The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 13, 1924, Page 10

| The Discussion on Party Tasks FACTS FOR COMMUNISTS —_—|: (Continued from page 5) Date. No. 9—March 18, Executive Committee. Motion. Ruthenberg—Motion to have central executive’ committee issue statement in Volkszeitung and DAILY WORKER defending Zinoviev and Comintern policies. 1924. Central Vote. Foster—Amendment—To have cen- tral executive committee instruct Lore to write editorial correcting himself because of “certain erroneous state- ment that have appeared in the Volks- zeitung relative to the Communist International.” (Carried by majority.) Date. No. 10—March 18, 1924. Central Executive Committee. Motion. Pepper—Motion to censure Lore and to have central executive commit- tee make public statement on the Communist International and Zino- viev misrepresentations by Lore. Vote, Foster—To refer to the next cen- tral executive committee meeting. (Carried by majority.) Date. No. 11—March 18, 1924. Executive Committee. Motion. 5 Pepper—Motion to endorse the old guard in the Russian Communist Party controversy. Vote. Foster—Amendment—“In view of the fact that the controversy in the Russian Communist Party has been decided by a conference of the Rus sian Communist Party the central ex- ecutive committee is of the opinion that it is not called upon to take a position on the merits of the contro- versy. The central executive commit- tee will print in the party press all the documents bearing on the debate and encourage the membership to study them and to discuss the question in the columns of the party press. The central executive committee will con- demn any attempt to make factional Central issue in the American party.” (Car- ried by the majority.) Date. No. 12—March 18, 1924. Central Executive Committee. Motion. Pepper—Motion to reaffirm execu- tive council decision regarding tel- epathy advertisement in Volkszeitung. Vote. Cannon — Amendment — “That in. view of the explanation of Comrade Lore that lecture was before open forum as part of an effort to attract non-party members and the subject was psycho-therapy and hypnotism the apprehensions of the executive council were unfounded.” (Carried by majority.) Date. No. 13—March 25, 1924. Polcom. Motion. Foster—Motion to remove Siminoff as eastern district T. U. E. L. organ- izer and replace him with Zimmer- man. (Loreite.) Vote. Carried by majority. Date. No. 14—April 14, 1924. Council. Motion. Lovestone—Motion to call attention of Lore and German district commit- tee No. 2 regarding central executive committee action against their branches holding meetings on spirit- ualism and advertising the same in Volkszeitung. Vote. Voted down by majority. Date. No. 15—April 14, 1924. Council. Motion. Cannon — Motion that Poyntz (Loreite) be made educational direc- tor of New York school. Vote. - Carried. Date. No, 16—April 14, 1924. Council. Motion. Lovestone—Motion to accept Ruth- enberg report on membership meet- ings in New York and Philadelphia where questions arose over Lore’s misstatements regarding the Commun- ist International. Vote. Voted down by majority and carry Cannon motion: To issue special state- ment “in the name of the central ex- ecutive committee on all questions including factional opposition in New York.” Date. No. 17—May 3, 1924. Central Ex- ecutive Committee. Motion. Lovestone—Motion to read letter from New York Workers’ School re- garding Poyntz and controversy over her educational work. Vote. Cannon—To refer motion to edu- cational committee. (Carried by majority.) Date. No. 18—June 2, 1924. Council. Motion. Ruthenberg—Motion to reject appli- cation of Gruss ((expelled Salutsky follower) to rejoin the party. Vote. Majority votes against Ruthenberg proposal and decides to defer action to next full central executive commit- tee meeting. Date. No. 19—August 18, 1924. Motion. Ruthenberg — Resolution acknowl- edging receipt of Lore’s wire regard- ‘ng Volkszeitung three-day advertise- nent of Admiral Horthy (Hungary) mperial loan bonds and reaffirming olitical committee’s first action on his; pointing out stain on Comintern chru such an ad appearing in an organ of one of its parties; reiterating ‘ormer censure of Volkszeitung and decision to expel any member respon- sible for same. Vote. Foster majority members vote down this resolution. Lost by tie vote. Date. No. 20—August 18, 1924. Polcom. Motion. Foster—Motion to take no further action on Volkszeitung-Horthy bond advertisement till we hear Bittel- man’s report. Poicom. Vote. Lost by tie vote. Date. No. 21—August 18, 1924. Motion. Lovestone—Motion to have central executive committee report Horthy bond matter to Communist. Interna- tional and assure it of our taking proper action on same. Vote. Lost by tie vote. Cannon amend- ment to report when investigation is completed also lost. Date. No. 22—August 25, 1924. ~ Motion, Ruthenberg— Motion to suspend Biohm from holding party office for six months because of his role in handling Horthy advertisement. Vote. Polcom. Polcam. Lost. Date. No. 23—September 29, 1924. Council. Motion. Lovestone—Motion to elect com- mittee of three to draft plan for own- ership of Volkszeitung and plant. Vote. Bittelman amends to put matter on agenda of next central executive com- mittee meeting. (Thus deferring action.) Date. No, 24—September 29, 1924. Council. Motion. Ruthenberg—Motion to ask Lore what he did towards carrying out central executive committee decision regarding Volkszeitung rete setae made in March, 1924. Vote. Majority defers action by referring to full central executive committee meeting. ‘ Date. No. 25—September 29, 1924. Council. Motion. Lovestone—Motion Lore be instruct- ed to have Volkszeitung discontinue advertising socialist party branch meetings as in Sept. 21 issue. b. That Volkszeitung discontinue advertising movie