The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-22

| heads and their action cannot be
justified even on the assumption that
they meant to act in the interests of
the members. The actual result of
such an undertaking is: that the au-
thorities were encouraged in their
demagogic game, whereas there is no
guarantee whatever that the author
tiles will keep their very vague
promises in regards to credits. But
above ALL this step of the Schwarzen-
! berg comrades is very serious pollti-
cal error in the entire struggle be-
tween the proletarian opposition and
the reactionary authorities. There is
no doubt whatever that the position
of the entire opposition throughout
/ the Reich has been made much more
difficult. Moreover, one must also
be aware that this kind of thing will
bring confusion into the vacillating
sections of the opposition
Signed For Sake of Unity.
Another error consists in the fact
that the declaration was signed with
out previously appealing to the mem
bership 1t was only after the sign
ing of the declaration on April Bird,
that delegate meeting took place at
which the business manager Ertinger
made it known that the declaration
had been signed, and explained what
had induced the executive of the So
ciety to sign. 1t was done to pre-
serve unity in the cooperative move
ment and also in order not to put OBJ
stacles in the way of the development
of the consumers cooperative society.
Comrade Ertinger wound up his re-
port with the promise that the
Schwarzenberg Consumers Coopera-
tive Society would be as before the
| pioneer of proletarian cooperative
! policy" This slogan was greeted with
applause by the meeting, whereas
the extortionist attitude of the Exec
utive of the Saxon Society was sew
erely condemned. A considerable
number of delegates and function
aries made a declaration expressing
their joint protest. In this declara-
ton it is said that, not the managing
committee of the cooperative, but the
executive of the cooperative society,
! has done harm to the consumers CO.
/ perative movement. The declaration
/ severely condemns the means and
methods by which the undertaking
had been obtained. The declaration
concludes as follows:
"The members of the delegate
meeting emphasize that in view of
/ the success achieved through our pro-
letarian cooperative policy, the only
thing which matters is: to continue
through our consumers cooperative
society a policy which truly serves
proletarian interests"
Demand Soviet Relations.
Moreover proceedings at the meet
ing show that the bureaucrats did not
succeed in shaking the confidence of
the Social Democratic and non-Party
members in the Communist leadership
of the consumers cooperative. Sew
eral proposals for the Congress in
Essen were adopted Unanimously and
also a resolution welcoming the invi-
tation addressed by the Centrosoyuz
to the central society to despatch of
a uclGS ClLlOil W Vic OONASb OllINll anu
demanding, particularly in view of
the dangerous imperialist war policy
/ of the west European powers direc-
ted against Soviet Russia, acceptance
of this invitation and immediate
initiation of close and friendly rela-
htions with the cooperative movement
of Soviet Russia. The resolution also
demands that the various local organ
izations should be invited to partici-
pate in such a delegation.
The result of the expulsion action
against Schwarzenberg has been: that
the attention of the whole Party has
beer drawn more than ever before
to questions of cooperative work. The
protest campaign led by the Party
had remarkable successes from the
very beginning. 1t was given en-
phasis through a protest resolution
of the Party Congress in Essen
which was addressed to all proletar-
ian members of cooperatives and
called upon them to oppose the split
activity of the cooperative bureau
Gratis. The withdrawal of the expul
sion proposal has certainly brought
change in the situation, but not
real change, as the incidents which
accompanied this withdrawal showed
clearer than ever before the anti-pro-
lctarian attitude of the authorities.
4 Therefore the Party continues its
campaign with the intention of mobil-
ling proletarian members Of CO.
operatives against the reactionary
policy of the authorities and their
dictatorial and extortionist methods.
All these matters are bound to play
an important role at the conferences
and also at the Congress in Essen.S