The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-10
Discussion Should Deal eVith Comintern|
Analysts, Mass Work and Tasks Of Units
oPEN LETTER REMAINs GUIDE FOR THE PARTY DISCUSSION
By JACK STACHEL

| cry Of the A. F. of L. bureucrats and
socialist leaders, the progressives and
liberals who each in their own way
are attempting to divert the masses
from the path of revolutionary strug-
gle, through labor parties, new left
social fascist parties and adopt fas-
cist methods to keep down the up
surge of the masses. Perhaps here for
historical reasons we see more clearly
than anywhere else the close rela-
tionship between fascism and social
fascis1 not only as two sides of the
| medal but the Indignation of the two
in their simultaneous development
AS examples Of this we have the fas-
cist methods of the top bureaucrats of
the A. F. of L., for N. r. A. control
Of the unions, on company unions
racketeering, etc, the fact that in
the West leaders of the Silver Shirt
are at the same time sponsors for a
Farmer Labor Party, the emphasis on
chauvinism displayed by Muste's So
called American Workers Party" and
the semi-fascist theology Of the in
tellectual groups gathered around Cal
verton and his Modern Monthly
Bingham-Rodman and their Com
mon Sense"
From 9Th to Sth Convention
OUCH is the picture today when our
y Party is entering the discussions
for the 9th Convention. This conven-
ton discussion will differ fundament-
ally from all previous discussions in
our Party not only because Of the
changed objective conditions, but also
because of the inner developments
within the Party itself which are, OF
course, closely linked up with the de-
velopment of the objective situation
Up until the 9Th Party Convention
our Party was torn by factional strife
which reflected the immaturity Of the
Party and domination of opportunist
elements in the Party leadership, that
resisted the carrying through the line
of the Communist International.
With the cleansing of the Party
with the aid of the Communist In
ternationaD of tine Lovestone oppor
tunists and Trotzskyite Cannon
counter-revolutionary elements, oul
Party faced at the 18th Convention
the task of freeing the Party of the
heritage of this factionalism and oper
opporturis1n and to SCI the Party to-
wards the masses.
Between the 18th and 9th Conyen-
lions almost four years have elapsed
While our Party can not state that
it has fully taken advantage Of the
favorable years for its work, We car
nevertheless record much progress ir
becoming a serious party of the work
ing class of this country.
Party United
The Party today stands fully united
on the basis of the program and tao
tics of the Communist international
ON the basis of the teachings Of
Marx, Lenin and Stain. Our Party
has carried through an inner console
dalton, improved its social compost
ton, drawn into its ranks a substan-
tial number of native white and Negro
workers. It consists today of some
%, 900 good standing members in place
of only 5000 at the last convention
1t has strengthened its position
among such basic strata as the stee
workers, the marine workers, thesagri-
! cultural workers and is on the way tc
establishing itself among the miners
the textile workers, taking up more
serious work among the railroad
workers, the auto workers, etc. 1t ha;
improved and increased its press, es-
pecially the Daily Worker. There hay
been under the guidance and support
| of the Party a growth of the union,
AFFILIATED to the Trade Union Unity
League, and of late a substantial i'm.
provement in the work in the A. F
Of L. and independent unions. The
Party has adopted a feminist position
on the Negro question and made some
headway in leading the struggles o,
the Negro masses. Serious work hal
been begun and important achieve.
nents made in the work among the
agrarian masses, and sections of the
middle classes of the city.
The Open Letter
All these achievements, however, il
the light of the present world SIT.
nation, the growing struggles in The
u. s, and in the face Of the ex-
tremely favorable conditions for on
work in the past four years only EN-.
phasize the fact that our Party hal
not with sufficient force taken ad.
vantage of the favorable situation