The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 6, 1927, Page 4

Page Four THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, UGUST 6, 1927 THE DAILY WORKER Statement of Minority of Political Committee ' on the Resolution of the E.C.C.I. and the Question of the Party Unity. Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. Daily, Except Sunday 63 First Street, Now York, N. Y. Phons, Orchard 1680 Cable Addrezs: SUBSCRIPTION RATES | By mail (in New York only): By mail (outside of New York): | $8.00 per year $4.50 six months $6.00 per year 98.50 six months | “Daiwork” On Wednesday, August third, | The DAILY WORKER published the Resolution of the Comintern on} the American Qutstion, accom-| panied by +a Declaration of the Political’ Committee. The follow- ing is a statement of the Minority | of the Political Committee on the Resolution of the Executive Com- —_————_—— ———————————— mittee of tha Communist Inter- Entered as second-class mail at the post-office at New York, N. Y. unde = national and the Question of Party the act of March 8, 1879. Unity. ————— , * * | Advertising rates on applications 1 $2.60 three months $2.00 three months Address all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER, 33 First Street, New York, N. Y. J. LOUIS ENGDAHL WILLIAM F. DUNNE BERT MILLER... =>. The resolution of the Executive * Committee of the Communist In-| ternational on the American question gives a clear and decisive line on the most important external and internal pre s confronting our party. Our views aye in full accord with the line of the resolution. We accept it with-| “No Appeal Outside the Law.” Among the capitalist dailies of Greater New York but two of them have had such utter disregard for the facts -in the case as to try to defend the murderous decision of Governor Alvan T. out any reservations and urge the en- Fuller of Massachusetts in the Sacco and Vanzetti case. These any ee +0 pe sud, : = two most venomous of all the reptile press are the New Yor pete oe. Evening Post and the New York Sun. The Post argues that if » t ee pee and | the men were victims of “any noteworthy denial of justice in the : : iieleccobeite aonb atne | conduct of their trial,” at least one of the three men on the com- the liberal illusions about the peace- mission, or Fuller himself, would have been convinced of the fact. ful role of American imperialism in order to create the pre-requisites for Tt concludes its diatribe by the observation: the Seve OnE, eoueale: ue Relat eee z ing ou e necessity of a struggle agitation is virtually to declare that against Great Britain’s war prepara- tio and provocations against the Soviet Union, and the imperialist in- tervention in China, of always linking | up this struggle with the mobiliza-/| me the “To resort to any eleventh-hour i } h the only verdict which the (defense) committee will accept is one which it approves. This is a defiance of legal processes.” és The Sun refers glowingly to the “transparent honesty of wage seagian ¢ . : It th tion of the masses for the most ener- | How even the lowest of pen prostitutes dares to insult the) , i, fight avaliey diel aneettiel ele intelligence of even their most backward readers by trying to of American imperialism, and of re-| . $s ears 7‘ fs f jecting the point of view which mini- convince them that Fuller’s decision is honest, or that any one Of | 7 ies the peadatoy, cole GFT Aaiee the three members of his special advisory committee were can imperialism and presents it one- | points out the obvious fact—which | already established in the course of | much reduced” and from this draws prompted by any motive other than to cloak with their so-called | Sitedly as a tool of Great Britain— respectability this foul murder is a problem for psychologists. But some prostitutes acquire a reputation for special deprav- ity that is not required of others of their kind—the editorial writers of the Sun and the Post are in that category Even the New York Times, foremost imperialist organ in America, cautiously questions the wisdom of the decision. The New York World argues that the decision does not “quiet the doubt that an injustice may have been done.” At the same time the World and other papers that timidly approach the subject claims that the proceedings have been ac- cording to law and insists that “there can be no appeal outside the law.” Every ruling class, when it is challenged by another class, defends its own legal processes, no matter how vile and how despotic they may be. It must of necessity uphold the sanc- tity of its police, its courts, its jails and hangmen. Y oa Against this conception the revolutionists, the vanguard of the working class, proclaim that there is and there must be an appeal outside the law. That appeal is now being made to the working class of the whole world. The law that we revolt against is not our law, it is the official cloak used to conceal the crimes of the capitalist class against the working class, therefore we despise it and hold it in contempt. We proclaim that the fate of Sacco and Vanzetti rests with the working class. Therefore we demand action against this infamous decision of the bloody mon- sters responsible for it. The only regret we have it that the working class of Massachusetts and of the nation is not yet suf- ficiently developed to be able to storm the walls of the jail that holds these workers, batter them down and liberate them so that on these, as well as other aspects of the complex problems of the fight against imperialism and the war danger, the resolution lays down a correct line for the guidance of the | party. 