The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-30
BOLSHEVIZATION OF THE WORKERS
(COMNUNIST) PARTY BIG SUBJECT
BEFORE THE FOURTH CONVENTION

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who had not made mistakes cast the
first stone, he ended.
Cannon Speaks on Askell.
Comrade Cannon spoke, saying that
Askeli's speech was enuf to prove the
charges against him. Right when
the party was changing its form and
quality, Comrade Askeli had come out
in an article against it. Toward shop
nuclei his attitude was negative. We
could perhaps permit this in a rank
and filler, but not in a leader with in
'fuence and position.
Comrade Askeli, Cannon declared,
had been sufficiently shown as oppos-
ing party control of the federation in
Cannon's presentation. 1t was a fine
maneuver of Askeli to try to make it
appear that criticism of Askeli was an
attack on all the Finnish workers, to
attempt to identity himself with the
kwhole Finnish federation. a
Askeli appeals to the democratic
sentiment Of the backward mass and
to turn it against the Central COM
mittee. All this can be understood
in a rank and fler, but not in leader
A New Faction.
Asksli says he does not wish to or
ganize a new faction. Yet at time
of crisis in the party. when unity was
most necessary, exactly then Askeli
comes out with an attack on the par
ity commission resolutions and at
tempts to discredit this convention in
advance. What else is this but laying
ground for a faction. And If we do
not get unity against it, the faction
OF Askeli will be too big and we must
fight against Askeli with the weapon
Of unity.
Asken had said he wanted O. f.
G. that could settle matters without
Appealing to higher bodies" When
Cannon said this was opposition to
guidance Of the G. l., Askeli had re-
piled that he meant the membership
when he spoke of higher bodies"
Either way Askeli was wrong.
Askeli represents Loreism, there is
no difference between Askeli's ideas
and Lore's. The underscoring of
Askelis article was mere chance
editorial accident which changed moth
ing but the emphasis, but this is the
kind Of thing Comrade Askeli likes to
raise as an argument to defend his
basically non-Communist position.
Lovestone Speaks on AskeIl.
Comrade Lovestone took the floor,
saying that Askeli's speech was the
best argument for the minority's reso-
luton. One could trace every prin-
Fciple Of opportunism, the characteris-
tics Of opportunism. Just as scient-
lists can pick up small ne and tell
from that what the who'll ..imal was,
SO Askeli had dropt a'~Done from
which could be reconstructed the
whole opportunist animal.
AskeIi had said that Communism
was only theory. Shop nuclei is a
problem, our party must fight for shop
nuclei. But Askeli says they are
theory. Aske1i had said he was in
the movement 10 years. Smeral Of
Czecho-Slovakia had been in the
movement twice as long-and per-
haps was twice as dangerous as
IAskeli. As
The convention would not do its
duty II It did not remove Askeli from
his place Of influence. Because Askeli
had dropt a bone from which the
whole skeleton of his social-demo-
cratic opposition to Bolshevization had
been clearly revealed.
Both Resolutions Carry.
Following the above discussion on
the resolutions, both 1.-The majority
and the minority resolutions werA
carried unanimously. The parity comb
mission resolutions ION reorganization
and Bolshevization Of the party was
then passed, also unanimously
n The whole evening session Jas de-
voted to the industrial report The
speeches of Comrade Foster and Com
rade Gitlow will be given entire in
the DAILY WORKER as this import
ant subject will interest all readers
and is to be given In detail.