The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 14, 1934, Page 5

Page Five | Waterfront Struggles In Baltimore Meant Gains in Many Ports DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JULY 14, 1934 The War Set-Up in Washington SEYMOUR WALDMAN Ohio Slate Menaced By Lax Petition Drive; Chicago Forges On Full Ticket In Fall Elections | By HE anti-war program of the Communist Party of the U.S.A. is especially sig- nificant in that it offers a r Be - guide to action not only for - . Need 50,000 Signatures | the time leading up to such For C. P. Candidates a war but also at the outbreak | ‘ " |and during the period when the In Two Weeks government is carrying it on. CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 13—The | ,,0%, this Point some may say: But How the American Socialist Leaders “Fought” the War Sociali: . \ Relief Without Forced Labor Announced By ae ists in U. S, ¢ | Transient Relief Director Represents oe __. Says Morris Hiliquit, Opposed'‘to War oe ets Victories of Baltimore Seamen CHICAGO, Ill, July 13.—A full | By MARGUERITE YOUNG Communist. slate’ will be put for-| candidates of the Communist Party | Stanitesto “of 102) ised eee | ; : | (Daily Werker Washington Burean) ward for the Cook County offices) in Ohio stand in grave danger of | i a i i Hy in coats ne pee sue in elections this fall. Workers can- | (Socialist) Second International, Will Not Enlist Voluntarily in WASHINGTON, D. C.—Militant waterfront struggles being eliminated from the ballot | explain the imperialist nature of unless there is an enormous in- | the impending World War? Didn't crease in the collection of nominat-| jt say that the workers would county schools, assessor, treasurer,| ing petition signatures. Fifty thou-| speak of it as a criminal “firiny at Board of appeal members, and) sand names are needed. each other for the profits of ing | Sanitary trustees will be nominated| This emergency was revealed to- | talists, the ambitions of dynasties, at a county conference to be held} day when John Williamson organ-| the greater glory of secret diplo- Saturday July 28 at Peoples Audi-| jzer of the Communist Party in| matic treaties?” Didn't it say that Gidates for county commissioners, | Armies, But Will Not pagan County clerk, Superintendent of | the U. S. Government by “Then the Cannel Gavervemen’ steypad te. Gret by cocrmandeertg property for for unemployment relief in Baltimore, Philadelphia and Buf+ | falo bore fruit in the form of big victories for jobless marine workers throughout the country today when federal officials announced new _ standards PT a ene whi « Fy | pul ly opera seal which must be “put into ef-| tor s9 that an alternative to i, torium, 2457 W. Chicago Ave., at| pistrict 6 issued an urgent call to 1:30 p. m. | all Party members and sympa- In commenting on the impor-| thizers and to all working cless or- tance of this conference, to which all workers organizations have been invited to send delegates by the Communist Party, A. Guss, dis- trict campaign manager and him- self a candidate for Congress said: “The County Commissioners have great authority in the’ distri- bution of relief. It is of greatest importance that these offices, as well as other county offices be held by real workers’ representatives. “The s.arvation relief policy of the Cook County Bureau of Public Welfare, and the ‘soak the poor and help the rich’ formula of the county assessors and Board of Ap- peals have become familiar to workers and small property owners through sad experience. “The Communist Party is pro- posing a platform to include cash relief for all unemployed, and can- cellation of back taxes for small home owners.” plas Feet | Open-air meetings on street cor- ners throughout the territory of the 1st Congressional and the 3rd Senatorial Districts are being held, to popularize the issues of the campaign and introduce to the masses of workers the candidates of the Communist Party. Herbert Newton, running for Congress, Joe Jackson, running for State Legis- lature, and Edward Doty running for the State Senate, will address the meetings. The first meeting has already been held. The second will be held at 32nd & Halstead Sts., one block from Vilnis Lithuanian Newspaper office, on Sat., July 14 at 7 p. m. 2 eck Onis Over 200 workers, most of them new to Communism, jammed the headquarters of the Ist Congres- sional District at 3540 Prairie Ave. the other night, to hear Comrade Herbert Newton, candidate for Con- gress against Oscar De Priest, ex- pound the position of the Com- | proletariat upon tomorrow's pages. | munist Party in the coming elec- | tion campaign. | The occasion was a dance given by the Election Committee to popularize