The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-28


America, although It was accomplished
by the appropriation Of the property
of large mass of small farmers. AT
present there Is no basis for a Joint
party Of the workers and small farm
ers. That naturally does not mean
that the Communists must not con-
t1nue their work among the small
farmers with the greatest energy.
THE working class is approaching
\ great mass struggles On the
whole, however, 1t must be said that
at present the situation is not yet
pregnant with revolution. American
capitalism seems to be standing at
the height Of its power. At present
1t has overcome the situation created
by the superfluity of capital by ex-
porting capital to impoverished Eu-
rope. The Dawes affair seems a step
toward world monopoly to American
finance capital This great power is,
however, deceitfuL When one Is stand
ing on top and can stay there, 1t is
a very advantageous position. But
when he comes to a slant and begins
to slide, then the higher he stands, the
worse 1t is for him The great task
Of the American comrades is to help
finance capital to slide down.
In the resolution the commission
stated that both the leading groups
have made mistakes in their platform;
the party Is, however, well on the road
to Bolshevization, but 1t is still much
too weak. The party comrades of
both groups must together do every
thing in their power to strengthen
the party.
One other important task: the party
has a right wing led by a comrade
named Lore, who may not be alto
gether unknown to you, and of whom
there can be no doubt that he is an
opportunist The commission declares
in its resolution that there is no room
for such an opportunist as Lore in the
central committee of the party. The
commission did not express an opin-
ion on what the right place is for him,
that has been left to the congress of
the Workers Party to decide. We are
convinced that all the comrades Of the
central committee of the party, IT.
respective of the group to which they
belong, will deal with this question
without ambiguity at the party con-
gress.. (Applause).
NOMRADE ZINOVIEv said:
- Comrades, l should like to make
the following statement on the Amer
lean question:
In the course of the negotiations l
myself moved that the composition of
the future central committees Of the
American party be already intimated
here in Moscow. l proposed that the
present majority retain majority in
the future central committee, but that
the present minority be assured re-
presentation proportional to its
strength, to wit, not under one-third.
During the negotiations l then with
drew my motion as inexpedient. We
are of the opinion that after having
formulated unified political platform
we may leave it to the party itself to
elect its central committee at the next
party convention as it sees fit. This is
in no way intended to express a pre-
ference for one Of the two wings of
the party.
must emphasize that the Foster
majority did not absolutely insist
upon having the composition of the
central committee fixed here. That
means that my motion was made
neither at the initiative of the major
ity nor of the minority, but on my
own initiative.
VOU know, comrades, that the COM
l. mission has put only one condi-
ton, that the opposition, that is the
social-democratic group headed by
Lore, be not represented in the cen
trail committee.
We believe that both wings, Fosters
as we'll as Ruthenberg's, by all means
belong in the central committee. OF
course it is not easy for both wings
to obtain a majority. Nevertheless.
cdCu IudlnldluS lndJ IL Will gain Tue
majority. The future will show which
Of the two has deceived itself. We can
only wish both wings the best Of good
luck. Let them try to win victory
on the basis of the platform of the
Communist International, however,
only on the basis of the platform here
formulated.
The wish was also expressed that
both tendencies unite in fighting the
social democratic tendency of Lore.
II one wing should endeavour to de-
feat the other thru collaboration with
Lore that would be disloyalty to the
Communist International. After elm
mating the social democratic oppo-
sition a free-for-all struggle is per-
missible, of course in a comradely
form within the organization and only
up to the party convention. After the
convention peace and tranquility must
prevail so that an American question
should not again require the attention
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