The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-30
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Reorganization and the Language Problem
By 3. aoRlsoFF

~ ist) Party Is now in the process OF
Bolshevlk reorganization. It is a diff
ncult task and it strains every ounce
OF the energy Of the party. What are
tho main difficulties? The first one
consists in the fact that the reorgan-
izauon follows after a severe faction
al fight within the party (Which in IT.
self is a part OF this process OF Boil
shevizatlon and which is not yet out
lived. Secondly, the party in the
course OF this process, and also as
part Of It, must wage a relentless
struggle against the social-democratic,
opportunlst tendencies still remaining
within its ranks. And, finally, there
Sc this difficulty that the party is
composed Overwhelmingly Of foreign
born workers and that It must accom-
plish the task Of welding together
these workers, who speak seventeen
different languages, into one monolit-
&c, Bolshevik structure.
The party will overcome all these
tdiflculties. The recent party conven-
tion has shown that the oterwhelm-
ing majority Of the party is loyal to
The party and to the Communist Inter
national in the struggle against the
opportunist elements. If there we're
any friends Of Lore at this convention,
they did not dare TO raise their voice
in his defense. The subsequent con-
ventions Of the Jewish and Greek sec
lions OF the party and the New York
conference Of the German section fur
nish additional profs that the oppor-
tunist elements will not find any ap-
lpreciable following among the mem
bership Of the party. In the Jewish
kconvention not voice was raised in
lhefense Of Lore; on the contrary, his
FORMER followers made a declaration
hdmitting their errors and pledging
loyalty to the Comintern. The Greek
iconvention went unanimously on re-
Eeord for the Bolshevization OF the
party and the fight against Loreism.
At the German conference in New
York among hundred participants,
only two raised feeble voice in de-
Tense Of Lore.
OUR party is overwhelmingly prolet-
~ arian in its composition, and this
IS a guarantee that It will come out
victorious and with little losses from
the struggle to rid itself of oppor-
tunist tendencies, and elements.
But how successful will It be in
overcoming the difficulty of language
divisions? The answer to this we
must seek in the objective conditions
within the American proletariat OF
which the party is an inseparable
part. The language divisions within
our party are but a reflection Of the
language barriers existing within the
American working class. Comrade
Pepper in his pamphlet For a Labor
Party" presented, for the first time
In the American Communist literature,
an analysis of the American working
class. He pointed out the historical
divisions into skilled and unsklled,
native and foreign born, and what inn
portance these factors played in the
past as an obstacle to the unihcation
Of the American working class and
the development OF its political CON
seriousness. He also pointed out that
since the world war deep changes oc-
cured within the American working
class--a great levelllng process has
taken place; the unskilled workers
were able to raise considerably their
working conditions so as to approach
the skilled: on the other hand with
the practical cessation of immigration
and emigration, the foreign born work
ers became "Americanized" to a great
degree. They have learned the Ian
guage, entered the trade unions the
gigantic struggles which mark the
after war period brought further
rapproachement between rae native
and the foreign born workers. The
common suffering from governmental
oppression served the same end.
TT is to the everlasting credit Of our
Il party. az the leader Of the Amer
lean working class. that on the basis
Of the correct analysis of these condi-
tions. made in its name by Comrade
Pepper, it formulated its slogan For
a Labor Party" and for a time was a
leader IN TINS movement assisting the
American workers In the process of
freeing themselves from the political
leadership OF the bourgeoisle II f.
again on the basis Of the correct
analysis Of these changes within the
American working class that the lead
ership Of the party can now go to the
membership and inspire It with conf
dence that It will overcome the OBJ
stacle which the language divisions
place In the way 20 Bolshevik reorgan.
ization Of the party. This reorganiza-
ton In one of its aspects can be con-
sidered as an adaptation OF the party
to tho changes which have taken
place within the American working
class.
There is but one way Of approach