The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-20

commission, the fullest opportunity of
defending their views within the cen
trail committee, had at the same time
issued the following Instructions: "A
determined fight is to be carried on
against any endeavor to undermine
the unity of the party, no matter from
which side it may come, and no matter
who may be at the head of it," This
decision is only reaffirmation of the
decision of the 10Th party convention,
which was adopted at the instance of
Comrade Lenin in a moment of espe-
cially bitter factional strife. The 10th
party convention instructed "the CEN
trail committee to carry out the total
determination of all sorts of factional
activity" and prescribed that "all
groups formed on this platform or on
any other platform be Immediately dis
solved without exception" and in
structed "all organizations to see to
it most painstakingly that no sort of
factional activity whatever be per-
mitted. The non-fulflment of this de-
cision of the party convention must
lead to the unconditional and imme-
diate expulsion from the party"
II The party holds all party mem
- bers responsible for the factional
struggle who participate in it, but
must consider the leader of the oppo-
sition at the 14th party convention,
Comrade zinoviev, member of the Pc
litbureau of the central committee of
c. S. p. u, whose colleagues take
most active part in the factional work
and utilize the apparatus of the E. G.
c. l., which is directed by Comrade
Zinoviev, politically responsible for
this fight tending to split the party.
This all the more as Comrade Zinc
view did not make the slightest at
tempt to condemn these colleagues of
his or to draw a line between them
and himself.
TN view of the foregoing the plenary
L session of the central committee
and the central control commission de-
cides that:
(a) Since such situation, in which
the actual leadership of the factional
struggle of the opposition is in the
hands of member of the Politbureau
of the central committee, cannot be
suffered, Comrade Zinoviev is exclud-
ed from the Politbureau, and all mem
bers of the opposition are warned
that, Independent of their position in
the party, if they should continue their
work for the formation of a faction
opposed to the party, the central COM
mittee and the central control COM
mission will be compelled to take cor
responding organizational measures
against them as we'll
(b) The candidate for the central
committee, Comrade Lashevitch, by
taking active part in the establish
ment of a factional organization, has
violated the confidence of the party
and disappointed, for which he de-
serves to be expelled from the ranks
of the G. P. S. u; however, in view
of Comrade Lashevitch's former party
work he is given a severe reprimand
and warned that any attempt on his
part to continue his fractional work
will mean that he has left the ranks of
the G. P. S. U. In accordance with
the special resolution moved by Lenin
and adopted by the 10th party conven-
ton of the c. p. S. u, Comrade Lashe-
witch is excluded from the central
committee of the c. P. S. U. and re-
called from the post of vice-president
of the Revolutionary War Council, and
forbidden to occupy a responsible
party post within the next two years.
(c) The decision of the presidium of
the central control commission of
June II, 1925, concerning Comrades G.
A. Byelenki, l. S. Tchernysheff, B. G.
Shapiro, N. M. Wlassow, M. w. Vas
silieva and K A. Volgina is confirmed.
O The workers opposition aimed
% at the unity of the party has up to
now found support in not a single or
ganization of our party, but the fur
Their development of fractional activity
of the opposition may bring the party