The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-10-03

playing at soldiers, etc. The task of
winning over the masses is impossible
of accomplishment. And on the other
hand the Comintern demands" that
the masses be won. Here already
there is consistency within this lead
ing group. Its pessimism leads to it's
conquetting with the ultra-left. The
demands of the Comintern are met
with an acknowledgment, on paper, of
these demands, and with an endeavor
to realize them in life, but without
faith in them. Hence the vacillating
attitude and political flabbiness of
this group, a flabbiness combined
with diplomacy of the worst descrip-
ton in its relations to the Comintern.
A typical example of this is the
tenth party conference.
We have already referred to the
intellectual preparations made for
the conference; Comrade Maslow
wrote the articles, the sole purport
of which was to discredit the import
ance Of the Third World Congress, to
deprive the whole tactics of the In
ternational of their basis, and at the
same time to lay the foundation for
the ultra-left groups.
FORMALLY, however, the fight was
L against the uItra-left at the con-
ference. But as soon as it came to
conflict with the International the po-
iticaI line was Immediately forgotten
nd h. 1nrk
ed. And in Moscow Comrade Ruth
Fischer declared that the party con-
ference had tended to the ultra-left,
and that she could do nothing against
it, altho anxious to do so. On the
other hand, support is lent to ultra
left tendencies, and on the other
hand it is declared: We found our
selves in state of emergency.
These tactics" already possessed
their traditions. In Moscow Comrade
Ruth Fischer declared over and over
again that the masses" hinder her
in carrying out the policy. recommend
ed by the executive, whilst in Ber-
lin she has stated the C. I. forces an
incorrect policy upon her.
This habit also found expression in
Comrade SchneIleris speech in Mos
cow-Oomrade Schneider has since ad-
united this error-in which he de-
clared Tin order to defend persons)
that the left was bankrupt. We con-
slider this assertion to be wrong. It
is not the left which is bankrupt, but
some of the leaders Of this left, and
the left itself viii hold its own along
other lines, winning over ever-increas-
ing numbers of the party members,
and developing energetic and positive
work.
IN the fundamental contention
4 against the Communist Information
al a great part is played by the ar
gument that we are constantly want
ing to "drive the German Party to
the right
We once more here expressly point
out that in all important problems
subsequent experience has complete
ly justified the standpoint of the Com
intern. This is now clearly under
stood by everyone. Only a politically
completely limited mind could fail to
grasp that without these tactics we
should have had today, in place of
the party, merely small group of
Communists, and of very bad Com
munists at that.
The legend Of the constant "driv-
ing" of the party towards the right"
by the Comintern must be complete
ly and finally destroyed. We empha-
size that at the present moment the
executive is not criticising the lead
ing group from the right" but from
the left. Any argument brot forward
In support of the assertion that the
Comintern is striving to drag the
party ito the right" would be regard
ed by us as deliberate lie. 1t is pre-
cisely in order to extricate the left.
and with it the whole party, from Of
the bog that we insist upon the pro-