The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-15

ASpOAb w 1AC6O4y LluONAOf1 Cndll-
man of the Communist Interna-
tional, made to the session of the
Executive Of the Communist In
ternational held on Jan. 6. Zinc
views report deals with the main
points of difference in the Russian
Communist Party, clearly crystal
LIKING the discussion that has so
far been published in the DAILY
WORKER. In order that our
readers may get a broader view of
this discussion, we are publishing
enlarged installments. This re-
port is divided into seven sections.
Today we publish the seventh and
concluding section. 1t is as follows
VII.
The Proportion Of Forces In tho
Party.
In conclusion, few words on the
proportion of forces in the Party dur
ing the discussion.
AS in every struggle, a so-called
buffer group has been formed in the
course of the present conflict. There
was similar buffer group during our
trade unoin debates in 1921. At that
time the leader of the buffer group
was Comrade Bukharin. Lenin, when
speaking of the buffer group, remark
ed: If l could draw as we'll as Bu-
kharin can. / should make a drawing
of Bukharin with a bucket Of petro-
leum, which he is pouring into fire,
an l should add the inscription:
Buffer fire. Lenin was right. AS a
matter of fact the buffer fraction did
not contribute to lessening the strug-
gle, but rather to aggravate it. This
IS always the case. Instead of stating
clearly what the conflict is about,
instead Of Analysing the differences,
quite another course is adopted: one
of the fractions is actually supported
under cover Of intermediation. In
questions concerning the vital inter-
ests of the revolution, it is imperative
to take sides decisively, and not to
demand that good and bad be com
bined.
Central Position Upheld.
Comrade Radek is pleased at pres
ent with his role of mediator. But
this is merely a move in the game on.
his part, and only proves the exist
ence of a division of work In the "op-
position" In reality. Radek is a
Trotzkyian. His past is almost paral-
lei, and he possesses to a certain de-
gree the same weaknesses and the
same powers as Trotzky. Radek has
been able to record a certain degree
of success here in Moscow in his ca
pacity as mediator, but the majority
of the Party, that majority in whose
hands the fate of the Party lies, is
fully aware that Radek is in reality
no mediator, but an adherent of the
Trotzky fraction. For instance, he
declares at meetings that the Com
rnunist Central is 80 per cent in the
right, but at the same time he calls
upon those present to vote for the
resolution Of the opposition" altho
this must be 80 per cent wrong if we
are so per cent right.
The proportion of forces in the
Party is approximately 8 to 1. An
attempt is made, in today's "Pravda,"
to give a numerical survey of the re-
suit Of the discussion. l may inter-
pose that almost the whole Party has
expressed its opinion. The result is
as follows: 28S organizations for us,
8 against us. These figures give only
an approximate idea Of actual rela-
tons. Not one of the eight opposi-
tional organizations is an important
center. All important and decisive
industrial centers, possessing really
compact masses of proletarians, as
Petrograd, Charkov, Baku, Yekaterin-
burg, ETC., are on our side with an
overwhelming majority. Matters are
somewhat different in Moscow than
in other industrial centers; here the
opposition" is considerably stronger.
Our opposition made the attempt to
bring off performance a la Berlin
here in Moscow, but with the diner
ence that we are here concerned with
a really revisionist current. It is
highly probable that in Moscow, the
final proportion Of forces will be such
that about 20 to rs per cent of the
votes of the Party members will fall
to the Opposition" | must explain
to you why precisely Moscow has a
comparatively powerful Opposition"
First, 1t is to be greatly explained by
the fact that we have about 10000
students in Moscow. And then we
have the war commissariat. | have
already pointed out that the main
center OF the Opposition" is formed
by the students and the war COM
missariat. l must, however, observe
that the greater number of the Red
Army soldiers naturally voted against
Trotzky. But the overwhelming ma
jority OF the workers OF Moscow are
with the Central Committee. The
relative success of the Opposition" in
Moscow is further due to the fact that
1t has concentrated its main forces in
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