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DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, MON PARTY PRE-CONVENTION Page Three SECTION \ , FEBRUARY 18, 1925 DISCUS SION By WM. F. KRUSE. At the recent Chicago City Con- ention a very healthy spirit of self- icism prevailed, particularly with pect to manifestations of the ‘ight danger. One of many inci- ents cited was the failure to give afficient guidance to Negro work, sa result of which certain imper- tissible concessions were made to etty-bourgeois ideology — prayers nd hymns at two auxiliary mass ieetings, allowing a lawyer to write ublicity and resolutions calling Pon the coroner and states attor- ey for “equal justice,” etc. On this oint there was unanimity in the con ention with only one exception— nd this was Comrade Kaye, who ow seeks to defend his viewpoint 1 the Party discussion. Comrade ‘aye has always been an ardent) ‘pposition supporter, though a very onstructive-minded and _ helpful omrade, The tone of his letter and| is branding the action of the City} ‘onvention as a “Left” mistake,| ems to furnish some additional evi- ence of how widespread the Right angre is in our Party. Origin of Incident. The situation was the followin; Negro boy was killed by a whole | egiment of Chicago police while de-| ending himself against arrest in his | ome. Our. Negro organizer very roperly used this case as a vehicle or mobilizing new supporters for ur movement. He managed to ar-| ange a mass meeting in a church, vhere he and several white Com- nunists spoke, along with Negro vreachers, lawyers and other petty- sourgeois elements. These meetings spened and closed with hymnsgand wrayers, and the resolutions and pub- icity reflected strongly the bour- reois viewpoint of the prominent Negro lawyer for the dead boy’s ‘amily, who had grabbed these im- | of our organizer. As soon as this came to the at- tention of the Party, the keynote |of pleading for “equal justice” from the states attorney was eliminated, the prayers and hymns went by the board, social and business meetings of the auxiliary came into the center of activities, and plans were devel- oped for the opening of an attrac- |tive headquarters in the Negro dis- | trict to help counter-act the influ- Jence of the church. r This attitude is not based on any leoncept of “purity,” as Comrade Kaye assumed, but on the basis of an analysis of class relations in the Negro masses, and on the basis of our fundamental Communist materi- alist philosophy, the theoretical cor- nerstone of our movement. We do not make the religious beliefs of the Negro toiling masses a_ splitting point that divides us from them in mass struggles. We are not afraid to invade the churches in our pur- suit of the Negro masses and in our efforts to agitate and organize them on racial and class issues. We have done so and will do so, But we do not lose sight of the tremendous enemy-class role played by religious illusion, especially among these Ne- gro masses, and we can never con- sent to have our leading Negro Com- munists foster those illusions and thereby strengthen the grip of the Negro petty-bourgeois misleaders. Prayers and religous exercises at Communist or near- Communist Negro activities can only strengthen those illusions by adding the confu- sion of a sort of “Left wing god.” This issue was fought out in the Russian Party by Lenin many years Lenin On Religion. Comrade Kaye suggests the re- printing of Lenin’s article: “The Re- lation of the Workers’ Party to Re-| ligion.” The inference would seem tu be that Lenin in this article sup-| ports the viewpoint of Kaye. This! is preposterous. The article starts} out by stating: | “Religion is the opium of the | people—this Marxian axiom is the corner-stone of the whole philo- sophy of Marxism in questions of religion. Marxism looks upon all present-day relig:ons and churches, on each and every religious organi- zation, always as organs of bour- geois reaction which serve for the protection of exploitation and stupefaction of the