The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-06
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By CARL REEVE

was removed from Office as State
Secretary of the Socialist Party by
the Social Fascist state leaders, be-
cause he voted for the united front,
and the united action Of the work
ers forced a public trial. I'VE
investigated the Socialist Party
misleaders and we found plenty.
We gave these misleaders more ac-
ton than they had seen in the last
ten years. In fact, we gave them
50 much action that they are now
suffering from relapse
The membership of the Socialist
Party dropped, he said, from 1920
to 300 in California as a result of
this united front appeal Of the
Communists.
I'VE won over about 10 per cent
of the Socialist Party's most active
members and local leaders. 1 want
to emphasize the distinction be-
tween the local leaders and the
state and national leaders of the
Socialist Party. We often make
the mistake of attacking the local
leaders Of the S. P. in general terms
Of condemnation. Many Of these
local S. P. leaders are sincere rank
and filters. When they are indis-
criminately condemned they are
lost to us. We lost one important
s. P. local because we made an I'M
warranted attack on one such sin
cere local leader. The fact that $50
S. P. members out of 1900 Joined
our Party proves that these rank
and file Socialists and many of the
local leaders are sincere and are in
the S. P. because they believe it is
working to bring about Socialism.
With a correct application of the
united front in other districts, re-
suits as good as in California can
be secured"
Anti-War Work Stressed
A great ovation was given to Roy
Hudson, fighting head Of the Ma
rine Workers Industrial Union,
upon his election as chairman of
the evening session.
The progress of the Party in de-
veloping struggles in the shops in
the heavy Industries, in drawing
Negro workers into these struggles,
in developing the fights for the I'M
employed, and the struggle against
war and fascism, ran through the
speeches Of the delegates, most Of
them shop workers, in last nights
session.
Last week the first anti-war
committee was built on a ship in
Baltimore said the delegate, elected
from the Young Communist League
steel nucleus in Sparrows Point,
Maryland.
After the young steel worker fin
ished speaking, Hudson commented:
"On this ship % seamen signed 8
petition calling for struggle against
capitalist war and fascism and then
asked, What do we do nowP' This
anti-war committee has now de-
cided to organize on shipboard a
meeting on May First to fight
against war and fascism." The con-
yention rang with applause.
Young Workers Lead Strikes
Many of the delegates from the
Party concentration points brought
out the leading role of the youth
in leading the strikes and struggles
OF the workers. In Sparrows Point,
steel plant of 10000 workers man
ufacturing armor plate and barbed
wire for war, there are 1000 young
workers and 5000 Negroes, said the
Y. G. L. comrade. 1.-THE union is
sues a weekly shop paper. The
Steel and Metal Workers Indus
trial Union has prevented a wage
cut and carried through other
struggles for immediate demands.
The young workers are in lead
ing positions and active in this
union work, Sparrows' Point sent
ten delegates to the U. S. Congress
Against War and Fascisrn. Youth
Clubs are being built among the
young steel workers. We can also
report that one Y.C.L. shop nucleus
has been built aboard ship, from
Baltimore. I pledge that I am 60
ing back after this Convention and
put every ounce of energy I've got
into the revolutionary movement 81
the steel worker concluded. eve
have set ourselves the task of build
ing three more shop nuclei and five
anti-war committees aboard ship
and we will exert all our energy to
carry this out.
I'VE pledge to you that we will
organize and carry out actions for
the stopping of shipment of war
munitions from the Port of Balti-
more" he added as the delegates re-
sponded with prolonged applause.
The delegate from the Baltimore
water front told of the successful
struggles led by the Marine Workers
Industrial Union, for relief for the
unemployed seamen. In this fight
he said, the water front Unemploy-
ment Council has won recognition