The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-10

and is not July preparing itself for
the big tasks that it is faced with,
This is why the Party at the extra
ordinary Conference last July adopted
the Open Letter to the membership
The Open Letter emphasized the ne
cessity for roofing the Party among
the workers in the basic industries
the paying Of special attention to the
winning Of the native white and
Negro workers, the building of the
Party in the factories, the strength
ening of the T. U. U. L. unions and
the oppositions in the A. F. of l.
unions especially among the miners
railroad workers, etc. The Open Let
ter stated that
ga Communist Party with very
weak and inadequateIy funetioning
organization in the big factories and
among the decisive sections of the
American industrial workers, a
Communist Party whose entire agi-
tation and propaganda, whose entire
daily work, is not concentrated on
winning over and mcbilizing these
workers and winning Of the facto-
ries, a Communist Party, which
through its revolutionary trade
union work. does not build highways
to the broadcast masses of the work
ers, cannot lay claim to a policy
capable Of making il the leader of
the worlxingclass within the short
est poSsible time"
Since The Open Letter
Here in this quotation we have first
the estimate OF, the present position Of
the Party and at the same time the
road that the Party must travel with
the emphasis that at present it is 8
question of achieving this goal of DE
coming the leader of the working
class in the SHORTEST POSSIBLE
TIME.
Since this letter was written we
have had some rich experiences, both
positive and negative, in the carrying
through Of this letter. Experiences in
work in the factories, in the revolt
tionary trade union work, in carrying
through the policy Of concentrations
in the decisive industries, in work fol
the winning of the most decisive
strata of the workers. We have hao
experiences in other phases of work
such as the struggle for the united
front, the struggle against fascism
and war, for unemployment insu-
ance, important lessons in the strike
struggles, in the work among the
Negro masses, etc.
We have also to draw the lessor
from our attempts to improve the
Party organizations and their innel
life.
Nature of Discussion
What then must be the nature Of
our present discussions? In giving
some indications for the line of the
discussion we do not in any way wish
to limit the discussions. On the con
trary, we ask for a free discussion Of
the problems of the Party. Our Party
which is based on the principle Of
democratic centraIsm provides for the
free discussion Of all questions before
the convention, so that as a result Of
these discussions we can arrive al
decisions, that will really further the
work Of the Party, decisions which
once made, become binding for the
entire Party membership.
Naturally all our discussions will be
on the basis Of the program Of the
Communist International. We do moi
enter into discussions with enemies Of
Communism, with renegade Love
stonites and Trotzskyites or whatever
may be their variety On the contrary
the discussion must be utilized tx
liquidate all liberal attitudes towards
these renegades and to annihilatt
them ideologically and organization
ally. The Lovestone renegade thee.
ries of exceptionalism, the Trotzskyitt
counter-revolutionary attacks on thu
U. S. S. r. and the Comintern, theil
call for fourth (21a) international
must be fully exposed.
Application of Comintern Line
I think that the discussion can bt
organized around three main topics
First on the basis Of the analysis o.
the Comintern with regard to tn,
present world situation. Here we car
and must make contributions, tina
will enrich and concretize for the U
S. the analysis with regard to thu
crisis, the development of fascism il
the U. S.. the activity and role O.
the social-fascists, the struggle
against war, etc. Our comrades in al
districts already possess much mate
rial and must study more the situa.