Infighting between Communist party leaders and the local Socialists who served as the organization’s principal administrators, as well as personality and ideological conflicts marred the alliance from the start. According to the  both the STFU and UCAPAWA differed over a fundamental issue: Whether agricultural workers could best be served by a protest organization or a trade union.
The alliance between Communist party leaders and local Socialists was plagued from the beginning by internal conflict, stemming from disagreements about leadership, personality clashes, and differing ideologies. The Socialist Workers' Union (STFU) and the United Committee Against Political Action (UCAPAWA) disagreed on whether agricultural workers would be better served by a protest group or a trade union.