The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-29

ing the Second international. This
Conference was planned by the lead
ers of the Second International to
weaken the indignation reused among
wide sections of the working masses
against the treachery of German
Social Democracy. The Conference
was called in order to create illusions
of the existence of a ''better" Social
Democracy than the German.
Otto Bauer was forced to declare
that the Commission did not succeed
in obtaining majority on the ques-
ton of whether it is expedient to
make a new offer to the Communist
International to start negotiations
on the United Front.
An opinion according to which the
Second International was left free
hand in negotiations with the Com
intern got the upper hand. Every
working man must draw the conclu-
sion that the offer of a united front
which the Second international
made to the Comintern was de-
ceitful maneuver.
The object of the maneuver was to
sabotage the joint struggle of Com
munist and Socialist workers for
carrying out definite tasks, particu-
Ilarly the struggle against Fascist re-
action, reduction of wages, liquida-
ton of social legislation, etc. Otto
Wells left the Bureau of the Second
international because he could not,
while negotiating with Hitler, head
the organization which was attempt
ing a deceitful maneuver by declar-
ing itself ready to negotiate with the
leaders of the anti-Fascist struggle
and the Comintern.
The leaders of the Second Inter-
national obtained their object that
all the Social Democratic Parties
should decline the offer of united
front made to them by various sec
tions of the Communist Interna-
Itional to join in the struggle against
Fascisn. The offer was declined by
the British Labor Party, and the
Austrian, Belgian, Czechoslovakian
Social-Democratic Parties. These
parties simultaneously intensified
their attack against the Communist
Parties of their countries.
The fascist development of the
Second International made great
step forward at the Congress
through the French Socialist Party.
by the action of a "Neo-Fascist"
group. The Czechoslovakian Social
Democratic minister participated in
the persecution of anti-Fascist fight
o,-c yrI,r iera toI 4fr
Roosevelts economic policy, which
Mussolini describes as the economic
substance of fascism, is described by
the Social-Fascists as movement
towards Socialism,
The united front of Communist
and Social-Democrati workers, how
ever, is making great progress. I'm
der the leadership of the German
Communist Party, ever greater num-
bers of Social-Democratic workers Of
Germany are being drawn into the
struggle against Fascisln. That is
why the Second International opened
fire against the Communists, sinful
taneously giving itself "a free hand"
The Social Democratic parties cling
frantically to united front with the
capitalists, splitting the working
class and remaining the main social
support of the capitalist dictatorship.
When the representatives Of the
Independent Working Party" repeat
their ridiculous offer that the Com
intern should negotiate with Wells,
Bauer, Vandervelde, about the means
of fighting Fascisin, the Communist
Parties can answer in the words of
the statement of the Comintern of
March that the Communists have
proved by many years of struggle
that they are in the front ranks in
the struggle for united front.