The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 2, 1928, Page 2

THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1928 Decision on Comintern American Question these mistakes were made by the Party as a whole and were shared in by the entire Party leadership. The Central Executive Committee holds that this clear speaking of the Communist International will help our Party considerably to ward | off all Right errors. The Central Executive Committee recognizes its | task to continue and intensify this fight against the Right danger. In ist greeetings, | view of the fact that in the present situation the principal line of devia- SCUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE \tion within the Communist Parties from the correct political position is | INTERNATIONAL towards the Right, the Central Executive Committee declares emphati- | cally that it will take every necessary measure to mobilize the entire Party membership to combat vigorously even the slightest manifestation | of the Right danger. | WORLD CONGRESS DEMANDS END OF ALL FACTIONALISM. | Continued from Page One the date, agenda and draft resolutions to the various points of the ia, and also to lay before it, if there should be, proposals of inority individual Party i differ from views held by the majority al Committee. age or he Ce SECRETARIAT OF THE COMMUNIST STATEMENT OF CANNON, ARONBERG AND COSTRELL | Daily FREIAEIT In line with the position taken by the delegates representing the The Central Executive Committee joins wholeheartedly with the opposition at the World Congress we wish to place on record our dis- | Communist International in emphasizing that agr ont with that section of the decision of the Political Secre- | “The most important task that confronts the party is to put an which says the charges that the majority. of ht line are unfounded. It is our opinion the period prior to the depart- Cc. 1 owed a ri the majority been further confirmed in its course since end to the factional strife which is not based on any serious differ- ences on principles and at the same time to increase the recruiting | of workers into the Party and to lend a decided impetus in the direc- ure tion of promoting workers to leading positions in the Party.” tha: The time for factionalism is well over in our Party. Today our Party The section of the motion of the Political Secretariat of the is too energetically engaged ,in important, big mass struggles to permit E. C. C. I. dealing w the question of factionalism, especially dur- us the costly, demoralizing luxury of factional struggle. We thust do our ing the election campaign, is in full accord with our views. We de- mand an immediate cessation of the campaign of factional discrim- ination, persecution and suppression of the majority against the op position utmost to help build a powerful miners’ union, to wage a vigorous election campaign, particularly because of the successes we have already achieved in this drive, to’ work in a most determined fashion to build new unions in the textile and needle trades, to fight against the imperialist war and J. P. CANNON, American imperialist aggrandizement, to increase manifold our activities (Signed) PHILIP ARONBERG, to organize the Negro masses. and to redouble our efforts to strengthen H. I. COSTRELL. our Party organization. Under such circumstances, factionalism is a * * crime against the Party. , | Every Party member and unit must take special note of the follow-| ing categorical declaration of the Communist International: | “The Polit-Secretariat lays emphasis on the unconditional obli- | | DECLARATION OF CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ON DECISION OF SIXTH WORLD CONGRESS OF COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL “ The Situation in and the Tasks of the Workers (Communist) Party of America gation of all members of the Workers (Communist) Party of America to abstain from any fractional actions, especially during the election campaign; all the forces of the Party must be concentrated now on the election campaign and also on other important militant tasks.” The ‘Central Executive Committee will continue to act as a Central Committee and will act firmly to execute this decision of the Communist} International. We are sure that the comrades in the Minority will fully adhere to the decisions of the World Congress. The Central Executive Committee will eradicate all factionalism, no matter where it manifests | | itself. \ | és Pao 7 : ‘ We are certain that every Party member will loyally abide by the) The Central Executive Committee expresses its complete letter and spirit of the following line for inner Party relations, laid down| acceptance and full endorsement of the decisions of the Sixth | by the World Congress—the highest organ of the International Com-| World Congress of the Communist International and the sup-| munist movement, of the world’s revolutionary proletariat: | plementary decision of the Executive Committee of the Com-| “The congress instructs the Executive Committee of the Com- | munist International on the situation in and the tasks of the pris ante Serart to slg all achat cad Mai te be eg as | ' Se 5 e unity of ¢ Communist International and all its sections. Only | Workers (Communist) Party of America. ‘ on the basis of good team work and on the condition that differences _, We pledge oursel to execute these decisions energetically and are removed primarily by methods of internal party democracy, will | without the slightest reservation. The Central Executive Committee has it be possible to overcome the enormous difficulties of the present ] the utmost confidence that the entire membership will enthusiastically| time and fulfill the great tasks of the immediate future. This not | receive and vigorously carry out the decisions of the Comintern. only does not exclude, but on the contrary presupposes the absolute | se BN SG s subordination of the minority to the majority, the absolute