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worse. He is voting against his own
interests, against the interests Of his
family, against the interest Of his
fellow workers. To vote for Re
publican, Democrat, Fusionist or
confusionist ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
same as voting for yellow dog con-
tract.
Votes Against Workers
Every vote given for these parties
by the workers makes the capital
lists and their government more
brutal against the workers. The
capitalists themselves say: IF it is
possible so easily to cheat the toll
ing masses in elections, with
couple of fake promises, then it is
not so bad. We can do lot yet to
preserve our wealth against the toll
ing masses" Every vote given for
these parties of the capitalists
harms the interests of the workers.
The capitalists make concessions
to the toiling masses only when they
are forced. What worker, if he
wants to force through a wage de-
mand, would come to the idea to go
to the employer and to tell him:
We'll, I give you my confidence. I
want you to act for me-" The en-
ployer would reply: 81 like your con-
fidence, and I will act for you. Work
as I tell you for such wages as I
give you, or get out!"
No! Only very backward worker
only q worker who does not yet
know the ALB c of class struggle,
would try to gain his demands by
such methods.
The same is true on the field Of
political struggle. Only when the
workers voice their strength, their
understanding, by their united &C
ton, by voting in the elections for
their own workers Party, the Com
munist Party, only then can they
hope that also the election struggles
will help the cause of labor.
Fight Bankers Rule
If tens of thousands of workers
in New York elect Communists, who
demonstrate in the elections their
readiness to struggle for the work.
ers' needs against the domination
of the bankers; if they choose the
real delegates and representatives
of the workers, the Communists,
who they can be sure will in all
offices remain the defenders Of the
interests Of the workers, then they
will know that their vote was not
thrown away, but has some definite,
class force.
That is voting in his own in
tereSts. But voting for the capital
ist parties means voting against his
own interests. That means voting
for the same parties that the bank
ers who exploit you will vote for
The big munitions manufacturers
and bankers, the du Points, gave over
$438,000 to the election campaigns
Of the Democrats and Republicans
in recent years.
What About Socialists?
What about the Socialists, you
say? Only the representatives OF
a party that fights day in and day
out against the capitalist policy,
against the capitalist parties and
against the A. F. of L. strikebreak-
ing bureaucracy, the tools of the
capitalist parties, can be considered
as fighting in the interests Of the
workers. Only Party which has
the firm aim Of destroying this CAPT
talist society of crisis, unemploy-
ment, fascism and war, and which
will not waver in the every day
struggles, that will represent with
out hesitation the interest of the
workers, can call itself a party OF
and for the workers. Does the So
cialist Party meet tbs description?
Let's for one moment consider the
question what will happen if In
junction Solomon, or some other So
cialist candidates are elected. What
would it mean for the workers?
People who do not fight against the
capitalists outside of Congress, OF
the State Legislatures, could not
fight successfully in these legal
bodies either. Only combined &C
ton within parliamentary bodies
can bring success.
Have not the leading representa-
tiveS of the Socialist Party, the
Thomases, REEVES, Dubinskys, shown
in the last great textile strike where
they stand? They stand on the
side of the betrayal of the workers
through their support of German
who sold out the strike. What
could the workers expect from such
representatives in the legislative
bodies? If they had been in legis-
lative bodies, they would have usec
their positions only to help the be-
trayals of the textile workers, az
they did outside in their dealing;
with the A. F. of L. bureaucrats
One can learn from the experiences
in Germany and Austria, where the
Socialist Parties had hundreds Of
members in parliament, mayors
chiefs Of police, governors, and ma
tional ministers who compromised
with the ruling class at the cost o.
the workers, and helped thereby
Systematically the advent of fascism
Bridgeport and Milwaukee
Look at Bridgeport and Mil
waukee. In no way are the So
cialist city officials distinguishing
themselves in their policies from
those of the capitalist parties. Look
at the scene in Bridgeport where
the Socialist Mayor allowed Ger.
man fascist official to speak, re-
fused the workers the right to dem
onstrate and said not word wher
his police. chief beat up workers
demonstrating against fascism.
! Could not the Socialist Mayor
for instance, in Bridgeport be
true Party brother of Lehman anc
La Guardia who also used theil