The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-01

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make detailed examination of all
ideas which are brought forward on
these questions. We must search out
all the good ideas and organize them
into strong movement; we must
expose all the bad ideas-all ideas
which will weaken the workers and
toilers generally--and destroy their
influence =ua
IN this article, we will examine the
l ideas OF Reinhold Niebuhr, as ex-
pressed in two recent articles GA Re
crientation OF Radicalism", World To-
morrow, July issue, and THE Oppo-
sition in Germany. the New Rcpub-
lie, June 28). We take Niebuhr, not
because be is himself an influential
figure. but because the ideas he ex-
presses are not his own, but are be-
ing spontaneously generated today by
the demcrabzed lower middle class,
especially the intellectuals, and
spread by them among the workers.
While Niebuhr has little influence, his
ideas are at work among the masses.
What are his leading thoughts?
Starting from the. latest events in
Go-Insay, with, the declaration that
III the American labor movement
Cannot learn from other movements
which, anoic;psts It's history by 20 to
SO 5csr33, it is fated to make the same
rl..-s..--.,,--cc5 and to e.4d in TIE same dis
e5t.o-S". Niebuhr Games to several
bes.c conclusicns fer the U. S. A.
Ti1s-e a.c: ID Gocialist and Commu-
INST Parties Goth failed in Ger
many; t2) any 'uniSed-front action
with it Che C. Ply is practically i'm
possible: 80 radicals, therefore,
will sop the.r cooperation" with
the communities, "a the theoretical
and orgc aizstional ta5ks must there
fore be taken up, OF Yielding a new
r3rty which vail control the ''revolu-
t.oaary sentiment" that 1.-The distress
c. the Country is producing.
It is cles:", at cnce, what this sys-
ten OF IDEAS signifies. It is our old
friend. the Farmer Labor Party"
brought I'D to date. It is the attempt
to preserve the cid policy of the So
cialist Parry dhe sections Of the Sec
cd International in all countries) in
i've face Ct its public shameful
teaachery and bankruptcy, by giving
it a new cloak and a new name,
Let US examine in all frankness
tlo1eo foIr M civ, r,Oiptc
~~
FIRST, that the socialists and COM
L munists "both failed in Germany:
How did the Socialist Party fail? 1t
had the governmental power in its
hands, as a result of the revolution
airy upheaval of 1918. 1t drowned in
blood the efforts of Liebknecht and
Luxembourg and the Spartacusbund
founders of the Germen Communist
Psrty) to lead the revolution to the
establishment of real Workers Gov
eminent. 1t then proceeded, step by
step, to hand back the power into the
hands of the capitalists and landlords
1t finally put the finishing touches
to its work by voting Hindenburg in
10 Lac plestoeiicS, " pu.Oi,,s Tue sea-
Hitler regime and then pledging its
support, openly in the Reichstag, to
Fascistn. That is one kind of fail
ure aiiotiier ilani g.. - VI WHICH, Is
1reachery' ,s
What kind of failure" can be
charged against the German Com
inunist Party? Only that 1t was I'M
sble as yet to fully destroy the in
fluence OF the Social-Democratic
leaders and to win the majority OF
the German workers away from the
S. P. and its policy ofasupport to Hin
denburg, Of support to Emergency
decree government, of paving the
way for Hitler. ssBut the G. P. was
and is, on the road to winning the
majority of the workers, and had al
ready achieved this goal in Berlin
the capital. The c. p. never failed
to light against Hindenburg, 1t never
fer united front with the Social
Democratic workers and even with
their Parties, to tight Hitler and
Fascism, and is the only Party In
Germany that today carries on the
struggle; it never failed to fight
against the cuts in unemployment
relief, the cuts in wages, the taxation
of the masses, which were put into
effect with the support OF the Soci-
aiist farty. It's iaaiuIe 10 galh
power Is one tnat VIII sun oe lenle-
oieo. me oociaHss rsfey nao power
IL saVe Iiiis poweI 70 i,iIil. Gar
anyone lnai ae 1i'as 1lie Geriaai
mAsSes' wen sney .n,ow ni'iel Aloe
.ne ssluase oa ~n give pwe'