The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-27

scrutiny of every item of our educa-
tional work, that it may be feminist
in fact as well as phrase.
A Revolutionary Party.
On the third prerequisite laid down
by the Comintern. that the Party
must be essentially and undeyiatingly
revolutionary and Marxist Party
we claim that the Workers Party
comes close to the standard. Devia-
lions from lack of understanding,
from an incomplete assimilation of
the Communist theory and practice,
have appeared and will appear. But
our party record is not too bad in
this respect. Vigilant scrutiny of all
our acts, and merciless self-criticism,
will keep us on the correct road.
A centraIized.- monoIithlc Party.
1t is when we come to the fourth
point, that we begin to get an ap-
probation of the appalling shortcom-
ings of the Workers Party as a Party
of Leninism. The Comintern says:
at must be centralized party,
prohibiting factions, tendencies, and
groups. It must be a monolithic
party hewn of one piece"
A black record of sin against Len
inism stands here against our move
ment in America. Not only have We
silently acquiesced in our social-dem-
ocratic Inheritance Of structural form,
which reduces Capitalization to
mockery-we have done worse, by
Systematically placing a premium
upon factions, tendencies, and groups
within our party. We have a pernic-
ious tradition, running violently
counter to the fundamentals of Len
inism, that the road to leadership
lies thru the development of tend
encies" differing from the party line,
and the disqualification of factions and
groups around these tendencies"
A sharp halt must be called to this
un-bolshevist practice, and an end
put to this shameful tradition. The
Workers Party of America must, too,
become "a monolithic party hewn of
one piece" There is no room for
warning factions and groups within
Communist party. When the next
Central Executive Committee and
District Committees of our party are
elected, let it be understood, once and
for all, that when the party has estab-
lished its line of policy in the discus
sion period and by convention decis-
ion, at that moment all struggle
within the party ends and every mem
Der, from top to bottom, becomes one
unit in "a centralized, monolithic
party hewn of one piece"
Propaganda in the Army.
In the fifth point, the systematic
preparation of the armed forces of
the bourgeois state for refusal to fire
upon their brother workers when or
ldered to do so by the capitalist mas.
tiers, we find another measure of the
immaturity Of our party. Not tenth
part of what should have been done
by us has been accomplished. I'M
mersed in the practical affairs of daily
life, we have neglected what will
soon become one OF the most prach-
cal and pressing problems OF the
movement And for the ultimate
struggle for power, We know that
upon this problem being solved de-
ponds the fate Of the revolution itself.
II is pleasure to make note of the
fact, however, that il our party has
neglected this work, the Young Work
ers League has not. 1t has made at
least beginning by sending picked
members into the military training
camps, compiling it's experience, and
make it available for the movement
generally.
Conclusion.
Yes, it requires more, much more,
than mere repetition of phrases from
the books for us to reach the point
where we can say: 1--WE have Party
L 20 Tansufcr,, rauttiraq that we