PAGE THE MILITANT SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1933 The Railroad Brotherhoods Statement to the Montreal Stalinists Answer Marxist Ideas with Hooliganism Communist Party The Rise and Fall of the Craft Unions fairly well in the International Notes Historical Analogies Montreal. The last few weeks clothing itself in an unconscionable To the of the in Montreut have been rich in strik demagogy.
In our first article we touched and its federation policy and this ing demonstrations of the lengths Argument Replaced by Epithet trictly upon the origin of the rall victory was uided very materially to the of the to which the Stalinists are driven What Sarkin lackel in arguments One other event has confirmed us in our criticism ideas of the Left Opposition. The was a complete departure even in frantic effort to suppress the he repaired with epithets. There just their structure and program in which was in full swing by 1910. COMRADES: conformity with Iudustrial develop In other words, during the eru For some time now, the undersigned comrades, mints on the railrouds. In this ar of industrial expansion when the members of the Communist Party or the Young Com to termocolo de hooloticed Rosevelt negotiations. We know of course that in our meeting a few weeks ago, the discussion. time honoured Licle we will muy something on the railroads had a complete monopoly munist League, have been considering with growing dealing with capitalist governments, the Soviet Union removing of posters advertising our counter revolutionary was replacrise and fall of the Craft Union of transportation, the craft union alarin the development of the position of our moveis obligul to sive and take. to make concessions meetingsthe ejection of our dele ratx. Thievex. bandits. Scoun It is quite natural that when we was able to wheedle occasional conwhere neustury. But there are concessions and consentes Crom the Anti Fascist Confer drol The mighty resources of dirst conceive of anything we do so cessions from the employers and ment in connection with recent events in this coun Cessions. As Communists, we cannot and must not once Now shrivelled to the dimen this department of the Jewish to uneven conduct derstanding and outlook on any But since the stand for the eight happened in Germany before and after the seizure of successful strikes. try and in Europe. We have in mind especially what surrender anything in principle to the capitalist sions of Stalinist cancus. all cue were tapped with a remarkable question brondens with experience. hour duy in 1916, and more especi: wwer by Hitler, and the significance of the agree enemy. And that is what, in our opinion, was done these things points unmistakably thoroughness. The whole performat Washington by the representative of the Soviet to a hooliganism become rampantance was climaxed by the speaker opment it was, werefore, quite un War, the craft unions have suffered lives of the Soviet Union and the United States. You tural that the locomotive engineer one defeat after another, and the Sinu letter to Roosevelt. In the minds of every The workers provoked to thought with the well known quotationes who text conceived of organizing in policy of its leadership has been are undoubtedly aware that a great deal of conworker, and in the minds of the bourseoisie itselt, ethods will realize that the ques. Sarkin luad announced at the be a result of these scandalous 1003 and onwards.
18173, should do so on a very narine of continuous surrender and fusion and unclarity, doubts and dinsatisfaction exists row base or on the basis of his own retreat. And despite the fact that in the ranks of our Party and League on these questhis paragraph pledges the Soviet Union to prohibition of working class democracy siuning of the lecture that a period craft alone. It did not occur to each unit of trattic handler by each tions. The aim of this letter is to arrive as speediiy the existence of the international Communist move tumot, be relegated to the sphere of discussion would be ullowed to tuke the. of a ment on its territory. It is pledged to prevent the of mere etiquette. Political bankime permitted. This having been often hired and fired, in with him. creased since 1920. The railroad residence on its soil of any organization whose aim ruptcy breeds fuevitably the meth mid down le proceeded to make The conductor felt the same about workers have taken three smashing The German events were a distinct shock to us is the overthrow of the existing social order in the oux of hooliganism. Gangsterim sure that time would not allow.
bis brakesman.
