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Page Six DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1934 Daily <QWorker dreTRAL oncaW aay PANTY LSA (SHCTION OF COMMUNIST UFTRREATIONASD “America’s Only Working Class Daily Newspaper” FOUNDED 1924 T * 6s r¢ i 1” Steel Workers Prepare Nazis Lead | Ne Ue to Strike HE steel workers stand or the eve of Germany to a Worse Crisis by a | | World Front On the PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY, BY THE great strike struggles. The sentiment By HARRY GANNES COMPRODAILY PUBLISHING CO., INC., 50 E. 13th | of the steel workers for united strike ac- 5 | Street, New York, N. ¥ tion is rapidly rising. Diplomat in Geneva | Fascist Powder Magazines 795 , - « ” Algonquin 4-795 4 One local union of the Amalgamated | Admits Masses Face tee Balkan Pact New York, N. ¥ National Daiwork Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers (A. F. of L.) after another is warmly wel- Starvation \Italy’s Balance Sheet St., Room 105, Cheago, TU | ice coming the call of the Steel and Metal Workers In- NEW YORK—Confirmation ot | ASCISM has spread to the Subscription Rates: — Union for joint strike action in the steel | the growing economic catastrophe in | two most explosive points m end Bronx), 1 year,’ $6.60: industry Fascist Germany is contained in an | f the Eur in wder ma- er Treen s seec, The rank and file of the steel workers, whether | exclusive interview with s leading pon ne eee c— unorganized or in the A. F. of L. union, clearly see | @Pitalist diplomat in Geneva by the | | gazine, the Balkans and the WEDNESDAY, MAY 23 rT 1934 the need for unity if the seven demands put for- ward by the Steel and Metal Workers Industrial Union and the opposition in the A.A. are to be United Press. Quoting this “well informed dip-| lomatic observer, who recently re-| turned from a protracted stay in | Baltic buffer states. Ex-Pre- ® | mier Zankoff, the butcher of won | @ | thousands of Bulgarian work- Berlin,” Against Opportunist Errors (Statement of the Political Bureau.) HE Daily Worker, in an editorial, “Force Congressional Action Against Terror- ism!”, appearing in the issue of May 17, made a serious opportunist error which must be corrected openly to avoid the spread of false conceptions among the workers. he editorial in question dealt with the resolution introduced by Congressman Lundeen against the police and gangster terror in the Ala- bama strike of iron ore miners. It could lead to the false impression that the adoption of the Lundeen resolution and the Congressional investigation therein provided would end the terror. Growing out of this the impression was given that the Daily Worker's objective in the fight against terror was merely a Congressional investigation. Finally, the mere introduction of the resolution, and in the most formal manner possible at that by Lundeen, was foolishly heralded as a “victory” for the workers. Such views, contrary to all Communist theory and to the general editorial policy of the Daily Worker, including other editorials on the- struggle against terror in Alabama and elsewhere, has no Place in our paper. It was correct to give prominence to the Lun- deen resolution as a means of stimulating the mass pretest movement against the terror. It was incorrect to create the illusion that a Con- gressional investigation would eifher end the terror or bring in a report favoring the workers and declaring against the terror even in the event of an investigation. The same capitalist forces which control and use the city and state governments against the workers in Alabama also control Con- On May 21, in line with the decision of the S.M W.LU. and of the decisions put through the recent national convention of the A.A. by the militant rank and file, all local lodges of the A.A. and all locals of the S.M.W.LU., presented demands on the steel companies. Large companies such as the Republic, the Carnegie, etc., have already replied, refusing recognition, insisting on the company union. The Steel and Metal Workers Industrial Union, | in its call to all steel workers for united strike ac- tion, urged unity of the workers in each mill, through joint committees, in presentation of these demands, | and in the strike preparations. This unity call is receiving favorable response from the A.A. locals. | The warning of the Steel and Metal Workers A.A.; Tighe-Leonard and company, are trying to stab the developing strike preparations in the back has already been proven correct. ‘The Tighe leader- ship, wherever they could put it over, yesterday | presented to the company only one demand — for recognition. The other six demands put forward by the S.M, W.LU., and by the A.A. rank and file opposition, | —the important economic demands, for wage