The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-08

struggle against war.
'This action (the withdrawal OF
the S. P. leaders, makes even more
imperative the continuing and de-
terrnined activity of all elements in
the Congress to carry on our work
without let-up," the letter says, ''in
order to ensure the success of this
first nationwide effort to bring to-
gether all elements in a common
struggle.
Particularly we urge upon you the
effort to enlist all those members and
branches OF the Socialist Party who
are willing to lend their aid to this
historic struggle. With the Congress
only four weeks away there must be
no postponement of action in elect
ing delegates and in organizing full
support"
The letter is signed by J. B. Mat
thews, Socialist, of the Fellowship Of
Reconciliation, and chairman of the
Arrangements Committee, by Annie
z. Gray, of the Women'S Peace So
ciety, treasurer, and Donald Henderr
son, secretary Of the arrangements
committee.
The letter also contains the text
Of a telegram sent by the Arrange
ments Committee to the National
Secretary of the Socialist Party, and
signed by j. B. Matthews, Annie E.
Gray, Donald Henderson, and Roger
Baldwin, secretary of the Civil Lib
critics Union. The telegram is as fol-
lows:
arrangements Committee of U,
5. Congress Against War urges re-
consideration of withdrawal of So
cialist Party from united front We
dep1ore withdrawal and making pub
tic this action without full opportun-
tty for Arrangements Committee to
adjust controversy. We base request
for reconsideration on our assurance
that congress will not be used as
forum for inter-party attacks and
on following provision unanimously
adopted last night Aug. 81: That
this arrangements committee takes
the position that in developing the
united front no organization which is
carrying out the purposes of this
anti-war Congress should be attacked
oy participating organizations on the
field of common work. That all par
dcipating organizations shall first
place before arrangements committee.
or the subcommittee empowered to
act for it, any and all differences of
opinion between the participating Or
CARNATIONS relative to the U. S. Con-
gress Against War, before making
them public. 1t is understood, bow
ever, that every organization shall be
perfectly free to urge its own pro-
gram with respect to the struggle
against war These assurances which
the Arrangements Committee will
make effective and which are agreed
to by all participants including rep
resentatives Of the Communist Party
should make fruitful cooperation pcs
sible. We cannot emphasize toe
strongly absolute necessity united
action by all elements in view CT in
creasing American war preparations
Feel confident we can avoid future
unjustified conflicts between the par
ticipating organizations. We urge yot
to relay this telegram to member.
your executive committee for promp
6eci~ic~
The So list Party gave as is ex.
cuse for Withdrawing that the Daily
Worker had published articles crit.
icizing its stand on war, although
the U. S. Congress Against War is G
bread united front including many
organizations besides the Communis
Party.
In statement published last Sat,
urday the Communist Party demon.
strated that the Socialist Party haC
prepared its Withdrawal! at leas
three weeks before it carried it out
and before the articles in the Daily
Worker which it used as its excuse
had been published 1t showed tina
for three weeks the Socialist Part!
had held back the calls to the con
ference which it had agreed to senc
out to all its branches, while mekinl
statements in the Arrangement
Committee which gave the impress
sion it had sent them out. The Com.
ntunist Party also published a lette,
which the New York Socialist Party
organization had sent to the, Nationa
Committee on July %, urging it Il
withdraw from the Congress, and de
claring that to have joined it wa.
contrary to the instructions Of tn,
Labor and Socialist International