The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-27


that this would be a completely false
estimate of the policy of the Comm.
tern. 1t is not a question of substi-
tuting left digressions with right devil
ations, but of putting the fight against
deviations concretely in each case and
Of maintaining the clear feminist line,
which does not recognize the legiti-
macy of either right or left tendencies
in Communism.
The right danger still exists and
will be fought against by the Com
intern. In the French party, for ex-
ample, the right danger is the great
est danger now, altho the plenum was
obliged also to combat left" tenden-
cies there.
But for most Of the parties under
the present conditions (and this ap-
plies also for America, where the con-
nection with the workers is still weak
the greatest danger is sectarianism,
which would deprive the party of the
possibility OF gaining influence
amongst the masses. The thinly dis
guised attempt to form an interna-
tional left Traction only emphasizes
the danger. The main emphasis in
most cases at present must be placed
on the struggle against this ultra left
tendency, but this can only be carried
on successfully if the parties at the
same time repulse the right elements
K The struggle for influence over
VI the masses, thru the tactics of the
united front, naturally finds its most
important field in the trade union
movement, since the trade unions are
the elementary and principal mass or
CARNATIONS of the workers. The fight
for world trade union unity in which
substantial successes have already
been gained by the Comintern and
Profintern, remains as before in the
very foreground of the struggle. The
necessity of increasing many fold the
activities and the practical work of
the' Communists in the trade unions
was strongly emphasized
e Following along the same general
VI line of the united front tactic to
win influence for the parties among
the working masses, the plenum rails
ed one of its most important ques-
tons, the question of Communist work
in non-party mass organizations of all
kinds This question occupied a spe-
cial place on the agenda and much
time and attention was devoted to dis
cussion of the ways of working in this
field. The narrow conception of party
work in the sense of only internal
party work was isolated in this plenum
like complete stranger. 1t was made
very clear that party work is also, and
even principally, work outside of the
party, amongst non-party masses.
Great stress was laid upon the neces-
sity of giving concrete organizational
forms to the sympathetic sentiment
towards Communism and towards the
Russian revolution, which have been
developed thru propagandistic-4 work.
OF all the existing non-party mass or
CARNATIONS, the International Red Aid
was declared to be the one having
first claim upon the members of the
Communist Party.
TN connection with this question of
1 non-party mass organizations it is
worth while to quote the following
paragraph from the resolution adopted
by the plenum:
PARTY executives should not over
look the fact that a considerable
number Of our party members in all
the capitalist countries have not yet
fully understood the obligations as
emphasized by the Third World
Congress, under which every Com
munist is to do his share Of work,