working class.” Thereupon Lenin picks to pieces those god-killers who claim to be “more Left” or “more revolutionary” than the Communists, and who would Party membership. Next the evo- lution of the axiom “religion is a private matter” (with regard to the state, but not to the Party.) Next he shows that anti-religious propa- ganda must not be abstract, that it must not be permitted to become the splitting pont for the working class | employers. | true, but does not bear any resemb- Comrade Kaye? Not in the least. Comrade Kaye sets up <2 interest- ing theses: “The Negro is deeply re- ligious,” and he states that the Negro is obsessed with “the Chris- make atheism the cardinal tenet of} his masters (which) was in innumer- able cases his only solace.” True encugh, but Comrade Kaye should have gone further and pointed |out that today also this slave-born religion, that was just made to or- der for the white over-lord, is still serving its purpose. Many agents of the master class are still striving to keep the eyes of the Negro | masses rivetted to a future world as |“his only solace.” But from this situation Comrade Kaye draws the conclusion that therefore we must go easy, we must make concessions, go to church to pray with their preachers, ete. On | the contrary, we must fight these preachers, lawyer-deacons, ete., in | order to tear the workers away from | their influence. This does not mean | certain issues of occasional aid from | some amateur preacher who works |six days a week in the stockyards and “preaches” to a dozen fellow slaves on Sunday. His social status | rather differs somewhat from that | of a $50,000 Fifth Avenue divine. | But even here the well-known lead- |ing Negro Communists must not fail |to maintain a Communist position | also on the question of religion. Nor should we make the petty- in its struggles against the bosses, | bourgeois god-killers’ mistake of ¢ otherwise the preacher of atheism} centering our whole or even major | Kaye opened up this question for would become an accomplice of the| attention on an attempt to convert] discussion. The methods and limits All this is undoubtedly|the Negro to atheism instantly and| of our approach to Negro masses | even through the Negro churches} before all else. To the middle class ably have to mobilize them against{ the church. But this is not the main sector of the battle-line, we have big racial and class issues to fight out with the white ruling capitalists, and if an occasional Negro “church” should come along a piece of the! way under mass pressure on some burning racial ue this only adds grist to our mill, provided that all the while we maintain our Com- munist position and do not accept or surrender to this religious “solace.” One “slip” that Comrade Kaye makes in his article shows a basically | wrong approach to the whole ques- | tion—his reference to-the “savage | survivals” of the Negro, Such an | expression is not that of a Com-| |munist toward our Negro fellow workers but rather that of the white | “superior” who still retains deep} | attitude toward his colored fellow | worker. There are no more “savage | survivals” in a Negro steel worker | than in a white. This is only a care-| |fully inculeated bourgeois myth of| |the greater “civilization” of the| white, as justification for the op-| | pression of the more “savage”| | Negro. It is impermissable for | Communists to speak thus. | Need Discussion, It is a good thing that Comrade Jance whatever to the viewpoint of| “rationalist” atheism is itself a re-| should be discussed in detail, especi- ligion; but to the proletarian materi-| ally by the leaders of our Negro} ership is for the most part reaction- ary, its whole social status dr it inereasingly to seek reconciliation with the white masters, whils at the same time the masses of Negro workers are driven into more and more open struggle. Here the situ- ation resembles somewhat the class relations in a colonial country ruled by foreign imperialists (India). As “Prayers at Negro Meetings” in the United States portant functions out of the hands; ago and need not be gone into here.