Tuo THE COMMUNIST Editorial Page of The Communist a MONUMENTAL HYPOCRISY. Hillquit and Lee helped to write they rendered any other decision serve exploitation. These startThe application of the Socialist the program, but it did not reflect than they have.
ling disclosures consist of a lot Party for admission to the Third their wishes. They were coerced The work of the party is to quick of weird figures about the strength International, coming at a ly complete the work of adapting itwhen that organization had just that the militant and overwhelming gality and then to carry on its time into acceptance by the knowledge self to the new condition of ille of the Red movement in the United States and much money supposed filed a brief at Albany repudiating majority of the St. Louis conven work of propaganda and education to have been received from the Soeverything that the Third Inter tion were for a program of agressive in such an aggressive fashion that viet Government of Russia, and asnational stands for, is as extreme an action against the war. Berger it will quickly build up such a surance that these Reds are plannact of hypocrisy as could be ima carried a program of his own around powerful organization of the work ing the social revolution in the ers than it can laugh at the decision United States gined.
in his pocket for several days and to begin in New of the capitalist courts as to its leNo organization calling itself So accepted the one adopted only when York in 1922.
cialist. with the possible exception it became apparent that he would gality or illegality. It is not right or justice that determines what is It is with the latter statement of the German Majority Socialist only be able to muster his cor legal or illegal, but power.
that we are concerned. Like the with which the Socialist Party of poral guard from Milwaukee for When we have the power we will effort of the capitalists to destroy the United States is now in the it. The dynamic part of the St. be as quick and unhesitating in the Communist movement by imsame class, has ever gone farther in Louis program was taken from the declaring the capitalist and capital prisonments and deportation, it repudiating even those principles manifesto of the Socialist Propa been in declaring our propaganda part to estimate what is taking ism illegal as the capitalists have shows an utter inability on their which Moderate Socialists accept, ganda League, which Trotzky against them Illegal.
as the Socialist Party has gone in helped to prepare place in society. To them the movewhile in this ment toward the Soviets and the the Albany trial.
country.
BOLSHEVISM FAILING. Dictatorship of the Proletariat is a Its brief is an argument for resThe announcement of the appli Two kinds of propaganda are be scheme devised by some great men, cation of the Socialist Party to the ing carried on by the capitalist press and the date for execution of this pectability. It believes in the use Third International came on the day in an effort to save the face of the plan can be definitely set and the of the ballot only to achieve its that the Communist Pary of Ame statesmen who are about to make plan executed at the given moment.
aims. What it once said about rica organized the Pan American peace with Soviet Russia.
Communism is not scheme united class conscious political and Bureau of the Third International, The first is made up of articles which can be put into effect at a industrial action against the common to which the application will no showing how much the Commundate set two years in advance. Such enemy is declared to mean a gedoubt be referred. The chances ists of Russia have modified their a view of Communist Moveneral strike only if the capitalists that the Socialist Party will ever be ideas and indicating that Commun ment could only exist in the minds admitted to the Third Internationalism has failed in that country, and of such abysmally ignorant people attempt to steal its victory after it are about as good as the chances a second class of articles showing as make up the National Committee has won at the election. The oblithat it will ever do anything else that conditions in Russia are really of United American and such as gation of its elected officials to the but betray the working class of this not so bad as they have been pict rule the Department of Justice of provisions binding its legislative country in its struggle for emanci ured by the capitalist press. the United States Government. Com representatives to vote against mi pation.
Unfortunately for the authors of munism is an analysis of social litary appropriations are declared to this propaganda these articles quite forces and a plan of action in the WE ARE ILLEGAL ONCE frequently contradict each other. crisis which the conflict of classes be meaningless words having no MORE.
Thus we have the statement that will precipitate. For the Communbinding force. It makes a case for There has now been added to the Communism has failed to contrast ists to say two years from now we the patriotism of its members and declaration of the Secretary of the to a report of the Moscow election will overthrow the present governdeclares that it never sought to Department of Labor and of the showing that ninety three per cent ment of the United States and estabhamper the government in the pro courts of the State of New Jersey of the voters cast their ballots for lish a Soviet Government and the secution of the war. the St. Louis a similar decision from the courts Communist eandidates. And in an Dictatorship of the proletariat wiuld program to the contrary notwith of the State of New York as to the other instance the failure of Com. be silly. What the Communists do illegality of the Communist Party munism is illustrated by the fact say is that the conflict between the standing of America that the number of peasants who working class and capitalist class The repudiation of the St. Louis The latter decision was rendered own land and those who own small will grow increasingly bitter and program is particularly significant in the verdict in the case of arry parcels of land has greatly increased that this conflict, together with the The claim of the party to interWinitzky, formerly Executive Sec as have the number who own live disintegration of the capitalist sysnational standing and for admission retary of the Communist Party of stock, while the large holdings of tem which is already reflected in Greater New York, Winitzky was land and livestock have decreased. the financial situation and the trade to the Third International has alcharged with being a member and The figures and facts presented difficulties which this is causing, ways been based upon its stand durhelping to organize the Communist seem to indicate that in place of will precipitate a crisis in which ing war, The St. Louis program Party. The verdict was therefore Communists having failed in carrythe masses of the workers will take was its great asset for recognitiov a direct expression on the question ing out their program they have revolutionary action. In this crisis, as a left party. Whil using this of the relation of the Communist been remarkably successful.
which might come in six months Very likely when the capitalists and may not come for six years, the program to maintain its prestige Party to the laws of the state and will be used as a precedent in other internationally it repudiates it to are thoroughly beaten and their Communists will take the leader.
cases.
system wiped out under the Dic ship and direct the struggle to overgain respectability nationally.
Except in so far as it involves thetatorship of the Proletariat, they throw the present government of the Undoubtedly the attomeys who freedom of a member of the party will assure us that after all Com capitalists and establish the Dictamade the apology and interpretation and one who was an active worker munism was what they always torship of the Proletariat.
of the St. Louis program in the for our cause, the decision has no wanted and the whole struggle was The ignorance of the capitalists a mistake.
Albany brief correctly reflected the particular meaning to the party orand their supporters has its adganization. The fact that we are opinion of the present leadership declared an illegal organization will vantages. If they understood that THE REVOLUTION IN 1922. they were dealing with social forces and most of the membership of the not change our principles. We will The New York Times publishes in place of schemes of an individual party. They were never for the St. continue to advocate the same ideas startling disclosures made public or a group, they might be shrewd Louis program. In action they sa after all the courts in the United by the United Americans. which enough to adapt themselves to the botaged it from the beginning. The States have declared us illegal that is a new breed formed to preserve development of these forces and we advocate before. The decisions membership that forced this prog of these instruments for oppression wih the representative form of go class. As it is, they try to wipe the Constitution of the United States hus prolong the lease of life of their ram down their throats are in the to safeguard the capitalist system vernment and the individual right out the authors of the scheme they Communist and Communist Labor will not change our prograrz. Since of possession which the Constitu fear and thus actually help to deParty, or in jail because they car they are instruments of class op tion provides. in other words an velop the forces that will bring ried out the program in action. pression is would be remarkable if organization of exploiters. to pre about their undoing.