Opposition at Chicago Delegates Defend Lenin View at Anti War Meet Leon Trotsky Wall Street Rulers Force Wage Cut On the Teachers of New York City History of the Russian Revolution was bunkers PAGE THE MILITANT SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1933 William Foster, for selling Liberty Bonde. Split Threatens In voting upon the section of the resolution containing the tasks of the congress, the socialists raised strenuous objections to point which read: To my cut.
The teachers are going to have their ople who initiate these attacks. But Wall Street decided that. The they are routed through state ap(Continued from page 1) another one on the Defense of the sosupport the American Committee for the City of New York which spends from aratus. In defense of their interests tant pacifist minority who were deterviet Union. which called for uncondiStruggle Against War which in response twenty five to thirty three percent of its the teachers are brought into conflict mined from the outset that the congress tional defense, to campaign for economic to the Amsterdam Congress is leading an budget on interest on loans made to it with the state bureaucracy.
set forth as its principle line and per. collaboration, the extension of long term effective movement of workers and in by Wall Street, recently applied again Against its crushing weight they canspective, the struggle against ALL war creclits, and recognition. The resolution tellectuals against war. The Social to the bankers for additional Anancial not contend alone. They must seek supand to prevent it from adopting a clear, signed by sixteen student delegates and ists tried to read into this point the assistance. The men who overthrew Iter Port among the classes whose economic distinct claus position. The bulk of the four alternate delegates was not acceptthought that it meant acceptance of riot and the Belgian ministry told our and social interests impel them to strug congress received with smiles and tolered by the committee. Instead the conAmsterdam and its decisions, and warn city moguls to economize to the tune of gle against the capitalist state. They can ance the remarks of an old woman who cress was presented with a committee ed the conference that it should delete forty million. Twenty million, they tind alles among the petty bourgeoisie.
nelther felt nor understood the historic resolution. The resolntion of the Comthis point or else the socialists could no suid, must come out of the wages of They can calist the aid of the taxpay.
epoch in which she lives. In the evening mittee, drawn up hurriedly, contained longer cooperate with the congress and the policement, the firemen, the city em associations social service organithe congress split into study groups to in essence the main points of the Op would bolt. For a time it appeared that loyees to the teachers.
xations: women clubs, etc. Their supdiscuss the various phases of war and position resolution.
the Socialists, with the aid of the placimilitarism.
What came as distinct surprise, was fists would split the conference. The The city employees did nothing about wort, in the long run, will amount to Thus ended the first day, without ac that the resolution adopted a revolutionit. The policemen and tremen took it resolutions passed at conferences proposal to delete was not accepted.
tually having discussed or acted upon The elections of the resident executive lying down. But the teachers showed losive hotels futile appeals to active resentment. number of organithe state legislature the Board of Esti.
the really important questions of how ary approach in contradistinction to the committee brought out once more the the students shall fight against war and prevalling attitude prior to the congress.
tenseness of the situation. The pacifists tons representing the more advanced meate the every beurd which will alunder what kind of a programn this strug! Even at the congress it was difficult to ascertain the character of the resoluwould not accept on the committee unminority attempted to fight. They call low steam to be let off in its presence; gle should be carried on. This phase of tions. It was clear that the pressure of less the the work remained for the second and the Opposition, plus the fact that the Socialists participated. Their sd conferences, sent delegations to and moral support in the press. But their case with the when it comes to a showdown these final day of the Congress. articularly Communist representation attitude was predicated on the idea that state legislature and the chief executochty knights of democracy, good will was over.
a united front without the socialists live of the state. Their light ran a short and what not will leave them in the here, was expressed weak point of whelming forced the adoption of a rev.
would mean Communist domluation and course and ended in defeat. The poor lurch. The class which lives in eternal the Congress they would not participate in such of how the struggle should be carried on olutionary resolution. Had the organizers felt no pressure from the Opposimovement. It was here that the social showing they made was due to the fact hof becoming big bourgeois and in under what program, the question of pertion delegates, and had the strength of ists announced their intention to split that the overwhelming majority of the everlasting fear of being pushed into manent organization, the adoption of re: the pacifists and socialist been greater, the conference. The reason given was teachers are full of usions abont nue the wariat by the bourgootsie cannot sulucions, when crowded into one day the resolution would have been an exthe adoption of point in the resolution iety and the state they teach their puvunted on to rink its stakes in a world would make impossible a thorough and tremely watery and opportunist one. As Under these conditions it appeared that pils. The Times quoted one of their ticht against the stronghold of crear discussion. Tbe weakness was, the Opposition delegates found the conference would break up.
