The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 15, 1929, Page 3

DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1929 Strenghten and Deepen the Struggle Against Right Danger a Statement by the Central Executive Co The entire pre-convention discussion has been conducted as a mer- ciless struggle against all out-and-out opportunist tendencies, against any tolerance towards the Right wing and for the liquidation of the Trotskyist group of splitters. The Right danger, which is today the main danger facing our Par- ty, and Trotskyism, are not only American phenomena but confront the Communist International as a whole. It is essential that our Party should be conscious of the fight against the Right danger and Trotskyism not only on the American scene but on an international scale. It is necessary for our Party to follow up events in the life of our brother parties in the Communist International and draw lessons from their struggle against the Right danger and Trotskyism. The Communist International is a world party, and within its ranks the elementary duties of revolutionary interna- tionalism demand the struggle against menacing deviations from the correct Leninist line not only on a national but on the broadest inter- national scale. Events in the life of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union prove the correctness of the attitude of our Party in endorsing the Jine of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of he Soviet Union, as given in its November Plenum, against the Right wing and the conciliators toward Right deviations. The Soviet Union cannot carry out its tremendous program of industrialization and building up of socialism without an uncompromising struggle against all those ten- dencies which try to slow down the speedy industrialization of the proletarian country and show tendencies to yield to the demand of the capitalist elements. The Central Executive Committee of our Party endorsed fully the serious struggle of the Communist Party of Germany against the Right wing liquidators and the opportunist conciliators. The Party confer- ence of the Communist Party of Germany was the expression of the determined political will of the best proletarian elements of our German prother party td exterminate opportunism in its own ranks, The de- velopment of the Brandler-Thalheimer liquidators since the January copference has proved the absolute correctness of the Open Letter of December 19, 1928, sent by the presidium of the Communist Interna- tional to the German Party. mmut Right Danger and Shakiness of Capitalist Stab: tion. The Open Letter of the Comintern about the Right danger in the Communist Party of Germany has a fundamental significance not only for the German Party but for the entire Comintern. The Open Letter offers very important | ially for the Communist Party of America, inasmuch as it characte: s correctly the shaky character of the relative stabilization of capitalism, takes a determined stand against all elements within the Communist International who want to revise the decisions of the Sixth World Congress, who deny the exis- tence of the third period of post-war capitalism, who refuse to see the growing antagonisms, conflicts and sharpening class struggles of world capitalism in its third period. The Open Letter puts the problem of the participation of the unorganized workers in trade-union struggles, which is today the most burning, most living issue for our Party, be- fore the Communist Parties of the whole world, and justly condemns all opportunist tendencies which tend to restrict the struggle to the organized section of the working class and refuse to take initiative in assuming leadership in strike struggles by the Communist Party. The speech by Comrade Stalin, delivered in the session of the Presidium of the Executive Committee of the Communist International on the 19th of December, 1928, condemns correctly the erroneous con- ception of some membe' um (Comrades Humbert-Droz and Serra) about the apitalist stabilization and about the purely defensive struggles of the proletariat, completely overlook- ing the growingly weak points of capitalism, and the further existence of the general ¢ of world capitalism as well as the possibilities of offensive struggles of the working class. The lessons of the big strike struggles in