3 We greet the thorogoing treat- *ment of the problems of the| development of the revolutionary la- bor movement in America, particu- larly the insistance upon a thorough! study of the extent and forms of the corruption of sections of the working | class—both material and ideological | —in order to deVelop the most ef- fective counter-campaign against the |“bourgeoisification” propaganda of| the capitalists and their agents, the reactionary labor leaders. We are of the opinion that the Executive Committee of the Communist Inter- national, in this section of the resolu- tion, has rendered a great service to the party and has provided a real starting point for an expansion and development of its influence and| | strength as a revolutionary force. We draw the special attention * of the party to the fact that the resolution again points out, as the Executive Committee of the Commu- nist International has already pointed out repeatedly in the past, the pri- mary importance of “drawing thou- | sands of native born workers into the | party in order to bring a fundamen- tal change into the composition and to establish in this way a closer con-| nection with the decisive sections of by our might and our might alone in spite of and against the legal | the American working class.” The cloak thrown about their would-be murderers we could restore agppbion of a line for the resolution t his problem will bring our part; them to the labor movement. jcloser to the realities of the fie History teaches us that in revolts against despotism the first | struggle and will accelerate its uni- objects of mass fury are the courts and the jails, because they, amare Hie growth into a mass com- symbolize the fiendishness of the master class. = oye ‘ | : 2 : a : 5 We heartily approve the line of | Even now, four days from the hour of their execution, the |Y the resolution on trade union work workers can yet save Sacco and Vanzetti by their mass power. | and regard it as a tremendous. step By going into the streets in tens of thousands in every city in the | forward towards the compiete clarifi- United States, by urging in appeals to the workers of the whole | Ne Orne pa ete epeey world to rise in fury against everything that comes from imperi-| bership for active trade eat Week alist America, by pilloring the ruling class of this country as on the basis of common policy. The blood-thirsty murderers who deserve nothing but contempt and *eselution gives a clear line on the * ° ie 2 jorganization of the left wing in the] execration from the rest of the world, we can yet save them. |trade unions, the forms and methods | If William Green and the rest of the reactionary officials of|to be employed, the relation to| the American Federation of Labor do not want to add to their | »t9#der opposition movements and the * case eet feaatihavcns f aidi d abiok |role of the party. The solution of} crimes against the working class, the crime of aiding and abet-| these basic questions should lead to ting in the murder of Sacco and Vanzetti, they will approve a the mobilization of the entire party A ae é 5 i eet a é tion with the Foster group id are) i fi iva? o g p an general strike for their liberation. But since little can be expected for cone Hole ae sumions. The) with the Weinstone-Cannon group from this source, the masses themselves should perfect within (yh “Ge fosters eas Niel in order to attain complete fusion the next few hours, days at the most, whatever machinery they|trade union question remv..s the| Ot the.gtoups at the Party conven- ground for any further confusion or controversy on the points dealt with. The resolution removes the basis | *for possible disputes of an ex-| tremely serious nature on the ques-| Paris Workers Must Stop the Legion Convention. tion of the Labor Party, by reitera-| The Communist organ of Paris, !Humanite, has called upon ting the already established position | e rnasses of Paris to e it impossible for the American Legion | that “the Labor Party, or a fore- th f Paris to make it ble for the A I that “the Labor P to hold its convention in that city because of the murderous de- | {¥pner su niee eo must | cision against Sacco and Vanzetti. This admirable act meets with trade unions If thin tone bus ne | the wholehearted approval of every friend of these victims of!not attained, then the Worker Com- | class vengeance. Not only should the workers of Paris stop the|munist Party must itself as a party | convention of the Legion, but similar action should be taken by °mter the election campaign.” We, can to vent their fury against the Massachusetts murderers. ’ | Political Committee must recognize | group, the majority of the Poleom| gained a positive influence to the lives and struggles of many thousands of workers. The collaboration‘of all active forces in the party made these accomplishments possible, 9 We ani of the firm opinion that * the line of the resolution on the} internal party situation is entirely | correct gnd that it points out the road | which must be followed without | reservation or delay under penalty of the gravest consequences for the party. The whole party and especially the party leaders must understand the