The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-05-16
UNITED NORWAY
SOCIALISTS GROW
IN MEMBERSHIP

Oslo-In January, 1927, the uni
ty of the political labor movement
of Norway was achieved after the
troubles and splits of the postwar
years. The three years which have
passed since then have provided
the proof Of a real unity. The
membership of the Party mas de-
veloped as follows:
1927: 68,016 members in 1913
branches; 1928: 7O,823 members in
1916 branches; 1929: 76,579 me1n-
bers in 1913 branches.
Final proof of the unity of the
Party was provided by the con-
ference held in Oslo from March
14th to 10th, 1880. There were
no differences with regard to So
cialist principles or with regard to
the practical policy Of the Norwe-
gian Labor movement as a whole.
The Party program adopted at the
Unification Conference was care
fully revised. A motion to include
the dictatorship of the proietariat
in the program was unanimously
rejected after a speech by Comrade
Bull.
The opinion of the Party was
aid down as follows in special
"Anti-militarist Principles: l.
Complete disarmament and disso-
luton of the White Guards; 2-Or-
ganized propaganda groups in the
Army and. Navy; 3-As long as
he rulino class maintains the mill
tary system and the White Guards,
Labor Defense Forces will be
formed as defence organizations.
The question of taking over the
government was also decided r
the conference affirmatively, and
practically unanimously. 1t was
pointed out that the party execu-
tive would be free to decide in an
acute situation. The resolution
adopted says. THE Norwegian La
Dor Party hat no interest in the
formation of a labor government
that is so weak that it must carry
on a bourgeois policy of reform
with the support of certain bour-
geois groups. The conference de-
c;deg- therefore, that the party
executive and council may not a
gree to the formation of any gov
eminent without a guarantee that
it is possible to carry on an indie
pendent policy and make impor-
tant advances in a socialist direc-
ton"
Unanimous resolutions were
passed on most Of the other points
of the very full agenda, including
the question of the international
relations Of the party. Several
speakers expressed their sympa-
thy for the L. I. S. No resolution
for affiliation to the Isl. was
moved by its supporters, as it was
thought that the time for the So
luton of the affiliation question
had not yet come. On the other
hand there was a motion for af-
filiation to the Paris Bureau. The
Party council, which had already
dealt with this proposal in its
preparations for the Conference,
had recognized its motives and ad-
vised against its acceptance. The
proposal for affiliation to the Par
is Bureau was then Withdrawn at
the beginning Of the discussion on
this subject, and the attitude If
the Party Council approved The
following resolution was passed
unanimously: "The Party Confer
ence instructs the Counc.l: 1. To
inform the membership on the La
Dor movement in other countries;
II. To send the foreign press in
formative articles on the Labor
Movement in Norway; 3. To work
for collaboration with groups and
organizations whose opinion on in
ternational class unity agrees with
that of the Norwegian Labor Par
ty. In this connection the aim
should be TO assemble all Pert.es
within or without the existing m
ternationals for active work in
favor of International unity on
The basis of the class struggle"
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