wage cuts and two of them were. this we cannot conceal. We were persuaded by the uited States. The only organization to which this lus long been the weapon of the Replies to questions took the form often the fireinet bad to reward taken without the slightest resist policy and the propaganda of the Communist Interrefers or can referIs the Communist International reformist faker, the trade unionio absurd lengths. This was in of irrelevant drawn out the engineer, the brakeman and the ance on the mirt of their leader national and our party here, that our brother party and itx American section (our arty) whose historic The stalinists, umble to withstand market contrast with the procedure bureaucrat, against the Left wing, reaction and dein Germany was making stendy progress in driving aim in the policement of the present capitalist sya Marxist criticism, are introducing at our meetings when we are the conductor for the privilege of workshop. The day o ing with them. The problems which cny has definitely set in on the lack the Fascist gangs and winning over increasing confronted those carly pioneers Railroad Brotherhood. The only tem in this country by the rule of the working class. the same bag of tricks into the Lift Stalinist sluker more time than he organization work were small and ones who benefit by the continued ctions of the social democracy. But the outcome Not only we, the undersigned, but hundreds twing. Comrades alarmed by this cared to use. The attempt to close the maintenance of the craft unious ou of the historie struggle in Germany proved to be workers problems of today. The the railroads are the swarms of exactly contrary to all the forecasts that were made other party and make members were deeply affected foul stench reaching their nostrils le meting without discussion was railroads, as well as industry in high witluried officials who infest hy our leadership. It has now become clear to us by this pledge of Litvínov. Even the newest mem will pronder and search until they twarted by protest from Left op bers of our moveineut are uneasy and uncomfortable polvery from which it emerge.
unearth the censpool of political in with comrades present general, were in a state of growth the entire craft system of organiza that what happened in Germany requires. demands Bellam at the Meeting und expansion and needed more tion.
in the face of what happened. We have our own on our part a thorough examination into the situaStaliinst Lecture on Gernany Goretsky of the Let Opposition and more workers, and the organ tu the next and future articles opinions on this question. We consider it our duty on December Surkin. when finally allowed the floor beized craft was usually able to har. We will take up more in detall sometion and the policy that was followed by us, and a to present them to the membership. We also consi local maarin of the general line il quotation from Unser Kami gain with the small companies of the symptons of decay and dis drastic revision of our present course. Instead of der it your duty to present to us and to the mem lectured at the Jewish Cultural which Serkin had challenged us to We think it can be truthfully said the in the railroad brotherhoods a successful advance of our party in Germany, it has bership the Glicial stand wint of our party leader Centre on the tactics of the CP. Pruduce. Narkiu attempted to teur thut the cruit and overcome en defented, and now les crushed by the Brownwhip. It is only shirted monstersInstead of the victory of the Red interest of its these conditions.
dining these questions openly Germany. With the contents of the per from his lund, crying members until about the beginning Until we can build a progressive Pront. We had the victory of the Swastika.
in the party and the League, democratically and the lecture itself we will not con that we want the ori mal (nothof the present century, when the Minority Movenient and Press inside freely, flunt the greatest gwlcan result for our movershashing of the Kitest wisdom of the brenkhe lost of bedlam. Comgradually growing problems of the of the Railroad Onions, we urge the our party, with its hundreds of thousands of mem On top of all this, we were astonished to see that inunt. iatnitsky, whrill with contradicrude Krehm, while asking the chair.
