The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-26
The Most Burning Question =
Unity Of action

b. Burok


When we untiringly called upon the workers,
no matter to what Party or organization they
might belong, when we called upon the Social
Democratic Parties and reformst trade unions to
engage in joint actions with u.s. always declared:
Form the united front together with us against
capital against it's attacks the toiers, against
fascsm and the imperialist war which is threat
ening. Do this no matter what may divide you
from in questions of principle and tactics. We
steadfastly adhere to the view that the founding
of the Communist Parties and Of the Communist
International was the first step to uniting the
working class on the basis of the class struggle
after this basis had been deserted by the Social
Democratic Parties. But we know that the Party
is not the whole class; you workers, matter
of what organization, belong to the same class
as we, to the class whose representatives
regard the Communist Parties. The unity of ac-
ton of the workers against the emergency of the
hour against fascsm which Is threatening all of
us directly or which has already burst upon us
also leads to overcoming the splitting of the labor
movement and to establishing organizational unity
in it, If you want organizational unity then first
realize unity Of action.
GREAT SINGLE MASS PARTY
We Communists thus stand for the organiza-
tional unity of the labor movement; stand for
great single Party of the proletariat. We
think, we hope, that the great majority of the
Austrian workers. after the heavy price they have
paid for the lessons of the February struggles really
do think alike We believe that 80 per cent of the
Austrian workers already want the rreconcilabe
revolutionary struggle, also against those who in
the hour of the outbreak of the armed struggle
sent Chrstian-Sociast mediators to Dollfuss the
hangmen of the workers, and were willing to recog
nize the fascist dictatorship for term of two
years. We think that 80 per cent ES the workers
in Austria are convinced that the goal IF a revolu
tionary struggle is not "a" dictatorship of the
proletariat Otto Bauer writes, but the dictator
ship of the proletarat which the Communist Party
Of Austria, the basis of the program of the
Communist International has set the Austrian
proletarians as the goal of their struggle. This
program, the program of the dictatorship of the
proletariat and of the armed struggle for this die
tatorshp has already-as Otto Bauer must himself
acknowledgements nally united thousands of
former Social-Democratic workers. including lead
ing functionaries in the most difficult conditions
of ilegality for revolutionary struggle in the Com
munist Party of Austria. What, then stands in
the way of uniting the labor movement in Austria?
The endeavors of those who are compelled made
wise by the palpable experiences of history to &C
knowledge the dictatorship of the proletarat but
who want to prevent uniting of the Austrian
workers on the basis of the program of struggle
for the dictatorship of the proletariat which has
already been recognized by the Austrian working
class, and who even hinder unity of action for more
immediate aims
Ito Be Concuded