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of the Executive Committee of the
Communist International.
What is the objective meaning of
this argument? 1t is that the pres
ent struggle against the Right
danger results in weakening our
Party and the leadership of the
Comintern. This is exactly the ar
gument put forward by all the Right
opportunists, by Brandler and Co. in
Germany, etc. Is it not wholly clear
that this is rendering splendid aid
to the Right elements information
ally? Is it not clear that the pres
ent position of Lovestone, Wolfe,
Gitlow, ETC., connects them by num-
erous threads to the international
Right wing? Every proletarian
member of our Party will clearly
see this.
But since when is a struggle
against opportunism, for the weed
ing out of incurable opportunists,
for the liquidation of unprincipled
factionalism which is also a mani
festation of the Right danger, a
means of weakening the Party :?
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is impossible to do this without
merciless struggle against open OPP
portunism and opportunism covered
with "left" phrases, which is strong
ly intrenched in the Party and a
complete change in the inner char.
acter of our Party-the destruction
of the unprincipled factional groups,
the liquidation of factionalism and
the establishment of collective lead
ership. Instead of seeing this as
the real basis for the Comintern line,
this unprincipled opposition develops
its speculation on the internal situa-
ton in the Communist Party of the
Soviet Union to the apex of alb
surdity and says that the real reason
for the Comintern line on America
is the internal situation in the Com
munist Party of the Soviet Union.
The argument is that because of the
intensified internal situation in the
Communist Party of the Soviet
Union, the leadership of the Com
intern is maneuvering with the
American question. And this argu-
ment, which is borrowed from the
columns of "The Militant" is put
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forward in all seriousness by COM
rades who consider themselves part
of the "Comintern. This is the Grass
est form of striving to hide ones
own maneuvering with the leader
ship of the Communist international,
ones own unprincipled speculation
on the internal situation in the Com
munist Party of the Soviet Union,
ones own rendering of aid in various
forms to the Right elements in the
Communist Party of the Soviet
Union. 1t is phase of the non
Communist system of rotten fac
tional diplomacy which must be
weeded out.
After completely distorting the
political meaning of the Comintern
line this unprincipled opposition ar
CUES that the address means weak
ening of the Party: That similar
alleged "hooligan" methods on an
international scale has led to "tem-
porary" weakening of the leader
ship of the Comintern. Comrade
Lovestone, borrowing the worst
ISLANDERS of the opportunists, refers
to running sore" in the apparatus
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tracks with the formula: Despite
the fact that we don't accept every
dotting of an "I' and every comma
in the address we will vote to for.
mally accept the decision, we will
strive to convince the members to
accept the address, but this will be
difficult task, etc. After making
this declaration they try to prove
(by writing fractional letters, "whis-
pering" campaign, trying to line up
members against the address) how
really difficult it is to win the men,
bers! On the one hand. this is an
unwarranted SANDER against the
proletarian members of our Party.
On the other hand it is a continual
ton of the unprincipled factional
method of diplomatizing with the
Communist International decisions.
The membership of our Party has
already shown that it is for the line
of the Comintern and against the
splitting policy. The present en-
lightenment campaign will not find
it difficult task" to still further
convince every member of the abso-
lutte correctness of the Comintern
line. The proletarian membership
of our Party understands that the.
bourgeois and refornist theory of
exceptionalism, of exempting Amer
lea from the world crisis of capt.
talism, from the line of the 9th
Congress, must be destroyed once
and for all. 1t understands that the
task of turning our Party into a
mass Party in this period of the
accentuation of the inner and outer
contradictions of American imperis
alism is connected with the intensi.
fication of the struggle against the
Right danger. 1t knows that nee
essary condition for the achievement
of this task is the smashing of the
old groups and the elimination OF
factionalism. The proletarian men,
bers of our Party are the best guar
antee for the carrying thru of the
line. That IS why the present Boil
shevization process demands the re-
enforcement of all bodies of the
Party by the bringing forward of
non-factional, proletarian comrades.
On this basis collective leadership
real collective and comradely work
can be established in our Party, from
the top to the bottom.
