Lovestone Testimony Eight THE COMMUNIST NEGOTIATIONS REGARDING ly for the purpose of propaganda, since WHY THESE STRIKES The present social ferment in America beckons the Communists to UNITY WITH THE they do not affect the issues at stake. Our (Continued from page 6)
committee has, however, again considered (Continued from page 7)
shibboleths. The war has destroyed action. Clarity of purpose must your proposal for immediate unity between The communist Party Committee mainmany relationships formerly held to supplant the vagueness which peryour committee and ours, and has rejected It has be immutable and eternal.
meates the American tains that co operation in the work of deworkers fense, organization and propaganda is imthis proposal by the decisive vote of nine to four. The reason for this rejection is cracked inertia and conservatism. struggle to day. Order and dispracticable and inconsistent with the funthat our committee does not believe that be Everywhere the workers are cipline must be added to the everydamental principles of the Communist Parunity attained through such committee ac ginning to think of a new order of day battle of our proletariat. The ty. But we know that the great mass tion would attain the permanent Communist of the Communist Party membership deunity which we carnestly desire.
things. But let us not be deluded. field before us is immeasurable. The sire immediate co operation of all Comsavage onslaught on our organizAs evidence of its desire to achieve such It is true wage slavery has been munist forces in these endeavors to meet permanent Communist unity, our commitrocked to its foundations by the ca ation by the United States Departthe forces of reaction. We know that in taclysmic war.
tee has adopted the following statement, It is true that ca ment of Injustice is the most eloquthis attempt to postpone even the considerwhich it submits for your consideration and pitalism is toppling and that it is ent proof of the workers need for ation of unity to a distant convention, the acceptance: on the brink of a precipice. But Communal education and direction, holding of which is very problematical, the We accept the basis of Communist majority of the Communist Party Central the damnable system will not fall Let us not be dismayed by tempoExecutive Committee (a bare majority of unity proposed by the Third International, of its own sheer weight. It has to rary setbacks. Every cloud has its inasmuch as it relates to the rank and file, one) does not represent the will of the the be overthrown. And this is silver lining. better day is dawn but we maintain that the Central Executive Communist Party membership, and we apCommittee of the Communist Party must historic mission of the proletariat. ing. We have nothing to lose but peal to this membership to enforce their be in agreement also on questions of tac The new society will not fall into our chains. And we have a world will.
tics and organization, and since such would On with the Communist to gain.
We ask the membership not to be lulled our lap. There is a long and bitter not be the case if we merged the Central task!
into inactivity with the promise of a unity struggle ahead of us.
Executive Committees of the Communist convention six months hence.
Our acceptance of the convention proposal was conParty and the Communist Labor Party, we reject such a merger.
ditional upon an immediate uniting of all We confirm our desire to have unity Communist forces to fight the common foe.
of both parties achieved through a joint Those that want unity can achieve it AT convention.
ONCE, much easier than six months from now. RIGHT NOW is the time to unite We are ready to set the date for the into one mighty army all comrades that joint convention at the earliest possible will hold aloft the banner of the Third date, and not later than June 15.
Jay Lovestone, Ferguson and Rose Pastor Stokes were International. The persecutions have dis4. The Constitutional relations of the subpoenied as witnesses for the prosecution in the Winitsky trial.
rupted the old organization forms. The Federations to the party must enter as a membership is now in a state of flux. The part of the call for the joint convention, Only Jay Lovestone was called to the witness stand. Previous to organization forms are being molded and subject of course to changes by the conhis being called the prosecution had through its own stenographer built, adapted to the new conditions. While vention.
this process is going on ALL that are worth In the meantime we favor co operaread into the record a complete statement of the Chicago Convenwhile can be united into ONE organization, tion between the two parties whenever detion of the party. Lovestone conferred with responsible comrades will NATURALLY unite into one organsirable and practicable through the Central, ization, District and local committees of both parand it was agreed (Rose Pastor Stokes alone not concurring) that But if we wait six months, if we first ties, subject to the control and approval of since he could not add anything material to the evidence he should, go through a long period of steam roller the respective Central Executive Commitif compelled to, go on the witness stand rather than to refuse to tees.
building and wire pulling to control contestify and go to prison for contempt.
vention delegates (as some of the ComWe have elected a joint convention communist Party C. majority have almittee of three members with instructions Upon being called to the stand Lovestone refused to testify ready started to do against the members to meet with a similar committee of your on the ground that he would incriminate himself. Under an amendof their own party. if we now once more organization and to arrange a convention build two Communist organizations until on the following basis: ment to the New York law passed a week or ten days before the they become set and rigid, and then pit The call for the convention must in trial, a witness who refuses to testify on the ground of incriminathem against each other in a convention, a clude our Manifesto, Program and Con tion, can be compelled to testify if he is first granted immunity.
unity of Communist forces will be almost stiutional relations of the Federations to In order to compel Lovestone to testify the prosecution stated that impossible to attain. If the golden opporthe Party.
immunity would be granted him under this law. He thereupon tunity to unite now is allowed to pass, if Apportionment of delegates on the the schism in the Communist ranks is perbasis of dues stamps sold by each organisignified his willingness to answer questions. The report that he petuated as the present majority of the zation for the months of October, Novem first had a conference with the prosecution is false. He was in of the Communist Party seems to ber and December, the total number of the custody of the presecutors during the lunch hour which is aldesire, then those responsible for it will delegates from both organizations not to ways the case when testimony continues over a recess.
convict themselves of actual treason to the exceed 35; books of both organizations to Communist International.
be open to the oposite committee members.
