The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-20


Minneapolis strike
commenting upon protest no doubt
that sympathy the striking
members of the American Legion of the factors
deputies This should strongly
noted the article insist that the army
hired deputies getting heackng from the strikers
most sautary effect of the particularly
brave ex-ofhcers.'
Leaders and Rank and File
WELL this by closed the incident" for Cacchone
chairman of the City Committee
League, sent in the following sizzling letter.
this time in regard to your article
the Daily the strike the Minneapolis
stated that the Legion
against they being dubbed
that
@ Council of the American Legion stated that they
tie their members constitution.
"A member to the Daily
Worker taking exception statement
Daily Saturday persisted bstanating your original
statement Surely this
attack the rank file of the Socialist
participate demonstrations with usp Should we call them social
pave
all sincere elements that against fasm that
of police club This practically the nnuaon
rank and file of the American Legion.
truth of the matter? Twenty thousand truck drivers
strike Twelve United
States served in the military computed
e5 million male inhabitants in the nation Let us give vo the enet
of the doubt and this percentage of
the strikers veterans That would approximately vet
Grams that participated in the strike hone that the sv or
Editorial Staff realizes why the leaders of
stated that they could depu membership Undoubtedly
many these veterans members of the American
This statement that made
and honest veterans America We hope recfcaon
s-statement in the near future"
Pv cAccH1oNE
position supported by Earl Browder Sec
rotary of the Communist Party
It of the Daily
mistake Jumping together organizations
the American Legion with the reaconay plays
into the hands of the reacona fasc socaasc
The Source of the Error
IN ADMITTING that failed sufficiently between the
ofhcereadershp of the American ne
don't agree with Comade cacchiones
example MS categorical assertion that stated that the rank file
Of the American Legion refused strikers
they dubbed words to that effect
Nowhere did ] make this
Just what the Firstly
class lines the and the rank
ana ME members secondly did not emphasize that while
particular situation in Minneapolis the leadership Legion
refraned from attempting Lego-e element of fear
OF attack by strikers was not the chief motive The
the class position of the boge opardze the
ruling class will fight the streets against
the working class The best evidence of this is found
business of the in clash between
striking truckmen and depuesrshed deputies in Min
neapoiS Thirdly did not point out that the
the veterans while resisting mobilization their officers
will fight with the utmost determination part working class
matter of record that members a
Der Of occasions given splendid solidarity strikers in
various parts OF the country example action
of rankandfe veterans guarding organizer for the Young
Communist League Bckne strike several wears
ago More recently members dropped their
clubs and refused attack international Youth Dsv
Veterans National Rank held in washington
as regular delegates nearly 100 members ~
good standing the Legion These understand SUM-
ported the program of the Workers League
and the telegram OF protest sent to Toledo against
National Guard in the Electric strike
When the Showdown Comes
CLEARLY the task now is to translate this
protest of the rank and file into united membership
as whole for the purpose of preventing their ocer-lead
using them catspaws against the
there will doubt be Legion who
we're the officers during the mpeast with
the counerrevoutionsy to separste
as many of the rank and file members
ciou influence of their ocereders
to the Workers ExServcmns of
the veterans but all fascis