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more specifically later, Go not take
sufficiently into account those fac
tors which retard or initiate against
the maturing of the coming economic
and political crises in the U. S.
These foundations, while correctly
stressing the rehabilitation process,
suffer from insufficient emphasis on
the uneven character of the general
process of rehabilitation which is de-
veloping among the masses.
Conclusions re Leadership.
What conclusions must be drawn
from the above from the point of
view of promoting the process of
crystalizing Observation-Disclosures
leadership for our Party.
l. None of the existing groups
are mature Bolshevik. proletarian
groups. The Majority must be made
to abandon their policy of unwar-
ranted self-praise and their unjus-
titled claims to group leadership.
This only,perpetuates the intolerable
"two-party" system in our Party.
2. Our guiding analysis and po-
litical line is contained in the de-
cisions of the Sixth World Congress
of the G. |. Instead of "exempting"
the United States from the C. I.
world analysis and tactical line, as
is being done by the leaders of the
Majority, we must concretize and ap-
ply that line to the conditions in the
United States.
3. Abolition of factions and fac
ton control in the Party. We must
welcome and solicit the guidance
and help of the E. c. C. I. in solving
our internal Party problems, as we'll
as the external problems. The Party
must have the help of the E. C. C. I.
in the building up of a proletarian-
Bolshevik leadership. We cannot
adopt the attitude of the Majority
which looks with disfavor upon Com
intern guidance and assistance to
our Party in this situation.
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organizations) was deficient in this
respect, that it tended to restrict
somewhat the Party's organization
work among the masses.
(b) The Minority was basically
correct in the major questions of
trade union policy. However, it
showed tendency to slacken the
struggle for wider mass base for
the organized Left wing. It, too,
hesitated to reorientate to the unor-
ganized masses and for the building
OF new unions. 1t did not always
draw tactical conclusions from the
role of the A. F. of l.. bureaucracy
as the backbone of social-reformism
and social imperialism in the United
States.
Latest Phase of Controversy.
(c) In the present, latest, phase
of the inner-Party controversy,
which began roughly around the
February, 1928, Plenum of the C.
E. c., the Minority showed that it
was alert of and conscious to the
changed world position and role of
U. S. imperialism. The Minority
was pressing energetically for the
formulation of clear perspective of
revolutionary development. 1t fought
for tactical reorientation in accord
with the growing war danger, the
maturing contradictions of Ameri-
can capitalism, and the developing
rehabilitation process among the
masses. The Minority brought to
the attention of the Party the de-
Veloping Right danger in our Party
and took the initiative in exposing
and combating the Trotsky- Cannon
Opposition.
In doing so, the Minority itself
committed several Right errors.
But what is more important, the
Minority proposed some formula
lions on analysis and tactics which
are open to criticism. These for
mutations, with which we will deal
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Lessons OF the Party Discussion

actually began to liquidate the left
wing.
Once more we had test of Boil
shevik Judgment and leadership. And
what has it proven? 1t has proven
the analysis of the Majority all
wrong. The period, which we then
actually entered, and in which we
still find ourselves, is characterized
by the following features:
1. The bureaucracy of the A. F.
Of L., in it's steady movement to the
right, has become an open agent of
the bourgeoisie to mobilize the
masses for imperialist war and to
impose upon them capitalist ration
alization.
2. The so-called opposition and
progressive elements of the bureau
cracy have undergone a further
process of differentiation, with the
result that those closest to the
masses are joining with the rank
and file and with the Communists
in the building Of the Left wing in
the old unions and in the building
Of new industrial unions, while 9TH
crs have surrendered to the Greens
and Lewises and to the bourgeoisie.
8. A sharp upward swing of the
Left wing in the mining, textile and
oarY1oant irdustriac and tha cTuSt q /
lization of new industrial unions in
these industries.
In other words, the actual devel-
opment was radically different from
that analysed by the Majority with
Cannon. The effort to liquidate
the Left wing was checked by
special decision of the Comintern.
(b) During the same period, the
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EX-OPPOSITIONISTS ASK
END TO FACTIONALISM