in- creases, against the speed-up, against discrimina- tion against Negroes, for passage of H. R. 7598— were dropped, wherever the Tighe machine had suf- ficient influence. The Tighe machine, which unsuccessfully op- posed the demand: of the rank and file of the A. F. of L. union for offensive action to win these eco- nomic demands as well as recognition, is already maneuvering with the Labor Boards, with the Roose- velt N.R.A. machinery, to lay the basis for selling out the coming strikes through compulsory arbitra- tion. With the strike sentiment of the workers rapidly rising, with the unity of the steel workers being forged, all steel workers should guard against the dangers in the situation, pointed out by the unity strike call of the Steel and Metal Workers Indus- trial Union. The steel workers cannot -win the strikes under the leadership of the Tighe-Leonard machine. Only the policy of unity—of militant strike ac- tion for the economic demands as well as for recog- Industrial Union that the national leaders of the | the United Press dispatch says: “Every once in a while the evi- dence of the really miserable eco- nomic situation piles up, the com- plaining all over Germany be- comes louder and you can't see anything ahead but trouble.” Referring to the Nazi May Day demonstration, this diplomat says: “It was interesting to note, however, that the applause for Hitler was rather weak compared with previous | outbursts. They clapped a bit at all the old standbys of exhortation that | they knew should be applauded, but | since there was nothing new, they | let it go at that.” He told of the sharp decline in exports and imports, particularly the import of foodstuffs, which is bringing hunger to the working | masses. “Unemployment has gone down,” | he added, “but so have wages. In | some large factories where many | have been re-employed the total pay roll is less than a year ago.” Cleveland Youth _ Rally Factories in YouthDay Call CLEVELAND, May May 22.—All forces} are being rallied to make the Cleve-| land National Youth Day anti-war action on May 30 the largest youth | action in the history of Cleveland. Thousands of leaflets are being issued and distributed at various auto, steel and metal plants in the city. Open air meetings are being held in the neighborhood, and in | front of several factories. In addition to the main issues a demand is being made for imme- diate cash relief to all unemployed youth, for the passage of the Work- } | | dolble-edged News Item: WASHINGTON, May 22.—Assurance came today to the little busi- ness man and the consumer that, though the Darrow board dies in nine days, President | Roosevelt himself will take up the burden of Beprenne| them under the N. R. A. | Japanese Envoy Says His Land, ‘Follows Wall Street Fi votsteps CHICAGO, May 22.—Declaring using the American army men as their guides, Hiroshi Saito, Japanese that the Japanese militarists were| process, the tremendous war prep-| arations in Manchuria against the} Soviet Union and for further pene- tration of North China. Nazi Editor Demands All Critics Be Put Against Wall and Shot BERLIN, May 22.—Execution for all who in the slightest mur- mur against the Nazi regime in Germany was advocated by the Nassauer Volksblatt of Wies- ers and peasants, comes out of re- | tirement to provide the Bulgarian capitalist and landlord class with his assassin experience. Latvia, with Hitler's blessing, haa dropped all democratic pretenses |and rules through the open, naked, brutal dictatorship of the capitalist and rich landowning class. | In Bulgaria, the fascist coup is a weapon, intended ta | strike for new military adventures, and against the surge of the peoples’ | revolution of the workers and peas- | ants which is ripening throughout | the Balkans. | The victory of the fascist dicta- | torship in Bulgaria strengthens the | group of capitalists who looked for | Stronger alliances with fascist Ger- | many. The Balkans generated the spark | which set. off the last imperialist world war. The rise of fascism in | Bulgaria forecasts that here history | will repeat itself. oe 8 ROOF of the rapid rise of the | revolutionary forces in Bulgaria | Was given at the 13th Plenum of | the Communist International last | December by the representative of | | the Bulgarian Communist Party. In | this preponderantly agrarian coun- jtry, the Communist Party had be- |hind it a majority of the working \class, though certain decisive sec- | tions, particularly the railroad work- ers, had not yet been won for the revolutionary cause. The Communist Party since 1930 had grown four-fold in membership, It had led tremendous demonstra- | tions, and was carrying on‘brilliant | struggles from day to day. The | Party of Comrade Dimitroff had | lived up to the glorious