uly 19, 1919 THE COMMUNIST Page Seven Adolph the Truth Seeker By John Keracher Adolph Germer, is a big man Party and what steps will be taken care of just such cases. The re to Neal, who then began to physically, but otherwise very with the National Executive.
small. As to the honesty of his Yours for Socialism, ferendum vote on the constitu ask questions for the purpose The North East Branch, tional changes had not yet been of gaining information to bolopinions and the sincerity of Resolution Committee, by Scott. tabulated, else they might have sterupthestand they had taken.
his convictions, there can be no been expelled instead of only Under the circumstances dedoubt in fact, he is willing to HERE, BRANCHES ARE EX. suspended. The City Central clined to answer his questions.
PELLED FOR PARTICIPATING twist and pervert the facts to defend his honest convictions. JEWS, MANY OF WHOM ARE not act arbitrarily as did the necessitated the calling of a IN PROTEST AGAINST THE Committee of Local Detroit did The expulsion of Michigan do not think the man is a de OUR COMRADES.
National Executive Committee liberatı liar, or even a stranger Should some Local, Branch or in. in expelling the whole state or vention, which, despite Ger.
special State Emergency Conto truth, but he certainly is very dividual participate in a protest against such massacres as Ludlow and Sanization for a constitutionalmer assertions to the contrary, careless in handling facts. Holly Grove, they would be fired out change, the referendum vote on was called in the regular man.
In the controversy which of the Socialist Party in Michigan. which had not been completed. ner. The members of the State now rages within the Socialist Who is it that is despotic?
CAN YOU AS SOCIALIST fect that those who would pro fied as was state secretary elect Germer remarks to the ef Executive Committee were notiParty over the expulsion of the STAND FOR THIS Socialist Party of Michigan and test against massacres such as the suspension of seven LanThe above letter and the those at Ludlow and Holly of the incoming Executive Com0. Johnson and the members Federations, Adolph comment thereon shows how Grove would be fired out of the mittee who took office July 1st.
goes out of his way to drag in greedily ADOLPH the TRUTH Socialist Party of Michigan are These officials, with the excepto the columns of the Eye. SEEKER seizes upon a perver contemtible, to say the least. tion of one who did not respond, Opener an assortment of half sion of facts to contrast the CAN YOU AS SOCIALIST voted unanimously for the con truths, so assembled as to jus injured innocence of the Na STAND FOR THIS he asks. vention, which in turn approvtify the actions of the Nation tional Executive Committee That is just the trouble with the ed the action taken by myself with the autocratie Michigan methods of the taking and the State Executive Com.
al Executive Committee.
All his bellowing and squeal organization. Germer says that their stand first and investigatmittee.
ing and personal attacks will the letter from the Jewish ing afterwards.
The charge of the worthy deceive no thinking person. The Branch proves beyond any posThis excellent national sec Germer that private corres.
whole thing is camouflage to sible question that the Nationcover up or obscure the fact al Executive Committee was not retary goes on to record that pondence was carried on bethat the membership has voted mistaken in their interpreta the moment the Michigan tween myself and individuals the old gang out of office, and tion of the No Reform amend Charter was revoked the wires in Michigan is as false as his they prefer to split the Party ment to the Michigan constitu were burned with telegrams other statements. The indivirather than give up their con. tion. Now, even if this letter from Wagenknecht and Kat duals corresponded with were trol!
were truthful, it would still be terfeld, and Monday morning, Local Secretaries, and the garbbut a local question and not a John Keracher, state secretary led question from my letters Under the caption The Left Wing and how it Handles case against a whole State, but of Michigan, was in Chicago. in the attenipt to prove that the Truth he presumes to be the writer or writers of the let You re just one day to previous endeavored to influence the in a position to know the truth ter are, like Germer and the there, Adolph: it was Tuesday election of delegates to the con Peddlers of half truths. morning when stepped into vention is a cheap trick, charabout happenings in Michigan, The Jewish Branches of Lo your office and you seemed sur acteristic of all the quibbling while as a matter of fact his incal Detroit were suspended prised and demanded to know now indulged in by the formation is decidedly second that much is true. The City who had informed me of the in their attempt to justify hand, and through Central Committee of Local De action taken by the National themselves in the eyes of the those who have their own mo troit elected an investigation Executive Committee. membership.
tives in misrepresenting the committee to look into the mat It certainly was not the facts.
ter, but the Jewish delegates who gave me the informa it amounts to. This split, which say quibbling, for that is all case in point is the publica to that body stated that their tion that the Charter of the So they deliberately precipated, tion in the Eye Opener of the Branches refused to be invest cialist Party of Michigan had was inevitable due to the develfollowing letter from a sus igated, claiming that there was been revoked. That was not opment going on within the pended Branch of Local De nothing to investigate. They their intention; they wanted to Party. What difference does it troit: pleaded guilty to the verbal set their campaign of misre make if the division takes the Detroit, Mich. June 6, 1919. charges made by other dele presentation well on the way form of expulsion or withdraw.
The Socialist Party of the gates that they were protesting first. They were somewhat sur al? Those who desire to parti803 Madison St. Chicago, Ill. against the pogroms in Poland prised to see me and were un cipate in real socialist propa Comrades: as Jews and not as socialists. able to answer the simple ques ganda will send delegates to Jewish the perspende Brunch Cen: They declared that this was tion. put to them: Has the Chicago on September 1st to ortral Committee for the offense of par true and that it was their inten Michigan Charter been revok ganize the Communist Party of ticipating in a protest movement tion to continue to co operate ed, and if so, Why? That clev. America.
against the Pogroms on the Jewish in the anti pogrom movement er person, George Goebel, rePeople in Poland. They have also suspended the other two Jewish in connection with rabbis, Jew. marked that he thought MichiOUR HONOR ROLL Branches. We cannot see that we ish reformers, Zionists, capital gan had not been expelled.
have committed such a terible crine ists and enemies of the work. After returning from lunch, and Expelled to date by the Seven Savior.
against the principles of international ing class in general. Had they having had time to consider the Socialist Party of Michigan Socialism by our participation in this separated themselves from manner of their answer, James anti Pogrom movement as to descrve Socialist Party of Maggasuspension. You Comrades of the these reactionary groups and Neal made a drawling speech chusetts National Executive, understand well continued their protests as SO explaining why the Committee the Michigan The Russian Federation that those pokroias are organized by CIALISTS, or even co operat had revoked The Polish Federation the Polish bourgeoisie with the pur ed with other proletarian Charter. He explained that it The Lettish Federation pose to suppress the Socialist revo groups, they would not have was because our State ConvenThe Lithuanian Federation lution in Poland by means of pogroms been suspended, but this they tion had adopted and submitand the spreading of national hate.
The Ukrainian Federation The Jewish working class are the refus to do. They were de ted to a referendum of the The South Slavic Federation worst wufferers of these pogroms.
fiant of all Party discipline and membership certain constituThe Hungarian Federation As our Branch wants to be true made nationalistic speeches, tional amendments that Michiand to the principles of the Socialist Par much to the disgust of many of gan had been expelled. The Local Rochester, ty of the United States, we would the Jewish delegates present at case was closed; their decision Local Buffalo, like you to advino us whether we are the meeting.
was final; there was no proviThirty Branches of Local wrong in this guess or not.
We would alxo like to be informed The amendment to the con sion for an appeal. Suddenly New York in rezurd to the suspension of the stitution of the Socialist Party Germer had an inspiration, he NEXTT Michigan Socialist Branches of the of Michigan was made to tako leaned forward and whispered comes of the Revolution: