The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-30
Speech of Secretary of All Union Communist
Party on Left and Right Dangers

which the tendency towards devia-
tions to the right is reflected be-
yond the shadow of a doubt, are
well known, and it will be remem-
bered that mention was made of
them in the stenographic protocol of
the July Plenum of the Control
Commission
If we continue the search yet
higher up and consider the Control
Commission, we must admit that
even among the members of that
body there are some, albeit alto
gether insignificant, elements who
entertain conciliatory sentiments to-
wards the representatives of the
right deviation. The stenographic
protocol of the July Plenum Of the
Control Commission is the best proof
Of this fact. AS to the Political
Bureau, there are deviations neither
to the right nor to the left, a fact
| should wish particularly to under
line. 1t is high time that an end
was put to the 1umors, spread
abroad by oppositionists and by
such as are anything but friendly
to our Party, to the effect that there
is a deviation to the right or a con-
ciliatory attitude towards such a
deviation to be found even within
the Political Bureau of the Control
Commission.
VacilIation in Moscow District.
AS regards the Moscow organiza-
ton and the Moscow Committee, it
would be foolish to attempt to deny
that vacillation and uncertainty ac-
tually obtained in that quarter. The
open-hearted speech of Comrade
Penkov is direct proof of the fact.
Comrade Penkov is not the least of
the members of the Moscow organ-
ization and of the Moscow Commit
tee. As you have heard, he admit
ted quite openly the mistakes he
had made in number of most i'm
portant questions Of our Party pol
icy. That naturally does not mean
that the entire Moscow Committee
was subject to vacillations. That is
by no means implied. Such a docu-
ment as the appeal of the Moscow
Committee to the members of the
Moscow organization in September
last shows quite plainly that the
Moscow Committee has succeeded in
overcoming the vacillations of all its
members. l do not doubt that the
guiding spirits of the Moscow Com
rnittee will succeed in clearing the
whole situation satisfactorily.
Some members are displeased
with the fact that the section organ
izations should have interfered in
this matter by raising the question
of liquidation of the mistakes and
vacillations of certain leaders of the
Moscow organization. I do not
know how such "displeasure" is to
be justified. If certain Party-work-
ers of various sections of the Mos
cow organization raise their voices
in favor of liquidation of mistakes
and vacillations, what is there bad
about that? Do we not carry on
our work on the basis of self-criti-
cism from below? Is it not a fact
that self-criticism enhances the ac-
tivity of the broad Party member
ship and of the proletarian masses
in general? What is there lad OF
dangerous about it, if the Party
members of the sections proved
ready for the occasion?
C. &. Intervention Correct.
Was the procedure of the Con
troll Commission right, when it in
tervened in this matter? believe
the Control Commission was alto
gether right. Comrade Bersin con
siders that the Control Commission
did not act rightly when it ap-