The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-31

SAAoSS Will Lu6 regularity ana the
punctuality Of a calendar, every year,
and recently every six months. He
must understand that nobody will sue
coed In crushing Leninism by force
under Trotskytsm. In one word, it
must be understood that BoIshevism
remains Bolshevism.
What is to be done? Split7 Nom
sensel There can be no talk of such
a thingl Our party is more united
than 1t ever was.
Disciplinary measures? That is also
absurd! Nobody needs this; some
thing else is necessary at present
1t is necessary that the party secure
itself against a repetition OF the "at-
lacks" upon Leninism. Serious party
guarantees are necessary that the de-
cisions Of the party shall be binding
Tor Comrade Trotsky. The party Is
not a debating society, but a party,
which moreover Is In very compli-
Gated situation. The slogan Of the
present day is:
eolsheVizlng Of all strata Of the
partyl theological struggle against
Trotskytsmi
And before all; enlightenment, en-
hghtenment and again enlightenment!
Our party consists for the greater
part Of relatively new members. Il
Is necessary that the party study the
question OF Leninism and Trotskyism.
1t Is necessary that the party clearly
see that here it Is a question of two
fundamentally different systems Of
tactics:
1t is not merely a question of the
past history of the party. 1t is here a
question Of two methods Of dealing
with present-day politics, which are
closely connected with such cardinal
questions as the question Of the re-
lation between the working class and
the peasantry. And we cannot avoid
thanking Comrade Trotsky that he has
at any rate provided the party with a
good opportunity of analysing a devia-
ton from Leninism and thinking
more deeply into the fundamentals of
Leninism.
OF course, the party must insist that
party discipline is also binding for
Comrade Trotsky; and we are con-
WINGED that the party will be able to
insist on this. The more cIearness
there is in the party regarding the
question Of Leninism and of Trotsky-
ism, the less ground there will be for
such an attempt as Comrade Trotsky
has undertaken. The less response
there is in the party to this attempt,
the less desire he will have to re-
peat it. And the response this time
is very small. Comrade Trotsky has
so changed the form Of his platform"
that there is only room for one man
upon it-Comrade Trotsky himself.
During the last discussion Comrade
Trotsky declared the student youth to
be the reliable barometer. We did
not agree with him then and we do
not agree with him now. But il must
be stated that even this, not entirely
ideal. barometer has not responded
this time as in recent years. which
proves that the student youth do not
wish to replace Leninism by Trotsky-
ism.
The best means to hold Comrade
Trotsky back from further errors,
which will estrange him still further
from Bolshevism, is for the whole
party as one man to repudiate his dew
iation, and then we hope he will soon
retrieve his errors.
1t is to be hoped that Comrade Trot-
sky, when he perceives the harmful
ness of this tendency and the unanim-
ity of the party against his enormous
errors, will turn back from his wrong
path.
Comrade Lenin more than once
formulated the '1aw''GUf the political
evolution Of Comrade Trotsky. II
things are going well, Comrade Trot-
sky approaches the Bolshevist line:
when things are going bad, then Com
rade Trotsky inclines to the right. In
order to keep him back from turning
to the right, the theological defense
OF the whole party is necessary.
The party will say its final word.
and once again the premature hopes
Of the enemy will be disappointed. The
Bolshevist party will receive a new
and more powerful steeling, and true
Leninism will become the theological
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