The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-15
Reply Of the L. S. l..
Not Made to NOU. Is,
Month After Appeal

to inform you that the question has
already been placed on the agenda
of the November session of our eX-
ecutive, when the problems will
be analysed, and unquestionably
the French experience will be very
important element in the eyes Of
our representatives.
But as a matter of reasonableness
you cannot demand of men who
have received a precise and limited
mandate to overstep the bounds Of
this mandate. to take the initiative
in organizing certain united DEM
onstrations.
Thorez.-Let's see, suppose that
We decided to have a great cam
paign of demonstrations in all
countries together with the Social
list Party, and that some one from
the Socialist International were to
speak at one of these meetings Or
ganized by the two parties in
France, and that there would be a
speaker of the Communist Inter
national; is that an impossibility?
Vandervelde.-If citizen Wander
velde were not president of the IN
ternationaI, it would certainly be
probable that he would welcome the
invitation; but, because he is presi-
dent, and, so far as Adler is con-
cerned, because he is Secretary, it
is impossible.
ThOreZ. - Think what such
meeting would mean, even if it were
only held in Paris.
Adler. - The problem is enor-
mously more weighty than being
merely one of meeting this week or
not. This would be an action so
grave for the future of the working
class, of such great Importance, that
it cannot be undertaken lightly. 1t
is not necessary to lose sight of the
fact that your proposal now to con-
clude a pact will bring to the minds
of Socialists in all countries the
remembrance of the parallel case
when the idea was suggested of
forming spontaneous pacts, which
then gave the impression of being
a maneuver. And our parties are
on guard against these maneuvers.
You know the history of your In
ternational Communist congresses;
you know all that.
Thorez.-We also know little
about your congresses. (smileS)
GIVE ARE READY FOR
DISCUSSIONS"
Adler. - Where you will never
find any maneuvers that we tried
to put across.
For myself, I can personally say
that I am the only one, up to the
French experience, to establish and
cary on the united front and
united action in our workers coun-
ellis, on a democratic plan, in Aus
I tria after the war. During those
years we really had a parliament of
Communist and Socialist workers,
we deliberated openly, we made a
great success of it, and I believe
that we served the revolution at
that time by this form of workers
democracy between the Communist
and Socialist Parties.
I, who was also president of that
! conference in Berlin twelve years
ago, when the three executives were
present, believe I have the right to
say that what we want is a real
and solid groundwork and not an
improvised solution for the moment,
adopted at a conference where one
man, important though he might
be, comes to make such a proposal.
1t does not belong to the Interna-
tional to conclude any pact which
might lead to MISUNDERSTANDING in
all countries. Why did we accept
| your proposal to come here? This
is a serious question; what can we
do for the future under conditions
as they are today, by engaging in
united action? And it would be a
real Qualification for our executive
to have an answer to this question
coming from your side.
We have had a good deal of dis
cussion on the German events; I
would like few words to say that
I do not believe what you remarked
about Germany to be exact. Take
the VorWaerts Socialist Party or
| gan Of Germany of January. 1893 !:
there you will find a few articles by
/ Stampfer calling for a united front
at that moment. I could review
the whole story in detail, since it
was so interesting to me that
I made study of it. At that mo-
ment man, who we did not know
to be either Communist or an
agent provocateur, brought a piece
OF paper at the last minute:
do you want to make the united
front?" Such proceedings were not
appropriate; in order to come to
any agreement serious conversations
on serious basis are necessary.
We do not believe that we can
organize any meetinng with speak
ers representing the two Inte-na-
tionals; this would be perfect, if we
had had some previous discussions
before our conference now. We re-
fuse to make any pact ad hoe ION
the spot). 1t is first of all neces-
sary to lay an organized basis, as
you did in France, with bonds and
guarantees covering both parties, in
order to avoid all misunderstand-
ings. You know that that was not
easy in France, but it is a great deal
more difficult in the case Ct ar
organism grouping around itself the
parties of various countries unde.
entirely different conditions. + i
\ sheer utopia to think you ooc
come among us tonight and secure
a result for the coming week. Afte-