The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-27
Too Many Parties
Let's Build A New One
TOuchstOne of Revolutionary Policy Today Is
the Fight Against Fascism


gets its nickname, Hazi, from Us
demagogic title National Socialist
Workers Party" The direction OF the
political thought is the same as thai
Of Music, however much the present
composition and status Of the two
parties may differ.
They Make Concessions TO Fascisn
Whoever makes concessions to ma
tionalism and chauvinism is betray-
ing the working class to fascism.
That is precisely the crime Of the
new Musteite American Workers
Party"
Music makes many arguments
about the weaknesses and "sectarian-
ism" Of the CP.US.A. These argu-
ments are obviously hypocriticsl.
Would we still be "sectarian" il We
polled five million votes in the cleo
tons? But he finds reasons enough
Tor the same slanderous attacks
against the German Communist Party
which has five million supporters.
Let US admit that the c. P. U. S. A.
still suffers from the traditional
American sectarianisni But what a
bowling joke it becomes to think Of
Music and his Party" as the cor
receive. AS q result Of its leadership
Of struggle Of the workers, the c. P.
U. S. A. has $4,000 members who pay
dues every week Of 2 per cent Of their
income, and actively lead mass or
CARNATIONS embracing 100000 men,
bers; it has a newspaper press OF
100000 circulation in % languages. Of
which nine are daily papers. includ-
ing the Daily Worker, the ONLY
English language workers daily IL
America; 1t prints books and pam
phlets which circulate every year In
millions Of copies. And this is the
Party which Music, with his aggrega-
ton Of remnants of many sects. not
one OF which can stand on its own
feet, accuses Of "sectarianism"! Yes
we criticize ourselves for not growing
fast enough, for not having party
ten times as big-but compared with
Music, we are already a real mass
movement of American workers.
A Division of Third Party Movement
And who are these leaders who
call upon the workers to form q
new revolutionary party? Music is
a minister Of the church who received
CALI to go TO the people" Hard
man (Salutsky) is a realpoIitiker Of
the Hillman machine which rules the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers in
true A. F. Of L. style. Hartman is
the directing force Of the "new
party; he was expelled from the
Communist Party in 1928 for fighting
against the Party policy in favor Of
the policy Of Hillman, and ever since
has occupied a comfortable post
Their most vocal support outside
their own small group, is from the
Trotskyite sect, who hope Music viii
c9rry them to their promised land
of Fourth international" which
is really a Two-and-a-half Iatsrna-
| tional.
The Music party is only a special
lied subdivision of the larger third
party movement which often is
spoken Of as a "Farmer-Labor PARTY"
tendency. 1t arises out Of the weak
ness and bankruptcy OF the Socialist
Party, which can no longer control
the radicalizing workers. 1t is new
eXpedient to keep the workers from
going over to the Communist Party
the only really revolutionary party.
This effort TO form a third party
- Of capitalism a Farmer-Labof
Party, brings together q large aggre-
cation Of which Muste's grouplet is
mr. the 1o,erse4 Ds.E ~, Il
Of unity is their hatred and fear o.
the Communist Party. Their eniy
common ideas are their SANDERS
against Communism. They rise 10
new activity today, not because OF
the Communist Party weaknesses, hut
on the contrary, precisely because the
C..P. is RAPIDLY extending its influence
over greater masses, is roofing itself
among the American workers in the
basic industries. This growth Of the
C. P. q. S. A. is looked uDon bv these
gentlemen as the greatest evil" and
they beStir themselves with their
most important task, to stop this
growth BY anv and all means.
Well. this is a free counUry--for
socia1-fascistsl So let them form their
party as rapidly as may be. But
there is no reason why any workers
should be fooled into participation in
the new effort to divide the workers
There is no reason to believe their
pleas that it is "just as good" as the
Communist Party while costing less
in self sacrificing revolutionary
labors.
1t is true there are too many par
ties among the working class. Music
gives only one more which must be
thrown into the wsste-bssket Of his
tory along the road to real unity Of
the working class. That road to real
unity and victory was shown by
Lenin. The only party of Lenin IS the
Communist Party.