The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-10-09

especially Comrade Foster, because
we held them to be responsible for
having allowed such a situation to
prevail. W
JETE held it to be a result of the pol
w icy which they sponsored and we
decided to take drastic action TO
check the tendency developing
amongst our comrades as result Of
the policy, to get themselves into con-
tradiction with the decision of the
Communist international. That pol
icy proved itself to be completely
wrong, completely bankrupt, and
very dangerous for the party and for
the movement E
We held discussion with the com
rades and presented to them in an Ill
timative fashion the demand that the
appeal should not be made an issue
in the party in any way. The com
rades finally agreed to this.
But in spite Of the agreement the
discussions we had with the Y. w. L.
delegates seemed to center entirely
around the question OF the appeal.
The whole discussion of the activi-
ties and the future line Of the COM
rades seemed to hinge around this
question and proposals were made
that the comrades Of the Y. w. L.
should come into the convention of
the Y w. L. and make a motion to
endorse the appeal to the Communist
international.
TT was clearly demonstrated In these
discussions that the acceptance
Of our policy was only a formal
acceptance. Comrade Foster and
those who supported him continued
the attempt to have the essence of
their policy prevail. This made fur.
Their collaboration with them impos-
sible for us.
FURTHER collaboration is impos-
sible between those having our
standpoint towards the relations of
the party and its leaders to the Com
munist International, and comrades
who persist in this other policy.
After this. during the few days we
have been here. we have had many
discussions with the youth. person
ally attach tremendous Importance to
the convention of the Y. w. L., and
to the comrades who are delegates
here. So much importance that /
have devoted my. time almost entirely
since the comrades arrived in town to
discussions with them and to attempts
to see to 1t that these comrades
should not, under any circumstances,
be placed in a position where they
would be forming political platform
on the basis of opposition to the de.
cision of the Communist International
The comrades representing the view
point Of ComradeI Foster persisted day
after day in the5 efforts to convince
the comrades of the Y. w. L. of theil
position; and so persistent have these
comrades been, that we were Obliged
: to spend this entire day and all last
light discussing the question with
these young comrades to beat down
this propaganda and this attempt tc
get comrades agitated on this funda.
mentally false basis. 1t was only al
five o'clock this evening that we
finally confirmed our victory in the Y
w. L. delegation. These comrades
took their position definitely and cate
gorically, for our policy.
i ME came to the decision finally
W that in view of the violation OF
the prior agreement, these comrades
who are delegates should not only
take a position in the caucus against
this policy, but that they should take
a position openly in the convention
condemning any attempts to agitate
the party or the league on the cues
ton of the appeal, to discredit the de
cision Of the Communist International
or to put up the appeal as a political
platform of opposition in the party;
and thanks to Comrades Williamson
and Schachtman who fought side BY
side with me from start to finish the
Y. w. L. comrades have been led away
from this false path and have unani
mously adopted what think is the
correct position on the question Of the
relations of the party to the Com.
munist international.
For us the question has come tc
the point where we could not be sat
isfied any longer, In view Of our duties
to the party and to the Communists
International, with having private
understanding within private con
ference. The question has come tc
the point for us now where we feel
obliged and duty-bound to take an
open stand before the party in repud
iation OF the policy Of Comrade Eos
ter and to call openly on all com
rades in the party, who are willing
to be Influenced by us, to follow our
policy and not allow themselves tc
be Unanswered or pushed or led into
any other policy on the question OF
the appeal to the Communist Inter
national.