The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-26


cal and industrial problems confront
ing the party.
Our Party-Three Tendencies.
When one proceeds with such an
examination of the outstanding fea-
lures of these groups he finds the
following characteristics predominant
l. The group led by Comrade Eos
ter and dominated by Comrade Can
non is superficial, empiric, non-Marx-
ian and in general does not look far
enough ahead in its evaluation Of So
cial forces and political movements.
2. The Ruthenberg group consists
Of the more conscious elements, the
elements constituting the traditional
and genuine left wing of our party
from the very day of its inception
in the great split of the socialist
party. This group is the more Marx
ian and has a much broader and deep
er political outlook.
3. On the extreme right of our
party stands the Lore group, the left
social-democratic group The Foster
group is politically the central group
between the left elements Of our
party found in the Ruthenberg group
and the extreme right elements fol-
lowing the leadership of Lore. In
fact, the Foster group is a sort of a
bridge between Two-and-a-Half Inter
nationalism in our party and the old
est and most conscious Communists
in our party following the leadership
OF Ruthenberg. Indeed, the Foster
and Lore groups shade and merge in
to each other. In New York, for in
stance, all the Lore followers are an
organic section of the Foster group.
What the c. |. Says.
If we examine the various declare.
tions of the Comintern on the different
groups in our party, we will find that
it is precisely the above estimate
which was made by the Communist
international. Furthermore, an an
alysis of the attitude displayed by the
various groups in different situations
before the party, shows that the Com
munist International was absolutely
correct in it's characterization of the
different tendencies in the Workers
(Communist) Party.
Comrade Radek in reporting to the
American commission in the preside
UNI of the executive committee of the
Communist International on May 20.
1924, declared: with the exception
Of the group Nore-Olgin group which
lees absolutely no political crisis in
america and does not recognize the
Importance of the agrarian question.
with the exception of this group, the
TWO tendencies in the party which
have grouped about Comrade Foster
and Comrades Pepper-Ruthenberg,
nave begun with the conception that
America is now passing thru a very
serious political and social crisis"
A Correct Estimate.
Continuing his analysis of the group
ings in the American party, Comrade
Radek declared: "As far as the work
Of comrade Foster is concerned, be-
lieve that we may have very serious
difficulties with this comrade. have
read comrade Fosters pamphlet in
which he sides with Legien in the dis
pute between kautsky and Legion.
! believe that this group does not look
far enough"
Likewise, in the review of the
Bankruptcy of the American Labor
Movement" by Comrade Leder, in
the International Press Correspond
ence, Vol. 3, No. 81, February 27,
1928, we find the following: ION the
other hand, it appears to me that Eos
ter does not perceive the obliquity
Of his politico-historical outlook.
To sum up, | repeat the opinion al
ready given, that Fosters historical
outlook is much too one-sided." II is
for this reason that Comrade Leder,
in reviewing this writing of Comrade
Foster, declared that Fosters thesis
and his substantiation are both err
roneous"
In the same discussion Of the tend
ShSASo III tHe AiueIiCdu party, COM
rade Radek spoke of those who have
not understood enough of the revolu-
tionary propaganda of Comrade Pep
per- Radek went on to say in his
Characterization of the two groups
that; "The group Of Comrades Ru.
thenberg and Pepper appears to be
more radical because comrade Pep
per, In his articles has opened up
very radical and very Revolutionary
perspectves for the development In
America" When Insisting that there
be no breach In the American party
comrade Radek spoke Of the Ruthen-
berg group &C "the element Of Com
munlst consciousness"
The following concrete examples
show that the Communist lnternation-
al has sized up properly the groupings
in the American party.
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