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| Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, ete., DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEDN SDAY, JULY 27, 1932 Page j CAUGHT! “American Freeman,” Backing Thomas and Maurer, Lifts Foster’s Acceptance Speech Socialist Sheet Steals Foster’s Speech Substitutes “Socialist” for Communist Made in Chicago, in Brazen Attempt to Disguise Anti-Workingclass “Socialist” Position ‘American Freeman’ Edited| FOSTER’S The esta F: reeman pea Devoted to Social Justice and Industrial Sanity ~ chek re ate aot sg reanl c ‘nom in ms Re sing tone Tangy oat Rae Br "7 FOSTER’S ACCEPTANCE SPEECH (May 28, 1932) The Communist Party calls upon the workers to organize for militant struggles now against hunger and war. It calls upon them to prepare for the overthrow of the capitalist system and building of Socialism (Applause.) As against the capitalist way out of the crisis through mass starvation and war, the Communist Party proposes the revolution- ary way out of the crisis through class struggle, the overthrow of capitalism and the establishment of a workers’ and farmers’ government! (Applause.) Page 21-22, pamphlet containing Foster’s speech. * The Communist Party does not, under capitalism, limit itself simply to the propagation of revolutionary slogans and to organization for final revolutionary struggle. On the contrary, it enters into the every- day struggles of the workers, The Party which pro- poses the overthrew of capital and the building of a new world, must also know how to lead the workers here and now in mass struggle to relieve their burning grievances. While capitalism lasts the Communist Party fights militantly to wring every possible conees- sion from the exploiters. At the same time it utilizes these daily struggles to awaken the class consciousness of the masses, to erganize them economieally and po- litieally and to prepare them for their final revolution- ary goal. —Page 22—Foster Pamphlet. * ‘The Communist Party warns the masses of toilers of the war slaughter that the American government, Japan and other imperialists, behind a hypocritical mask of pacifist intentions, are organizing against the Soviet Unien. This war is already in its first stage and may break into a conflagration at any moment. Foster's Speech, page 27. * ‘The Communist Party condemns the growing wave of terrorism being directed against the workers to suppress their struggles against starvation, This is marked by the wave of lynching of Negroes in the South, the shooting down of unemployed workers in the arresting and jailing of militant workers all over the country, the deportations of revolutionary strike leaders and other foreign born workers, the reign of terror in Kentucky, —Foster's speech, page 26. * The Communist Party is the Party of the Negro, It is the Party of all the oppressed. It fights for the unity of the toiling Negro masses and the white workers. Without such unity the revolution will be impossible. —Foster’s speech, page 26. * But in the election campaign the Communist Party also especially simulates the struggles of the workers im every direction. It takes its election campaign to the shops, to the tactories, to the bread lines, to the flop houses, to the farms. It organizes the workers to strike and demonstrate for their demands, as well as to yote fo rthem, It utilizes the election campaign to build the revolutionary unjons and Unemployed Councils, and to bring them into actiye struggle against the capitalists. Its aim is turn the defensive struggle of the workers into a counter-offensive against the capitalists, Foster’s Speech—Page 23, Photostatic copy of masthead of “American Freeman” for June 11, which lifted Communist speech and published as its own, % SOCIALIST “AMERICAN FREEMAN” (June 11, 1932) The Socialist Party calls upon the workers to organize for militant struggles NOW against hunger and war. It calls upon them to prepare for the over throw of the capitalist system and the building of Socialism. As against the gapitalist way out of the crisis through mass starvation and war, the So- cialist Party proposes the revolutionary way out of the crisis through mass struggle and overthrow of capitalism, and the establishment of a workers’ and farmers’ government, —June 11, “American Freeman.” * The Socialist Party does not, under capitalism limit itself simply to the propagation of revolutionary slogans and ta organize for final revolutionary strug- gle, On the contrary, it enters into every day strug- gles of the workers. The party, which proposes the ovethrow of capitalism and the building of a new world, must also know how to lead the workers here and now in mass struggle to relieve their burning grievances. While capitalism lasts the Socialist Party fights militantly to wring every possible concession from the exploiters. At the same time it utilizes these daily struggles of the workers te awaken the class consciousness of the masses, to organize them econom- ically and politically, and to prepare them for their final revolutionary go-* —June 11, “American Freeman.” * The Socialist Party warns the masses of toilers of the war slaughter