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

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strike which was the first politica
strike in France. Apart from the left
and right deviations there also exists
confused sort of centralism which
demands absolutely free discussion
and the calling in of the supporters
of Rosmer and Souvarine. This stand
point means the giving up Of the party
and we are fighting against it ener-
getically. We will bring about real
Bolshevik democratic centralism and
we will become a disciplined section
of the Comintern."
NOMRADE Braun (Germany): 1--WE
~ must not permit the diplomacy of
Scholem to get around the most inn
portant questions. Whoever does not
grasp the Importance and the signii-
canoe of the open letter of the exec
utive committee of the Communist In
ternational not only for the German
party, but also for the whole Comm
tern understands nothing.
The opportunistic errors of 1923
turned to the other extreme and this
tendency effectively considered, of
liquidating the Communist Party,
spread itself oman international scale
The open letter made it possible for
the French party to free itself from
the left deviations, it also altered the
ultra-left course in Poland.
Scholem said that he accepted this
turn towards the masses, that he only
opposed those who wished to utilize
this turn for a determination with the
social-democraey, he however failed to
say who those people were. When how
ever we took the first steps on this
road towards the masses, Scholem de-
clared that the connection of the can
didate lists for counting the votes left
over "a technical device possible under
the German electoral system for two
parties whilst running separate lists
on separate policies to unite the votes
in each district left over on national
scale and thus elect another candidate
or two between them. Without this
connection of the lists the votes of
each separate party would have been
insufficient to count for the cleo
ton of a candidate. In this case the
Communists proposed this correction
of lists to the social-democrats, the
latter however rejected it, was
liquidation of the Communist Party
and led the way toward a unification
with the social-democratic party. And
this argument made certain impress
sion. In the present moment when
the development is proceeding slowly,
they cast the poison of mistrust of the
forces of the Communist Party
amongst the masses.
This is the most characteristic point
of this deviation and it is here where
it joins hands with the liquidators
from the right. Scholem is in agree
fnent with the campaign for the con-
fiscation Of ducal property, but he
does not grasp the fact that this cam.
paign would have been quite impos.
sible but for the open letter which
dispersed the poison of mistrust and
made it possible to concentrate the
party members upon the central
tasks.
Scholem's policy was to utilize local
mistakes as trumps against the CEN
trail committee. Scholem says that we
are making mistakes in the economic
policy. At the moment the leadership
Of the economic struggle depends upon
the strength of our influence in the
trade unions and the responsibility
for the ebb Of our influence here is
to be borne by the bad trade union
policy Of Ruth Fischer and Scholem
The danger of split was strength
ened by the errors of the ultra-left.
On the other hand a correct mass
policy brings successes, self-confi-
dence and new members to the party.
Scholem and Ruth Fischer contend
that the party is winning reformist