annoupcements for Coolidge, Davis and. Lapoliete, c That party mber charged with responsibility of going over Volkszeitung before it goes to press shall be censured for permitting such advertisements to appear. d. That central executive commit- tee issue a statement laying down Communist policy on advertising based on experiences with Volkszei- tung ads of this character. e. Condemnation of Volkszeitung reprinting article by Kautsky apologiz- ing for traitorous role of German so- cial-democracy during imperialist world war. Vote. Majority moves to defer action until mext full central executive com- mittee meeting. Date. No. 26—September 29, 1924. Council. Motion. Gitlow—Resolution outlining active ideological and organizational cam- paign against the Two-and-a-Half International tendency and for the central executive committee control of entire party press. Vote. Foster — Amendment — To refer document to Polcom as a basis for a statement and report to central ex- exuctive committee. Despite minor- ity’s accepting this motion in good taith, more than two months have now elapsed and Comrade Bittelman, the secretary of the Polcom, has not yet taken this report up for action by the Polcom. Date. No. 27—October 14, 1924. . Motion. Bedacht—Motion that “district ex- ecutive committee No. 2 reorganize New York educational committee on the basis of the reorientation of the central executive committee and the Comintern and submit the names of the new committee to the central ex- ecutive committee for approval.” Council. ‘ Vote. Majority defeats Bedacht motion. Date. No. 28—October 14, 1924. Council. Motion. Lovestone—Motion that Bedacht motion be considered “as a prelimin ary to the complete reorganization of the school.” recting New York School.) Vote. Majority defeats Lovestone amend- ment. Date. No. 29—December 7, 1924. Polcom. Motion. Lovestone—Resolution pointing out that New York Volkszeitung of Nov. 22 carries interview with Grassman, reactionary German social-democrat and fraternal delegate to A. F. of L. convention, expressing appreciation of “the non-partisan help extended by the Volkszeitung to German workers’ families and members of trade unions.” b. “That central executive commit- ‘tee calls upon Comrade Lore, as re- ‘sponsible party editor, to explain either what was the character of this aid or if there was no such aid as spoken of by the anti-Communist Grossman, to explain how this item got into the Volkszeitung.” Vote. Cannon—To lay the matter over until Comrade Bittelman, representative to the German convention, reports. Date. No. 30—December 10, 1924. Poicom. Motion. Lovestone—“WHEREAS: Comrade Lore has officially registered his ac- ceptance of the MAJORITY of the central executive committee election statement and has voted against the MINORITY of the central executive committee election statement; “WHERAS: The MAJORITY of the central executive committee election statement lays down a party policy which is the essence of and is reaf- firmed by the MAJORITY of the cen- tral executive committee thesis now than (Poyntz, a Loreite, di. MINORITY of the central executive committee have placed their position before the party and Comrade Lore has not yet registered his vote on these proposals; “THEREFORE: Be it resolved by the central executive committee that we call upon Comrade Lore to de- clare his position in the party con- troversy immediately. “THEREFORE: We instruct Com- rade Lore specifically to declare whether: “1, He votes for the thesis sub- mitted to central executive committee by Comrade Foster—the thesis of the MAJORITY of the central executive committee. “2, Whether he votes for or against the thesis submitted to the central executive committee by Comrade Ruthenberg—the thesis of the MINUR- ITY of the central executive com- mittee. “3. Whether he intends to submit a thesis of his own expressing a point of view differént from those presented in either the MAJORITY of the cen- tral executive committee or the minority of the central executive com- mittee theses. “4, Whether he has definitely made up his mind not to vote for or against either theses presented and has de- cided not to present his own thesis. “THEREFORE: We, the central ex- ecutive committee, do hereby decide to impress upon Comrade Lore that the welfare of the party demands that he as a central executive committee member and the leader of an espe- cially designated tendency by the Communist International, stop delay- ing his decision on the vital party problems and that he tell the mem- bership without any further delay, exactly what position he takes in the controversy.” Vote. Bittelman—Amendment to request Comrade Lore to register his vote on the theses proposed or to submit his own thesis within a week. Carried by Foster majority. Recapitulation. Total number of central executive committee majority votes for, or measures proposed in behalf of, Lore (Two-and-a-Half International ten- dency) is 30. Views of Our Reader A CORRECTION. To the DAILY WORKER: We would like to call your attention to the “Editor's note” in your issue of Fri- day, Nov. 20, page 3, column 7, above the “Anise story,” where you state that the Jewish Workers’ Relief Com- mittee is at present carrying on a campaign for funds to assist coloniza tion work in Soviet Russia. We wish to correct this statement in so far as the campaign to which you refer is being carried on by the Committee for Jewish Colonization in Soviet Russia, 46 Canal Street, New York, which is an organization entirely separate and distinct from the Jewish Workers’ Relief Committee. We will appreciate if you will bring this correction to the attention of your readers. Sincerely yours, Com- mittee for Jewish Colonization in Soviet Russia, Dr. E. Wattenberg, secretary. R. Korn, c. 0. Brodeck, 867 Hunts Point Ave., Bronx, New York.—Jean- nette C, Freedman.