the candidates. Another affair, will take place Saturday, July 14 with admission free to all at the same place. Chicago Nominating Convention Delayed CHICAGO, July 11—In order to give time to reach more or- ganizations and insure a broad- er conference, the Communist Party Cook County Campaign Committee today decided to postpone the County Nominat- ing Conference originally planned for July 21, until July 28th. Every effort to reach trade unions and other workers’ or- ganizations to participate in the nomination of a real working class slate for county offices in the fall elections is being made. The conference will begin at 1 p.m. at People’s Auditorium, 2457 W. Chicago Ave. eer een CHICAGO, July 11. — The State Election Campaign Com- mittee calls upon all workers, employed and unemployed to help collect signatures for the petitions of the Communist Party. “We ask all workers to give us as much time as they pos- sibly can to report to the near- est headquarters in their neigh- -borhood,” the appeal said. One Week to July 28 | | ganizations to redouble ef- ferts at signature collec! ** dur- ing the two weeks remain...; until the deadline for filing the nominat- ing petitions with the Secretary of State. Williamson, reminding the work- ers of Ohio that their state is an important center of heavy industry and war-products manufacture, out- lined the following plans for getting the signature drive over the top despite the late start. In Cleveland a special signature collection headquarters is being es- ord sheets. From these quarters all petition blanks will be handled. Every person holding a petition with any signatures is called on to rush it at once to his section head- quarters or to the offices of the state campaign committee in Cleve- land. Every Party unit and section is to check at once on oll petition blanks it has issued. Preparations are to be made at once for a Red Sunday on July 22 | throughout Ohio to guarantee the necessary number of names on the nominating petitions. Every unit and section is to choose shock troops for signature collec- tions at once. Publication of re- sults of the intensified drive twice a week until. the deadline is also planned. Williamson concluded his appeal by saying: “there is no time to lose. We are in a dangerous situation. With every member and every sym- pathizer rolling up his sleeves the job can be done—and it must be | done no later than August 1. Today we must the ground- | work for tomorrow’s history. The spread of the Daily Worker today means a strong, well-organized force of militant workers, capable of stamping the dictates of the (Continued from Page 1) |debates and the issuance of general |statements without any concrete UNITY IN ACTIONS, IN STRUG- |GLE, then we surely are opposed to this, The united front has value results, improvements in its daily life, victories against Fascism, etc. We have been sending repeated concete proposals to the Socialist Party leaders for the preparation of united front actions. We have proposed,” more than three times months, two Parties for common agreement jon united action for specific, im- mediate issues. In addition, we have stated our readiness to agree to a cessation of all mutual attack during the period of the united actions, as long as these actions commonly agreed upon, are honestly put into effect. These proposais, made by ou: | Central Committce to the Socialis: | Party, still stand. They still stand; in the past twelve ready for mutual discussion and agreement, despite the fact that they have received no response from either the National Committee o fthe S.P. or the Revolutionary Policies Committee. For these united front proposals we shall continue to fight, striving to weld among the masses the unity of the working class. Certainly no one will deny that this is our revo- lutionary duty. The recent inspir- ing united actions of the French only insofar as it aids the working class to achieve practical, concrete tablished with pictures, maps, rec- | the war produces among the work- ers “indignation and revolt,” and that the Socialists must take ad- vantage of this war crisis and of this basic antagonism to imperialist war “to arouse the people and hasten the downfall of capitalism,” that the governments, without ex- ception, would begin a war at their own peril, that they were afraid of | a proletarian revolution, and that | they must “remember” such civil wars as the Paris Commune of 1871, | the 1905 revolution in Russia—? | Yes. The signers of this Basle | resolution did say all that. They | did declare, in short, that the in- | terests of the industrialists and) bankers were opposed to those of the workers in war even more than