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net tae, . - - a ae UR oA ee ee eR eA tees ee VALLEY ALS Death. rocb ow VSPA AM GIA dda, U4 trie Every FACTORY 4 FORTRESS Cc. 1. 0. ECHORa MOSCOW DEMANDS At this Third International Congress {n 1935 in Moseo . w, the h . American section, the Communist Party of the United States reported We ble, of tree un pave ancady before the Congress, In the maln solved the le m unification,” bellev . Ne crowd sold ta the plan eving evidently they had Lewis and arl Browder, In detailing the proceedings of the Thi . rd: Interna: the members of the Communist Party attending its convention in Now York City held the same year, called for a greater Intenalfteation of the Communist drive for strikes, for industrial union, cancelation of farmers’ debts and mortgages. He also urged his followers to fight against the deportation of the aliens within their ranks and condemned th <- and Japan. Later we saw the C. I. O. linked in the Tr e810 : Sapte, Court, for Industrial unionism, against deportations and for boycotts on Japan TRA, and Italy. é report of the “Resolutions of the Ninth Convention I of the Party of the U. 8. A,” made in 1986, declared that “the immediate tack ia te drive ore engrectically on the Issue of organizing In the basic , tial unions, and following a‘ poliey of class strugg! must seek to {isolate the reactionaries (In the auto, steel, etc., induateles) is stand In the way of organizing the unorganized, demand that the C. L O pass over from words to deeds * * *; to promote the organization ‘of the power of the working class for the higher stages of struggles for the over- throw of capitalism and the establishment of soctalism.” It called for the strengthening of shop unite and for thelr increased prestige In the trad unions, to See paitional units in auto, steel, rubber, and key industries, evelop within the A. F. of L. a struggle for ind trial * They have iIsclated the A. F. of L. and are now att “ feolate Hewes Meet he . , attempting to Isolate Homer Mort tae ead of the C. I. O. auto unions and the struggles were immediately o- In its companton pamphlet, The Communist Party in Action. this statenren may be found: “We must build our revolutionary unions and the revolutiona oppositions of the A. F. of L. untons first of all in the shops. Our slogan is Every shop must become a fortress of communism.” The Communists furthe state, In apother pamphlet, The Manual on Organization: “The way of the fin overthrow of the old order, and the establishment of the new—the proletarian dictatorship, * * © ‘These experiences will be learned in the dny-to day struggles * * *, in strikes for higher wages and shorter hours, in strug gies for rellef, for unemployment ingurance, against evictions * * *.” “The workers learn through their own experiences that they must haves Communist Party, which leads them in their struggles * * * In order achieve this, every available party member must join the union of his industry, eraft, or oecupation, and work there in a real bolshevik manner.” THE CONSPIRACY PLANNED “The shop unit ia trained to work in a conspirative manner, In order to orga ise and lead other workers, to safegnard the organization and to prevent 4 members from being fired.” The C. I. O. follows this line and uses the Nutio Labor Relations Board to force relnstatements. Communists explain their stand in their publication, The Way Out: “Tt ( Communist Party) must work toward the bringing together the independ and revolutionary trade unions into an independent federation of labor. building of such a broad class trade union, center of all class unions whi stand outside of the American Federation of Labor as a part of a wide lotionary trade union movement, ia an Important task of our party * The outstanding events of the recent period are a more rapid and deep-gol radicalitation of the worketa, already expressed in the growth of a militant m strike movement already embracing large sections of workers in the basic ind It is interesting to note that as early as July 10, 1933, the Communists alres bad high hopes of succesa in the auto Industries, In an Open Letter to Members cf the Communist Party, issned by the central committee of the munist Party, they claimed that “the success of the party and of the Av moblie Workers’ Union in Detroit shows what can be accomplished by the pa! and the revolutionary trade unolons in other districta when they vigoro' defend the interests of the workers and carry out the principles of concen tion in the proper way.” The C. I. 0. bas continually coneentrated its effo firat on auto, secondly on steel, and announces a containued plan of concen tion. Homer Martin, head of the C. I. 0. anto unit is now faced with C tmunist trouble makers In that Industry. ORDERS TO DISREGARD GOVERNMENT Company unions today, mentioned as the communists’ rgete 1 : 2 ain 185 particularly those unions in the Chrysier, General Motors Weltton a sher Body, Jones & Laughiln, U. 8S. Steel, Chevrolet, Nash, Auburn plants- and in the rubber, cll, aud packing industries, The reds called for strikes and picketing until all demands were met, and to reject all efforts at labor truce even if made by the Roosevelt Government. It demanded the formation of pene which would “not depend on congressional laws and presidential boarda, Certain toe capable of ing and picketing until demands were met.” e tactics of the C, I. O, eve A. Fr of L. says recently, that the National Labor Relations Board on Shares rt eC. I. O. are painting A. F. of L. unions as “company unions.” 1 aon an example of success the Communists pointed out that there were i strikes, bringing out 1,141,363 workers with the loss of 15,641,329 working ison nh 1985, as compared with 894 strikes in 1931, which had brought out be workers with the loss of 6,838.183 working days, They bragged over ese losses in wages to the workers as Communist successes, STRIKES HFHEARAALA FOR REVOLUTION ‘In the twelfth plenum of the executive committee of the Communist Ia! national, Prepare for Power, issued in 1934, they declare: “The revolution, a certain extent, vella ite offensive operations under the guise of def * * © Strikes are mere dresa rehearsals for the revolution.” It 1s notices that the various moves of the C. I. O. are painted as defensive, and the bl for difficulties are shouldered on others. _ , The following quotation is taken from the eleventh plenary sessions re “fyery shop must become a fortress of communism, and every member of party an organizer and leader of the daily struggles of the masses.” In August 1935, In New Steps in the United Front, the Communist 1a national advocated “united struggies of the workers and unity of the t union movement in each country,” and ordered the establishment of “one ¢ anion for cach indusiry; one federation of trade unions in each country; international federation of trade unions in each industry; one general inte tional of all trede unions based on class struggle.” This apparently 1s Cc. LO. plan for its sections are set up mostly if not entirely, each to one Industry, and each are internationals. Communist movements change # names as frequently aa their organizations are discredited in the public it is significant to nete that recently the C. LO. has heen speculating renaming itself. It is understood that the names Conncil, Federation, Congress, are being considered. It 1s understood that a convention of C. 1, ©. will be called in the fall for the purpose of deciding on a new name. REDS PRAISE LEWI8) FOR APPOINTING EERELS Until 1934, the Communists were as much opposed to John Lewis, H’liman, Dubinsky, and others. as Lewls 2ppeared to be to the Gomnnunieta an their a 8” ter them labor mish and cacketeers, but in the June 26, 1936, Report on the Ninth Convene Matthen Wan eee alien thes of these men ia praised, and William Green, 2 ' utcheson, A. F. of L, leaders, tece Communist report stated: “While we meet, the ©. I. 0. Is Taunehing the one great crusade to carry trade unionism into the open shop citadel of sines Py atta. Nothing so heartening has been seen in the labor movement the fret , When the chairman of our par, Comrade Foster, carried through the pront ent organizing campaign in the steel Industry, which culminated in ieee ee strike. We ffer industrt the transformation would have been oS aa w wut the eneftihan Hook o¢Mt, well planned, and well directed creat on ° the Comimd say to you ind {ts followers in thia (C. I. 0.) and eat. t this time iHant over the Lewis C. I. 0. move referred jubilantly to reart and expressed appreciation over.