tradition he demonstrated in the Leipzig trial. | It is for this reason that the Bul- garian bourgeoisie, endeavoring to | preserve itself from doom, decided |to play its bloodiest card—fascism. Sige: | . LITTLE more than a month | | ¥ : ce Bee : a. || baden, terday. ago the governments of Ru- hel Soe ne ately oaeupaags ae cs nition—can win better conditions for the steel work- | ers’ Unemployment Insurance Bill| Ambassador to the United shoal i “we Phares ‘that killjoys and ||™@nia, Yugoslavia, Greece and proven by the strike-breaking role of the Roosevelt pl (H. R. 7598), and for higher wages|in a speech here yesterday, declared! Ja an Co S Report aaikatore at evera| CaOr Be placetl |Turkey, signed the “Balkan Pact,” administration in every strike. “a those who waver in bringing forward the eco- to meet the rising cost of living. Japan’s intention in the Far East| Dp | ‘1 preserving the boundaries of the As the Daily Worker has repeatedly emphasized on other occasions, the struggle against terror must nomic demands of the steel workers; all those who vacillate before the Tighe machine —all of these The National Youth Day dem- onstration will be held on Wednes- day at 2:30 at the Public Square. Latin America. was comparable to Wall Street’s in| 736 Communists against the wall,” declared this fascist newspaper in a leading editorial. “If a grumbler thinks Versailles treaty, and attempted to induce Bulgaria to sign this new war alliance. The Bulgarian bour- i “Our military people,” he asserted, ” : involve the broadest masses of the toilers. Mass must be exposed and weeded out by the rank and | There will be held three parades|“are not sinh eign the sense of Cues ee eS eee geoisie, who wanted a re-distribu- action—meetings, protests, demonstrations, short file steel workers. Some vacillating leaders of the | preceeding the main demonstration.| those bent upon bloody aggression Have Been Jailed China, and intensitied” moves *for tion of territory more adventageous protest strikes, sympathy strikes as in Minneapolis —this alone will halt the rapi@ match of the ruling class toward open fascist suppression. The present situation requires the sharpest vigi- lance against opportunist distortions; it requires a firm policy for the mobilization of the broadest masses in united, determined mass action. Par aes Join the Communist Party 35 EAST 12TH STREET, NEW YORK, N. Y. | | opposition in the A.A. must take a firm stand for unified strike action or be swept aside by the rank and file. The steel workers stand on the eve of great. struggles. They can only win by the united sup- port of the entire working class. This support in- cludes contribution to the $2,000 Fighting Fund now being collected by the fighting leader of many strug- gles of the steel workers—the Steel and Metal Workers Industrial Union. It includes the supply- || ing of additional organizers from amongst other working class organizations, the calling of mass meetings, and political and organizational support from every worker and every working class organi- These parades will start at 1:30 P.| |m. from 85th St. and Scovil, 55th| Market Square. Price ted DETROIT. Mich., May 22. — Na-| tional Youth Day Demonstration will be held in Detroit at Times} Square, at 3 p.m. The demonsira- tion will be preceded by two big| parades, one leaving Clark Park, and one leaving Perrien Park, both parades beginning at 2 p. m. In order to build up the National ing held Sunday, May 20, at the St. and St. Clair and W. 25 St. and | Youth Day here a conference is be-| and expansion. They are honorable patriots, just like their American brothers at arms.” Speaking of Japan’s motives of |dismembering China, he said: “Japan’s motives in the Far East are not different from the motives of the United States in this hemisphere. They consist in bringing about a higher state of security and order, of a better condition of affairs in the regions in which we are vitally interested, and of a conditions of affairs ac- ceptable to the rest of the world. Over 15,000 00 Jailed i in 3| Years; Drive Reflects New War Moves | TOKIO, May 22.