The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-14
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realization Of a constantly improving standard
Of living; we're going to resist with all our
power the capitalist efforts to reduce the stand
ard Of living, no matter how much Roosevelt
may tell us Of the necessities OF economy" and
sacrifice" The workers have sacrificed too
much already, and we're going to prepare the
working class to stop sacrificing. We help them
to understand that to realize full and happy
life they will finally have to take power, over
Throw the capitalists, and take possession Of
the industries themselves through their own
Workers Government.
Thus we see that it is only the revolutionists
who will fight to the end for the immediate
demands Of the workers, and for better food,
clothing and shelter for the toilers. Any
one who is against revolution or afraid Of it.,
inevitably comes to the point where he betrays
he workers interests surrenders them to the
interest Of capitalist profits.
Further Questions of the United Front
The tactic of the United Front must be APP
Piled in all mass activities. In each case a
special form suitable for the occasion must be
found concretely. That means the whole Party
must be trained to aleTtness against distortions
of the United Front and against deviations.
These are Of two general types: the right devil
alton which consists of hiding the face Of
the Party, sacrificing the main political line,
emphasizing the formal aspects Of the united
front at the expense Of the real struggle. The
left" deviation, which is opportunism covered
with left phrases is characterized by contempt
for the patient, systematic, daily work necessary
to win the workers who are under reformist
leadership; by rigid and mechanical approach
to united front problems; by fear to plunge
boldly into the broadest mass struggles.
In all of our election campaigns, we have
the problem of giving them a united front
character The coming Congressional Elections
must everywhere be made real united front
drive with the objective of eIectng at least a
few Communist congressman from few con-
centration points.
We must pay good deal of attention to two
important local united front efforts, namely,
the Cleveland and Dearborn elections last year.
In Cleveland, the comrades correctly set them
selves the task Of involving the mass move
ment of small homeowners in the Communist
election campaign. But they made many serious
errors in doing this. They encouraged or toler-
ated the tendency for the Homeownsrs' Fedora
ton to go into politics on its own hook and
to transform itself into political party. The
HomeoWners Federation took the initiative in
nominating aldermanic candidates, and only as
an afterthought, we're other workingclass organ
izations drawn ill., while the Communist Party,
as SUCH was pushed entirely into the back
ground. Let nobody understand our criticism
Of this as trying to protect narrow Party in
terests as against the interests of the Home
owners Federation. No, we are insisting equally
upon the interests of the Homeowners' FEEDER
alton, when We demand that such an organi-
zaticn shall not be transformed into a political
party. To attempt to make political party
out Of such mass organizations is to seriously
threaten their future work and growth, and turn
them aside from their proper function. At the
same time this has a liquidating effect upon
the Communist Party. 1t does not consolidate
the unity of the masses of workers, but rather
threatens to break up that unity.
Similarly in the Dearborn election campaign
Dearborn is the city Of the Ford Motor fac
tories; it is a company town. There was mass
revolt against the Ford domination in the city
government. We correctly decided to unite this
revolt around a workers ticket, participated in
by the Communist Party and with Communists
as the central candidates. But in practically
carrying through this correct line, the comrades
reiterated before the red scare" hid the face
of the Party in this united front, evaded some
Of the most crucial political issues. Thus, our
comrades contributed to the creation of such
an atmosphere of timidity, and evasion, that
under sharp attacks from Ford'5 agents, some
Of the weaker elements en- the workers ticket
fell into panic entirely. and the candidate for
Mayor. at one point, signed a resignation from
the struggle.
We must again emphasize that, while workers
tickets are permissible under certain special cir
cumstances, and especially in company towns
this under no circumstances means the aban-
donment of the independent role Of the Com
munist Party To push the Communist Party
into the background, to allow it to be forgotten