The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-16

I the united front, and secondly, sought
for the watchwords for this united
front. After the Halle Party Confer
ence, every German Communist felt
that we had already drawn to our
selves the workers who were for the
relationships that meanwhile the
great masses would not be won by
tho propaganda of the watchword of
die Iatorship; and that we must win
them over by the putting forward gen.
eral slogans in their daily struggles.
The situation was not, in general, i'm
mediately understood by the COM
rades. 1t is a historical fact that
number Of comrades considered the
open letter" of January 8, as oppor-
tunistic back sliding. Only as a re-
suit Of the intervention of comrade
Lenin were directions for the united
front and the "open letter" included
in the resolutions of the Third Con-
gress. These obstacles which were
not overcome, found expression in the
differences which we had on the Elk
ecutive, with regard to the require
ments of the transition period with
the conflscated capital, and the taxa
ton program. And they found express
sion in the question of the workers
and peasants government.
At Fourth Congress.
What, comrades, was the position
Of the workers and peasants govern
ment question at the Fourth Con-
gress? Comrade Zinoviev has ex,
planned here how much he felt that
the watchword of workers govern
ment as coalition with other work
ers' parties, might be opportunistic.
But he gave way; q do not know if it
was because of my incitement) but so
it came about that, in the meeting
Of the Commission at the Fourth Con-
gress, Gretchen, under the flattery. of
Faust, sinned for a moment. Com
rades, however flattering the role of
Mephistophles or even of Faust may
be to me l must uproot this legend.
Here is the first draft Of Comrade
zinoviev's resolution. This draft con-
tafns, unfortunately, not only the first
transgression of Comrade Zinoviev,
which he has already read out, but
second. In this draft comrade Zinc.
view wrote:
When we are defending the unit
ed front, Communists must not hest
tate under certain circumstances, to
form government in conjunction
with non-Communist parties The
second passage is much better. 1t
says; Communists do not hesitate to
make agreements with other parties.
even If the leaders Of these parties
are social democrats or even Chris
tan socialists. (Brandler: Very SEN
sible).
Up to this day think It is sensible.
This mention of Christian socialism
came from a preference for certain
leaders Of the German center, who had
said that it was possible that even
the Christian socialists might take
part in workers government.
In this resolution comrade Zinc
views two transgressions, as l have
calculated, multiplied into seven trans
gressions. All were, as usual, the re.
suits Of the first sin. The form of the
resolution makes it clear to us also
that the Leipsic and Prague resolution
is nothing more than a repetition of
this resolution, and that the object of
now the ending of this resolution.
United Front.
In the resolution it is stated. among
other things: 1.-THE Commounists, in
opposition to an open or disguised
bourgeois-democratic coalition. pres
ent united front of all workers, and
the coalition of all workers parties on
the economic and political field. to
light against the bourgeois power and
to lead to its final overthrow.
-. Even a workers government
which arises from a parliamentary sit
uation, is thus of purely parliamentary
origin, and can create the opportunity
for the establishment of revolution
airy workers movements.
Communists, under certain
circumstances, declare their readiness
to form workers government in CO.
operation with non-communist work
ers' parties and workers organizaSI
TONS"
Tnls resolution unites a warning