The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-07-10
A RENEGADE LEARNS HIS
LESSON

but which are all deserving of Party con-
domination.
Finally with this appeal, comes my repudi-
alton of every act committed by me against
the best interests of Communism, and pledge
that whether the Party sees fit to renstate
me or not, my every future act will be to
further promote the Party cause in the in
terests of the Party and the entire working
class, whose interests are one and inseparable.
With naturalization" (speed-up), plus the
increased forces of production (machinery to
replace workers) bringing more and more
unemployment, lessening of the army of
purchasers of the things produced and thus
creating new and bigger avenues for revolu-
tionary work. it becomes the class duty of
every conscious worker to analyze the object
i've conditions that confront US as a result of
the economic crisis that has made capitalism
wobble. Only feeble study is necessary to
convince an honest worker that his place is in
the ranks of the Communist Party.
The Address of the Comintern to the Amer
lean Party and the subsequent verbal and
printed word of both the Party and the Com
intern pointed out clearly Except to those.
of US who were factionally blinded) that the
crisis in the system of world capitalism was
precarious and that in America (the center)
there was no exception.
That a correct and timely analysis of the
economic and political situation was made, no
true class conscious worker can have any
doubts now and no true Communist harbored
any then. Only those of US who had factional
interests which we placed above the interests
of the Party and the Comintern could find
fault with the Address, or, we thought we
could
The struggle of the recent past (Gastonia,
Elizabethton. New Orleans New Bedford and
Fall River) and the struggles now in the i'm
mediate offing (mining) do more than any
other thing to prove the error of the way
of renegadism, for these struggles were open
manifestations of the awakened consciousness
of great new forces of workers which must
be organized and crystalized into new Sec
tons of the Communist army, to give Boil
shevik leadership in the inevitable future
struggles of the working class.
The response and enthusiasm which attended
the first International Red Day, the March
9Th and May 1st demonstrations, not to men
ton the affairs led by the Party, are proof
of the revolutionary desire and intentions of
the American working class. Only words of
unprintable nature are fitting to criticize
me and others of renegade tendency at that
time for failure to, participate in other than
the role of observers. Our act was truly a
ounter-revoutionary one and could not help
but give aid and comfort to the enemies of the
working class.
The gains made by the Party during the
period since the arrival of the Address, both
numerical and theological, prove the correct
ness of same and were made, not by our help
but in spite of attempts to hinder.
The more l view the struggle from the out
side and witness the willingness of the work
ers to participate the more I recognize the
magnitude of my crime against the Party,
the Comintern and the entire working class.
Realizing these things I have severed all
Ter Thaheimer clique of International Right
wingers and have in another document, ap-
peaed for reinstatement to membership in
the Communist Party U. S. A. My one ferv-
ent hope is that the Party will see fit to grant
my request and thus allow me to again take
my place in the ranks and as worker in in
dustry, begin anew.
This "Hooverian Era of Prosperity" which
even knocks the hell out of the "Half Loaf
Philosophers" which gives US "Peace" con-
ferences and Naval Parity Parleys while pre-
be made use of by the Party. We must mob
ilize our forces and, as for the enemies of
Communism, be they fascist, social-fasc rem
egades, Trotskyites or any other brand of OPP
position within the labor movement, they
must be ruthlessly swept out of the path that
leads to victory for the working class and
Communism and defeat for capitalism and i'm
perialisn1.