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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-03

the counter-revolutionary activities
against the Soviet Union, who
stands with Hamilton Fish in the
u. S. as one of the bitterest enemies
of the victorious workers revolu-
ton; there is ex-Judge Panken
who used his legal experience in
helping to break the New York
taxi strike.
Old Guards Are Splitters
These gentlemen work with the
A. F. of L. bureaucracy trying to
force the Socialist Perry to the
right, fighting against the revolu-
tionary upsurge in the Party, using
every means to block the united
front with the left. 1t is they who
threaten TO split the Socialist Party
in order to carry out their policy
of collaboration with the war max
ers and the elements driving to-
wards fascism. Their role is adj
mirably expressed by the Belgian
Socialist De Man, leader Of the in
ternational right wing Of the So
cialist international, who in his
book Psychology of Socialism" de-
clared:
'Tf it were not for the support
rendered by the social democratic
parties to the capitalist social
system the latter would have
been Overthrown by the proIe-
tariat long ago.
There is probably not single
reform, in the sense of putting
reformist ideas into practice, the
realization Of which in recent
years has not been the work of
the anti Socialist parties. On
the contrary, wherever the So
cialists held power, either by
themselves, or with the assist
ance Of other parties, they were
compelled to direct all their eff
forts to restore capitalist
economy.
1T was in order not to let the
requisite political power cut of
their hands for nothing that as
far as possible they excluded
from their practical policy every
thing which was specifically So
cialist."
That is the real aim of those
who fight the united front with
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its detectives by peaceful and or
derby means. Recognizing the in
creasing resort by crumbling cap
italist order to FasciSm to preserve
its integrity and dominance, the So
cialist Party intends not to be de-
ceived by Fascist propaganda nor
overwhelmed by Fascist force. 1t
will do all in its power to fight
Fascism Of every kind all the time
and everywhere in the world, until
Fascism is dead. It will rely, never
theless, on the organization OF
disciplined labor movement. It's
methods may include recourse to a
general strike which will not merely
serve as a defense against Fascist
counter revolution, but will carry
the revolutionary struggle into the
camp of the enemy.
The Socialist Party proclaims
anew its faith in economic and po-
litical democracy, but it unhesitat-
ingly applies itself to the task Of
replacing the bogus democracy Of
capitalist parliamentarianism by a
genuine workers democracy. Cap
italism is doomed. If it can be SUI
perseded by majority vote, the So
cialist Party will rejoice. If the
crisis comes through the denial Of
majority rights after the electorate
has given us mandate, we shall
not hesitate to crush by our labor
solidarity the reckless forces of re-
action and to consolidate the So
cialist state. If the capitalist sys-
tenn should collapse in a general
chaos and confusion, which cannot
permit Of orderly procedure, the So
cialist Party, whether or not in
such case it is a majority, will not
shrink from the responsibility of or
ganizing and maintaining a govern
ment under the workers rule. True
democracy is a worthy means to
progress; but true democracy must
be created by the workers Of the
world.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-03
COMMUNIST PARTY
APPEALS TO EVERY
SOCIALIST WORKER
Urges Sweeping Aside of Old Guard Who Bar
Unity-DeIay in Forming United Front
Helps Fascists and War Mongers

when the confidence of the masses
in the Soviet Union is growing.
viii Not Advance Cause
A united front with them will no.
advance the cause of the struggle
against war and fascism; it will
impede it. The Communist Party,
and the majority of the members
of the Socialist Party, want BASIC
ally united front between the two
parties, which would draw in its
train the support of hundreds of
thousands, if not millions of work.
ers. We want a united front with
the Socialist Party, with the Young
Peoples Socialist League, with A.
F. of L. locals. These truly mass
organizations, on the basis of the
united front, can have a tremen-
dous effect on the course of the
labor movement, speeding the rev.
dictionary Developments so ar
IDENTIFY desired, creating a mass
fighting force against war and fas-
cism.