during the so-called peaceful intervals of capitalism when the owners of governments do not force armies of uniformed workers and farmers to shoot each other for the benefit of their op- pressors’ pockets. Words—And Deeds But there the thing stopped. And for several reasons. The masses within the Second In- ternational were firmly against im- perialist war. Any leader who was | to remain at the head of the So- cialist Parties had to at least take | cfficial cognizance of this anti-war sentiment and, on holiday occasions, tip a hat to it. Thus declarations were signed, proclamations drawn up and blustering anti-war speeches | made. Under True Colors | But the moment the crisis broke out, and the actual war situation was at hand, the opportunist char- acter of the majority of the lead- ership of the Socialist International showed itself in its true colors. Lenin and Zinoviev, writing in the summer of 1915, clearly ex- plained the crumbling of the In-| ¢lal-Democratic | parties many | ternational at the first blare of the| Petty-bourgeois ‘fellow travelers.’ erialist bugles: They state (So-| “The war hastened this develop- alism and War, International) ment; it turned opportunism into Pamphlets, P. 19): social-chauvinism; it changed the Morris Hillquit, late Socialist party signed the famous anti-war Basie Resolu- tion of the 2nd (Socialist) International in 1912. He actually supported the World War after mak- ing blustering speeches about fighting the war. Above is facsimile of an article in tunism, turning the use of legal bourgeois opportunities into ser- vile worship of legalism, creating a thin layer of bureaucracy and aristocracy in the working class, attracting to the ranks of tlie So- | it tal “The objective conditions at the end of the 19th century were such that they strengthened oppor- alliance of the opportunists with the bourgeoisie from a sreret to | an open one: At the same time negotiations between the! A Serious Word to the Wo talist ¢—__—_—_—__—__——- ; Socialists and Communists in de-)us in our fight against capitalism? jfence of Thaelmann and against | Fascism prove once and for all that| United Front actions be effective in this unity is possible in action. |the large cities! In New York, for * ae < lexample, a joint demonstration of 'ERTAIN immediate, conezete {s-| Socialists and Communists against sues face Socialist and Com-j|the increasing police brutali munist workers alike. |the LaGuardia-O’Ryan administra- The fight against the monster of|tion could be a mighty thing. advancing Fascism is now truly a| Wasn't the Socialist, Lasser of life and death question. |the Workers’ Unemployment Union, We ask the leaders and rank.and|peaten by the same police who as- file of the Socialist Party thes¢e/sault Communist meetings? And questions: {isn’t the question of social and un- Would it not be of tremendois| employment insurance, endorsed by effect in the mobilizing of ou| many Socialist Party loca’s, an im- forces, and for all workers, as well,! mediate need of the New York city \if, for example, in California, So-|imesses upon which we could act to- |cialists and Communists were to gether? ; hold immense united front mass) * * . jmeetings protesting the reign of! HEN there is the fight against} jterror against the Pacific Coust digs | strikers? | 5; | Would it be of tremendous effect Very earnestly we wish to place lin the advance of the working class|Pefore the leadership and the mem- movement all over the country, ie} Bers of the Socialist Party the ques- Socialists and Communists com- | on of the fight for the liberation bined to use their influence in the|0f Ernst Thaelmann and all anti- trade unions everywhere for mass | fascist gees ge in the torture demonstrations and practical aid to @unseons of the Nazis, ; the Pacific Coast strikers? The co-operation of many Social- And suppose, Socialists and Com- ist workers in this campaign for munists united, despite all the real differences between the two Parties. to fight wage cuts, strike-breakiny, terrorism against picket lines, street meetings, etc., would not this stzike a serious blow at Fascist reaction and capitalist exploitation? Unde such conditions, would not hundreds of thousands of work- ers and impoverished farmers join the, freeing of Thaelmann has beer. | gratifying. But is it not clear how much more powerful this strugble could be if Socialists and Ccmmunist united to carry forward this cam- paign together? And surely not much discussion is needed to drive home the grave import of this fight. Every Social- An Op Words and Actions of Leaders Made Him Doubt By SOL RIEF (Member Y. P. S. L., Milwaukee.) JOINED the Y. P. S. L, in 1931 because I was of the