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

documents having bearing on the
last discussion, has come to the fol-
lowing conclusions:
1 The Grievances in Cleveland
i The development OF the factional
struggle is represented in the follow
ilg manner. After a certain incident
with Comrade BENJAMIN, the relations
between the majority and minority
became more acute. At the meeting
of the City Central Committee OF
March 9, a number Of petty incidents
of technical nature took place,
which resulted in the minority dele
gates first refusing to participate In
the meeting and later leaving the
meeting. The majority passed a mo-
ton that a new meeting of the City
Central Committee be held week
later, to which the minority delegates
did not come. The minority contends
that their delegates we're not noti-
fed of the meeting. The majority
contends that the minority delegates
sabotaged the meeting, the minority
claiming that the meeting was illegal.
At this last meeting, which took place
in the absence of the minority dele
gates, the majority suspended from
the City Central Committee nine dele
gates for disturbances which occur
red at the previous meeting. This
still further embittered the relations
between the majority and minority.
The situation within the organization
became considerably worse in connec-
ton with the occurrences which took
place in the Jewish Branch In the
branch the minority expelled from the
party two majority members for
cause which the higher party organ
izations have declared as incorrect
and insufficient. A subcommittee of
the City Executive Committee (ma-
jority) which was sent to the Jewish
branch to investigate the situation in
the branch, did not find in the branch
sufficient readiness to carry out the
decision of the party organization.
For this the Jewish Branch was sus-
pended and reorganized, and rs mem
bers of the branch were suspended.
without voice and vote, and nine ex-
PEELED from the party. The suspend
ed members Of the branch refused to
recognize these party decisions which
were approved by the Central Execu-
tive Comm, fftaa (tbo Nno4ro1 me-.
tive Committee minority voting
against the decision), and maintained
themselves as a separate Jewish
branch. The meeting of the City Gen.
trail Committee of June 8 took place
under conditions which amounted to a
split. The majority and minority
were represented in equal numbers
(19 to 10, or 10 to 49,. The sole
question over which the two groups
were fighting, was precisely the
question Of the number Of votes.
Finally, after number of factional
incidents, the district organizer de-
clared the meeting adjourned, and the
majority delegates left. The minor
ity delegates latter adjournment of
the meeting) remained, elected a new
City Executive Committee, and nulIi-
fed all the former decisions-the de-
cision suspending Comrade BENJAMIN.
the suspension Of nine minority dele
gaes from the City Central Commit
tee, the reorganization of the Jewish
Branch, etc.
Thus, in the final analysis, the CITY
Central Committees were formed in
Cleveland, that is, in other words. an
actual and formal split occurred. The
split was liquidated by the decision
OF the Central Executive Committee
multiplying all the decisions of the
City Central Committee at the meet
ing which was dominated bv the
Cleveland minority on June s.
A NALYZING the development of the
fractional struggle in Cleveland.
the Parity Commission establishes
first of all, that during all this period
the subject of the disputes at the
meetings of the City Central Com
mittee were chiefly questions of selec-
ton OF chairmen for the meetings.
the number of votes, of petty scandals
which occurred during the meetings.
OF the suspension and expulsion of
this and that member of the party.
etc. Both groups were striving to
seize the power in the organization
and to suppress the other side thru
the advantage of one or two votes.
IL was not advisable for the major
titled to two delegates and either of