The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-31

the Right mistakes of the Party from
whatever side they came.
Our criticism of Party errors has
met with welcome response by the
Gee. The Gee of the Party has
pursued the policy of self-criticism
and correction of it's errors, as shown
by the unreserved acceptance of the
Comintern decision criticizing the err
rors contained in the Geo state
ment of October End and in the cor
rection of these errors openly be-
fore the whole Party, etc.
From the foregoing it is clear
that an essential need for the uni
fication of the League is that the
League accept the political leader
ship of the Party, not the leader
ship of fractional group, and that
the League as a whole unitedly must
be critical of all Party errors. That
is why the Cyl declares in it's let
fer Of October 18th: "The CYL must
be under the general control of the
G. G. of the Party. And in its
letter of December 18th declares:
'The entire League must support
the Party in its struggle against
the Right danger and Trotskyism."
The refusal to accept the general
political leadership of the Party, the
failure to accept the general control
of the Central Committee over the
League, at time when the Central
Committee is carrying out the line
and decisions of the Comintern with
out reservations, is another obstacle
to the unification of the League
which must be overcome.
Unreserved Acceptance of C. /.
Decisions.
Fourthly, the ECCYI in its letter
of December 18th declares: '"The
entire League must support without
reservations the decision of the CT
and YCI and fight unitedIy on this
line against the Right danger and
Trotskyism and for the liquidation
of factionalism nthe League" my
emphasis). In it's letter of October
18th the ECCYI states: "Firstly it
is necessary that the League be
united on the line of the CT and
YCI :" 1t is clear therefore
that the unreserved acceptance of
the CT and CYL decisions is the polit-
ical basis for the unification of the
League. The December 18th letter
of. the ECCYI also serves as an
answer to those comrades who de-
clared during the discussions that
as long as the CT and Cyl does not
tell them to the contrary, they can
continue expressing their reserva-
tions to the CT decision on America.
On this question we have the fol-
lowing situation. Whereas in the
Party the Minority has kept the
record straight by persistently ex-
pressing it's reservations and dis
agreement with the Comintern deci-
sion on the U. S. A. (tho they call
the reservations declaration" in
the second half of the discussion),
in the League we have the sad spec
tacle of the Minority voting to en-
dorse all the decisions of the Com
intern on the U. S. A. and at the
same time voting to endorse all the
reservations of the Party OPPOSE
ton (the disconnection of the League
, Opposition becomes quite clear
here!). OF course no one demands
the mere worldly" acceptance of
the Comintern decisions. There
must be the application of these
decisions and their realization in
practice. But before one sets him
self up as critic par-excellence of
the errors made in carrying out the
Comintern decisions, he should at
leas- show his good faith by first
accepting these decisions.
The persistence Of the Minority