The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-06

dangers. Yet, at the same time we
must by every means in our power
rally all the comrades who stand
on the platform of the Essen Party
Congress, of the decisions of the
Conintern and who promise. to wage
a relentless fight against the right
danger. "a voice: This is what we
are doing.")
l am instructed by the delegation
of the Communist Party of the So
Wet Union to declare-in so far as
the German Party is concerned
that we are opposed to any Attempts
to GUST Comrade Ewart from the
Party leadership. must say, how
ever, that leading German comrades
have no intention of doing that. At
this Congress we wish to create the
prerequisite conditions for a stu
alton which will make even the
slightest fissure in the leading
bodies of the Party impossible. All
the comrades must act upon the
basis of the strictest discipline, the
strictest subordination of the min
ority to the majority. Without such
a prerequisite condition. it will be i'm
possible to carry on political fight.
Further splits, further schisms
either in the leadership or within
our Parties, would lead to the most
fatal consequences. l take it there
fore that the essential prerequisite
for our successful activity should be
discipline. We have seen how actu-
ally the question stands in Poland.
Consolidation, unity, and discipline
are absolutely essential for the vic
torious development of revolution
airy events. Lately we have had
moments of crisis in the Comintern.
Such critical moments, experienced
by some of the Parties, have a high
ly detrimental effect upon the
masses of the workers. 1t is pos
sible to get rid of such crises only
by pursuing a firm and definite poll
teal line. This constitutes the fun
damental postulate to the whole of
the subsequent development. For
instance, among the minority of the
German Party there is a striving
towards effecting change in the
leadership. l believe such aims to
be improper. We must do nothing
of the kind, as this would lead to
internal strife in the German Party.
The E. C. C. l. fully and entirely
supports the historically formed
nucleus of the Polbureau of the G..
C. with Thalmann at the head. l
believe that questions like that of
inner Party democracy, for example,
questions of the new cadres of the
Party, of raising the theoretical
level of the Parties, of livening up
the rank and file groups, of mass
activity, ETC., should be raised as big
Party questions. The Parties should
learn to live more of a real political
life, and eschew all politics without
principles.
Take the Polish Party for exam
pie. There are no great political diff
ferences in that Party and yet a
FURIOUS factional strife is raging in
it. Or take the American Party.
Quite lately, at least so it seemed
to all of us, the American Party ap-
peared to be overcoming the internal
friction; but now we find that the
controversy is flaring up again. The
internal Party struggle has ere
vived" to such an extent that at
tempts are being made to utilize the
present conjuncture for the purpose
of continuing the struggle in the
,acutest form. Are there any really
big political differences in the Amer
lean Party? No, they are petty. Are
these differences so important as to
warrant the formation of factions =?
/ believe they are not. For instance,
take the question concerning the at
titude of American imperialism.
Some say that American imperial
ism has grown stronger; others
claim that their opponents, i. e.
those who say so, are advertising
American imperialism. Such an ex-
preston should not be used. No
good can come of it, and it does not
help clear up the question. must
confess that / do not entertain
hopes of revolutionary situation
arising in the United States in the
near future. say this quite frank
ly. In no country in the world is
capitalism so strong as it is in the
United States of America, where it
has reached it's zenith. Is it a ter
rible thing to say that there is little
likelihood of an immediate revolu-
tionary situation? 1t is, if this is
used to contradict the argument
that there is positively no ground
for activity among the American
masses. AS far as know, however,
no one has made such an assertion.
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