The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-02
By MAX BEDAcHT.

NlCtOlY az bl1G NOIfGnIfOu VI JuC
Workers Party, was the joyful report
made by the "Volkszeitung" to its
readers on New Years day. And a
few days later a leading article
crowned the brow of Comrade Lore
with laurel crown for this victory"
and added that the victory is still not
complete and that difficult struggles
are ahead.
And the discussion thus far in the
'Volkszeitung" seems to represent
the heavy blows of the opponent in
this hard struggle against the theses
of the Central Executive Committee.
May remark that something more
than an assertion of a report in the
"Volkszeitung" is needed to make the
world believe that the Finnish Ian
guage group in alliance with Com
rades Lore, Trachtenberg, Poyntz
etc. are all at once promoted to
custodians of radicalism in the Party.
Particularly Comrade Poyntz who
every time she regards her callous
laborer's fists can suppress only with
difficulty "a fit Of rage against the
wicked intelsectuals and homework
ers" in the Party.
The manner in which the discussion
has been carried on up to now is not
calculated to clarity the question. 1t
creates confusion rather, and tends
to discredit our Party in the eyes of
the non-members.
The very least that can be expected
Of those taking part in the debate is
that they shall get clear on the OBJ
ject of the debate. Comrade Berner
is the only one who has done that.
He comes to the conclusion that the
majority Of the previous Executive
was in the right. Nevertheless,
strangely enough, he is against their
proposal.
A few Of the participants in the
debate. as for instance "Marius"
formulate the sins of the Executive
out of the inexhaustible realm of
their imagination, and then, with a
grand gesture they refuse absolution
for these sins. Besides, the discus
sion is no "free for all fight, but an
earnest Party discussion, and Party
comrades cannot and should not hide
behind pseudonyms in such discus
sions.
The Problem Before Us
What is the problem?
The November theses Of the Party
Executive are under discussion. Not
only those paragraphs which specify
the attitude of the Party towards an
eventual Third Party, but also the
analysis of the present political sit
uation laid down in the theses. The
conclusions of the author and expo
nent of the theses are built upon this
analysis. Either the opponents of
these theses have something to ad-
vance against this analysis. In that
case where is their own analysis? Or
they accept this analysis and in that
case they must admit that we have
a difficult problem to solve. The
authors and opponents of the Novem-
Der theses propose a solution. The
opponents condemn this solution.
But the problem remains. Where is
the solution which the opponents of
the November theses propose? Either
one has sufficient understanding of
the problem so as to be able to solve
it in better way than the one pro-
pOocu, ana IL 50 well anu SOOu, Out
with it. Or perhaps one has no such
understanding and thereby one for
efeits the right of criticism.
Here is the situation:
During the start of the forward
development Of capitalism in the
United States in the exploitation of
the natural resources and markets of
the country there were always enough
crumbs which fell for the pigmies
from the tables of the giants of the
capitalist class. SO that the pigmies
submitted more or less willingly to
the political leadership Of the giants
But the giants have now reached the
peak Of imperialist development and
their group interests collide more and
more with the group interests of
the pigmies. This period of CAPT
talist development gives rise to in
dependent political movements Of the
various lower strata Of the capitalist
class. These movements are pro-
duced from very real special inter