and the American government, Japan and other imperialists, behind a hypocritical mask of pacifist intentions are organizing against the Soviet Union. This war is already in its first stages and may break into conflagration momentarily, —June 11, “American Freeman,” * ‘The Socialist Party condemns the growing wave of terrorism being directed against the workers, to sup- press their struggles against starvation, This is marked by the waye of lynching of Negroes in the South, the shooting down of unemployed workers in Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, etc.; the arresting and jailing of militant workers al] over the country, the deportation of revolutionary strike leaders and other foreign-born workers, the reign of terror in Kentucky. —June 11, “American Freeman.” * The Socialist Party is the party of the Negro. It fights for the unity of the toiling Negro masses and the white workers. Without such unity the revolution will be impossible. F —June 11, “American Freeman.” * In an election campaign the Socialist Party espe- cially stimulates the struggles of the workers in every direction. It takes its election campaign to the shops, to the farms, to the factories, to the bread lines, to the flop houses. It organizes the workers to strike and demonstrate for their demands, <s well as to vote for them. Its aim is to turn the defensive struggle of the workers into a counter-offensive against the capitalists, —June 11, “American Freeman,” It will be noted that this Socialist Party paper deliberately omits the part dealing with revolutionary unions and unemployed councils, In all cases where concrete proposals for action occur in Foster's speech the plagarists carefully cut them ay. In election campaigns the Communist Party pe not confine itself te canvassing for votes. It is im- Rertant to build a strong Communist vote, in order to organize and measure the sentiment of the masses, and elect representatives to the eapitalist govern- ment, net in th illusion the workers can peacefully capture the government, but to enable them the bet- ter-to expose the capitalist government, to wring con- _ cessions from the employers, and to bring’ the com- munist pragram foreefully before the masses. Foster's Speech. * . In election campaigns the Socialist Party does not confine itself to canvassing for votes, If is important to build a strong socialist vote, in order to organize and measure the sentiment of the masses, and elect representatives to the capitalist government, te enable them the better to expose the capitalist government, to wring concessions from the employers, and to bring the socialist program forcefully before the masses. —June 11, “American Freeman,” The words underlined in the pamphlet containing Foster's speech are left out in the quotation the socialist paper used. The reason is plain, The socialists want workers to believe that they need not struggle to wrest power from the eapitalist bandits, but that the capialists will voluntarily turn over power to the working class, * * The Communist Party is the leader in the struggle or unemployment insurance and will mobilize ever ‘qweater masses of workers for struggle until the capl- talist masters of America are compelled to grant un- employed insurance to the starving millions in this country, Foster's speech, page 22. . “ When four years ago the Communist Party nomi- nated national candidates in the elections we were in the midst of the so-called “Coolidge prosperity.” Hoover was hypocritically campaigning with promises of perpetual prosperity and the énd of all poverty, The new capitalism was to turn the workers into capitalists, and to wipe out all class lines. Foster's speech, page 13, The Socialist Party is the leader in the struggle for unemployment ingurante and will mobilize ever greater masses of workers for struggle until the caple talist masters of America are compelled to grant un- employment insurance to the starving millions in this country. June 11, “American Freeman,” * Four years ago we were in the midst of the so- called “Coolidge prosperity.” Hoover was hypocriti- cally campaigning with promises of perpetual pros- perity and the end of all poverty. The new capitalism was to turn the workes into capitalists, and to wipe out all class lines, —June 11, “American Freeman.” by E. Haldemann: Julius, ACCEPTANCE Tournalistic Racketeer and| SPEECH Socialist Candidate for U.S. Senate from State of Kansas WILLIAM Z. FOSTER ees Wr, Z. Foster, (above) Commun- ist candidate for President, parts of whose revolutionary acceptance specch in Chicago was lifted by the “American Freeman” in order to mislead radicalized werkers and farmers and to win votes for Tho- mas and Maurer, (Right) What the Communist Party of the U.S. A. Fights For! The Communist Party of the U.S.A. in the election campaign puts forth the following main demands in its struggle against the bosses’ offensive and for a Workers’ and Farmers’ government: 1. Unemployment and Social Insurance at the expense of the state and employers, Against Hoover’s wage-cutting policy. Emergency relief for the poor farmers without restrictions by the government and banks; exemption of