With these forces we are ready
at all times to discuss and agree on
terms for united action.
United Need Emphasized
Every day again and again en- !
phasizes the necessity for thiSl
united front. No worker can be
blind to the growing fascist sttacksE
on the employed and unemployed,
typified in the murderous assaults
in Albany and Denver. The COM
ing winter will be one Of growing,
bitter struggles.
In Spain, France, Italy, Austria,
Socialists and Communists have
achieved the united front. 1t is
necessary for us here to strengthen
the forces against fascism to help
them.
The danger of war grows apace.
This is recognized by the major-
ity of the members of the So
cialist Party. Delay helps the
enemy. Obstacles thrown into the
way of the united front show the
real resistance of those who bring
them in. The Communist Party is
doing everything possible, striving
with might and main to achieve
this united front.
It must be achieved. The Social
list Party membership has given its
mandate for the establishment of
the united front.
Let there be no more delay.
That is the meaning, despite the
unclarity and ambiguity in the
Declaration Of Principles, of the
vote of the majority of the mem
bers of the Socialist Party for its
adoption.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-03
Birmingham Worker
Tortured in Frame-Up
On Charge of Bombing

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Nov. a.
Jim Oswell, a worker who is on trial
with three others on framed-up
charges of bombing the Hill Grocery
Stores during a meat cutters strike
some months ago, accused the au-
thorities of third degreeing him,
when he testified in court yesterday.
Oswell told of being arrested three
months after the bombing occurred.
He was grilled and beaten by private
detectives for more than IL hours.
While being driven to Kilby Prison
at Montgomery, he was offered a
split in the reward if he would i'm
plicate the other accused workers.
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We also publish the complete fig
ures by states on the referendum
vote.
Every effort was made in the
last National Executive Committee
meeting to suppress the results of
the referendum of this fundamental
declaration Of principles until
after the elections" with Norman
Thomas, who poses as a champion
of the declaration, voting with the
most reactionary leaders of the S.
P. to hold the facts from the Party
membership "if it can be done"
Good comrades were for the Dec
laration of Principles" wro e
Thomas. Good comrades were
against the Declaration of Prin-
ciples. The Declaration has been
carried by a referendum in which
I wish mere comrades had voted.
I was and am for the Declaration
1t may at the proper time and with
proper wisdom be improved. Now
let's get to work for Socialism,"
With those words Thomas esti-
mated and dismissed the salient,
important political facts confront
ing the whole working class and the
future struggles against capitalism
contained in the affirmation of the
Declaration of Principles by the ma
jority of the members of the So
cialist Party who actively partici-
pate in the Party's work and voted
for the Declaration in the referen-
dunn.
Let us examine the significance
of this declaration other than the
morals of voting for or against it,
which seemed to be the most i'm
portant matter for Norman Thomas.
Represents Will to Fight
This document represents the in
creasing will of the membership of
the Socialist Party to fight against
war and fascism. True, it represents
this will in confused form, in a
cropping manner, and with many
contradictions. Yet the outstanding
fact remains. The rank and file.
the majority of the Party member
ship is keenly dissatisfied with the
old policies of the Socialist Party;
they want a sharp leftward swing
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-03

the producing class, but also to
equip producers with the under
standing and self discipline required
for the efficient administration of
the industries of which they are to
win control.
1t is the duty of every Socialist
wage worker to be loyal and ac-
tive member of the union in his in
dustry or trade, and to strive for
the strengthening and solidifying Of
the trade union movement. It is
the duty and privilege Of the So
cialist pres to aid the unions in
their struggles for better wages,
increased leisure, and better con-
ditions of employment.
The Socialist Party, while stand
ing for the interests of the Amer
lean people, recognizes that the
well-being of any one nation is in
extricably interviewer with that of
every other. To divisive capital ma
tionalism it opposes international
workers solidarity; to the Socialist
parties of other countries it ex-
tends full support in their struggles,
uniting with them to the common
effort to build a worldwide fedora
ton of Socialist republics.
