The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-13
BY Leniin

bourgeois store-keepers, clerks" But IN spite OF
that Vallin and Avouin entered such commit
tee Later there also entered the committee
Pindy, Ostyn, and Jourde. The "New York
Workers Gazette" the organ of the international,
wrote in an>article of July Is, 1874, as follows;
'"The Commune was not the creation of the Inter
national; they are not at all identical, but the
members of the International accepted the pro
gram of the Commune, at the same time broad
ening it out far beyond its original framework
they were its most feryent and faithful defenders
for they understood its significance for the work
ing class"
The General Council" at whose head stood
Marx, as is known, approved these tactics of the
Paris Section of the International; in its mani
festo it is stated "Wherever, in whatever shape,
and under whatever conditions the class struggle
obtains any consistency, it is but natural that
members of our association should stand in the
foreground" But our predecessors, the mem
bers of the International, did not wish to fuse
themselves with the Commune, and all the time
they defended their own special purely proetar-
ian party organization. Eek writes: 'The fed
eral council of the International was able to
maintain its delegates in the revolutionary gov
eminent" An excellent proof of the individual
ity of the proletarian organization of those days
in the participation of its representatives is the
following invitation: 'Next Saturday, Mayo.
one o'clock sharp, there will be an extra session
OF the federal council of the International Work
lngmen's Association The members of the Com
mune belonging to the International are invited
to be present. They will be expected to give a
report on what position they have taken in the
! Commune, and what is the source and the real
nature of the differences which have arisen in it,
A membership card is necessary for participa-
ton in the session" And still more interest
tho Of ~,
"The international Workingmen's Association in
its extra session, May 90 passed the following
resolution: "After hearing the report of the CO.
members, at the same time members of the
Commune, recognized their stand as one alto
gether loyal and decided to request them also in
the future to defend with all their means the in
terests of the working class and also endeayor to
preserve the unity of the Commune in order to
light the more strongly against the Versaillese
And moreover, the meeting recommends to them
that they endeavor to obtain complete publicity
OF the sessions of the Commune and an annull
ment of the Paragraph in its Manifesto. as in.
compatible with the right of the people to con
troll the actions of the executive power. in this
case the committee for the public safety"
Six members of the Commune took part in the
meeting. Three sent excuses. March 10, Lissag
array counts in the Commune TWENTY-FIVE repre
sentatives of the working class. but not ali ~
them belong to the International; the majority
was then also of the petty-bourgeois
This is not the place to tell the history Of the
commune and the role of the members of thu
International in it. We mention only that 81
the executive committee were sitting Duval: or
the finance committee Varlin, Jourde. and Bes
lay; IN the military committee Duval and Pindy,
IN the commission on public safety Asst and
Chaleine, in the committee on labor AIalon
rranKel' Ihelsz, Dupont and Ayrial. April 16
at the new elections, there entered still NOR,
members of the International, (among them III,
sonfn,law OF Marx, Longuet) but there were II
tne commune also open enemies of it, for in
stance, Vesinier. AT the end of the Commune II,
finances were under the supervision of five
1lghly talented members of the international
Jourde ana Varlin. Exchange and labor wer,
supervised by Frankel,-post, telegraph and min,
and direct taxes were also administered Inv n,
socialists. But still the majority of the most ~,