The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-30
As to the "Marxiun Trunk" of the Party

control Of the DAILY WORKER, and
other measures calculated to place the
minority fully in control of the party
Incidentally, as a sort of good meas
ure, he demanded that our unemploy
ment and other policies be reversed
Now here was the issue squarely
placed. The question of the fitness
of the two groups was fairly in ques-
ton And the Communist Interna.
tional was to Judge. On the one side
as our minority comrades would have
it, there was the splendid MARKHAM
trunk" Of the party (Which was Incl.
dentally the author Of the August
thesis, the third party alliance and
every other opportunistic move for
the past three years. and on the other
side, the present C. E. G. Of "syndi.
calists" and "opportunists" and mon.
Marxists." The fate Of the party was
at stake. If the party were turned
over to the minority, all would be
roses and progress; but If it were
turned over to the majority, every
thing would be lost.
And what was the Comintern's de.
cision? How did 1t choose between
the two groups? We all know that
the C. I. is a real international and
that it does not hesitate to re-organ
ize central executive committee in
any country If such action is neces
sary in order to put the party involved
back into Bolshevik control. Now il
the claims of the minority were true
the duty of the Comintern would have
been clear, and we know 1t woul6
have performed that duty relentlessly
by removing the present G. e. G. from
power. But the Comintern refused
to do this. Somehow 1t failed to get
the point that the minority were the
only Communist, MARKHAM branch In
our party Possibly it may have
thought that there were just as good
Communists and Marxists among the
majority. But at any rate, and this If
the big thing, the Comintern rejected
completely the demands Of Pepper
giving the minority a sharp censure
incidentally. 1t not only maintained
the c. E. c. in power, but it expressed
confidence in the present majority
This expression Of confidence was
later reiterated by Comrade Zinoviev
at the Fifth Congress. Let the decis-
ion of the Comintsrn on their demand
for control of the c. E. c. be the ans
wer to the eternal Dragging of the
minority Of their Communist superior.
ity.
No, the Comintern did not reject all
Of the minority's demands. There was
one that it granted, and in this we
Joined; viz, that the Pepper-Ruthen
berg and Cannon-Foster groups b.
amaIgamated In making this demand
the minority showed the hypocrisy o.
their whole case. If the majority
were such non-Communists and sydi
calists as the minority said they were
why did the latter want to amalga
mate within them and thus possibl.
poison their own purity? May be, il
the goodness of their hearts, they
were willing to adopt US poor orphans
But IL this was their benevolent in
tention the Comintern gave no encour
agement to their gentle aspirations
1t seemed to think the majority quite
capable of sitting up and taking nour
ishment. The minority have learned
this also during the past year. They
have learned that the proletarians Of
the majority can at the very least
hold their own with the "intellec
tuals" of the minority, and can pune
ture their epportunism quite effec
lively.