The Socialist Party is opposed to
militarisnl, imperialism, and war. 1t
purposes to eradicate the perpetual
economic warfare of capitalism, the
fruit of which is international con-
f1ict. War cannot be tolerated by
Socialists, or preparedness for war
They will unitedly seek to develop
trustworthy working class instru-
ments for the peaceable settlement
of international disputes and con-
f1icts. They will seek to eliminate
military training from schools, col
leges and camps. They will oppose
military reviews, displays and ex-
penditures, whether for direct war
preparedness or for militariStic pro-
paganda, both in wartime and in
peacetime. They will Loyalty sup
port, in the tragic event of war, any
of their comrades who for anti-war
activities or refusal to perform war
service come into conflict with pub
lie opinion or law. Moreover, recog-
nizing the suicidal nature of mod
ern combat and the incalculable
train of wars consequences which
rest most heavily upon the work
ing class, they will refuse collectively
to sanction or support any inter
national war; they will, on the con.
trary, by agitation and opposition
do their best not to be broken UP
by the war, to break up the war
They will meet war and the detailed
plans for war already mapped out
by the war-making arms of the
government, by massed war resist
ance, organized so far as practicable
in a general strike Of labor unions
and professional groups in a united
effort to make the waging of war
a practical impossibility and to
convert the capitalist war crisis into
a victory for Socialism!
In its struggles for new society
the Socialist Party seelss to attain
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Conventions Declaration Of
Principles
The Socialist Party is the party
of the workers, regardless of race,
color, creed. In mill and mine, shop
and farm, Office and school, the
workers can assert their united
power, and through the Socialist
Party establish a cooperative COM
monwealth forever free from human
exploitation and class rule.
If the workers delay and drift,
they will prolong the period of their
enslavement to a. decadent cap
italism. This uncreative, wasteful
and brutally oppressive social sys-
tenn takes jobs away and turns into
the streets with no assurance that
ever again they may become en-
ployed - f1nanciers, for their own
selfish gain, control markets, and
prices and automatically regulate
the extension or withdrawal of
credit. Those who utilize the profit
motive for arbitrary advantage,
restrict the workers standard of liv-
ing save where labor has agrees
sively organized and struggled ener-
getically for its rights-and even
then deny to the working class the
abundance which the modern pro-
ductive process is technically cap
able Of bestowing upon those willing
to labor for the common good. Cap
italism invades the peace OF farm
ing areas with the all-pervasive
danger Of insecurity and in many
regions with bitter restitution.
Throughout the land its attacks the
American home and brands count
less children with the pinch Of
want.
The privileged minority who
benefit from exploitation of the
multitude are not content with own
ing the mechsnisms of production
and distributed which perpetuate
their property power; they control
the press, radio and motion picture;
they starve and poison the educa-
tional system; they dominate our
courts. our municipalities, our state
legislative assemblies, and our ma
tional government; for the extern
sion of their economic domain they
expose to the appalling menace Of
new imperialist wars the innocent
youth in our own and other coun-
tries, on whom they will lay the
ruthless clutch of CONSUMPTION and
send to fight those wars. To con-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-03
Hopkins Aids
Gov. Lehman
On Attacks

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 2. -
Harry l.. Hopkins, Federal Relief
Administrator, today rushed to the
defense of Governor Herbert H.
Lehman of New York, the Demo-
cratic New Deal candidate for re-
election, when asked whether he
would institute Federal investiga-
ton of the Albany and Denver po-
lice brutality recently melted out to
the hunger marchers in Albany and
the relief cut demonstrators in the
Colorado city.
He also intimated that his organi-
zation will depend on the police to
handle relief protests rather than
grant the demand for increased re-
lief.
Were not making an investiga-
ton of the Denver matter" Hop
kins declared. He added: I'VE have
a report on that and on Albany.
