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t··.··r ;· ~ ...• ',.~!:::~·:. fhe T;JU.blicat1en Ot Cemrade Shaehtman'e ai.rcular, "~e lfrong Et~"~ · · ··-~ (Bulletin ot th• lf,P., Vol. 2, :ro,J, A:oril 21, 1947) makes 1t ""ooaoacy tor the ~- n membershi-p to conaider seriously the d1st1not11')n b.et'fleeon petty--bo~trt;rois poli-~·- ·~~!- tieo end Bolshevik politics. ·

~e h7steria, !oar and ~error ~hich the Majority leaders heve instilled into the membera and their dissemination of' atrocity stories about the Sl'P nre thP. TE~r:r worat prPnaration for thP grPat tasks MPe:d. The-y claim that tho S~'I'P ia slandf'r!n~ and has alanderrd them to t.h(O 51'/P mPmbrrnhin. At this nto.~ all such mattPrl'l. could ho.vP bPPn taken U'!) with thC' 51'1P laaderOhip cc..lmly end. :firmly. ~hP nrPoent !,l(triod should1 b:o.vr bl"t:on usE>d juJ.1c1oualy to reT1e\<f' our own ?Eu~t. snd, nbcvC' all, to rlabors.tt" our contribut1nna ~o :oarty bui1din1!. Th~:~ ,t'rut;"~lP for unity is only e :nrrparation. ThP rre.l :Problcrm o:t' buildi.r..g the mass rr-volutionary ~arty 'bl"gin aftr-r unity snd drmand a pr·riod o ... ~ intr-gration durin~.!= which mutunl con~id-ancEI 19 Pstablish~d on all eid~s. l:1ly Utcroians \fho lmow no thin~ of thP histr.ry of BolshPVism. cen. b<'lirvr. that 2000 will bCconlf\ 20,000 in ih"' clesoq strugglE' "\fithout uphnavels, oonflict·t~~, faetionn, g'l'ou:pings. Pte. That ie th~ ~ th<' yrolrtariat lrarna, diffP~nt l~rrs comr into action, victorire and .dflff'late occur and shar!> and suddrn cho:agrs B.l"(' DC"Cf."B~~arY• As the cla·sa at~glP d!'-Vf'I!O!)B, thr.orrtical -oroblrms arP. illwninatod, old ·:f'orceB 'tire, fi('V onra r~e'rgro. In1tC"ad oi"'. prl?parlng th,. ZUC'mbl".rahiy,. for t~ls. with thr; erriou,ne"sa and for('cight of Dvlah\~vll-' ·lcad.er.1, th,.. Majority lC'4J~%'sh1lJ h·aR it yri-ltng. and serPaming about the coming st~gle e1ver democratic ·r·igh.ts and·, :

· ,. !onrf'ul ot: the bureaucratized, •eem6-Stalin1at• pnrty•ot tll<o 8li!B and-o:r'.ihe • d.e~:o:.:.machiriationa. in. which. Cannoni~t! ~olitice r~:~part.~dly .. conniste ... -· I~ .. ~8 ,a·,, ...

>"'•~hafileful, scandE~loue, an_d utterly degrading prii~Pdure and wea7.ens the riJOT~merit .: at;· a crt tical otagP in ito devPlopment.. ..··.::.·•"'

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:Set ore the !irat New York membership meeHnto: on unity """ held1

Comrade ·ShechtmBn knew· the oontonto · ot the lrxrt lPtter end r~norted them to tho ·pc·. r,

J~hnnon and ForPst euthoZ.ized the PC. tn m&ke the neo~sseey corr~Ct:bno4 Sbl!.t:>~.:·. : 'rnB.n' did BO in his speech. Comrade Forent asked. for and rPoAi'Ved· aPocial:,time. '

,. at· the meeting in ·ord.Pr to 'giTP an acco\11'\t.of' B.ll nngotia·t.inn!l, dieeusB10:a.s, ·-: e'tct I ConCerning bit)'" in ,which John~on· ancl Forest ~P.l'P invblvbdt 1'

Subaeauently; th• PO obtained a copy of' the "X" lettnr and deoid•d \o broad.c~st, in dinlo~tic' l&ngua~e. thzlt Cannon was· a liar.: It Wanted t:c pl~.e·

:-: J'ohns~n. and Forest in a :oDsit1on Whel'e they would bavr to· t!l.ke. their· shaJ;'E' in·· calling Connon a ll.~r. Juat a sten aheed ~e.e. the '>Ossibility that b'oth C&nnon. a_nd,: Johnn.on-and' .ttie secrPtary or the CIO would sll be. calli~ each OthPr liars. ·a~d '·er.poRin~ "llots end countPr-plota. ·

For ·the corr~ction of el"ror, JohnSon end Fore at wrrp r,:.ady. But· they··weZ.e det•rminPd to lPnd no •ncour~•m•nt to tho polioy of' diacr<'diting ;oolHiceJ. ·