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eating the Splitting PHcy-The Splendid Response of the Party Membership

Soldiers" to the decisions. "Disci-
pline," says Stain, "does not ex-
clude, but rather, presupposes, the
existence of conscious and voluntary
submission; for only conscious dis
cipline can become discipline of
iron" The best guarantee of a con-
scious discipline is the political I'M
derstanding of the decisions made
by the higher bodies and convic-
ton of the correctness of these de-
cisions. Hence the aim of the pres
ent enlightenment campaign in our
Party is not to secure formal ac-
ceptance of the C. I. decisions. On
the contrary its aim is to get every
member of the Party to approach
the decisions with real proletarian
self criticism, with real feminist OBJ
jectivity, freed from the unprin-
cipled fractional bias of the past, and,
to strive to understand the deep
going political meaning and sig
nificance of the Comintern line
which has opened up a new epoch
for our Party and marks an i'm
portant stage il the Bolshevization
of our Party. "By this means, the
acceptance and endorsement of the
address, wherever it was made on
the basis of formal discipline only,
will henceforward be transformed
into a true Communist understand
ing and feminist grasp of it's spirit
and contents &C. C. Statement,
June 5th).
Why is it necessary to emphasize
the question Ct the approach to the
Comintern decisions? Because his
tory shows that all "clever" fight
ers against the line of the Comintern
(who, if they persist inevitably land
in the swamp of opportunism and
become tools of the bourgeoisie)
never commence their struggle by
openly showing their true colors,
but cloak their sabotaging activities
with formal declarations of loyalty.
In the present situation we have not
only the open declarations of Com
rades Lovestone, Gitlow, Wolfe, etc.,
against the acceptance of the Com
intern decisions land these comrades
also strive to cover their splitting
policy with declarations of loyalty
to the Communist International in
the abstract) but we also have the
spectacle of some comrades, who
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Will the complete isolation and de-
feat of Lovestone and Co., dealers
in splits and rotten diplomacy at
the present time, weaken the Amer
lean section of the Comintern? Just
the contrary is true! The Party can
only grow, strengthen itself, effec-
lively lead the proletariat in strug-
gle by consistent process of Boil
shevization, of overcoming the nom
proletarian ideologies and even ex-
polling the incurable opportunists.
The Central Executive Committe.
statement answers the ISLANDERS
against the Comintern leadership
very effectively when it declares:
"Not the Communist International
has been degenerating, but the OPP
portunistic elements which are un-
able to adapt themselves to the re-
evolutionary requirements of the
Third Period are sinking into the
morass of social-democracy and are
degenerating into renegades and
splitters." The need for purging the
Parties of opportunist tendencies
and opportunist elements las part
of the process of Bolshevization ana
strengthening the Comintern) is not
a new factor in the Comintern, but
is as old as the Comintern itself
Why does this unprincipled opposi-
ton so quickly forget that the Com
intern grew into the present power
full world Party by the most con-
sistent struggle against opportunism
and social chauvinism Why does it
so easily forget that one of the con-
ditions for admission to the Com
intern, adopted by the Second Con-
gress, declares: "The Communist
Parties of those countries where the
Communist activity is legal, should
make clearance of their members
from time to time, as we'll as those
of the Party organizations, in order
systematically to free the Party
from the petty bourgeois elements
which penetrates into it." What is
new is that in the present period of
intensified class struggle, the Right
danger is the main danger, and
hence there must be an acute inten-
sification of the struggle against
this danger.
After all these mental gymnastics
the leaders of the new unprin-
cipled opposition try to cover theii
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By NAT KAPLAN.

The membership of the Party is
now discussing the clean cut ad-
dress CT Tic Commr1;st Inferno
tional. This address is inseparable
from the Open Letter to the last
Party convention Gee. 1929 and
the decisions of the 9th World Con-
gress of the Comintern (July-Aug.
1929. He who claims to agree with
the line and decisions of the 9th
Congress and yet expresses dis
agreement with the Open Letter and
the address lie, with the applica-
ton of the 9th Congress decisions
to America) is, Intentionally or not,
doing mental gymnastics which lead
straight to the nor-Communist con-
ccpt of "exceptionalism."
What should our approach to the
lire Of the Comintern be? In an
swering this we must recognize tina;
it is not formal question but a
political one. All comrades must
understand that during the last con-
vention. political issues were OBJ
scurcd by factionally raised formali-
ties and technicalities. The conven-
tion discussion "boiled down" the
political line of the Comintern to the
organizational proposals and then
proceeded to "boil down" the or
ganizational proposals to the formal
question, whether there was or was
not formal violation of Comintern
discipline. 1t is incontestable that
this approach was smoke screen
to hide the real problem-the atti-
tude to the political line of the Com
intern which determined the or
ganizational proposals. Since the po-
litical problem was obscured it was
logical that the question Of our APP
proach to the Comintern decisions,
the question of c. l. discipline should
be presented in this formal, lifeless,
non-Leninist manner.