spokesmen as saying that the teachers reaction.
even more pronounced since prior to the it possible to accept the resolution.
had no faith in the city politicians but The teachers will have to seck and find congress no statements or motion introduced by a member of trusted the state legislature. Such pil allies in their own class, the working resolutions were presented by the Committee, upon and a member of the YCL proposed Ryerson, one of the Canadian delegates PUBLISHERS PRICE the NSL called for rescinding the dia itical naiveto made the teachers easy. This raises the question of the the basis of which the discussion could a lengthy amendment to the main reso puted point in the draft resolution, prey for the experienced sharks in relation of the teachers to the working proceed. The procedure allowed for the lution on the causes of war, that was un Vol. One Vol. Two Vol. Three This motion was made with the aim of Albany. After med fruitless rushing to class movement. The relation must be preventing the socialists from splitting and fro the teachers delegations (except the central axis of their program. On presentation of resolutions by the Reanimously accepted. This amendment the conference and to gain their adher the small teachers Committee to pro this point they must strive to attain the soutions Committee their immediate dis was taken from the Opposition resolu 00 50 50 ence to it. The motion to withdraw this rect saluries) decided not to oppose the greatest possible clarity. They must cussion and adoption.
tion. Another amendment calling for section witnessed an intense discussion wage eat but to compromise by pro formulate their relation to the working Left Opposition Issues Statement unconditional defense of the Soviet Unin which the Communists split their tecting the legislation reserving to the class movement on class lines. To do On the morning of the first day, the ion was introduced by comrade Caplan.
vote. Henderson opposed the motion state legislature the right to cut their this they must slough off their illusions.
Spartacus Youth Clubs of the Communsky, also from Canada. This amendment but to no avail. The pacifists pleaded wages; their pension rights, and other Thay minst wome clear on their cles ist League of America distributed a was overwhelmingly defeated by the OUR PRICE for the passage of the motion in order much fol de rol which will go by the position in society, the class nature of statement to the delegates with an ex mass of delegates, through the leaderto maintain the unity of the congress, boutit uuder the next assault Wall their couflict with the capitalist state, position of its views on the Congress and ship of the and dele. per Volume The socialists demanded that the motion Street. third item in their compro their need of lighting support against its program (the statement appears in gates, who under pressure of the pacile laissel, holding the threat of split mise was the littempt to limit the re. it. In a word they must develop class this issue of the Militant. This was the fists and socialists, contended that it over the congress Under these condi duction to two years.
CONSCIOUSN. the Boxed Seat only expression of the Communist posi was sufficient to call for the defense of tions point was withdrawn from the The problem of which current rene Just before the special session of the tion presented to the delegates prior to the Soviet Union. To introduce the resolution by above majority vote.
the Congress. As it turned out, this clause calling for unconditional defense The congress closed with the election legislature got around to this particulationary, socialist or Communist to ally themselves with has already sought the statement proved to be decisive in the would make impossible unity on the rePOSTAGE ON ALL ORDERS: Extra of the executive committee and a dele stem. on the agenda of the bankers in out solu decisions of the Congress. It warned solution, was the argument introduced gate to the anti war congress in Alonte structions a delegation of teachers went tion. The communists live begun to the students of the impermissibility of by the Stalinlets.
video. Among those clected to the ex They are not individual action of the student body The points of the resolution of the ecutive committee where, Joe Cohen and I, about this compromise. When they ctrate their ranks.
lone in the effort to win influence among Edmund Stevens, of the National sto he told them that he would relay it tots are attempting the same thing in Roosevelt broached this ultimatum to and proposed united action with the Committee were accepted one by one the teachers. Others zroups and interworking youth under the leadership of withont apparent objection from the dents League, Manny Geltman, NSL and New York. Dejectedly but still was Send All Orders Immediately To the working class. The statement con. Right wing in the congress. It Taft Oppositionist, Monroe Sweetland of hope the interest of patriotism and payeuts, tinued to point out that. war was the quite clear that the pacifists and socialthe League for Industrial Democracy fully the delegation tiled into an ante product of the social system and that ists, were willing to concede the resolu PIONEER PUBLISHERS and member of the Socialist Party, and two hours while the wires hummed be icy they can win the teachers for Comroom. here they cooled their heels for reform and milk ind water protest.
