The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-16
When the COmmuniSt Party
Meets in COngentiOn

COMMUNISTS from every part of the country
from the storniest centres of the class struggle
will open the 9th Convention of the Communist
Party beginning April in Cleveland, Ohio.
In the Communist Party now there is the widest
discussion all problems facing the American
working class in their struggle against capitalism
and for the establishment Of Soviet Power
No one can deny that the Communist Party has
been the vanguard of the working class. The Com
munist Party led the fight against the whole New
Deal program and the N-R.A. being in the fore
front of the most decisive strike struggles. Only
the Communist Party from the beginning tore the
mask Of demagogy from the Roosevelt regime and
rallied the workers for struggle. Only the Commu-
mist Party has relentlessy fought against fascist
development, and against war When the American
section of the Communist International meets in
convention it is matter of the greatest Importance
to the whole working class
convention of the Communist Party is po-
htcal event that should get the attention of every
worker. The only party leading the day to day
struggle of the workers for the revolutionary over
throw Of capitalism will gather its best forces in
highest council to hammer out the most decisive
questions OF struggling against capitalism and for
the victory Of the workers and farmers.
What the Communist Party decides will have
deep going results every struggle of the American
workers
THE COMMUNIST PARTY has no interests aside
from the interests of the working class as a
whole And this 9Th Convention of the Communist
Party, in all its decisions and actions will express
the best and most revolutionary interests of the
American workers
No matter where you work no matter whether
unemployed or employed, the most militant and
trustworthy of your fellow workers will either be
at this convention or will be represented there
The last convention of the Communist PARTY
was held in 1880, few months after the present
economic crisis began Tremendous revolutionary
events have since taken place. AS the Communist
International pointed out the world economic crisis
is now rapidly maturing into a revolutionary crisis
Fascism and the powerful struggle against it are
now dominating the entire capitalist world
In the United States, the Roosevelt regime is
rapidly moving along the road towards fascism
Major battles loom before the workers The Roose-
welt regime, as General Johnson and Senator Wag-
ner make clear, is moving towards blocking these
NruggIes IN order to preserve capitalism by the
economic peace" of the fascist graveyard.
An examination of the agenda of the 9th Com
munist Party convention shows that every word
spoken affects the life, the interests and the entire
future of the American workers. The first question
TO be discussed, and program worked out on is the
struggle against war and fascism, and the revo-
lutionary solution of the crisis
WHAT the Communist Party proposes to do about
wal anu 4aSclSIIl, now IN IllS country the Com
munist Party works to rally the workers against
the Roosevelt war preparations and the rapid strides
towards fascsm, deserves the most serious hearing
OF all workers. The German, Austrian and French
events, the problem of the seizure of power and
the development OF socialism by the Russian work
ers viii be discussed in order to learn revolutionary
lessons for the American workers
The Austrian workers uprising which eectri-
he'd the whole working class into enthusiasm and
struggle against fascism, will be contrasted to the
miserable treacherous betrayals of the Socialist
leadership The 9th Convention of the Communist
Party will discuss the heroic struggle of the Amer
lean workers against fascis drawing the most i'm
portant lessons for the struggle in America against
ne socal-tascists In this country we have Social
lS leaders like Abe Cahan, Norman Thomas and
Louis waldman supporting the NRA. to the extent