agency for strengthening our Party
ideologically and organizationally.
On this occasion we also point out
that the results of the membership
meetings throughout the country
and subsequent elections of delega-
tions to conventions, show that the
overwhelming majority of the Party
are eager for the unification of all
Communist forces under the leader
ship of the Gee, following the line
of the CT without reservations.
We declare ourselves in full
agreement with the position of the
Ford shop nucleus.
All comrades who desist from the
fractional struggle must be drawn
organically into the Party's work.;
there should be no discrimination
because of previous group align
ments.
There is no political basis today
for the existence of the old groups.
That is why we have broken with
the Opposition. We look forward to
the next convention of the Party to
take the necessary steps to wipe out
the remnants of all groups for the
existence of which there is no JUS
LITIGATION in principle. Unity is the
urgent need of the Party. Unity on
the basis of the unreserved accep-
lance of all Comintern decisions is
the first prerequisite for our Par
TVS being able to meet it's urgent
and important tasks. This is the
purpose of our appeal to the entire
Party membership in general and
to the comrades of the Minority in
particular.
We welcome the recent declara-
ton for unity by the Gee as an i'm
portant step in the direction of
unifying the Party.
The comrades holding this view
have for a number of years been ac-
tive in the Party and have fulfilled
their duties in executing response
BILE Party work.
Our appeal is made with all earn
estness and with the sincerest Com
munist determination to put an end
to destructive factionalism and to
unite more firmly than ever the
ranks of the Communists so as to
enable our Party to be the dynamic
leader of the struggles ahead of us
to fight the imperialist war dan
ger and to lead the American work.
ers to victory over capitalism.
(Signed) Ben Baraz, J. Garbuz,
Leo. King, M. Rushing, Max Kites,
Goldie Lerner, Anna Lyons, R.
Mitchell, M. Marek, Jack Oblan,
Tadeus Radwansky, Nat Rappaport
Ethel Shor, A. L. Suskin, S. Vendt
Zaikowsky, S. Zubkoff
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-25
By ALEX -BITTELMAN.
ARTICLE ONE.

