The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-20

final incident which determined my
action
It was during the time when tho
Socialist Party, with the cooperation
of the American Federation of Labor
and the Farner-Labor Party (some
of them held the Continental Con-
gress, There the Farnner-Labor dele
gates joined with the S. P. and A. F.
of l.. delegates and voted not TO seat
the delegates representing some CO.
operative societies from Northern
Minnesota on the grounds that they
were Communists. And then I felt ib
my duty to break with them and
come out for a real workers party.
I do not sincerely believe that at
the outset the Farner-Labor Party
was organized merely to give the
power to another group Of exploiters.
But it worked out this way. The
Farmer-Labor Party does not keep
control over their elected officials;
and, of course, they are not barred
from the party if they fail to act in
the interest of the common people
or to live up to their campaign prom
ises. AS it stands now the Farmer
Labor Party is run by a group of
leaders whose interests are connected
with the exploiters and who mislead
the large number Of rank and file
workers and farmers who are honest.
My earnest belief is that our public
men must strive to give all their time
and effort TO educate our people to
try to secure a government that will
give the products of their toll to the
toilers and not our despoilers that
are growing rich on our labors, be-
sides living on the fat of the land
while the workers are faced with
starvation and eviction.
Note by Dist. Committee, Dist. No.
(Minneapolis)
Comrade P. s. was an active work
er in the Farmer-Labor Party and
took leading part in the activity
of the FL. Party In the Ninth Ward.
But like many others he believed
that the FL. Party could still be
cleaned out of its leaders. Once he
realized that it is useless and through
his own experience saw that the FL.
Party is nothing else but the Party
of the bankers and business men, he
courageously dropped it and came
over to the Communist Party. He
proved his sincerity by helping to
organize an Unemployed Council In
the Ninth Ward and to participate
actively in the revolutionary cam
paignS where he exposes the leaders
of the FL. Party. Comrade P. s. Is
worker still holding job and
therefore we withhold his full name.
We welcome Comrade p. 8. into
the Communist Party and call upon
all other honest workers In the
Farlner-Labor Party to follow his ex-
ample.
Note by Editor
The District Committee Of District
No g. in welcoming this worker from
the Farmer-Labor Party into the
ranks of the Communist Party, has
neglected to point out to Comrade
P. s.. that the workers can never de-
pend upon our public men" to Try
to secure a government that will give
the products of their toll to the toll
ers. This job will never be done by
public men" 1t will be done only by
an organized working class, with the
Communist Party at its head. The
act of Comrade P. 8. in coming into
the ranks Of the Communist Party
shows that he realizes this fact. We
join the District Committee in well
coming Conrade p. s. into the Party.
and in calling upon all honest work
ers in the Farmer-Labor Party to
| follow his example.