The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-07
HOGLUND GROUP
DRIVEN OUT OF
SWEDISH PARTY
Membership Is Loyal
in c Communist Ranks

Especial to The DAILY WOhNEh') |
STOCKHOLM, Oct. 6.-An
overwhelming majority Of the
Communist Party of Sweden
has voted in favor of the deci-
sions of the Communist Inter-
national and against the tactics
of the Hoglund group, the final
count in the party referendum
ordered by the c o m in ern
shows.
The most important section
of the party press remains in the
hands of the Swedish Commun-
list party, 'Norrlund-Kuriren,"
one of the two party organs
which still adhered to Hoglund,
has come back to the party.
Hoglund is now organizing his own
group, hoping to take with him a sec
ton of the party. He is already pub
fishing his own organ, a daily news
paper called Den Nya Politiken," in
opposition to Den Politiken," the
party organ. 1t is generally under
stood that, while Hoglund still calls
himself a Communist, he is definitely
planning to allay himself with the So
cial- democrats.
The bulletin on the situation in the
Sweish Communist Party, issued by
the Communist International is as fol
lows:
The crisis in the Swedish Party de-
veloped in the middle of August into
an open split. On August is, the
"Politiken" published a declaration of
the majority of the central committee
to the effect that it definitely declined
to carry out The referendum demanded
by the Comintern. At the session of
the central committee on August 10,
the delegation carried the following
resolutions of the Comintern: ~
Only comrades nominated by the mem
bers Of the Party can be Communist
candidates for parliament, and not the
opportunists nominated by Hoglund
90 The referendum on the question of
the decisions of the Comintern must
be carried out Immediately. (3) The
editorial board of the "Politiken" is
to consist Of a representative of the
Hoglund group, a representative of
the opposition and representative of
the executive. The Hoglund group
refused to carry out the instructions.
During the night from August 20 to
81, the proposed alteration in connec-
ton with the editing and managing
of "Politiken" was carried out. The
Hoglund group met this with a COM
plete split. The delegation of the
executive retaliated with the initia-
ton of an energetic campaign against
Hoglund and his group. The Comm
tern Executive addressed a manifesto
to the Swedish Party to the effect that
Hoglund himself had placed himself
outside of Communist international,
and had gone over to the bourgeoisie.
Therefore the Comintern only recog-
nized the opposition led by the minor
ity of the central committee as its
section and urged unity against the
Party split.
Hoglund is now organizing his own
party, which he still calls Commun-
list Party, and endeayors to create the
impression that he intends to continue
to fight the social democrats. But
the tone of his article shows already
that he is preparing for organizational
amalgamation with the social demo
cratic party, and the purpose of his
party is to provide him with back
ing when he definitely enters the
ranks of the social democratic party.
On September /, Hoglund began to
publish a daily organ Den Nya Poll
-tiken." The congress Of the Hoglund
party will take place on September 6
and 7. We are safe in saying that
Hoglund could only take away with
a