The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 26, 1928, Page 2

Page Two DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WE LETTER ESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1928 OF EXECUTIVE OF THE COMINTERN 10 THE AMERICAN PARTY | N 21, 1928. miners’ strike) found in the Communist Party a stalwart leader. | pleting the unification of our ranks. In this connection it is very confronting our Party, the Political Committee has unanimously SEE Dentrél xecutive Committee of the Workers (Communist). | The campaign against the execution of Sacco and Vanzetti was unfortunate that the Foster-Bittelman Opposition entertains reser- agreed to advance the convention date from Jan, 6 to Feb. 1 and to y of America: ‘i also conducted under the leadership of the Party, within which is | vations to all three of these Communist International documents, open the discussion on Dee, 1. observed a slackening of the long standing factiongl struggle. The Central Executive Committee has acknowledged and cor- The Central Committee assures the Comintern that no organiza- While recording successes, however, reference must be made to a | rected the error it committed in its October 2nd statement in not tional measures are being taken or were even contemplated being aE October number of Right mistakes committed in connection with the so- | taking up sufficiently the manifestations of the Right danger in our taken, during the course of the discussion. ment i: cialist p to the fact that the Party has not with sufficient | Party. Since then, in the Party discussion to date, the various Cen- The Central Committee assures the Comintern and the entire “The Comir | energy conducted work for the organization of the unorganized, tral Committee declarations Dec. 3, Dee. 7), the recent | Party membership that in accepting without reservation this justi- Secretar and to the fact that it fails to carry on a sufficiently impression- Party Plenum resolutio: ave had as their central | fied criticism of its mistakes it w not stop short merely at cor- stateme able struggle, against the predatory policy of the United States in | feature the investigation of “the objective «ource of the Right | recting these errors, but will redouble its efforts to make impossible In t n Americ These mistakes, however, cannot be ascribed ex- | danger” and the mobilization for an energetic struggle against “The the recurrence of such errors, cee the y to the majority leadership.” | Right danger inside our Party and the social reformist influence Comrades! The Oppo thesis has hailed the November of the Rig | estimation of the Party, its work, its errors and its tasks among the workers.” The. Central Committee holds that the main 21 letter of the Communist International Political Secretariat as a e n | was given by the World Congress of the Communist International danger before the Workers (Com t) Party is the Right danger. new decision at variance with the Congress decision and with the ds chick haa cae se Hing 1in8 for the.entine Party. | We are in full accord with the proposal of the Political Secre- Communist International Political Secretariat decision of Sept. 7 on The Central “Tekentivd Conuithes Wwelecenta the aledibunta 4a: tariat for “complete freedom of d ion within the limits of the the American Party. If that were so, then let the Opposition make this question nowhe of the Congress. naa Sete ah PeEERS Be biaiittiensrte ape irr decisions of the Comintern and the I statutes.” On November clear to the membership why it refuses to drop its reservations to cuenta Ce ned se erateEnTn the | 14, two weeks before the Convention Call was issued, the Central Ex- | this C. I letter of Nov. 21, as well as to the C. I. Congress and Sept. Be a averdr ieigs DaUicalt Sockets in alah ANGE aA LS ecutive Committee had adopted this policy as shown in the follow- 7 C, I, Political Secretariat decisions on the American questions? The Godaraton cot | i se oe hist ih ae Se ay Heike G a! ‘fe ¢ ita ing decision of the Political Committee: entire membership must put the following questions to the Opposi- Bestia, quotin } against : le: Majority; of Oe ee sani al ee . oe . | __ “The Political Committee desires to organize the freest pos- tion: s Be Pats Forty: of suprenenting | Might he 1s satcneeee. Eee | sible discussion throughout the whole Party, giving full possibili- —_| Why do you comrades of the Foster-Bittelman Opposition per- xis ps Secretariat does not want to imply thereby that some errors, | ties to the Minority to present their viewpoint before the entire | sist in having reservations to all Communist International decision ) The most ci ic e ‘ s scen in the fol among them Right errors, have nat been committed by one side as Party membership and gives all guarantees for fair and adequate | The Central Committee appeals to the Foster-Bittelman Opposi- statement ¢ ur d ion well as by the other side; it thinks, however, that this as well as arrangements in all matters concerning the Party convention. tion to change its