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

towards Zivion-Hoffman and Salutzky.
We ought to have realized from the
very start that Ziyion was not even
a left-winger and that there was no
place for him in our midst. We ought.
to have confronted Salutzky with an
ultimatum demanding that he either
put his shoulder to the party wheel
as hehooves Communist, or get out
of the party and spare us his venom.
We did neither. We disliked parting
with one who had been friend in the
Jewish socialist federation; many of
us felt closer to him than to the Com
munist comrades.
Many more of our steps could be
analysed to proveq that We were far
from communist understanding and
and communist taeticss (Romember
how we disliked the term, "manouv-
req. We admit all this frankly, be-
cause it is better to acknowledge old
errors than to attempts to gloss them
over or to conceal them. There can
be no doubt, however, fand you, COM
rades, cannot fail to agree, that since
then the situation has radically
changed. The life of the Party and
our activities within the Party have
assumed totally different aspect.
a. The Party is legal 1t is the
American section of the Comintern.
We are members. of the Party with
full rights There is no more Mum
Der One" and Number Two. We all
agree that in case of urgent necessity
We shall have to, go underground. We
now form fractions. within h e r
organizations in order to secure coih-
munist leadership. There is no diff
ference in this respect between the
comrades of whatever dirivation.
b. 1t would be preposterous to de-
mand now more autonomy for our
Party. We are fully aware of the
tendency of the Comintern to become
one great world party where national
sections would be as closely connect
ed with the main body as district COM
mittees are now connected with the
national parties. We know now that
strict discipline on national and in
/ ternational scale is made imperative
by our very situation in the capitalist
/ states We have had occasions to OBJ
serve how communist discipline helped
us build the Party, consolidate our
ranks, increase our. influence out of
proportion to the numerical strength
of the Party. We are witness to the
fact that direct Intervention on the
part of the Comintern prevented us
from committing errors, and made it
possible for us to overcome a crisis
Whoever still continues grumbling
against the 81 points, and communist
discipline is an incurable centrist.
c. We must have the courage tc
admit that if the members of the form
er Jewish socialist federation have
been instrumental in developing left
wing mass movemef among the Jew
ish workers, they are not the only
ones who deserve credit. Quite the
! contrary if anybody deserves credit
for this achievement, it is the Party
which developed its activities under
the leadership of the Comintern AM
Profntern. True, we all did our share
of work. We have, established con
uections with the working masses. II
cannot be denied, however, that the
Trade Union Educational League is
Il a creation of the members o.
the former Jewish socialist FEEDER
alton. Neither were, they the sols
drafters of the left wing program Il
the Workmens Circle. And if tn,
Comintern has recognized the rartJ
activities in connection with the crea
lion of farmer-labor party to hlvi
been a valuable kind OF work anon.
the masses, certainly not the MON
bers of the former socialist feder
alton have distinguished themselve:
in this branch of mass work.
II A left wing mass movement ha,
come into existence because III,
P a t y has led into proper chan
nels the accumulated dissatisfaction
Of the working masses Had we re
manned alone as the Jewish socialis
federation, had we not been backe'
Wy the Party, the Comintern and tn,
Proflntern, We would not have beel
able to give rise to mass moycinon
and, should it have started spontan
cously, we would not have knows
whittier to direct It'll 1t is childish L
assert that we are the grand master
of mass movement and that it il
only due to us that, the Party. hs
made inroads into the mass of th'
Jewish workers.
A glimpse at the elements active il