Europe (Lodz and Ruhr) and the strike struggles in the United States in connection with the ng power of new unionism in this country are of the utmost significance for all Communist Parties and show the trend of future development. The adherents of opportunist theories about the unlimited po bilities of capitalist stabilization, such as Brandler and Thalheimer, have no place in the ranks of the Communist International, and we endorse wholeheartedly the expulsion of Brandler and Thalhcimer from the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. It is the duty of every Communist to support the struggle of the Communist Pary of Ger- many agains the Brandler-Thalheimer group of liquidators and against any tolerance shown towards this group. The Right danger is the main danger for the whole Communist International. At the same time it is necessary to increase our struggle against Trots! m on an international scale. Trotskyism Shows Counter-Reyolutionary Face. Trotskyism shows everywhere to a growing extent its counter- revolutionary face. In the Soviet Union the Trotskyist group mani- fests a complete transformation from an illegal anti-Party group into an illegal anti-Soviet organization. Trotsky and the T kyists call upon the workers in the Soviet Union to organize strikes and to pre- pare for a new civil war against the Soviet Government. The Trotskyist group plays today in the Soviet Union the same role as the Menshe- viki in earlier stages of the Russian Revolution, It is the rallying point of all counter-revolutionary elements. It is a dangerous enemy which must be combatted, defeated and exterminated. The Central Executive Committee endorses wholeheartedly the sharp measures taken by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union against the openly coun- ter-revolutionary Trotskyist activities, We endorse the proposal, as already indicated in demands of some of the most important factory nuclei of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, for the expulsion of Trotsky from the Soviet Union. The Trotskyist group in Germany is in process of fast disintegra- tion, many of its leading elements going over openly to the social dem- oeratic party. It is not an accident, but a manifestation of innate ten- dencies of Trotskyism, that the editor-in-chief of the “ Itra-left” Tro’ skyist “Volkswille,” Wolfgang Bartels, declared the social democratic of Germ: to be the “stronghold of the unity of the proleta- characterized the dictatorship of the proletariat in the Soviet Union as a “fiction,” and applied for membership in the party of Noske and Scheidemann. Tt is not an accident, but an innate feature of Trotskyism, that the American Trotskyites, the renegade Cannon group, have now formed cpenly an alliance in the Finnish cooperatives with the fascists, with the white guardist followers of Mannerheim, the bloodhound of the Finnish proletariat, with the fakers of the salvation army and with the social democrats gathered around the “Raayaija,” against the Workers (Communist) Party of America. Despite all highfalutin’ Left phrases, Trotskyism in its core is Right opportunist deviation, is nothing but inverted Menshevism, and it must be combatted as such in America as well as in other sections of the Communist International. | Page Three Trotskyism nd tee of 7 the Workers (Communist) Party Executive Commitice cal The Central bership to increase and deepen this strug the main danger and against Trotskyism. No Tolerance Toward R and Trot The struggle against the Righ ideologically but organizationally al was forced to take orge wingers in our Part such as Emar Organizer of California, who was because in his stubborn fight for oppor back from splitting the Party organi Executive Committee was forced to t Morris Holtmann, one of the edito: followed a persistent line of conditions under American im There are some dangerous of ‘showing a tolerant attitude towa The Central Executive Committee arns all comra: erroneous attitude. The Trotskyist Cannon ‘ap a of renegad of splitters, of open enemies of ¢ Party, ©: ne Ce mw International and the Soviet e up is the American age! of international Trot hich ¢ for civil war against the Soviet Union. The Cent 1 Com arr especially those comrades of the Opposition y still per undamentally wrong conception th; he Central Execut ¢ m of our Party