The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-23
By T. RADWANSKI.

L. III IHe present. lHISIHdtlOudl
situation, the Right danger is the
main danger within the Commun-
ist international and it's American
section. statement of the C. E.
G. of November 16, 1928.
This basic recognition is unani-
mously accepted b ythe whole
Party, thus constituting the most
essential prerequisite of the unity
Of the Party. However, it is not
uniformly understood. Only such
understanding can bring about the
effective accomplishment of unity.
And unity is indispensable for
the development of the full fight
ing strength of the Party.
2. The most dangerous deviation
from the correct understanding of
the Right danger is represented
by the cynical attitude of some
of the leading comrades of the
opposition toward the above state
ment of the C. E. c. They accuse
the C. E. C. of the Party of down.
right perjury. "They say it in
order to please the c. l., but they
do not believe it. They agree to
the classification of the Right
danger as the main danger by
mouth, but they minimize it in
fact. They plead guilty to the
Right errors when discovered, but
they do not intend to correct them
honestly, nor to guard themselves
against such errors in the future.
They try to beat about the bush
by pointing out minor mistakes
shared by their opponents in order
to distract attention from hte
major ones, for which they carry
the sole responsibility. They try
to cover the chief opponents of
the true-to-form Right wing ten
dency by showing off the response
bility on scape-goats -"
Thus the opposition accuses the
C. E. C. Consequently, this end
less chain of iniquities imputed,
leads to the conception that the
very focus of the Right danger in
our Party, if not the source itself,
is the Gee of the Party. A Party
led by such Gee would be, OBJ
viously, unable to fight the Right
danger to any extent. Moreover,
while pretending to fight it, it
1t would constitute in reality an
obstacle in the way of genuine
fight against the Right danger.
The same would apply to the c. l.,
at least as far as America is con-
cerned, because the C. I. not only
celebrates" the present leadership
of it's American section, but posi-
lively refutes the accusation of its
being a Right wing. Thus, the
accusation that the Gee of our
Party has a typographical attitude
n respect to the Right danger, con-
tains by implication the most sew
ere criticism by the position of the
G. l.
3. Criticism of the Party leader
ship, as well as Of the G.. l., is by
no means damnable in itself. 1t
represents a direct duty of a real
Communist at time when the
question involved is open for dis
cussion. Even if erroneous, if
erroneous, if based on misunder-
standing or on insufficient Lenin-
list knowledge of the critic himself,
it should be voiced at the proper
time and place as nothing is more
harmful to the development Of
real understanding and discipline
than mental reservations.
Of course, this does not mean
"the freedom Of criticism" as in
the good old S. P. of pre-war
times or in the manner of the
renegades of recent times. Not
only the decisions Of the congress
SEES of the C. I. and Of the conven-
lions of the Party as well as of
their authoritative executive bodies
must be accepted without reserva-
lions and carried out without eva
sions, regardless Of ones approval
or disapproval, the criticism of the
decisions, must be withheld most
conscientiously until the question
Is reopened 70 rdiscussion.
This is, generally understood
and agreed upon, even tho not
always complied with. It ought