Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-09-14
TheFRoNT
LINE ALAN BY MAX
Capitalism'S
Third Party

lie NdIlOIlal Executive OOlll-
mittee of the Socialist Party,
at its recent meeting in Mil
waukee, rejected by a vote of
Z to 4, the proposals of the
Communist Party for united
front action.
In its statement the Nation
al Executive Committee does
not speak against the united
front. On the contrary, it real
ICES the immense value to
the labor movement of a UNI
tied action of all elements
against the danger of war and
continued exploitation"
And with this bit of lip-serv-
ice, intended for the militant
Socialist membership, the NEG
proceeds to stab the united
front in the back.
The entire question, accord
ing to the NEG, should be re-
ferred to the Second Interna-
tiOnal and the NEG should take
up the matter when it meets
again in December
In this way the NEG hopes
to satisfy the membership that
has been fighting for a united
front, making it appear that
the NEG is taking the neces-
sary steps.
The Socialist leaders say
that the questions must be
decided by the Socialist In
ternational. AND THE So
CIALIST INTERNATIONAL
SAYS 1T Is A MATER OF AC-
TION FOR THE INDIVIDU-
AL SOCIALIST PARTIES.
And while this pleasant
game goes on, the Roosevelt
government plunges ahead to-
ward fascism and war.
But this does not seem to
worry the Socialist leadership,
despite their speeches and ed
itOrials to the contrary.
The Daily Worker, official
organ of the Communist Party,
puts the matter clearly:
rs there anything at all pre-
venting the Socialist Party of
the United States from estab-
fishing the united front? Eight
Socialist Parties in various
lands have already established
this united front. The Social
ist and Communist Parties of
France, in splendid actions,
are already carrying out just
such a united front. The only
thing that delays and prevents
TIE establishment of this unit
ed front in the United States,
so urgently, so pressingly and
insistently needed in the light
of the tremendous struggles of
the workers, is the lack of de-
sire, the resistance of the So
cialist Party leaders.
Their policies are now the
only obstacle to the realiza-
tiOn of the united front, and
their sabotage of unity of ac-
ton must become the immedi-
ate concern of every worker,
and especially of every member
of the Socialist Party.
"We must point out to every
member of the Socialist Party
that there seems to be no hin.
drance or obstacles of the So
cialist leaders in their endeav-
Ors to establish a united front
with such fascist elements as
William Green and Matthew
Vol. There seems to be no
bar to supporting the William
Green policy of a pogrom
against the Communists and
militants within the ALL. The
last Labor Day issue of the
New Leader was in fact the
establishment of a united front
with William Green & Co. Did
they have to refer this matter
to the Socialist International?
Not at all. They went right
ahead. Did they have to refer
the invitation of Matthew Vol,
an open fascist, to speak at a
meeting i'm support of the Aus
TRAN barrieade fighting, to the
Socialist International? OF
course not"
This is why the Communist
Party refers to the Socialist
Party as the Third Party of
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