railrond workers ushered It is for this reason that we take this occasion tions, and on the stupendous check man for the floor, was struck twice ident of Croft Federation. The so the columns of the militant to exbers, and millions of supporters in the elections, to DN to you to enll a joint city wide member of the speaker and on his pecula in the teeth. Our comrade was culled Big Four would join hands Dress his ideas on the many needed failed to strike a single blow at the Fascists in order whip meeting of the Party and the line for the case. ample or two will sufficering hurriedly closed. The Staletion on the ignorance of the audi Josted of the platform and the in concerted waye movements, the changes in the Brotherhoods, whose to prevent them froin coming to power. Our party Federated Shop Crafts would do reactionry and overjaid leadership proved, to our great rgret, to be incapable of mobilpurpose of bearing a report on the questions involved. The tactic of the United Front His faithful had been worked up 111cwise. The Flight Hour Day cannot afford to krant is free exixing any substantint section of the working class and of the membership anawortunity to ex was abandoned after 1922 (the year to a virtual pogrom spirit by dem Victory in 1910 was about the last pression in our own brotherhood or the purpose of organizing their resistance to the pe itself on them. Such a meeting is a most of the Fourth Congress. because she Sarkin and it was only due successful stand of the craft union press.
urgent ind of the hour.
advance of Hitlerism. To us this was evidence of a We expect to present our the Social Democracy became open wure hot headed Nume of the to the View there in full.
ly counter revolutionary. comrades present serious, fundamental weakness in our party and its policy, both of which are tested precisely in such Ynch a meeting is all the more necessary at this the defent of 1933 was to be traced that the violence was not greater moment because, as you know, there are many burn. diutely corrected and never again After the love of the meeting to the error made in 1920, inme than was actually the case.
moments as the eruckil hour in Germany.
ing problemi confrontonr movement. Both the Party repeated, in withdrawing from the comrade Krehm chuling Sarkin It is not that we are discouraged by a defeat, and the lake are suffering from radical defects in reformist trade unions.
for we know that the proletarian movement will rise their policy and they work. In the field of the un years of mystemntic work within branding him a yellow in the The 13 to debate the tone of the lecture, We renalin today Just as confident of our final victory others as luas been pointed out by the Open Letter strength :10, 000 in 1933. columis or the locul Jewish akuin regardless of temporary setlucks. Far from it. employed, in the trade union field, and in many the trade unions climaxed with event of a refusal. The same chal(Trotsky and Dan Workers Age on a world scale as we have always been. But the December 1, 1933. of the Central committer our work is in extremely liad condition. The way to correct it is to make pos The presence of three Trotskyper. Whether the stalinists, af tion under the leadershtu talsifice. way to overcome a defeat is to analyze its causes The bureau of and take the necessary steps to eliminate them or sible (1) a democratic disenssion. 2) a fundamental impart to it an atmosphere of tense at our last German lecture several itex at the lecture was conugh to ter the defent administered to them GERMANY. stone (Gra. 8968) hus manufac correct them. Far from doing this, our party and examination into party policy. 3) a thorough release which was worked up by the weeks ago, will respond remains to The socialist Workers Patry (8. tured another striking document. manner. The fact of the defeat has not even been vision of it short and the Internationalist Com But we suspect that this time the acknowledged. No attempt has been made by the We hope that this communication will meet with ing mood. The evening was prefac Already within the Stalinist ranks manists (Left Opposition) are con job hay been entrusted to an am international or any of its sections to examine into tinuing their close collaboration in ateur.
spudy and favorable action on your part, and that, ed by remarks from Sarkin promis protest is making itself heard the policy of the past to find out what was wrong.
the creation of the German section yon will consider it matiented by a devoted interesting a lively evening acknowl. against the hooliganism of the of the new International. They That this is amateur handiwork No attempt bas been made to correct what we see the welfare and progress of the revolutionary edging the presence of guests tulluites toward the Luft Opposihave just issued a joint druft or dir. evidenced first by the fact that now quite plainly to have been our radically fulse movement.
retires for the trade union work of artis at that have been put throlley on Social Fascism. or the United Front of only three juges (and consecutive tural Centre. and the exhortation join in benishing these shameful With Communist greetings, to the faithful to have their blood methods, the product of linic and the new Communist party in Ger the Lovestone hopper for synthetic Only Erm Below. or our incorrect analysis of (Signed) AL TASCH. Unit Section boll. Never was there a more depuir, from the ranks of the work mans Extracts of this document, quotations (patent applied for by Porcism itself. Everything that was done in the Brownsville Section Committee. despicable example of ignorance Ing class movement.
