The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-06

The DAILY WORKER published
the Resolution of the Comintern on
the American Question, accom-
panied by Declaration of the
Political Committee. The follow
ing is a statement of the Minority
of the Political Committee on the
Resolution of the Executive Com
mittee of the Communist Inter
national and the Question of Party
Unity.
1 The resolution of the Executive
A' Committee of the Communist In
ternational on the American question
gives clear and decisive line on the
most important external and internal
problems confronting our party. Our
views are in full accord with the line
of the resolution. We accept it with
out any reservations and urge the en-
tire party to do likewise.
2 The resolution correctly puts in
liz the foreground the struggle
against American imperialism, and
the war danger and correctly en-
phasizes the necessity of combating
the liberal illusions about the peace
full role of American imperialism in
order to create the prerequisites for
the revolutionary struggle. In point
ing out the necessity of a struggle
against Great Britain's war prepara-
tions and provocations against the
Soviet Union, and the imperialist in
tervention in China, of always linking
up this struggle with the mobiliza-
ton of the masses for the most ener-
getic fight against the specific role
Of American imperialism, and of re-
jecting the point of view which mini
mics the predatory role of Ameri-
can imperialism and presents it one
sidedly as tool of Great Britain
on these, as we'll as other aspects of
the complex problems of the fight
against imperialism and the war
danger, the resolution lays down a
correct line for the guidance of the
party.
2 We greet the thorogoing treat
~ ment of The problems of the
development of the revolutionary la
Dor movement in America, particu-
larly the insistance upon a thorough
study of the extent and forms of the
corruption of sections of the working
class-both material and theological
in order to develop the most eff
fective counter-campaign against the
"bourgeoisification" propaganda of
the capitalists and their agents, the
reactionary labor leaders. We are
of the opinion that the Executive
Committee of the Communist Inter-
national, in this section of the resolu-
ton, has rendered a great service tc
the party and has provided a real
starting point for an expansion anc
development of it's influence and
strength as revolutionary force.
We draw the special attention
40 of the party to the fact that the
resolution again points out, as the
Executive Committee of the Commu.
mist international has already pointed
out repeatedly in the past, the pri-
mary Importance of drawing thou.
! sands of native born workers into the
party in order to bring a fundamen.
tai change into the composition anc
to establish in this way a closer con
nection with the decisive sections Of
| the American working class" The
! adoption of a line for the resolution
of this problem will bring our party
closer to the realities of the elias,
struggle and will accelerate its uni
, flcation and growth into mass com
: munist party.
Z We heartily approve the line O.
% the resolution on trade union worl
:. and regard it as a tremendous stel
2 forward towards the complete clarifi
, cation of all past disputes and thu
mobilization of the entire party mem
= bership for active trade union worl
5 on the basis of common policy. TIL
| resolution gives a clear line on tn
organization of the left wing in tn
trade unions, the forms and method
f to be employed, the relation t.
!. broader opposition movements and tn
role of the party. The solution O
these basic questions should lead t.
a the mobilization of the entire part,
for work in the trade unions TIL
= clear, definite, and specific Tor il
= which the resolution deals tn
trade union question rem0.us tn
ground for any further confusion o
controversy on the points dealt with
e The resolution removes the basi
W. for possible disputes of an ex
tremely serious nature on the ques
ton of the Labor Party, by reitera
Il ting the already established positio
n that "the Labor Party, or a fore
: runner, United Labor Ticket mus
!, have strong mass basis in tn
u trade unions. If this mass basis i
1 not attained, then the Worker Com
e munist Party must itself as a part
" enter the election campaign" w
: fully agree with this point of view
II and believe its reinstatement Shout
\ finally remove all possibilities of cor
troversy on this question.