The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-05-07

International, the 2M international
and so on ad infinitum. This is the
evolution that many of the so-called
"lefts" in the Socialist Party of
America are going through at the
present time.
A little mathematics will explain
the matter Assume that a tank Of
water is to be emptied and one under
takes the task in the following
fashion. First enc empties half Of
the contents, then half Of the re-
manning half, and continually half
of the remainder. 1t is clear that,
in this manner, the task will never
be completed. With each successive
operation, one gets nearer to the
bottom, but the VERY bottom is
never reached, for there always re-
mains that fatal half which it is
impossible to remove.
In mathematics, this process is
called infinitely approaching q limit
but never reaching it. The cleft" So
cialists make the Third international
their goal; they approach it, but will
never get into it!
The Chicago and New York 'lefts''
like Engdahl, Glassberg etc., were
formerly for the Third international
not so much because they approve Of
it, but because they support the Rus
sian Revolution. Now they declare
for the Third, accept all the Theses,
Statutes and 21 points of admission,
with the object of cooperating and
boring from within the Socialist
Party.
Having organized a left wing in
the Socialist Party, they intend
either to carry out their policies at
the coming convention of the So
cialist Party, or to split away from
the Socialist Party all who adhere
to the Third international. These
gentlemen, therefore, have infinitely
approached the Third International {;
they have recognized the Third In
ternational in the abstract-they
profess to believe, accept everything
that adherence to the Communist In
ternational implies.
But we are dealing here with a
very concrete Third International,
which demands Quite definitely and
concretely that, in a country like the
United States, where Communist
Party cannot openly advocate and
work for the overthrow of the
capitalist government and carry on
revolutionary propaganda in the
army, Communist party should
function as an underground organi-
cation. Furthermore, there must be
but one section of the Communist
International in each country, and
that section must be known by the
name of the Communist Party.
To attain this goal finnaly and
completely, is something that the
''lefts" cannot do. 1t is the necessity
of underground work which prevents
them from taking the determined
step to join the Communist Interna-
tional.
A few questions to these half
baked Communists and revolutionary
Socialists may be apropos.
Walter Cook was State Secretary
of the Socialist Party of the State
cf New York in 1919: At the time
of the split, in the name of which
International did you recognize large
organizations as locals Kings, Bronx,
Rochester, Buffalo, by expelling the
majority for their adherence to the
Left Wing, of which yours is but
a poor imitation?
Engdahl, Official Editor Of the
Party: In the name of which
did you help the So
cialist Party as one of their spokes-
men to expel 10000 revolutionary
members of the Socialist Party, ad-
herents of the Communist Inter-
national, with which you are now
flirting?
Why was it wrong to organize 3 |
Left Wing in 1919 and why is it |
light now? Why did you stick to the |
Yellow Socialist Party at the cost Of |
principles(?), while $4,000 cast off |
he party as worn out? Has the s.
p, since then, become more conser-
'ative, so that even you cannot rel
nam IN IL any more, or mas the re- I,
,olu.ionary wave risen in America?
Elgdahl, Glassberg, Cook and Co,:1
What did you do to Ben Gitlow, Jim
,arkin, John Reed, Charles r. Ruth
,nberg, and l. Y. Ferguson? You
expelled them, you ridiculed them
md their revolutionary "'romanti-
,ism,' as You chose to call it, They
vent to jail for their ideals-for
Communism, while you remained at
liberty, enjoying your beloved legal
by, being practical, sober, skeptical
'bout any revolutionary outburstl
Now you follow In their footsteps.
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