The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-28

hearings, stubbornly persisted In
their political errors. Not only did
sentiment at the sharp criticism of
the power of American Imperialism,
and under-estimation of the workers
rehabilitation, but they even theo-
retically defended the theory of ex-
ceptionalism itself. They went out
of their way to lend active support
to the rights in the Russian Party
during the recent Plenum. Love-
stones theory of the running sore"
and that the Comintern leadership
is revising the Sixth World Congress,
are the arguments of the rights and
conciliators throughout the c. :
The speeches and statements OF
these comrades at the G. l. hearings
constitute definite right platform.
These comra des tried to cap
their entire tendency by organizing
split against the Comintern and by
definitely repudiating their defeat
by the Party membership in its over
whelming acceptance and endorse
ment of the C. l. Address.
Dangerous also, in addition to the
open splitting tendency of Lovestone-
and Gitlow, is the attempt to buildN
up a Concealed" opposition to the
line of the C. I. Address. The policy
of this concealed opposition is to
make formal acceptance of the
C. I. Address and then to organize
fractional opposition against it.
This covert opposition, if not
checked. may lead to the perpetu-
alton of the factional struggle under
new forms. The opposition must
energetically be liquidated in the ex-
tensive campaigns of enlightenment
regarding the C. I. line now being
initiated by the Polbursau.
Unite the Party.
The time has now arrived to put
an end to the long fractional strug-
gle. The c. |. Address lays down
the necessary political line for this
and it deals a SCATTERING blow to
the old fractional lineup. 1t is now
up to the sincere Communist ele-
ments to complete the task by eli
minating the factional remnants and
really uniting the Party. AS have
already indicated, this will not be
an easy task. The fractional ten
denotes and impediments in the way
of Party unity are stubborn but they
can and will be eliminated. We have
to say that our Party is now enter
ing upon period of the most COM
plete Communist unity it has yet
know. The campaign of enlighten-
ment now being carried on by the
Polbureau will serve to clarity the
Party as to the fundamental impli-
cations of the C. ]. Address. 1t will
unity the membership ideologically
against those, who, by open or CO.
vert methods, would split the Party
or continue the fractional struggle.
1t will go far towards isolating the
right danger and uniting the best
Communist elements, of both former
groupings, to fight against this
danger. 1t will undermine the fac
tionalism that has done so much to
confuse the membership of our Par
ty.
Our Party is already learning the
tremendous Importance of the G. I.
Address. The members understand
that the exposure of the theory of
exceptionalism is of the most vital
Importance for the Party. They al
so realize that the c. I. Address has
smashed the old factions, something
that every Party member must well
come as of tremendous benefit to the
Party. Moreover, the members see
from the articles and speeches of
leading comrades, that the Address
has been the means of introducing
real self-criticism in the Party. This
new self-criticism comes as a
refreshing shock to the Party men,
bership. The whole Party is begin
ming to breath in new atmosphere
of Communist clarity and unity.
Great tasks stand before our Par
ty. We must fight as never before
against the war danger. We must
struggle for the leadership in the
multiplying battles of the workers
against their employers. We must
build the new unions and make the
T. U. E. L. convention of historic i'm
portance. We must redouble our
work among the Negroes. a We must
defend the Gastonia workers on trial.
The program of action being pre-
sented by the Polbureau, further
concretizing the c. I. line, will
further outline the next steps in
these Communist tasks. But to bring
all this work into life we must have
a united Party. The basis for such
unity has been laid by the C. I. Ad-
dress. Already the new spirit of
unity is manifest in all sections of
the Party. The Party is about to
become ready for work as never be-
fore in it's history. Let us therefore
put an end to the long fractional
struggle and take up the great Party
tasks ahead of us.