Evening star., 1928-10-11

within the last few weeks, which has
lust reached America. 1t Is entitled lne
Communist International Between the
Fifth and Sixth World Congresses" 1t
is a review of recent communlstlc ac-
tivities in all countries of the world.
What interests us Americans partlcu-
larIy is what it tells about communlstlc
plans to overturn the United states
Government. Too many Americans. con-
ceding that there is danger to distant
countries-such as those of South Amer
lea and Asia-refuse to see any pos
sibility of danger to the United States.
"God reigns and the Government at
Washington still lives!" Long may%lt
live
Socialists are fond of claiming that
they have no relation to communism
This review officially defines Differ
ences in the Organizational Structure OF
Socialist and Communist Parties as fol-
lows:
"The Communist parties in the capi-
talistic countries have been formed out
of the Left Wings of the Socialist
parties.
I'm the Socialist parties only the
leaders constitute the guiding force.
In the Communist parties it IS
Just the contrary, all work is carried on
through and based upon the activity and
self-initiative of the rank and file mem
bership.
I'm the Socialist parties there is no
regid discipline. The Communist parties,
on the contrary, must be built on the
basis Of iron organizational discipline" T"
Describing the martyrdom Of Com
munists, the book says: I'm Italy one
third of the Communist party are in
prison." So it confesses that the in
crease of Communism in Italy has
come to standstill, through "the never
ending arrests, which are depicting our
ranks" 1t adds: In regard to re-
pressions against the Communist party,
number of other countries do not lag
behind Italy-for instance, Poland, Bull
garia, Rumania, Jugoslavia and Hun
gary. Brutal determination of any one
suspected of Communism is going on in
China and Indonesia. In Japan, and
particularly in Korea, being convicted
of Communism is tantamount to being
! handed over to the eXecutioner. In
India people are sentenced to years OF
| Imprisonment simply for a trip to Mos
| cow"
Now for America: According to the
C. P. G., C. P. F., C. P. G.. B. and
| the w. C. P. of America and other
countries, all new workers lin factories)
are subjected, before being engaged in
big enterprises, to a minute eXamina-
ton as to their political reliability.
CIV. G. P" means Workers Communist
Party in the, United States.)
"As soon as worker is suspected OF
sympathy with Communism he is dis
ax,d n VII iS "a n
documents which prevents him getting
employment. Provocation is develop
ing. This is the charge against employ
erS in capitalistic United States.
"In its work in reorganizing the par
ties on the basis of factory groups, the
organizing department chiefly concen-
trated its attention on the Commun-
ist parties in the major capitalist coun-
tries, namely, Germany, France, Czecho-
| slovakia, Great Britain and the United
States.
"As result of the reorganization of
the Workers (Communist) party of
America on the basis of factory groups,
the ground has been prepared for rad
ical organic reconstruction of the entire
party. Formerly the Workers party
pendent Communist parties with their
own central committee and local organ
izations. their own party press, etc.
After their organization on the factory
group basis, this federation of 19 par
ties has been transformed into one CEN
tralized Communist party.
"The reorganization of the Com
munist parties on the basis of factory
groups was confronted with tremendous
difficulties. For a long time the pro-
poSals were misunderstood everywhere
and therefore met resistance inside the
party. Many serious blunders were
made, as result of which it became
necessary to start all over again. The
reorganization on an international scale
has not yet been completed. But it can
be definitely said that decisive change
has occurred and that serious progress
has been made.
1.-The reorganization of the Commu-
mist parties on the basis of factory
groups has, to a considerable extent,
helped to proletarianize the social COM
position of the Communist parties"
In citing "chief shortcomings" of the
reorganization, it is declared "the work
of the factory groups must be closely
linked up with the work of the trade
union fractions AS rule this is not
the case at the present time, and this is
one of the greatest shortcomings in the
entire work of the factory groups in all
countries"
The American Federation of Labor,
which has fought Communism from the
beginning, will smile at this confession
that the reorganization has failed to
link up" with it.
National defense is almost as wicked"
in the eyes of the Communists as trade
unions. On page 30 it is stated:
THE organizing department paid
considerable attention to questions con-
nected with anti-militarist work
The organizing department has elab-
GRATED material in regard to individual
countries and has held a series of con-
ferences with the representatives of
individual countries and groups OF
countries"
Americans will recall the recent ar
rests within the Regular Army of men
who had sought to carry out the plans
above indicated, to subvert the loyalty
of our soldiers.
The department of agitation and
propaganda is reported to be very ac-
tive in supplying newspapers with
communistic propaganda and news"
even through telegraph and cable. The
British, Czech and American parties
have also held central schools which
are supported by the propaganda sub
department of the E. G. c. l., by the
drawing up of syllabuses on various
subjects in the sphere of Leninism and
by instruction on organism and method"
The present writer had an illustra-
ton yesterday of what educational
work" the Communists are doing, upon
being shown proof sheets of a book
edited by professor of Yale Uni
versity and press notice of the plans
of a group Of young woman graduates
Of Smith College, who are to go to
Russia "for investigation" Much of
the matter in the aforesaid book could
never be printed in family newspaper,
nor could some of the text books in
their sex teachings, as used in select
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