The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-07

one three days later at Union Square on the
occasion of the funeral of our dead comrade
There is not single event in the life of
our Party recently which more clearly repre-
sents the embodiment of complete refutation
of Lovestone's political line and his vicious at
tacks on our Party than the period from the
day Comrade katovis was shot in the back
at strike demonstration, thru the week of
demonstrations eliminating in the monster fun
eral procession, until the day the policeman
who shot him was commended for doing his duty
so we'll Practically every aspect of the class
struggle was brought out in bold relief. But
this eloquent refutation did not deter our
former misleaders, who profess to fight for
Communist Unity in the Revolutionary Glass
Struggle from going ahead with their at
tacks.
Here some of the gems from this new
pamphlet which Katovis so effectively an
swered: "a serious revision of some of the
basic principles of Leninism,' especially in
strategy and tactics, in the direction of ultra
left sectarianism, leading to an increasing loss
of influence among the proletarian masses and
to growing isolation Up. II, empasis ours
Ed
Answer of Katovis: Over $4,000 workers
demonstrating at Union Square before the
funeral.
Lovestone.-"A huge loss in membership
through wholesale explosions and demoraliza-
ton, sharp decline in the quality and social
composition of the membership :" (p. ~
Katovis.--Raise the quota of the New York
District in the Recruiting Drive by $780, give
hundred new members to replace Comrade Ka-
tovis!" Fight the Right Danger A Hundred
Proletarians for Every Petty-Bourgeos Rene
gade" And we are getting them throughout
4 the country-3,718 new members by Jan. 81,
81 new shop nuclei, $40 new Negro members,
SO new shop papers, and more constantly COM
ing!
Lovestone. every document of the new
leadership, in every issue of the Daily Worker,
we find that the American working class has
begun its counter-attack and even direct
offensive" that the American workers are
taking up revolutionary activity To substan-
tate these fantastic claims - (p. 80, en-
phasis ours.-Ed.)
Katovis.--We made Chief Cossack Whalen
back down on the prohibition of the Union
Square demonstration. Cossack Whalen said
There will be no march. Twenty thousand
marched in Defiance ready to face machine
guns and tear gas. We lost our pay and we
imperiled our jobs, but it was a call for work
ng class solidarity to defy the bourgeoisie and
we had to respond.
Lovestone.--"The real nature of the fantasies
of social fascism' -. (p 41). All these oppor-
tunist illusions and passivity are covered with
the frantic shouts of fascism' AMI social-fas-
cism' on every page in every issue of the Party
press" Up. co.,
katovis.-No wonder Lovestone must try to
laugh off the developing social-fascisn,, when
he himself is already an agent of imperialism
and is rapidly lining up with the social-fas-
csts. Norman Thomas, who personifies social
"a fn1o In, a1f -.
press comment on the City Hall demonstration.
He said: "Why do we unnecessarily crafty
the Communist mania for martyrs?" Note
especially the "we." 1t means Whalen, Thomas
Co. partnership which will soon add the
name of Lovestone.
Lovestone.-" Of possessing the abil-
ty of tying itself up closer to the proletarian
masses our Party is fast falling into a posi-
ton OF sectar3nism and isolation from the
masses and tsHir struggles" (p 70.)
Katovjs.-MSny new members joining the