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tories and general industrial paraly-
sis. Comrade Dunno vigorously de-
MED Comrade Vargas statement that
Comrade Pepper was the only repre-
sentative Of the American Party who
foresaw the coming crisis. The party
had foreseen it but believed that the
crisis would not come as quickly as
was estimated by Comrade Pepper.
They were now fully prepared to meet
the coming crisis but believed that
the rapidity of its arrival was over
estimated.
The st. Paul conference did not re-
suit in the formation of mass party,
but in the gathering together Of vari-
Gus elements including groups of
bankrupt farmers. Until the indus
trial masses were drawn into the
party, it would possess no basis as a
real mass revolutionary party. But
at present the American working
class was too well employed, well
paid, fed and clothed to be in a revo-
lutionary state of mind.
Turning to the problem of Ameri-
can imperialism, Comrade Dunno
pointed out that Latin-America, which
contains population Of 10000 900
Spanish-speaking peoples, had large
ly replaced the lost German markets
as far as the United States was con-
cerned. The population Of South
America was on the whole hostile to
American Imperialism, and it was the
task of the American Party to organ
lie these workers to resist the Ameri-
can imperialist class.
Emphasizes Negro Issue.
The American trade union bureau
cracy, controlling four millions of
workers, was the worlds most reac-
tionary trade union leadership. 1t
was the first line defender of CAPT
talism and fought for American i'm
perialism. The principal task of the
American Party was to embrace and
lead the whole 20 millions Of Ameri-
cas- industrial proletariat. 1t was
clean-cut fight between the Commun-
lists and all sections of the bour-
geosie. Then ten to twelve million
Negroes, the most bitterly exploited
race in America, were led by people
whose function it was to keep them
servile henchmen of the bourgeoisie
They were being driven into industry
to compete with the white workers.
They constituted serious problem,
coupled with which was the influx
into the industry Of two million farm
ers, driven off the land by bankrupt
cy. The agricultural group was of
decreasing Importance as an econom-
ic and political factor, and the Ameri-
can Party must not base it's tactics
of the united front on the farm pro-
letariat. The American Party was
now becoming a mass party and was
united behind its present leadership
It's experience in the past two years
had brought it knowledge and ability
to deal with the complicated Ameri-
can economic struggle.
Need Organization in England.
Comrade Dunno then referred to the
criticisms of the British Party, which,
he observed, the British comrades
seemed to resent. When Comrade
zinoviev had said that in England
there was a tradition of small par
ties, the British delegates had seemed
pleased. 1t seemed as if they thot
that. if they had been big party,
they would have been out Of tune
with the traditional development and
would have been wrong. The British
Party needed an intensive organiza-
tional campaign linked up with the
political work of the party. 1t would
not gain the membership it needed
by diffused propaganda and abstract
Communism. He believed that appli-
cations for membership were much
better than a great many abstract
speeches.