''on'9oni!nts ·as· a substitutP tor 11ositiTe :politicnl !)Os!tiona. HP.nc~ whF>ri. it 'we.~ tirst ~ro:oosPd in thP PO that thA IIXtt lrttrr be :r~u.bliRhf"d, ForPst, in ·the absettcP of Joluison, ooposrd thP ';lttblioation or tht=~ lr.t.tPt·- lTPvri"th!'lf}s_R,. ·the

·po rPquestf1d Johnson to write Cann'»l a lrttPr. l~orPOW'r, thr tlf'.Tt day,, this · :1-t"iquPBt, along: with thr nx11 lrttvr, was made kno'm to thfl mrmbr•r.ahi!) in~ ·""q· ..

that lPft no alternotivn but to PntPr into tho. :n10tUl'F'·· 1fr dtd an inn triaimrr calculatPd to do thP lPoAtL possible harm. to' our movrmcont. \fr· arnt· our lN;ter tci Cl<innon 1111d attachrd to it our report to the FC D.lld to ~ho membership_ Ci!'. our .pert in th• unity nor.otiation•• 1fo ar• r"queoting 'thr PC that th•ao oncltaurrs alao bP. publlshnd •. 11o r.avn thP PO a oop;y of' the lnttor and onoloourro sent · ·

. ~ .. to aaim&n. l!Urth•l'lll~rr, wo l~t 1t 'b~ mom t~t w• oonoidol't'd our..rii.aiu>nootb1il.'tlf dieahar~•d and that wr would not ask tor thr lrtter to b~ Jlllbl1obrd. · wlshrd to nu'blioh, that waa ita buain•••• It it wlohrd to annr1RP th• m•mbo;ro ot 4t and thP mrmbrra d~ma!ld~d publication, that too was lto-rrcponoibility, · The lrttrr h the prnp•rty of the PC, W• vantrd no part l.n k<'rpl~ th~ JtUOB-

tion allvr. II~ havr anal,yers that '" shsll IIIAkc pubUe. !To ••·• .will have to ur~• ua to nublish th•••• They will consiat of thr rl~orous analysis of tho drvrlopmrnt ·or thr WP tram 1940 to the present dO¥ in which we ahall chew st•p bT at•p the political and or~ani•ational de~n•rntion ~ich va havr fought unintPrruotrdlY tor ~ix yParR.

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Zh~ vholP proordur~. of Shachtman from 1940 to today is to.obscurP his polt­t ~ce:~. vaoillat"2."ons end thP unclPer nolloil"A or hia own cam'l by quf"stiona of' i·g:-u·.!nP pa?ty democracy". This iG thf' corruption of cur mt>mb('rshi:n. In· bour­gpoiH aocinty. rvrey trick. is usttd to prrvPnt the workPre ee~in&' the !)OlitiCal iA~U!'L< clParl.T and act!~ tlccordtngly. Bolshr.viam. tor its lifrt mu.st do tbe ~c!litP. lie shall do C"vrcythin,g e.t our disp_osal to mal« the mrmbf"rshi:rJ see ~:lft ,,;.-. ..,.· coursP of "thP Majority a1 cllmaxPd. in this cal,l!}'atgn is thf> t'nrmj of'

· t:lFir CJllrctivP snd individual dP?Plon:nPnt a8 l!f'~ious rr-volut1onariP83 Many, .... oi t"nr!Il knoW' no bPttPr. ZbPy c~P to_ 'thr movPmPnt wishing-to l,.arn. It ·ia· __ tiinc .·~­t.hry t;t ~~ipi?d 'to ·loc;:~l': ';:he~ th'!"::f .a~ c;.,l,,a:, to _think, to come to ooncluoions, :ru]df to act.. "' - -- cc'-"''

• ThP \i'P lP&dArshitJ ·has flolnmitted ~ crimPu_-a;s.inut our· movrmPntt" ·,,,.,~ .. s.~;.- t:J'JnPUVC"r "'ith th(' scand9.1, thP- WstP of timP, thE',_ divPrB~t'n ot· r.·~·-~·n-: 1~.m_ ruld Pnargirs of tbf. UaPmbPr&, thP :9D&B1:blf' Pmbittr-MP.nt .. of rel~·~~<>n~.') ~,_;i';,,i-: t.'·;.roul;hwt ibP IntPrnationBl, thf' political df'nade.titm involvrd .c,:"'J 'f ~o::rp .brPn. undPrtakf'lti--at · thio timp- b:r daa'par8.~e ~oliticie:rifi . a"s· the cl~Ul!l1C Q.; S:":"':-1 yPo.ro of i;lolitical ~islnt('gration.

