The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-29

nation Of the frstricidal strife be-
tween workers who follow the two
parties-the Socialist Party and
the Communist Party-in which
case We are for the ending Of this
fratricidal strife and are ready to
take all measures necessary to end
it and bring al workers together
against their common enemy.
On the other hand, this formulas
ton may mean, and to many peo-
pie it does mean. the ending Of the
struggle by the Communists against
the policy Of William Green. Mat
thew Vol. John L. Lewis, Nc
Nfahon and Co.-the Official leader
ship Of the A. F. Of L. Perhaps it
means, and for some it certainly
means. the demand for the extern
sion of the united front to in
clude those who are part Of the
Roosevelt governmental machine.
And we declare that if this is
what they mean by the united
front, or conditions for the united
front, this condition the Com
munists will never accept. because
this condition is a united front
against the working class. making
permanent the split in the work
ing class. The fight for the unity
of the working class is precisely
against this.
We can make use of our letter
to the Socialist Party in a broader
leafiet which we propose to issue,
including this letter, and giving
further elaboration Of ti0 answers
to all Of the arguments of the
united front. This letter to be
addressed to the membership and
followers of the Socialist Party and
distributed in many hundreds OF
thousands Of copies.
we further propose that in every
locality that comrades shall en-
gage in an intensified campaign to
approach the lower organizations Of
the Socialist Party. We must alb
solutely eliminate any tendency to
react to this question by saying, now
that the N. E. C. has spoken, we
are through with the chapter to
win the Socialist Party. Quite to
the contrary is our program. This
merly opens new efforts to win
every branch and member of the
Socialist Party from below to the
united front.
Any hope of swinging the Social
| list Party as a whole and any kind
of united action depends entirely
upon this basic activity from be-
! low. as to whether the Socialist
Party leadership ever agrees to the
united front or not. Because If we
do this work from below, we will get
the membership, and if we get the
membership for united action, we
should not worry as to what the
| leaders are doing. We will worry
about them to the extent that they
keep their followers away from
united struggle.
In addition. we propose that a
/ series Of meetings, at least one big
meeting in each important district.
/ be held at which leading comrades
shall report to the workers on this
/ question, inviting leaders Of the
! Socialist Party to come and state
their case to the assembled work
ers, with special attention to get
members and followers of the So
cialist Party to these meetings.
We must say that in these past
months our Party is beginning to
understand that for us the united
front Is very serious matter. Is
is a question Of fundamental stra-
/ tegy. 1t is a matter Of long time
struggle, long time perspective, a
long time policy. 1t is not merely
trick in the struggle against the
misleaders. 1t is a basic policy Of
struggle for the class unity Of the
workers against the bourgeoiSie. Be-
cause we more thoroughly unders
stand it in this sense, we are maxi
ing progress
The biggest political struggle now
going on in the United States is the
fight for unemployment insurance.
The great movement for the Work
ers' Bill is now taking on broader
form with the preparations for the
Social Security Congress in WASH
ington at the time the U. s. Con-
gress opens. 1t is clear that the
time is ripe for broadening the or
/ ganizational base of the movement
such as is proposed in this Congress
/ for Social Security The sweep Of
/ support for the Bill in the A. F.
Of L. unions which has carried UNI
animous endorsement in five ma
tional Union conventions-Mold
Union. Amalgamated Association.
United Textile Workers Union,
Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Union, Full Fashioned Hosiery
Workers; the endorsement by the
City Councils Of As cities and towns.
including Milwaukee, Minneapolis,
Buffalo, Canton, Toledo, st. Louis,
/ Bridgeport, Portland, Des Moines,
Allentown, Rockford-in Is States,
endorsement by over 5000 outstand-
ing professionals; the American
Newspaper Guild, innumerable
locals Of the S. P. and lately Nor
man Thomas; by the Farmer-Labor
Party of Minne5ota; practically all
important independent unions, in
Guiding Progressive Miners; by
practically all mass unemployed or
CARNATIONS, even those under the
control of the enemies of the Bill,
who have been forced by mass pres
sure to endorse it. All these things
and we must mention the Amer
icsn Youth Congress, which un-
animously endorsed the Bill - all
this disclosed a mass support for
our Bill which if it can be con-
centrsted and centralized will be q
mighty power to force the adoption
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