—Police here last | night issued a report that 736 Com- |munists were arrested in a recent |raid and would be held for trial. In the past three years, the Japan- ese police have arrested over 15,000 people on the charge of being Com- war against the Soviet Union. In an effort to slander the Com- munist Party, the Tokio police have issued lying reports about the torture Of the 736 recently arrested, the police state that 324 are workers, 163 students, and 249 intellectuals. A British school teacher, by the name of Bickerton, who has been employed in a Japanese high school for the past ten years, was arrested on the charge of furnishing the Communist Party with funds, and translating articles. He is being of members suspected of being spies. | to it, refused to sign the pact. At that time the Communist Par- ties of Rumania, Yugoslavia, Bul- garia, Greece and Turkey issued a joint declaration on this Balkan | pact, on the rise of the war danger and threatening fascism. We quote | from the conclusion of this dec- laration: “The Balkans have already once been the center from which a pre- | datory world war began. The Balkan countryside, stained with blood in the two Balkan wars, was flooded in a sea of biood in the four years of the world war. ote infers’ cn on ihe Commu i Japan is determined to fulfill her | munists. ri pe oe ee eo ea Finnish Hall, 5969 14th St., at 1:30| responsibilities fully and success. |" ‘The new drive against the Com-| held incommunicado. It depends on you, workers, exe — = Support the strike preparations of the Steel p. m., and a Tag Day has been or-| fully as the principal stabilizing | munist Party of Japan, that has veh _ tie abe Sey ' Workers. goo d | ganized to collect funds in support-| incluence in Eastern Asia.” heroically been struggling against| SAN DIEGO, Calif., May 22.—The Ont er a peas aba NAME. 0... .50c0085 Build the fighting unity of the Steel Workers | ing the demonstration for May 26th} Jp listing these “honorable” mo-|the robber war of Japanese impe-| Young Communist League of San ie off Lise oR oe. revolut ak in militant, united strike action. through the 30th, days when the | tives, Saito forgot to detail the tens|rialism in Manchuria and China,| Diego is planning to hold a demon- coe a os cme e approac ME DMRES 451: 55 causes Build the Steel and Metal Workers Industrial | American Legion is selling poppies|of thousands of Chinese workers| coincides with evidence in Japan of| stration here on National Youth . Union. on ane hes of Dera, and peasants slaughtered in the!t new leah bis ane invasion of Nari Dey. at Newton Park, ae 1:30 p. m. S. P. “Revolutionary Committee” Is Reformist on All Basic Questions At tem pt on De Ceive propose a “respectable” dictatorship) ter-revolution, hence they speak;alone without these allies cannot of the proletariat, wifhout Commu- |only of a “possibility of counter- Rank and File Away | nists. They want to transform this} revolutionary resistance.” Only overthrow the bourgeoisie. Why does not the R. P. C. propose the political questions raised by the R. Pi. co. for example, the trade union which have been achieved in the |USS.R.” However, if the R. P. C. We also want to comment on other | defend the victories for Socialism) “Still Holds Theories Typical of Social- “Down with all imperialist pacts! Down with fascism! Down with war! For the revolution! For the complete liberation of op- pressed nations from the im- perialist yoke, for the right to na- tional self-determination to the point of separation! For the vic- tory of the workers and peasants, for Soviets! “For fraternal peace, for close alliance between the peoples lib- f CP | proletarian weapon of the revolu-| misleaders can talk in such man-| setting up of Soviets as the organs | policy. jWere really sincere in what it says Fascism erated from capitalism and im- trom U. F. j tionary overthrow of the bourgeoisie ner. Only those who wish to de-|of the proletarian state authority?| he R, P. C. echoes William | #0ut the U. 8. S. R., then before e perialism. , jand Socialist reconstruction of so-|feat and prevent the “victorious | Soviets are not peculiar to Russia. yois ties the S. P. is called upon to pledge “For the U. S. S. R., which By MARTIN YOUNG [ DISCUSSING the pro- gram of the Revolutionary Policy Committee of the So- stialist Party our major at- tention must be devoted to the fundamental questions of ciety into a toothless and meaning- less phrase. Not Revolution Nor does the R. P. C. advocate the proletarian revolution and the | forcible overthrow of capitalism. The |R. P. C. wants the workers to be- | lieve that it is possible to establish |the dictatorship of the proletariat in the U. S. within the framework revolution” can advise the Ameri- can workers to plan their reyolu- tion in the manner proposed by the R. P. C. S. P. and Class Dictatorship However, even if the S. P. con- vention in Detroit should adopt the R. P. C. proposals for the “dictator- ship of the proletariat” (which is Soviets are already established in a great part of China. Workers of many other countries have made attempts to establish Soviets. Only recently the workers, peasants and Soldiers of Chile and Cuba tried to establish Soviets. It is precisely the Soviet form | He power that makes possible for he Green, that the only “existing trade union movement” in America “is to- day the American Federation of Labor.” Outside of the A. F. of L., the