The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-07

labor aristocracy upon our Party;
third, its nihilistic attitude towards
Marxism and theory in general or
IRRESPONSIBLE evaluation of Marx
ism.
The Party and Its Work.
Constructive criticism of the Par
ty, its leadership, its policies, is not
only the order of the day but is
most welcome. This, however, should
not be taken as a license for con-
fusion and Misrepresentation. Pre-
cisely, the latter is the practice of
the Opposition. In its December
Third declaration it states:
1.-THE experiences of our own
Party show that the Right line
and orientation of our Central
Committee is chiefly responsible
for the slow growth of our Par
ty and for its inability to make
full use of the favorable factors
in the present situation to de-
velop a revolutionary conscious
ness and struggle among the
toiling masses"
Then, this document proceeds to
charge the Central Executive Com
mittee with fresh Right errors in
recent weeks" Chief among these
alleged Right errors" are to be
found in the supposed failure to as
sumo leadership in local mine
strikes, to help the Trade Union
Educational League, to help build
the next textile union, failure to
connect the parliamentary struggle
with the economic struggle of the
workers." and a whole series of
other failures everywhere. This ac-
cusation is thus summed up:
"These tendencies which consti-
tute the line of the Central
Committee of our Party, have
the effect of paralyzing the
fighting ability of the Party,
retarding it's activities for de-
veloping mass struggle and
mass organizations, and hence
are weakening the working
class and strengthening its
enemies"
What does this charge mean? 1t
means that the Central Executive
Committee with its policies is weak
ening the working class and
strengthening the bourgeoisie. In
other words, the Central Executive
Committee of our Party, according
to the Opposition, is a counter-rev-
dictionary factor. Such an attack
was never before made in the his
tory of our Party.
This is not criticism. This is ex-
actly the line of attack launched
against the Central Executive Com
mittee and the Party by the Trot-
skyite Cannon and Company. This
is the logical result of the common
platform of Foster, Bittleman and
Aronberg with Cannon-"The Right
Danger in the American Party"
In the Kentucky and Wyoming
local coal strikes our Party fraction
in the National Miners Union, was
the guiding and driving force in
beating back successfully wage
cut attempts of the operators. Much
Roadway has been made in the Par
ty fractions effort to make the Ma
tional Textile Workers Union real,
/ living organization in Paterson and
in other textile centers. The Oppo-
sition knows that the Central Exc
cutive Committee has been taking
I the most resolute measures to help
the T. U. E. L.
The most crushing proof of the
utter baselessness of these accusa-
tions of the Opposition is shown in
/ it's condemnation of the Party's cleo
ton campaign. Even the worst
enemies of the Party admitted that
the election campaign was the big
gest and most vigorous campaign
our Party ever conducted. 1t is
true the Party election campaign
had many shortcomings. Many
grievous errors were made in its
course California;. But throughout
the election campaign the Opposi-
ton evidenced its total political i'm
potence. The Opposition did not
make a single motion for the
strengthening or improvement of
the election campaign. In fact, GER
tain districts even witnessed Oppo-
sition supporters perpetrating Right
errors, thru capitulation before diff
ficulties-Comrade Levine in San
Francisco-and ex-Comrades V. R
Dunno, Skoglund and others through
sabotage of the Party's. campaign
against Shipstead in Minnesota.
The Opposition's estimate of the
Central Executive Committee is
only replica of the estimate Of
the Central Executive Committee
and the Party made by Cannon anc
Company. The methods of both
these camps of hostility to the Cen.
trail Executive Committee are iden.
teal - belittling, misrepresentine
and never saying a word in the
slightest recognition of the Party'S
achievements.
Compare the tone and method:
. of criticism of the Central Execu
tive Committee resorted to by the
, Opposition within the Party and the
Trotskyite Cannon Company, on the
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