If the Communists pursue a correct polits eliminalon would come about with Lions because of the overwhelming numNorris skop. pacifist. Carl Geiser the abolition of capitalism. This con. ber of Left wing delegates were tween Albany and New York. Finally, 84 Fast 10th Street, New York was elected delegate to the Montevideo Roosevelt told them that the munism.
greas, the statement read, must re awaiting only the practical program of congress were opposed to the time limit. Meekly which the teachers must take into acThese are the basic considerations nounce all hopes in the League of Na action. In fact, their leaders stated Thus the congress ended. Its future tions, of capitalist disarmament and of cpenly on the floor, that they felt that extremely dubious. What succes can they accepted the decision. That all pacist Illusions. It must donounce any objections on their part to an independent movement of the stu the inevitable conclusion of their fight According to the answer they else to the humbug of national defense as pro solutions, would be of no avail and they representing the Rand School, warned dont have in the pounded by paeltists since this serves to were willing to let them by with the the congress that if this amendment What will be struggle against war tinder the circumstances of their lucklexe questions will depend the organi the relation of this move.
of class consciousness, lack of organiza xations they built. The question of or oppress and divide the smaller nations. hopes of working out a common aree was carried the Socialist delegation could ment to the revolutionary struggle option and their por fighting method. situation is a very complicated one.
It must announce its support of wars of ment in a fight on the campus against not continue in the united front. The the workers who alone form only class Further attacks on the living condi. At the present time there are about national liberation of colonial peoples. war (cach in his own way But praeitists joined in the cry Once more capable of carrying through and directing tions of the teachers are for shadowel seu organizations among the approIt must unequivocally declare ita sup the the xinutely 40, 000) teachers in New York port and defense of the Soviet Union and Mice was abruptly ended. An am the Communists, through their spokes a correct struggle against war? How Roosevelt recently announced that hy City They range all the way from a He suggests that a Teachers Welfare League through the call for economie collaboration with the tion to the betrayals of the Socialist in calling attention to the past betraya! congress which adopted the political the middle of 1933 Worker Land. This Congress must esternational during the last war, and to was not an attack on the Socialist party! position of opposition to imperialist war large share of this deficit will be made Teachers Onion of the American Fed.
tablish that the only solution to the pro prevent any future betrayals of a sim. The amendment was carried with an ad and support of the class war of the by a drastic cut in the appropria eration of Teachers in the AF of to blem of militarism and war is the revitar nature. Upon the introduction of dition that too in all who betrayed the roletariat? These questions remain to tions for education.
the Teachers Committee to Protect Sal.
olutionary one.
this amendment the Socialist delegation, working class during the war. The So be answered.
The attacks on their standards will aries organized by the Educational WorkThe statement made a profound im under the leadership of Amicus Most, cialists made a pointed reference to ADERAHBE. compel the teachers to resist. To make ers League of the TUUL. We will repression on the revolutionary elements their resistance effective they must make turn to this aspect of the situation in present. It struck the first militant clear to themselves what they are re an mrly issue.
chord in the initial stage of the consisting. The bankers, of conse, are the STAMM gress that was characterized by vagueness and confusion. It was only after the report of Donald Henderson on How nal assistance from the Left to the projrty to reduce them to impotence, it was splinters to be added to the Left wing Shall students Fight War that the concess of restoring the Right wing union enough to borrow a little from the Industrial Union? Such a course would gress began to arrive at a program and to a considerable extent, a process which Lovestone platform, and more from the not only restore the Left wing to yesresolutions. In the afternoon the sec. was furthered from the Right by the Left Opposition, and make a half turn terlay isolation and gain for it the ond day the reports of the Resolutions combined efforts of the police and the way from yesterday sectarianism. resentment and disillusionment of the Committee opened up the vital part of bosses. The Industrial Union, which The fact that the Lovestoneltes support workers, but would make the future proOn our return trip to we made, the linser Kamt and we now have a the congress. The initial resolution on started out with such great promise, was the reactionary Right wing as gainst Eress of the movement increasingly dif short stop in Chicago Cleveland, comrade in charge of the work in this the endorsement of the pledge of the reduced by the erroneous course of its the left in such a key question as the ticult. The masses will tolerate a blan: ronngstown and New Castle. The Chic locality.
