The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-10
re Party Is Going Forward!
dby
the CenralE xeuh committee Dcembr

n T the time the present central executive com
n mIttee took office after the national eonVen-
ton In August, the situation In our party was
very unfavorable and unsatisfactory. The sharp
factlonal lines which has been created during
the previous year Of struggle within the party
still existed, and this faotionaI feeling was an
obstacle to modifying the party for work.
section Of the former majority group in the party
which followed the leadership Of comrade Foster
began campaign for endorsement Of an appeal
against the decision OF the C. l. by the units Of
the party, and endeavored to mobilize section
Of the party membership on the basis Of the hope
that such an appeal would change the decision Of
the Communist international and of the national
convention. The party had not for period Of
more than year, directed It's activities toward
the mass struggles Of the workers but had used
its strength In the inner party situation.
The central executive committee considered
that under these conditions the central task be-
fore it was to break down the factionaI lines and
unity the party and draw the entire party into
the struggles among the masses.
The central executive committee Is glad to be
able to report to the membership Of the party that
a step forward has been made in achieving this
goal While there Is still some factonaIism
malnlng In the ranks of the party, and the CEN
trail executive committee experiences some OPP
position 10 It's work, this opposition represents
only small section Of the party The over
whelmIna number of the membership are solldIy
supporting the efforts Of the C. E. C. to unity
the party and draw 1t into mass work.
The Unity Resolution.
THE unity resolution, adopted unanimously by
l the political committee, and ratified at the
plenum Of the C. {. C. by vote Of 18 to q, is
the basis on which the campaign for unlfeation
and mass work was carried on. The unity
luton analysed the party situation and the dan
ger confronting the party. II outlined the i'm
mediate urgent work into which the party must
throw Its strength.
The unity resolution correctly pointed out that
the policy which was being pursued by comrade
Foster collectively would lead away from the C.
l. In that a campaign carried within the party
for a revision Of C. !. decision could not result
otherwise than to array that section Of the mem
bershp whIoh endorsed such appeal against
the c. l.. II is not possible to conduct a cam
pagn In the party for revision Of decision Of
the c. !. without arousinG opposition to the C. !.
The correctness Of the criticism of this line
In the unity resolution has been proven by the
fact that many Of the comrades who first carried
on such a campaign have now acknowledged
their error
The Membership Meetings
1T 10 the View Of the c. {. c. that there should
be among the membership the eompletest
possible understanding of the decisions of the
c. &. c. and Of the party policies. It is the desire
Of the c. {. C. to be in constant close contact
with the entire membership Of the party in order
to create the basis for the closest cooperation
and the conpIetest understanding in carrying
the party work. It was for these reasons that
a series of membership meetings in the larger
cities were arranged for discussion Of the unity
resolution.
The results Of these membership meetings in
dictate the success which has been achieved by
the central executive committee in unifying the
party and mobilizng it for its work The MEM
bership meetings prove:
I. That the C. &. c. has won the support and
confidence of at least rs per cent Of the member
ship Of the party AS compared to the situation
which existed after the national convention, this
is great step forward.
2. That there has been an advance among the
party membership In understanding of the party
problems and in the interest in these problems.
The character Of the discussion at the meetings
by great proportion of the membership indicates
that the party is ready to discuss policies and
theoretical problems. on the other hand, the ef-
forts by the opposition to continue the method
Of name-ealling use of rumors and gossip, to set
tie political controversies was everywhere repudl-
ated by the membership at these meetings. This
Is step forward In the Bolshevization Of our
party.
g. The membership meetings showed the cor
of the statement In the unity resolution
that the existing opposition In the party was
the raIIylng point for all those members who
disagree with the line Of the Communist Inter
national and the party. The Loreite elements
still within the party made common cause with
that part Of the former majority which follows
comrade Foster in opposing the C. E. C. at these
meetings. This support by the Loreites was not
-epudlated by the followers Of comrade Foster.