AS far as New York is concerned, I
talked to Governor Lehman about
that. The Governors views on the
freedom of the press and the right
to assemblage are we'll known"
isn't it logical to conclude that
the Governor didn't make his views
known to the Albany police?" a re-
porter asked Hopkins.
IT don't think that is a fair con.
clusion," was the reply.
Another reporter asked Hopkins
whether the Denver relief cut was
"abated" by an increase in the re-
lief allotments.
II think the police Gained il
down." Hopkins answered emphati-
cally.
Although processing desire not
to be bothered with politics" so
that he could give more time to
the unemployed" Hopkins launched
demagogic attack on Henry P
Fletcher, Chairman Of the Repub-
lican National Committee, which is
demanding that even less relief
than is being allotted be given to
the destitute and unemployed. THE
Republican Party tactics" said Hop
kins, indicate a complete lack Of
understanding or sympathy for the
under-privileged people of America"
During a brief discussion of ths
basic reason" for riots in Denver"
reporter asked the relief adminis-
TRAITOR: What's riot, Mr.. Hop
kins?"
"That's a rhetorical question" he
replied.
Hopkins also announced that no
census of the unemployed will b
| taken.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-03
Councils Ask Aid for
Students at Workers
School in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Nov. q
Books and pamphlets are needed for
the forty Unemployment Council
members who are being trained at
the Workers School here. Since the
forty workers are unemployed and
cannot buy the necessary books, the
Unemployment Councils, 919 Locust
Street, have appealed for copies Of
the books and pamphlets listed be-
low.
Marx: Wage Labor and Capital"
and 1.-THE Communist Manifesto;"
Lenin: State and Revolution" and
Imperialism" Stain: "Leninism
and H." Manuilsky: Eleventh
Plenum;" Program of the Com
munist International" Communist
Party in Action" and The A. 3. G..
of Communism"
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front" in their maneuvers to delay
and hamper the establishment of
the united front with the Commu-
mist Party.
The Gitlow group will try to pose
as a left group. But their main
desire is to struggle against Com
munism and the advance of the
Communist Party. They have al
ready shown their willingness to cast
their lot with the most degenerate
section of the Socialist Party leader
ship.
The other renegades are then
dragged in. Let us see who they
are and what they represent.
The total membership of the
Musteites Is 125; the Trotzkyites,
$50, the LOvestone and Gitlow
group, $50, and WeisbordS, 20. In
all there are 445, perhaps 500, per-
haps a few more, perhaps 3 few
less. These are figures supplied by
people who are within these
groups.
They want to be recognized as
Parties to meet with the Socialist
and Communist Party to determine
conditions and terms of the united
front, not for the purpose of adj
vancing the united front, but for
the purpose Of casting another OBJ
stacle into the actual realization of
the united front.
What they actually do is to form
a united front among themselves
for the purpose of fighting against
the Communist Party, against the
Soviet Union; and they are con-
veniently utilized by those in the
Socialist Party who see the oppor-
tunity Of using them as another
obstacle, another means to under
mine and sabotage the great mass
movement striving for the united
front. These small blocks want to
send delegates to united front con-
ferences on equal plane with the
Socialist and Communist Party SO
that the struggle for the united
front can be impeded by these
counter-revolutionary fragments in
the labor movement.
The opposition of these people to
the Soviet Union, to the Commu-
mist International, to the Commu-
mist Party, U. S. A., which is their
own raison detre, their only ex-
cuse for living, their only function
in political life, supplies ammuni-
ton to the enemies Of the revolu-
tionary upsurge of the workers.
They aid the bourgeoisie against
the defense of the proletarian rev.
olution, against the building Of So
cialism in the U. S. s. r. at a time
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Continued from Page u
to the effect that the union had
allegedly promised to call off the
strike or to guarantee against its
extension pending the negotiations,
George Planson, Secretary to James
j. Bambrick, president of the union,
denied that any such promises
were made by the union.
1.-THE strike has not been called
off," Arthur L. Harckham, said.
