The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-20

There is no need here to discuss in
detail this question. The convention
in adopting the report of the c. E. C.
referred these three points of view to
the German-speaking branches for
thorough discussion. What deserves
special attention in this report is the
discussion of that section of the re-
port Of the c. E. C. which dealt with
the necessity of combating the rem
nants of the theology of the 21a Inter-
national in our party. In that section
Comrade Lore was referred to and
criticized, and an appeal made to the
German section to discard this ideol-
ogy and to accept more completely
the position of the Communist Inter-
national.
The party will undoubtedly be
gratified to learn that the criticism of
the C. l. and of the C. e. c. of the
w. p, direced against the theology of
the 21s International as expressed in
numerous articles in the Volkszeitung
that the efforts spent in this critic
ism were not in vain. Comrade Lore
himself. as well as many of the com
rades inclined to his point of view,
are already admitting their mistakes.
At the convention, discussing the re-
port of the C. e. C. Comrade Lore
specifically stated that his views of
Levy, Serrati, and the nature of the
labor government in England were
wrong, and that the Communist Inter
national was right The w. P. may
very well be proud of the fact that it
succeeded in bringing Comrade Lore
more closely to the party as a whole
and to the C. /.
However, it must be pointed out,
that the remnants of the theology of
the 21s International, altho consider
ably weakened, still prevails to a lesser
degree than before in certain sections
OF our party, and it will be the duty
of the c. e. C. to continue its ideolog-
ical campaign against these tenden-
cies until they are completely liquid
ated. 1t must also be said that Com
rade Lore failed to satisfy the party
as to his views on one very important
point, namely. his attitude towards the
minority opposition in the Russian
Party. Comrade Lore simply didn't
mention this point, which is a very
regretable omission. It would seem
to indicate that Comrade Lore is not
sure of his position on this problem,
and that he hasn't yet made up his
mind as to where the correct position
is. 1t must be understood, however.
that our party is entitled to know
where its leading members stand in
this matter. So far as the party as
ghole and its central executive COM
mittee are concerned, we are defin-
itely in agreement with the Russian
| Communist Party and are determined
to uphold the hand of the old Boil
'heyist guard in leading the working
class of Russia and the Communist
International to final victory.
In speaking on party discipline,
which was part of the G. e. C.'s re-
port on Bolshevising the party, Com
rade Lore and other comrades claimed
ito be fully in agreement with the c.
&c. c. But these comrades expressed a
faulty view Of discipline. For instance.
Comrade Lore maintained that there
may arise situations where Commun-
list duty would demand not submis-
sion to party discipline but the viola-
ton of this discipline. He referred
to Karl Liebknecht who. because OF
submitting to party discipline, unwin.
Iingiy committed the crime Of voting
for military credits in the German
Reichstag on Aug. A.
This reference to Karl Ljebknecht
submitting to the discipline OF social
patriots and betrayers as well as the
general argument OF Comrade Lore on
this point, indicates that Comrade
Lore has still way to travel 10 n