Saturday, January 18, 1930 THE MILITANT Page The Minnesota Real RedILD look upon the progressive bloc. Brookhart, Wheeler, Norris, Frasier, etc. as the real leaders and have an almost childlike faith in them. Naturally, these leaders Six Years of Confusion and Disappointment in a Two Class Party are knowingly or unknowingly expressing And Hell Hath No Fury Like an the wishes of the dominant group within the Party that is the farmers.
By Vincent Dunne Engdahl Enraged The present maneuver towards the Three hundred thousand workers and far ant workers through their co operatives Democrats has at least a two fold purpose.
The Internationl Labor Defense, which mers in Minnesota, who have by their suplived a modest life for several years as a and workers clubs. The all too successful First: to capture the Governorship and so port of the Farmer Labor Party in the plans devised by leaders to keep these defender of persecuted workers on a nonto build up a machine within the Party campaigns of the past few years demonpartisan basis, has finally awakened to the thousands of workers out of active particiwhich can be used in the future for bigger strated a willingness to move politically implications of the Third Period and become pation, make nothing less than shameful and better mergery. Secondly: it is now militant. The formal pronouncement of against the bosses, face another barren history. It 18 of extreme importance that generally recognized that the Minnesota year and new dissapointments.
this change in character, which has been workers generally review the history of the movement cannot stand alone. The leaders The party to which they have given so Minnesota Farmer Labor Party, that they now understand the danger to the move in process for some time, coincides and quite much, stumbles towards coalition with the grow familiar with the path along which ment and are trying in this confused man appropriately with the elevation to the Democratic machine for the state and con so large a number of workers have been ner to give a new lease of life to the party, national secretaryship of the man whose gressional campaign of 1930. It full coalname is a symbol of blood and thunder led, only to find themselves, after years of hoping against hope that the national progition is not reached this year it will not be and sudden death Louis Engdahl.
struggle and sacrifice, burdened with a ressives will come to their ald and lead for lack of work and will on the part of a party dominated by the ideology of the them into the green fields of a new One of the indications of this emergence liberal movement on a national scale.
large and influential section of the leader petty property owner and led by opporof the butterfly of the Third Period ship. but rather because this leadership is tunists of the first order.
Workers Used by Farmers from the constricting chrysallis in which unable to come to agreement upon individ of still greater importance, are the it lay supine for so many years is the formal uals from the different camps to head the reasons for this state of affairs and a clear With this political outlook, the leadand official discarding of the reactionary, ticket.
understanding of the mistakes made years ership, from the vantage point of the far counter revolutionary, social fascist and ago which led inevitably to the present sitmers wagon, from time to time sees bogF. Policy Benefits Officialdom renegade nonsense about non partisanship uation.
holes in the road ahead and is forced to use in the defense of class war prisoners. The Even a brief and hurried review of Unity in a Two Class Party the workers as pushers of the cart in such regenerated having killed off with past political campaigns of the bad spots as political campaigns, financial several blasts of its new horn its old time will be enough to convince any intelligent First of all, the condition of the Minnedifficulties, etc.
antagonists, the frame up system of class workman that the party has been domin sota with its list toward merger ated by people who read history backward, with the old parties of the capitalists, is not That the workers have nothing to gain justice, the courts, the police the persecutors and similar small fry, is now turning its in order to justify a policy which, by no the result of false and incompetent leadfrom this horse play must be evident to those who give it a little thought. It must devasting proclamations on other enemies, stretch of imagination, can be considered ership primarily. Any political party combe evident also, that the poor farmers, some of whom, alas! have been concealing beneficial to anyone except that coterie of posed of two classes, as is the case in this those without land (the banker hired men)
themselves within its ranks and disguising officials, who use the offices given them by instance, with farmers and workers in the are being led along a path that will deliver their nefarious purposes by supporting and the party for petty bickering and personal same organization, maintains unity only at them, bound and helpless, into the hands working for the and even contributadvantage.
the expense of the program put forward by Shipstead is of course, the outstanding ing their Judas gold into its collections.
the most exploited and propertyless section.
of the common enemy, for although the farmers belong to a different class than Basing itself squarely on the class example. But he is by no means alone.
