The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-03
BY ALEX BITTELMAN

The leaders of the American
Workers Party" and the Trotzkyists
are seeking to achieve what they
call organic unity" This is not
surprising. Despite the differences
between the leaders of these two
groups, differences relating mainly
to phraseology, their respective posi-
tions on the fundamental questions
of the class struggle are practically
the same. This being the case, there
really are no insuImountable OBJ
Stacles to the organic unity be-
tween the leaders of the Music
group and the Trotzkyists There is
also practical incentive that urges
the generals of the two groups to
seek unity. 1t is, namely, the hope
that, having failed to secure a mass
following separately, they may per-
haps achieve this end collectively;
for it is clear that despite the
grandiose gestures and claims of
the Musteites and Trotzkyists re-
spectively, both thus far have re-
NAMED, and we must see to it that
they continue to remain, small sects,
especially the Trotzkyists.
There is, however, a serious diff
Guilty confronting the leaders of the
two groups in their plans for unity.
This difficulty lies in the rank and
file following of the two groups;
especially does this difficulty lie in
the rank and file followers of the
Music group. The protracted unity
negotiations between the leaders of
the two groups is explained by the
inability Of the Musteite and
Trotzkyite leaders to overcome this
difficulty.
1t will be recalled that the
Trotzkyists have been seeking all
through the unity negotiations with
the Music group to get the latter
to modify its attitude on the ques-
ton of internal aff1liation. What
did the Trotzkyists seek on this
question? Two things-(D to get
the Musteites to accept the PROPOSE
ton in favor of a fourth interna-
tional; and CD to get the Music
group to manifest "a greater degree"
Of internationalism than they did
in the first draft of their program.
The second point was for the
Trotzkyists, in a sense, even more
important than the first. The
TrotzkyistS couldn't fail to see that
their unity negotiations with the
Music group will tend to expose the
fraud of the Trotzkyists' claim to
being the only true International
lists"
They knew that the question
would be raised, as it actually was
by the few working class followers
of the TrotzkyiSts: how can inter-
nationalist merge with group
the Music group-which made
"Americanism," even though clothed
in radical phrases, one of the main
planks of its platform? This ques-
ton the Trotzkyists couldn't an
swer. The fact that the Trotzkyists
initiated unity negotiations with the
Music group, whose leadership is
not always able to hide its bourgeois
nationalism, was bound to expose
the holloWness and fraud of the
Trotzkyists' "internationalism." The
few workers who still follow Trotzky
couldn't help but ask: you told us
to fight against the Communist In
ternational and it's American Sec
ton because they were not inter-
national enough, because they were
national Communists" We believed
you. Now you propose to unite with
the Music group whose Leadership
specializes in combating interna-
tionalism among the American
workers and in cultivating among
them national prejudices. Is not this
fraud?
Anticipating the possibility Of
such unanswerable questions, the
leadership of the Trotzky group, de.
termined to unite with Music in the
hope of thus expanding its counter
revolutionary activities, therefore
sought to get the Music leadership
to tone down its propaganda against
international Affiliations.
The leadership of the Music
group, which was favorably inclined
to unity with the Trotzkyists, wa!
confronted with similar difficulties
The working class followers o