The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-24
Stain on Right Deviations

(NOTE:-The foHo1oimg speech
1oas deIivered by Comrade Stain,
secretary of the Communist Party
of the Soviet Union, at the PIenum
of the Mosco2o Committee and Mos
coa0 Control Commission of the c.
P. S. U. held on Oct. 10, 1928. The
conclusion of has speech will be pub
Iished IN the Daily Worker IN a fol-
loa0ing issue.)
I BELIEVE, Comrades, that We
must in the first place set aside
all petty and personal considerations
if we are to be enabled to solve the
question before US, viz. that of the
deviations to the, Right. Are we
faced in the Party with Right OPP
portunist danger; are there objective
circumstances which favor this dam
ger; and how is this danger to be
met? Those are the questions be-
fore US. We shall, however, not be
able to solve these questions if we
do not first purge them of all petty
elements which have been introduced
into them from without and which
hinder us from understanding the
nature of the matter in hand.
Comrade Zapolski is wrong if he
believes the question of the Right
deviations to be a matter of chance.
He declares that it is not question
of deviations' to the Right but of
quarrels and personal intrigues. Let
us assume for moment that quar-
lels and personal grievances play a
part here as is the case in every
| fight. But to explain everything as
the outcome of quarrels and to fail
because of such quarrels to see the
nature of the actual question, means
deviation from the proper MARI
ian principles. 1t cannot be that such
great old united organization as
the organization of Moscow undoubt-
eddy is, should be brought into fer
ment from top ito bottom merely
through the endeavors of certain
squealers and intriguers. No, Com
rades, such miracles do not happen
To say nothing of the fact that it
would be impossible to underestimate
the strength of the Moscow organi-
cation so grossly. 1t is obvious that
deep rooted reasons were here at
work, reasons which had nothing to
do with quarrels and intrigues.
Not a Petty, Practical Question.
Comrade Fruntov too, is wrong if
though recognizing the existence OF
Right danger, he is vet of opinion
that it is not worthy of the attention
of serious people engaged in more
important work. In his opinion the
question of deviations to the Right
is of interest only to squealers, but
not to people who are seriously occu-
pied. / can very we'll understand
Comrade Fruntov; he is so deepl.
tngrossed in practical work that he
has no time to think about the per.
spectives of our development. This
does not mean, however, that the
limited practical sense of certain
among our Party workers is to be.
come the dogma of our reconstruc
ton. A healthy energy to work is
good thing but if it involves the
forfeiture of our working perspec
tives and if the work in question is
not subjected to the Fundamental
principles of the Party, it turns into
deficiency. 1t is, however, not diff
ficult to understand that the ques
ton of deviations to the Right is the
fundamental question of our Par1g
the question as to whether the per
spectives of our development, as lait
down by the XIV Party Congress are
right or wrong.
Nor are those comrades right wht
in Judging of the problem of devia
tions to the Right limit the question
to the individuals who represent the
said deviation. Show us the men Of
the Right, say these comrades, show
us the compromisers, so that we may
settle with them. This is mistaken
way of putting the question. These
individuals naturally play certain
role. But the matter itself lies moi