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 that it still retains some integrity, I will quote from an article by David P. Berenberg, socialist party lecturer in the Rand School, published in the New Leader for Dec. 25. It is called "Until the 'Spree' Is Over."

The whole theory of betrayal and of profiting from betrayal is set forth in detail in this article. I will quote at length for the reason that rarely does one come across such a perfect sample of "socialist" thot.

Berenberg predicts a crisis and a crash. Does this lead him to the conclusion that a united front with the Communist Party and the left sections of the labor movement, will be needed to beat back the tide of reaction?

Does Berenberg even visualize the socialist party leading these struggles?

E does neither. He simply lays down a program by which the masses can be betrayed wholesale—by the socialist party.

In "Point 4" Berenberg says:

One will notice that nowhere does Berenberg speak of the role of the socialist party in the gigantic struggles he predicts—and in which prediction he is correct. The reason he does not mention the socialist party or issue a clarion call for it to prepare for this period of battle is apparent in "Point 3.":

It is almost needles to say that this is precisely the line of reasoning followed by socialist officialdom the world over. The conditions of life become unendurable (as in Germany), the workers organize to overthrow their oppressors and the oppressors' state, the socialist bureaucracy sabotages the struggle, becomes the ally of the capitalist class and when the workers are beaten back to a lowered standard of living (as they have been in Germany) cries out to them:

"See, didn't we always tell you, you must wait for evolution and not try revolution?" Among workers there is