line of thé resolution on this question and carry it out unwaveringly. ine The resolution calls for “the liqui-| dation of the still existing groups | which are outlived now and block the | further development of the party.” It} the past year’s work—that “the dif- ferences regarding the important po- litical questions have recently been organizational conclusions “aimed to impress the whole party with the! necessity of a broad collective leader- | ship, as well as the complete liquida- tion of the factional struggle.” | The basic objective causes for the| “untenable position of faction for- mation within the Communist Party” have been correctly pointed out in the resolution of the Executive Committee | of the Communist International,,when | it says: | “The objective difficulties, the weakness of the Workers Commu- nist Party and its jnadequate con- tact with the masses of the native workers are factors complicating the inner situation of the Workers (Communist) Party. An insuffi- ciently strong party life, as the re- sult of an insufficient mass basis, the inadequate contact of many members of the former language groups with the specific problems of the class struggle in the United | States, favor the development of | groups and factional struggles, the existence and intensity of which we seek in vain to explain through serious differences of principle.” The most important task confront- ing the party and its coming conven- tion is to realize the resolution of the} ECCI in the life of the party — to break down the factional barriers, to liquidate the outlived factions and to unite the party on the basis of col- lective leadership. The political basis for this unification has been steadily developing, but the organization uni-| fication of the party leadership has | not kept pace; it has even been arti-| ficially hampered by the persistence | in factional methods and the attempt | to permanently maintain factional | organization. | In order that the ob-| stacles may be overcome it is neces- sary that the reasons for this condi- | tion become clear to the party. | The Comintern resolution says: | “The majority of the Party Ex- | ecutive (Political Committee) did not sufficiently understand how | to create such a condition of af- | fairs as to bring about an amalga- mation with the forces which are | today in opposition. Within the ranks of the majority, a breach with the Cannon group took place | and the Weinstone group also split. off from the majority. It is clear that the majority of the Political Committee followed a too narrow course within the party and them- selves’ essentially contributed to the continued existence of fraction walls. A struggle of the majority of the Political Committee (Love- stone) against the groups at pres- ent in opposition (Foster, Wein- stone, Cannon) would be justified if it were a question or anti-Com- munist comrades who threaten the further development of the Party (like Lore). This is not so in the case of comrades like Foster, Wein- stone, and Cannon.” | And. further: | “Therefore, the majority of the the necessity to do their utmost to bring about the closest collabora- tion. Non-recognition signifies the revival of the faction struggle and signifies in the last analysis the de- generation of the faction into cliques and the creation of a party crisis,” While uniting with the right wing and the former leaders of the Lore rejected unity with the other groups in the Central Committee and car-| ried on an unjustified fight against | them. The resons for the failure to) bring about the unification of the party leadership after the political |this theory has proceeded an ultra- | affirm our stand for unity and col- | readiness to collaborate with the ma- | lution and the joint agreement. We Inot commit the crime The judgment upon Sacco and) |Vanzetti is a judgment against) American labor as a whole. The| the international proletariat to make it impossible for American fully agree with this point of view,|basis has been established, and de- and believe its re-statement should, spite the exceptional opportunities | this theory, which is entirely false, without fotfndation and exceedingly harmful and dangerous for the party, the Lovestone group has claimed the | right to permanently maintain itself as a closed faction and to exercise “hegemony” over the party. From factional practice which not only failed to develop the party in the di-| rection of unity, but artificially ham-| pered this development. The rejec-| tion of this theory in deed as well as in words is an absolute perequisite for the actually carrying out of the resolution of the ECCI and the agree- ment of the American Delegation. Since the return of the delegation the Lovestone group has not indicated any change in the slightest degree in the factional course it has followed up to now. While formally disavow- ing the demand for hegemony in words it maintains it in every action it has taken. It has proceeded on the same factional path in all matters since the return of the delegation, in complete disregard of the opposition groups and without manifesting the slightest intention of coming to any agreement with them, even on such questions as the division of duties and responsibilities provided for in the organizational decisions of the ECCI. z Ths attitude has been especially signalized by the issuance of a state- ment of the Political Committee