The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-10-06

three principle stages in the growth
and development of our party: l. The
formation of the Communist parties
in 1919 with over 10000 members;
the raids resulting in the underground
organization with its sectarianism and
factional divisions @ The formation
OF the Workers Party in December
1921 and the development of a more
realistic political viewpoint when our
comrades began to see the masses;
the correcting of the left sicknesses,
etc. 3. The period when the Amer
lean masses began to see the Com
munist movement and the Workers
Party thru the development of the
labor party campaigns, the building of
the left wing movement in the trade
unions, and the united front cam
paigns.
Fourth Stage.
Comrade Lovestone showed that we
are now entering the fourth stage in
our growth toward real Bolshevik
party thru the present realization of
the need of carrying out the decisions
of the Communist International and
the convention on Bolshevization.
THE factional struggles of the past
ten months, which were characterized
by so much bitterness" said Love-
stone. were the birth pangs of the
new Bolshevik Workers (Communist)
Party now being born"
Reporting on the national conven-
ton, Comrade Lovestone said that the
fact that the convention spent three
days on the report of its credentials
committee and that there were over
one hundred challenges by the former
minority alone showed in itself great
organizational weakness and defects. 1t
was said by leading comrade that this
was more a convention of dues stamps
than Of representative Communists in
conference. Nevertheless, said Love-
stone, "at no previous convention was
there more intensive political discus
sion that at our last convention" The
convention lasted ten days and it was
said that these were the "ten days
ludL BLUM Iu6 party.
Stand on Loreism.
On the question of opportunist devia-
lions the convention took firm stand
as evidenced by the expulsion of Lore
and the removal of Askeli from the
editorial board of Tyomies. This serv-
ed warning upon all those in our
party who we're drifting toward OPP
portunism that the Central Executive
Committee would deal firmly and de-
cisively with those who would lead
our party away from the line of the
Comintern. 1t was high time for our
party to act, as it was only as late
as June 1924 that our party definitely
declared itself against Trotskyism in
the Russian Communist Party.
The last decision of the Commun-
list International placed the leadership
Of our party in the hands of the for
mer minority group and the national
convention carried out that decision.
The attitude of our comrades toward
that decision of the c. l. will be one
of the best indications of the readi-
ness of our members to accept and
carry out Bolshevization and of their
loyalty to the Comintern. Already
Lore is organizing his Workers Inter-
national Association and bidding for
support among our members. Lore at
tempts to show how the c. /. butted
in and 40 delegates had to do what
Moscow said, etc. This protest against
interference by the c. l. in the affairs
Of the sections of the C. l. is charac-
teristic of all social-democrats and
opportunists. Frossard. Hoeglund,
Levi, ct al, have said the same.
Bolshevlzaton.'
On the subject of Bolshevization
and reorganization Comrade Love-
stone devoted the main part of his