The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 30, 1925, Page 4

arena me + C2? inal D Page Four THE DAILY WORKER How to Apply the United Front Tactic . of th Lt executive Reorganization and the Langua ge Problem): sade By B. BORISOFF figs R party, the Workers (Commun ist) Party is now in the process of reorganization. It is a dif- stragns every ounce of the energy of the party. What are the main difficulties? The first one con n the fact that the reorgan- Bolshevik ficult task and it ization follows after a severe faction- al fight w » party (which in it self is a this process of Bol which {8 not yet out the party in the rocess, and also as a nust a relentless | ‘ idt ‘the social-democratic, pportunist tendencies still remaining thin ranks, And, finally, there is this difficulty that the party is composed ove helmingly of foreign born workers and that it must accom- plish the t of welding together these workers, who speak seventeen | different languages, into one monolit ic, Bolshevik structure. The ty will overcome all these difficulties. The recent party conven- tion has shown that the overwhelm- pe majority of the party is loyal to the party and to the Communist Inter- national in the struggle against the opportunist elements. If there were ny friends of Lore at this convention they did not dare to raise their voice in his defense. The subsequent con ventions of the Jewish and Greek sec and the New York conference of the German section fur nish additional profs that the oppar: tunist elements will not find any ap preciable following among the mem- bership of the party. In the Jewish convention not a voice was raised in flefense of Lore; on the contrary, his ormer followers made a declaration aimitting their errors and pledging loyalty to the Comintern. The Greek onvention went unanimously on re- Ford for the Bolshevization of the party and the fight against Loreism. At the German conference in New York among a hundred participants, only two raised a feeble voice in de- fense of Lore. UR party is overwhelmingly prolet- arian in its composition, and this is a guarantee that it will come out victorious and with little losses from the struggle to rid itself of oppor- tunist tendencies, and elements. But how successful will it be in overcoming the difficulty of language divisions? The answer to this we must seek in the objective conditions within the American proletariat of which the party is an inseparable part. The language divisions within our party are but a reflection of the language barriers existing within the American working class. Comrade Pepper in his pamphlet “For a Labor Party” presented, for the first time in the American Communist literature, an analysis of the American working class. He pointed out the historical divisions into skilled and unskilled, native and foreign born, and what im- portance these factors played in the past as an obstacle to the unification of the American working class and the development of its political con- pions of the party sciousness. He also. pointed out that since the world war deep changes oc: eured within the American working class—a great levelling process has taken place: the unskilled workers were able to raise considerably their working conditions so as to approach | the skilled; on the other hand, with the practical cessation of immigration and emigration, the foretgn born work- ers became “Americanized” to a grea degree. They have learned the Jan- Guage, entered the trade unions; the Gigantic struggles which ‘mark the after war period brougne a further rapproachement between vse native and the foreign born workers, The common suffering from governmental ssion 3 rved the same end. oppre’ ] is to the everlasting credit of our party, as the leader of the Amer. jean working class, that on the basis of the correct analysis of these condi- tions, made in its name by Comrade Pepper, it formulated its slogan “For a Labor ty” and for time was a leader in this movement sisting the American workers in the process of freeing themselves from the political leadership of the bourgeoisie. It I» again on the basis of the correct analysis of these changes within the An ain working class that the lead- ership of the party can now go to the membership and inspire it with confi- dence that it will overcome the ob- stacle which the language divjstons place in the way to Bolshevik reorgan- ization of the party. This reorganiza- tion in one of its aspects can be con- sidered as an adoptation of the party to the changes which have taken place within the American working class. There is but one way of approach- BUY BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, COMMUNIST MAGAZINES City 19 So. Lincoln Styeet Open from 9 a. from the iterature Department vs Chicago, Illinois m. every day except Sunday. . to 7:30 p. |FULL INFORMATION REGARDING MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS BEING HELD IN REORGANIZATION DRIVE Workers Party membership meetings arranged in the party's reorganization campaign with the speakers assigned to be held on the following dates: BUFFALO, N. Y.—Sunday, Oct. 4. J. J, Ballam and R. T. Sullivan. CHICAGO, ILL.-—Wednesday, Oct. 7, at the Northwest Hall. C, E. Ruthenberg and Martin Abern. NEW HAVEN, CONN.