'::>J,ey, tho WP ·11v~• accordill2: to the following evaluation of conto;~,h~·~~/i~t't; P"!1,.:.on: ... Tho Stal11J,il=lt r,.gime .ls bureaucratic colleotiv1at,t~;a:~~::a~;!:~~'~"! in ii.llP.d b;y a clioU.e vhich practices· .the l~ader-cult, holds dow the !l!;IA!1Ps', miaeducateS· them bY, to'rce and- decroptioil ·end bUrPaue·ratinally .milm!,-'".1<::; ?•';',~~~ t!.:.l3:n. '.rhe Staliniq't 'D.art.1fn.~ are .total~tBr.ian 1>art-i~ih The;y too•.,~a.~r;•,;.~i;~~[.i&J(li which practic~ the 1o8der-cul t, dec• ive . the baakltard me.ss•• arid b

. :nani,ulate them. The Fo;urth Int~rnational is led by a clique lihicu is l)oc1ret' of CanTlon,·· thfl leadrr, Yilo oeceivea hla fOllowe·r!l and burf'nttqr3t =i.nlllatPs them. The SWP ·i.e. lod by a oligue .which practiceo the~~~·::~~:~::·', nnd misPducatn 8.114 burer.ucratically manipulntts- thr m•rnbrrahi.P• Forrst Minority ia lod b~ a clique whiCh_praeticea >he lpnder-cult, ita beckvard tollo-w•.r• oud burPaucraticall,y IWiipulates th•m• Implicit, nlvays only implicit, in-thio world-Wide analyoia is the ide~ that it'i• b•cauoe thelf lack po""r that tl).o rourth ~nt•rnationel; lhe Sll? end the Jolmson·~' Forest Minority have not compl•ted the de~nors.tion which 1m?>•••• its· bu''""u:.:.'"'' cratio manipulation• on the backWard. wrkrra b:r torce.

'• counteract theae ·~~raoucracioa• and "cli~u••" Shaahtmanh~• All typ•• of revolutiooarira are welcome. Their rall,yiiUl cry 1a not r~'Yo:Lui;lalli:.: ary aotiv1ty'lllliah ia not f111table for the baohtard muo... H 1o not mobili2at1on of ihe parties for tho task' of tran.oformin« into: ~srti••· For tbio th•· small, inaigaiticant pa;tleo.aro ~~·be. tho ob,leotiVP oituation. Tboir rall,yin& cry 1A .•aoomool'loo:i·U ll>•inoso lR. antl'-Stal1n1sll, ailti"Oannoriiam, anU-Johnoontom,· ·~~~:~;,~!:;~!{,~1~ w1.it.loo.l ..... am 1a e:i'l>oau,... ~ .tho 41ahonn\:r, ··aupliGi~V awl b

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m~thode of :pol1tlcal opoononh; 'by thia mP&nA to pffeot ·the' enU~IhliODme:ot. du,•d, dnluded end baoh1ard follol'ero ai to tbP. Un""lil>bilit.y -leaCI<Brll• ThP or~Dizatio~nl force of th1s'politioal.act1vity i• the •c.nr~~. th~ ori~inal contribution of Shaohtman to thP :polltidal ideas of the Fourth IntPrur.tionel. This, str1p"led of all decoration, iA thr R"Ceoinl 'Dnl1t:'4·cel ~tmot:mherr of thf! liP. · '

ThP nrrePnt caumaltm o..~ainRt Johnqon iR mPrt'ly thP olime.x of a political d•g•n•rotion >-hlch begen >lith the birth of thP liP. In 1940, thP then SliP Minority accust>d the Sl& of 11burr>aucratic conaE'rvtttir.mil. fhP infPri'nCt' wna clear. ThP 1'1?, by drmoc·rl'.tic dynrur.ism, \•IOUld &hot·.• ho"' to 'bui.ld a !Je.rt;r. TbP. l'l? 1PadPrA hr.d thC' confidPnc,. end all~,;ienoP of a m""mbrrRhin whose f>fforts, devotion end readi!le-sq to O'f.l1iOSf' the ·bo'.lrg~'>oi~iE" stand RPcoitd to nonr in our movPmPnt, when all tbP circumstnncPo of sooie.l oriB"in And specific conditions in thP UnitPd S:tPtPs are takPn into cOnrJ~drration, But tht• prouonrntR of dPmor.retic dynamism havr shot~ thPmsrlv~s· to br a colosoal !ailur~~ ~h~y havP no prropPc­t1YPa of any kind, In 194{) wh•n they hoped to de:nonotnt• thPir pe.rt7-bu1lding ca?acit1Fn, they rtE.llird behind a Busnian position CO!l.RiRti!l~ of all Bortn of­diverRe PlPmPnts ",ihich lS.ter divided into thP thrrP W:ading ;JOttitione in the 'WP, including that cf' the \\'.P 1Unor1ty. The rPal burdt>n of the ·e.tte.ck, how£lVF'%" 1

~'P.s tbeo lPad.er-cult; thP clique, burt'e.ucrati"m, duylicity, r.tc, Notl in 1947, when their. perspcctivts of pn.rty~l;!u_p.d,ing; l\r~" nil, thry placr thP. whcle rPspon­sfbility u;pon the prolrt.ariat nnd Stc..lini!Jm, It io illll!Osaiblo to ·blame nbureeu-··.

·.c::s.tic consr.r .. -atism", Tbrr • .,fotr, "burt>aucr2.t1c Co::..serv~t!Bm" beeomPa thP·- _ : <-•;':'~~'0~ "Oureaucretic junglr~'~, end for the im_prl"adonistic e.ne.lyaia of tbr .Ru.sr;_ian-.-~t~te. or 1940 ls substituted tho improssionistic tmalysh of the Stalinist parties: ·.,,·,•.{;'c>"ili!

