The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-27
A Year of Party Progress
Being Record Of Difficulties Overcome Party Achievements
and the Part Played Therein by the c. &. c.
and by the Minority

the effectiveness of Communist pol
icy by the amount Of publicity space
and by the size of headlines appear
ing in the capitalist press, which was
SO typical of the former c. E. c., the
days of such leadership, we hope, are
gone forever.
The Workers Party in the Elections.
AS legacy OF the day OF grand
maneuvers. the present central exc
cutIFe majority, immediately upon as
stunning Once. round Itself inextricably
involved in the pursuit OF an inme-
dlate political objective, which was
totally beyond the power OF our par
" to achieve under the prevailing cir
cumstances. We mean the objective
IOf creating united tarmer-laDor par
Ity in the presidential elections ana
thereby defeat the LaEoIIette infiu-
ence upon the so-called class farmer
labor movement.
Inc present c. E. C. did everything
that was possible to achieve that o.
Jective. IN dolng so we were con
IlnuaIiy hampered by the minority Ill
eae q. Z. G. which was bent upon
putting into effect the August thesis,
rnat Is, the creation OF a Iarmer-Iabol
party, on the basis OF the united iron.
from above instead of a real uniteo
front from the bottom with the broad
Iarmer-iabor movement, upon the bas-
IS OF an immediate program OF partlal
demands. Beginning with the frst
meeting Of the present C. E. c. Ill
January and up until May, our prin-
cIple political efforts were directed
towards one end, a national farmer
.aOor ticket and party as against the
third party LaFolette ticket. In this
effort we were defeated thru no fault
u our own.
Why? Our answer is because La
.olletteism was stronger among the
masses than Communism, because
petty bourgeois illusions (which mean
-.aFoiletteism) were and still are
dominating the minds of the farmer
labor movement. When the old G..
e. c., in its opportunistic rush for
leadership, decided that we must set
up farmerlabor party as against a
thru party. it set for our party an
impossible task. The present C. E.
G. majority did not realize the i'm
possibility of this task until the June
II convention. The situation became
quite clear after the July conference
Of the C. p. P. A. Then grasping the
situation with initiative. we cut loose
from the fiction OF a farmer-labor
ticket and entered the elections as
the Workers Party.
This represented profound change
in tactics. The party should realize
that it required courage, quick Com
munist thinking and much determine
ton to make the decision and to car
ry Il out successfully. The decision
Of July 8. which placed the Workers
Party In the elections under its own
name and with it's own program and
candidates. thereby extricating our
party from the intolerabIe position of
compromise and opportunism invoIv-
ed in supporting a fictitious farmer.
labor ticket. This decision we con-
slider one Of the major accomplish
ments Of the present c. Z. c.. It was
carried thru In the face of bitter op-
position Comrade Lovestone. minor
ity leader. whose policy would have
sacrificed the interests OF the Work
ers Party for the fake farmer-labor
party.
Were we right or wrong In putting
the Workers Party in the elections
under its own name? Did we or did
we not manifest initiative. flrmness,
and correct Communist understand
ing when we changed our policy on
July 8? The party has already given
the answer. Everyone in our ranks,
except the incorrigible farmer-Iabor
ties, are convinced that our party
made an excellent showing in the