The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-15
How to Lead the
Struggles Against
the Slavery Act
What Is the Capitalist State and How Will 1t
Function Under Roosevelts New Industrial
Slavery Act?

so poorly prepared TO draw up law
which would really execute the wish
es OF big capital, that they clumslly
left lot of big loop-holes, oppor-
tunities for the workers to come IN,
and transform this law into some
thing entirely different than this law
was intended, to turn it into a means
for their own advancement rather
than for the enrichment of The capt.
taliSts.
These golden opportunities, Mr..
Thomas assures the workers, much
more than offset the bad effects
which the operations of the bill are
intended to have in driving down the
living standards of the workers, de-
stroying their right to strike and
herding them into employer conCroll-
ed unions.
This propaganda Of Thomas and
the Socialist Party, accompanied by a
declaration of 100 per cent coopera-
ton with the A. f of L. which openly
supports the Bill nj its entirety and
unlike Mr.. Thomas, declares its agree
ment with the purposes and phil
osophy of the authors of the law, is
the logical continuation of the coop
Grafton between the S. P. and Roose-
welt, which began in the first days
of the latter,S administration. Then
Norman Thomas and Morris Hillquit
paid a formal visit to Roosevelt in
the White House and then issued a
press statement praising Roosevelt for
his liberal and progressive approach to
the problems Of the day.
1T is highly important in the very
1 first stages Of the struggle against
the Recovery Act to secure the broad
est possible crystailization OF oppos1-
ton against it in preparation for the
development of mass struggles sure
to come in the near future. On this
issue. the most vital and immediate
to the entire working class and effect
ing every phase of their every day
life, we must bend every energy to
crystalline real united front OF
struggle Here, if anywhere, is the
need and the opportunity for apply
ing the tactics of the united front.
1t is from this point of view that
there has already been launched a
serious move for united action. In
this issue of the Daily Worker is
printed public manifesto against the
Industrial Recovery Act. This mani
festo has the signatures OF over Is
leaders of various economic organ
izations of the workers.
The signers include the Trade
Union Unity League, the various
unions affiliated to it, A. j. Music
and various unions associated with
his particular political tendency, the
various national and local Unemploy-
ed Councils together with the Unem-
ployed Leagues with Musteite leader
ship, a series of A. F. of L. local
unions. the A. F. of L. Committee for
Unemployment Insurance, and some
unattached independent unions.
The manifesto gives politically
satisfactory Characterization of the
New Deal" exposes the falSeness OF
the promises of returning prosper
ity," and lays down six point work
ers program against the Roosevelt
program.
The manifesto concludes with a
call to all workers economic organiza-
lions, who agree with the general ma
ture of the manifesto, to meet to-
gether in a general conference in
Cleveland on August 26 and n to
work out measures for organizing the
broadcast possible mass fight for its
demands.
49, of +I,o vooet i,,oy1ort r,t foo tiires
of this manifesto is the agreement
contained in it to work for immediate
conferences for unity of all genuinely
militant trade unions and groups in
particular industries, such as steel,
mlninl, textile, ETC., and to promote
the unification of all mass organlza-
tons Of the unemployed, locally, state
wide and nationally. Serious prog
ress has already been registered in
the movement towards unification Of
the unemployed organizations, as
shown by the adoption of a part OF
this program by the convention Of
the Unemployed Leagues in Columbus,
Ohio on July 4th, including endorse
ment of the Workers Unemployment
Insurance Bill, and the adherence to
this program by the Unemployed Fed
Grafton which grew out of a Chicago
conference called by the Borders
Citizens Committee which repudiated
the Borders splitting program.
1T is clear that in this broad unity
l movement with strong representa-
ton of the Musteites, that the road
to unity on the basis of the class
struggle will not be a simple and easy
matter. 1t is much easier to get
agreement on a sound manifesto than
it is to get bold and energetic &C
ton to carry it out in life. Only the
most persistent and careful checking
up on the actual performances of all
those claiming to support the united
front program, including ourselves,
only the most fearless criticism Of
every failure to properly apply it, can
provide the guarantee that this unity
movement will really consolidate the
forces of the class struggle and not
on the contrary, paralyze and demon
alize this struggle.
CONTENTS JULY ISSUE