Fer morP then· in l9Uo,· thP l"xposurr of th~ ~liqur.s, lradci--eulte, ~ ~·r:·-:~: t~E' · sheml"'!ul ·crimPs of nell tiCel opporie>ntJJ h,;a bfl"eorn_r-· th~ .. m<'!Ulc 'W'h{!rE"b7: th~ ·; "cedrf'-" ia hPld togrthPr, This 1a thr Bolshrvism of th~" lr-adera·· of·. the- .. , i'( >r~:er;B Party. · It ts· thP le.s~ rPaort of bankru-ptc:r. !l'he l,'t'P lradt'rsh1~)1ai0.ws -~!l_e.( · .· itt; uniaur contributir.ms to Me.rxiem er£' do·oml"'d.. It· SfiPks to save -.i.ts Rusnian~ ': .'t'oBitim-i. which is bPing OVPrwhrlml"d by. stetP. C_ap1talisin, by Mrrotd::-.g 'thr : ,~ · ... ,·.·. "·'''" Rus•3ian question dl)wn. to onP. Of' dC'f'l"nsism o:c- donf~=>Etium. It }.:.:nowo truit ·one~· "''"''"··· :a e. unified. party within the United Stet•s, th• WL": of the mrl!lbersh:!.o will'·< ....

. discard· thC'· cnncrnta cf rC"t·rogrc-cni,nicm, no rP.7olutirm~ry :itc.ntio.n ..... i1th0ii't_. a·=:~:;;~:. rPyolutiOnery ·:oei.-ty, ~i-cioval of tht~ Socialist· United St~tri; of· '!!I~:::"'. !rQl:l~t.l'"~·~. ,,_.,.,,"" ten of thP ot"d.or of thr dey, ote. t'tc. HPnce, th•·· frantic charP.ot,..r· o.r its~:·

· e.ttPia:Pts: to smt:"Er e~l it~; cypon:rrits as thP .primary. !loliticel c"em!)e:igti.:iT.. _tbP.:.' lar~t ff'W m,nths of it~ P.Xistt'DC~"• ·· ' ·

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Sbachtm!Ul's unique contribution to pol1~1cal thinl-:1:'11:, callrcl·.';·The Wrong Road 11 ~o.ins 1t'3 solr political colnretion_ fr.om tht" quotP.tinn& he cites !rom . ._Tohnson. In hiR anxiety to f'ntablirth that l'tr.,: thr stett"'-C£'.n1tal1ntas he.ve .. antPrPd in.to an unnrincinl~="d bloc t1ith Cennon; thr{ Workrrs-Rtatiat~ ."she.chtine:n ·., throws all caution· to tho wind end rocklrssl:r htroducea at this time, ·-~h!'ll thr tva pe.rtiPR e.rE' about to br unitrd, such _"phrnsPa n8 ."oppoo1 tr aidna ot the.: · barricades", 11 I nhoot in onr dirretion and ynu ehoot in anntbPr.· 11 All thi3 is dono b)' a :pr1riciplrcl men out to e.rouso tho sus:oio1ons of tho JobnaO!l-Forrat. !Unority that its leaders aro introduoin~: a 11littlo. ohangr11 - to court .the.SliP. Contro.ot this to the sobr'r e.nd srr1nua mnnnor 1n which Johnftan c.nd !ornat ·· stP.te thrir differrncra on tho Busaian quostion in thoir lsttrr .t.o Oannonc

'· 11Thr Minority would likr to clarif:,o also it. a po~it1on· en tho · llnAaiAit••.quaut1on. In our opinion tho diffrroncos on .thr .Buss ian·

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~uestion ~o very deep ruod it hea been clear to us for a long tim~ that thP1' flnOrr"ach u-:Jon thP. ~enrral pol1t1ca of thP. Intrornation.ol. "HOw'eVer; ao. lon~ P.B our narticU.le.r strug~le was devoted mo.inly to rPsiRtance aP.ninst and eT.9oeur,. of the '90lit1cal ,.,oeltior£s of thP. WP, we di.:l. not emuhaa:!.ze morP. thnn wes nPceasary our differflnceB \l.'ith the Inte!'­netional, Now, hown-vrr, that unity, in our oninlon, ia assured, not only in thr u.s. but in the IntPrnat1onel as e. whelP, tie ,ronost:· to mnkl" VPl"'J clPar to th€' IntP.rn.ational what nrr thP. conePqucnl~ns of whet WI" considri· to bP thnir PntirPl.y 1'Rlero :oosi tion on the Rua.::ian auestion. In the SliP circular 1t io otatrd thr.t tho line ot the · Fourth IntPrne.tionel has br-Pn 'hrilliz>ntly annl,v:P.PC, in thP nrw thn!'H:HJ of GP.rma!n on thP. Russian quration 1• !n oa~ oninio1, thP thPBPB of G-Prmain r,..'l')rPsf"nt a sPr1oua blow to o'.lr movc-lnP.nt, ptt.:oticult>rly br.ceusr thra,y us~ a mC'thod enCl. arrive nt CO!lcluolona which "'A cannot for one mom~nt cono~i~r. es brin~ ao~rptablP to ComrsdP Trotsky, ~is thP JUnority nro..,oors t• rXprl"'ss in no Pquivocal tPr!19• 3ut at thP sPmP tlmr> tiP Wish to Elffirc our cona~~dPrrd nolitico-l jUdem('lnt, \":hlch is thet in th~ u.s. th~sr cuPst!on~ cannot ~d sh~lld not be ellowc-d to diorunt tht=> 'Work of buliding thA AmPrics.n Party."

