Congress
The calling of the Congress is not
vet the establishment of united
front. 1t il only one step in that