opinion that the Y. P. S. L. and the S. P. were wozkingclass organizations whose goal it was to overthrow the capitalist system and establish in its place a workers’ and farmers’ government. I was of the opinion that the only difference between the Communist and Socialist organiza- tions was the methods avd *--" ~ they employ. I held these opinions sincerely until the words aay of the nee 8. L. and S. P. lexd- ers made me doubt their sincerity. In 1932 I attended the Y. P. 5. L. convention in Cleveland. While listening to the discussion on the floor, I noticed a small organized left wing group trying to get the convention to take a militant stand en two important questions—Im- perialist War and the Soviet Union. I was surprised when I saw one Y. P. S. L. leader after the other get up and oppose the phrase: “turn en L etter to Y. P. imperialist war into civil war.” vention refused to use the most Pperialist war once it had begun. Was passed by the convention. I could not conceive of a working- class organization, fighting or Socialism, attack the only country where Socialism was being built. After this convention, I decided to join with those who were trying to change the stand taken by the con- vention. Left Wing Groups Built In 1933, “left wing” groups were formed in different parts of the country for the purpose of changing certain policies of the Y. P. S. L. at the convention at Reading, Pa. A statement to the convention was supported by more than a hundred Y. P. 8. L. and S. P. members; this statement called for “united froni” action with the Young Communist League and other workingclass or- ganizations. The statement also demanded the reinstatement of all comrades who had been expelled for their “united front” activity. ‘The New York leedorship of the conven- \ In) tion’s time so that the “left” wing;advantage of Section 7-A. voting down this phrase, the con-|could not be heard on these ques- | these leaders really a class to permit the working class to| the proletariat, the only form of} effective méthod of smashing im-| dance, a parade, many unnecessary | organize ageinst them?) After sup-| I| speeches; and when these weze ovér, porting the N. R. A. 100 per cent for Was equally surprised when a reso-| they did not have time to discuss over a year, the Detroit Conven-| | lution, attacking the Soviet Union, | tions. They held a banquet, {important workingclass problems. The leadership of that convention will not easily rid themselves of the stigma of this shameful action. Did the S. P. move towards the “left” at the Detroit convention? If we were to believe all we read in the capitalist press, we would say “yes”; but if we study the results of the convention, we would be forced to say “no.” The so-called “left wing” that controlled the con- vention were “Socialists” like Hoan, Hause:, Raskin, Benson, etc. We in Milwaukee have had our fill of the “left wing actions” of these prominent politicians. Economic conditions (strike wave, etc.) forced the convention to recognize existence for many years. S. P. Leaders Backed N. R. A. For over a year the S. P. leaders have been confusing the masses vy |A good thing for the workers; ap- \proving the policy of class col- the class struggie after denying its) telling them thet the N. R. A. was) i Hl leader, whose THE WALL the New York | Times of Feb. 11, 1917, ONLY 7 WEEKS BEFORE STREET-WASHINGTON GOV- ERNMENT WENT INTO THE WAR. This ar- ticle shows how Hillquit, despite all pious phrases to the contrary, actually supported the war, in exactly the manner of the present “left” leader- ship of the Socialist Party, the military, authorities every- where introduced martial law and muzzied the working masses, whose cld leaders, almost in a body, went over to the bourgeaisie. “The economic basis of oppor- tunism and social-chauvinism is the same: the interests of an in- significant layer of privileged workers and _ petty-bourgeoisic | who are defending their privileged positions, their ‘right’ to the crumbs of profits which ‘their’ ‘national’ bourgeoisie receives ist worker understands and feels) And with what power could such!deep emotion in regard to the fight | united fvont. against the beasts of Fascism. And every Socialist should realize that these blows that we s' gether agai: the Hitler come also a blow at of Fascist savagery right here at home, The growth of Fascist pzopa- ganda here, the activities of Nazi agents, and the rise of fascist movements all over the country, the shocting of strikers, the terrorism in the South, the spread of com- pany unions, ete—are these not danger signals that we. must heed at once? And what Socialist would not agree that the growth of fascism and the