. . ... , i'hP Johnson tpndroncy, which 81o0sP~fi-Ciztt its !{nr.:t1!1t oriticlsm

:oooition on .thf'l Russian qU€'st1on. nPPdS no lPSRons on blocs fr-om Oomrnt!,o ... iSl!•~~~~<''>;,c nen. In 1941, WP .rPfUsed a bloc with the defeatist, CertPr, agai~at the dltional-dPfcnsiat, ShechttDM., on the ground that thn C'artrrito brend ·.of Bureeucratic Oolleotiv.is:u which posed the question o~ o. third altnrnetiva rr.J~rc-, : trntr.d thP grPater deViation from Mel'xism. Tode..y, in ·.thc:- Uni t,:o.d Sta.tna· ce.tpgorically r('>fuso to me.kf! a bloc with ShachtmP.n '\·1hosr :SurPaucratic uc!u.ocn~,

.vtam.hto.s bocome indistinguishable from that: of Crtrt('lr-rlnrrPtt.:· AR to tntt"rnetione.lly. we aak: n~featism.for what? FOr ci-1t1cal su....,'Oort. to ~;.~:of.;~ .. leJczk? FC'i- the proposal,. at ·this Btt".~r of !urrroeon drvrlo"pmnnta, o~ the.Europeen sections of tho Fo~rth Ihtcrnt~.tione.l _into· the r....,spoctivP DF.mocirl'tic "'e.rtire? Or for thP mobillzetl'n of thf' I!WB9P.S in vorkera co'llll:l'it~.·,~••zi'(, p£'~.f!ent ·aommtttrP.s, Yith ~hf' pr.rl:\ptct!vrt nf wo:rkcra !11)\o.'r.r.e..nd th~ S:1ciP-l.ist· U'nitf'd S.tP.tf"a of Europr? If tho Rusai~:n qureti.,n wrrro E qU<"3tion invnlvitig :pract1cel e.ct1v1t.ios t;'-f lE:..rgf numbf"r4 or thr prolC"tarie.t l"'..r..c'l thrrrfoi-r .thn . :prlicticol ectivitioa of tho port;;. unity woul<". bo itMoosibloo Until thn qUPstinn is e. thcorPtical · qUPRtion. We rrmind thr :c?f:.rty ~f whet 'Wr. our £1nP.lys~s o'f tbr 41ff('lrrnt trnd.e-~cif"s t'ln t~,.. RuaRicn qU.csti'"lnt

"~he ll.inority hero e~tirms thet ony Merxist :party ·which govorne its pre.ctical •>olitioe b7 the theoroticel' p<•repoctivo of ·bureaucratic c,llC>at1v1s!ll as e. 1 third s.ltrmRtiw•'' to ce:cltallnm ..,r at:~cialisro a) r~"pudi;otr.o M~rYia!i1 wh1ob is be.3~d tr11m tOp tl') -bl'ltt!!n., On thE.' dual-·: lty t'l! bourgPI')iaiP and pr~lotariat as c~ntf'lnders r~r maotrry in-m~d~rn iodietr, b) leeds inevit•bly to tampering with the fundamontvls o~ :Bolshevik strategy. !!'he result at thr very best c-.1 be only thP . atrPngthrnlng of. bourgPI'Iis-dr.na.,cratic illuei.,ns in th~·pArtY' and ·in the JDE>.scea." (Stf'temcnt ·~! thp J,hnson· MinoritY on th~ Origin, Charf)ctr~· llnd~ PP.repcctivEm ,t thn J'lhnsnn Fe.ati,n, Bullf'tin, V"''l.l, No. 16, P• 29)

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Ft'lr ~~ars no ""~nG hP.s brPn abl~ to ~~t a w~rd ~t l')f ShP.chtm8ri on of rotrngroseion Which dirtiod tho pagos nf tho PI month nttor month. d£7, J~hnsnn ~nd th~ perty wait 1n vein tor thr rcsnlutinn ~f th~ b~ *'-rioen 'lunstion, a now draft .nt Which wea cubtdttrd t•• tho 19~6 Co·nV~Ii~'>•i''·"-'"'''cE nn t~ a~rhin~ ot tho d~ ~f ita edoption. ~ho ~crty waits f~r n rna"•'•••·•~