} tian religion which he learned from | rayed against us all the agents of the ruling class, including the Negro bourgeoisie and most of the out- standing petty-bourgeois elements. In the Chicago district. we have made some new beginnings with Negro work. Mass meetings, social gatherings, and finally a reorgani- zation of our auxiliary represent the first steps. Seizure upon local issues Industrial defense and relief activi- , ties simultaneously broaden and en- | liven our work. In the sub-districts |in St. Louis, Gary, Milwaukee and | Jacksonville the first steps are also | being taken, In this work we shall | make errors, we have made them, | but we are striving to learn from | them and correct them. takes on this field, as on most others, will generally be found towards the Right rather than towards the Left. And Comrade Kaye’s letter has Our mis- our fight proceeds we shall find ar-| and incidents provides good vehicles. | helped to prove this. The Negroes and Religion It recently happened, that in a meeting of Negro workers held in a church, organized under the aus- pices of the American Negro Labor| |that we cannot avail ourselves on| Under his white skin a chauvinist| Congress, the session was begun and ended with prayer. For this “deviation” from a “cor- rect” Communist line, the Negro comrades responsible were severely | criticized by a resolution submitted | to the Chicago City Convention on Sunday, January 13, by Section 2, of the Party organization. The res- olution was passed by a majority vote. At the convention I spoke against the resolution for the reason that I considered this to be a grave error on the part of the Chicago comrades, dangerously near a “Left” | tactical line in our work among the | Negro masses. Comrade Kruse, speaking in favor | alist it is a weapon in the arsenal| work. Our fight against the church | of the resolution, and in answer to of the class struggle. We must] is an integral part of our fight to mobilize the Negro masses against| win leadership over the Negro mas- capitalism—therefore we will inevit- ses. Their present middle-class lead- the objection I raised, informed me | that perhaps there was some mis-| resolution condemned the comrades in the Party responsible for the Negro meetings and not the Negro workers who attended. Even} so, I still am of the opinion that) the resolution as passed by the City Convention is a serious “Left” error. A Negro comrade speaking at the same convention informed us that although at one time there were about fifty Negroes in the Chicago Party organization, there are now only five. I feel that our “pure” attitude on the religious question, especially as regards our work among the Negroes whether they are Party members or not, will have a tendency to make our Party sterile in its ability to win over the masses of workers. The Negro is deeply religious. This is very evident. As one Negro comrade expressed it, many Ne- groes are obsessed with the illusion that “you may take all from me, if you only leave me Jesus.” There are very good reasons for all this. understanding on my part, that the| Not only is the Negro the victim of Negro) savage survivals, but during his whole period of recent chattel slav- ery, the Christian religion which he learned from his slave-masters, was in innumerable cases his only | solace. Are we, by direct opposi- | tion, in one fell swoop, to eliminate | these illusions which so powerfully |hold him? We shall make a griev- ous mistake if we think so. It is only through a gradual process, in the heat of class struggle, that the Negro will learn the “roots,” the | social basis of religion. | In this connection, for the purpose | of clarification, I would seggest that |you have printed in the Daily Worker, not only this lettyr, but also the article by Comrade lenin, “The Relation of the Workers Party |to Religion,” originally published in the “Proleta: No, 45, in May, 1909, a reprint of