The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-07-25

and the Communist International on
the matter of Peppers return to
Moscow. But when he is requested
to admit this deception to the Party
and the CT. then he balks at self
abuse" Like typical petty-bour-
geois shop-keeper he tries to defend
his personal conduct, even though
it is obviously indefensible, while he
does not care q damn what happens
to the reputation of the Party.
The CT. demands of him that he
admit and condemn the deception he
practiced on the CT. and the Party
in the matter of Pepper. Lovestone
answers this demand with denun-
citation of other comrades who are
carrying out the decisions of the
Comintern. All comrades of the Pol
buro who had knowledge of Pep
per's presence in America during the
period when he, supported by Love-
stone, claimed to have been in Mex
leo, have submitted long ago their
statements of the facts to the In
ternational Control Commission, the
only body that is acting on this ques-
ton. Lovestone must understand
that he is not called upon now to
inform upon others but to own up
for himself.
Lovestone is trying to play SIM
liar trick with the fractional cable
of May 18th. First he attempts to
disown it, and then, doubtful of the
success of his maneuver, he denies
its splitting character. But the ca
bic speaks such a clear language
that no effort will succeed in ex-
planning away its purpose. 1t is an
act leading directly to a split to
refuse to publish Comintern deci-
sions. 1t is direct splitting act
to instruct the caucus to dispose of
the Party's property. 1t is a direct
splitting act to instruct a caucus to
remove without cause and without
any official action Party function
aries for the sole purpose of get
ting Party funds into the possession
of the caucus. What the Party had
a right to demand of Lovestone was
that he should condemn this cable as
an act of splitting, and also that he
should Immediately discontinue all
actions in line with this cable.
Lovestone raves about his right to
return to America to set right his
private affairs. He : keeps quiet,
first, about the fact that he had
ample opportunity to set in order
his private affairs before he left for
Moscow; secondly, he hides the fact
that the private" affairs he attend
ed to Immediately upon his return
was the holding of caucuses and the
organization of a split movement
against the Party. This movement
has now crystallized into the setting
up of directing body for the Love-
stoneites' abortive grouping. This
directing body is that section of the
majority of the delegation to Mos
cow which still defies the Comm
tern. Lovestone in his appeal even
tries to give a legal status to this
body. He says, There are only two
bodies which owe their authority di-
rectly to the last National Conven-
ton and the membership, namely,
the Central Committee and the Dele
cation of the Convention to the
Comintern." The Party understands
this threat very well, and knows that
it is nothing less than an attempt
to set up parallel body to the
Gee, rival C.E.G. 1t will tell
Lovestone that the delegation to
Moscow was elected by the Polburo
on the night before their departure.
1t will tell Lovestone that the dele
cation to the CT. has no legal exis-
ence within the Party except for the
execution of the functions assigned
to it. This funct.3n was to repre-
sent the viewpoint C the Party in
Moscow. With the decision of the
CT. on the question involved the
delegation ceased to have any legal
existence within the Party and can