The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-21

lulS point OF view.
Take Up Self Determination.
The second question was whether
the slogan of the right of self-deter-
mination was sufficient for the solu-
ton of all national questions. 1t was
pointed out that number of nation
al questions existed in countries, like
the United Otates,. wnere there is an
extraordinarily mixed population;
which shows that the slogan of the
right of characterization cannot
solve all national questions. Then
there is the race question. The Pro-
gram Commission was of the opinion
that the slogan of the right of self-de-
termination must be supplemented by
another slogan: Equal rights for all
nationalities and races" The Pro-
gram Commission also discussed
whether or not the program should
contain a definition of the conception
of a nation. The Commission came
to the conclusion that it was prac-
tically impossible to find definition
for the conception nation which
would. satisfy all requirements, and
that for the requirements of our fight
it is only necessary to have political
definition, so that we may know
where we can intervene and where
we can not. OF course, everything
depends upon whether or not the
working class of the country raises
the national question. If the nation
al question is vital one for the work
ing class, if it is vital for the work
ers and peasant-proletariat, then it
is naturally vital for the Communist
Party and must not be neglected.
A further question which was dis
cussed in the Program Commission
was the question of the new form of
the bourgeois governments. Fascism
was discussed as a form of govern
ment on the one hand, and the La
Dor government on the other. The
various types of Fascist government
were discussed, and we came to the
conclusion that Fascism had already
developed various national types. For
instance, Italian Fascism, it's forms
of development and forms of govern
ment, is not identical with German
Fascism, its struggle for development
and its methods of welding power.
Here national differences exist.
The next matter that was discussed
was what the next stage after Fas-
cism would be. Various specifications
were made. Must Fascism be elimi-
mated directly by the proletarian die
tatorship, or could intermediate stag
es arise? Comrades, the Commission
was Of the opinion that we cannot
prophesy about this question but must
leave it open, because various posi-
bilities exist.
Also Discuss Intellectuals.
Then the question of the intellec-
tuals was discussed. l will not re-
port on this question, since it is a
special point on the agenda.
Then on the role of the party, on
which subject Comrade Kuusinen
spoke. will mention the following
points which arose from this discus
sion: We all agreed that the concep-
ton of the role of the party as repre-
sented in the Communist Manifesto is
obsolete and the matter must be
changed accordingly.
We had quite thoro discussion
on the question of democratic cen
tralism, especially on the question
whether or not we should retain this
expression. Certain criticisms were
made of this expression from the
point of view that it does not suffi-
GENTLY express the synthesis and har-
mony of these two conceptions-cen
tralism and democracy; and that it
ought to be replaced by a better ex-
preston. But after long discussion
on the subject, the Commission de-