The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-26

understanding of MarxstLennist tactics
any and every sort of Left phrases with which
The smashup the Foster Bieman coalition brings to light
of inconsistencies which unprncipled character upon
which this beginning few weeks ago
the Opposition through the of Comrade spoke
rosters oaed theory of socialism
as constituting the most important theoretical to
analysis by comrade outside the Russian
Party The compliments mutual for
December Penum the characterized Bman
as the best MARKHAM America only "humb work
er in the vineyard of Bitteman."
Today Comrade Biman Fosters theory qui
dates everything connected with Today Comrade
Foster complaints about the mpermsse by Bttel
has not the fe understanding basic tendencies of
American imperialism of the real bourgeois reform
ISM of the perspeces American Federation of Labor and Of
the unionism. ~ anu "
The Party has with and Btteman on
en minus the Soviet the Party most certainly disagreed
with Fosters designating Bttelman MARKHAM the
western hemisphere But there every agree with Bttel
man when he states today that sit necessary the Party shall
reject Fosters wrong line and that this whole conception qudaes
everything connected with Party does NOT dis
agree however, with Comrade Fosters characterzn methods of
bttelman as dishonest and unfair factonal fighting
THE UNDERESTIMATIoN OF SOCIAL REFoRM1sM THE
MAIN ISSUE AND MOST SERIOUS ERROR FOSTER.
The basic mistake committed Foster and Bieman
ana the entire Opposition the dangerous of the
role of social reformism - N
Bteman the leading group the Opposition
Foster today with putting theoy of the declining role
Of social reform The Beman group this accusa
tion But Foster he states and proves that his ~
line is not new line but of the entire Onnosi
ton of his last articles admits least in words his
chief error" in the following way:
out Their chief have already Indicated like in nv
article IN the Communist in making that in
spite OF this partial Of and bourgeois
reormsm, social reormm with its nsdous illusions and
powerful base among the organized labor astoacy remains
the most dangerous kind of reomsm upon which the
capitalists always depend in their buwark against
the proetaran revolution"
Certainly it Foster now forced
TO admit that his articles efficiency social
ISM which, he modesy constituted the greatest con
ton to Communist analysis outside Communist Party of the
Soviet Union there is contained hef even much
stranger tnt ne has not the fantest fna
mentals of these problems. 49,
The article of Comrade Foster "The Decline of the
statement: ~ ~ is
"The weakness of theory of Comrades Pepper Love-
stone and Weinsone he rebuilding of L. is that
they fail to see that the main reliance employers for prop
agatng rormst illusions the workers. much
the A. F. of and the S. p
company union apparatus that in this PERIOD A. F. of
and the SP in decline the reformist lu-
sions is o the increase" ~
Already of the Communist which cicized u
serious errors in Comrade Fosters article Fedora
ton Of Labor" pointed OUT:
Comrade Fosters conception and lack of un-
dersandng of the development of and
uonm led inevitably harmful of the role
and influence of social country The whole
conception of Comade associates in the Party
which looks radical at first glance reality opporunist
conception Right deviation from the line
munst International Our reject conception be-
cause would decrease the vigor struggle against
reformism would shake the faith workers the poss
oy OF building new unions would confuse the Party
snip about the counter revolutionary social
aristocracy and would complete abandonment o the
three million workers organized F. the Rail-
world" ~ '' ' " w
The erroneous theory of comrade that the main
danger in the labor reformsm but
direct bourgeois reormsm. Comade hopeless cnf
sion regarding the relations of bourgeois refors Foster
failed to the basic difference bourgeois remsm and
social refomism Although social the acceptance
OF the theology of the bougeo plain bourgeois
reformm because APPEARS in the mask working ideo-
ogy because though it the bourgeose hn the
working cass appears instrument of the labor
Foster declares that the main against which
concentrated is the growing bourgeois American
Federation of Labor with its social decline ree
gated to second place and neglected to see
the fact that three million workers still organized F.
OF and the reform labor brohehood to the
fact that the theological influence and other
ormst organizations much larger and it
has detrimental effect the theology of millions
skilled, unorganzed workers
The main mistake of Comrade connection is that
he fails that tho the A. F. merging and more
completely with the industrial and of the
borgeoe There other labor world which
is as much part OF the apparatus of capitalism L.
In this respect only the Fascist with
it's there still difference between bourgeois initu
lions of capitalism and the A. f. of which agency of capa
ism within the labor
The A. f. Of L. tries to institution of the working
class 1t of the bourgsie within the
labor movement utilizing certain traditions
ment Foster fails to that precisely
Of L. is much agency the
gcois that precisely for this L. the socialist
party the railroad brothehoods reomism is
the main be concen-
the F. other agencies
of social reformism if from