The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-15
The Most Burning Question -
Unity Of action
Member Of the Presidum he International
By Burck
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cannot overthrow the capitalist world by itself
and it is therefore compelled, in order to prolong
the period of respite which has set in after the
termination of military intervention, to come to
agreements with imperialist states well. 1t will
be compelled to do until the contracting parties
for example in France, are no longer Herriot or
Doumergue, but representatives of the French
working class The Soviet Union and the capitalist
world exist side by side, but they are also opposed
to one another. The represent two hostile classes
two mutually opposed systems-the working class
and the bourgeoisie the system of socialism and
the system of capitalism.
Can you wonder, dear Leon Blum and the
editors of the POpulaire if feel insulted at the
fact that you pretend that my relation to my work.
mates who organized in the Communist Party
is the same as the relation between the Socialist
Soviet Union and imperalist France? Can my re-
lation and the relation of my party to the Com
munSt Party of France and to its members, be
considered as similar to the relations between
Lebrun, Herriot and Barthou the one hand and
Stain, Litvinov and Doygalevsky the other?
Are we, my comrade at the workbench and 7,
two different representatives of two hostile classes
like Stain and Lebrun, Litvinof and Herriot,
Doygalevsky and Barthou?
IT have placed great faith in you. But how
you expect to believe you when you try to
represent me, class conscious French worker as
an equally great enemy of my Communist work
mate as the system of capitalism is to the system
Of socialism?
mo! I do not agree to this! An armistice
non-aggression pact is not enough for Such
methods are right when applied to the relations
between the proletarian Soviet Union and bour
geois France. But it is form of sabotage of
unity of action when this system of aggression
pacts is applied to the relations between Socialist
and Communist workers-members of and the
same class. 1t is not armiStice or
aggression pact which must conclude with the
Communist Party The growth of the fascist dan
ger in France, the increase of preparation for
war throughout the whole world demands
thing quite different. What existed between us
Socialist workers and the Communist workers be-
tween February and IL this year, was not an
armistice, not diplomatic treaty, not
aggression pact. During these days we Socialist
and Communist workers stood shoulder to shoulder
in armed alliance against the attack of fascism.
With brilliant success repulsed the impudent
attack of fascsm Supported by M. Chiappe), and
proceeded to take the offensive We workers are
proud to have stood shoulder to shoulder with our
Communist brothers in united action against the
bourgeoise.
So let us leave diplomacy to the diplomats Let
us avoid giving the outward impression that
the relation between members of the Socialist and
Throw aside diplomatic tricks and let us honestly
grasp the fraternal hand of the Communist Party
in order to defend ourselves in common against
the common enemy"
(To Be Continued)