will be published in future issues: stati in order to produce a quo past, and the leadership which did it has been apBrownsville Communist Party, tation to incitel the fundamental proved without reservations. Consequently, instead ISIDORE LIPSCHITZ, Unit YOUTH similarity with two sentences writ of laying the basis for overcoming the defeat and At the Amsterdam conference for ten by Dan. An expert Lovestone rising again to victory, the basis still remains for the Young Communist League. Brownsville. a new Youth International, which quoter usually concocts a quota is to meet early Dext January, tion out of a volume of at least, addition of new setbacks for our movement not only DAVID LEESER, Unit 11, Secthere will be represented the Swed. 20 kiges. In the second place of Germany but throughout the rest of the world.
tion 11, Brighton, Communist New York. The Novelty Mirror Communist League was one to ish Communist Youth Federation the sentences which had been toru Workers Union has again been de start negotiations with the Interna(formerly allied with the Brandler out of context and indirectly manifeated in its aims to constitute tional Pocketbook Workers Union.
ites) Having within its ranks 8, 000 pulated only one has been directly itself as a genuine trade union for The committee, at first, went to members, the Youth Federntion of distorted. Trotsky is quoted as the safeguarding of the economic see liugh Fraine, head of the local the Norwegian Labor Party (18, 000 follow The ruling apparatus en.
interests of all the workers in the office of the of L, who promembers) and the Mot Dag kroup joys a great relative independence.
trade. This time the aims of the ceeded to an endless questioning (the Norway group formerly affili Here is what Trotsky really wrote, Tbe Panter Affair. The affair of has every reason to send telegram and vegetables regularly declines workers were deflated by the and demanding statements and fin ated with the Brandlere tendency Without having that absolute in the British journalist, Panter, ac of gratitude to Hitler.
this time and rises later on. bureaucrats of the Interna ally came to the point who is to Index of Standard of Living in Conseriscena mulheres de ser o com is als expected to send a represen lives in the skulls of many bureau cused of espionage (as is well tative. The above groups are, of crats, the ruling apparatus never known he had communicated to the March and April, 1933 194. May puring the prices of August 1933 whose desire for fat per capita fees The of faker, very jealous course, only recent roerulis. French, theless enjoys a great relative in British press about a Nazi demon 80. June and July 80. August with August 1932 we find an In and whose genuine fear of any sign of his jurisdictional rights, decided German, eteen fouth were reported dependence mal one direct dis stration im Kelhein reporting milli ruse from 20. flabalaren to 320mm tables percent, beet products is not be requestioned bureaucrats were to have the hegein previous tortion. that is almost a 14 It will be remembered that the mony over the workers and their the Militant.
But while tion, this in execu Munich for ten days SCANDINAVIA.
inglor these decisione. these 330 percet, elecenargentine Brunton, shortly after ses formation only attains the lously for Germany more meetings, On the question of the new parts the postmasters of slander and well deportedater he WEG as explained by seasonal ductus cent. In short the effects of oilell under the blundering leadership Then followed lowest levels hitherto achieved by ordered It is not so tion since the price for potatoes thilfe (ad to the eastern farm of the After an unfor this time with Goldman of the the following have been expelled or known that he got the details borona) are quite apparent. tunate strike unfortunate in the locketbooks, subjecting the commithave resigned from the Brandler distortion.
