The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-28
CzECHO-SLOVAK
PAPER BECOMES
PRIVATE ORGAN
"SpravedInost" Deserts
Communist Movement
Statement Of the c. e. c., Workers.
Party.

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Party.
The Board Of Directors of "Sprave-
dlnost," the former Official daily news
paper of the Czecho-Slovakian Fed
Grafton Of the Workers Party, have
given the final proof of their treach-
cry to the principles of Communism
by Withdrawing from the Workers
Party and announcing their intention
to continue the publication of "Spra-
vedlnost" and "Zajmy Lidu," as
independent organs; that is, indepen-
dent of the Communist movement of
America. Furthermore, they are at
tempting to revive the "Czecho-Slo-
yak MARKHAM Federation" thus seek
ing to split the ranks of the Czecho
Slovak section of the Workers Party
This action of the Board of Direc-
tors came at the very time when the
Central Executive Committee of the
party was endeavoring to come to an
agreement with them and was offer
/ ing number of proposals of a com
promise nature in order to maintain
the unity of the Czecho-Slovakian sec
ton and to assure the continued pub
LEGATION of "Spravedlnost" until the
controversy could be settled.
This action should be the final and
conclusive proof to all Czecho-Slo-
vakian revolutionary workers that
this Board Of Directors, while cloak
ing their actions with hypocritical
pretenses, have been causing the dis
ruption in the ~Czecho-Slovak section
Of the party, breaking the party dis
cipline repeatedly and resisting the
party control for the reason that they
are in opposition to the principles of
the party, especially to the basic prin-
ciple of party control of =se press
laid down by the Communist Inter-
national.
The attitude of the Bureau of the
Czecho-Slovak section in opposing
this Board of Directors has been cor
rect The fight of the bureau against
them was fight for Communism and
for the Communist Party.
This Board of Directors has com
mitted long series of actions against
the party, eliminating in their with
drawal. The Central Executive Com
mittee therefore declares that they
shall in the future be regarded as
expelled from the party. and calls up
on all loyal Communists to discon-
tinue any collaboration with them and
to withdraw all support from their
private organs, the "Spravedlnost'
and Tzajmy Lidu."
At the very beginning of the con
troversy, which was started by the
arbitrary removal of one Of the edi-
tors by the Board of Directors, in di-
rect violation of the constitution of
our party, which places this power an
ly in the hands Of the elected bureau
subject to the approval Of the Central
Executive Committee, the Central
Executive Committee of the party in
tervened in an effort to prevent the
struggle going to the point of endan-
gering the unity Of the Czecho-Slo-
vakian section and the continued pub
lication of the paper. Representatives
OF the G. e. G. attended a number of
conferences on the question and in
each case received The full support
and cooperation of the bureau. The
Board of Directors, however, resisted
all efforts to adjust the difficulty and
refused to accept any decision of the
party.
On July Is, the entire Central Exc
cutive Committee held a Joint meet
ing with. five representatives of the
Board Of Directors and endeavored
to come to an agreement with them,
but without success. Repeated ap-
peals to them to put the unity of the
Federation and the security of the
paper above their own personal feel
ings and interests, and to propose
some ways and means Of cooperation
with the comrades belonging to the
bureau, were of no avail The Board
OF Directors categorically refused to
allow the leading committee of the
party to have anything to say about
the affairs Of "Spravedlnost."
Such an attitude is absolutely un.
permissible in a Communist Party
and warranted their immediate expul
sion. Nevertheless, the Central Exc,
cutive Committee decided to exhaust
the last possible resource in order to
come to an understanding 1t drew
up and submitted to the Board of Di
rectors for their consideration two al
ternate proposals, as follows:
/. That until the controversy is set
tied, a Board of Management consist
Ing of two members of the present
Board OF Directors, two members of
the Bureau, and one member of the
Central Executive Committee of the
party conduct the affairs Of the pa.
per; or,
2. That the Central Executive Com.
mittee appoint a committee Of three
to conduct the paper under the con.
troll Of the management.
But even this extraordinary effort
to establish working agreement was
hatly rejected. The Board of Man.
agement would not entertain any pro.