The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-26

which impoverishes the farmer, en- |
slaves the Negro, which puts the re-
sources of the country under the
command of a handful Of unscru-
pulous millionaireS and magnateS,
which makes culture, schools,
science, art, the life of the over
whelming majority Of the people a
pawn Of the cruel anarchy of cap
italism and Of the brutal arbitrari-
ness Of the big capitalists.
All Drive Toward War
All these parties are based on
system which is more and more
making crisis and depression per-
manent state Of society, which is
every faster driving to a new, ter
rible war, and from which the bloody
grimace of fascism is lifting itself
ever more threateningly.
All these parties are fighting
among and against each other. But
on the main questionable preserva-
ton of the decayed capitalist Sys-
tem-they are Of one mind. What
they are fighting about is the gov
eminent trough and which party
shall have the better opportunity
to use the government machinery
for corruption, Jobs, graft. They are
fighting for most favored positions
for special groups of the bourgeoisie.
They are fighting amongst them
selves over the best methods of
demagogy, of lying promises, to hold
the masses back from revolutionary
action, to prevent them from joining
the revolutionary camp.
Every worker, every white-collar
worker, every working farmer, who
votes for one of these parties, votes
for his own executioners, for his
own oppreSsors. Every worker,
farmer, professional, Negro who
votes for one of these parties, votes
for the very ones who are plumber
ing him, the ones who lynch him,
votes for the parties of crisis, of
misery, of corruption, Of war, of
fascism, Of strike breaking.
Results in Congress
every well" answer some workers,
'you Communists have a good pro-
gram, for which you are really
fighting, for unemployment relief,
for sufficient wages, for many other
demands Of the toiling masses, your
program is also one with which one
can overthrow the capitalist order
and forever end crisis, misery and
hunger. But have you any chances
to be elected, and what results can
you get in Congress?"
Have we any chances to be
elected? That is, have We any
chances to have representative
elected to Congress?
Workers, that depends entirely on
you If hundreds of thousands Of
working people are convinced Of
the correctness of the Communist
way, then we Communists will be
able to send a number of represent
atives to Congress. The more work.
ers vote for our candidates, the more
workers convince themselves Of the
correctness of our program, the
more workers actively participate in
the Communist election campaign,
in the shops, in the trade unions,
in the houses, the better are the
chances to send Communist rep
resentatives to Congress.
Eyes" says the one who is not yet
convinced, "but is it not a waste of
votes, even if the Communists do
get few representatives into Con-
gress?" But is it not a much worse
waste of votes, If one votes for ones
own oppressors? If millions vote for
Democrats, Republicans, for Farm
er-Labor Party people? Is this not
much worse? Does this not mean
giving the pluaderers of the people
the possibility of saying: you your
selves elected us, you yourselves
voted that we should defend this
decaying order of society with all
means"
Communists in Congress
What would Communist repre-
Eentatives do in the national, state
and municipal governments? They
would be the defenders Of the OPP
pressed, of the working masses; they
would defend the interests of the
workers, Of the farmers, of the
white-collar workers, of the profess
SIGNALS. From the tribune of Con-
gress they would unmask and ex-
plan to the broad masses all the bills
and motions which are directed
against them. Suppose the Com
munists have only single repre-
sentative in Congress, a state or
municipal legislative hall; such a
body would then not have time to
devote itself quietly and undisturbed
to debates and sham battles on
how to fool the people best. Day
in and day out the Communists in
Congress, as the revolutionary
spokesman of the people, would de-
fead the interests Of the toiling
masses. The unemployed, the vet
Grams, the workers in the shops, the
Negroes, every oppressed section of
the population would be able to di-
rectly raise their demands through
their rev utionary spokesman, the
Communists.
But, of course, the Communist
representatives would not be salts
fed with just raising their voices
In Congress. Communists in Con-
gress may be very courageous and
energetic people-and the candi-
dates whom we propose for election
are devoted revolutionaries. And
their actions in Congress would not
be successful if they were not closely
connected with the actions of the
broad masses. The actions of the
Communists in Congress will be
connected with the strikes of the
workers, with the actions of the
farmers, of the veterans, of all
working people. In fact, Commu- |