The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-24
BY Limbach

up the fight for the united front
with the C.P. and for their pro-
gram within the S.P. despite the
threat of the Waldmans will de-
termine the role that they will play
in advancing the fight against the
policies of Waldman and Thomas,
and how soon they themselves will
find their way out of much of the
lack of clarity which characterizes
their program. Surely the road
proposed by Lovestone for the
R.P.C. can only lead back to Wald-
man and Oneal, and not in the
direction of Communism.
Let us now see on what basis
Lovestone criticizes the program of
action upon which the united front
in the South is based. Before TAX
ing up this question let us bear in
mind that Lovestone accuses the
Communist Party of being against
the united front He says, refer
ring to the united front in the
South, that it "csn serve only to
discredit a genuine united front and
to strengthen the hand of its en-
emies in the Socialist as well as in
the Communist movement (empha-
sis mine. We at least are told to
some extent who in the S.P. is OPP
posed to the united front, although
many of those in the SIP. who are
opposed to the united front try to
cover up their opposition.
But who are the enemies of the
united front in the Communist
movement? Surely LoveStone means
the Communist Party This is quite
evident from the whole tone of the
article. So the Communist Party
is the enemy of the united front,
while Lovestone is the fighter for
the unity Of labor" Every worker
who knows anything of the fight of
the Communist Party for the united
front will throw this filthy lie and
Islander back into the shameless
face of the Lovestones. If Love-
stone was interested only in the
unity of labor" why then did he
try to break the unity of the Com
munist Party by breaking the dis
cipline of the Communist Party and
of the Communist international?
That he did not succeed in this is
of course not his fault. That the
Communist Party is today more
united than ever is Cue in no small
part to the fact that Lovestone and
Lovestoneism has been cut out of
the body of the Party.
Why Lovestons Was Expelled
Surely Lovestone will not tell us
that he left the Communist move
ment because of a fight over prin-
ciples. To those who know the his
tory of the Party this would be too
much of trick for even Lovestone
to try to put over. We have already
shown in the last article how Love-
stone spoke on the united front,
and on the S.P when he was still
in the Party. We have also seen in
previous articles that LoYeStone
tries to falsify Party history when
he tries to create the impression
that he fought the Party on the
issue of the new unions. Or per-
haps because Lovestone disagreed
with the policies of the Soviet
Union Party under the leadership
of Comrade Stain? Shall we have
to refer to the cablegram Lovestone
sent to the C.P.S.U. demanding"
the removal of the right winger
Bucharin from all posts in the
Comintern?' Or perhaps Lovestone
has forgotten how he demanded &C
ton not only against the Brand
lerites but also against those who
were conciliatory to Rrandlcr? Per-
haps Bertram Wolfe can remind
him. Wolfe wrote a whole article
on this question in the December,
1928, issue of The Communist. Love-
stone was expelled because he could
no longer cover up his right wing
opportunist line with his fractional
maneuvers, maneuvers gainst the
Comintern and the Party member
ship which he also once thought he
had in his pocket.
Lovestone the fighter for unity
of labor" furnishes more arguments
to the Waldmans on how to fight
the united front. Furnishes more
arguments for Thomas to cover up
his opposition to the united front.
You see, not only Waldman is OPP
/ posed to the united front. There
are arlso enemies of the united