Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-09-28
1heFRONT
LINE ALAN sf MAX
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Action has handed us a letter
from q reader about last weeks
Front Line on Technocracy.
We are going to print the
entire letter because it con-
tains some important mistakes
and some equally important
truths.
Gentlemen:
Il have followed with much.
interest the discussion on Tech
nocracy in your columns. par
tieularly the letter from a
Worker in the issue of the 18th
and the article by Alan Max in
last weeks paper.
I'm his column, Mr.. Max very
clearly sets forth the fallacy of
these claims when viewed in
the light of doing anything for
the worker, but so far he fails
to take into account the fact
that there are about eighty or
ninety different meetings in Sc
attic and vicinity every week
where several thousand people
gather to study this creed. |
happen to be the chairman of
one of these sections and ]
know whereof | speak.
'"The vast majority of the at
tendance at these meetings ARE
people who would not listen to
anything approaching COmlnun-
ism when presented under that
name, are beginning to realize
that all Is not as it should be
with our present economic cha
os. These people listen to the
Technocratic theories and are
sold on the ideas as expounded
by the literature, not realizing
that they are listening to an
emasculated Communism. EX-
cept that the TechnOcrats do
not teach class consciousness
and militant mass action, there
is little difference between
them and Communism in the
matter of the final goal.
Il agree with a Worker from
Sultan, that the Party is max
ing a mistake in not thorough
ly covering every one of these
meetings, not to disrupt, but
to gently lead a few from each
section into the right path. !
say gently for in this great
land of the free, We like to be-
lieve that we follow the path of
our own free will and are not
driven. | have had meetings dis.
rupted by persons who by their
militancy have defeated their
own cause, when by little tact
they could have gained very
respectful hearing and would
then be in a position to spread
the gospel on ground that was
not entirely unprepared. Pos
sibly | am wrong, but these
meetings have a large per cent
age that are ripe to be cOnvinc-
ed that our only hope is Com
munism. To me the ideal ar
rangement would be to have
one or two persons become af-
filiated with every section, to
preach individually to that Sec
ton, when they have gained the
confidence of the membership.
II have attended several mass
meetings called by the Party
and / have seen a gathering of
the faithful at every one of
them and no new ones. TO me
that is lamentable fact and
while the Party probably has
a good reason, | can not under
stand why this large fertile
field has been completely ne
elected.
"a Reader"
Our TechnOcrat friend says,
Except that Technocrats do
not teach class consciousness
and militant mass action, there
is little difference between
them and Communism in the
matter of the final goal
But class consciousness and
militant mass action mean the
WHOLE difference between
the victory Of Communism and
the victory Of fascism.
Communism is not only the
goal of a planned society. it is
primarily the method of reach
ing the goal, of fighting all the
obstacles in the way.
Teehnocracy, preaching that
the goal can be obtained by