The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-19
By EARL BRowDER.


want to speak few plain words
l to workers who belong to or follow
the Socialist Party.
Your leaders voted to enter the
committee arranging the U. S. Con-
gress Against War, and then about
two weeks later split away and cal
led upon all their associated organi-
cations also to withdraw. They
claimed that their action was caused
by ISLANDERS" against them by the
Communists.
You should carefully examine the
facts in this matter, and form your
own opinion.
Did your leaders bring forward any
facts to show that the Communists
are not Loyalty and actively carrying
on the daily tasks of the fight against
war? No, that was impossible, for
it is only the Communists who are
carrying on this work every day, in
every speech they make, every paper
and manifesto which they issue, in
mass demonstrations, in struggle
with the police, and also among the
armed forces. In some cases, the
Socialist Party members also brave
~ enter into the struggle against
war, together with their Communist
comrades; but in doing this, they
are handicapped by the official policy
Of their party whose leaders try to
prevent everything of the sort. For
instance, the New York Local Of the
Socialist Party officially published an
instruction to all Socialist Party
members Of New York not to partici-
pate in the Anti-War demonstration
Of August l, 1893, although the Soci-
alist Party at that time was officially
under a pledge together with the
Communist Party and other organiza-
tons to fight together against war.
Are the Socialist Party leaders do
ing any active work in the fight
against war? 1t is clear that they
are not, except to publish now and
then a few formal words to the ef-
feet that they are against war. And
even when they speak about the war
danger, they almost always say
something to make the workers think
that this danger is not really great,
that the capitalists themselves will
stop the war, that it is not neces-
sary for the working class to act.
The Communist Party is constantly
compelled to call attention to the
fact that the actions of the Socialist
Party leaders are not in accord with
their word. This criticism makes
them very angry, and they wall about
ISLANDERS" by the Communists. But
is it not necessary to expose the real
work OF these leaders" who are actu-
ally helping to break UP the work
ers' fight against war? We have
been compelled to show that the So
cialist Party leaders" entered the
preparations Of the U. S. Congress
Against War not in good faith to
help build the Congress, but only in
order to sabotage it. The S. P. lead
ers' became very angry about this
exposure, but it is proved by the let
ter, signed by one Of the same men
who later acted in the name OF the
National Executive Committee of the
Socialist Party in breaking away
from the Congress, in which they
called upon the NEG. to make this
break because the united front
against war is opposed by the Second
international Gabor and Socialist
International with headquarters in
/ Amsterdam.
In this letter, which they did not
| expee. to become public property blu.
which they cannot deny, they wrote
in black and white that it did not
make any difference whether the
Communists criticized the s. P. CT
net, that under any circumstances
they proposed to break the united
front against war. Less than two