The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-05
World Front
by HARRY CANNES =
''New Leader" SANDERS
French Socialist
FavOring United Front

COMMUNIST L dTIyJ SSSIllS W
be the slogan of the old guard
reactionary leadership of the
Socialist Party. Their latest
contribution is the lying SLAM
der against leading French Social
list Party member, now in the
United States, Louis Perigaud, who
attended the Congress Of the League
Against War and Fascism in Canada
and the United States.
Perigaud's real crime, in the eyes
of the Oneals, Waldmans, Cahans
is that as a Socialist from a country
where the united front has been
achieved, he came to this country
and appealed to Socialists to learn
the lesson Of the united front and
establish it Immediately here.
Perigaud, as a Socialist, wrote
articles on the united front, which
were printed in the Daily Worker.
This, to the reactionary sabotagerS
of the united front in the Socialist
Party of the U. S., is an unpardon-
able crime. 1t is perfectly all right
for them to form a united front
with William Green, chief betrayer
and strike breaker in the labor
with Mathew Vol, fas-
cist, and with German, betrayer Of
the great textile strike. But woe to
a Socialist who does more than
talk benign phrases about the
united front!
Under the heading, Another
u Communist Maneuvre Exposed"
the last issue of the New Leader
vents its venomous rage against
Louis Parigaud, denying he was
editor of the Populaire de Paris,
and a member of the Executive
Committee of the French Party.
They go further and say he never
was heard of in Paris in Socialist
circles, and that the whole thing
is hoax.
Perigaud made a personal visit
to the New Leader editorial Office,
with documents stamping as a lie
all of these statements, much to the
of Oneal and his crew.
Besides, he sent to the editors of the
New Leader, by registered mail, the
following letter, with one by DIR.
Harry F. Ward, chairman of the
League Against War and Fascism,
that Perigaud's letter be
published in the next issue of the
New Leader:
November 2, 1884.
Dear Comrade:
I was astounded to read an article
in the New Leader stating that I
am not Socialist and have never
been Editor of lie Populaire.' 1
regret that the writer of the article
did not take the precautions Of
being correctly informed on his sub
ject, but I will endeavor to ac-
quaint him with the true facts.
st am a member of the Socialist
Party since 1922. have been
elected a member of the Admins
trative Commission of LIE Populaire
at the Paris Congress (Huygens) in
April 1882. I am a member of the
C. A. P. Central Committee),
elected at the Paris Congress (Mu-
talite) in Easter 1888. was dele
gate to the International Socialist
Congress at Paris in 1888. At that
time 1 had the pleasure of meeting
Comrade Cahan of the Forwards"
and had occasion to have dinner in
his company at the Cafe de YER
sailles, together with Comrade
Rosenfeld, Editor-in Chief of lie
Populaire," Comrade Epstein, Edi-
tor-in- Chief of "Revolts," Socialist
publication, and few others. Leon
Blum was expected at this dinner,
but was unayoidably detained.
Comrade Cahan will remember that
the entire staff of the hotel where
he was stopping, were members of
the Socialist Party, of extreme left
tendencies (Action Socialistel.
81 recommend to the writer of
the article in the New Leader, that
he read my last article in LIE Popu-
laire on Page 6, first column of the
issue of September 30th, 1888.
This was my last article because
at the National Council meeting of
October 4th and 5th, all the COM
rades with left tendencies (Action
Socialiste) were expelled for united
front activities. Since then, the
National Congress of July 14th, at
Toulouse, voted unanimously the
following resolution: 1.-THE comrades
expelled for their participation in
united-front activities who will ask
for reinstatement will be reinstated
with all their rights That means
that all the years of service neces-
sary to become member of the
Central Committee of the Party are
restored, and that those months OF
exclusion are not to be considered.
81 think that the above clarifies
the situation. I have not been and
am not to be influenced by anyone.
I have at your disposal proof of all
my statements.
81 have always been militant
Socialist!
"I remain militant Socialist!
Il have always fought militantly
for the United Front!
It remain a militant fighter for
the United Front!
It wish that many others would
show the same perseverance in their
convictions"