Although the Party discussion is
not yet concluded, it is already pos
sible to draw from it several i'm
portant lessons. These appear to be
as follows:
1.-The question of Party leader
ship was not handled correctly. Thus
far in the discussion, there was on
this questionable question of how
to bring about the disqualification Of
a Bolshevik- proletarian leadership
for our Party-neither the correct
approach, nor sufficient thorough
ness and frankness.
2.-Comrades Lovestone and Pep
per, and the other leading comrades
of the Majority, continue to hang
on to their Right opportunist orien-
tation and perspective. The leaders
of the Majority stubbornly persist
in their theory that the analysis of
the VI World Congress of the pres
ent third period of postwar capital
ism and the tactical orientation
which follows from it, do not apply
to the United States. The Majority
still holds on to it's wrong stand
point that Trotskyism is the same
as the Right danger, and that Trot-
skyism is the main danger in the
Party.
3.-Lack of sufficient frank and
honest self-criticism. This applies to
both Majority and Minority. But of
the Majority it must be said, that
these comrades were following the
policy of unwarranted self-praise,
rather than the much needed policy
of frank self-criticism.
4.-The basic problems of perspec-
tive and tactical orientation, which
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leadership many sharp industrial
struggles were conducted, among
these struggles being our New Bed
ford strike.
eve recognize fully that there
were errors and shortcomings in the
work of the Party, but believe that
the c. E. c. has corrected these err
rors and is taking steps to over
come the shortcomings.
eve express our disagreement
with the letter of Comrade Pilgrim
of California. He doesn't know what
he is talking about when he wants
us to believe that in New Bedford
the newly-o organized workers were
attached to the American Fedora
ton of Labor. He should know that
the policies of the C. E. C. were
correct and resulted in the organiza-
ton of the National Textile Work
ers Union, of which New Bedford
was the foundation stone.
eve endorse the plea for unity as
expressed in the statement of the c..
E. c. of Jan. 10, 1929.
"We call on all proletarian Com
runists to unite behind the Central
Committee and the Communist In
ternational, without reservations, so
that We may defeat the Right dam
ger and Trotskyism and may mobil-
ize the masses for the struggle
against the coming war and for the
defeat of American imperialism"
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Majority orientated itself mainly
upon the aristocracy of labor and
the bureaucracy of the unions. This
tendency is still very much evident
in the Majority.
Between 1927 and today, the Ma
jority continued to go wrong on the
basic question of the Party line. 1t
has not yet freed itself from the
wrong labor party conceptions. 1t
still retains illusions about the arts
tocracy of labor and the A. F. of L.
1t has developed a perspective and
orientation of Right opportunist
character.
What does this prove? It proves
that the claims of the Majority to
being the Bolshevik-proletarian
leadership of the Party is so much
empty self-praise.
1t would be wrong, however, to
conclude from it, that the Minority
constitutes a full-fledged Bolshevik-
proletarian leadership. But no one
makes any such claim for the Min
GRITTY.
A critical examination of the
Party's development will show the
following:
Correctness of Minority.
(a) The Minority was substan-
TALLY correct in its analysis Of the
perspective and role of the labor
party in the United States and of
the role of the Communist Party.
The tactical orientation of the Min
GRITTY tits proposal to practically
drop the slogan in 1923, its gener-
alizations upon and over-critical at
titude toward so-called intermediate
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attention to work workers. children and the activities of
Communist Chidrens Leagues.
WORK AMONG WOMEN AND ON LAND.
The at the nructs the E. c. c.
the the Women's
for nensng the work industrial working
and toers generally doing utilize the
peences of the socaed working women delegate meetings.
40 In the conditions of growing danger of mperast the
work of the Parties the districts the
broad of the toe generally acquires special significance
On the basis of the results the elections the
resolves that work the agricultural aorers and small
be intensified The special attention
the necessity for intenyng the and
record that this work has been neglected by the majority the
Communist Parties
The congress instrus the stimulate
the work the peasan particularly agrarian countries
Rumana the Balkans Poland ec), well
The nsucs the c. take urgent
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youth in industry intensity the work the trade
youth sections In those places where workers
eligible for membership in trade unions
orgarie rnde the leadership the Communist Youth
special youth societies. the object which shall be fight for the
economic needs of the proletarian youth.
To conduct the industrial struggle; participate the leadership
strikes special independently conduct Strikes
work in the trade unions fight for the right workers
membership that the Communist
Leagues penetrate organization which young
belong rade unions organizations ec) develop anm
methods tactics the direc
worsuh be the principal tasks of the Communist
Youth International Unless undertakes and fu these tasks the
Youth International will able
struggle imperialism
that essential 1t calls
of the International
render systematic aid the Communist youth organizations
and exercise systematic guidance them The Communist
Party well the Young Communist League must devote
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proven? 1t has proven the analysis
of the Majority fundamentally
wrong. The period which actually
came to pass was one of the break
up and disappearance of the labor
party movement. The tactical line
which produced the Federated" has
been proven by events to have been
wrong and containing the dangerous
tendency of liquidating the Commu-
mist Party.
b. During the same period the
Majority leadership gravely under
estimated the Importance of trade
union work. 1t was repeatedly cor
rected by the Comintern on this ques-
ton.
Between the period of 1925 and
1927, the Majority went wrong again
on questions of major Party policy.
1t carried over into the new situation
its wrong labor party conception,
and committed at least two big
fresh errors.
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The Undersigned comrades have
come to the realization that the
main task before the Party in its
inner relations is to liquidate the
fractional struggle. This is especial
ly necessary because of the growing
war danger, the increasing attacks
on our Party by its enemies, the
need for a most decisive struggle
against the Right Danger and for
the crushing defeat of the Trotsky-
list forces trying to split our Party.
The decisions of the 9th World
Congress of the Communist Inter
national, as well as the subsequent
decisions on the American question,
arrived at by the Political Secre-
tariat Of the Comintern, such as the
decision of September 7th and the
letter of November 21st, both based
on the World Congress resolution,
lay the necessary basis and afford
the appropriate platform for the
unification of all Communist forces
in the Party.
We endorse the action of the Cen
trail Committee in rejecting the
wrong analysis given by the Bittel-
mani Foster Minority in it's estimate
of American imperialism and it's
conclusion of there already being in
the United States a national, gen.
eral, deep-going rehabilitation among
the unskilled and semi-skilled work
ers.
Only on the basis of the unre-
served acceptance Of Comintern de-
cisions and under the leadership of
the Central Executive Committee of
the Party can the Right danger be
fought successfully and Trotskyism
be defeated decisively. Therefore,
we are convinced that especially the
present situation requires the inn
mediately cessation of the fraction
struggle.
The Comintern has declared that
the main inner task before the Par
ty is to liquidate the faction strug-
gle for which there is no serious
difference in principle. Adhering
firmly to this opinion of the Comm
tern, we former supporters of the
Foster group in the Party, have
come to the conclusion that the time
has arrived to call upon the entire
Party membership to:
1. Drop all Party groupings.
2. Put an end to all factional-
isr-
3. Consider all Party questions
Sc ANY, ,.ewpolnt.
a. Support the Gee in it's ac-
tivities.
S. Unite our ranks with a view
of organizing the coming convention
so as to make it = most effective
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the Minority comrades raised before
the Party in a sharp and thorough
going manner, have already enabled
the membership to gain clearer
understanding of the tasks of our
Party in the present period. In the
light of the discussion, certain for
mutations in the analysis of the Mi
nority need correction.
5.-The discussion did, not pene-
trate deep enough into the ranks of
the membership. While large num-
bers of comrades were stirred up by
the fractional angle of the struggle,
considerably smaller number were
drawn into the discussion of the big
and really vital issues before us. For
this, of course, the leadership of the
Party as whole is to be criticized.
1. On the Question of Party
Leadership.
Can it be said, that the Party has
already crystallized a leadership
which could be called Bolshevik and
proletarian? Obviously, this cannot
be said. We are still at the very be-
ginning of the process which will
eventually produce such leadership.
Of this fact everyone of US must be-
come conscious, in order that we may
be able to accelerate the consumma-
ton of this process.
The leading comrades of the Ma
jority do not accept this point of
view. Comrades Lovestond and Pep
per proceed on the assumption that
the majority leadership, as at pres
ent constituted, is full-fledged
Bolshevik proietarian leadership.
But this is not so. The number of
errors committed by the Majority
since it has crystallized into a
group" the frequency with which
it repeats old errcrs and makes new
ones, and the predominant non-pro-
letarian social composition of the
Majority leadership, all these facts
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-25
COAL MINERS CONDEMN
RENEGADE CANNONITES