is a greater da not be tolerated in the Pa will be forced to put demands to those lé sition who up till now have refused to take - sm to do that without d and without The Central Executive Committee calls upon t 1 bership to close the ranks, to strug increase and deepen the fight agains Trotskyism. CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE WORKERS (COMMUNIST) PARTY OF AMERICA. PARTY PRE-CON Ry SAMUEL BLUM, Unit 2F, 2C. What we need is self-criticism and analysis; what we are having is VENTION DISCUSSION SECTION Are We Havi a Debate? < before them, ng a Discussion or self-praise on one side and recriza- Nee a : ination from the other side. Egged tem wathouy cranigine: duet ig on by factional strife, proponents of | probably a few from the Party) shops of a hundred workers and vesults. The Party leadership is not| again. I have a vision of a T. U.jwe need is a Communist paper for shave even gone backwards. Then, We shonid publ Wa pune ea both sides are forced to untenable | staff. lover with not a single Communist bringing to account these functionar-| E. L. office that would provide with|the workers, and not a paper for the organizati department of Bess Anh Ee) iden extremes, Debaters become solel¥| im. work of the unit, like the old 270mg them. The district should,ies, who do not function. Nobody| desk space all groups of organized | Communists. the Pa t using the contacts PU ADA ne interested in proving the case for e work of the unit, like the old | 7 Ciiize all comrades capable of do-| checks up on them. The constitution | and unorganized workers. We should) made by the Daily Worker to ad- jhe ¢ ang League ce local, must be sufficiently general |i, such ‘wotk gad #end' them into y, te interest everyone. The campaigns ‘ seth net see es tae and policies of the Party cannot be | faeee ue to develop ou pactditlag oe a apeectiningHod and demas | Cuero: ve cecmite -ercep tie te Midustriat “ofeaniicer beidins thong t MA- | workers, because the communication | °70P* aol Gorka ee and Sa gogy. Under the blows o. faction- lor address from the Party is left to | meeting with the fractions, should alism, each side has been forced to | sa atuids |be able to delegate some comrades shift position, and all in order to peach aaeuaae! see ah he) jfor special tasks and develop rank his specific bolster up a separate program for | figshee< aes ' i ‘and file organizers. ae *, ee ig. | tematic recruiting is being done. which there is hardly enough dif Now, as before, members are taken ference in principle. The Minority Develop Daily Worker. of the Party demands activity from every member, but in reality many members do not come to meetings and are not active. And again, we are having too many meetings, ‘we are attempting too much for our forces, and the work cannot be car- ried through properly. There is 11 not enough coordination in our afford workers in trades an op- portunity to come together every! Besides, the Daily Worker is not i evening with their news and plans| self sufficient, Tt 42 almost imp0s-|ie “indttakne remmetinal come for work, and not to have the group! sible to get along with the Daily Ss undertaking orga nizational cam- existing in the pockets of a secretary Worker alone, and without vending paigns without taking advantage of who cannot see the rest of the|the capitalist press in addition. We Sumy cumbunn, OF workers mote than ones eWeek Or] must Imow what the capitalist class |“°a0y made Py Fariy membets less often. And our fractions in 'the|js scheming and doing and how that sometimes happens the othe: way ih 1 Oaes aot move “nstive |uetects the Moetly the *tansd, There. should be sore 60- They do not always lead. Sometimes |Daily Worker tells ordination betw he two branches. their sides and abusing their oppo- nalyzin det ad i that forces. contacts al- ork all done the po: work. workers. us about some Initiative of Rank and File. 5 ; (4 * in on the ground of friendship and | a : i is more interested in attacking the | vpathy, area not through active| &. Activity of members. There is UHL: Hale Dead months ago go by without fraction| scheme of the capitalists against the| 6. In spite of the encroachment al other side than in finding ways avd | "01" The unit is ill-fitted to or-|0 initiative in the Party member-| : : meetings. wrukers and not what it is, We of the