The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-27

to achieve a united front similar to
the common front Of the French
working class. The facts reveal the
steady pressure Of the Communist
Party for unity, and the squirming
and maneuYering Of the Socialist
Party leaders, who, while paying
lip-serYice to the ideals of united
action. have in practice sabotaged
all attempts to achieve the goal de-
sired by every militant worker.
These leaders, who are for the
united front in words, have by their
deeds blocked unity of action.
Since it would but duplicate Bit
telman's introduction to go into
detail about these maneuvers, it
will be more useful to pose the
immediate problem centering around
the united front. The National Ex-
ecutive Committee of the Socialist
Party at its recent meeting in
Boston set new difficulties in the
way Of united actions and post
poned its decision on the question
of united front with the Commit
mist Party until 1895. This was
done although the decision Of the
Second International to refer the
question back TO its constituent
parties took away the excuse that
the national parties had to wait for
permission from the international
center.
But the united front cannot, and
will not, be postponed, despite all
efforts made to prevent its realiza-
ton. The Communist Party has
made its position clear in all it's
actions. Daily, in the unions, in the
organizations Of the unemployed ard
in all wcrkingclass organizations, it
works for unity, and continually
invites the Socialist Party and its
members to join in the work Of
building the united front.
Work Must Be Intensified
Upon Communists falls the task
of intensifying their systematic
work to achieve the united front
with Socialist organizations on the
basis of the specific issues of the
day. If anything, they must empha-
size more direct approach to the
rank-and-file Of the Socialist Party.
Every Communist must take the
following words of Piatnitsky to
heart: In view of the increasing
need for unity, he must continue to
press for the united front much
more persistently. He must be
holder and more flexible in using
united front tactics. He must wage
a determined struggle against the
Socialist leaders and trade union
bureaucrats who are sabotaging the
united front Of struggle"
But the Communists alone cannot
achieve the united front. Upon the
Socialist worker, and in fact all
class-conscious workers, there lies
the responsibility of fighting for the
united front. He must see through
the false issue of good faith" which
the buresucrats raise as barrier to
united action.
Last summer Earl Browder, secre-
tary Of the Communist Party, an
swered this question in the form Of
a challenge to the Socialist Party
leadership. He said that "the Com
munist Party is prepared to DEM
onstrate its good faith in any
agreement for a united action by
the only method through which
good faith can be demonstrated, by
carrying through the agreed upon
actions with all Of its energies"
This plain talk has been under
scored by the successful united
actions carried out by local Social
list and Communist organizations.
Unity Through Struggle
1t is therefore now up to the
Socialist worker to realize that
unity cannot be achieved solely by
discussion. Through the daily ex-
periences of the class struggle, we
will be able to clarity our theoret-
ical and programmatic differences.
AS Lenin pointed out, it is
through the political experience Of
the masses that we bring about
changes, and not merely by the use
OF propaganda and agitation. If
the united front is to be attained,
every Socialist worker must fight
within his party branch and union
local for united front actions.
Through these actions We will build
the united front of all the workers,
and point the way to the revolu-
tionary development Of the Amer
lean working class.
With the united front we can de-
feat the offensive of the capitalists
against the living standards of the
masses, We can destroy the danger
of Fascism, and prepare the masses
through their struggles around
these immediate issues for ths
larger tasks involved in the destruc-
ton of capitalism and the building
of a socialist world-J. g.