menace of imperialist war slaughter go hand in hand? The Socialist Detroit convention itseif stated this. I ask you: Why should it not be possible to hold huge United Front mass meetings of Socialist and Communist workers in every city on August 1, the interna- tional day of struggle against im- perialist war and fascism? Task you: Is there any plaus- ible reason that should make this unity against imperialist war im- possible? Can anyone doubt that such successfvl joint actions would stir wide circies of the working class into action against the brutality and exploitation of the capitalist employers? Party the mencce | | from robbing other nations, from the advantages of its position as @ great nation.” Only Lenin, at the head of the | Bolshevik Party, through his dec- |Jaration at the beginning of the war that “the proletarian slogan must be civil war,” gave hope to those sold-out workers who realized that they had been handed over bag and baggage to both native and foreign exploiters. | (To Be Continued) Such are the problems of the They are the im- mediate concrete problems which face the masses in their daily struggle to live. | The united front does not involve she questions of democracy and dic- | tatorship, the question of armed up- rising and the seizure of power through revolution or ballot. These | | are questions that will be setiled in the day to day clash of opinion, in the crucible of experience of the working class, at home and in the international arena. What is involved in our united front proposals is the immediate, practical unity of the working class now against the attacks of the po- lice, for the right to assemble and speak freely, for the right to organ- ize unions, for higher weges, etc— all the immediate questions of the day to day struggle for better liv- ing conditions for the working €lass. Members and officials of the So- cialist Party! Muss we wait until we have a Germany or an Austria? We Communists sincerely extend our hand to all Socialists ready to) act, ready to fight for the imme-| fect immediately in all ports} regardless of former prac- tices.” | Relief without forced labor and | including incidentals such as razor| W blades and medical care as well as| three meals a day and shelter near | the waterfront, and a guarantee| Marine worker out against forced labor for relief, | were among the new standards. | The announcement was made by| Aubrey Williams, Acting Federal Director of Transient Relief. Williams issued instructions to all state relief administrators. They clearly represent a capitulation to the spectacular fights waged by seamen on the beach in Baltimore and other ports under the leader- ship of the Marine Workers In-| dustrial Union. The long Balti- more struggle resulted in com- plete control of the distribution of relief by committees of seamen} elected from the ranks, and in| seamen’s control, also, of hiring, through a Centralized Shipping Bureau which operated as the) West Coast dockers now are fight-| ing to operate their own hiring | halls. Most Demands Won | To Williams over a petiod of | many months, seamen’s delega- tions repeatedly brought demands, most of which were granted in the| new announcement. Williams in- | struc'ed his lieutenants to maintain the following conditions in dis- tributing relief: 1—There shall be no discrim- ination on the basis of race, creed, or economic belief.” Baltimore seamen particularly raised this demand continually in their fight against chauvinism and against | discrimination against militant men, 2—Seamen on relief are ex- pected to perform only “such work | as is involved in their own main- tenance.” This has been a cen- tral issue throughout the Balti- more struggle, for local officials | have been attempting to force the men to work on state road jobs as well as in strike-break- ing standby jobs. 3.—Seamen on relief shall be furnished “medical services, razor blades, and other inci- dentals as required,” as well as three meals a day and “lodging near the waterfront;” For these, too, Baltimore marine workers campaigned continually while officials tried to send them to up- town houses of prostitution, and to limit relief to a bowl of oat- meal and a bowl of thin soup | daily. 4,—Local officials shall set up “your own sheiters for seamen where feasible.” Williams an- nounced this as a “general policy” of the federal relief administra- | tion. He said that where the number of seamen unemployed is either too large or too small, seamen mey be sent to “private seamens agencies or boarding houses,’ but that “such facilities should be carefully checked as to standards and the cost should approximate that of our shelters,” and “every large | city, . . should have at least one | | Communist workers, despite all the differences between the two parties, are truly fighting for the working class against capitalism. The way to. unity must be found. Before the forum of the American working class, of all who toil, we come forward with our proposals | manding Giate interests of the working class.