The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-03
Farn1er-LabOr State
Meet Favors Wagner
Strike-Breaking Bill
Talks Radical But
Praises Roosevelt
Slave Codes
Nv WIN. sCHNEIDERMAN

ST. PAUL, Minn.-Faced with the
growing rehabilitation of the work
ers and farmers of Minnesota, the
State Convention of the Farmer
Labor Party which met last Tues
Gay, Wednesday, and Thursday
adopted a demagogic platform full
Of radteal phrases about the fail
ure Of the capitalist system" the
abolition Of capitalism" and tax
ing over the industries and estab-
fishing cooperative Socialist
State" The role OF the Farmer
Labor Party as the third party of
capitalism. however, was clearly re-
vealed IN the conventions decision
to endorse the Wagner strikebreak-
ing bill, and it's general support,
behind smokescreen Of mild
criticism, Of the whole Roosevelt
program of initiation, reduction in
relief, N.R.A., A.A.A., and R.W.A.,
program of attacks on the work
ers' living standards, of growing
tendencies toward fascism, and i'm
perialist war preparations.
The Fatmer-Labor m him
jsmmed through the endorsement
Of Shipstead for Senator, after
bitter struggle led by the fake left
wing who believed that Shipstead
wsS too closely identified with Hoo
YER snd Roosevelt to be able to de-
ceive the masses into supporting the
FasTner-Lsbor Party.
Revise Roosevelt
The platform adopted by the con-
vention called for the abolition of
capitalism and the establishment of
Socialism by peaceful and lawful
means" following closely upon a
speech by Governor Olson in Du-
luth to CW.A. workers warning
against revolution as too costly"
and proposing to abolish poverty
by law" The aim of the conven-
ton platform was to throw sop
to the leftward trend among the
masses, while at the same time at
tempting to divert the growing up
surge into the channels of capitalist
reformism. and away from revolu-
tionary action under the leadership
Of the Communist Party.
Realizing that the events in Ger
many and Austria have shattered
many illusions in the minds of the
workers, Governor Olson in his key
note speech to the convention de-
clared that he was not liberal
but "a radical" and that when
the final clash comes between Amer
icanism and fascism, the so-called
Red will be the oefende' of democ-
racy." He failed to add that pre-
cisely the defenjers of capitalist
democracy" the Socialist an d
Farmer-Labor Parties, will be the
best aids for the establishment of
fascism, If the workers do not or
ganize and unite under revolution
AIRY leadership to prevent it, as the
developments in Austria and Ger
many have already shown. Olson in
his speech praised RooSevelt's fas-
cist breeding program almost with
out reservation.
The so-called left wing" played
most despicable role in the Farm
er-Labor convention, which was
dominated almost entirely by the
A. F., of L. bureaucracy and the
state administration officials. While
they put up sham battle against
Shipstead and others, under pres
sure of the rank and file, the fake
''lefts" finally gave up the shadow
boxing and started whooping it up
for the same candidates they had
previously bitterly denounced as re
dictionaries. They did succeed in
introducing into the platform much
OF their left" demagogy in order
10 better fool the masses.
The Communist Party is calling
. Stake Nominating Convention on
jane 18th, where program of gen
uine struggle against hunger, fas-
eiSsn, and war, and for the revolu-
tionary way out of the crisis, will
be brought before the workers and
farmers of Minnesota in the COM
ing state and Congressional cleo
tiOn camnaipT7