ma- jority on the resolution of the ECCI of such a factional character that the minority of the Polcom was unable to sign it, notwithstanding our de- sire and endeavor to come to agree- ment with them on a joint statement. Under these coreumstances the mi- nority of the Polecom, in behalf of the opposition groups, has been com- pelled to issue its own statement in order that our position may be put before the party. In doing so we re- lective leadership. We declare our jority of the Polecom on the basis of equality in the spirit of the CI reso- restate here as our opinion that “the leading forces of all three groups can work together as they contain in their ranks complemengary forces.” The unity of the party in face of war danger andthe offensive against the party—is an incontestable necessity. The way to this unification has been correctly indicated in the resolution of the ECCI and the joint agreement of the American delegation drawn up in cooperation with the ECCI. These documents speak in clear terms for the liquidation of the factional strug- gle and for the merger of the exist- ing groups into a collective leader- ship, without the hegemony of any |for a third week at the Cameo, the Due to “Passion” being held over| Film Arts Guild announces that the American premier of “The Russian Revolution” will occur on Saturday, August 18th, “Potemkin” will follow on either August 20th or 27th. The Fifth Avenue Playhouse will have a premiere showing beginning today, of Ufa’s new film “Dr. Ma- buse.” Rudolph Klein-Rogge, re- cently seen as the mad inventor in “Metropolis,” and Paul Richter, who played the lead in “Siegfried” are in the cast of players. The 55th Street Cinema beginning today will show a unique German film, “Warning Shadows,” directed by Arthur Robinson. This picture dealing with a story laid in France of the eighteenth century. Two of Germany’s tragedians, Alexander Granach, and Fritz Kortner, last seen here as the half-wit postman in “Backstairs.” Keep Up the Sustaining Fundj Co-starred with Emil Jannings in “Passion,” which is being shown on the Cameo screen. ae The New Plays “A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM,” by Shakespeare, will be given at three performances beginning Friday afternoon at the Lyceum Theatre, for the benefit of the Hubert Druce, George Hassell, Actor’s Fund. The cast includes: Elizabeth Risdén, Marjorie Gate- son, Thais Lawton, Arthur Hohl, Stanley Harrison, Jay Fassett, Guy Nichols, Ernest Stallard, Cedric Weller, Reginald Goode, Horace Braham, Aline MacMahon, Beatrice Miller, Don Marquis, Robert Aitken and Edward Poland. Nqtg 44 RNY)? } . 7 ape a f2| es UNITED ACTORS, Inc. present The LADDER by J. FRANK DAVIS CORT. THEATRE fis: és saas EAST OF B’WAY Special Summer Prices—Best Seats, $2.20 (No performances Saturday) Little Theatre GRAND 4ith St, W. of B'way. ST REBT Evenings at 9:80." — MATINEES TUES. AND THURSDAY, 2:30 ——-~THEATRE GUILD ACTING © group over the others. The Party membership must support this line. tion elections must reject the theory and practice of hegemony ad thus lay the basis for real unity in the party. BRUTAL CAPITALIST JUSTICE IN MASSACHUSETTS SPEAKS ITS FINAL WORD By District 2, Workers (Communist) Party. With cynical and contemptuous dis- regard of all the facts of the case, and of the world-wide appeal by labor and progressive-minded people, Gov- ernor Fuller has doomed Sacco and Vanzetti to the electric chair. De-| spite the sham and hypocritical in-} vestigation and the judgment of Gov- ernor Fuller, Sacco and Vanzeiti are) innocent. American labor is not shaken for a single moment in its} complete faith that these workers did with which they are charged. American labor likewise remains unshaken in its con- viction that the trial from beginning to end was a frame-up against these two workers because they belong to the working class and fought against the capitalists of this country. | ‘ | judgment of execution of Sacco and Vanzetti, if carried out, will be the! starting point of a new series of re-| pressive laws against the labor move- | ment of this country and against the} foreign-born workers in particular. Labor cannot accept the verdict as|* final, It cannot allow Sacco and Van- zetti to go to the electric chair. In the united strength of the working class there is still power to free Sac-| co and Vanzetti. action can still free Sacco and Van- zetti, Only if labor employs the} power at its command can they be) freed. Away with illusions regard- ing capitalist justice! As Sacco said,| “Only international protest by the working class can bring our libera-| tion.” | The action of Governor Fuller fol-| lowing the courts of Massachusetts, demonstrates once again that the United and quick | The SECOND MAN J Thea., W. 52 St. Evs. 8:30 GUILD Mats. Thurs. & Sat., 2:30 The SILVER CORD The party membership in the oa | AGAINST SACCO, VANZETTI | Tuesday, August 9, and unite in one mass demonstration calling for the! absolute and unqualified liberation of Saeco and Vanzetti. The Workers (Communist) Party is ready to join | Sacco and Vanzetti off the map. | representatives of any calibre, aside from workers’ representa- finally remove all possilfilities of con-| tives to insult the workers by their presence. ,troversy on this question. From another standpoint the French workers should resent the presence of the American Legion in their midst and make