The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-09

secretary of the International La
Dor Defense, for opposing this stand
in q public mass meeting was passed
over the protest of the LID. repre-
sentatives.
LID. Calls for Militant
United Front
The role of the International La
Dor Defense, and its position of class
struggle in defense cases, is pre-
scented in statement made by Pat
terson to the Terzani Defense Com
mittee, in answer to their vote Of
censure, and made public today.
Patterson's statement follows, n
part:
"A united front is not an end in
itself, but means to an end. An
effective united front can be formed
only on the basis of struggle, around
at least minimum program. A
united front Of various groupings
in the working class which repu-
dates program of class struggle
must be condemned as capitulation
before ruling class violence. Ruling
class violence cannot be broken exc
cept by the systematic and COM
sistent organized class action OF tbs
proletarist.
at is necessary for the Terzars
Defense Committee TO take advan-
tage Of every possibility and Of ali
practical means created by this
case TO activize, to educate, to OF
ganize for struggle, along all fronts
of the working class battle. For
this it is necessary to show the
thread which links together all Of
the struggles Of the working class
against the common enemy.
1.-THE united front Of the working
class can be established through
conferences, but its concrete pro-
gram must demand more decisive
forms Of action. It Is downright de-
ceit to tell workers that confer
ence or series of conference such
as the Irving Plaza Conference, 10
in itself sufficient struggle to save
the life Of political prisoner.
Attacks Cooperation with Class
Enemy
'Tlle statement Of Mr.. Arthur
Garfield Hays to the press, to which
L took exception, was endorsed and
sent out by the Committee. Ger
tainly it was impossible for de-
Tense organization, with a serious
intention of developing a real mass
action defense campaign, TO en-
dorse such a document. Hays
statement, when endorsed by
working class orgs nization, places
that organization In the position OF
cooperating with the class enemy.
Such an act can only tend to deep
en- the illusions Of the workers in
legalism.
THE International Labor De-
Tense can only be concerned with
strengthening the influence of the
Terzani Committee over the work
ers If that Committee sincerely
seeks to formulate a program OF
consistent struggle against the rul-
ing class in defense Of Terzani.
That program need not be the full
program of any one organization, or
of any political party, but it must
be program of consistent struggle.
1.-THE International Labor De-
tense does not believe in a united
front at any price. A united front
of the American working class can
and will be organized around just
such cases as Terzani's, but this
united front must and will be q
united front Of struggle. The line
Of my speech was calculated to
strengthen the united front organ
nationally, politically and ideo-
logically.
1.-THE International Labor De
Tense wishes to continue and 10
broaden the Terzani united front.
1t will make every effort to do this.
The work of the defense must find
higher expression in concrete forms
of struggle against fascism after
the Terzani trial" xY