Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-10-12
The Front
LINE ALAN ny MAX
Continental
Committee on
TechnOcracy

the continental committee on
TechnOeracy?
A couple of weeks ago in
this column, we pointed out
how the Continental Commit
tee on TechnOcracy attempts
to dope the workers with false
dreams and in this way weak
ems the fighting power OF the
masses against fascism.
But let's take a closer look
at the organization itself.
Is the Continental Commit
tee on Technocracy a working
class organization
"Of course it is many will
answer. Look at all the work
ers in it,"
But as far as the organiza-
ton is concerned, there Is no
working class. One OF the first
rules made by the higher COM
mittees was that absolutely no
thing was to be discussed at
the clubs except Technocracy.
"a number of the clubs got
around this ruling by alternat-
ing regular meetings with op-
en- fOrums.)
The purpose of the ruling
is to keep the membership out
of the working class struggle
against the system which Tech
nocracy pretends to oppose.
The only mentions of the work.
ing class to be found in Tech
nOcrat literature, are the in
correct assertions that the
working class is disappearing.
The fact that there are a
large number of workers, and
many militant class-conscious
workers, in the clubs, does not
make the Continental Com
mittee on Technocracy a work
ing class organization. Millions
of workers vote the Democrat.
ic ticket and belong to Dem
ocratic clubs, but that does not
make the Democratic party
any less an organization of the
bankers.
TechnOcracy is mainly mid
die class movement. 1t draws
workers into its ranks in order
to strip them of their class con-
seriousness, and to keep those
who are not yet class conscious
from learning that capitalism
can be destroyed only if a revO-
lutiOnary working class takes
the lead.
Technocracy promises hap
piness to all-wOrkers, farmers,
middle class, professionals, and
capitalists too.
Where have we seen such
an organization before?
Continental Committee on
Technocracy today bears a
marked resemblance to the
Hitler movement of ten years
ago!
Technocracy is still young. 1t
is feeling it's way around. 1t
is trying to avoid the mistakes
that Howard Scott made. Scott,
with the stamp of fascism all
over him, has failed so far to
win mass following.
The Continental Committee
is more careful.
1t TALKS against fascism.
1t is careful not to talk
against Communism and the re.
evolutionary movement. 1t re-
cOgnizes that the time is not
ripe for that. 1t will try to
build up mass support-dis-
couraging, and probably later
expelling, militants on the way
so that when it finally does
come out against Communism,
it will avoid a split within the
organization. Then the leaders
will probably go to the bank
ers, as Hitler did, and say,
Look what we've built to fight
Communism. How much will
you contribute"
Continental Committee on
Technology has all the ele-
ments of a fascist movement.
Undoubtedly the vast ma
jority of its members are OP-
POSED to fascism, are anxious
to fight against fascism and
have been fooled into believ.
ing that Technocracy is the
best way to fight it.
This means that it is the first
job of the militants within the
clubs, as we pointed out a
couple of weeks ago. to in
crease the class consciousness
of the members by bringing
them into the working class
struggle for unemployment in
surance, against war and fas-
cism-and by winning their
sympathy and active support
for the strike movement that
10 sweeping the country,