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

0OMRADE Chairman and Comrades:
~ The youth league is meeting in
this national convention just at a time
of particularly serious crisis in the
party; and | am speaking here as
one Of the party representatives
under circumstances which think
must be known to you comrades.
AS a result Of the decision of the
last convention, and the decision Of
the Communist International, the
Central Executive Committee leader
ship&s represented by the group
which, prior to the party convention,
was the minority, and which, as you
know, do not belong to- So in
speaking here tonight am doing SO
after CONSULTATION with the delegation
of the Central Executive Committee,
not as a direct representative of the
Central Executive Committee, but
am speaking by permission Of the Cen
trail Executive Committee in my own
name, and in the name of large
number of comrades whose views Co
incide with mine.
THE situationa.sK the party requires
= very clear statements from us; and
| propose here to make these state
ments. | propose to give the, party
and the Comintern an answer to every
question, which they have right to
ask JUS in this situation.
Issaid the party is in crisis, and
we all know this. In my opinion, it
Is a crisis of Bolshevization. Our
party is going thru the travail of ac-
celebrated development towards a real
Bolsheyist party. 1t is the process of
THE Birth Of a Communist Party" of
which Comrade Zinoviev once wrote.
The party appears to be torn into all
kinds of groups, factions and sub-fac-
tions as result Of this process.
The problem before the party, above
all others, or, rather embracing all
othes, is the problem Of Bolsheviza-
ton And it is clear that the central
question in the problem of Bolsheviza-
ton is now the question of the relas
tions of the party to the Communist
International
innate Of the relations of the party
and the party leaders to the Com
munist International, is merely an
empty phrase. Bolshevization pro-
gram or Bolshevization resolutions
that do not take into account the full
significance of the fact that we are
members of the world Communist
party. with international leadership,
do not contain the real essence of
Bolshevization.
Because Of the peculiar nature Of
the present situation, and because OF
the rapid changes which have taken
place in the party leadership, it is
manifestly the duty of those com
rades, who prior to the convention
composed the majority group, to make
known their attitude towards the
party crisis, and their proposals for its
solution.
r THINK it is known to nearly all
i comrades in the party, as it has
been known for some time to the
members of the former majority, that
the former majority group is itself in
the process of the deepest crisis.
This crisis within the group of the
former majority is a part of the cri-
/. sis in the party. For that reason ii
is the concern of the party, and
should be made known to it. Factions
! can have no interests of their own in
Communist party. They have to be
related to the interests of the party
Within the group Of the former ma.
jority there has been in recent times
very thorogoing discussion. Very
strong pressure has been put upon one
section by another section. This
pressure has had certain effects. But
these effects have not been suffici
emily decisive. Therefore it neces.
sarys for the group of the former ma.
Jority to have more pressure put upon
1t, from the outside, directly before
the whole party. My speech here to-
night has this purpose.
GO am going to discuss the qnes,
~ tion before the Young Workers
League convention. not merely for the
Y. w, L., but for the party, since this
convention is forum before the
whole party. I am going to speak
about the situation which has de
veloped within the ranks of the
FORMER majority. When say this, ]
want to inform you in advance, that
IT, any comrade expects to hear me
relate any private conversations
n "secrets," scandals, or petty gossip
or, anything Of this sort, he will be
disappointed ! will confneS my re
marks entirely to the questions which
have political significance and a pol
itical content, which are known to all
thelleading comrades of the group and
which are Of concern to the party.
Comrade Green in his article in the
DAILY WORKER the other day made
the statement that the differences