subordina- | A VICTORY FOR THE PARTY. tion of the minor organizations as well as of other Party organiza- | The Central Executive Committee is convinced that the above de- tions (parliamentary fractions, fractions in the trade unions, the press, | cisions of the Communist International are a DISTINCT VICTORY FOR ete.) to the leading Party centres and of all sections of the Comintern | OUR PARTY. We ask the membership to consider these decisions solely to the Executive Committee of the Comintern. The tightening up of | and strictly from the int of THE PARTY AS A WHOLE and not} proletarian discipline, the elimination of factional strife, etc., are an | in the light of any of the former, or possible present, tendencies towards} absolute condition for the victorious proletarian struggle against all | groupings. We call upon the membership to study carefully the Comin-| the forces imperialism is mobilizing.” | tern documents herewith presented and to approach their interpretation | ¥ . : 5 . - | Se ccuiicativa. only. in'a. true Party apirit. | TO INTENSIFY PROLETARIANIZATION OF THE PARTY AND ITS) THESE DECISIONS OF THE COMINTERN INDICATE THAT| LEADERSHIP. THE PARTY IS ON THE WAY TOWARD A NEW PERIOD IN THE] The Central Executive Committee will take immediate, dects{ve steps HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN SECTION OF THE COMMUNIST | to intensify its policy of drawing more proletarian forces into the Party | INTERNATIONAL—the beginning of the complete liquidation of the| leadership. Already a year ago, before the last Party convention, the| remnants of the destructive group ‘system in the Party. These decisions | Central Executive Committee undertook: “to establish a broad collective | will prove a milestone for our Party, now well on the path towards| leadership representative of all sections of the country and inclusive of | becoming a unified mass Bolshevik Party. a number 6f additional proletarian elements.” | The Theses of the Sixth World Congress of the Comintern on “The The Sixth National Convention was guided by this policy in electing) International Situation and the Tasks of the Communist International” | the present Central Executive Committee. And the Central Executive) clarify and establish the Party’s correct position towards the present | Committee, by centering its activities and recruiting in the basic, heavy economic situation and estimate of American imperialism, the trade union | industries, broadened the proletarian base of the Party. This process we question, the fight against imperialist war, the struggle against the | Will continue to push most energetically. Right danger, and the unqualified recognition of the absolute necessity | LET’S CLOSE OUR RANKS. for an immediate and complete cessation of all factionalism and factional | Phe Atine has bine ito closeccie Lanke. Wines ie mach to he: done: opposition to the Central Executive Committee. It is high time that in| There are splendid opportunities for our building a mass Communist cur Party in place of factional opposition there should be a healthy | Party, They are enormous, important and difficult tasks confronting us spirit of Bolshevik self-criticism and necessitating complete Party unity. THE CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ACCEPTS CRITICISM The Opposition has put forward the demand that the congress should . : send an open letter of criticism to our Party, and change its leadership. BND Cones iS ee This demand has been rejected. The congress has not done this. This is First of all, the Central Executive Committee welcomes and ex-| an expression of confidence in the Central Executive Committee. The} presses its full agreement with the criticisms made of the Party by the Comintern is continuing its policy of supporting politically the present | Comintern relative to | Party leadership. Consequently, there is no basis for any factionalism. (1) Our insufficient energy in organizing the unorganized; The group system—and this applies to all groupings or remnants of| (2) Our weaknesses in our activities for the organization of the | groupings—must be abolished. To this policy the Central Executive Com- | Negro movement; | mittee is unreservedly committed. | (3) Our not conducting “a sufficiently strong struggle against the | THE COMING PARTY CONVENTION. Beetery Policy of the United States in Latin America”; and finally, Besides, the Communist International has further removed the slight-| (4) In reference to “a number of Right mistakes committed in regard est possible pretense for factionalism by providing the necessary ma-| to the socialist party.” | chi for decidi oo x : A ‘ ee z | ciding upon policies to be adopted by the Party in questions The Communist International is absolutely correct when it declares: | vig >. ee ak PTL POUL HeteetaHine. Getta! page ile 7 Be | which may still be of.a disputed character. “THAT THESE MISTAKES, HOWEVER, CANNOT BE ASCRIBED TO | Communist International has unanimously decided as follows: THE MAJORITY LEADERSHIP ALONE.” | “The preparation of the Party Congress must be taken in hand + The Central Executive Committee feels that, in accepting these criti- | immediately after the conclusion of the election campaign. The Cen- cisms and in taking steps to correct these errors, the Party is further! tral Committee is requested to bring to the notice of the ECCI in good enabled to develop more speedily into a unified, mass, Bolshevik Party.