poor farmers from taxes, and no foreed collection of, rents or debts. Equal rights for the Negroes and self- determination for the Black Belt. Against capitalist terror; against all forms of suppression of the political rights of workers. Against imperialist war; for the defense of the Chinese people and of the Soviet Union. a i The Communist Party wages a militant struggle for these demands, In this strug- gle it calls for a broad united front of work- ers, including workingclass members of the Socialist Party, A. F. of L. unions, organized and unorganized workers, together with Communist and revolutionary workers. Thus, while the socialist officials and their organs are making demagogic poses, the Communist Party calls for militant struggle! | The Communist Party calls upon the farmers to struggle against the monstrous pauperization, ex- propriation of the land, and the driving of the farm- ers from their farms that is now taking place all over the United States. —P. 25—Foster Speech. * The present situation completely justifies the posi- tion of the Communist Party and belies the promises of the capitalists and their American Federation of Labor and Socialist tools. The capitalist system is in the deepest crisis of its career, both in the United States ang all over the world. Production is at 50 per cent of nermal, and constantly declines. While the great masses starve, the mills and fac- tories remain shut down in g criminally absurd crisis of over-produetion. Fifteen million workers walk the streets unempleyed, and ten millions more work only part-time. Wage euts in every industry have re- duced wages to starvation levels. During the past two years the living standard of the American working class has been cut at least 60 per cent, The income of the farmers has been out from $12,000,000,000 in 1929 to $7,000,000,000 in 1931. The farmers, like the workers, are starving, and are being stripped of their meager possessions. PP. 13-14—Foster Speech. * SOCIALIST “AMERICAN FREEMAN” The Socialist Party calls upon the farmers to struggle against the monstrous pauperigation, ex-! propriation of the land, and the driving of the farmer from their farms that is now taking place in the United States. June 1i—American Freeman. * The present situation completely justifies the posi- tion of the Socialist Party and belies the promises of the capitalists and their tools. The capitalist sys- tem, is in the deepest crisis of its career, both in the United States and all over the world. Production is at 50 per cent of normal and constantly declines. While the great masses starve, the mills and factories close down in a@ criminally absurd crisis of over- production, 12,000,000 workers walk the streets unem- ployed, and 10,000,000 more work only part time. Wage cuts in every industry have reduced wages to starva- tion levels. During the past two years ‘the living standards of the American working class has been cut by at least 60 per cent. The income of the farmers has been cut from $12,000,000,000 in 1929 to $7,000,000,-| 000 in 1931. The farmers, like the workers, are) starving, and are being stripped of their meager pos-! sessions. June 11—American Freeman, , ® Of course this socialist publication, “The American Freeman,” carefully omits the words “the American Federation of Labor and their SOCIALIST tools.” Nor do they quote from that section of Comrade Foster’s speech on page 18 wherein he correctly designates the Socialist Party as the third party of capitalism. The Girard, Kansas, socialist pub- lication is silent on that part of the speech wherein the Socialist Party leaders of the United States are compared to the socialists in Germany who are helping the capitalists establish a fascist regime. Does anyone need an answer to the question why the “American Freeman” did not print that part of the speech of the Communist presidential candidate which said: “Fhe Socialist Party is an enemy of the working class. It is a part of the capitalist exploitation machinery.” ? * In the election campaign the Progressives— the Pinchots, LaGuardias, LaPollettes, Murrays, etc., will make a demagogic show of opposition to the Hoover government for vote-catching purposes. But they have supported every basic policy of that government. They are the representatives of the smaller capitalists and the rich farmers. Their policy is to wheedle from the capitalists concessions for these middle elements at the expense of the working class and poor farmers. The measure of their pretended friendship for the workers is the Groves Law of Wisconsin, under whose miserable provisions, mis-named unemployment in- | suranee, no provision whatever is made for the vast masses now unemployed, and only for the dim future are the present employed promised insurance en 4 basis less than now prevails in many charity relief systems, —Foster's speech, page 17. * The Hoover Republican government, the instrument of the dictatorship of big capital, has refused to estab- lish a system of unemployment insurance, and has forced the workers down into a starvation charity yelief system of a few cents a day. It has helpea the employers all over the country to cut wages, despite