The leadership of such a party can lead the workers, they can be delivered from struggle (at last. the International Labor During the course of the party existence, only as long as it is able to hold back the their bonds only by supporting the workers Defense takes up the fight against all enemdozens of men have been sent to the State thrusts of the workers and satisfy the depolitically. The workers, because of their ies of the working class. It is no less a house, many county and municipal officials mands of those elements whose political class position, must lead. Only thus can man than Louis Engdahl himself who have been elected, several congressoutlook is bounded by the illusion that it victory be achieved.
18 speaking, and let all the aforesaid enemmen and two senators have been sent is possible to achieve security under the les take notice and run for cover while there to Washington. Out of this numerical ar capitalist order, by acquiring property or Does all of the foregoing preclude the it still time. The LD. caspot tolerato ray, not a SINGLE man has appeared who enhancing the value of that which they al possibility of the workers making an admeasures up to the standard of a workers ready hold, through reforms, hall meavance politically, through a Labor Party?
as membors of its organization those who representative. Not ONE among them has are opposed to its class struggle policies.
sures, etc.
Not at all; the fact is, that millions of had either the courage or the vision to The program of a party is the expres industrial workers still are bound to the In case anybody should be in the dark sion of its aims; if the program is wrong political parties of the dominant capitalist propose any measure, which would call inas to what this bold declaration of war on fundamentally, those leaders who base to question the existing order and place groups. Labor Party based upon worthe enemies of the working class meons, themselves upon it have no choice but to apon the order of the day a thoroughgoing kers organizations, with a program permEngdahl, who was train in militancy for change from the vicious system of class follow a path of compromise. Workers in eated with the idea of the struggle of the years under Hillquit and Berger and wha industry always have before them the grim classes, can serve as an instrument in exploitation.
learned from them how to hunt down Rede Not one among them has ever had the reminder of their position in our present lying the masses for a march toward the like the bloodhounds of Simon Legree track.
courage to use the tribune upon which they social system. For them there is no quos Marxian solution of the great problem. ed the fugitive slaves, makes the matter strut. like their Republican and Democrat tion of property: overwhelming major clear. The D. says Louis the Seventeenth, combats the hostile policies of brothers) for the purpose of calling the ity have nope, the vast mass face the problem daily of making their meager wages Gertrude Duell Joins the working masses into action. Rather they Cannon and Lovestone viciously and those stretch out in order to cover the bare who support them have held in check the ferment in the ranks. The theories and in various ways, especially by truckling in necessities of life. Why then do we find practises of Cannon and Lovestone and a hundred forms to the prejudices of the this state of affairs in Minnesota? Whence their followers are hostile to these class most backward, interests. No honest worker can support good example of this, came the idea that together, that is, withNEW HAVEN, Conn. Comrade Gertis the action of state Senator Lawson in on the same party, workers and farmers the views of either Cannon or Lovestone.
rude Duell, one of the most active members voting for the Anti Evolution Bill (to bar could work towards a solution of their of the Communist Party in this city, becomWe can speak for Lovestone in the the teaching of the theory of evolution in problems?
ing convinced of the correctness of the face of this hour of calamity. Engdahl who worked for him as faithfully as he public schools. Lawson is also editor of platform of the Opposition, joined the New a daily paper at Wilmar.
It is a matter of history that in 1924 Haven branch of the Communist League of worked for Berger or Hillquit, knows him the Communist Party under the leaderIt is true that most of the leaders are better and is America (Opposition. Having been secin a better position in disagreement with Lawson on this and ship of the Right Centre bloc in the Inretary of the Workers International Relief, how he will accept this fate. We can speal it is just as true that these leaders do ternational and the Pepper leadership in she was not only expelled from the Comonly for our poor selves, and we do not nothing to expose and remove him and America, forced the merger of the Farmunist Party for supporting the Opposition, conceal our fears as Engdahl attacks us others who, by actions of a plece with the mers Non partisan League with the Worwith all the fury of a cornered rabbit. but was also removed from the secretaryone cited, live, mentally at least, in the king Peoples Non partisan Political Leaship of the local despite the fact need help and we want it.
feudal age.
gue, that there was no other comrade available Yet we paused a moment, try feebly to Always the program of the Party has Pepper Bold Plan for the post. The local Stalinists calstiften our quivering limbs, and reflect that been trimmed to meet the wishes of those This, to be sure, was the local mar culated that rather than have an Oppositionafter all Louis is not the real author of elements who look to the countryside for ifestation of a plan, national in scope ist as secretary of the it would be our misery. He is but a witless Instrument support and approval. Without exception, which, according to Pepper and his tol better to see it collapse and go out of exof circumstances who has bounced from at every turning point, in all campaigns, lowers, was to make the farmers, if not istence. This is precisely what happened.