R. P. C. recognizes no other trade union movement. It neglects to recognize the 250,000 to 300,000 organized workers of the indepen- dent trade unions not affiliated with any national center. It re- to defend it, it would first repudiate the slanders of the S. P. leaders against the Soviet Union, it would at least repudiate the alliance of the S. P. with open anti-Soviet forces like Matthew Woll and the like, In fact, before eulogizing the So- cialist achievements of the U. S. S. R., the R. P. C. should first clarify its own ranks and repudiate the the Second International has al- ready rid itself of reformism. In speaking of the German Socialist Party, this same Kantorovitch says, “Not a trace is left of its reformism.” However, by the very experience of their class struggle the workers know that no matter what names Social- ist Parties use, “revolutionary So- cialism,” ‘workers’ democracy,” or showed us how to carry out a vic- torious revolution of the toilers, how to liberate peoples, how to fight for real peace!” oie Tia S we write of the newest fascist dictatorship, we are presented with a balance sheet of the oldest, Italy. In the June, 1934, issue of “Cur- ae * itali: i { most advanced class, the i i even “dictatorship of the prole- * ovinciple. In their program] the capitalist system, without de-| very unlikely), does any sincere ise its guia. | {USS to recognize the 125,000 mem- | anti-Soviet slanders of its own fol-| ven “dicta ‘ rent History,” Hugh Quigley, chief / ee iean: Bree stroying the capitalist state ma-| revolutionary believe that the S. P. badecing ae Gn iseea bers of the revolutionary unions | lowers, like Biemiller, who wrote re-| tariat,” Social-Fascism can lead our] 1.1405) officer of the Gentral “The aim of Socialism is to es- tablish a Workers’ Republic. In the achievement of this aim it is necessary to acquire possession of the state power so as to transform capitalist society into Socialist se- ciety by means of the dictatorship of the proletariat.” It is proper to ask at this point) why some Socialist Parties which for decades (to use the words of Comrade Stalin) “feared the dic- tatorship of the proletariat like a Plague,” now, at least outwardly, come out in favor of it? Why have chine. ‘They expect to establish: the | dictatorship of the proletariat in ) America by taking “possession of |the state machinery by the mandate |of the workers.” This is the usual | Social-Democratic credo of getting into office through a parliamentary |majority and voting the capitalists | out of power. With this exception: | Whereas they previously talked of establishing a “democracy,” they now speak of the “dictatorship of the proletariat.” This is the whole essence of their “victorious revolu- tion.” Will American imperialism per- mit a revolutionary party to “take will be the political party of the working class able to guide the proletariat in establishing its class dictatorship? Can the S. P., cor- rupted with bourgeois ideology as it is, permeated with opportunism, and tied with numerous threads to the chariot of American capitalism, be “‘the leader within the system of the dictatorship of the proletariat” (Stalin) ? Even should the R. P. C. be placed by the coming convention in the leadership of the S. P., will they be able to fill this function? At the oppressed masses. It is through the Soviets that the political ac- tivity and initiative of the broad masses is developed and given full expression. It is only through So- viets that every worker learns to take a real part in government. The Soviets are the most direct organizations of the masses and therefore the most democratic, involving the broadest possible strata of toiling masses in the management of public affairs and thereby preparing the ground for the gradual dying out of the affiliated with the T. U. U. L. The R. P. C. insists even that among the workers organized and those to be organized outside of the A. F. of L. “we must strive to affiliate these new unions, retaining their industrial structure, to the Federa- | tion as the main expression of the American trade union movement.” The R. P. C. is trying to force these tens of thousands of workers, whom even the bosses cannot force to join the corrupted A. F. of L., to surren- der themselves to this body. The R. P. C. is joining with William cently as follows: “There [in Rus- sia] we have the dictatorship of a | party, in fact of a clique in a party | over the working class.” The R. P. |C. will have to tell the American} workers whether “the workers are in power” in Russia or a “clique.” IN ITS program the R. P. C. also speaks of the impoverished farm- ers without raising even one single demand in their interest. It also gives lip service to the Negroes. However, it does not know