1t is clear to every member that
the Communist Party and the Com
intern cannot exist without an iron
discipline, without the unreserved
acceptance and carrying out of de-
cisions of the higher bodies by the
lower bodies. But an iron discipline
presupposes unity of will within
the Party, conscious and volun-
Vary submission Of tie Communist
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Enlightenment Campaign

To Comrade Lovestone from membership in the P
bu of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of America
b. With declaration Comrade Lovestone that he
spite of the decision of the Pdum of the Executive Committee of
the Communist whereby
he will grossly discipline of the Comnternto
Comade Lovestone the and emphacay
obgae Comrade Lovestone all attempts blocking the
decision of the Executive Committee of the Communist International
2In of the that Gtlow had declared the
Pdum the
that he will the the Presidum
the American questiono Comrad Giw from the
tariat Polburo Committee Com
munist Party of America
To ask the Central Committee the Party America
the Ptburo members submit
the decisions the Executive Committee of the Communist Inna
tional.
trail Committee the Communist of America the Executive
Committee of the Communist International Comrae Wolfe the
effect that he refuses the decision the
ask the Central Committee of the Communist
recall him and to send his another
Wolfe
American the appointing
LatnA Secrea to be the meeting of the
Political Sccretaat of the Executive Of the
international.
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WESTINGHOUSE NUCLEUS ACCEPTS CoMINTERN ADDRESS

The resolution
of the Westinghouse Shop Pittsburgh Pa after
thorough which omrade participated
Abram Jakira
the discussion Our nucleus first shop
nucleus in the country. The resolution follows.
I'VE hail the Address
section timely and historical extremely constructive
document
membership for the complete
Address in the shortest possible time
w. I'VE hail the acceptance Address by the Central
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Committee
port the decisions of the Comnen
I'VE pledge full District Committee
District ittsburgh) a
right danger and to crystalline the ward drift
struggle against build the
Party during these struggles.
I'VE pledge ourselves uidatc right
nucleus.
We further pledge fight against
all splitting policies of comrades
I'VE condemn the splitting policy of
Gow and call all comrades fight against non
isic tactics" .
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INTRODUCTION TO DOCUMENTS.
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enlightenment campaign Address of the Communist
International, begun by pub
shed the Daily throughout
the basic units of the Party For the information units the
Political Bureau will publish addition articles resolutions
ceved series of documents bearing
the decisions of the Comnern. RA
published today the proceedings
in the American Commission Moscow and in the Pum the
Executive Committee of the Communist International For month
the American question Comntern;
when towards the end that month became om the speeches
of members of the Commssion how the final decision the
munist International shaping Comrades Lovne Gow and
Wolfe with others began take attitude of yelled threats to-
wards the This attitude
demned the Address expressed not only speeches but
their declarations of May 9th and May 18th the most important parts
of which published today In the last meeting of the American
Commission May 18th which the Draft Address presented
this attitude had taken further stage by the refusal the majority
or not thew would sccen the decisions of ta Comnt
although addition their elementary duties Communists they
bound by resolution of the Sixth Convention of the Communist
Party of the United States of America the decisions of the
Communist had finally
May IA the full Pdum the Executive Committee
rades Glow Wolfe violation of all
discipline refused the decision of the Comnen; their
intentions of carrying active struggle against the decision
openly proclaimed Only Comrades Beacht and Moral remained
Predum of the Executive Committee of the Communist
confronted with this Party discipline
Executive Committee of
the Communist International the question of taking the
International Three days LATER the Political secretariat took the de-
cons printed below.
decision the Predum Comrade Lvestone continued
his attitude resistance and made splitting
American Party for building anti Party
United States of America the the renegade Brander
did in Germany When however, the
ant the Party solid the Communist
that the only form resistance these decisions could
Of concealed opposition and that there hope
splitting policy Comrade Lovestone eventually decided
his tactic of defiance and to the
ceaed hide,
OF directed
Communist International
Thus Comade Lovesone begins his profession acceptance
the significant
While still maintaining disagreement with the Open
Letter and its organization that
they will not helpful o the
This precisely the line and tactics of the opposition
under of which dru of the
munst International Address being only
rade oveston repeat similar those his
tons OF May IA damage) but by them
this maneuvr similar those already witnessed in
The Communist Party of the United States of strong
ITS proearlan solidarity with the workers all countries led by
Communist International will not tolerate opposition
matter from what quarter
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.ign-D Documents Bearing on the Comintern Address

iOrity Minority disregarding the will
cent of the membership registered at the vi National Conyen-
ton of Party" LII
The first passage repetition the about giving
the Party the opposition This eumny has already bsn dealt
with Moreover the Minority cherish anyiuson
that the Comnten seeks give Them they arborng
fractional deuson which must be rooted out of the Party Again
address will Undermine" the pestig This
Boshevk The Bohevk argument is first the fac
prestige Party. The Bohev that there is the
gre Ga 10 t G at oGGe b pe J b NJ method
pointed the Manifesto of the Political Bureau published
Party built up for the time on really
masses of American workers Il
present project of
the condemnation the Central Commit
for committed by it in meeting the fractional onslaught of
the Opposition Bloc" q.