present course of continually maintaining reserva- : The Oppos has put forward the demand that the Con- other tentious questions of the Party can be best examined “That the discussion be conducted on the freest possible basis tions towards Communist International decisions and to accept this ' n Letter of criticism to our Party and ed at the next Party Congress of the Workers Party of giving all possible opportunities to comrades in Opposition to the letter of the Communist International, as well as all other decisions, k s demand has been rejected. The Con- Central Committee solely limited by the statutes of the Comin- without any reservations whatsoever. The Central Committee calls : of confidence in the ion is in full accord with the line of the Sixth World | tern and within the principles of Communism.” upon the entire Party membership, the supporters of the Foster- ve Comr ern is. continuing its Congress toward the Workers (Communist) Party, as shown by the In practice the Central Committee has gone even further than Bittelman Opposition, as well as the supporters of the Central Com- supporting polit rty leadership.” | following declaration in the Nov. 21 letter of the Political Secretariat the measure provided for by the Comintern letter of Nov. 21. Not. mittee, to accept and endorse this letter and all other decisions of the f for | of the Comintern: | only has the Opposition been permitted “complete freedom of discus- Comintern without any reservations. Congress has 2 | “Phe Political Secretariat in its letter of Sept. 7, 1928, acted | _—_ sion within the limits of the decisions of the Comintern” but the Op- For a full and unreserved acceptance of Comintern decisions! contrast to the mir sO. e Congress refrained in accordance with the Congress decision in making the ahove dec- | position has been granted the right to express its views even against For an energetic execution of all decisions of the Communist In- from expressing i ior roup or the other, laration.” | the decisions of the Comintern World Congress on such basic ques- ternational there to be found anything in the dec The Central Committee is of the opinion that all these decisions: | tions as the estimation of the world role of American imperialism, of | For merciless self-criticism of errors of the Central Committee (1) The World Congress Thesis on the United States, (2) the Polit- the perspectives for mass struggles in the United States. The P fat in its letter of Sept. 7, 1928, acted in | ieal Secretariat decision of Sept. 7, (3) the Political Secretariat letter |“ We are likewise in full agreement with the recommendation of | "4 fhe Party as whole! fone Pe siiacke: with: Congress. d rn dented: | of Nov. 21, together constitute the line of the Comintern for the | the E. C. C. I. for the holding of the Party convention in February. Su aed ines een esa Gepke Pelltieal Secretariat is of the Ghinioa thet the charxé ‘American Party and that the unreserved acceptance of all of these | In order to secure sufficient time for Party discussion and to give CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, against the majority of the Central Committee of the Party of decisions by the entire Party would go a long way toward com- | the whole membership adequate opportunity to examine the problems Workers (Communist) Party’ of America. representing a Right line is unfounded. The Political Secretariat does not want to imply hereby that some errors, among them Bar yaaa et sae TWO MORE U.§, (Whose Merry Christmas? \¥:1.8;'2eMeve\USSR RADIO TIMEPIECE ee ce tentious questions of the Party, can be best examined and decided | ‘Benefit Performance) at the next Party Congress of the Workers Party of America.” | : | ke The Congress emphasized that the Right danger is the main T ATE By HARRISON GEORGE \ By A.B. MAGIL ~* ‘This Sunday Afternoon Regulates Clocks, Watches trom Center danger for the American Party. The next Party Congress must in- | d (Continued from Page One | : (Continued from Page One | vestigate the objective sources of the Right danger and the struggle against it, discussing all Party problem: struggle a: t the Right danger in 12 hours, with a floor boss bully- A special showing of the “Shang- | from the standpoint of the | — ing you for fifteen dollars a °® ‘he Salvation Army mission and y.4; pocument” and the new miners’| SMOLENSK, U.S.S.R. (By Mail)./ adjusted to respond to the central ie the Party and the social War to Drive Britain oaks another line. A ign announces a/ film of the last miners’ strike will|—All clocks can now register the! radio-clock, ‘will show an absolutely reformist influence among the wo . “ S) ‘e Well, what of it? Did not Morgan | full-course Christmas dinner from 2|be given Sunday at 2:30 p. m., at correct hour and where previously | exact and synchronized time. The Political Secretariat fears that the various limitations stipu- | Krom Cuba Continues | tei Frank P. Walsh once, on the|to 5, then a Chrictmas sermon by|the Czecho-Slovak House, 347 East | hundreds of church bells could