—Oct. 11. John J, Ballam and William Simons, An organization tour of the western districts is being planned by the Central Executive Committee Seattle, Portiand,*Tacoma, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and cther party centers of the west will arrange mass member- ship meetings to be addressed by a representative of the Central Executive Committee. Reports on last Sunday’s membership meetings will be published as soon as compiled, (Communist) ing the question of the gears T manifests itself clearly in*some bt por the language sections, and that Is the shop bulletins of the already from the general viewpoint of the | existing shop nuclei of the party when party. The language sections form such|they deal exclusively with the grie- an overwhelming part of the member-| vances of the workers in the particu- ship of the party; the conditions of|jar shop when they fail to give them the workers within them are essent-| political interpretation, when they fally so similar that it would be an| ignore completely the political strug- error to obscure the great meaning of| gles in the country outside the shop | the Bolshevik reorganization by ap-jand the struggles of the workers proaching it from the narrow view-| against the rule of capitalism thruout point of some unimportant peculari-|the world. The “complete orientation ties of a given language section. On}of our party toward industry and the the contrary, all the implications | industrial workers as the only sound which the reorganization carries for| basis for a Communist party” of which the party as a whole, are true for the] some of our comrades speak, must not various language sections, They : interpreted ag the lowering of the center around this fact that the party] party to the fevel of purely economic is making the workshop the starting on the con- point and the basis of all its activi- the. reorganization means that ties. For the entire party, this means the establishment of a broader and a deeper contact with the masses of the workers and, for the language sections it signifies the abandonment of their isolation and coming into closer con. tact with the struggle of the Amer ican proletariat. T would be erroneous to suppose that with the reorganization the party would confine its activities only to the participation in the conflicts arising in the workshops and ,would abandon its activities and, struggles in other flelds. Similarly in relation to the language secttons the reorganiza- tion does not signify that. they, will lose their contact with and cease act- ivities in the organizations of the fore- ign born workers outside the shop. While establishing our party’ firmly in the mines and mills and workshops let ns be on guard against the’ tefd- ency of “economism,” a tendency against which the Russian Conrmunist Party had to wage a relentless fight. This tendency has already ‘¢learly shown itself within our party. LETTISH FEDERATION BUREAU PLEDGES UNQUALIFIED SUPPORT TO COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL BOSTON, Sept. 28.~-The bureau of the Lettish federation unconditionally approves of the action of the Communist International in approving the | Ruthenberg leadership of the Workers (Communist) Party of America in a | resolution sent to the DAILY WORKER. for publication. Resolution Pledges Support, The resolution of the Lettish federation bureau on the Workers Party convention and the Communist Inter-e— ~ national decision follows: Central Executive Committee to im- We, ti® Bureau of the Lettish| mediately carry out the reorganization Federation, Workers (Communist) | of the party on the basis of shop nu- Party of America, after considering | clei and pledge our assistance and the report of our national convention | support in this work especially among held in Chicago, August 21-30, 1925,| the members of the Lettish Federa- and the decision of the Communist | tion, International, resolve and declare that we reaffirm our unqualified support to the Communist International and welcome its guidance and its endeay- ors to preserve the unity of our party. Approve Comintern Action, We unconditionally approve of the actions of the Communist Internation- al approving the leadership of our party by the Ruthenberg group who was considered to be nearer to the views of the Communist International and more loyal in carryitty out its de- cisions, We consider that the Ruthenberg group have had years of experience in our party amd the revolutionary movement in America and participat- ed in launching the first Commu Party in this country and in our ofh struggles of the workers; trary, creasingly able to “politicalize” these struggles developing them struggle for power. The shop is only a starting point but our party strives of political power. We must firmly re- member thi The main factor which has to be taken into account in the process of the reorganization of the language sections is the degree of their Communist development. Is is essent- ial that in such sections in which the remnants of social-democratic ideol- ogy persist, yet strongly, the party should start an energetic and imme- diate campaign to win over the mem- bership to the Communist view point. Our party went thru six years of Communist struggles, With this back- ground, there is no doubt that it will be able to proceed with determination and carry out successfully the task of reorganization—to become a more powerful and worthy *#ection of the Communist International. : ny Call to Close Ranks. We call upon all members of the Lettish Federation to close their ranks, and regardless of past differ- ences to unite In carrying out the im- mediate tasks of the party for con- structive Communist work and rally the mass of the workers under the banner of the Communist Internation- al and its American | section, the Workers (Communist) Party of Am- erica, Long live