The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-01

IN ANNOUNCING the postpone
ment Of the Seventh World Con-
gress of the Communist Interna-
tional, the presidium Of the E. c. c.
I. instructs the Communist Parties
throughout the world to take up in
their Party organizations the discus
sion of the questions on the agenda
Of the Seventh World Congress,
taking into account the lessons and
experiences of their struggle and
work since the Sixth World Con-
gress."
In the latest issue, No. 20, of its
organ, "The Communist Intena-
tionaI," the E. c. c.. L itself begins
this discussion. The two discussion
articles in this issue. "Tlae Cues
ton of the Middle Strata of the
Town Population" and Problems
of the Standard of Living of the
Working Glass" give the lead to
Party units and Party committees to
commence their theological prepara-
tions for the Seventh World Con-
gress
Petty Bourgeois Strata
''The Question of the Middle
Strata of the Town Population" by
,. Reimann, is a thorough analysis
Of the middle classes in present.
/ day society, This problem is of
foremost Importance these days
when fascist movements claw their
way forward in every land. There
are a considerable number of work
ers and intellectuals who have con-
fused the social mass basis of the
fascist power with. the question of
its class nature. They contend that
fascism is the dictatorship of the
petty bourgeoisie. This error comes
from the belief that the petty bour-
geoisie can play an independent
political role; history already has
abundant proof they cannot. This
article thoroughly proves the fall
lacy of this theory.
Problems. of the Standard of
Living of the Working Class" by
Comrade Sinani, trace the lower
ing of workers living standards
as a condition for the partial
sterilization Of capitalism after the
first round of wars and revolutions.
The article shows how in the period
of the end of capitalist stabiliza-
ton this lowering is intensified, re-
sulting in structural changes in the
composition of the working class.
All this leads inevitably to increas-
ing to an enormous degree the pre-
requisites for the revolutionary dis
ruption of the entire capitalist sys-
TEN by the working class.
U. S. S. r. and League
Important, also, is the definitive
editorial statement concerning the
entrance of the U. S. S. r. into the
League Of Nations. Much confu-
sion has been spread concerning
this move. In the brief six weeks
or so since this event, the world
bourgeois press has speculated wildly
upon "Russia's reasons" 1t has
been indulging in wish-fulflllment,
hoping it saw the birth Of new"
Soviet Union, i.e., a bourgeois"
Soviet Union. It's inspired editorials
remind one of the introduction of
the N. E. P. Then too, there was
the return to capitalism" Trotzky-
ism, particularly, has worked over
time to make counter-revolutionary
capital out of the issue. The So
cialists press forward with their
own explanations that the Soviet
Union has finally seen the light of
day, that the League is a vital force
for the ''perpetuation of peace"
This editorial explains the basis
for Soviet entrance into the League:
the change in relationships between
the major powers and the rapidly
increasing strength of the Soviet
Union. The withdrawal of Ger
many and Japan from the League
has disturbed the precarious equili-