be! Zlotnikov was granted a patent Jated for the discussion in your declaration, varticularly in view of witness stand of the Industrial Re-| tay : aa 1 St. This special performance | heard minutes apart in tsarist Rus-| by the Bureau of Inventions. seuatton t 1 i ‘ 1 tr cai tt " path Rev. John R. Henry, pastor, then i. | sia, now all steeple clocks will donj the present situation in your Party, could lead in practice to a false The only other two American lines} Jations Commission: “If a man}, Christ ti te has been arranged by local New |*14 ‘ “Sasha e ef interpretation and inadmissable restriction upon freedom of discus- - | operating passenger ships thru the| works for me for $10 a week, and istmas tree party, then. « «| york, Workers’ International Relief, | Cut their hours in unison. Soviet Gas Fountain sion, The Political Secretariat decided in its session of Nov. 12 that: | winter between New York and Ha-| that’s all he can get, that’s all he| back again to the old hopeless life./799 Broadwa; | This is made possible by the-in-| = “There should be complete freedom of discussion within the deserves.” Righto! But if he wants| It was Christmas in New York| “The miners’ film isa stirring dra- | vention of a young mechanic in Ros-| Kokand Increases limits of the decisions of the C. J. and the Party statutes.” : ; to get more he must organize and City yesterday. Deluded workers matic picture of strike episodes,” said | lavl, named Zlotnikov, who has de-) 1) . Moreover, the Political Secretariat deems jt necessary to de- those of the Ward Line, and thus fight like hell. ltried to kid iienabtyes ili happy | Har ai aivennat: pice of the | vised a radio-clock which can con-| KOKAND, U.S. S. R., (By Mail). clare that it will defend the minority from’ any organizational mea- | take part in the competition backed End of a Perfect Day! |dreams and a holiday mood. Today organization yesterday. “The Shang: | trol all other clocks properly adapt- —The powerful fountain of gas sures directed against it during the course of the discussion. by the U. S. shipping board, in-| The end of a perfect day! Sure/they face again the reality of wage- hai Document,” which had a long | ed to it. One can imagine this radio- which burst recently in the oil works To insure a sufficient period of time for discussion the Political | tended to drive British shipping| thing! Up at Ziegfeld’s after din-| cuts, speed-up, long hours, no money |run on Broadway, is a realistic pic- | clock placed is one of the old stee-/in Kokand is still gushing plenti- Secretariat further decided: Fropilanio Seat Oka wea ner, bourgeois eats “dinner” in the|to pay the grocer, no rent for the |ture of the grim struggle of the | Ples of the Kremlin in Moscow, reg- fully. At present the fountain gives er vana have cut their fares to equal “The Party leadership is recommended to postpone the Party ae «| evening, differing in time, place, landlord, sickness, misery and all| Chinese masses to break the chains | ulating thousands of clocks in pub- ?bout 170,000 cubic meters of gas Congress till February, 1929, and to open the Party discussion in | _The shipping board last week ini-| quantity and quality, from the noon’ the other blessings of the copitalist |of foreign and native capitalist op- | lic institutions, private homes and daily. the beginning of December of this year.” \tiated a war to the death against “dinner” of the workers, they go to! god. pression. Glimpses of the revolution- | even small pocket watches and wrist By postponing the Party Congress the Political. Secretariat de- | British shipping on this run when| See Edna Ferber’s “Show Boat.” Flo| Merry Christmas? Merry Christ- ary forces make the picture intensely | watches. We demand the immediate recornl- tlen of Soviet Union by che United guarantees his beauties. Six dollars | mas, hell! | gripping.” All clocks and watches, properly states covernment! it loaned the acversmieny steamer qui sixty chute H gane (CREA? i | President Roosevelt to the Ward of America. | With Communis tings, \line, and the latter at once cut its : ° a i ith Communist greetings, sc. c. 1, |Havana fare to about $25 below that| Radio Workers’ Ass'n and thorough! 3 uss all the problems concerning the Workers (Communist) Party es ag of the British-owned Cunard line. jn Dance at Stuyvesant $ 4 | U. S. Challenges . - Declaration of Central Executive Committee.on) At the time this was done, tne|Casino This Saturday i head of the shipping board declared | o 3 i the Comintern Letter of Nov. 21, to the C.E.C. (petticiy that this was “an American) When the Wizz Manufacturing |run” and that British ships would Compeny attempted to lengthen the i. ss * Sli By Seah | ved on it. This is con- hours of its badly exploited employes, | Deglaration of the Central Executive Committee of the Comintern | Hot be allowe ; yes, . "Letter of Noy. 21 to the Central Executive Committee: | sidered another tind in the gen- the workers spontaneously united and | rs = ed i The Political Secretariat of the Comintern has sent a