Berger to Lovestone to Foster as the basebefore and during each convention or conthe spear head, at least the haft of the Comrade Duell then received a letter of ball bounced from Tinker to Evers to ference, the proposals or damands of adweapon that would strike the decisive Inquiry from Ludwig Landy, national secChance, putting all men out, vanced sections of the workers have been blow for the workers.
retary of the concerning the collapse he may be likened to the subject denied.
Still within the International in this of the local work. She replied with the of Napoleon famous aphorisor to the effect Farmers Ontvote Workers period, the Leninist Bolsheviks headed by following letter which requires no comment: that an army travels on its stomach, and Louis was always in the army and always The workers have been outvoted in ev Trotsky, were able to check for a time, the Ludwig Landy, Executive Secretary, traveling.
ery state convention, the most important development of this un Marxian course: Stalin theory of dual composition parWorkers International Reliet, committees having been governed by a sevFar be it from as who have known the 949 Broadway, en to three vote with the farmers always ties finally prevailed through the East at pangs ourselves to begrudge any man his seven and the industrial workers three. later date, only to do immeasurable New York City.
bread and butter, but when he becomes All the proposals by the Communists damage to the world revolutionary moveDear Comrade Landy: carnivorous and wants meat ay, the human and Left wing for a closer affiliation of the ment (For a full realization of the meat of our poor carcass we cry aloud: Responding to your letter of the 3rd unions to the Party have been hailed with enormous damage done by this reactionGod save us from being the meat in this ingt, will say that you are correct am cries of split by the farmers; and the ary idea, workers should secure and read cannibal soup!
no longer secretary of the IR in New practical politicians and tabor leaders the pamphlet, The Draft Program of the Haven. Nearly two months ago informed in control of the machinery have never Communist International, by Trotthe Comrades here of my belief in the claims 150 Workers Lald 01 failed to turn thumbs down on these de sky, published by the militant. of Comrade Trotsky and the Opposition BOGALUSA, La (FP) 150 employee of mands. Two instances of this sort of kow It is the purpose of this article to and adhere to the Platform and principles the New Orleans Great Northern Railroad towing to reaction should be cited as typ deal with the local and national effect of of the Communist League of America. have been laid off in the shops. The road ical. In several state conventions the pro the false idea of dual composition parties am certain that until the Comrades of the has been acquired by the Gull, Mobile and posal was made by the Left wing to give and to bring out clearly, in this connecOpposition are recalled and take their right Northern Railroad Company.
the local unions affiliated to the Party tion hbw wrong tactics proceed from ful place in the Party, no unity can prevail direct representation to the state conven wrong programmatic formulations.
NEW YORK (FP) Two million men nor can success be attained in the work tiong. After many attempts had been made The idea of Fatmer Labor Parties, and women over 65 are dependent for supundertaken.
to put this into effect, the workers, over once planted in the favorable soil of the port on other individuals or agencies, estiI was instructed to turn the books and the opposition of the farmers and the lead farmer worker state of Minnesota, grew mates Sec. Abraham Epstein of the Assn.
and blossomed under the guidance of a material over to Comrade Pearl Liebenson, ership, were finally able to achieve a half for Old Age Security. One third of the aged measure of recognition, 470 Columbus Ave. this city, who was apThe unions are labor farmer compromiser type of leader, in American are dependent, he states, after pointed in my place. have likewise turned now ALLOWED to send ONE delegate to whose one burning desire seems to be junca careful survey of estimates made by over to her the 300 buttons and conventions, who has the standing virtu tion, by any crossover, with some form of other agencies, ranging from the well collection lists recently received from your ally of a FRATERNAL delegate. progressiv or liberal political moveknown Insurance company figure that 64 office.
For a long period the Communists, to ment.
out of 100 young men of 25 will be depenFraternally yours, gether with the Left wing, attempted to It is not without significance, that the dent when they are 65, to Massachusetts leaders, almost without exception. Signed) Ciertrude Duell gain affiliation for a large group of militestimates that 40 are dependent.
Opposition