The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-23
About the Annual Meeting Of Tyomies

this time such statement has not
been made by the editors in spite Of
requests, and the result may be some
confusion among the masses, which
confusion must be liquidated as soon
as possible"
The discussion on this question
took one and a half days, as | said
above. The opposition constantly brot
up petty technical questions and ques-
tions OF detail, which were in part con-
Trajectory to the documentary evil
dence. The opposition carefully avoid
ed stating their political line and tried
to get rid OF the question with assur-
ances of loyalty. Those comrades who
were Internationally in favor of the
party presented documentary evil
dence and thoro statements Of prin-
ciple, explaining consistently the DO.
litical lines which were the basis Of
the party discussion and the objective
results Of the opposition under such
auspices. Thus the discussion became
a fruitful explanation of the questions
of principle and the results of it will
be felt wherever the delegates are
able to go deep into party questions.
A Sweeping Victory.
WHEN at last the discussion was
W ripe for the question, vote by a
show of hands was taken and the re-.
port of the board was approved by i33
votes against IL. Then at the request
of the representatives of the branches
the vote on shares was taken. The
result was 2,4O6 for and sol against
the report of, the board. But when
the representative from Minneapolis
presented to the. secretary a written.
statement that he approved the stand
of the board in principle, but voted
against it only on the technical
point, that Comrade Askeli should
have received thirty days notice be-
fore removal, the result of the vote
became; for the report, 2,744 and 457
against. OF II who voted against, II
were in one way or another connected
with Tyomies and only six were not.
Also the broad mass of the share
holders have almost unanimously
taken their stand for the party lead
ership and for the board of the paper.
This fact is of great importance be-
cause this shareholders meeting was
more widely participated in than ever
before and because representatives
were sent from a greater area than
any time in the last seven years.
This shows that the interest in inner
party questions has grown greatly and
that the crisis as regards the Firms is
clearing up. The Finnish member
ship has taken stand decisively for
the party line, not permitting any per-
sonal questions, to confuse the issue.
The editors who were the center of
the opposition declared at the end of
the meeting that they would yield
without protest to the decision Of the
overwhelming majority. Here is the
starting point for the liquidation of
our differences. tRs
Even the best party functionary.
acting with the best of intentions,
can make mistake. This cannot be
avoided with the best of wills. Mis-
takes can sometimes become fatal, de-
pending on the concrete circum-
stances. The question is: how does
one try to correct his mistakes; by
covering them up and hiding them or
by admitting them and showing in his
acts that he has. abandoned the wrong
position.
In the former case new mistakes
will be made and there will be a de-