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Joseph Lash — Part 4

50 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Mar 1, 1976 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Joseph Lash · 49 pages OCR'd
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" difference between a of majority and a working political majority which + er, Certainly we shovid take into consideration the a your Ownse...the control of Congress and the control.of - ‘pany of the branches of the Governzent,,.in that sense we know what we have, ; toh 1 Btehgnt of con rol ° _. We want to restablish a poli “. proceeding on the presumptio So therefore wewish that a ‘confusion be....,..-if the basic ‘Tules canbe done, “-: but on the other hand if the result is not a real wajority., The concornis : “7. “to establish the policies but also it is the basic policy, - What it ‘does “isto _ -demoralize and disintegrate .,..;Therefore it puts.....0f re-establishing.ssssses -¢ohfusing ‘all the iesues and the result of it is ‘they can-compate with generations "dependent on labor and they can not afford to take a position that would be against - _s, the labor movement, ‘Therefore it would be the instrument for its varied program ..:.. “ Ansofer es it is not the progras that which Gould be adopted to iteelf..ssiisiee 3 |. The Democratic program or machine..,...++You have two egruggled in the Desecratio i "party, One struggling as the Southern reactionaries which is @ problematical irele, “Jf you leave that you still have a struggle to win Denoeratic y fron ‘the po). to overcome(?), “Therefore it scems to be.....if we have a political ‘majority would mean that 4t would free us from the policy of appeasement, We could Bay . ‘that the president and the administration remaln...seee..they have gotten into a - Peal battle. “They can carry ona fight for the basic policy by that we Jit no: longer would be tied by our opposition, and 4t will probably be in support ‘of the - administration which of course we would if we fight along-with #itithea, “But it -, we start,....ina decade from now....we start” now fighting in terms of what our. real program is and with an outward gird and without regard for opinion ..,.trying _%o appease, That will mean that the Democratic party will.no longer be the basic .. “problem of the unit(?), The basic thing would be the kind of party so as to make ‘it a political one, The prograz no longer by the most concerned elements of the “O™ ccparty. The Prosran Js then :act what in terns is hecessary for the countttes of the world.” ’For example » take how it will work out ~- say the youth movement, There "was the establishing of the youth movement, - Wil) we be attacked if we cooperate _ with the Communists, or will we be attacked if wo have people like Joe ani Molly on the committee.......The important thing is the establishing of the right kind OF.coe0.e,and ina sense, educated with that progras......in terms of immediate --eltuation we are now building for the future so to speak,..:..,that would not besses. “let That is a separate question, :I dontt want to argue that question now, “IY . . would like to get more exanples......:s:The Youth Moverent would have a program, © > 7 and I think as far as the United ‘Nations! domestic program is Concerned they would |» be the Progpessives, RB prograz which ‘perhaps.even people lile the.....sesehalf the . the Communists out.......Democratic partyiteell, = RB: of the Communists. Following is the Condition’ by -the political Liability at the re well they are politically Liable at the ‘present, -an gird for the future “they will stil) “pot be....s.You might -¢ with them bit“at this moment I do hot think you wo! ‘withor the Correct. thing? . ley, Se Da ae aa t * S * "people would .stand by that program-4ust“as you.are. I that correct? Let's leave ey, --$he1 How mich, loager“8o"¥ou tL ak” puch Acscoveowould have for the Democratic party? ; “machine.....People who will eupport the-program sp long as "it ‘keeps that “ip + Het Well, I am assuming that within the Democratic party that we would find-I will ~~ pake the distinction between the Democratic y basically and pesovspart of the — - .Denocratic party which is the Progressives(?). The Democratic party is completely face BON a prprhich will be betrayed, “ft wonla “4
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