We congratulate our Gee for ex-
posture of your political views and
expulsion from our ranks as a
Judas.
We do not want your treacher-
Gus communications nor your de-
moralizing papers any more!
Workers (Communist) Party.
Anthracite Unit of Minersville, Pa.
Secy. Carl Herman.
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From 1928 to 1929.

Take the period between 1928 and
today.
Between the middle of 1928 and
the beginning of 1925, the Majority
went seriously wrong on two major
lines of Party policy.
AZ 1t analysed the situation then
prevailing as the opening up of a
period of the organizational crystal
lization of farmer-labor parties, or
labor parties in the United States.
On the basis of this analysis, the
Majority proposed a tactical line
Finally embodied in the August
Thesis), which resulted in the or
ganization of the Federated Farmer
Labor Party.
THIS was test of Bolshevik judg-
ment and leadership. What has it
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disprove conclusively the claims of
the Majority leadership to being a
truly Bolshevik proletarian leader
ship.
There was time when the lead
ing comrades of the Majority re-
ferred to their group as the Marx
ian trunk" of the Party, the Old
Guard, the real Bolsheviks, etc. They
are still proceeding on the same
basis. But this is incorrect. Neither
the Majority leadership, nor the
Minority, nor any other element in
the Party have as yet been tested
and proven in the fire of crucial
struggle. All the elements in the
Party, when tested at one time or
another in important struggles, have
been found wanting to a larger or
lesser degree.
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NEW BEDFORD WORKERS
FOR GEO IN DISCUSSION

