The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-15

workers. farmers and small business
and professional elements who have
hitherto followed them. 1t makes a sue
cessful united attack upon the work
ers more difficult.
2. Millions of workers and poor
farmers are following this split move
ment away from the old parties. The
split breaks the lethargy of these
masses, sets them into motion and
renders them highly susceptible to
propaganda for a class party. The
split of these working and farming
masses from the capitalist parties,
which they have followed up till now,
if properly utilized, can be made the
starting point for the development of
a great class farmer-labor party. :.
3. 1t is not matter of indiffer
ence to the Communists as to who
misleads~ and betrays the working
masses. The latter are already dis
illusioned about the old capitalist par
ties but they still look with faith to
the third party movement. The be-
trayal of their interests by the La
Toilette group, because of the greater
promises it makes and the higher
hopes it inspires, will have the most
profound effect on the masses and
will eventually force them to turn
to class party of their own and to-
ward the leadership of the Commu
nists.
A. This split will shatter the A. F.
of L.. bureaucracy which stands to-
day as the most formidable obstacle
! to the revolutionary development of
the trade unions. The A. F. of L. bu-
reaucracy is tied to the capitalist par
ties. The split from the old parties
will tear loose great masses of organ
lied workers from their allegiance to
the capitalist parties and their own
leaders who are agents of these par
ties. 1t will upset the balance of pow
err in the A. F. of L. and open the
door for general development of
the trade unions in all directions.
The c. E. c., and not Comrade Can
non alone, adopted this viewpoint At
no time was the question ever raised
in the C. E. c. Of difference of opin-
ion on the part of Comrade Cannon
from the opinion of the c. E. C. on
this point.
WiIea case:-The c. E. C. consi-
dered the report of a subcommittee
on the case of Feodor Wilga who was
expelled from the Workers Party ir
June, 1928, and who has asked to re
open this case The following re-
port was adopted by the committee:
Report on the Case Of comrade WiIgs
A special committee of the C. E.
c. had conducted thoro investigation
of the charges against Feodor Wilga
upon which he was expelled from the
party in June, 1928 and from which
he appealed for a re-trial After hear
ing large number of witnesses and
examining all documents submitted,
the special committee came to the
following conclusions which have
been adopted as the decision of the
c. E. C. 80.
| 1. Comrade Wilga was animated
by a false view of his obligations to
the party as party member and
false view of the relations between
the Soviet government, the Techni
cal Aid Society and the party. This
fundamental misconception led Com
rade Wilga to a conflict with the party
in the course of which he committed
repeated and systematic violations of
party discipline. These violations
were fully established at the hearings
of the special committee of the c. E.
c., and action of the G. E. c. in ex-
pjelling him from the party on this
ground was fully justified under tn
circumstances.
2. While Comrade Wilga, in the
conduct of his Office as secretary of
the Technical Aid Society committed
number Of indiscretions in his rela-
tions with representatives of private
firms from which differences of i'm
proper conduct might be drawn, how
ever, the committee after investiga-
ton, found no proof of any dishonest
actions on his part.
8. In view Of the fact that Com
rade Wilga, as justified result Of HIS
conduct. had been out of the party for
more than a year. and taking into ac-
II count his attitude toward the party,