The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-27


Have these comrades corrected their
errors after the C. E. c. corrected
them? Yes And when they didn't,
we criticized them again. Have we
had differences as to the criticism
Of these errors? No. Nobody can
find in the decisions, in the practices,
in the policies of our Party any diff
| ferences insofar as the treatment of
these errors by the leadership of the
Party is concerned. There were no
group alignments, there were no group
viewpoints, or yardsticks on the
needle trades situation until the cleo
tions in the units were opened or
until it was known that elections were
about to be opened.
Comrades, don't allow in the con-
vention, after election time, don't al
low yourselves to judge the needle
trades situation the way you did dur
ing the struggle for votes in The units.
That is good unity advice and We
ask you to follow it.
Has the C. E. C. given protection
to errors of the needle trades COM
rades during the elections? We chal-
4 lerge any comrade in the Party tC
show a single error made by these
needle trades comrades during tbs
elections in the Party which we have
defended, which we have protected
But, comrades, it is all right to criti-
lOiz fhnCo L. e.
having made errors, but don't crit
ciZe comrades in the Party for errors
which they have not made, and what
l say, with our help, will not make
in the future. That is what the ten
dency is. / say, comrades, if we were
to accept this tendency on your part
as anything but temporary and SUI
perficial phenomenon, we would be
finding it very difficult To unite with
you. We say this tendency on your
part to treat this most serious ques-
ton in the Party factionally is tenn
porary and a superficial phenomenon
which you will get rid of the same as
we, and all of us have gotten rid of
in varying degrees in other instances.
! Comrades, you don't want to- drive
these comrades away from the Party.
/ What do you charge against these
comrades? Have you pointed out any
mistakes which we have not criticized
promptly? You have not. You have
not discussed the c. I. resolution on
the needle trades, the sections of this
resolution. You have had a slogan
I given you handwriting on the wall
ALLIANCE with the needle trades!
Why do you hide yourselves behind
this slogan? Can't you see your po-
sition, if it is correct, is no different
| from ours, because we have worked
on these problems together, not on a
fractional basis? Why do you hide be-
/ hind the word alliance? IF YOU
want these comrades in the Party,
they are entitled to every right
Party member has. If they belong in
the Party, they are entitled to vote
as they see fit. Don't throw out the
slogan of alliance"
say we are not historians. Inter
ruption-laughter). Show little unity
spirit. We are not historians, but we
have to judge problems relatively and
dialectically | remember when these
comrades who are now being SANDER
ed took different position in the
Party Yes, | say with comrade Olgin.
slandered. You are not helping these
comrades, l even deny there is a prob
lem of drawing them closer to the
Party. They are IN the Party. The
problem is to make them better Com
munists. This is the problem for all
of us. If those comrades had voted
for the Opposition in the elections 1--WE
are speaking frankly, Comrade Fos-
teri, if they had voted for the Oppo-
sition in the elections, they would
have been good comrades for unity,
for collective leadership. They didn't
vote for the Opposition because they
didn't want to. They have had their
experience with you and they have
made step forward when they re-
jected you.
This is the last time in the history
+ of our Party that so critical a situa-
ton, so difficult q problem, so pregl
nant with danger for our Party, is
made faction football in the Party.
/ appeal especially to you comrades
of the majority of this convention, do
not take this attitude toward this most
serious question, shown by the COM
rades Of the former Opposition and
don't take it too much in your reckon
ing of the Party, for we cannot allow
ourselves to be provoked. When the
needle trades comrades, when any
comrades, no matter who they are or
what position they hold, make errors
in the Party it is the duty of the Party
to criticize them.
ITO Be Continued)