The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-28

Green or the Chamber of Com
merce to vote for this-and- this
candidate on the Republican or
Democratic Party ticket, he is
urged to cast his vote for the same
fundamental program of the
capitalist class, with only differences
Of phrases to cover the on
slaught against the working class
S. P. Spreads Illusions
What is the role of the Socialist
Party in these elections? That
cannot be judged only by the
programs and speeches of the off
cialdom of the Party, no more than
Roosevelt's speeches or Green's
professed love of the workers and
concern over their conditions can
be taken as a guide.
When the N. R. A. was first
paSsed-even before-the Socialist
Party leaders, including their cleft"
leader, Norman Thomas, greeted it
as a great boon to the workers, as a
fundamental change in capitalism
that even offered road to easy pro-
greSs in socialism. Norman Thomas
particularly praised section la of
the N. R. A., the very section
Roosevelt uses to break strikes, to
shackle arbitration" boards on the
workers, to foster the DEVELOPMENT
Of company unions, and to attempt
to destroy every elementary civil
and trade union right Of the
workers.
When the workers first struck
against the N. r. A. in steel and
coal, Thomas said, This Is not the
time to strike" Later the Socialist
leaders saw they were on the wrong
track. They began to admit the
N. R. A. was not so hot. But still
they have not attacked it whole
heartedly. They still maneuver
with it, spread illusions about it.
In the textile strike, they formed a
united front with German and
Green. Their main link to the
Roosevelt program is through the
oflcialdom of the American
Federation of Labor.
G. P. Fought N. r. A. from Start
For eighteen months, that is,
from the first day of the N. R. A.
the Communist Party fought 1t
valiantly, exposing every step of its
trickery, every fascist deed of the
Roosevelt regime. In every strike.
the Communist Party took a lead
ing part, exposing every betrayal.
in coal, steel. auto and now in
textile. For its unyielding struggle
against the New Deal methods of
smashing down the workers living
standards the Communist Party
got the well-merited vicious attack
Of the leading Scab employers. The
Red cry was raised in every
strike, because the bosses feared
most the Communists and the
correct Communist strategy for
winning strikes. That Green,
German and others took up this
cry only emphasized their real and
stand on the side of
the employers.
Only the Communist Party put
forward a real unemployment in
bill. a farm relief measure.
and carried on a mass campaign
for the passage of these bills.
Urges United Action
Only the Communist Party
carried on mass campaign for
the passage Of these bills.
Only the Communist PARTY
carried on a day to day fight
against every fascist manifestation.
urging a united front between the
Socialist and Communist Parties
against Roosevelt's program of
hunger, war and fascism.
Many workers who are SYM
pathetic to many points Of the
Communist program, and especially
to Communist leadership in strikes.
put up the argument that why
should we vote for Communists.
they won't win.
This argument is put up most
strenuously precisely in those sec
tons where Communist candidates
have the best chance of winning.
1t is put up when the bosses par
ties and the Socialists cannot
the Communist PARTY
programme only one fighting in
the interest Of the workers i'm
mediate demands and for the final
overthrow Of capitalism.
Communist candidates can win
The victory of Communist candi-
date in either the municipal.
state or Congressional elections
would be a great boon to the whole
working class, because these candi-
dates would put forward boldly
and fearlessly the issues and in
terests Of the workers.
Big G. P. Vote Needed
Even if Communist candidates do
not win, a huge Communist vote
becomes one of the most powerful
factors on the side of the workers
IN their struggle against the en-
ployers and the New Deal. Com
munist votes mean workers who
the basic issues of the
class struggle. They mean fighters
who will not only express them
selves on election day and then
submit to all of the dastardly deeds
of the employers afterwards. A
huge Communist vote is a chal-
Ienge flung in the face of the en-
ployerS. 1t is thermometer
showing them the rising rage and
nilitancy of the workers.
Vote Communist" is not lust
for putting an K besides
The name of a Communist candi-
date. 1t is vote for the only
revolutionary working class party.
1t is vote for struggle, a vote
against fasciSm, war and hunger
It is vote which gives the work
ng class the most powerful op-
oortunity to tell the employers that
ne will not sit and let the en-
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