YOUR THE COMMUNIST The Unity Proceedings Between the Communist Party and the of Wero פנויד 2015. The latter is printed 10 this statement The Fraina resolution is printed in a parati Jeanet.
Our after bearing the contents ot these communications immediately Yoted to Adjourn to give the Unity Committer an Op portunity to arrange a meeting with the and acquaint them with the important in STATEMENT OF THE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY ON UNITY AND INTERNA. formation TIONAL RELATIONS.
The following day our committee met Add To the Membership of the Coinmunist Party. Congress which confirnied information already we were handed their written answer to our Tmar Conrades:Terved. had no specife instructions on last resolution. This answer is dated NovemThe following documents, presented in their the Federation question details he said bir 5th and speaks for itself. Two points, boy chronological order, will give you general left to the renibership In this country. He ever. are especially worthy of answer. 1)
and preciso idea of the status of the unity said he arrived towards the clone of the Con.
They still claim to have twice as many remnegotiations between tho and the KICK. At the beginning, the and the bers as the This clalta ls refuted by as well as the relationship of oth Conimunist had been kiven equal representation (five their own demand for arbitrary representation to five. but he had reported that a majority Parties to the Communist International of to at the Joint convention as well as From the report of our international de of liad united with the forming by their refusal to accept proportional repro.
legates you will see that the Communist Tarty with a membership of 10, 000 to 12 sentation based upon membership Agures. 2)
of Ainerica 1x completely indicated in its thousand leaving the with three or four Their claim that the Communist Party delo struggle with the Centrist leaders of the form thousand, and demanded that the dele Rates katos be usented.
er and the present CP. Despite decided The Congress at a convention are subject to ratication by the language federations is a deliberate the lies, the inisrepresentations and underhund urainst the di. and the delegates Intrigues of the to smash the com.
More glven representation of votes and the lie intended to obscure the whole issue. Every body knows that our electors and delegates to munist urty and have it ripeiled from the votes on tho basis of his report conventions are elected through the party Communis International THE COMMUNIST that the Prepresentated the larger ganization as whole and that the language PARTY OF AMERICA IS RECOGNIZED AS Daarty. He also reported that Fraina care had federations have nothing whatsoever to do with IN INTEGRAL PART OF THE COMMUNIST been investigated and that ho had been com.
ITS INTERNATIONAL DELEGATE, COM.
the action of party delegates. The party delo to pletely exonerated and Nuorteva ordered HAS BEEN PLACED ON RADE ANDREW, cease all attacks under pain of severe meas gates are responsible to the party as a whole EXEX UTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE and to no one else. This lle is intentionally uns being meted out to him. Flynn then reCOMMU XIST INTERNATIONAL AND THE ported that the other delegate, without credenmade to lend color to the charge tbat the Coinmunist Party is not party but a loose BOTH MANDATE FOR UNITY BETWEEN tials had a mees ke for us and requested ly formed federation of federations.
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The de PATIES HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO haring for him. This was granted and later cisions of the convention and the party COD. ARY 1st AND THE METHOD OF UNITY the other delegate, Corrade Morgan, appared.
stitution are ample refutation of this charge IS TO BE BY JOINT CONVENTIOX BASED Morgan reported Also same as Flynn.
UPON DUES ACTUALLY PAID FOR THE As a whole this last answer of the agreed to inake an oppointment with the unity MONTIIS OF JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER coinmittees 18 suficient proot in itself that the AND OCTOBER.
does not really desire unity but wants to The Unity Committees met on November smash the Communist Party.
The lles and misrepresenta 3rd and the committee the read the Our committee then submitted a signed 1! ons about the have been completely following communication from their EC statement containing the six points adopted by explored. Their stupid and arrogant pore that dated November 3rd and publiebed below. This the Executive Committee of the Communist they are the majority is now reycaled in its statement insisted upon the to representaInternational relative to its mandatory decision true light. Their ridiculous attempt to dictate tion and was Titten in a very arrogant tone.
for unity, pon their request they were shown the basis of delegates at the unity convention Our committee Informed them that the the original statement signed by our delegates.
16x to four to correspond to the representa would not recede from the basis of proportional They received the information in allence tion given them at the Second World Con.
representation based upon dues paying mem and the meeting was concluded. Upon the re gress of the International) hus Communist bership and in case they refused would appeal quest of our committee for another meeting been properly rebuked by the Executive Comour case to the Communist International they told our committee that they could not waittee of the Communist International The committee the promised to All the documents herein speak for themmake arrangements at present but would notify bave an answer to this resolution by noon.
us whenever they considered. meeting necesselves. It is only necessary to explain the (Xov. 4th)
sary. We have not heard from them as yet dates and the manner which called them forth The of the then reconvened As soon as the of the ac.
The unity negotiations therefore rest at this the following inorning to take up the report point.
cidently came across the mandate for unity of the unity committee. In the meantime one In the meantime, the bas issued by October 10th, the Secretary called for of the members had recelved and the call for a special convention in accordance special meeting of the c. on October 19th.
brought with him to this meeting the letter with the decisions of the Second Congress of At this meeting resolution was adopted comand resolutions of the Communist Juternational the Communist International and contained 10 plying unreservedly with the mandate. Unity from our delegates Andrew and Fraina the Conditions for Adiliation. Should Anal Committee was elected to prepare for a joint One contained an exoneration of Fraina on agreement with the be reached this convention with a similar committee froin the the charge of bing police agent made by On the following day we received convention will become a joint convention.
Nuorteva. The other contnined the later de Information that Comrade Andrew had arrived Below, in the order of their recelpt follow cisions of the Executive Committee of the Com the documents relating to the unity negotiaIn Moscow and bad come before the Executive niunikt international relative to unity and inCommittee of the Communist International on tions with the and the report of our ternational matters und was dated September September 22nd. The information given to us international delegates.
was that Conrade Andrex had succeeded only in portponing the date from October 10th to January 1st.