We stand ready at any time to discuss The election of delegates to be by with the of the Communist Party membership action and to be conducted the problem of immediate merging of the secretly, and to be as nearly as possible Communist hosts to bring into one great alike for both organizations.
fighting organization all those who are for The quorum to call the convention to the Soviets and the Proletarian Dictator order to consist of two thirds of the dele recent despatch from Peking to the and Lenin for China favors. All things ship, as recommended by the Executive gates elected by each organization.
London Times says the Chinese governCommittee of the Communist International.
seem to favor Lenin. Much depends upon For ourselves we have adopted the fol ment has received a message from the Mos the outcome.
We hope sincerely that this consummation America, perhaps, will be lowing plan for the election of delegates. COW Soviet through Commissary Jansen may yet be achieved.
most profoundly affected. If Lamont loses We will apportion delegates to our at Irkutsk announcing that a Red Army National Executive Committee. if American finance imperialism fails to districts on the basis of dues stamps pur is matching east to succor the workmen Communist Labor Party.
open up China for its own economic relief, chased during October, November and De and peasants in Siberia from the Brigands After a discussion of several hours the it will have to seek a market elsewhere cember.
Kolchak, Semenoff, Horvath and their Japmotion was put to a vote with the folbut where Maybe Lenin could tell them convention of each district shall anese allies and establish everlasting peace.
lowing result: if they have ears to hear. But no! If be called in which subdistricts shall be rep The communication expresses horror at Voting Yes: Damon, Isaacs, Langley, the wooing Lamont loses his beloved China resented by one delegate for each 200 mem the crimes committed against China and Norman to Lenin, he will listen to nobody (least bers, on the basis of dues stamps purundertakes to annual all treaties and reVoting No: Andrew, Bernstein, Brown, of all his successful rival. but just pire chased for October, November and De nounce all privileges improperly acquired and die. Or will he? May we not still Bunte, Raphael, Ries, Sassha, Black cember. This convention to elect our dele from China.
The motion was, therefore, lost.
have the spectacle of finance imperialism, gates and alternates.
The message indicates that the services The Central Executive Committee therewith a false hear and a forced smile, beg3. Nomination for delegates to the dis of the Red Army will be available to de ging the Soviet Government for her ecoupon formulated the following proposal trict conventions shall be secured from liver China from foreign imperialistic and and reply to the National Executive Comnomic favors?
the members by the group organizers. capitalistic ambitions.
mittee of the Communist Labor Pary, which Nominees must be members in the districts What will it not do for LOOT!
The correspondent says there is no doubt was adopted unanimously in its final form: in which they are nominated. The names that everything offered will be accepted by ODO 100 New York, March 19, 1920. of all nominees shall be presented to the China, the Bolshevik having succeeded in National Executive Committee, Communist members for vote by the group organizers. establishing themselves in the good graces Labor Party.
The district convention may elect any party PASS THIS ON TO WORKER of the Chinese.
Comrades: TRUSTED ONE.
members irrespective of the districts.
Quite naturally! The Bolsheviki are not Your reply to our proposal to hold a If your committee really desires unity interested in looting China and the Chinese joint convention for the purpose of achiev between the Communists of the United people know it. They desire only to be ALL COMMUNICATIONS FOR PARing unity of the Communist elements of States and is not merely using the plea left alone. Should those imperialistic ESTABLISHED CHANNELS.
TY OR DEFENSE GO THROUGH THE this country has been received, and has for unity as a convenient method of propa powers that lust after China capture and had the careful consideration of our com ganda against the Communist Party of devour her. imperialism is an immediate mittee.
America, we trust you will take immediate menace to China and an only less immediALL POWER TO THE WORKERS!
We will not concern ourselves with the favorable action on this proposal, and elect ate menace to Russia. Lamont, of the firm various charges and insinuations in your your convention committee.
of Morgan Co. is reported in Japan at BUILD THE UNIT IN THE SHOP.
statement. These are evidently not intended Central Executive Committee, the present time plotting Chinese absorpto be taken seriously, but are included mereCommunist Part yof America. tion. It seems to be a race between Lamont TOPO 10 10 Lenin, Lamont and Loot ODC