which may be found in the English “Labor Monthly” of December, 1919. H, E. KAYE, Shop Nucleus 33, Chicago, Ill. Sditor, Daily Worker, On December 19, 1928 I addressed . letter to ex-comrade Refugee, a) Crotskyist, on an incident that oc- urred before the Workers Center, vhere a fight developed as a result f the insistence of the Cannon fol- owers in distributing their “Mili- ant.” In that letter I expressed my »pinion, deploring profoundly the \ction of my Party comrades and ‘xpressing personal solidarity for -x-comrade Refugee who I under- ‘tood had been hurt as a result of he fight. Upon further consideration of the mtire matter, the investigation of he incident itself as well as to my vwn point of view expressed in the etter, I have come to the conclu- sion that I was wrong from many itandpoints, that this letter was in- urious to the interests of the Party Fight Against Cannon-Trotskyists Is Part of Class War Jas well as containing a point of view on the matter of Party strug- gles against non-Party and anti- Communist viewpoints which is not in conformity with Leninist prin- ciples. I believe that I was wrong in the following respects: Made Wrong Concession. 1—I stated that in the conflict of “political principles and ideas one must maintain oneself strictly with- in the sphere of personal respect, a respect which must coincide with a strict observance with a liberty of opinion among comrades.” I am opposed to Trotskyism, have been for the expulsion of the Trotskyites without any reservations and am of the firm conviction that Trotskyism internationally has assumed a coun- to the proletarian dictatorship and ter-revolutionary policy, is opposd attempts to split the Communist In- ternational. Nevertheless, in expressing my- self as I did in this letter, I made a concession to the Trotskyist view point and underestimated the char- acter of the struggle between the Party and the Trotsky group. We cannot respect the liberty of Trot- skyist opinion within our Party as a group. We cannot respect the lib- erty of Trotskyist opinion within our Party as a demoralizing force that would destroy our Party, nor can we allow the development of such views among the working class and must take all measures to com- bat them, as the spreading of Trot- skyist views among the working class disarms the working class. Dif- ferences of opinion between Commu- nist viewpoints and Trotskyism and social democratic viewpoints are working class and is already in| most places aligning itself with the | social democratic elements who are | the agents of the imperialists. The | Trotskyist faction internationally (and the American Trotskyist group) which is part of interna- tional Trotskyism have come and will develop still further into the “Left” lackeys of imperialism, as the Communist International correct- | ly described them. i} Trotskyites Provocative. 8—In fighting Trotskyism, our Party has correctly declared that EMERGENCY FUND ‘(Continued from Page One) Taitetman, 50c; Tselepis, $1; Karavaselle, $1; Salepolis, $1; Kass, $1; M. Freedman, $1; Stern, $1; Ancher, $5.. Sollected by Fred Veliky, Hammond, Ind.: Slovak Workers Society, Local 62, $10; Stefanjak, $1; S. Baja, 25¢; W. Phillips, 25c; Rus- nel Eckenbay, 25c¢; Max Krenmueller, 25c; M. Gabor, 12.25) i Warren, Ohio: Collected at the Finnish Club where they hada dance, $9.60; J. Jere- tas, 50c; Peter Stergion, 50c; M. Argirapis, 50c; M. Sofiades, $1 .. ollected by L. Sambles, Youngstown, Ohio: S. Sirot- nik, $1; Mary Fradon, 50c; L, Bodnar, 50c; N. Denem- purg, 50c; D. Eniz, 50c; S. Homall, 50c; Street Nucleus, 11, $8; B. Blumenthal, $1;.. Jollected by Wm. Mikades, McKeesport, Pa.: C. Ferrie, $1; W. Mikades, $1; Nick Sindeich, $1; I. Lansavovich, $1; Louis Sand, $1; C. Mon- sansky, $1; A. Y. Tomac, $1; G. Franjkovich, $1; G.’ Sotirakis, $1; P. Kessler, scleciad by the Workers Party, Brockton, Mass.: Beantis, $1; Dora, $1; H. L. Gage, $2; Stumlis, $1; Halper, $1; Bartkus, 50c; 12.10 12.50 Dederman, $1; Addri, $1; Zinnalli, $1; Warren, $1; Fimberg, 50¢ + 11.00 Collected by Mack Ujevich, Chicago, Ill.: Mack Ujevich, $5; A Friend, $1; A. Masich, $2; Student, $1; Marko Sik- jrich, $1; Peter Markulin, $1; Peter Rimar, 25c; J. Busich, 25c ... Progressive Working People’s | \ Lyceum, Rochester, N. Y... 10.00 Workmen’s Circle 308, Newark 10.00 “Max Sternberg, Bronx, N. Y. 10.00 Collected by F._ Wahlroos, 11.50 ‘Warren, Ohio: J. Latvala, oO. Finberg, $1; E. ; D. Vahlroos, $1; G. Sove, $1; Mary Maki, $1; John Danser, $1; F. Salo, $1; P. Setala, $1; F. Hakta, $1 ..- lected by Mary Legun, Los ‘Angeles, Calif: Russian “Ukrainian Women’s Pro- mies eesnesce 10,00 ersville, Pa, ...+.+++++ see 10.00 Collected by S. A. Krieger, Chicago, Ill.: T. Holmquist, $10; Section 5, Nucleus 15, Chicago, Ill, $10; Slovak Workers Society, Lodge 16, $22.70; Section 3, W. P., $6 Otto Zobel, Slovak Workers Society Br. 16, ; Crane Shop Nucleus, $2; E, Mishaewisch, $2 .... | Unit 6, Section 5, Nathan Fohman, Bronx, N. Y.: M. Yudin, $3; Iacohs, $1; B. Cohen, $1; Sol, $1; M. Berg, 50c; Freidman, 50c; G. Kiss, 50c; A. Cohen, 50c; Senzer, on 76.85 25c; G, Todocaff, 50c; 8. Hagie, 30c; E. Tsekoff, 50c; Wm. Simon, 50c; A. Baku- nin, 50c; N. Burzakoff, 50c; J. Popa, 25c; D. Evanoff, 50c; C. Johnson, 25c; A. Assanoff, 25¢ ......++e000+ Liberty Club, Haverhill, Mass. Chernigover Branch 361, Workmen's Circle, Coney Island, N. Y. ...-+eseeeee+ Collected by A. Kratofil, Nor- walk, Ohio: B. C. Saladin, 5.75 5.00 5.00 50c; Wm. Aggirs, $2; A. Kratofil, $2.50 . 5.00 Scandinavian Worker: h- letic Club, City ».....++++ 5.00 Jewish Workers Club of Brownsville, Brooklyn .... 5.00 Joseph Jaglowski, Ruthledge, Mi 5.00 50c; Hersh, 50c ...+-+-++++ 9.00 Unit 5, Section 7, Brooklyn.. 8.00) bury, Mass. ...-+e+-eee--+ 5.05 S. Reikanskas, Shenandoah, Young Workers (Communist) Pa. (collected) ....-.+++++ 8.75} League, Madison, Wis. .... 5.00 Collected by H. Colodny, Slovak Workers Society, Ken- Washington: D. S. Shiaberg, osha, Wis. .....+2+++ - 5.00 $5; A, Cassleman, $2; J. Charles F. Fanfel, Chicago.. 5.00 Roimy, $1 ++ 8.00) Collected by W. Surko, Buf- Collected by Esther Markizon, falo, N. Y.: W. Surko, $1; Wilmington, D. C.: Sam W. Botsko, 50s; S. Amek, Samers, $3; N. Hadzikos- 25c; C. Plonek, 25¢; I. Baloz, MAS, $B wees eeeeeeeeeseeee 8.00} 25c; J. Padolinsky, 50c; M. Frank Ranto, East Chicago, Petrik, 25c; K. Kral, 50c; J. Ind.: Frank Heekkila, 25c; Forday, 50c; S. Gasparovic, M. Niemi, 50c; E. Vikberg, BBC eseaseecseeesres stecee 425 25c; W. Peterson, 25¢; A. Collected by W. Krpipchuk, Killnmen, 50c; E. Purpe, Hamtramck, Mich: W. 25e; A. Sutinen, 50c; H. Krpipchuk, $1; J. Marchen- Pyrmen, 25¢; A. Terrola, ko, 50c; P. Andel, 25; J. 25e; T. Tuonu, 25c; J. Hill, Sleva, $1; G. Meshechko, 25c ++ 1.25) . $1; E, Tomashewich, 50c; A. T. Meriac, San Francisco, Hotcheway, 50c; J. Ontjen- Calif. .... + 7.00} ko, 25c; John Sahar, 25c; J. Unit 4, Section 7, Brooklyn.. 7.50} Orleck, 25c .......+ Loseste ibe Section 8, Br. 2, Brooklyn.... 7.00| Ed. Gutzman, La Crosse, Wis. 5.00 Collected by Joseph Reiner, A. Spain, Wilmington, Del. .. 5.00 Hartford, Conn; Harry Dave Kernner, Brooklyn . 5.00 Suirs,.$1; A Friend, $1; A. Nick Stess, Milwaukee, W: 5.00 Bowegois, 50c; C. Hollup, I. Kettula, Cusson, Minn. .... 5.00 25c; R. Dow, 40c; S. Rosen- G. Johnson, Detroit, Mich...... 5.00 platt, $1; A. Kozerian, 50c; Factory Nucleus 1, Section 9, M. Arens, $1; Mutz,.50c; J. Long Island, N. Y. .. .« 5.00 A. Smith, bc .....+++ 6.65| Green Bud Shop, City.. 5.00 Collected by T. Mitsos, Cle S..T. Yhtistys, Chassel, Mich. 5.00 land, Ohio: Anonymous, $2; Collection made in San Fran- Geo. Tzanas, $1; Anonymous, cisco, Calif. ......... 4.10 50c; T. Mitsos, $2.50 ..... + 6.00| Council No. 12, N. C. W. Collected by Rebecca Katz, Bronx . 4.00 Norwalk, Conn.: J. Ogal- Collected by ) nick, $5; L. Kudravetz, 50c; tion 1, Night Workers, City Mr. Rasen, 50c; Anonymous, —Anonymous, $1; J. San- BOC isssceeeatesereeeres 6.50) ger, $1; M. Cohen, $1; L. Received as a collection at the Risikoff, $1 4,00 Workers School Forum, New Collected by M. York City .. sere 6.85) 18, S. S. 2A, Brooklyn— Unit 4, S.8. 