exactly where the discrimination against class only to certain defeat and disaster. That is why we must call the R. P. C. and all other “lefts” bent on transforming the Socialist Party and the Second International |by their true, real names. The ‘harder we fight against them, the more convincingly we expose their “revolutionary” phrases hiding their treacherous deeds, the sooner will social-democratic workers liberate themselves from the ideology of their social-fascist leaders and take the road of the proletarian revolu- tion, the road of Soviet power, the road of the Communist Party and Electricity Board in Great Britain, after a detailed survey of 1212 years of Mussolini, draws. a damning in- dictment of fascism. After showing the decay of cul- ture, of economy, finance, giving details of the tremendous decline in the workers’ living standard, Mr. Quigley sums up his data with the following four conclusions: 1. Italy has gained, on balance, nothing in the cultural, economic and political spheres during the period October, 1922-March, 1934, which can justify the Fascist ex- Z Rover \ : |; Second Congress of the Communist the Negroes in this country comes ti 1 Ne - the lovers of American capitalist | possession of the state machinery, state. Such functions workers’ | Green to establish the A. F. of L. c the Communist International. io| periment. It has lost, on the con: te ; | International Lenin said: _|from, it fails to see the national hi task in this sit- ee ene, become advo- | even if ths party has the “mandate “The usual socialist work of | Councils can not accomplish. as the sole trade union organiza-|j1 tion movement of the Negro ee a sar aad nin when he Bing 2 cial ial: > te ship of the pro-|of the workers,” without a revolu- — the | Of course, it would not make a|tion in America, and is opposed to uation so clea: Le! . Industrially and socially, letariat? The Revolutionary Policy Committee does not explain this. However, does the R. P. C. really} favor the dictatorship of the pro-| letariat? Does it understand its revolutionary role and content? It! does not. How does the R. P. C, propose to establish the dictatorship | of the proletariat in America? Along what lines will it be patterned? - It will not be the Bolshevik concep- tion of the dictatorship of the pro- letariat as it exists today in the U. §. 8. R. This we are made to un- derstand by such “revolutionary” socialists as Andrew Biemiller, the|‘ educational director of the Mil-| waukee S. P. organization, and Haim| Kantorovitch. , Kantorovitch asks, “Is Russia really the ‘best example’ or an ex- ample of any kind of proletarian lictatorship? No Socialist will ad- hit that.” Biemiller says: “The trm_ proletarian dictatorship has jen so greatly misused in Russia at it is in particular bad repute.” \en what dictatorship of the pro- uriat is of “good repute?” They tion? The American workers have |seen by the German and Austrian examples where this theory leads. But they have also seen by the Rus- | sian example that only the complete destruction of the capitalist state |machine permits on its ashes the building of their own proletarian) state. Only thus will capitalism be defeated. | But the R. P. C. will first make the “victorious revolution” and then they will proceed by “arming the) | workers.” The R. P, C. believes that | the American workers will make the ‘victorious revolution” by means of | Paper ballots, fire crackers and toy pistols. This is quite consistent with the )R. P. C. If it is possible for the | workers to take “Possession of the | State machinery,” then why cannot | the R. P. C. go to the Secretary of War and ask for the keys to the arsenals to arm the workers! The | R. P. C. is not yet certain whether the defeated American capitalist | groups and parties recognizing dictatorship of the proletariat is yet far from being sufficiently subjected to that radical trans- formation, to that radical renova~ tion which is necessary for the recognition of this work as Com- munist, fitting the tasks on the eve of the proletarian dictator- ship.” Herat ce 'HE second important question is, what are the organs of the prole- tarian state power? The R. P. C. says that the “new type of state” will be “based on workers’ councils, historically suited to serve as the organs of liberation.” The R. P. C. does not explain how these councils will be made up, nor how they will function. However, we want to ask, why) only workers’ councils? How about the rest of the toiling population, the poor farmers, the armed forces, and all the exploited masses gener- | ally? They, too, must be class will make desperate attempts to restore its power through coun- sented in the organs of the new | proletarian state. The proletariat repre- | basic difference if