TO THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF AMERICA.
In the meantime our unity committee an Dear Comrades. unity by means of smashing the Communist ranged a meeting with the unity committee The report of Comrade Fraina, previously Party; and he used fully his omcial position of the few days lucer the two sent you. pictured developments here concern. to that end.
con mitters met. The committee not. ins our Party, unity, etc. up to August 25.
Ified our committee that they were acting with pon the arrival of Comrade Andrew, with In this report we shall picture the new de information concerning the actual state of out instructions from their but they velopinents whlle making a complete summary atairs in the United States, the situation requested discussion on the general points of the whole situation.
changed.
of unity Involved, as set forth in our official 1accord with the decision of the Excc. We brought, by means of Andrew report, letter to the of the dated utive Committee of the Communist Internation. the whole question of the American movement October 20th. The four points in our proposal al for unity, the delegates of the Communist again belore the Executive Committee. The Exwere gone over and a deadlock was reached on Party and the Communist Lubor Party agreed ecutive re afirmed the mandatory decision for the question of the basis of representation at to work as one delegation in the Congress, etc. unity, but its actions rebuked the maneuvres the unity convention. The unity com. But while the Congress was still in session of the politicians here to make.
mittee made it clear that they were speaking Flyuin arrived as the delegate of the factional ispue of unity.
unofficially, but that they represented the and broke the agreement. pon the instructions ity opinion of their in demanding ma Aniong other things, the Executive Comfrom the Central Executive Committee of his the rutio of to Our committee told them mitteo decided. party. Flynn contested the recognition of the that we considered this meeting unofficial and 1) To extend the date by which complete Communist Party delegates on the ground that were prepared to arrange for another meeting unity is to be achieved from October 10 to recognition would Interfere with unity The at which the committee would come January 1, 1921.
Credential Committee rejected the proposal, Instructed from their 2) That pending this complete unity of although it gave the 8ix votes and the On November 2nd our C, met ngain our movement and the election by the party four voter (Flynn having declared that and our unity coinmittee made its report. The of an American representative on the the UC. bad from 10. 000 to 12, 000 meni.
Exoc report was accepted and the committee was utive Committee, each party shall have rebers, while the had not more than 1600, Instructed to continue the negotiatons on the presentative on the Executive with the BADO Fralua, being without Informution, bad DO yote.
baxis of representation at the unity convention means of contradicting this. to be on dues paying memberabip. Our Sucret. Flynn thereupon brought the contest before 3) That unity must (and this is mandatory. ry thereupon went forth to notily the thie Congresu. Fraina in answer emphasized be achieved on the basis of all the decision to elect and empower committee to meet that Flynn of the Second Congress of the International WBS ours. He was told that two delegates recently ucing in the worst factional spirit; to reject the Communist Party was to 4) The representatives of both parties must arrived from Moncow wished to corne before give a pledge to abide by the decision for rejext the most consistent American expression our C, E, as they had some inermake for of Coniniunism; that Flynn proposal was not unity.
ty from the Communist International, Our monote unity but to break the 6) The two parties bave equal rights, Heeretary then asked whether they bad creden.
the unication to be by means of Congress Flynn, moreover, argued that the Communist tials froin the Coinmunist International. They urty had repudiated the opimunist Internaand party for party, akwered that one had and the other had pot. tional, wince Aropresentative of the Internation6) Representation in the Unity Congres Ble rame and reported this to our 1x to be decided upon the basis of dues actually al had aminted in the unification; in answer, 31. that body 1mniedintely decided to hear Fraina declared that this representative nol paid for during the month: July, August, Sep Che driegate with credentials only had no inandute to achieve unity, but bad tember and October.
omrade Flynn, delegate of the no political mandate whatever (this Wos Rub Reed objected to baving representativo arrived and presented a tatment wigned by contade Zinovjev and addressed to both par.
Mequently confirmed by Comrade Buchurin. of the Communist Party on the Executive Com.
The congress decided againrt Fynn, only Inittee, maintaining that tho United Party was Ius follows. leur. omrades. Flynn, ktead und Bllun voting in favor.
entitled to the representative alone, ince it After the Congress, the Executive Com.
You will receive all had already accepted the decision for unity material from the This was again niltte adopted a revolution ordering the two Berond on kron. We donand now, ulthinatively factional attempt to mako American. uinmunist parties to unite by Octofrom you all, that Ad immediate full unity cuptal out of unity; but the attempt was ber 10, under threat of tho expulsion from Whould be scromplished on the basis of the de buked by Zinovjerl, who inserted in the International cikorik adepted by the Congress, Purther split solution the clauve that the representatives of cannot be tolerated and cannot be justified by The delegates, having six votes, both parties have equal rights (which was not why thing. Wo wait from both sides All out of ton klyon to America, Plected Rood As 10 originally. im.
mediate formal toply. Praternal Crestines, the American topposentative on the Executivo Comrades! The decisions of the Executive. onimitteo (one representutive only being per. onimittee of the Communist Internaticoal aro With Communist Kreetings, mitted. Aigned) Wanovlev, Chairman, Ex Comm.
Anal, And binding upon the mlated organof the cominunixt International, The dolerator, particularly Flynn luations. Whatever may be one opinion, the and d, wted Droughout in tho worst fact. connuntat Party must loyally accept it, whilo Comrade you further reported on August 20ch. fonal wpirit; leed declared to Yrains that do maintaining Its consistent expression of Com.
tho did not want unity of party and party, but REPORTS FROM OUR DELEGATES.
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