But speaking of the address unwaanted it makes clear
that do recognize their
which had reached the stage in the opinion of the Communist
International when they danger of dsntegang the dres Of
the Party Later when they go on to demand Return OF all com
Open Party Convention the organana proposals
which they reject although the second quotation they
repudatc protest emphacaIy against the
charge that the delegation the VI National
Convention of Party is working for split"
Here Comrades LOvestone and Gow etc. they not work
u and put to sleep the vigilance International
which must seek keep intact the ranks of section of the
World Party Such declarations furnished easily also by
enegd like Brander at the very moment when they were preparing
18th instructions being sent to America to split and
outside the ranks of tie Communist International
werc adopt any other attitude to the draft letter.
other the Party membership would
rightfully and sternly repudiate such action"
passage simply regarded attempt bma
the International Moreover the swift reaction of the
the address, the proearan solidarity with the Communist
International that they and than coumnators
of their Party.
acceptance this letter would only promote 81
morazatn dsintegaon the This only
logical the line Of the draft letter which puts forward
as the sandadbearer of in States
precisely the
ncurab Right the enegades and of the
COmntern in America
address Inteua
ona give the Party the of the Communist
the Communist These
correctly classified
the audaty
Communist International is handing the Party the Right
wins of international.
accepted would make absolutely
effective workers
munist movement"
threat of sabotage of the address of the
Communist International inside the ranks of the Party.
unable this
responsibility before the member
of this the inevitable
eparabe that the line of this draft letter bound
bring Party"
passage declaration openly violates the
elementary discipline the final elimination of the
ta line of the declaration Although Comrad Lovestone
his attitude by declaration he
actually declaration
the that the address will thereby shows
that his fundamental opporunc political line remains the
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Enlightenment Campaign on the Comte Address the Communist Pav

THE POlbureau is DESTROYS of securing the broadcast pos
slble Enlightenment Campaign the Comintern Ad
dress and the immediate Party tasks outlined therein. All
Party members and particularly comrades active in the
workshops in the basic industries invited write their
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The declaration begins the
tactics of the Minority their errors
single word about either factonam the
Majority After dealing with the Minority tactics the declaration
eff in the face of all this
Communist International with
Lore to Salusk to Eastman to Ask to Sukann Cannon;
rewards Comrade Fosters foutng OF the decisions the
Sixth World Congress- it rewards Fosters refusal to work
political resolution
in
the Central Committee rewards his misuse of the TUEL
factiona And if the Executive Committee
munist International
this aconal struggle primarily responsible and it, the
strength of this the Executive Committee
ternaonal withdraws from work Party the leading
OF Central COMMITTEE Central Com
mee for the crime of having defended itself the
against the unprncped campaign opposition;
Furnishes the Central Committee having
Communist action of the block
only because the Executive Committee of
nationals repeated demands Full freedom
national though never reprimandng the opposition for
cpedness warned the Central Committee that will protect
opposition against possible organizational measures"
This that the Communist
the Minority for its factonasm and does
International
and Minority the line that
ports rewards and the Morty-bu
caumny against the Communist International All
onal tactics mepresened being he
against the Minority
International is made that the Minority bloc tolerated
cause Executive Committee International
manded that it shall have full freedom of
representation of the insstance of the
the necessity of
full discussion of political problems
This is point of view which completely rejects seticism
"Should the final decision of your committee the out
line last Plenary the American
(his refers the speeches Stain
the membership of Party would
that the Executive Committee of the
desires to destroy the Central Committee and therefore
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DECISIONS TAKEN BY THE POLITICAL SECRETARIAT OF THE
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE COMMUNIST INTERNA-
TIONAL ON MAY nth, WITH REGARD TO COMRADES
LOVESTONE, GITLOW AND WOLFE
TOO '-"t ih"t refused to nm
condonay submit and to actively
Communist International OF
the question of the American Secre
tariat resolves
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opinions for the Party Press Resolutions of Factory Nuclei
also will be printed in this section Send all material deal
ing with this campaign to Corade Jack Stache Ma
tonal office Communist Party 43 E. 125th St. New York
City.
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IMPORTANT PASSAGES AND NOTES THEREON FROM THE
DECLARATION PRESENTED BY THE MAJORITY OF THE
AMERICAN DELEGATION MAY 9TH AFTER THE
SPEECHES OF COMRADES STAIN AND MoLOTOFF.