"The ""United Front"" in Britain"
The "United Front" in Britain Rapidly Fading Out of Sight LLP. Repelled by Insolent Affiliation Terms of Commintern—Brockway Flays German Communists. 'J'llli debacle in Germany appears...
...The result of the article, of course, was a violent denunciation of Brockway in the Communist press, to which Brockway as vehemently replied, the whole adding to the bad feeling between the organizations that so recently appeared to be getting together—with the I.L.P...
...He is not and never has been here...
...With the forcible elimination from the public parliamentary bodies of the Social Democratic representatives, duly elected on March 6th and 12th of the present year, the last vestige of demo- ' cratic legality has been removed...
...0?amcliat(ca banded aviatorsf M proy 1°* tnem y send the fleet after them...
...following by the chairman of the German Social Democratic Party is from a statement he made to '.he press in Prague, Czechoslovakia, the present headquarters of the party in exile...
...Murphy has joined the 1 Socialist League, that section of 1 the I.L.P...
...There's Buckshot Pete He spits concrete .Here's Goof the Bum Chews rock for gum And Biff the Gyp I got n hunch Can sink a battleship With a punch...
...The destruction of ' all the institutions of the demo- ' cratic Republic—the Reichstag, the ' State Parliaments, the municipal 1 councils—and the annihilation of 1 all popular rights In favor of the 1 criminal domination of a single 1 party have thus been consummated...
...Al: Now I'm a1 kin' you here Ain't dat a swell Idea...
...These 1 *b» press of Tsn to have P* officials in j* behind the iBjs* in the Wt large coun•jws'tbat pull Dingman P°*s when it United Psniember my last elecy*"* sent out fjtopsign headship builders, Roosevelt ¦K While soliciting contributions for his campaign...
...No prohibition can kill the Social Democratic Party...
...The collapse of the Fascist , regime, which has to contend with severe internal discord, is only a question of time, ano in our view of a relatively short time...
...I Georgia cottonpickcr...
...The Communist movement is 1 it, rapidly fading away, the most 1 stunning single blow it has suf- 1 fered being the defection of J. T. 1 Murphy, long the leader of the ' . British Communist party and edi- 1 tor of its theoretical monthly pub- ' lication...
...They haven't shown de yellers Give em a big hand boys Gee, dey're regeller fellers Tings in de sticks ars punk The graft in Chicago is thin We hoid it was better down here So we t'uut we would muscle in...
...Governors: Yes, what do you propose...
...sf munitions Dingman says, *t at the Dis»• They form i "*Sfful lobbies •Wlrtly behind "rehr neverthefttoni makers," •Name...
...request for affiliation has been received from the Communist International...
...The way Is now open for it to work along naw lines and with a new spirit...
...and the Communists than ™e for a long time, largely developed "n since an amazingly insolent reply :o the I.L..P...
...Open up and meke a noise Gang: You said a mouthful Al...
...J'llli debacle in Germany appears to have done more to clear the Socialist situation in Great Britain than scores of conferences and millions of words of discussions and resolutions...
...Perhaps she is something of a rebel among them, perhaps even a thorn in their sides...
...The "sinister influences" are just as hard at work here as they sre elsewhere...
...members...
...The buccaneers of the Spanish Main Jesse James on a Kansas train Ali Baba and his forty crooks Are only fibs out of story books But we...
...U? who succor airmen in distress " And Baptist missionaries gone to Hankow Ifttr the conversion of Oklahoma City, hi magnates' scions adrift in a sloop jmewhere off Diamond Head— hw$ talk wonderingly of the forgotten man...
...We realize that we are lighting for the preservation not merely of Germany but of the whole of Europe...
...I Montana cowpuncher...
...rhtrt is no hunger in these fat acres, lurt is no emergency— fflt Red Cross is fully satisfied |l/ there is no emergency...
...And my gang here Don't want to hear None of your crabby guff...
...The "United Front" in Britain Rapidly Fading Out of Sight LLP...
...ht some'harsh cynic, self-alienated km our glorifying, edifying society ? jf hi u let us ferret him out, U us'teach him not to scoff, hi not to question tnd not to revile hi not to assume superiority \tward our magnificent culture...