| for class solidarity. Let no hesita- in New York, and in all sections of) tion stand in the way of that work- the country. | ing class unit; § 3y which is a crying We say that those who hamper| neog in the light of the developing the united actions of the masses will) situation’ here and throughout the stand in judgment before the bar of | yorig. Let our calls be answered. | the American and international | working class. We say that only those who seck | to cement the unity of Socialist and ' Interest Shopmates in “Daily” Earn Expenses Selling “Daily” Join the Red Builders! private agency care will be avail- able to the individu-l.” Surrender to Militant Fighters The last condition outlined by illiams is a clear surrender to the Baltimore seamen’s struggle for seamen’s projects to take t of the clutches of “holy-racketeer” private charity agencies that formerly preyed upon the men. The Baltimore watere front workers thoroughly exposed graft and corruption in the admin- istration of relief by private charity agencies and demonstrated the far greater efficiency of distributing relief through graft-freed seamen’s projects. When the Baltimore seamen con trolled relief, raising standards and cutting costs, shipowners and gov- ernment officials ganged together to smash the whole movement. They withdrew relief from the worker-controlied project, attempts ing to starve the men out. Howe ever, the organization held to- gether. ‘The seamen marched 50 miles to Washington and increased their campaign on the waterfront. In addition, relief officials here were confronted by seamen’s dele gations from other ports, all de« that standards reached under worker-control be established elsewhere. Naturally Williams couldn’t exe plain this in his public announce- ment. So he said “It is imperative | that relief for unemployed seamen be uniform in all ports because of the mobility of the group in- volved.” The “mobility” of seamen | would be of no significance what- ever were it not for the fact that seamen passing through Baltimore during worker-control saw the im- proved conditions and carried the word to other ports where similar struggles for similar standards began. The Williams instructions restrict eligibility to relief to “those per- |sons who have shipped within the two years previous to registration.” This is a partial victory, for, al- though the seamen demanded re- lief for any seamen who could show any discharges, local relief officials wanted to show a preponderance of discharges in the city in which he received relief. The Baltimore seamen are still fighting to regain worker-control of relief. Such is the power of the struggle they waged and the ex- ample of efficiency and improved standards they set when they cone trolled relief, however, that fed- eral officials are forced to make these big concessions not only in Baltimore but in every port. Asks Loans to Bail Out Relief Workers Two Arrested May 26th Still Held In Jail NEW YORK.—Jerry Lynch and Jack Palisky, two of the workers arrested May 26 when LaGuardia’s police attacked a demonstration of relief workers before Commis- sioner Hodson’s office, are still in jail awaiting bail, the New York District of the International Labor Defense announced yesterday. The defense organization has been able to raise bail for the others arrested at the time, and now appeals to all organizations and sympathizers who have prop- erty or cash to allow its use to secure the release of the two workers. No risk is involved and the money will be returned as soon as the bail is released. Those who can help are asked to tele- phone the district office, Gramercy 77-2489, immediately. P.S.L, (Did, expect the ruling | | tion was fozced to say “the 8. P.