letter to | ¢¥#l cone {and economic fom| Successfully resisted this new en- | => = Y the’ Central Executive Committee of the Party. This letter is pub- | flict between Or err heeonmiaaenk te Seats Yadiin. ah A The Central Ex- imperialism, and a long step to-| yy their es. 18 Rm eres oe tis teens oF the Dally ake wards military conflic junited group formed the nucleus of at ectitive Committee is taking the liberty of presenting this letter not 34th Street West of 8th Avenue only to the Central Committee members but also to the entire Party Pee Baaoeittori Hoe cree ca ehat is now the Radio Workers’ As- membership in order to keep it adequately informed and to help every shes {sociation of Greater New York, 5 Co., which runs to Havana weekly ety 1 Py " E a : e Pastores, and the Munson line which ganizational drive among the unor- _ The Central Executive Committee accepts and endorses without eund dhe Sonoma, ganized radio workers in this city reservations the criticism of the Communist International contained aT jts and its vicinity. in this lett The Cunard line had not cut its in this letter. es bas fares to meet U. S. competition to-| _ This new union is launching its The last Plenum of the Central Committee endorsed this entire Gay but Sir T. Ashley Sparks,|Gtive in an industry which has al- letter without reservations. The Foster-Bittelman Opposition, how- | ‘American director of the Cunard,|"eady acquired reputation for pay- | a ever, sate to vote for the motion to endorse without reservations, | intimated yesterday that it might do| ing fabulous profits to the coupon ; &~-this Cofnintern letter. 80 soon. clippers at its head, “This piling The Political Secretariat of the Comintern is correct in stating Pec Wiabnaten nOeay up of gold by the bosses,” said the that the Central Committee declaration of Oct. 2 had formulations | . . . organizer of the association yester- | q Ey Gere hot sufficiently clear and sharp aid were, therefore, is- |TWO Dictatorg Signify | aay, “is possible only because of | Teading. In this declaration the Central Executive Committee did not nit: 0. Blood: ‘error the severe and continued exploita- 9 place with sufficient emphasis the criticism of the Right mistakes in U y f v T tion of the unorganized factory the Party and the pressing need for the speediest enlargement of the | GARACAS, Venezuela, Dee. 25, “proletarian content” of the Party’s leadership. The bloody dictator of Venezuela,|*t¢ defenseless and cannot hope to | The Central Executive Committee regrets the impression of | Gomez, has recognized his blood-rela-| fight the million dollar corporations. self-praise given in its declaration of Oct. 2. tion, General Primo de Rivera, dic-| AS they are they must accept their We fully accept the criticism of the Comintern and declare that | tator of Spain. miserable conditions. The Radio the Communist International is correct in stating that at the Sixth He has signified the unity of| Workers’ Associaion holds out to World Congress no action was taken toward giving an estimation | Spanish and Venezuelan terror and them the promise of a powerful of the previous or present groups as groups in the American Party. | dollars by awarding the Grand Cor-| union, one that will be able to dic- * The Party’s errors and achievements were estimated solely from the | don of the Order of the Liberator |tate demands for more pay, better | Viewpoint of the Party as a Party, as a section of the Communist In- | upon the Spanish dictator. | condiions.” | ternational. It is in this light that the World Congress declared: | | This Saturday at Stuyvesant | workers. In scattered groups they | “The Worl (Communist) Party of America has displayed | ENGLISH MILL WAGE CUT. Casino, 9th St. and Second Ave., th more lively activity and has taken advantage of the symptoms of | LONDON, (By Mail).—W. and J. | Association will hold a unity socia’ ' crisis in American industry and the growth of unemployment |Slingsby, cotton manufacturers of for all radio workers. There will | (caused by the extremely rapid rise in the organic composition Carleton, have redue.d the ‘wages |be a snappy jazz band, a free raffle of capital and the development of the technique of production). of the 800 operatives there 10 per|for a gold watch, and a great variety A number of stubborn and fierce class battles (primarily the Scent. of entertainment. Whoarc thePoets that will read at Red Poets’ Night? [rer re ate ee Here are a few: Michael Gold, Joseph Freeman, Robert Wolf, James Rorty, Henry Reich, Jr., Langston Hughes, ~-famous Negro Poet, & 'P William Weinberg, Adolf Wolff, fartin Russak, ‘dwin Rolfe, avid Gordon, Lola Ridge, | rturo Giovannitti, ISADORA DUNCAN DANCERS From Moscow, Soviet Russia, in program of Revolutionary Dances—Symphony Orchestra _—— Speakers: JAY LOVESTONE, WM. Z. FOSTER, BOB MINOR and others ——————————_——— ne Admission: $1.00, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50. All SeatsReserved. On sale at The Daily Worker Office, 26 Union Square, New York. ceu Sb E- 4in A : a ; —— ——