its hypocritical promises not to. It has in- stituted the infamous starvation stagger system. It has supported the growing reign of terror against the Negro masses. It has inaugurated a monstrous deportation campaign against the foreign born workers. With police, gunmen and troops it meets every move of the workers to strike or demonstrate for relief, It doubly exploits the colonial and semi-colonial peoples of Latin America, China, etc. The Hover gov- ernment has handed hillions of dollare to the great banks and railroads. It is spending billions more to prepare murderous war. But for the hungry workers it has nothing but’ the iron fist. In all this program of mass starvation and terrorism, the Hoover Repub- liean government has had the full support of the Demoeratic Party. And new these two capitalist parties, in order bettter to crush the workers with fascitt violence and te prepare for war, are organizing a super-party al- lianee. Page 17—Foster Speech. * * we In the coming election campaign the Progressives—~! the Pinchots, LaGuardias, LaFolletts, Murrays, etc— will make a demagogic show of opposition to the Hoo- ver government for vote-catching purposes. But they have. supported every basic policy of that government, They are the representatives of the smaller bi pact and the rich farmers. Their policy is to wheedle con-) cessions for these middle elements at the expense) of the working class and poor farmers, The measurd of their pretended friendship for the workers is the Groves Law of Wisconsin, under whose miserable pro- visions, misnamed Unemployment Insurance, no pro- vision whatever is made for the vast masses now un- employed, and only for the dim future are the pre- sent employed promised insurance on a basis less than now prevails in many charity relief systems. —dJune 11, American Freeman, * The Hoover Republican government, the instrument of the dictatorship of big capital, has refused to estab- lish a system of unemployment insurance, and has forced the workers down into a starvation charity relief system of a few cents a day. It has helped the employers all over the country to cut wages, despite its hypocritical promises not to. It has in- stituted the infamous starvation stagger system. It has supported the growing reign of terror against the Negro masses. It has inaugurated a monstrous deportation - campaign against the foreign born workers. With police, gunmen and troops it meets every move of the workers to strike or demonstrate for relief. 1 sya Abs ddtda Ce ames pet 41... The Hooyer gov- ernment hag handed billions of dollare to the great banks and reilroads. It is spending billions more to prepare murderous war. But for the hungry workers it has nothing but the iron fist. In all this program of mass starvation and terrorism, the Hoover Repub- Jican government has had the full support of the Democratic Party. And now these two capitalist parties, in order the better to crush the workers with fageist violence and ta prepare for war, are cr= ganizing a super-party alliance. —June 11—American Freeman, bho The nationalistic and imperialistic character of the “American Freeman" gang is scen in ita deliberate umission of the double-exploitation imposed upon the colonial and semi-colonial peoples. What Is Behind This Rank Political Swindle? IE Séciallst Party platform, the speches of Norman Thomas, Morris Hillquit and others are all directed teward helping the capitalist class out of their cr’sis at the expense of the workers, The Socialist Party platferm has nothing in common with the revolutionary program and policies of the fighting Communist Party, On the contrary! What is the basis for such a deception as practised by “The American Freeman”? The answer to this question is found, significantly enough, in the very of the Communist Party which the Kansas socialists attempted to distort, Analyzing the policies of the socialists at the present time, the Communist Election program warned specifically against it in the following words: “The Socialist Party and its ‘left’ ally, the Muste group, especially has tried in the past and tries now te break up the workers fight for the program put forward by the Communists, by urging forward its own substitute of ‘something just as good,’ by making its fake program look as much as possible ‘like the Communists,’ by talking revolutionary, by arguing for a choice of ‘the lesser evil, by putting themselves for as ‘the same thing only more practcal.’ While rendering service to the general capitalist program nationally, the Socialist demagogues, faced with the revolutionary mood of the workers in specific sections of the country, resort to more brazen forms of pelitieal trickery—of which the above expose is a striking example. Other examples are the setting up ef boss-influenced “Citizens' Unemployed Councils” in Seattle and Tacoma and Workers’ Un- employed Committecs in Chicago and other cities. > Ome central fact emerges: Underneath all these radical phrases and militant poses are seen the day-to-day deeds of the Seclalist Party—betrayals of the workers everywhere. REPUDIATE THIS POLITICAL SWINDLE; WORK AND FIGHT for COMMUNIST PROGRAM, CANDIDATES!