the Communist Interna- tional! Long live the Workers (Commun: ist) Party of America! With Communist greetings, Bureau of the Lettish Federation, Robert eaeae Secretary-Treas, Seize $5,000 in Narcotics.” TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Sept. 28— Three men and one woman, giving Detroit as their home, were to be ar- rainged before U. S. Commissioner Randoll today following a raid on a hotel, which, authorities said, nettted them a quantity of narcotics valued at $6,000, The four arrested were Blanche At- kinson, Charles Atkinson, Barry Hall, and Harry Driscoll. WAN ion is trustworthy of such leaderghi Pledges Allegiance to C, E. ©. In full accordance with decisions of the Communist International we pledge our undivided, wholehearted support snd loyalty to the Central Executive Committee as constituted by the National Convention and pledge ourselves to continue our | forts in the building,and Bolsheviza- tion of our party. ‘We endorse the present plans of our YOUR AND PAPERS by Joh 19 So, Lincoln Street the party will strive and will be in- into a to lead the workers out of the shop and into the struggle for the conquest A Few Copies of TEN DAYS THAT SHOOK THE ‘WORLD WORKERS PARTY CITY LITERATURE DEPARTMENT Chicago, Ml, Sept. 28, 1925. Clatence Buehler, seerethry, C. C. O. Workers (Comrmunist)/Party, Toledo, Ohio, Dear Comrade; Under date of Sept. 23rd there appeared in the DAILY (WORKER a united front proposal made by our party to the socialist gan- didate for mayor of Toledo, Ovio. The party hag not received any seperate detailed report in regard to ths prop- osal inade and is therefore dependent upon its judgment of the situation upon the report appearing in the DAILY WORKER, and this report makes it necessary, for the central exécutive committee, to discuss the question with the comrades of Toledo with the view of avojding mistakes in the application of the united front tactic, fa The Toledo organization of the party correctly estimated the require- ments of the present situation in seek- ing to achieve the placing on the bal- lot of a united labor ticket in the municipal elections in Toledo. It is the policy of our party to endeavor to unite all workers’ organizations in support of labor candidates as against the capitalist candidates in the elec- tions. In taking the initiative to place such a united labor tieket in the fleld, the Toledo comrades show the proper conception of the party policy. How- ever, on the basis of the statement published in the DAILY WORKER the central executive committee is obliged to’ say that the method of achieving this united labor ticket, proposed by the comrades of Toledo, is not a correct one. ‘The policy of the party is to unite all workers’ organizations (trade un- ions, co-operatives, fraternal organiza- tions, labor political organizations) in support of candidates pledged to a platform representing the workers’ in- terests. Such a united front could include the socialist party. It. would therefore have been & é@orrect,policy if the Toledo seen bee of the party had initidted a call of nference of workers’ organizationy) which included the socialist party and»had made a public declaration calling upon the so- cialist party to participate in such a conference and in support of a united front labor ticket which such a confer- ence might put in the flera. It is, however, quite another thing for the Toledo party ofganization to WORKERS PARTY OPEN AIR MEETINGS START NN. Y. THIS WEEK NEW ich Sept, 28—In New York Workers Party open air meet- ings are being held, ped tas the city every night during t ‘week of Sept. 28 to Oct. 3 in, the municipal mayoralty campaign pow in pro- gre On Monday evening well attended meetings were held at/14th St. and Irving Place; 110th St. and 5th Ave., and 153rd St. and Prospect avenue, The following meetings are scheduled for the rest of the week: TUESDAY EVENING, SEPT. 29 7th St. and 2nd AVve.—Trachten- berg, Brodsky, Grecht’ and others. Columbus Circle—Béntall, Pollack, Royce, Benjamin, Pasternack, 97th St. and 1st Ave—Baum, Hun- garian and other s ers. Stone and Pitlin(Brooklyn)—Wolf, Mitnik, Chernenco, Rubenstein, Numeroff. : Union and 8, 2nd St—Primoff, Raiss, Rosen, Siskind. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 30 Rutgers Square—Salzman, Shach- no Epstein, Warshafsky, Jampol- sky and Powers, 106th and Madison Ave.—Olgin, Krumbein, Chorower, Landy, Fel- shin, fons THURSDAY, OCT, 1 110th St. and 6th Ave-—Bentall, Jampolsky, Brahdy,.Bert Miller, Sis- kind, " FRIDAY, OCT. 2 10th St. and 2nd “Ave.—Grecht, Trachtenberg, Bentall, Poyntz. 110th St. and 6th Ave.—Wein- stone, Krumbein, wae Mitchell, Shapiro. Intervale and WilkidieKrumbein, Pollack, Royce, Pas rnack, . Grand and Ha’ Primoff, Poyntz, RO: SATURDAY, 7th St, and Averifi—Pollack and Russian speake 8th, Ave, and 38th, St—Clarence Miller and Greek, Speakers. 