2A, N, 5.75] John Koblentz, $1; M. To- Collected by J. Gatevecko, kin, $1; Joe Masaro, 50c; Carnegie, Pa.: J. Gatevecka, R. Rosen, $1; M. Ventiera, $3; J. Zukonskos, $1; J. 26c; M. Herstein, 26c; T. Lukos, $1 .. 5.00} Salzano, 25¢; St. Macslo- _ Co ad , Flint, gue ese 4.50 2 R. Nidel . T. Hamburges, S. Dart- BM Yanoff, 250; J. Mustath, 3.00 class differences. Social democratic and Trotskyist viewpoints hurt the interests of the proletariat irrespec- tive of what phrases are used ‘to cover up such views antagonistic to | the interests of the proletariat. 2.—I expressed my opinion also in regard to the remark made by Comrade Markoff to the effect that | the Trotskyist faction is destined to outdo Mussolini. In objecting to this remark, I stated that “it made a very bad impression when it was launched in the midst of many of us who suffered the consequences of fascist reaction in Italy.” By not explaining my opinion further and making only this statement, I have allowed a wrong interpretation to be placed upon it. I believe that it was unwise for Comrade Markoff to make this statement among work- ers who have suffered from fascist Gollected by Charles John- Johnson, Ashland, Wis.— Charles Johnson, $1; E. A. Matta, 50c; J. Somppi, 50c; A. Ojala, 25e; Charles M. Beltt, 5Ce; H. Lehtinen, | 25¢; Walter Somppi, 50c; |_ Oscar Pusula, 50c... + 4.00 }Mary A. Fayal, New Bed- Ford) Magee ilo sccoce << ss ae 3.00 | Collected by Gene Constant, Cleveland, O—.Gene Con- stant, $2; James Coleman, ae + 8.00 | Coilected by arles ish- | kinis, Kilkes-Barre, Pa— | J. Koerpus, 25; J. Senkus, 25c; G. Pechukaitis, 25c; F, Kuklis, 50¢; C. K. Mish- kinis, $2 ,. « 3.25 Collected by Daniel Loschen- ko, Buffalo, N. ¥.—W. In- kovskos, 50c; Charles Nart, 25c; B. Nattek, 50c; Burt O'Neil, 50c; A. Schwartz, 25c; Frank Bonevicz, $1; $1; J. Zagriachas, 25c; J. Milevikil, 25¢; A. Ricez,20c 3.70 Collected by Council 18, W. C., City—B. Schaettkey, 25e; L. Magdoff, 30c; R. Abimodiz, 50c; R. Gorss- berg, i5¢; Anonymous, 15c; Mrs. Halpern, 25c; Helski, 25ce; Sarpan, 25c; H. G., 50c; P. Irika, 50c; H. For- man, 25¢ . vee 8.55 Collected by Nig! orkers, City—V. Cueli, $2; G. Go- gil, Blas, case + 8.00 B, A. Faulkner, Ada, Mich.. 3.00 Collected by Carl Dernac, Neffs, Ohio—S. Bellavie, $1; Bukter, 25c; A. Rogo- zensky, 10c; J. Millat, Stewartsville, Milaff,Neffs, Ohio; J. Milat, Neffs, 0.; 25c; H. Markon, Neffs, $1 3.10 Collected by Edward Hilbig, McKees Rocks, Pa—Ed- ward Hilbig $2; Thomas Gukich, $1. Jc eure 3.00 Workers of the Rosil Hat Shop, City .. 3.00 w. Brooker, Unit 5, 2A, City 3.00 Collected by A. Akerson, Lit- tle Falls, Minn.—B. Aker- son, $2; A. J. Gagnon, $1. 3.00 E. Altwater, Pisstburgh, Pa. 2.00 Sec. 6, 8F, Brooklyn. 2.00 Edna Kagan, City .. 2.00 G. Nickerson, Minneapolis.. 2.00 Collected by Lillie Wissman, City—Lillie Weissman, $1; TI. Poppas, 50c; Aser, 50c. 2.00 Cyrill Pinta, Cicero, Ill. 2.00 A. Harmatta, Pittsburgh, Pa. 2.00 Ch, Ozal, Omaha, Nebr..... 2.00 Mrs. Gus Schaiblin, Kansas CRE AMO se d's sins oie. oe 2.00 David Hurowitz, Bronx 2.00 Abe Popkin, Bristol, P: 2.00 D. Kushlak, Cleveland, Ohio. 2.00 Eva Boerum, City +6 ea K R. H, Walkes, Birmingha PINTO APPEAL Ala, 2.00 G. Lucas, San Francisco, Cal. 1.00 John M, Burja, East Chica- @0, Ind, <..0.-.06s 1.00 | Miriam Potter, City -50 |P. Kishor, City . 1.00 L. Lorentz, City . 1.00 See. 2A, Unit 6, City 1.00 Chas. Underwood, Sec. 3, City 1.00 J. Kolmin, Chicago, Ill. . 1.00 Harry Bloom, Rochester 1.00 Chas, Shein, See. 8, Rocka- | way, N. Y, +e 1,00] | Anonymous, Ci 1.00 | |Jos. M. Sacks, Bronx. « 1,00] | Esther Edelstein, Bron: 1.00 | | Helen, Lazar, Bronx -50 | | Unit 1F, 2B, City—L. nowitz, $1; B. Kaplan, $1; } G. Sayder, $1 cccccscsceee 8.00 Wm. Stewart, Leetonia, Ohio 1.00 Callinns, 3D, 6F, City...... 1.00 Collected by L. Lacnow, San- ta Cruz, Calif—R. Dane, 50c; C. O. Beell, 25c; J. 0. Chappee, 25c ...... 