The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-16
CLASS STRUGGLE OF WORKERS AGAINST CAPITALISM AGAIN
 CLAIMED
Stratford, Conn.
 Oct 10 1QAA

Stratford, Conn. Oct. 10, 194O Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
 The phrase, Preaching the Glass Struggle" is commonly used to dis credit anyone who dares to assert that for thousands of years a class struggle has existed. It is an att tempt to blind the average person to a great historical and social fact. With vitriolic language we are told that all those who insist that a class struggle rages in modern capitalist society are un-American subversive elements and should be deported or jailed or, as one cleric said, "shot like mad dogs"
 The class struggle is not simply an idea or theory concocted by So- cialistS out of thin air. Every school child knows that before capitalism we had the serf and the chattel- slave. The economic interests of the wage slave and the capitalist are no more reconciliable than were those of the chattel-slave and slave own- or, or the serf and his feudal lord. The Socialist does not preach the class struggle" By explaining cur- rent happenings in terms of the actual existence of this class strug- gle. he aims in putting an end to it..
 The present form of the class struggle arises from the economic and social forms of the capitalist mode of production. The capitalist class owns the means by which food, clothing, and shelter are pro- duced. The point of view" of this ruling class permeates and domi- mates every part of the social order; cultural, educational, press and pul- pit; even into the present day so- ciai and economic organizations of the working class itself such as fraternal societies, labor unions. etc. For instance. an organization such as the American Legion which is largely composed of woFkingmen, speak the language and does the bidding of the master class. The re- form issues raised by the so-called Communist and Socialist Parties only serve to confuse the electorate. Thus these self-styled working class parties also become unwitting agents of the capitalist class.
 On the other hand we have the overwhelming majority of the peo- pie, the working class. which is con. stantly faced with not only the problem of gaining access to the mines, mills, factories, aand land to produce the necessities of life, but also the problem of obtaining & large enough share of the wealth (which they created) in order to exist.
 A direct result of the class strug- gle between workers and capitalists is the struggle which exists among the capitalist classes of different na- tions over markets in which to dis- pose of the surplus commodities which their respective workers have produced. but have been unable to buy back. This struggle, like the class struggle which often results in strikes and violence, also flares up ii the form of wars. The present war, like the last one, h such c cosl- fiict for markets and raw materials, and the grlm irony of # oil ls that the bodies of workers, largely, ere the sacrifices On the altar oE eapltaI- lst competition.
 Both Roosevelt and Wlllkle are pledged to preserve capitalism which is the evil cause of poverty, insecurity, end war. ft Enay readily bo seen, then that workers who are hoping for either Of these eentle- men to establish peace end proepeFs iiy, are hoping in valn. There can be no peace CT lasting prosperity without socialist Feo0neiFnelion Og society in Whloh Ao0flofnie n|naAen afe aboiiahedl the means Of wealth production afe collectively owned by aII lhe peo1lo and aamlnlelcTe1 oomooTancAl|y fof ibe benfnt of al'i