The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-20

and the new oppositionists and that
you would be told that h y were
the champions of truth.
You must realize, comrades Of the
rank and file of the former socialist
federation, that you are being utilized
for fight against the Party. 1t is
y Il that give substance to the OPP
position of the federation leaders
Their weight, whatever of it they pos
sess, is derived from the fact that
you live by tradition, that you do
not think who are the leaders you
support. You must now realize that
you are an instrument of an opport-
your blind devotion to your former
socialist federation is detrimental to
friends from among the leaders of the
the Party and to Communism.
You are being utilized as an army
of defense for every opportunist de.
Walton that. develops within the com
munist ranks We mentioned those
three communists who broke the dis
cipline of the Party. There are more
than three Of this kind. They are to
be found in every communist party
They are not dangerous when they
have not the backing of masses. They
become a real menace when they have
secured the support of masses, OF at
least certain number Of workers
It is significant that the above men
toned three communists affiliated
themselves. with the federation lead.
ers. This is no accident. All opport-
unists. of whatever description rush
to the federation leaders. This is
because the latter are in a position to
deliver" them a mass of rank and
filers, and this mass are you, com
rades of the former socialist fedora
ton.
Do you like this role, comrades7
A curious combination is being
achieved over your heads: a match
between the federation leaders and
those communists whose communism
became of a doubtful nature. The
federation leaders as such would not
be able to assert themselves within
the party because they lack even COM
munist phraseology and have not had
a minimum of experience in commun-
list practice. On the other hand, the
doubtful communists would have no
CUTS to make themselves vociferous
in the Party, il 1t were not for the
mass that they command with the
aid of the federation leaders. As it
is, one group of party opponents helps
the other: one furnishes the opport-
unist theory, while the other deliy-
ers the votes, your votes. All this
bargain is being accomplished on your
account, due to your uncritical at
tachment to your old friends.
You carry on your backs the ex-
treme right wing of our party,--that
which eats at its vitals, which under
mines discipline, which sottens our
struggles on the various fronts, which
has been branded by the Comintern.
You carry this unsavory lead bncsnse
! you allow yourselves to be fooled BY
tales of horrors, because you do not
wish to cast critical look around.
Time has come to realize your sit.
uation.
By allowing opportunism 20 utilize
you as its tools you put yourselves
into the position of second rate mem
bers. Do you not wish to be members
of the Party with full rights?
BY listening without criticism to
the tales of your former friends and
leaders from among the socialist fed
eraitno you are directly lnjuring the
cause of communism in the United
States. Do you wish to do so?
A convention is at hand. 1t is time
to cleanse our party. It is time TO
bolshevise our party. If you, rank
and file comrades, turn your backs to
the opportunist leaders, they are help
less and their game is lost, which
would mean that our party has be-
come so much stronger, so much more
united.
The eyes of the entire Comintern
are watching our convention. II you
become one with our Party without
any reservation, our convention may
become the beginning OF agreat period
in the history of our Party.
The Party is mineI must be our
slogan. Everywhere, all the time,
through joy and sorrow, through err
rors and their correction, through
victories and losses, through groupings
and finding,-always with the Party,
in the,stream of Party life, permeated
with the spirit of the Party, always
along the line of the Communist Inter-
national.