The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-06

The Moscow Decision-Aceusation
Against Comrade Lore-The
Serrati case-Serrati and
Paul Levi.

In the theses Of the Comintern on
the American situation and the tasks
OF the Communist Party in America,
there is contained the following para
graph;
"rhe Executive Committee of the
Communist international calls the
attention Of the C. <. c. also to the
dangerous tendencies signaIized by
the articles Of comFade Lore and
some Of his followers who, in their
estimation Of the problems Of the
Communist international, in their
estimation of the labor government
Of England and of the events in
Germany, are manifesting remnants
Of views Of the Two-and-a-HaIf Inter-
national The C. (. c. must carry
on an theological campaign against
such a tendency"
As one of those present at the dis
cussions of the Executive Committee
of the G. l. on the American question,
the writer deems it his duty to give
an account of the circumstances
wherein the decision concerning Com
rade Lore was adopted and Of the
meaning of that decision.
At the meetings of the E. C. C. T.,
where the American problem was dis
cussed. there were three delegates
from the U. S. representing three diff
ferent points of view on the American
situation. The members Of the Execu-
tive Committee also held varying
shades of opinion concerning the
American party. But while the dis
cussion was extended and very ami
mated, while the clash of tendencies
was at times quite sharp, especially
among the American delegates, there
was unnanimity in the attitude to-.
wards the tendency which makes it.
self manifest in the writings Of Com
rade Lore. After more than three
weeks discussion, the American COM
mission appointed by the Executive
Committee of the Communist Interna-
tional adopted as a general basis for
its decisions the memorandum on the
American situation and the outline of
the party's activities in the future.
which were presented by Comrade
Foster. (There was only one section
in Comrade Fosters memorandum
with which the commission dis
agreed.
Paragraph IS of Comrade Fosters
outline read:
"The right wing and opportHnist
tendencies Of the Lore-VoIkszeitunq
group shall be censured and cor
rected by the Comintern."
One Of the other two delegates prae-
tically withdrew his own memoran-
dunn in favor of Comrade Fosters
with the above exception), and as to
the third delegate who was fundamen-
tally opposed to Comrade Fosters
memorandum and outline of activities
he was pleased by the paragraph
which proposed the censuring Of Com
rade Lore.
After mature deliberation, the
American commission framed. and the
Executive Committee Of the Commu-
mist International adopted, a policy
and plan of work for our party. The
theses on the American situation were
adopted by the Executive Committee
unanimously. The censuring Of Com
rade Lore and the declaration Of the
necessity to carry on an theological
campaign against the tendency rep
resented by Comrade Lore is, thus,
unanimous decision of the Executive
Committee of the Communist Interna-
tional The decision was adopted be-
fore the Fifth Congress of the Com
munist International, but having been
present at the sessions Of the con-
gress and believing understood the
spirit Of the overwhelming majority
of the congress delegates, the writer
is quite certain that, as far as Com
rade Lore is concerned. the congress
the highest governing body Of the
Communist International. would have
fully agreed with the Executive Com
mittee.