The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-03
4. The Inner Party Situation.

THE objective difficulties, the weakness of the
Workers Communist Party and its inadequate
contact with the masses of the native workers are
factors comphcating the inner situation of the
Workers (Communist) Party. An insufficently
strong Party life, the result of insufficient
mass basis, the inadequate contact of many
bers OF the former language groups with the specific
problems of the class struggle in the United States
favor the developmnt of groups and fractional strug-
giles, the existence and intensity of which we seek
in vain to explain through serious differences of
principle.
The inner party situation, the great difficulties
which the Workers (Communist) Party of America
has to overcome, the great tasks which it has to
solve, demand the greatest exertion of all sections
of the Party, specially of its leading cadre, for
bringing about concentration of the Party forces
the basis of the political policy of the Communist
International and the liquidation of the still exist
ing groups which are outlived now and block the
further development of the Party.
The VI Enlarged Plenum of the Executive Com
mittee of the Communist International very en-
phatically declared: THAT the Comntern demands
the complete and unreserved cessation of fractional
struggle
IT must be placed on record that this demand was
not carried out seriously enough and that an I'M
tonable position of faction formation within the
Communist Party still exists, that alongside of the
general party meetings each of the existing fac
lions hold special meetings only for its supporters
arriving at binding group policies.
The majority of the Party executive pol
bureau) did not sufficiently understand how to
create such condition of affairs to bring about
an amalgamation with the forces which today
in opposition. Within the ranks of the majority a
breach with the Cannon group took place and the
Wenstone group also split off from the majority.
1t is clear that the majority of the Political Com
mittees followed too narrow within the
Party themselves essentially contributed to the con-
tinued existence of fraction walls A struggle of
the majority of the Political Committee (Lovestone)
against the groups at present in opposition (Foster
Weinstone, Cannon) would be justified if it were a
question of anti-Communst comrades who threaten
the further development of the Party like Lore).
This is not in the of Comrades Foster,
Wenstone and Cannon. The decision of the VI
Enlarged Executive of the Executives Committee
Communist International said:
"The attempt at struggle against Comrade
Foster and those of his comrades supporting him
who, their part desist from the fractional
struggle, is under no circumstances permissible
THIS decision inspired by the endeavor to
bring about the joint work of all valuable forces
and to gradually equalize the existing differences
for the joint solution of all tasks. Today more than
ever before-after the death of Comrade Ruthen-
berg and in much more complicated situations
this necessary. Therefore, the majority of the
Political Committee must recognize the necessity to
do their utmost to bring about the closest collabora