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C'ln tbfl ltPgr~ quen~i"~n tnt"' "1411ch ia. tt"' be inc(\rp~ratedtthe rest'llitii"n .,:(!erg. The I11t~rnat1onal ""1ta 1n vain :f"r soma gu.1cianoe nn the jungle that h the the':"ry ... f bureaucratic c.,llectivism. In all thesf'l que.ati~nr., the lett.d"rehip baa bE".Pn silent, ha11 bPtm silF~nt f"'!tr years. A ho!>E!leas c;oni"llBi"~n besets the !le.rt)" , as t~ ~mPth~r unity is desirable because the ~bjectlve situatl~n nnd th~ radicel­izntinn ?f the messes demand that 111e Di"~bilize ">ur f':lrcee to bulle!. the party: r-r wheth~r unity is n~cess&r,y in vie111 of the pelitteal sta~ati~n in tho ~nited Stot~s. S11Pnt ~n ell these fundamental questi,ns, the ~arty leederShin J~a !ut~ its element and sets the st~e f~r its rP-sl p~liticn - what J"'~~s~n sr.ld t~ Cann~n aftPr thP pl~num had takP.n its decisi~'~n. Ion't this th~ dr~~ng ~f the party into thP mud? ~~ nn v~1ce ~r ~r~test g"~ing t~ bP rnis~d7

Pr~cisely beceuae Shacbtmsn!g p~litica c~naists nf n~thin~ P.l~P but e~~s­urP~ "Jf burPaucracy and di~h"'nPsty, he mu.st Tf 1~rd. o.ny B':lber statflment fli "n~'~li ti­cal ~rPement' ~r disagreement as· a bandb1g flf p~litic~l lin~ nr a onpitulati~n. As a substitute fnr u~l1tical pnsitl~ns which can bP jud€Pd by the vanguard in :rt~J.ati"~n tl't the pr,lP.~P.riat as a tlh"~le, h~ pursues a :O~'~licy ·.,f. deetr~"~ying lila '•U'l')t-nenta by attacking them in subjectivf'll t&rcs es burea.ucrt"tic. di:!hnnflnt. 'and d.f.cF.ptive:. As he judges ·thE'· w,rking claos pr;o.liticully lll'il13'S as backWC!rd and in terms ,.,f defPat, s•' he carries r:~n his p"::litics·'.lithin th~ frf'..mawnrk ...,f·disil­~"Jq.i~"~nmE"nt and rejE"ctifln by .the .'1'/">rkip'.g .. .olass .r.f pnlltic2l·lPedership in l(enPral. 2.'n the name nf demncndy, hP se~ks ·t;:;·raily ar"~und himself 'all wlio have a d!s­n~ttat of' the leadership f)f the Sl'I"F and the ·IntP;-neti1z:.eJ. but wh.., h~Y'e .nf"l 1lOl1'U<>aJ. r1fd tinn c~ceo:pt thE"ir grievent:Ps !!.!!;d. dl:dlp'O"'intmeD.ts.

~lith nr'l pnlltice.l P"Bitlons mtlch can llin decisi;r:ely in tho c'>urse :'Class. Btrug~le~. Sh5.chtman. can think 11nly in tf!rms of 11hungPrn for bl(ICs' ba1rp: an illDTIP.diatp practical value in is'>latlng an '(IP:t,mmt• S" lightl'Y. d.oes lu(/->,,.1;; te.;.:e hie nwil pnlitical 'T?neiti,..nR ~hat he erum"'t PVFn imtleinP t}lat othcre:.· W·1uld· e:,ry ·''''""

,t.o t.he. politice.l· trnuble. o:£ undortekirig a sori"lls collaboration to··~truggle [!gainst them. 'b"hen Ct'!nt"rr'lntP.d. ~ith such a pneAibllity:, lie d~as n~:t.: f:'v:eli'· b.~t:her~ t":: deny that he is revisi~'~nist. In his tP.rrnr e.t being isole.ted~_.···hp···can· milY· · try t, drivf> a WE"dgP bE'tWelln h!s pl'lli,1c21 .rry>pnncnts by· B"\dng mutUal:. d!Bti'l18t~~. :e·c·r what nurtlose:. So hP can win "'UP. r;f thPm t'l his t;~\m political Uncit:\.,.,ris? !!e.rdly. H~c · p'lli ti~e.l pt)aitirons e.TP mPntinn":d I"Jnly i_n pr:.asiilp,., RB.th~'l' l:.>.:-.;:,t~· r.r: \:'luld lilt9 tn achi.Pvr is the winning ~f Cann"'n nr· thP Jnhns"l!l Min!'>rity t.n· hib. 11 r1,.ht wq". of making ll",li tiosj euphPmistically called "a high· mruo:l.oum 'n:f fionlllr.-· nesa and mtua:t und.etAtand~ng." FrenknnfJs and mutuel unde;ost~din$ rm )dlStl' ?olitical di!fP.rP.noes? Hardly. lt5.thPr frenknl?so 1n FX"O<:'s\lr~ end C"'untFir-:·. ClX,'O~"~DUrP nf. ·evPry stPp in n~g.,tiati~'~ns. The memberahi,) must br C"~!tttilu..,.J.ely .­infr;rmt':'d rJf C'VPI"'J dinegrPPmPnt\ littjt'r !'It- min~'~r, PV"r:f ttc,..·n.rtdPnti~l" lPttPr, WI'UL.·• .. -­