Amsterdam Congress brought the first leadership to a sect embracing little choosing of the Election Objections com der here and a blunder there; they will go Unser Kamt Club had in the mean From Pittsburgh we proceeded to real discord in the Congress. The pacl. more than the Communist elements. The mittee, did not help raise their prestige forget or overlook a great deal; but they time, since its organization a few weeks Philadelphia which we made preparations fists and the Socialists protested that advent of this new situation, this new in the eyes of the serious progressive will not stand for a policy of permanent Carlier, arranged a lecture for us at for a lecture to be held at a future date.
such a resolution could not be accepted relationship of forces, was first ignored and Left wing forces. Unprincipledness blundering.
which we spoke to about fifty workers We also stopped off in Trenton, making by them if the resolution implied sup entirely by the official Left wing. Then and the opportunist game of hide and Or will the left wing utilize its victor on the Program of the Left Opposition. arrangements for lecture on the proport of all the deliberations of Amster it was ignored, despite the fact that we seek between the Right wing and the ics for the purpose of carrying ou a The «iscussion lasted til the early ram of the Left Opposition to be held dam. Upon being assured that this was of the Left Opposition did not cease to Left which the Lovestone group has contine fight for the unity of the needle hours of the morning and four workers on the fourth of January, not implied in the resolution, that to call attention to the need of orienting the played, has received a well merited pun trades workers in one union, an aim joined up with the club at this lecture. On the whole we visited over twenty vote for it meant only to endorse the Left wing policy on the basis of it. ishment. It should now be clear to all which corresponds to the needs and anti war pledge, the resolution was car. When it was finally given a grudging that the Left wing will progress in the aspirations of the harshly exploited, be tople in Cleveland and Youngstown. In We also had lectures on the same old on this tour, holding about the same number of public meetings he resoluion on the fight against the that infantile radical course of boy, only in the process of liquidating the ries on a petty sectarian game of victor members of our branch and synath had not been reached hitherto by the half recognition, the Stalinists advocated needle trades, as in every other field, derilled and split up workers! If it car New Castle we met, informally, with the which we addressed close to a thousand KOTC witnessed a second conflict. An cotting the Right wing union and isolat liquidators, of relentlessly combatting les lehind the backs of the masses, sixers. We discussed many amendment by Henderson called for ing themselves from the workers by a the Lovestone group and nullifying its it does not carry on the fight for unity facing the revolutionary movement to ideas of the Left Opposition. This was Loring from within policy and found categorie refusal to participate in what influence.
the pacifists again in protest on the basis they called the company union. At as the left Opposition has outlined it, day. We were very much impressed our first tour of the kind where we that it was unethical to join an organi one time, this sectarian madness reach Right wing union voted for the Left like a plucked flower at night. The new who are thing this plague of unemaking worker. As a result of this The majority of the workers in the then the recent triumphs will fade away with this type of workers from the mills made an effort to reach the Jewish Fiere again Henderson explained that after a call for one had been issued less one can dignify with that designa positions to demand the unification of Castle are a promise for the developed in the process of formation in St. when it is proposed to Asht it openly: ers were kept from going out on strike wing presented no concrete program, un diately make use of their advantageous Starxian arsenal. Our comrades in New Enser Kant Clubs outside of New York his amendment Implied such a tactie by the Right wing union. This surrention the general phrases concerning all the organized needle trades workers. ment of future struggles among the Louis, with small groups or individuals only where compulsory military drill in der of the workers to the mercies of the fight to improve conditions. This fact That is now the key question, directly steel workers.
the schools existed. With this explana Right wing Forwards skates, afforded speaks eloquently for the tremendous re connected with the problem of organ.
doing the work of Unser Kamt in sixtion, the pacifists finally agreed not to the Lovestoneltes their opportunity to sources available to the Left wing in the lxing the resistance of the needle trades In Pittsburgh we established connec en cities. With this organized base Bpote other progress rement congress, in act for a time as a sort of rallying reactionary unions, resources which it workers to the violent encroachments tions among the Jewish workers for the we feel confident that we will now be report on the tre disa kreement. The resolu. sround for those militants in the Right has only begun to tap. That it is an that have been made on their standards arst time. The newly formed branch able to proceed with the regular issu lon likewise witnessed a sharp discussion themselves to the policies and leadership headed theories and practises of social shall return in an early issue.
reconcile annihilating refutation of all the inarble of living It is to this question that we had an attendance of over forty workers existing clubs and preparing the grounds because of the clause calling for defense of their organization.
of the USSR, but it was nevertheless Fascism. goes without saying.
who heard for the first time what the for new ones.
