The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-18

were too we'll off for us to make pro-
gress among them. In the Workmen's
Sick and Death Benefit Society and in
the German unions and tourists clubs,
Lore had worked to build up a per-
sonal following and not to build up
the movement
Tho the field was so fertile, little
of an organizational character had
been accomplished for the party. The
Volkszeitung had carried on its camp
aigns weakly, had been a news-dis-
penser, but not a fighting, organizing
Communist organ, such as was typi-
fed by the Russian Iskra under Lee
Minis direction, and such as every
paper in the movement should aim to
become.
In answer to Comrade Blohm Vein
stone characterized as Kautskyite the
differentiation between principles and
tactics, between theory and practice,
between organization and propagand
Blohm had defended Lore and in de-
| c1aring against the interference of the
Communist International in the Amer
lean question, showed that he had not
the slightest conception of what an
international signifed The differences
between the party and Lore, on the
questions of party and international
discipline, on that of an underground
party, on the Chinese revolutionary
movement, his opposition to the Ger
man Communist Party uprising in
March 1928, which he characterized
as a 'putsch" in truly social-demo-
cratic fashion, his continued belief in
Serrati's errors when even the latter
admitted his errors, his opposition
not only to the labor party but to
all united fronts, all these issues, tho
but small part of Lore's record of
passive sabotage and active opposi-
ton, showed his Communist char
acter.
Lore would rather be the leader of
the Volkszeitung than of revolution
airy section of the party. Tho he knew
that his expulsion was before the par
ty and the c. L., he had refused to go
to Moscow, with the excuse that he
was more necessary in the fight in
the Workmen's Sick and Death Bene-
fit Society, fight which the Volks-
zeitung had sabotaged.
Weinstone asked Blohm why he not
only had not tried to win over the
paper for the party, but had even in
iured the party by publishing such
bits as the Horthy advertisement.
Blohm's arguments, Weinstone point
ed out, had only one object, to defeat
the party's fight against Loreism.
In answer to Comrade Berg, Vein
stone pointed out that mere formal
discipline was not enuf 1t was not
accepting the Communist Internation-
al and the party decisions to say that
Lore had made errors, and then to
refuse to specify what those errors
were, and to enlarge only upon the
errors of the movement. Such evasion
and indirect defense of Loreism was
not the sort of support the party ex-
pected after convention decisions had
been reached. He asked Comrade Berg
and other comrades to declare in
clearcut fashion If they would support
the resolution introduced and take
energetic steps to fight Loreism. Berg
said he was for the resolution, and
would fight the members of the form
er bureau who had resigned from the
party and who were going over to the
yellow socialists slowly but definitely.
In closing, Comrade Weinstone ap-
pealed to the comrades to win over
every sincere proletarian who was
under Lore's influence. Our task now
Is to build mass, revolutionary move
ment among the German workers,
more consistent activity IL all their
organizations, to build up now what
Lore had prevented, unified party act
ivity in all German workers organiza-
tions, to unity and Bolshevize the
party and reorganize It on the shop
nucleus basis. The liquidation OF Lore.
ism is the first step for the German
section.
When the vote on the resolution
was taken, II was unanimous, except
for Comrade Blohm, who had left be-
fore the vote game up.