| (Must point out to the workers that the N, R. A. is no solution to their they were forced to admit that they problems, etc.” In other words, were misleading the workers by suD- porting the N, R. A. instead of fighting it as the Communist Pariy did. The “Declaration of Prin- ciples” falls far short of a realistic way out for the workers, ne a ae ee leaders of the S. P. are de- bating whether or not to adopt this meek declaration while the working class is ready to take the revolutionary way out of this crisis. The declaration still wants us to believe that the working class. can| vote the capitalist system out of/ lexistence. The expeziences of the! |Socialists in Germany, Austria, Italy, and the other fascist coun-/} jtries, should teach us that the capialist class will not give up their right of exploitation w' a struggle. The | ccunter-revelu- | and by the revolutionary struggles of the masses for the dictato:shin of Tule by the workers. The convention voted down the | motion that aimed at uniting the organized forces of the working class. They refused to negotiate for “united fronts” on specific issues. No plan of action was drawn up for a struggle for freedom for Mooney, Billings, the Scottsboro boys and the other political prisoners that are rotting away in the jails of this country. The convention reaffirmed its support to the A. F. of L. It demands that all S. P. members who form unions must have them offiliate with the A. F. of L. so the workers can be sold out when they are on strike for better conditions. S. P. Paves Way for Fascism The Social Democracies of Eu- rope paved the way for fascism by glorifying the “political democracy” of their respective countries. Their records of betrayel from the World War until today are a condemna- tion of the Second International of which they are a part. At the present time, the Second Interna- tional is practically non-exi is a loose orgenizstion that tion purposely wasted the conven-|laboration’ and telling them to take) tionary forces can be defeated only | once or twice a year for the pur- Socialist ; pose of merely discussing current day to day struggles are the ones N problems and attacking the Red In- ternational. In that way they keep a section of the working c un- der their infiuence and out of the |true. revolutionary international | party of the working class. The S. P. has been included American capitalism. The ruling class recognizes it as a valuable instrument with which to keep the working class divided and out of struggle. The social task of the S. P. leaders is to do these two things for the capitalist class. The no united front ruling is the weapon used by the S. P. leaders (con- sciously or unconsciously) to keep the workers divided. The S. P. in representing itself as a revolution- ary party keeps the workers out of the only revolutionary party. There is so little difference between the S. P. and the liberal capitalist par- ties that a Progressive Republican has been placed as the “Socialist” candidate for governor of Wiscon- Party among the respectable parties of | who are sincere. We participated in the united front May Day dem- | onstration; in anti-fascist demon- strations, eviction cases, and local | strikes. In these struggles the | | Young Communist League end the | | Communist Party were in the fore- | ground. They are the only sincere | organizations of the working class. The members of the Young Commu- nist League and the Communist Party do not have to break organi- zational discipline when they want to participate in the class struggle in common with the rest of the workers, What was the stand of the “So- cialists” in the city administration | in regards to the strike of the Elec- | tric Company workers? What did | Mayor Hoan do about the police brutality in this strike? For three | days the police had been clubbing | the workers at the car barns. For | three days the great public utility | (owned by Morgan and Co.) had been defying public sentiment. All in, even before he jeined the So- | this time the mayor had ben quict. cialist Party. | Only on the fourth day did the I, with a group of Y.P.S.L. and| Mayor issue a statement that said | S.P. members have participated in| Nothing about the police brutality, Members y Joining the Young Communist League should give the workers a few con- cessions. The old excuse uséd by the “Socialist” city officials: “The mayor has no control over the po= lice department” was used again in the electric strike. We know that the mayor appoints the fire and po- lice comSnission; we know that a Socialist was appointed head of that commission. Yet they say they can do nothing about the brutal orders given Cut by Police Chief Laubenheimer. Comrades, I am joining the Young Communist League and the Communist Party because I now understand clearly the true purpose of the S. P. I call upon all the thinking members of the Y.P.S.L, and the S.P. to leave those organi- zations and join the Communists in the struggles. We must no longer be fooled by the words of “Socialist” leaders. We must take the revo- lutionary way out of the crisis under the leadership of the Interna numecus united fronts and we, but instead, pleaded with the bosses, know that those who are in the, that for the sake of peace they! | tional Communist Party. _ 3 - SOL RIBF, ¢ 4