The SILENT CAL SILENT workers in the Right wing union, suffer.
program of the Left Opposition was.
Defeat For Lovestonsites carried unanimously. MORRIS LEWIT.
Calvin Coolidge, who came into na. We succeeded ing bitterly in the present crisis without tional notoriety by claiming to have brokgetting sonic subs for The significance of these struggles inSYLVIA BLEEKBR.
diented that the congress would face ever whose direction the stalinist policy drove prove their conditions have turned, and presided for six years over the most The Lovestone liquidators, however, in their leaders taking a single step to im. en the Boston police strike, and then greater difficulty with the pacifists and scores of workers, did not require very socialists as the reports of the Resolu much time in which to discredit them rightly so, to the left wing movement mediocre administration in modern times, tlons Committee progressed. resoluselves. Their panic mongering their defor suidance and leadership has just died. He was the author of: tion on students rights was carried un mands for a disorganized, every man forBut it is precisely on this score that Profits and civilization ko hand animously. Shorter resolutions. against himself dissolution of the Left wing. the Left wing is defective. To retire hand. Ile was said to be a very civil the anti Semitic pogroms in Poland, en alienated from them the more advanced on its laurels, to become intoxicated ined man. With his death, his claim to dorsement of the Anti War Congress in Left wingers. Others who supported them with its victories, would mean that the silence has become irrefutably estaba Montevideo, and protest to the Chicago for a longer period of time, dropped Left wing has learned nothing from the lished.
School Board for the expulsion of Mliton away after the collapse of the notorious instructive experience of the last four Gflatsky on account of his fight against united front with Levy and Co. whom years or more. What will the Left t wing TIE MILITANT the ROTC were carried unanimously the Lovestoneltes lifted into the saddle propose to do in those locals of the Entered as second class mall matter Lelt Wing Pressure Effective of Local 1, only to be kicked in the face LGWU which have entrusted them with November 28, 1928, at the Post Office at OID FORMAT NEW FORMAT The main resolution then followed. It. as should have been foreseen the min the leadership? It is essential to from from was around this Draft Resolution that ute these petty bourgeoise eta bate polit: the official Lett wing either has to clear New York, Under the act of Vol. 1, No. to Vol. 4, No. 12 Vol. 4, No. 13 to Vol. 5, No. 51 the polltical basis for the later threaticians arrived in power. At the first the point squarely, for it is plain that Published weekly by the Communist Nov. 15, 1928 Juine 15, 1931 ened split, was laid. The delegates of serious test, as the Lovestoneltes later perspective, or else has a false perspec July 4, 1931 Dec 31, 1932 League of America (Opposition)
71 Issues TG Issues the Left Opposition introduced a resolu lamented, Mr. Levy joined handa with Live about which it keeps quiet now and at 126 East 16th St.
tion to the Resolutions Committee for the reactionary union priesthood against which it plans to unfold in a series of EDITORIAL BOARD accomplished facts.
adoption as the main resolution of the the progressive and Left wing forcea.
Order from Martin Abern James Cannon THE MILITANT congress. This resolution contained the The discreditment of the Lovestoneites, What Will Left Wing Do Now! Max Shachtman Maurice Spector 126 East 16th Street, essential political points of the state an inevitable product of their whole Does It intend to utilize its leading Arne Swabeck New York City ment Iosued by Spartacus Youth course, is revealed in their crushing de nositions in the Right wing union for SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1989 Clubs. Attached to the resolution was test at the recent elections. For the the purpose of breaking away little Vol. 6, No. Whole No. 148 The Left Wing Victory in the Unser Kamf» Tour Concludes with the Launching of Worker Clubs led!
at in BOUND VOLUMES of the MILITANT 10 the