149th Ste and 3rd Ave.: McDonald, Béntall, Powers. Grand and Roebling—Primoff, Ne- si iskind, Stone and Pitkin—Wolf, Lifshitz, Chernenco, Mitnik, Rubenstein, TED! n Reed, Chiokigo, Ilinois address an open letter to the socialist candidate for mayor in which the de- claration is made: “After a careful analysis of the con- ditions, we find that the only candi- date in the fleld representing the in- terests of labor are the socialists and the Communists.” “We believe that you who are a s0- cialist and a candidate for the office of mayor will appreciate the necessity of a united front campaign of our for- The committee feels that it should not be a difficult task for us to find a common ground to unite on in this campaign.” This proposal is not a proposal for a united front of workers’ organiza- tions in support of a labor ticket, but Ss a proposal for an election alliance between the socialist party and the Workers (Communist) Party in the present municipal elections, Our party cannot enter into such an election alliance with the ‘socialist party. The socialigt party has shown itself to be the betrayer of the pro- letarian revolution in every country where it has been put to a test, The socialists today are fighting against Soviet Russia and the proletarian gov- ernment which rules that country in the workers’ interests. The socialists enter the election campaign -because they believe tht they can bring re- forms from the capitalist state and eventually achieve socialism thru the election of the officials of the capital- ist state. We, as Communists, enter the election campaign for revolution- ary agitation, as a means of exposing the character of the capitalist state, and as a means of mobilizing the for- jces which will ultimately destroy the capitalist state power. The gulf be- tween these two views is so deepsthat they cannot be harmonized and there can never be an alliance between so- cialists and Communists, and there- fore a purely election alliance between socialists and Communists is unthink- able. It is true that the Communist Inter- national proposed to the German Com- munist Party in relation to the presi- dential election in Germany that the €ommunist Party proposed to the so- tial democratic party that on the basis of the socialists supporting a socialist eandidate pledged to certain demands, the Communists would withdraw their candidate in the second election. The basis of this proposal was the mon- archial danger in the candidacy of Hindenburg. The Communists, who ever fight for the workers’ interests, were prepared to support a social de- mocratic candidate for president in order to unite the workers against the monarchy, to prevent the elevation t the position of president of Germa) of a supporter of the monarchy. But there are many others. Nothing in.the situation in Toledo fs comparable to this tactic which was employed in Germany, nor is the pro- posal of an election alliance in support of a common slate of candidates the same as the tactic which the Commun- ist International proposed in the Ger- man situation. The correct tactic for the Toledo comrades in the situation which exist- ed there, was to initiate the calling of a general conference of labor organi- zations and to invite the socialist party to this conference. Such a pro- posal would have made our party the initiator of a united front in the in- terests of the workers of Toledo. If the socialist party had rejected such an invitation it would stand exposed before the workers of Toledo as re- fusing .to participate in the common action of the workers against their class enemies, Thus the socialist party would have been discredited before the workers of Toledo, The Toledo party organization cor- rectly made one of the first demands its proposal the organization of a labor party, but it should have made the proposal for a united labor ticket the basis of steps toward the forma- tion of such a labor party thru ini- tiating a conference and not made the organizatien of the labor party the basis of a proposal alliance in the election between the socialists and the Communists, It is necessary for the central exec- utive committee to point out this error of the Toledo organization so that the comrades of Toledo may revise their proposal and place them on the cor- rect basis. Since the statement of the Toledo organization has been publish- ed in the party press and it therefore before the party as a whole and other units of the party may consider the Auctioneer’s Hammer Echoes Thru Kaiser’s Corfu “Fairy Castle” CORFU, Sept. 28—Intimate relics of the former German emperor and his son, the ex-crown prince, went under the hammer as the sale of the furnishings of Achilieon, the “Fairy Castle” of Corfu, began. The castle, ‘built at a cost of $10,000,000 by’ the restless Empress Elizabeth of Austria, was afterwards purchased by, the ex-kaiser for $250,- 000. , Only the statues will be excluded from the sale, , So extensive is the list of articles to be auctioned off that the sale is .expected to weeks. LITERATURE AND ART Most valuable books on the theory, practice and history of the revolutionary labor movement are the backbone of all the books in “The Source of All Communist Literature.” These contribute to the de- velopment of a real proletarian culture. The number of them proposal as made a correct application of the united front tactic, the central executive contfinittée is compelled to publish this letter in the party press for the guidance ot the party as a whole: : We feel ‘certain that the Toledo comrades will understand the motives of the central executive committee in making this statement 1s to aid the Toledo comrades and the party as @ whole in achieving a clear understand- ing of the united front tactic, so that the party may correctly apply this tactic without compromising its char- acter as a Communist Party and so that it will redound to the strengthen- ing of the Communist movement and of the Workers (Communist), Party. Fraternally Yours, C. E, Ruthenberg, Gen, Sec’y, Workers (Communist) Party NA Theater Wouldn't _ Ran Away— Movies. W ouldn’t— Friends Wouldn’t— but Mayakovsky goes’’ back to U. S. S.R. THEREFORE ‘LET'S 60 Sunday, Oct. 4, 2 P. 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