The following resolution was
adopted unanimously at the sub-dis-
trict conference of delegates from
the mill and street units of New
Bedford and Fall River, after hear
ing the reports OF Comrade Alex
Bail for the Central Committee and
Sam Wiseman for the Minority:
"The New Bedford sub-district
conference expresses its support of
and confidence. in the Central Elk
ecutive Committee.
eve endorse the theses of the
Central Committee, under whose
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Not only has the bourge oisie
Forged the weapons that bring
death to itseIfj 1t has also called
into existence the men who nre to
WELD those wenpons--the modern
working class'-the proletarians.-.
Karl Marx Communist Manifesto),
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Trade Union Policy.

a. The so-called fundamental re-
vision policy, which was formulated
by the. Majority together with ex-
Comrade Cannon. This policy pro-
ceeded from an analysis that at that
time we were entering into a period
of wide opposition and "progres-
sive" movements among the middle
and lower bureaucracy of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor. On the
basis of such analysis, the Majority
proposed a tactical line which led to
the liquidation of the organized left
wing, the TUEL (Trade Union
Educational Leaguel The Majority
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Minersville, Pa.
Mr.. A. Swabeck,
Chicago, III.

MlneFSVllleJ fa.
Mr.. A. Swabeck,
Chicago, Ill.
We received your Trotsky politi-
cal line statements and the traitor
Gus paper you issue, TIE Militant.
No matter who you were before, as
long as you served the working
class in our proletarian advance
guard, in the ranks of the Workers
(Communist) Party, you were hon
ored as our comrade and a leader.
But as you turned out TO serve
Trotsky, the bitterest enemy of the
working class, you are no more our
comrade, but a renegade, a traitor
to pick and shovel miners, as well
as to all workers who toll with
sweat and blood.
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Two Rescued, Adrift
on Sea for Eight Days

HAMILTON, Bermuda, Jan. "a
(UP).-Two Americans, Thomas
Flynn and Adolphus Rolee, were
picked up in mid-ocean by the tanker
Ashtabula after drifting for eight
days off the Bermudas in disabled
motorboat.
The tug Stabbs, in response to a
wireless message, took them off the
Ashtabula and brought them here
last night. The tanker was bound
for Southampton.
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(NOTE-Today the Daily Worker prints nstalaent
OF the theses of the 9th World Congress the
onGt "The International Situation
nests, adopted its sessions July-Spt
Publication of these theses conpeted
EDITOR)
&c. The growth of Importance youth industry
capitalist naturalization and the growing danger
than necessary intensity among youth
The Congress nstructs the Communist Youth international
examine the question of the
Communist Youth International with larger
lions of the working YOUTH adopting varied methods of
eruitng to securing lively active their
educational theoretical while
the militant political features the Youth
In of the important part being played by the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-25

The modern bourgeois society
that has sprOuted from the ruins
of feudal society, has not done
away with class antngOnisms. 1t
has but established new classes,
new conditions of oppression, new
forms of struggle In place Of the
old ones.-karl Marx Communist
MnnifestO).
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This is the real Mccoy when it
comes to shaking bayonets at the
Central and South Americans.
Brigadier General Frank NJ. McCoy
the man who supervised elections
in Nicaragua Just lately, By alloaD-
ing only Wall Street candidates on
the ballot, and then filling the
booths aoith marines to see that
the Nicaraguans voted for them, is
appointed American member of the
board of mediation for the Bolivia
Paraguay aUar. That's that.