The daily worker., 1924-12-27
The Discussion on Party Tasks

cussion, with the idea of removing
If possible the purely factional sting
| from differences of opinion on policy.
| We proposed informal discussions
with the minority Of the immediate
political tasks of the party in order
to ascertain whether or not COM
mon basis of policy could be found,
but the minority was more intent up
on discussing the makeup of the
next C. E. C. and similar questions of
party control than problems of pol
icy. This made it impossible for us
to proceed, because we held to the
Bolshevist principle that the basis of
unity in Communist Party is agree
ment on policy and not the arbitrary
division Of organizationa1 control.
The minority, however, thought other
wise, consequently our latest attempt
to liquidate the organized minority
opposition came to naught. A fur
the reason is now clear: the minor
ity is one of the right wing tendencies
in the party.
But the party as a whole, if not the
minority, responded splendidly to
every effort of the C. e. C. to i'm
prove the morale and understanding
of the organization. The membership
particularly appreciated the readiness
Of the G. e. c. to admit mistakes and
to correct them quickly. Something
that the minority never dares to do,
even in the case Of their pet third
party alliance which was rejected by
the Communist Internptional. Till
this very day the minority cannot
muster the courage to say whether the
Comintern was right or wrong.
In our theological struggle against
the remnants of the Two-and-a-Haf
International we have been making
steady progress, despite the numer-
Gus tactless provocations of the mi
nority which went as far as supplying
misinformation to the G. E. c. We
adhered strictly to the tactics of the
C l., applied to Serrati, Smeral and
many others, which was to defeat
these Two-and-a-Half international
tendencies ideologically, to prove
them wrong and politically bankrupt
in the eyes Of the membership, tc
win all the proletarian elements of
the party to the point of view of the
C. l.. and to compel the carrying out
of the policies of the c. /. when neces-
sary even by means of disciplinary
measures. Together with the G. l. we
realized that the Bolshevization of our
party is not one-act affair, to be ac-
complished overnight by means of
senseless prosecutions, but a process
of education and merciless theological
struggle against menshevism, oppor-
tunism, and centrism. This was the
policy of the G. e. G. majority car
ried out daily in every phase of its
activities. We fought to the best of
our abilities every deviation from the
9. I. policies, such as, the remnants OF
he theology of the Two-and-a-Half
International, the right wing farmer
aborist tendency, as well as those
| temporary deviations of which we our
selves have been guilty. We strain
ed all our efforts to draw into party
leadership, to bring to the fore all
he proletarian elements of the party,
The active workers from the shops.
And in contradistinction from the
pseudo-intellectuals of the minority
we believe that our movement is es-
sentially a proletarian movement and
that its theology and psychology
must be permeated with that of the
class conscious revolutionary prole-
tariat.
AS a result of these efforts our par
ty is now ideologically more homo
geneous than ever before in its his
tory. The attendance at branch meet
ings is now better, the internal life
Of our branches is richer and more
intensive. The dues payments have
never been SO high as they are at
present Our party is continually
growing in numbers. We are getting
better organized and more closely
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