1.00 Joe Bartas, Racine, Wisc. 1.00 |G. Belzer, City... ++: we 1.00 |Jobn Darkus, Linden, N, 1.00 Jack Samek, Bronx .. 1.00 | Oscar Katz, City 75 | Jaro, City .... 50 Wenger, City . 50 F. Boris, City 25 M. Moniz, City . 15 | Sirabeth, City .. " 25 |W. Worthors, City ... A |Cclleeted by Sarah Victor, Detroit, Mich.--Internation- al Workers Home, $25; Children’s School, $5 (Cor- rection) .. i} FOR THE “DAILY” (Continued from Page One) press, because my situation here is miserable—I am blacklisted and the bosses have taken my health away from me. “T have attempted to go inside the mills here in New Bedford, but I am always kicked out. The bosses fear that I am a dangerous weapon for fighting for the interests of the working class. Even though through the Daily Worker I learn to be more class-conscious, it makes me feel re- sponsibilties. I try to organize workers inside factories, The capi- talists have ruined my health, so now they can have my body. “I hope that the workers will be- come class-conscious and defend the Daily Worker. I am closing with best regards to all comrades and all re- volutionary workers of the world. “Comradely yours, “AUGUST C.G. PINTO” | vestigating the incident before the Workers Center, I find that the Party did not employ personal vio- lence; that the incident rose out of the provocative attempts of the Trotskyites in insisting upon pro- voking the Party comrades by the open sale of the “Militant” before the headquarters. Without giving | any opportunity to these enemies of | the movement to pose as martyrs, | we must resort to every measure in| order to isolate and destroy any Trotskyite influence among the working class as well as within the Party. In concluding my letter to ex-com- rade Refugee, I stated that in writ- ing this letter to him “I hope that it would have the object of bringing to the factional struggle a spirit more worthy to the cause we are fighting for.” I note, however, that it was used by the Trotskyites as ® weapon against the Party. I ab- solutely disassociate myself from the use of this letter by the Trot- |skyites and from the wrong view- our Party, but that the fight with | the Trotskyites is a class war, is aj| reaction but I nevertheless believe, we must employ ideological means ; point which I stated in the letter, | struggle of views for and against that Trotskyism, in moving away | to clarify the working class, to ex | and I realize again that such use| the proletariat—the Party’s view from the Communist Party, from | pose the Left phrases of this oppor- | would inevitably have been made by | and ‘that of the CI expresses the the Leninst line, in attempting to|tunist group, to use organizational | these enemies of the movement be- | interests of the revolutionary devel- split the Communist International | methods to rid the Party of the per-| cause our struggle is not really a | opment of the proletariat while that is moving more and more in the | sistent Trotskyites who aim to form | factional struggle within the limits | of the Trotskyites expresses the direction of the worst enemies of the | a fraction within the Party. In in-| of our Party, fighting to build up| point of view of the petty bour- geoisie. —JOHN PIPPAN. \Bicknell Miners Dem and Unity in Workers Party ‘The Central Executive Committee has received a demand upon the Party members to rally for Party work, to unite behind the Central Committee and to drop all factional- ism, Bicknell is a center of growing Party activity in the bituminous coal fields of Indiana. The resolu- tion reads in part: “We, the Bicknell Party group, for the sake of unity in our Party, take our stand in support of the Cc. E, C. This has made several of our best friends angry, but we must not allow ourselves to be tied down to personal friendships. These differences will be adjusted, we feel sure, in time. Let us strive for that great unity that will back the militant, fighting in- dustrial unions.” This is one of the most encourag- ing signs throughout the Party. 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