The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-04


Speech Of Alexander BlttIeman, c.
&. c. Representative at the cenven-
tion Of The German Federation Of
the Workers Party, New York City,
Nov. 20.
| COMRADES: Greetings and good
~ wishes from the Central Execu-
tive Committee Of the party.
The German Federation Of the party,
whom you comrades represent, is an
important section OF the Workers
Party. First. because It is the Oldest
one. The first pioneers Of an organ
lied socialist labor movement in the
United States we're German-speaklng
workers. They were class conscious,
fighters in the cause of the proletar-
lat. driven from their homeland by the
capitalist junker reaction and compel
led to look for a settlement in the
United States. When they came here,
they continued the struggle. At the
cost of tremendous effort and heavy
sacrifice, these German-speaking work
ers have laid the basis for socialist
movement in the United States. And
your federation being the descendant
Of those socialist pioneers, occupies
indeed, an honorable place in the Amer
lean class struggle. Thru your fedora
ton, the Workers Party as a whole, a
comparatively young organization, be-
comes linked up in an organic manner
with the first builders in the U. S.
Of political party Of the class con-
scious proletariat.
Your daily organ, the "Yolkszei
tung," is one of our oldest and best
established papers. Thru years O.
struggle in the cause of the working
class it has acquired influence among
wide circles of workers. It has be-
come an instrument of extreme value
for the further development of our
movement.
The Central Executive Committee
fully realizes the Importance Of the
German section and of our German or
gan, the yolkszeitung. The party is
highly appreciative Of the great serv-
ices to our movement rendered by
both our German section and our Ger
man organ, and is determined to dc
all in its power to further promote the
Communist movement among the Ger
transporting workers of America.
| At the same time, the Central
Executive Committee is very much
aware of the serious shortcomings
and deviations from the line of policy
of the Communist international mani
Tested by the Volkszeitung on mum
Der of occasions. Later in my speech
/ shall discuss that at greater length
lit is the wish Of the Central Execu
tive Committee, in accord with the
Communist International, that every
thing be done by this convention t.
correct and straighten out the lines
] of deviation from the G. /. and to as
sure the German-speaking workers Of
America and our party movement as
a whole, a real, Bolshevist German
section of the party and real Boil
shevist Volkszeitung.
Your convention meets prior to the
party convention This is somewhat
irregular, since the established an6
correct practice of our movement is
that conventions Of language sections
be held subsequent to the party con
vention. However, the C. e. c. per-
mitted the exception for what it con
sidered sufficient reasons. And now
since the German section of the party
is in convention assembled and since
the pre-convention period has been Of
ficially opened, you will no doubt con
tribute your share of experience and
knowledge to the solution OF the ma
jor problems that are confronting al
present our party.
A Year ofsQuick Change.
The past year will go down in the
history of our party as the year OF
quick change in tactics. During this
period our party was tested by events
as never before in its history. In the
face of the enemy and actually under
slogans on the political field, can