The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-18


MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., Feb. % (By
AVA MaiD The third session Of the
enlarged executive committee of the
Communist international was opened
today under the craftsmanship of Com.
Smeral (Czecho-Slovakia).
Comrade Neurath welcomed the
theses of the presidium in the name
of the Czech delegation. He was in
particular agreement with the non
revision of the Fifth Congress. Be-
fore the Fifth Congress the right ele-
ments had certain influence in the
Comintern and the Fifth Congress
made it possible to struggle against
them for the first time.
He was also in agreement with the
theses for France and Germany; he
demanded only special numbering
Of the right dangers in the individual
countries. In Czecho-Slovakia there is
nothing to be seen of any sterilization.
On the contrary, a difficult crisis is
there. The elections brought a severe
defeat for the coalition and since then
there has been a political crisis which
the banks and the clericals utilize to
increase their demands. The economic
crisis does not only bring the revolu-
tionization of the working class with
it, but also that Of the petty bour-
geoisie. The petty bourgeoisie is
pressing for the recognition of Soviet
Russia, altho Benesch is still hest
tating and waiting for some instruc-
tions from the great imperialist pow
ers. This is present in the Com
munist Party of Czecho-Slovakia, but
it was only obtained by a struggle
against the rights. The rights are at
tempting to utilize the discussion in
the Russian Communist Party for
their own ends and to re-establish
their old influence. This is wrong,
but it is fact. The thesis upon tao
tics is completely correct. The strug-
gle against the ultra-lefts is neces-
sary, but the chief enemy is on the
right.
NOMRADE Scholem Germany then
~ spoke with heightened period for
his speech:
"Zinoviev has characterized the
perspectives correctly, but they were
and still are our perspectives. This
point must be stressed all the more
as the rights who still exist have
other perspectives. The despairing
perspective of Varga that only sud
den victory of the revolution can save
Europe from eclipse is incorrect. The
victory of the revolution will be long
process. We are in agreement with
the formation of a left wing in the
working class movement under the
leadership of the Communist Parties.
New processes in the working class
movement have been mentioned, the
party leadership against which we are
struggling failed to observe these pro-
cesses. We are fighting against those
elements who want to form a block
with the social-democrat elements,
who want to establish unity upon a
social-democratic basis and therefore
produce confusion. The theses char
acterize the right and ultra-left dan
gers correctly.
1--WE are not ultra-lefts in that we I'M
derestimate the mass movement, that
is exactly what the rights do. No
serious Communist quite rejects the
united front. We struggled sharply
against the errors of the Ruth Fischer
central committee in the over-expos-
ure at the time of the Hindenburg
elections. (Laughter).
Already in May, 1925, we fought
against the ultra-left communal policy
and the right coalition experiment in
the government question. Neverthe-
less, instead of supporting us the ex-
ecutive committee of the Communist
International termed us a fraction
which was hostile to the Comintern
An international ultra-left fraction
does not exist. In very many ques-
tions we have great differences with
Bordiga; we only fought against the
rejection Of left working class ele-
ments in the Italian party. We were
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count of its general political line, but
because of its internal party political
line, and we cannot now any more
than before sign document which
terms us enemies of the Comintern
and corrupt. Nevertheless, on the
basis Of correct perspectives and a
correct estimation of the right dan.
gers cooperation with the central
committee is possible. am indignant
at the speech Of Leminadse to the
party congress of the Russian Com
munist Party, in which he declared
that Scholem and Rosenberg were
lost for the Comintern. INTERRUPTION
Of Leminadse: "and Katzl") We, the
left opposition, will support the CEN
trail committee II the united front tao
tic is correctly pursued as in the ques-
ton of the confscation of the ducal
property. We have, naturally, various
differences. The central committee
neglects the economic struggle, 1t has
permitted false nuances OF the Saxon