parochial schools and re-| 20k 0 Sees ; means of struggle, and the Majority | 75:70 shop nuclei, because it has | ship, and this is partly the fault of, 4. The T. U. E. L. It is an open 4, The Daily Worker. Too often|need more of the facts and quota- ligious institutions, hardly any @ pitting on all cylinders in. th is so fearful of Opposition that it | 5 contact in shops in its territory | the leadership. Members are dis-| secret that very few leagues are|the Daily Worker features purely|tions from our enemies, but not religion fight has been dct MMi bes bo" tries to cover weak spots ond eX: | 14 is not acquainted with contitions | couraged from action for fear that| functioning. The T. U. E. L. office| Party news which, at present, does | without exposing them in their |by the Party, except general ae bee ae ie bats case mistakes, and it looks upon all/i. ihe shops. A worker in a shop | |ments that “Religion is opium.” critic! ‘-critici as at- *, a criticism, self-criticism, an leannot receive effective help from tack. Let us have sclf-criticiem, | |; Tag 4 ‘ ee ej ces | his unit in the problems he is facing cven if by exposing our weakness |) cause the unit, like the old local, | interest the average worker.|proper light. This will lead to a in | deepening of our theoretical knowl- | edge. We should also have they might make mistakes. There|in New York, instead of humming | not is too much dependance on official) with groups of workers planning The Daily Worker should keep heads in our work. We should not! their fights, is usually found dark| mind the large masses whom we are trying to reach. It should give a s to itself 7. Very little work is being done among students. The groups that exist in variot hools and colleges can conclude that ¢ a wider t aS etd wait in everything until the Party) and deserted. Outside of our newly | y ‘we :eive-eourane ee) aa aes 1 /can only help from the outside. |sends out a communication. Most) organized Left wing unions, the T.| Communist interpretation of events, | range of subjects, and if the Daily |are given no attention. ‘There is no ent inactivity in the low enemies. We have weaknesses ant he ‘ of our functionaries are such only|U. E. L, groups come to life only| Lut those events which interest the | Woyyor eee, not have “enough ré= communication between the various | Units is the aes feces Bas ue habeas ja at pee ae Activize Fractions. in name. If all our organizers were| when there is an election in their working masses should not be rele- porters on te watt I uo net see groups in one city. There exists a|members a BEA bee e er ahi To overcome this defect we should | doing organizing work we would get! union, and then they go to sleep|gated to a secondary place. What | ny it cannot assign some Workers’ | wide wenentinant “wiiki’ we could (Inttative jacour - : abolish the factory district unit and) Correspondents some duties. The |utilize in practically all schools} giant activity Paralysis of Factionalism. throw the work to the trade and in-| voveiel of government’ depart-|against the high-handed treatment |‘. | oa ore jdustrial fractions. A fraction is! Tete aud other. economie ‘axencies \af ‘aiudeite “by. authorities.” ‘Then, | me. and effort 1. lyzes all our activities. who have worked together in the} The factional struggle para: Comrades new EMERGENCY FUND POLICE ATTACK composed of workers in the same| 1 hold mer trade, industry, or line of work.) does not receive adequate treatment |higher school life is sure to bring in our press. In this respect we disappointment and disillusionment . -|'They are already banded together; Yontinued fre ce; K. Karu- future ee ainst one another (Continued from Page One) 10c; K. Karu Ae a eee coe tint cad eae seis Even at the| they face the same problems; they) gemian, $3; T. Stammos, Ch, Stavienides, PROTEST MEET 7 top, comrades cannot boast of a high can apply themselves to conerete) $2; P. Campbell, $2; L. 50c; Kele 7.35 | jdeological level, and at the bottom snes a Rane ite Sanat Geachink; $25 Ss eneonee Collected by cits les K. Sat- ro | it is shameful to witness. Instead . 7 3 $1; L. Calitechnakis, $1; kus, Chicago, eter A, : Phy. 2 it Bees cha aevites we fight |the work of the units, They have) §, Dubos, $2; Harry Gure- Yalkus, $4; Charles K. Sat- Jail Speakers, Drive) one another and neglect the work. | to discuss _industrial policy over) witz, $5. -. 