...Al Capone Enters Big Business, as Related in Truthful Operetta By S. A. DeWkt ¦"¦"¦"¦"""^ 1 M3j aj« n* tSV III ¦ THE GREAT RACKET An operetta in one distressful scene.—Place: The trading 'loar of the Stock Exchange.—Time: Any time after hours...
...ByOttoWels "To Be Persecuted By Hitler Indeed an Honor" .. ~ .,___ *IV/2...
...What de ye say we poke em flat...
...It lives and bestirs itself more vigorously than before...
...are real Chorus We have no peers as racketeers W» stand no competition We trim the bulls and skin the bears With boreeome repetition . . . We start a phoney buying boom And get the lambs to back it While 'joe make profits in and out . . . Gee, boys, we've got a racket . . . (A banging noise is heard at the door, a crash and in fall Ail Capone and his gang) • Al: I happened along and I hoiu your song And what I hold's enuff...
...The Commintern in effect demands that the I.L.P...
...leaders vehemently denounce the role played by the Communists in Germany up to and even during the Hitler terror as important contributing factors leading to the accession of the Nazi savages...
...It is possible that organized Communism has never been at a lower ebb in Great Britain than it i now...
...The time has arrived for the advance ^ of revolutionary Socialism within ^/ the labor movement, and especially within the Labor party...
...4. The strengthening of the Labor party both in numbers and in moral influence...
...2. Criticism of Communist tactics in Germany, Russia and in England by the leaders of the I.L.P...
...It hi commit such sacrilege If if letter forgotten, ft do not want him...
...He charged them with a large share of responsibility for the accession to power of the Hitler madmen, and denounced the Soviet government for doing business with the Hitler butchers, exchanging diplomatic courtesies and signing treaties with them at the very moment German Communists—and Socialists, democrats, pacifists and Jews—were being butchered...
...The prohibition of the Social Democratic Party—that is to say, its entirely illegal and violent suppression—can no longer cause surprise...
...by the Communists seems re to have been checked...
...The frivolity of the reasons given for the prohibition of the Party is shown by the allegation that Breitscheid is one of those who are in Prague...
...Governors: Now really Mr...
...it will hasten the end of the present criminal tyranny and will preserve the German nation from ruin...
...It is gratifying to have some one like Miss Dingman get down to the bed rock if the economic forces behind one of our greatest social catastrophes and some out so bluntly with her conclusions...
...Mr.Jitney (recovering from tl.e first shock tactfully proceeds) Gentlemen, my dear old friends Stand not scared and stony...
...Al: Well everybody knows The kind of guy I am I've made** pile of dough And lots of cream and jan The guys who hang arjund me Are known ns swell and tony..., They'd sell an awful lot of bonds And stocks in Al Capone Suppose we form a corporation You can use my name...
...I New York pitchman...
...What do you say boys...
...You said a mouthful pal...
...ah we...
...And the stock of the Labor party and of democratic Socialism is rising hourly...
...For days past it had been known that Germany's economic difficulties and the tension inside the National-Socialist movement had become so great that the violent suppression of all political parties was envisaged as a means of distracting attention...
...that remained within the 1 Labor party to carry on propaganda for democratic Socialism...
...Only an idea can slay an idea...
...the mighty Al Capone (The gatig puts up guns and blackjacks and comes forth for the handshake—while Al sings:) Give em de glad mit boys...
...On my words before you stands , The famous Al Crpone (The scared governo- s catch on and follow with gracious wonder to the apparent pleasure of the Chicago Boys...
...President Jitney: That sounds splendid as far as it goes But pray make us clear <>n what you propose...
...Yo ho...
...Her i • Disarmament ( Hsnd about 1 ¦S-peace so- i ¦ world are < Wmu ¦ i aillion women 1 |ttk peace," ' MR sit around ¦ Vfof to disarm , iWhwnces are toward war...
...That fight will awaken a response in million...
