The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-11

for the moment. But one must also
be disciplined when one is in mi
nority. At one time, even in the Sec
ond International, we voluntarily sub
mitted to discipline towards it, but
later on 1t became our duty to form
secret factions (Wyncoop: Hear,
hearty to fight with all our might
against opportunism and later even
to split it. That was quite proper.
But this must not happen in Lenin-
list International, world Communist
Party, which must be firm and solid
as rock. That was quite proper.
We do not say that everything is as
| it should be in the Russian Party, but
we shall gradually do away with all
our defects. But when the opposition
says: "Just wait until October, we
will see who was right there will be a
deficit in the Soviet budget of 400 mil
lions" the Communist International
must make such a speech impossible.
cloud aplause).
The Communist International must
declare that it knows, just as well as
any of us, what difficulties the First
proletarian government, surrounded
by enemies, had, has, and will have to
contend. (cheers).
If we really desire to follow the
teachings of Lenin, if we want to Gre
ate truly commandments Inter-
national, if the resolution on the Boil
shevisation of the party is not mere
phrase, we must have iron discipline,
we must exterminate all traces of So
cial democracy, referendum, democ-
racy, etc.
The Second International is Declining,
Third international in the
Ascendant.
Comrades, we need not be afraid
to avow that we did not drop down
from the skies, that we were born out
of the womb Of the Second Interna-
tional. Here and there bourgeois and
petty-bourgeois theology is pressing
in on us. This is the misfortune of
our class. Had this not been so, we
would have conquered the bourgeois
social democrats long ago. We must
combat this danger with all vigor,
with firmness and perseverance,, worthy
Of revolutionists. Leninists must not
fall into a panic when opportunism
emerges from the right We must cx-
plain errors, create real Communist
International; fight and you will win.
The Second International is numer-
ically strong, but historically it is
doomed. We used to state the case
quite simply: the epoch of the Second
international is at an end; the epoch
of the Third International has com
menced. Historically this is true, but
sociologically it can not be stated so
simply. For a number of years the
true International will live side by
side. The Second International will
depart from the stage It is destiny:
we are in the ascendant. We shall
win. But for this we must have iron
discipline, real Communist world
party, which the Comintern must be-
come. 1t was not in vain that we have
PLEDGED ourselves to work and fight
in the spirit of Lenin. Like a real
Communist world party, we must
fight the opposition of, and point out
the errors of the left We must have
a steel Communist leadership, be-
cause we have great fight ahead.
At the WITH Congress we had no ink
ling that in the following October we
would have seriously to discuss the
question of the German revolution.
Matters are coming to a head more
quickly than we think, altho it seems
as tho there is slow progress. It is
quite clear that in the period between
the With and With World Congresses
we shall have to face decisive fights
in many parts of the world. we must
be ready to do everything, in order
to become. not in words but in deeds,
real worldwide invincible Commun-
list Party. loud, prolonged applause,
developing into an ovation. Delegates
rise from their seats. singing the I'm
ternationale"