58.00) kus, Peter aStkus, $2. 6.50 Out Crowd | Difference of principle is no reason | again, and in carrying on the work | New York Lettish Educa- Arrested Pickets, City .. 4.00 Mod os | for factional struggle, and there is|°! the fraction they have to take| tional Society, Astoria, L. Collected by Street Nucleus (Continued from Page One) not enough difference cf principle |* stand on political questions, ques-)_ J, N.Y. ......+.++ ae 50.00 of Tonawanda, N. Y.—H. sana we eLMEHanA GS .Caaup tither, Criticism and discussion we | tions of ideology, woman’s work, | International Branch No. 1, E. Dragan, 50c; N. Wer- leccuesnerrete aE be can have without factions. The in- youth and Negro work, with the re-| Section 9, Long Island kun, $1; J. M. Charkas, : fe ¥ ae tha: alice coming Central Executive Commit- | ‘ult that all these problems have| City, N.Y. .....-.-- vives 20,00) $1; John Horch, 25e; LoS are ek pubis nee aedarad tee should appoint a special com- to be discussed all over again, and | Section Committee Meeting of | Ksenia Harock, 25c. .... 6.00/the meeting to laishanal iat ‘Govino mission to deal with all signs of with the added difficulty that each) Section No. 2, District No. {Collected by Walter M. \eoatsnned reid was promptly ar- «~f- miei tion and also discrimina-| member brings separate interpre-| 3, Chicago, Ill. ......:... 20.00 Frank, Pittsburgh, Pa— Weent wes was folkd. te tion. ' Factionalism should be eradi- | tation culled from the highly general 7 ithuanian Workers Progres- | —Walter Frank $2.50; A Ae dtouani of “Pittehuvgh University | cated’ even if expulsions become discussion carried on by his unit. | sive Club, Elizabeth, N. J. 18.15) Friend, $1; Violet Frank, loha a qhember of thé Civil Libertics | necessary, and it will depend on the} We face the sad situation that | Collected by J. Galgory, Endi- 50c; Ray Damic, $1. . 5.00/ Union. While. Wortman was de-| Majority at the convention, on its | fraction meetings are neglected, and| cott, N. Y.—Steve Koverik Nove, Bolinas, Calif. - 5.00\nouncing the police attack as un- tact, how few expulsions we will|in spite of the fact that everyone Abts aoe seta a Slate [Beery pene aN J. 4.00 | constitutional, he, too, was arrested! | need. agrees that our industrial work is 3 J. Gajdarus, 50c; B. |Collected by George Shimai- | Pps a ths most important of all. We face| Viachovsky, $1; J. Stavell, iis, Montello, Masai, /Col- | _, Others Jailed. | vvVvvvVvyv 2. Reorganization of the Party. : : es . Z | i ' David Morton, organizer of the ‘The reorganization of the Party on the fact- that no fraction meeting 50c; P. Dranevich, $1; S. | lected at St. Roks Society ‘Young Workers (Communist) the basis of shop nuclei meant the | can be held without the industrial Novak, $15 F, Cisanck, $1; | Meeting ......... mtaniiaines 4.50 | Teague and M. Jenkins, treasurer spreading of our activities in the organizer being present to lay down| J. Tomishka, $2; J. Faber, |Collected by A Longren, lof the Labor Lyceum, also spoke and shops and factories and linking of the policy. Opportunism is rampant] $1; J. Franta, $1; J. Lole- 1 peious Clty Lawes aon | were arrested, as was the chairman. our campaigns with the economic in the Party, and even Minority) al, 50c; F. Hercoc, 25e; F. Bie a2, -Decat Loereny The police then began driving the conditions and daily struggles of the comrades are susceptible to that| Steplik, 50c; P. Zelinka, on sev 2.00) crowd out, who jeered and hissed workers; it meant systematic re- disease though they boast of Left-|_ 50c. -....:--.--.see.ses 12.50| Collected by Abner Sheffer, | the hirelings of the, Steel Trust. 3 ism. Comrades in fractions speak|Finnish Workers, Club, Alku, Bronx Nee ove saneesns 3.02| Afterward a meeting was held in craiting of the best proletarian ele- ments in the shops on the basis of our activities in their midst; it meant the proletarianization of the Party; it meant drawing in workers from the shops by using their con- ditions in our literature and propa- ganda, Staten Island, N. Y. ...