The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-21
The Executive Committee
Of the Communist Interna-
tional Greets Klara Zetkin
Halls O-Year-Old Veteran of Revo-
luton Who Has Held High Tradi-
tons of Marxism Over Period of
More Than Fifty Years of Struggle.

THE Executive Committee of the Communist Inter
national has sent the following letter to Comrade
Klara Zetkn
"The ECCI sends its comradeIy greetings to you on
the occasion of your SEVENTEEN birthday Your birth
day at the time anniversary of Evolutionary
marxsm and of proletarian internationalism.
"You comrade have devoted more than fifty years
of your life to the of the proetarian class sug
gle You the living embodiment of the revolutionary
traditions of the German and of the international prole
tarat Your way is the way of all honest, determined
and revolutionary elements in the camp of the working
class. In the time when the proletariat began to col
ect its forces organize itself and school itself for the
class struggle, you together with Franz Mehrng and
Rosa Luxembourg, bore the revolutionary lessons of
Marxsm into the broad You fought mercilessly
all attempts to misrepresent revolutionary Marxsm She
bore the lessons of Marxism into the the
greatest lessons of the rreconcabe class struggle
the lessons of the proearan revolution and of the die
tatorship of the working class.
WHILST Kautsky degraded Marxism to justification
of the passivity of reformist bureaucrats and
treated step for step in the face of Bernsens revision
ISM you steered despite everything against the stream
in the struggle against the fasfers of Marx the vain
and petty trade union and party bureaucrats. Even
when it necessary to oppose Bebel probably the
best representative of the old social democracy you did
not hesitate Your work in the Second International
the exemplary work of revolutionary Marxist in the
time when the proetariat collecting its forces for
the struggle.
UVOU have not transformed Marxsm into innocuous
parlor socialism unconnected with the class strug-
gle the theoretical phlistnes of the social democracy
have DONE Rather you bore the lessons of revolutionary
Marxsm into the ranks of the workers, amongst the
millions of oppressed proetarans amongst the lowest
ranks of the proetarlat amongst the working women,
amongst the wives and daughters of the proletarians
Generations freed from the yoke of capitalism will
member your work for the emancipation of the work
ing women with gratitude, your work for the inclusion
of the womens struggle in the general struggle of the
proletariat, your work for socialism.
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VoU have held high the banner of the revolutionary
! Marxsm in times of peace and in the times of
war; in difficult times, when almost all socialists be-
trayed their banner, did not let it drop from your
hands In those days when Pechanov, Quesde Kautsky
not to speak of the lesser important of the reormsts
and bureaucrats, harnessed themselves to the war
chariot of Imperialism and betrayed MarXism and the
revolutionary class struggle stood in the of
the small group which rescued the honor of the German
and the international working class movement Whilst
Ebert Schedemann, Thomas Henderson and the others
honored with seats in the cabinets your lot was
that of which all revoutonaries must be proud Bour-
geois Germany flung you into prison. After the war
came the real split in the German social democracy.
The opportunst wing turned itself into wing of the
bourgeoise into bourgeois workers party The pres
ent social democracy has forsworn Marxism The name
of Bernstein is written on its banners.
"THE Kautskys have capitulated before Bernstein's
revisionism, but the zetkins have held up the BAN
ner of Marxsm, the banner of the prolearan revolu-
ton.
"HE founders and the leaders of the Second Interna-
tiona today Noske and Wells, Macdonald and
Henderson, Renaude and Thomas, the enemies and muir
derers of the working class the international
capitalism the privy councillors of His Majesty. The
Communist International that the great pioneers
of the proetaria Rosa Luxembourg and Karl Lebknecht
were murdered at the bidding of Noske and Wells and
have not experienced the days of storm and fame
panyng the development of the revolutionary struggle
over the whole world But the Communist International
is proud that you, Klara Zetkin, amongst it's
founders The Communist International and it's German
section proud that such old and tried fighters of the
proleaan such tried trusted Marxiss as YOU
are fighting in their front ranks today The Russian
revolution and the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
are proud to have in person sefsacrifcng friend
comrade and pioneer defend cause of the PARTY
the revolutionof Lennism against all attacks with all
the power OF your burning ZEAL your great heart and
your revolutionary passion.
"0N your SEVENTEEN birthday Klara Zekn we exprass
the conviction that in the future the proetarat
OF Germany and other countries which has seen such
leaders as Liebknecht, Luxembourg Mehring and YOU
klara Zetkn, will rally in it's overwhelming majority
around the banner Of Communism ennism under which
Liebknecht Mehring, Luxembourg, Knief and Jogiches
fought and under which you still fighting TODAY Your
whole life has been devoted the struggle for the inter
national revolution for the German and for the Russian
revolution to the struggle of all the oppressed for the
emancipaton of the whole of humanity. Upon vour
SEVENTEEN birthday the Communist International ex
presses its firm Conviction that you will be fortunate
enough to experience further fruits your fifty
work and struggle.
Long live Klara Zetkin the old fighter for revolution
ment
Long live Kara zetkn, the oldest leader of the Com
munst International and the Communist Party of Ger
many!
Long live the coming revolution in Germany
Long live the proetarian world revolution!
The Executive Committee of the