the R. P. C. would advocate the establishment of Soviets instead of workers’ coun- ;cils. As Comrade Stalin points out: “The problem is, first of all, in the | content of the work of the Soviets, the problem is the character of the work of the Soviets, the problem is this: WHO exactly is leading the Soviets—revolutionaries or counter- reyolutionaries?” The R. P. C. talk of “Wworkers’ councils” is only the mouthing of senseless phrases, confusing and de- stroying the perspectives of the American proletariat toward estab- lishing a Soviet form of government in America, where, under its lead- ership, the poor farmers, the armed | forces and all exploited, rising in rebellion against capitalism, will be | enabled to carry through the prole- | tarian revolution to its successful conclusion and bod bulla Socialism. 'HUS far we have dealt with the | | fundamental programmatic ques— | tions raised in the R. P, C, program, the formation of a trade union cen- ter on a class basis, free from the domination of the A. F. of L. bu- reaucracy. Concerning the N.R.A. the R.P.C. does say: “It is not Socialism nor is it a leftward movement toward Socialism.” Nevertheless the R. P. C. has also a good word to say for the N. R. A. It does look upon the N. R. A. as “a gigantic attempt to use methods of planning—state cap- italicm, . . It is an outstanding fact that while the R. P. C. speaks of places “where substantial gains have been made under the N. R. A.” there is not a word said of the necessity of struggle against the N. R, A. The R. P. C. also presumes to be very enthusiastic about the Soviet Union. It considers it a country “unique amceng the nations of the world” and it recogizes that “there, |only, are the worzers in power and constructing a Sociaiist The R. P. C. even calls upon the Socialist Party to “pledge itself to society.” | people, and therefore merely calls upon “Socialists to fight against every form of race discrimination wherever it appears.” No doubt, the program of the R. P. C. reflects the political strivings of those S. P. members who seek revolutionary action, who want to) make a break with the policies of} social-fascism. Many sincere revo-} lutionary socialist. workers will be, misled by the “revolutionary” chat- | ter of the R. P. C. into the belief} that it is a real revolutionary group) going in the direction of Commu- nism. But this is not so. They themselves deny this. “The left tendency in the International So- cialist Movement does not lead to Communism,” says Kantorovitch in his polemics with the “rights” of the S. P. “It leads away from) Communism as well as reformism.” In the first part he is right. The R. P. C. aims to lead away those dissatisfied Socialist workers from Communism. This is its purpose.| But it dees not lead away from, reformism. In fact these “lefts” think that: said: “All groups, parties, leaders in the labor movement, fully or par- tially standing on the viewpoint of reformism, “centrism” and the like, are inevitably placed by the | force of the extreme sharpening | of the struggle either on the side of the bourgeoisie, either amongst the vacillating, or (what is most | dangerous of all) fall in amongst | those unreliable friends of the | victorious proletariat. Therefore, | the preparation of the dictator- | ship of the proletariat demands intensification of the struggle against reformist and “centrist” tendencies but also a change of the character of this struggle. The struggle cannot be limited to clari- fication of the wrongness of these mistakes, Dut must expose un- deviatingly and mercilessly every leader within the labor movement, showing these tendencies, because otherwise the proletariat will be unable to recognize with whom he will go in the most decisive strug- gle with the bourgeoisie.” Italy has definitely lost ground. It is only necessary to wander up the Valley of the Oglio and visit manufacturing centers in the vicinity of Milan, Turin and Vea- ice to discover how paralyzed in- dustrial equipment has become. 3. In art and culture Italy has painfully reached the state of de- velopment of 1921, but the popu- lation is poorer, less effectively educated and less capable of sup- porting any cultural movement that lacks State aid. 4. Deflation has so undermined the structure of State finance and banking that only further des- perate measures of restriction can keep it intact. Its collapse, under the present regime, is only a mat- ter of time. SEAN MURRAY SPEAKS IN PITTSBURGH PITTSBURGH. — Sean Murray, veteran of LR.A. and Editor of “Irish Workers Voice” will speak on the “Present Condi- tions in Ireland” at Fifth Avenue High School, 5th and Dinwiddie Street, Thurs- day, May 24, 8 p.m. The meeting is un- der the auspices of the Irish Workers Club of Pittsburgh, 3