- Collected by Michael Caijar- kis, City—Michael Catjar- kis, $1; N. Kalpas, $1; V. Sjahos, $1; D. Marangos, $1; S. Leontojonlos, $1; T. Douglas, 50c; F. Voutsakis, 10.00 Collected by a comrade, De- troit, Mich—M. Rovin $1; H. Schwartz, $1; I. Bock- of women in trade with contempt and negligence, and of Negro com- rades they speak with an apology. There are additional advantages. Fractions are fitted for the organi- zation of shop nuclei, A worker in a trade has friends whom he has | another hall, at which a new branch jof the International Labor Defense | nick, $1 3 fry ibe organized and $60 collected for Alb ts eli ae Shan kee 3.00 the I. L. D. Authoritative evidence |Albert Soderlund, Los An- l|was submitted showing that the so- Bes Cals + 3.00 cialist party had a hand in the at- |Collected by C. L. Chister, ltack on the meeting and a xesolu- HAYWOOD’S BOOK” (@XCLUSIV RIGHTS TO RE : é S| 50c; A. Voutsakis, 50c; S. | Billard, Ore—John Wes- lef ‘ . LISH BY SP 4 ARRANGE met on jobs, he has worked in vari- y fi ce os PO eae |tion was adopted protesting against WITH THE ERN. PUBLISE Defects of Shop eget ous shops and knows conditions, he eg: aaa 9.50} ane i; Rlonk Baae, *oolne police terror and the _stool- But how have we carried that can penetrate into a shop, and he Unit, 3 Section 4, eee 8.60 | Frank Pilnick, City Nenge , papa hae activities of the S. P. Ca VS SVEN YF through? In the New York District, |can cultivate workers in his line|colected by David A Moda” a 1BcO; Barshein Zan Nowak» 00 ide Fan fa wink? Abeer the strongest district, we have less| systematically. He can recruit on| santa %, a Wo > Givissuie cuittde ba 00 Tease on bail this morning. A big “ % than'a score of shop nuclei, if you|the basis of working conditions and a i Hea ) sk —(D. he eek 7 gee side, N. J. 1.00 mass meeting is being arranged by HAT absorbing story of do not count “shops” under Party | Communist activities in that particu-| or, Spt Pheed tas Seca . Koloreis, Chicago, Ill. .... 1.00|the I. L..D. to protest against the the class struggle by one management. -Nomioally - have |jar line. Fractions can utilize un- eicarn aniaen ri 1S F, Trenkle, B’klyn, N. Y. 1.00 ‘attack on the meeting. he has a d s ek Hee in the been reorgani: ut the dominant | employed workers by sending them 1» 935 , > merican Labor Movement. organization is the so-called factory sate shops which they pit and ays a by J. K: Chaplik, 360 A6BS TU SAID ADDERS OMe ereee ee Rae ce a) Wah eee His life was devoted to a relent- Sea caais Ths attens touts Ges which tt Seine to cuhivabe, And Se a aye SARALITIL CANKIOC START READING THESE less. fight against capitalism old territorial local ily in one! that would eliminate extra meeti Bit et's 4 TROPO LITAN SAVI NG , 2 ipati ‘ | point, that the territory is based on| which would mean better work. i 9. Kasko, $1; B. Burt, $1; MEMOIRS TODAY! ge PEE ii emancipation of i place of work instead of residence.| should rationalize our time and| Chaplik, oY au Soe | IN THE . In all other things they are iden-| energy, Now with the organization $i: 3. Cali $1; Leen Deponits made on | een vealed ™ tical. The old local held a conglom-| of the unorganized as our major bees Hytskomarto Munben day of the month bo i Sy wvyverrryrvyvwrs cation of trades snd occupations. | problem it becomes doubly necessary) of Berkeley Nucl 8.00 uly Dividend . i | BUY AN EXTRA COPY FOR YOUR ‘The factory unit may have as many | to have all comrades working in the|young Pi oN ie ites oe ones Last Quarterly Dividend paid 1 | 26 UNION SQUARE, New York City ecadicaeipiyyaks. of-petyt lines: of work as it has si ie same line banded together and ap- Chitee: Mand. eat OR GO Oris all ata me reo Ey to@iaa Esa ON SALE AT ALL NEWSSTANDS BHO At ee ee ae In s New York unit you may find | ply themselves to overcoming the! cotiected by G, N. she genet to $7,500.00, at the rate of j | IN NEW YORK AND. VICINITY SIDE NEW YORK — SUBSCRIBE! a tew needle workers, not necessar-| same difficulties. C soni raion Open Mondays (all day) until 7 P.M. ' ; | ily of the same trade, and there- ‘ ‘anton, Ohio.—G. Yama- Banking by M. Soctety Accounts Acce| fore concerned with different prob- This is not enough, of course.| kides, $2; S, Aslanidis, $1; We Sell A. B. A. Travelers Certified Checks \ 3 a few office workers, a taxi- Besides this we should make a drive] H. Pappas, 50c; G. K. i NO | TH IR D AV EC =a S ) iver, restaurant workers, laundry | to organize nuclei in all large shops. Pantch, 25c; Geo. Koin- lp N: . Cor. f= | We find in New York: and vicinity agler, 25c; C. Carlos, 50c; ‘workers, clerks and other such, and