The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-22

large part of non-party workers.
By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL.
THE drift of Comrades Leon Trot-
zky and Gregory Zinoviev contin-
ues steadily against the Communist
International and against the Com
munist Party of the Soviet Union.
The plenum of the Executive Com
mittee of the Communist Interna-
tional in May overwhelmingly with
the lone vote of Vuyovitch opposed)
condemned the policies advanced and
the fractional struggle waged by the
Trotzky- zinoviev-Vuyovitch opposi-
ton.
mot a single delegation at the
Plenum supported the opposition
which disturbed the practical work of
the Plenum," was the comment of the
Political Secretariat of the Executive
of the Comintern.
The Plenum voted full powers to
the Presidium of the Executive Com
mittee Communist International ''to
effect the formal expulsion of Com
rades Trotzky and Vuyovitch from
the Executive Committee Communist
International in the event of this
struggle continuing"
in communication issued on June
L Goth, the Central Control Commits
sion Of the Communist Party of the
Soviet Union raises the question of
removing Comrades Trotzky and Tin
oviev from the Central Committee of
the Party. 1t cites the activities of
the opposition, since they were in
augurated in 1928 by Comrade Trot-
zky at its head, and since 1926 with
Comrades Trotzky and Zinoviev as
leaders. The opposition is denounced
as having utilized "every difficulty
met with in the course of the build
ing up of Socialism, to attack the
unity of our Party and its leadership,
without stopping at breaches of Party
discipline"
CONSIDERABLE publicity, and not
" little sympathy, has been ex-
tended by the capitalist press of the
world to the Trotzky-Zinoviev oppo-
sition. 1t is known that this opposi-
ton has connection with the Maslow-
Fischer group in Germany, that was
expelled from the German Commu-
mist Party and the Comintern, and
now issues a publication of its own,
that it seeks to convert into a daily
as the organ of its counter revolu-
tionary activities looking toward the
formation of a Fourth International.
THAT it has been extremely difficult
for the comrades of the Commu-
mist Party of the Soviet Union to
keep the Party membership informed
of all the ramifications of this anti
party struggle was clearly brought
out during the report by Comrade
Bukharin on the results of the plen-
airy session of the Executive Com
mittee Communist International 20
the plenum of the Moscow Committee
of the Communist Party of the So
Wet Union. In the stenographic re-
port Of Comrade Bukharin's speech in
referring to the Trotzky-Zinoviev OPP
position, we find the following:
Steering their course in accord
ance with the political wind, they
aim their attack at times directly
~
whilst at other times they adopt
milder tone towards the union, and
direct their efforts to violent attacks
on our Party and the Comintern. On
one occasion, for instance, they wrote
that Stain does not differ in the
least from Noske (Disturbance). 1
do not understand why you are sur
prised at that, it is nothing new CA
Voice: at is new to us"). Then I
am pleased to have been able to in
form you of it." (Laughter).
RUKHARIN points out that on Oct.
- 9th, last, the Trotzky-Zino OPP
position issued statement which it
declared was meant seriously" and
which carried an assurance that the
Opposition would entirely give up
every connection with the so-called
group of Urbahns, Maslow and
Fischer in Germany, which had been
expelled from the Comintern. Bulk.
HARM said:
81 must here relate a few details
on the position of these excluded
members. They have their own
newspaper, they have already con-
verified this newspaper into a weekly,
and are taking steps toward issuing
it daily; they are taking steps to-
ward the formation of a party of
their own. There is no doubt what
ever that they are in receipt of help
from our Opposition, from whom
they receive material about our party
life, even to reports on the sessions
of the Political Bureau, and informa-
ton on the occurrences in this Bureau"
Yet the Trotzky-Zinoviev OPPOSE