the attention on election campaigns is a convention impossible as a protest against the mighty power of | timely help to the party. This form American imperialism to which the workers of France, Germany, of activity has a great significance tf mr n ll other countries pay tribute in or- |i" conmestion with the fundamental Beers’ wan ee ng amy mae ofits ff ‘te Mae sondnis in| peece Corman ne, Bey ely ug er thal a reet may realize prolits o S Investments | masses and attracting new streams of their countries. The Legion convention is a symbol of the greed, | workers to the party. the avariee, the arrogance of the bloody and cynical despotism of 8 The resolution correctly recog- the United States government, the executive committee of yankee % nizes that despite great objective | difficulties the party has recently imperialism. PI made important progress in many —>E=~E™“ __>»______ iclds of activity. In the struggles READ THE DAILY WORKER EVERY DAY 2220s" The insistence of the resolution * upon the concentration of greater workers, and in, strikes of hitherto unorganized workers, the party has fulfilled its revolutionary duty and on | provided by the loyal collaboration of | the leading comrades of all groups \and the absence of any {'actional op- | position, are not arbitrary or acci- dental. It is necessary to go to the jroot of these reasons and remove {them before’ real progress can be made in carrying out the demand of | the CI resolution and the joint agree- ment of the American delegates for the liquidation of the factions and the unification of the party. The opposition groups have not been free from errors of a factional character, which called forth from the ECCI the justified statement that “the opposition groups must cease their factional methods.” But the main obstacle to the unifi- cation of the party has been the theory of hegemony. Animated by |workers cannot secure justice at the} |hands of capitalist politicians and | \eapitalist institutions. It proves \again that as long as labor has no} party of its own and is at the com-| |plete merey of the political parties jof the employers, will such flagrant violations of every elementary right of the workers continue. American | workers must realize the necessity |for the establishment of a labor par- ty.in this country and for labor tak-| ing vogorous and independent ‘poli- tical action in its own behalf. This ease has sufficiently exposed the crass dictatorship of capital which rules in this country. The Workers (Communist) Party calls upon the workers of New York City to stop work in the afternoon of ’ \ ‘| This is a case of where the capitalists with all labor organizations in such} a united demonstration of protest. Sacco and Vanetti must not die! Dist. 2, Workers (Communist) | Party. | Communist Miners Help Worker. | WILKES BARRE, Penna. — Thé| Luzerne-Wilkes Barre section of the | Workers (Communist) Party has sent to the DAILY WORKER a donation | of $40, in addition to the $35 sent a few days ago. Such activity on the part of the coal mining comrades, faced as they are with their many | difficulties and struggles, is especi- ally appreciated. *° | Byrd Postpones Polar Flight. Owing to the extensive preparations necessary for the trip, Commander | Richard E. Byrd has postponed the start of his south polar expedition until next year, it was learned here today. He had originally planned to leavein October or, November of: this year, There will be 30 men and two planes on board the exploration ship. Bernt Balchen, a member of the Byrd party, will sai! for Europe on Monday to | attend to the European details of the | | voyage. | Cur ‘se LUBITSCHSS aise "PAS SION’ DE GGA Bmw | ol OI ae | ‘“BWAY:s Beginning 4st MONDAY. | Fascinating Romance~ Daredevil Adventure ‘PAID Via | “GEORGE O ancl VIRGINIA. | - OnBY | CRA INCLUDING ied \ Ratt | SINC OERTERS | TiMBUN ee He BEAN PANO ' ( ‘ ( | i (Continued fron Page One) should insist on blotting men like * * * E are not thru with this Sacco and Vanzetti fight. To hell with those who think that Fuller has the last word on the matter. Tom Mooney would now be a ghost, but for the mighty protest of international labor. | It may suit socialist preachers to stage days of mourning after the hangmen get thru, but that is not| our line. We want to save the lives of Saeco and Vanzetti. This is our duty. * * * Hee can they be saved? The work- ers, the class-conscious workers are willing to go to bat on the matter. | enter the ring against the workers with bare fists. They feel that vic- tory is in their mitts; that the work- jcomrades that I stress. | are ers are not ready to accept the chal- lenge. This is no time for apportion- ing blame; this is the time for a determined policy, SACCO AND | VANZETTI SHALL NOT DIE! * * * we sit at our typewriters or our machines Sacco and Vanzetti sit in their death cells. Those of you who have lived in even an ordinary prison cell will realize what it means. But it is not the soul torture of two It is the fact that Sacco and Vanzetti mean YOU AND I and that the capitalists murdering them because they think that by so doing they will scare the rest of us into submission. The capitalists are not fools. They be- lieve that they will be successful. They know that liberal paltitudes do not mean a damned thing. They believe that they can get away with the mur- der of Sacco and Vanzetti, Shall, they? It is up to you.