The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-07-28

TTsHE Plenum Of the Enlarged Exc
= cutive Committee of the Comm
tern has proposed to the Workers
Party of America to put definitely an
end 10 the factional struggle which
divided the party during many months
into two parts, and which exceeding
ly weakened its forces.
"The Executive Committee" de-
clares a resolution of the Commun-
list International,-"is of the definite
opinion that factional conflicts be-
tween the two groups must now abb
solutely cease. Altho 1t may be true
that this factional confiict arose out
of real differences, it has, neverthe-
less, been of too acute a character
on both sides and at times assumed
impermissaBle forms. The Execu-
tive Committee does not object to
concrete and calm discussion being
carried on until the Party Congress,
but in the interest of party unity it
demands the unconditional cessation
of party warfare" The resolution of
the Communist international there
fore demands that "all personal po-
lemics between the two sides Should
cease"
TTiHE Executive Committee" the
L resolution further declares, ire
CARDS 1t as absolutely essential that
the representatives of the party, ma
jority and minority, should hencefor-
ward conclude a fraternal peace and
work in Communist cooperation. The
leading comrades are primarily re-
sponsible for setting good example
to the other party members in this
respect"
A FTER an examination Of the inter
4 nal situation and the occurrences
which took place within the party
since the session of the Plenum of
the Executive Committee of the Com
munist International. the parity COM
mission Is forced first of all to state
that the above decisions or the Exc
cutive Committee of the Communist
international have not been carried
out to a sufficient degree. The fac
tional war within the party not only
has not ceased, but has assumed
much more bitter character than be-
fore the session of the Plenum of the
Executive Committee Of the Com
munist International having reached
in some party organizations a virtual
split. But what is worse and more
dangerous, the conflict between the
majority and the minority has de-
parted too far from a struggle for
definite views into a struggle for a
majority of the party The ideologi-
cal discussion against which the
Executive Committee OF the Commun,
list International did not object was
complicated and the struggle intensi-
ned by personal attacks and organi-
rational conflicts. Both factions hast
lily organized to conquer a majority
of the party.
THE former political platforms of
= both groups, the former political
differences between them, have been
liquidated by the decision OF the Exc
cutive Committee of the Communist
International which pointed out the
mistakes Of both groups. The decis-
ion Of the Executive Committee of the
Communist International was accept
ed unanimously by both groups and
has not met with any opposition
within the party, but was wnoleheart-
eddy approved by the entire member
ship Of the party. Such political diff
ferences as exist between the two
groups are not of a major character
and cannot. therefore, be the cause of
that unusual sharpness and bitter
ness which have been manifested in
the factional struggle during the last
few months Precisely the absence or
unclearness of political differences
between the factions in the factional
struggle and the impetus Of the po-
litical struggle between the two
groups that originated before the
Plenum of the Communist 1nterna-
tional, was one of the chief sources
of the impermissable forms which the
fractional struggle has assumed in the
recent months.
The party is going thru an acu,e
crisis; the party is in a dangerous
situation. w
The Parity Commission, after a
thoro examination of the facts and
the eiactio, nor,od o.. a. 80.