1--WE are moving along slower than
before but the buildings that have
not settled are being picketed as
before"
There is no truce. The strike is
going to spread" George Seal
isl stated earlier in the day, threat
ening to spread the strike down to
Battery Park.
partial Settlements" Made
Suspicious have been expressed
by numerous pickets that the cir
culation of such reports by the kept
press may have been a deliberate at
tempt to break down the morale Of
the strikers.
Temporary settlements have been
made, pending the decisions of a
board of arbitration, according to
Mr.. Planson, with owners of 303
buildings, on the basis of $40 min
imum weekly wage and no definite
agreement on hours. Approximately
100 buildings have as yet not set
tied with the union and are on
strike. The union, however, did not
change its original demand for a
40-hour week and a $35 minimum
wage, he said.
The cooperation and solidarity
shown by the needle workers on the
first day of the strike was kept
up yesterday when increased num-
bers OF workers participated in help
ing the pickets.
Experiences Of other industries
through arbitration were recalled
by many strikers when asked about
the negotiations conducted through
the efforts Of Mayor LaGuardia.
Partial Settlements" Criticized
The partial settlements with
groups of real estate owners were
looked upon with disfavor by the
men as reducing the effectiveness
Of the strike and making other set
Elements more difficult.
The idea of spreading the strike
on city-wide scale and the pos
sibility of unification of all workers
in the trade were met with cheer
full approval of the numerous strik-
ers approached.
Following is the statement issued
by Local No. ! of the Independent
Building Service Employees Union
AT a special meeting of the Ex-
ecutive Board of Local /, of the
independent Building Service En-
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front against war and fascism is
built up will all the necessary de-
cisiYe action be carried out against
war and fascism.
To realize the aim of the Dec
laration, the actual will to fight
against war and fascism undeniably
expressed by the majority of the
members of the Socialist Party, it
is above all necessary to realize the
united front.
Without the slightest question,
this idea, in its general expression
meets with the wish and approval
of the Socialist Party membership,
to the great masses Of workers
around the Socialist Party. But
many questions are raised by those
who seek to thwart the wishes of
the majority Of the Socialist Party
membership, who openly or covertly
fight against the Declaration, and
against all leftward movements of
the American workers, and who
want by every means to sabotage
the united front.
unite With WhOm?"
One Of the basic objections raised
is with whom should the united
front be Accomplished" The Wald-
mans, Cahans, Oneals, Solomons
and Dubinskys have no hesitation
in making the united front with the
chief enemies Of labor in the ranks
of the labor movement, the Greens,
the Germans, the VOLS, the Ryans
with those who consciously act as
the strikebreakers in this period of
great mass strikes for higher wages
and improved conditions They have
not the slightest conjunction in
forming not only united front but
organic unity with these reaction
airy labor officials who have become
part and parcel of the strikebreak-
the NJ r. A. apparatus, working
hand-in-g glove with the Wall Street
government to force capitalism out
of its crisis at the expense of low
ering the living standards Of the
workers, increasing the fascist
methods of attack, and speeding war
preparations
Can the wish of the Socialist
Party membership as expressed in
the Declaration be carried out by
this united front? Every honest
Socialist will be forced to answer
emphatically mol" Who are the
agents of Green and Vol in your
Party? There is Waldman, who
declared he could not remain a
Socialist if the Declaration was ap-
proved, and now acts in the most
vicious manner against the ma
jority of the Socialist Party mem
bership; there is Dubinsky who
has been adopted into the official
family of the A. F. of L. bureauc--
racy, thanks to his having proved
his ability to carry out their pro-
gram of rike-breaking; there is
Injunction-Solomon, who has OBJ
tanned many anti-labor injunc-
tons; there is Oneal whose theoret-
ical function in the Party is to
carry on a Red-baiting campaign,
whose main weapon of struggle is
in defense Of the Welses, the Lei
parts, the MacDonalds, and all
other international betrayers of
the workers struggles; there is the
despicable Cahan who supports