The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-23

12--Social Fascisln in the U. S., as
throughout the world, assists finance
capital in carrying through attacks
against the masses and in aiding
them in the attempt to find a CAPT
talist way out of the crisis, and serve
as the main social support for the
bourgeoisie in the maintenance of
capitalist rule.
The A. F. L. leaders came out
openly for the New Deal' and
helped to put over the plunderous
New Deal codes upon the masses;
and where they could not prevent
strikes, sabotaged them, permitted
company unions, strengthened the
open shop policies Of the employers
Green's approval of the steel codes,
he auto code with its merit clause,
etc., participated in the labor arbi-
tration maneuvers (Weirton, captive
mines, were the most Jealous in
bringing strikes to an end, under the
most unfavorable terms to the work
ers, and were especially vicious
against the workers organized in the
militant class trade unions IT. U. U.
L., Helper, Utah, fur workers., in an
effort to destroy them. They con-
tinue to struggle against genuine,
Federal Unemployment insurance,
practice discrimination against the
youth. Negro and foreign born
workers, call for the forceful
suppression of the Communist Party
and all revolutionary workers organi-
cations, and revealed their arch-re-
dictionary position in their bitter at
tacks against the Soviet Union.
The Socialist Party, in the name
Of Socialism, has echoed all of
Roosevelt's demagogy. They went
even further, declaring that the N. r.
A. is state capitalism, which provides
the economic basis for the transition
to Socialism. Norman Thomas de-
clared at the height Of the strike
wave, Now is not the time to
strike" The Socialists accepted
positions in the strike breaking MIRA.
machinery (Hillman, Dubinsky, Bor-
ders), helped to force compulsory ar
bitration on the workers garment
strike), practiced some of the worst
forms Of racketeering, assisting the
A. F. Of L. bureaucrats in their eff
forts to crush the T. U. U. l..
and other irdepedent unions (fur
workers, Illinois n1iners), opposed
a genuine federal unemployment in
surance bill, played into the hands of
the lynchers Of the Negro masses.
claiming that it is the resistance of
the Negro masses which is respon-
sible for increased terror against the
Negroes.
Rehabilitation Of the A. r. L. and
Socialist Workers
l3-With the aid of the Roosevelt
government and a section of the en-
ployerS, the A. F. L. unions have ex-
perienced a substantial growth of
membership (half million.) This
growth was OF course also due to the
great desire among the masses to or
ganize and to the fact that the
treacherous class collaboration role
OF the A. F. L. burocrats is not vet
fully exposed by the Party and the
other revolutionary organizations. The
policy of the government in general
is to promote the organization of the
workers more and more as during the
war into the A. F. l.. and to make
the A. r. l.. trade unions direct auxi-
liarieS Of the government. This is
especially being pushed in the at
tempt to disrupt and liouidate the
lighting class unions of the T. U. U.
l.. and other fighting independent
unions. At the same time the big
trusts tsteel, auto, etc. continue with
their open shop policy, with the fore
ing of workers into company unions
which have greatly multiplied since