it dP'v"'tPa all its enPrgies t, nnthing t-lsc but S'Q£1C:Ulat1..,ris· and Ouspiainus ·' l;)rnbinga ..,f. mntiVPn ·and intrntinns~ and U.."ltil it r~gardB any judici..;u.e and: 11rm l~fdership as ~rt:~s.ucre.cy end oliq_UiRm, "exclusivPly C:t thP tl'.lp. n.· Prncticcl .. . cnllebnratl.,n is necesse:cy in "~rdrr thl'.t thf> mrmbPrs "will be ablr. t"i cheek wi~h ... ·. P.ech 'lthf'r ,n. 'atnrieel tbet B.r(' c1rculat.in~. 11 liith ·such I! 11 righi .. wey" • the :B~"~lshE>'\fik party is t" bP trained tn fiP,ht P.~ainst thr b~"~urp.-\',lslr•

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1.. cnnsidrrrd political· jud~ont in :>ur .Aolorioan :iesolutinn nf " ;rrnr. ~n, vbon .. ·' ·. · ·: > unity:w~s n"~t en 1mmrdie.tt' pOrspectiv<'• end C!V~"n b1•f.,rr thfl 'Sl'I'P !'lC.bnratrd!it~· Arllf":ticrn rPel\lutinn.

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"Tho Socialist W"rkers Party hes hc.d ~n,. inrotirnabl.c advnntagf" r,vrr thf' lhrkcrs PP.rty in that in ge-neral, end in :)t.rticular in its trcl'-tmcnt f')f interrmti."mal news, it sh~"~Ws n"t .the fD.intest traaf' 11f 'rPtr~"~gressi~n and pleoPB itsnlf bf!f~rr tho Ancricr.n w~rking class as the> Trntst.yist :;wrty t')f the s'"~c:ialist rP.voluti""~n r:.t h"'~mc and nbroad. }!"'t nnly in rf"te·U,..n t" Eur.,po but in rrleti"':n t., thr TJnitcd States tho S\<'P pr''}:'Jf't;!'.nda is in the full ~rntsl'}"iet trfld.itif'J:l in tbe.t 1t is c'ln&­cinus·· always nf the chE".lll"ng"C' t"' the b'1UTCC'"''ie flrdcr c"ntD.ined in "tibo agr1"13Sivf octi,ns -.f thr prolPtP,.iE>.t. Th('> SWP C"l~stPntl:r makrs the AmPl'iCf!:tt workers aw~rC' flf the C"'Din~ ll'10ir.l rC'V~"~lu.tinn in the UnitPd st~trs.tl

At the timr. this prnvC!.i t., Shachtmen that 't.'P h:cd "cn!):itulP.tl"d tn Cann"~nium". P.nd ~h~.t thr.r"c:f~"~rr:o El "ce.dr,.n_ WE.s n("cPsaPry-. The sc.:~~ Shnchtm~>n, Wh!"', in the ~rt"-COnvFnti·m p('ri,d Wt;;O cn.xi~"~us t·!l prt'lve .the CP..pltu.le_tf.,n f'lf Jnhnsnn til Ce.nn-.n!sm, n~"~\'1 e:morgpa es thE' dc:f'endr.r nf thP nf')liticel- di:f'fC'rPricrs of J.,hnsoli end 70rC'ot with Oe.nn"~n. ThP r.,lr "~!1:~of pnl1._tical d1f'ferencee~e.tis:·,~;:~:,7'~~,;~;; nne lf"est suited tn Shachtman, the ·-·~ muddlPr nf p"lliticel-.,.., We dn n"~t need your hf"lp in .this CnMrade Sh~ru1trnnn. Events and p1li influence and deere~ thE• rerls.ti,ns between the -J"~hns.,·n-F..,rPet Hin.:lrity,

·.and the CIO, not ;rour nett;r-)Jolitice. \(a of th• !linorit;r would be gUilty the ~tmost stu~14ity if we oleimed that we kn~w h~w the' meaa r~V..,lutinnar,r pP.rt;r .in the United States w!H bo built. llhet l<e !mow i£ thet the \•IP ~!ejn.rJL~~;~~ljj f\mdamentel prf"misflB are -wr(')llg e.rid·· thot 'We heve nur ·cnntributinn t11 Jneke :~~- riht 'Jtnnw ~h., will· be .nn .. whioh side and l.ilen1 ~.,hE.t will btJ:_.th~ sil\(~~ .. they will che.nge. J.ll thP.t is bPf11re Uft n"'~W• \te 'lf· th~ J.t:in . ..,rit;y will Ward our v;~ws at ·the J.[~ with Bnl8hP.Vik'vig"''r end full ~r on~~id~nc~, bn~·:·~·d·o;·;~ .e~cit~ment· that- tit leSt the ~1fied m"~vell!ent in the u.s •. \'l'ill ·a_eVel~_Y midst of n redicali~ed Wl'>rk'.ng class, and that its mnj!'lr .c"~n.flictB and <11U1CIO~;• .

