The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-06
C.P. Candidate
Cites Record
OfS.P.Leaders
Gives in Detail Their
Position on Major
Current Issues
By |. Amter
Communist Candidate for Governor
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The Socialist Party comes before
the workers of this country in the |
State and Congressional election on |
the basis of a program allegedly in
the interests of the working class !
and for the establishment Of ''co-
operative commonwealth" Drawing |
up an indictment of the capitalist |
system, the Socialist Party, in its
New York State platform, proposes
a left wing capitalist program Of de-
mands for the workers, pretending |
that this will lead to socialism"
No matter how radical the pro-
gram of any party may be, we judge
a party not by its resolutions alone,
but particularly by its deeds. What
does it mean when the S. P. de-
clares that it is struggling for IAN
adequate program for unemploy-
ment relief" when throughout the
country they cooperate with relief
officials and refuse to unite the I'M
employed on the basis of program
of real struggle? Thus, in connec-
ton with the unity of the unem-
ployed, the leaders Of the SoolaisC-
controlled unemployed organiza-
tons have Systematically refused a
united front with the National IN
employment Council, and only re-
Gently at the Convention Of the Ma
tional Unemployed League (MuSte)
declared they would unite with
anybody except the Communists
and the National Unemployed
Council"
The S. P. and Unemployment
Insurance
What does their program amount
to when it declares "for unemploy-
ment insurance on the basis of a
statewide fund" when in the State
of Wisconsin they have assisted in
putting through the Groves Bill,
which eliminates from unemploy-
ment compensation all the unem-
pIoyed and the agricultural workers
as a body, who represent the mass
of workers of Wisconsin! 1t is no
other than Paul Douglas, we'll
known Socialist, who is the advisor
to the U. S. Government in the
SldUOI dGlOll VI d SO-Cd41CQ
ployment insurance" bill which will
deny insurance to the 100000 I'M
employed In the State of New
York, Louis WaIdman, State chair
man of the S. p, campaigned for
the Byrne- Condor Bill, which was
supported by Gov. Lehman and
which would not grant a single
penny of insurance to the more
than 100000 unemployed in the
State of New York.
The hypocrisy of the Socialist
Party leadership is best eXemplifled
in the columns of the New Leader,
official organ Of the S. P. In the
August 25 issue of that organ, the
Socialists praise the sys en- of I'M
employment insurance that has
been introduced in Sweden by the
social-democratic government. But
according to this system, "the an
nual cost will be $4,000 900 kronen.
Workers will contribute 21,O00,000
kronen, the Government supplying
the BALANCED"
But it is not only in the matter
of program that the Socialist Party
shows up its character. In the city
of Bridgeport, Conn, the Socialist,
Jasper McLevy, campaigned for
Mayor on a program calling for SIS
week relief, plus So for each de-
pendent. Once in Office Mayor NC
Levy saw to it that the workers of
Bridgeport did not receive more
than So to "a week, and dubbed the
unemployed when they made their
demands. In the city of Milwaukee
Dan Hoan, Socialist Mayor of the
"best regulated city in the U. S."
similarly dubbed and still clubs the
workers who demand adequate I'M
employment relief. This is quite in
keeping with the actions of any
Democratic, Republican or Fusion
mayor in the country.
S. P. and the New Deal
The Socialist Party clearly ex-
pose its position as the supporter of
the New Deal" in the commenda-
ton given to Roosevelt by the late
orthodox MARKHAM" Morris Hill
quit, and the militant" leader.
Norman Thomas, who declared that
the New Deal" was "a step in
the direction of socialism" During
the period of the crisis these gen.
tlemen declared that now is no
time to strike" But, when in spite
OF the New DEAL and it's being a
step to socialism" more than
10000 workers went out on strike
against the intolerable wages and
conditions in the shops, then the
S. P. at its convention in Detroit.
in June, declared "the New Deal is
not a step in the direction of So
cialism." But it was just the So
claiistS who had declared that it
was, while the Communist Party
from ths very beginning anaIyzed
the New DEAF as a step in the di-
rection of fascism in preparation
for another imperialist war. The
masses in the U. S. did not accept
the Socialist position and went out
on strike.
When the gigantic struggles took
place in Toledo, San Francisco,
when the textile workers struck.
then the Socialists showed clearly
where they stood. In Toledo, Leo
Kryzcki, chairman of the Socialist
Party openly co-operated with My
ers, leader of the A. F. of L. in To-
ledo, in an attempt to sell out the
strike of the Auto-lite workers, but
was prevented from doing so by the
activities of the Communist Party.
guiding the masses of the workers.
When the general strike took
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