The New York herald., 1921-12-24
COMMUNISTS HOLD
RALLY OF FACTIONS
Prepare for Three Day COnvcn-
tiOn to Organize a Politi-
cal Party.

Preliminary TO holding a three day
convention. at which they hope 20 effect
unification and form a political party
intended eventually to establish the
Workers Republic of the United States,
some eight hundred representatives of
the Communists and other radical par
ties held mass meeting and oratorical
celebration last night at the Star Ca
slno, l07th street and Park avenue.
heralded among the radicals and is to
The convention, which has been widely
begin this morning, will be held in the
Labor Temple, No. 23 East Eighty
fourth street 1t has been arranged
after some months Of work by the men
who have edeavored unavailingly for
years to unity the various communistic
elements in the country, one of whom is
j. Louis Engdahl. who, in appealing for
funds for the convention expenses OF
the Workers Council. says the purpose
Is to unity the revolutionary clements
accepting the leadership of the Third
tCommunistic) International In ths
struggle to establish an American
Workers Republic"
Last nights meeting was not ses-
sion Of the convention. II was merely
an occasion for the announcement by
intentions of the convention. The crowd
that did not quite fill the hall were ad-
dressed by half dozen speakers, all of
whom dwelt on the benefits of unity
petween the various radical elements in
the country and many of whom inter-
polated remarks uncomplimentary TO
capitalism, and labor organizations
which refuse TO become radical. There
was little talk about the government,
however, and the speeches were gener-
ally very mild.
James Cannon, who presided, an
nounced that the affair was a celebra-
tion of the unification of the revolu-
tionary elements in the United States
and Of the formation of the Workers
Party of America. He was followed by
Jack Carney, editor of the Voice Of
Labor, who emphasized the fact that
the revolutionaries had been wasting
their time and their energies by not
getting together. Other speakers were
Ludwig Lore OF the Volks Zeitun1,
William kruse of Chicago. Charles
Baker of Ohio, Floyd Ramp of Seattle.
j. o. Centall of Duluth. Cabel Harrison
of New York, ]. w. Johnston of Chi
cago and Margaret Prevey Of Dayton,
Ohio. All Of these are delegates to the
convention.
elements has been attempted many
times. but the convention, 1t was ex-
planned. Is TO undertake something en-
tirely new in attempting to form poll
teal party the theory of the Commu-
nists at the present being that mass ac-
ton rather than political activity would
achieve the desired revolution. The
convention has been called by the Ameri-
can Labor Alliance in conjunction with
the Workers Council. the Jewish Social
ist Federation. the Workers Educational
Association and the Finnish. Hungarian
and italian units which recently broke
away from the Socialist party.
In the call for the convention the
program for political action is thus set
forth:
ITO participate in all political activl-
ties. including electoral campaigns. in
order to utilize them for the purpose
OF carrying our message to the masses.
The elected representatives OF the Work
ors party will unmask the fraudulent
capitalist democracy and help mobilize
the workers for the final struggle against
their common enemy"