| time the date, agenda and draft resolutions to the various points of | It. is the task of the entire Party organization to give serious considera-| the agenda, and also to lay before it, if there should be, any proposals | tion to these criticisms and to take all possible measures to make im-| of the minority or individual Party organizations which differ from | passible the recurrence of such errors. | the views held by the majority of the Central Committee.” | rd | The Central Executive Committee greets this declaration of the) SIXTH WORLD CONGRESS RECORDS MAIN PARTY SUCCESSES. | Communist International which it will loyally execute. Immediately after | ~ Likewise every Party member should welcome the Comintern deci- sion in its registering the following successes of the Party: the election campaign, the Central Executive Committee will proceed with | convention arrangements. The Party discussion will be opened as soon as, (1) The estimation of the present American economic situation and | the convention call is published. The Central Executive Committee desires | the role and trend of American imperialism given by the Sixth World| and guarantees a discussion of the problems and tasks facing our Party) Congress “Theses on the Taternatlonsl Sitaatlon’” is is one made by the| in a Communist, in a truly Bolshevik manner. Personal recriminations, | Central Executive Committee in its February and May Plenums. insults, attacks, quarrels, rumors, gossip, a factional spirit and a group | (2) The unanimous recognition by the Congress that our Party “has | attitude will be out of place and impermissible in the coming discussion. displayed more lively activity and has taken advantage of the symptoms | The Central Executive Committee will take steps to eliminate all sources | of crisis in American industry.” of friction. It is the earnest desire of the Central Executive Committee | = (8) The fact that “a number of stubborn and fierce class battles{ . (primarily the miners’ strike) found in the Communist Party a stalwart |™ 4 leader.” . (4) “The campaign against the execution of Sacco and also conducted under the leadership of the Party.” (5) The endorsement of the correct position adopted by the May Plenum towards the Labor Party as thus given in the “Theses on the In- ternational and the Tasks of the Communist International” unanimously adopted by the Sixth.World Congress: “That the Party concentrate on the work in the trade unions, on organizing the unorganized, etc., and in this way laying the basis f the practical realization of the slogan of a broad Labor Party fr below.” (6) And last, but not least, the fact that within the Party there “ig| observed a weakening of the long-standing factional struggle.” COMINTERN REJECTS OPPOSITION’S ATTACK ON PARTY | P LEADERSHIP. against the Right danger, : The Central Executive Committee draws the attention of our Party | The Central Executive Committee will strengthen decisively the Now ttn: ; 1 itical | Proletarian base of the Party and its leadership. : ‘ a ea eee aoc tton unanimously adopted by the Political |" “(ai Party resources are to be mobilized for making our Communist ye Aare | election campaign a real success, ‘The Politsecretariat is of the that the ch a ona ’ ‘ ‘ the majority of the Central Convaitios of the Pasty fot abaaicitte No efforts are to be spared in throwing the full weight of the Party ih right line is unfounded. The Politsecretariat does not ‘want to into the campaign to organize the unorganized, to build new powerful, 3 - | militant unions, and build a militant left wing in the existing unions. manly hereby thet some errors, among them Right errors, have not |. very vestige of white chativinian in to be matcilesily, stamped out. been committed by one side as well as by the other side; it thinks, | stat 4 ’ |The Party must go full blast ahead in building a mass revolutionary however, that these as well as other contentious questions of the | movement among the Negroes. | meer cen be best examing! and decided at the. next: Party ‘compress: The Central Executive Committee will permit nothing to stand in| of the Workers Party of America.” Aig sor mitiiay fs ‘ i ht, ne : «| the way of the Party distinguishing itself in meeting the basic task before This clear-cut statement should once and for all put an end to making us today—thru a brave, Bolshevik struggle against Wall Street imper- a game of “Right” and “Left.” It destroys beyond a shadow of a doubt) .). rs "i ‘ ; ‘ ; , ‘ ialism in Latin America, in Nicaragua, in China and elsewhere—thru an the claims of comrades in opposition to the Central Executive Committee inspiring fight against imyerialist war. who charged that our Party has a right wing leadership. i The unequivocal rejection by the Communist International of the! Pea tne tad se Opposition’s charge that our Party has a right wing line should go a) fete redouble our efforts in all our Party campaigns! long way towards enhancing the Bolshevik ideological development of| Forward to @ mass Communist Party in ith Unites Stat st - our membership and the complete unification of our ranks, Thatig: Liver ihia sLaendensiiin Ge the Oha uniet Latednatl ni The Comintern resolution very properly speaks of mistakes which ne p fads REVERSO aR made, but these mistakes were deviations from and not applications CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, of the main line of the Central Executive Committee. Furthermore, WORKERS (COMMUNIST) PARTY. ¥ 3 he realization of this task. | “In the meanwhile, to work with redoubled energy! Party unity and | Vanzetti was | 48S Work more than ever before! An inactive member is not a true| “|Party member. Communist Party members are in good standing only} when they are up to the hilt in Party activities, in the class struggle. The present world situation, the sharpening war danger, the increas- ing aggrandizement of American imperialism, the multiplying attacks on the Party and the left wing, as shown in the attack on the Party in Kansas, the brutal attack on the recent miners’ convention in Pittsburgh, the persistent effort to keep the Party off the ballot in Nebraska, the °F | disruption and prohibition of Communuist election meetings in Ohio and °™ | West Virginia—all demand complete Communist Party unity and most energetic mass activity. The Central Executive Committee will carry out the decisions of the Sixth World Congress of the Communist International. 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