The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-05
BY ISRAEL AMER.

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INEAR COMRADE FOSTER:-You
- and your group in the party main
tain that you represent the Bolshevik
section of the party. You also main
tain that you are the majority in the
party. 1t is true that, being the ma
jority Of the G. e. c., you have the
machinery Of the party in your hands.
You contend further that your group
contains the active trade unionists in
the party.
Let us look into the matter. Who
support you in your position on the
farmer-labor party slogan-despite
the decision of the Communist Inter
national?
1. Elements in the German FEEDER
alton who follow the lead of Com
rade Lore-a tendency that the Com
munist International branded as be-
ing of the Two-and-a-Half Information
al; elements stigmatized as social
democratic within the Workers Party.
2. The petty-bourgeois elements in
the Jewish Federation, most of whom
are followers of Comrade Lore.
8. The Workers Council group,
with few exceptions, who for more
than two years after the formation
of the Communist Party of America,
refused to accept the Communist po-
sition, and one of the leading men,
bers of which declared to me in Mos
cow that he was just becoming a
Communist.
4. The members of the Finnish
Federation who follow the lead of
comrade 5urman, who recently sent a
dastardly- letter to the branches of
the Finnish Federation, containing
distortions and bare-faced lies as to
the position of the minority, the char
acter of the minority members of the
central executive committee and the,
actions of the executive secretary of
the party.
5. The Enthusiastically inclined
members of the Workers Party, who
are disposed to stress the Industrial
work of the party, as industrial work,
and to minimize the Importance Of the
political work. This was especially
notable in the Greek Federation
branch in New York, many members
of which received a letter from the
manager of the Greek paper, stating
that he is for Foster because Foster
stands for industrial work and not so
much for political work.
6. The new members Of our party,
who have just come from the social
list party and do not understand the
maneuvers of a Communist Party.
This is comprehensive, since they
have abandoned the S. P. because of
its petty-bourgeois character and its
efforts to become an integral part of
the LaFollette movement. With their
"purist" tendencies, they are afraid
to venture into the struggle for the
control and leadership of the mass
es.
Are these the Bolshevik elements in
the Workers Party, Comrade Foster?
Are these comrades, sincere as they
may be, considered by the Communist
International as the real Communist
core of the Workers Party? lou were
in Moscow, Comrade Foster, and you
know what the presidium of the CON-
munist International said of these
elements.
You have declared and still declare
that your group in the party contains
the active trade unionists. 1t is true
that the group directing the national
work Of the T. U. e. L. is with you.
Examine the groups and the individ-
ual comrades doing the active work
in the districts and locals, and you
will find that they do not agree with
you-either on your abnegation OF the
farmer-labor slogan or on the manner
in which you conduct the Industrial
work There is deep concern about
the methods that you employ, which
Is considered a complete perversion
Of the position Of the Red Internation-
al Of Labor Unions.
There Is group, followers of Com
rade Lore, whom you have entrusted
with the conduct OF the industrial
work both in New York City and In
the eastern district. These comrades
support you in your farmer-labor pol
Icy. but they carry out the industrial
work SO opportunistically that you