...k About Peace, rs Are Not Idle son manufac- 1 |l and throws j ¦Mt responsi- j Mary Dingman s disarmament Fomen's Inter- c I tnd has just t ¦try after a 1 kabroad...
...1 Twelve millions of workingmen, f fully entitled to exercise civic ' rights, are now wholly deprived of representation...
...Jitney (nfter whispering n moment or two with his own crewtf Indeed a thought of genius A concept rare and great i Let uh lose no moment's time Let's incorpoi ii.o...
...There is now nothing to check is in our furious and reckless fight, ind we shall carry it on inspired >y the most ardent and passionate ievolion to the high object of liberating Germany from the yoke • f the gang of criminals at present 1 in power...
...hi strike medals for them kid Uomze them...
...Characters: As they appear...
...Cole...
...of hearts within the German frontiers...
...The process of swallowing up of the I.L.P...
...We'll croak this gang of swell gazookas You say de woid and dese palookan Get de woiks...
...Bitterness Develops The bitterness Was increased by a remarkable, article by A. Fenner Brockway, leading I.L.P.er, in which he added to his usual criticism of the Social Democrats...
...ho...
...o-1— Opening Chorus sung by President Jitney and the Governors...
...There is ey more bitterness now between the I.L.P...
...Lay off you bums, lay off...
...How the suckers in tho land Would buy is just a shame...
...In the meanwhile the world needs to hear the voice of that other Germany which, after the end of the war, reconquered its respect and friendship...
...A united front between the Communists and the remnant of flie historic old Independent Labor party appears to be fading into the limbo of unrealized hopes as I.L.P...
...swallow whole everything the Communist partiec everywhere have done, submit to "comradely" criticism on the part of the Communists—and join them in constant war upon Socialists...
...with offices in Genevs, she has made a wide study of social and industrial forces and she undoubtedly must have considerable influence with the members of her organization...
...You bozos say yoi got no peers As muscle-in blnkes and racketeers Say where do youse get dat stuff...
...his party might get ruff Alt' (buttonholing Pres...
...Meanwhile, there is a lively controversy between Brockway and Fred Jowett, one of the few oldtime I.L.P...
...Jitney) Say you big shot, you know I've got The rep of being tuff...
...Even so, this indication of straight, pragmatic thinking Is bound to leave echoes in lots of hitherto quiet corners...
...As head of the social and industrial section of the world Y.W.C.A...
...Yo ho...
...Until the workers are animated with tho Idea to bu their own masters they cannot supplant the Iden that their clnss ii horn for I wage-slavery.—G...
...hi first we shall ostracise him It completely and cleverly mt he shall know the true bitterness wf being forgotten...
...inside the CP., and a satisfied smirk on the face of the latter...
...Gang: Yep where do youse get dat stuff...
...a blistering denunciation of the German Communists and the Communist International...
...Outside of Murphy's defection , from organized Communism, the ; developments are: 1. The fading of the "united front" between the remnant of the I.L.P...
...California mission priest...
...fko is the forgotten man...
...None of the spies who have been sent here has seen him...
...3. The rapid drift back to the Tabor party position by I.L.P...
...Continued next week...
...D. II...
...Murphy's Position Murphy, in quitting the Com(? munists, wrote a statement of his position that contained more scorching criticism of Communist tactics and methods than had appeared in Labor party publications in a lone time...
...And in analyzing the Labor party's position he wrote, "The crash of 1931 shattered MacDonald on the rock of the working class ~ foundations of the labor movement-" In his concluding paragraph he says, "Gradualism now appears i ridiculous in the face of the unirersal character of the crisis...
...m the forgotten man be one 'ho war never known...
...Jitney You're sure this isn't phoney *' Are we really in tho presence o...
...WHO is the forgotten man Since it is so satisfyingly obvious Tut we are all of us conscientious conformersf "m hi be a salmon-fisherman on the Columbia...
...and the Communists...
...men of the Keir Hardie days who remained with that party, over the value of democracy...
...like die...
...To be persecuted, insulted and libelled by the present masters of Germany is an honor for any decent human being...
...like dat...
Vol. 16 • July 1933 • No. 3
