The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-02

undoubtedly come to a head in the
platform and resolutions commit
tees. So-called "militants" and the
revolutionary" policy committee,
the latter obviously under the in
Of Lovestoneite renegade5
from Communism, are preparing to
come to grips with the odd Guard"
However, these groups, though they
express a desire for militant strug-
gle on the part of large sections Of
the rank and file. do not differ from
the odd Guard" on fundamental
principles, but merely on the best
method of keeping workers from
accepting the revolutionary way out
Of the crisis,
Counter Revolutionary Theory
The keynote Of the convention
was struck today, not by Leo Krzy-
cki, National Chairman of the
party, who made the keynote
speech, but by Dr.. Max Winter,
former vice-mayor of Vienna, who
spoke later. Winters speech was
complete reputation of revolution
airy action and a defense of the
treacherous path Of the Austrian
Social-Democracy, studded with Vi
cious attacks on the Soviet Union
and Communism. Winter developed
a number of ingenious counter
revolutionary theories:
l. II is not possible to carry
through a successful revolution
during a period of mass unem-
plOyment. Before the crisis the
Social Democratic leaders said the
workers are too prosperous and
therefore will not fight for Social
ism; now it is the other way
around.)
?. Even if the Majority of the
workers follow the Socialist Party,
it is impossible to carry through
revolution in a small country
like Austria, surrounded By die
tatorships, unless other bourgeois
countries come to its aid.
3. 1t is impossible to carry thru
revolution under any conditions
in one country unless simultane-
ously in every country of the
world workers are ready to do
likewise.
Winter also declared that the fate
of the Austrian Socialist Party was
sealed already in 1888 by capitula-
ton of German Social Democracy
to Hitlerism, thus deliberately gloss
ing over the treachery of his own
Party, its policy Of lesser evil, "
which supported Dollfuss fascism
in preference to Hitler fascism. its
offers to make q deal with Dollfuss,
its criminal restraint of the workers
at moment when they could have
struck a decisive blov-all of which
have been admitted by Otto Bauer,
leader of the Austrian Socialism,
ocracy.
"All the countries of the world
must win majority for socialism
nearly at the same time" Winter
spoke of this aim as a distant one, -
thus continuing the traditional pol
icy Of social-democratic leaders of
postponing proletarian revolution
to the far indefinite future.
Attacks Soviet Union
Earlier in his cpeech, after re-
citing list of fascist countries
surrounding Austria, Winter said:
And behind approximately one
hundred and eighty million fas-
cist-ruled people are a hundred
and forty million Russian people
under Stains dictatorship. Small
democratic Austria Austria of
the Dollfuss demOcracy.-A. 3. MI
with six millions was surrounded
by mere than three hundred mil
lions under dictatorship. One
against fifty, that was the poIit-
ical pressure burdening Austria"
Besides Jumping the proletariar
dictatorship Of the U. S. s. r. witt
fascist relationships in true Red.
batting style. Winter here declares
that the Soviet Union was part o.
the political pressure burdeninG
Austria" and preventing revolution
against capitalism.
Toward the end, speaking of the
fact that guns cannot kill thu
spirit of socialism" Winter made
another attack on the workers re.
public: once more relationships
from Lake Constance to Vladivo,
stok, try to suppress the spirit with
big guns"
Though he attacked the Sovie
Union, he said nothing about thu
Japanese aggressions against tn,
Workers Republic, nothing at al
about the war danger and the men
ace of fasoism in this country. H,
made no call for struggle for re
lease Of anti-fascist fighters. H
merely urged a change in method
Of socialist agitation, and then ex
planned what he meant by sayinl
more attention should be paid tt
winning the youth
Passivity to n. r. A. Attacks
The keynote speech Of Krzyck
reflected new fake left" orien
tation Of the party. Though hi
spoke of the growing disillusion
ment with the New Deal and re-
ferred to the strike wave sweepin.
the country, he called for no strug.
gle against the Roosevelt program
end made no mention of the tire
mendous war preparations and tn,
steady development of fascist ten
! denotes.
Toward the end of his speech, t.
Illustrate the point of his remarks
he made quotations, not from Mar;
or Engels or Debs, or even Kautsky
but from Grover Cleveland, strike
breaking President, who gave tn
workers a taste of the New Deal o
! strike led by Eugene Debs.