The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-31
WORKERS PARTY REGULATING FARMER
LABORISM

letto movement is also help, as well
as the party discussion, in overcom-
ing the illusions of our farmer-labor
Communism. The Minnesota cities
cast their vote for the central execu-
tive committee thesis.
Detroit and Cleveland are just be.
ginning the process OF laying the
farmer-labor ghosts. Unfortunately II
has been impossible for the c. E. c.
to give these cities much special at
tention during the discussion and
these two cities could not reach the
Bolshevist point of view so quickly
as did New York, Chicago and the
Twin Cities. But even in Detroit and
Cleveland, where the farmer-labor
minority in our party won the vote,
we see that the farmer-labor illusion
is speedily fading. Whereas six weeks
ago the vote would have been almost
unanimous for the farmer-Iabor party
yet on last Sunday, it just barely
squeaked by. Give Detroit and
Cleveland a little while more and
they will redeem their record.
1t is very Illuminating, 1t is very
educational, to see this tremendous
reorientation taking place in our party
with such rapidity-and It is also a
matter of eradication to see how
sound is the heart Of our party, how
readily it responds to the Communist
line in political debate. Consider the
tremendous difficulties. that the CEN
trail executive committee has been
forced to struggle against. 1t went
to membership that was totally un.
prepared, with the proposal to change
basic policy, for which the entire
party had been educating the move.
ment for two years. AS a conse-
quence the G. e. c. had almost the
entire party against It at first.
In addition were other obstacles.
Certain language sections of our party
have carried on no discussion what
ever. Following an un-Bolshevist
line, their officials decided to save
their members from the disturbance
of discussion and, picking what
looked like the easiest way, cast in
their lot with the old slogan. In these
sections it is only now, after six
weeks, that the G. e. C. is finally
penetrating with the discussion.
Other groups of the membership
had been poisoned by the under
ground propaganda that has been car.
ried on thruout the year by the minor.
+ ty national caucus, which brought
many groups to the discussion caucus
bound, with the legend of the Lore
alliance, with lurid tales Of the "op-
portunist" sins of various members Of
the C. E. c. All of these things re
quired the open discussion Of the
membership meetings to dispel.
In spite of all obstacles, however,
and starting with the party almost en-.
tirely against it, the policy of the
central executive committee has in
six short weeks won majority of
the membership. The farmer-labor
advocates are making their last stand.
The policy of the C. E. C. is sweep
ing the party, and in another month
or so it will have the support of the
overwhelming mass of the party.
Everyone will soon be admitting that
the farmer-labor ghost will quit walk.
ing before the party comes to it's con-
vention. That is the meaning of the
vote taken by our members in New
York, Chicago, the Twin Cities, De-
troit and Cleveland on Dec. 2S. The
Workers Party is emerging from the
farmer-labor illusion.