regarding the armed strength of Uneanployment: The number of sense that it was led by the Staliteto a most scrutinous Investiga International (1. Inter what comrade Trotsky says in the etc. from a journalist national Federation of Communist reference to the present plebisci employe by Hugenberg TEL UNunemployed on October 1st amount ists that clissipated the energies of thon How many membersy Ilow MINNEAPOLIS Oppositiotis. Communist Party of tary regime in the Soviet Union is on, a certain Ackermann. The Bridge. Dancing NEW YEAR EVE AFFAIRd to 800, 000, 150. 000 less than the workers, and almost robbed many pying dues? How much Entertain the previous month. As is ment Refreshments kwa at the end of Jamury the ionism, it the this was wayThe was section of the reference to the dietatorii montering Proces bas bulkerwise been arrested. ts likewise at odds with peopolitical Thriller avec le stat between England and the Third Auspices. Minneapolis branch of the possibly the Hugenberg circles In Sunday, December 31, 1933, Figures stood at 6, 014, 000. The ary to convince a majority of the carefully taken dowe, and a deci comparatively unit in Any Comfollowing facts however complete workers that the loss of the strike siou by the next Executive Counsel at 3001 Elliott enue the picture. was not due to a couple of skunks meeting promised. Then began an sions have is yet taken place. Com inist bureaucracy is passed off as Reich.
rade Bringolf, the Swiss representa the avalyxin of the class character in a telegram immediately after Everybody welcome. Adm. Froetion remains below the level of leadership which haid obstacles investigations, until finally, after five The income from wage trxa ultra Lett policies of the Nessin week, more questions and more in but chiefly due to the syndicalist, endless ltponement from week to ve on the International Committee of the state in the Soviet Union. Germany departure from the last your according to the latest the path of the strike and made a weeks of negotiations, the answer of the o. expressed the But perhaps we imply too much Lakue of Nations and disarma following optional recent meet by buferring that the restonettel ment conference, the German mun. NTERNATIONAL LABOR FORUM Nice Waige taxation broughtnin number of workers lose hope too was given. No without any fur 2557 North Avenue soon, causing them to go back to the explanations.
has been relegated to the positions the know the differences be ition and heavy industry magnates work before the strike was ended. The reaction to all this from the Every Sunday P. In Angust 1932, with 52, 221, 000 Apply for of Charter inexperienced unionists was utter of being an instrument for iussion that has usurped the authority of thanks for the legalization of Ger. Dec. 21. Religion and Social Proforon temployed. 60. million Marks.
policy: the has become the October Revolution and the man rearming Krupp von Bohlen gress.
Consequently, at a membership pointment and (ejection. The GEORGE KATSIOLIS unemployed. 59. million Marks. meeting of workers (out of all stalinists and their intluenced vie.
Opekli proletariat that any Communist orator of note.
original 300 sometime later called tim usturvelly capitalized on the The figures of those at work Thu sectiou in Alsace itemtity stalinism with the dicta reservation, will support the Dec. 31. Workingelass Internation compare with those of the memorget forestiere delications les ruments the. Five alism and Decisive Crises. Hoyed, necording to state sick in majority of workers voted to apply does not want to organize work tions. ix having similar trouble Dan identifies the dictatorship honor which the chancellor rhus (An analysis of the causes surance, as follows: with the In xechoslovakino with its wide hung apparatus. for a charter from the of Lors, the of I only conleading to the downfall of have almost disshown the German people. Krupp the workers InternationAugust 1932: 924, 000 employ. The remainder, still poisoned by ceread about pocketing the money. appeared from the neene. Only the als. ed, 12. 834, 000 employed Stalinist influence walked ont of as if this were their chief motiva Loveston Group in America (after JOSEPH GIGANTI August 1133. 194, 000 unemploy the hall, completely disrupting the for refusing to affiliate with it, as Just off the Press the split with Gitlow and the preof Chicago Left Opposition ed, 13. 716, 000 employed. meeting and causing a serions split it all this and more was not clearly sent life with the Zam min BROOKLYN OPEN FORUM Resulting in: 100. 000 unemploy. Immediately, a comunittee wall winted ont by the Latt Opposition urity and the Brandler Group GEORGE CLARKE ed, employed elected of which a member of the and the decision was made to af miliate with the of despite Germany remiu firm with the On WID all that.
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