. tiP's, will truce place r.~n the American questirm U!id~r thF! iru!J2-Ct nf the" gr••stiPOt ·u..,ciel f'lrce the wcirld has evP.r seen--the Americe.n :r,rr'llPtariet _which has . lust lif.tPd U:O its hf"B.d and. iS ste.ring the Ame:ricen bnurg'f'~iS~G in tbH f~CB, : queetinning ev••r;rtbing it bas bitbcrt.) .accepted, · ·

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· Shachtman aponds a·_'greM deal ·,f 'space flfi the su;9:9nsed crimiYiel1iy(·Of tb.~ ·. blno with Cannon again•t revisionism of the t;rpe of tho IXD e.nd i>f SbR~htmr..n •. ' lie.s ovt~r such byp..,crisy e1Jd. stupidity! First ..,r· all, thcrP was nn blr"'I. 'xn ·ou.;. et.'l·nvPrset1·r.·!l;.ll ·1i th Cnnr,nn we talkC'd ab'lUt our h ... stil t ti tr) bureaucrat"ic· ·collect~-: viem, tn thP de.moors.tic ~"litioe.l rf"vnluti.,n, t,, cvflr;Ythirig onnnecteci.. with:. rPtrqgrrss1nn. But if therf" WPS a bloc, thPn whet? Dnf"snlt fvf"ryb~dy kn"~W that Jnhtis..,n nnd F"rPst ere mnl'h'l f"nPmics of thcsP c~ricepts. l!P.ven't m1b..;·:,,· lhbod it fer end widet I!orr· it ie egein. lfo e.rn the irrooonciled this r.nd in thE' Intf'rnr~ti"'nctl l.f:")VI"mPnt Wf' shall f,rm a bl,c r.P,ninat wb,nm we·l>lrea~, when vr p1NuU", whcrr we plN:.ar. .lY'a he.tP it; drB!)i8f'

.:hcl.!. .ete_~ ,!..,~n it 'Wharc-ve>r w~ cen .. All_wh, l')pnne(' this arr_ ru~.~~~:~:~~~::]::~:~t.~·'·:·i'o' elliPB', .ali 'flbn auppnr':i this "~r l:lley with it, arC' ,·our p-llit!Crl· it 1• ·p?aoiblr to ditforrntiatr oursolvre frnm Silachtm<·n n11d hie datcatiet !.l!lprrtioionistic I>"litico r.nd his nr~Mizetionp~ alnn.ddr~:r~n~!~~~·;;"tj~J'/;:;;f.~z)

·.-. eh21ll dn. R!'h Ti'crtaJ7', ovpn ni'trr aharactC'rizirig thC' thr,on· SWP M pott;r-bourgrnio n~~oeitinn, fought tn r•tain it within thn In.t•'rn''tl.on~l.

haTn fought for unit;r end will continuo to dn en brcnuso nf t~·~·~~:1~;~~::!:r~:~ tb<> objoctivr eit~mtion in tho linitPd Stet••• . Wo bRvr bran. t .. l!<'t -t.h• IM'mbrrt!hi1> nwe;r tro"'"b bt ""1rJl"ti,g Md e.em"rnlhing "''''.'.\,,,.;,,,,,

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thelarg•r ert'na ot. the un1£iod !I!roh!<;Yi.at Move mont •. lfe ho.vo tclt -~Ji;,:t. It ne~ds thia guidenco end 1'urthor npportunit:r ~--'lean; thr,n tho Minority cc><'!Uld r,l.vo·u;

Untortunrtrq, tho SliP lredor~hi!' be~,.. its oharo ;f roellnnsibilit:r inr tho intluonco of the liP MeJ ori t:r over tho membership. !I!hc SWP ; e thr offioicl · BPr.ti "'~n end th~ mrj~"~rity. Jr..,m 1940 tn today it has ro·ruaed. t-"'1 reo"~;;nize npenly that its Judgments in 1940 (e.) ths.t tl!~ liP """ afraid of the wer, (b) th&t it v~~ afraid ~f the tasks ~f prnletarianizati~n, were abs~l~t~ly false. It allowed t!te liP, un tl') the interYentinn flf the CIC, tn taka all the initieti"ve iu rrgard t•l· u.,tty. It has read the lute mal bullPtins W!el-~o the \1'P po.ssi·matfl!l.V sour,ht a -way ·n:.t ,>f ~ta fo.ilur~ tn 'build a mass party. It l"f!j,..iced at thE! difficulties, eew '"t:ly their negative side and hrrped fnr the dieintegr1. ti~n :t the \fP . ll"l as to 1:;• ablP t-~ s~y; "We t,.,ld ynu wa. n All this -was nnly added matPrial !,r the liP lFPdtlrnhi')'h \'/e are c..,n:f'ident that in the unified mrovPment the mischief that the ~.i' ).:-~ .!<JrshiTJ hae made Yith the fundamentals f'lf !furxism vill bP. ahnrt-livcd • . :·.-.-rv u<:ort-' able tn C":ttinue it nnly because they werCl i,;ole.tPd in tho !)Pri,d. during ~.'.c wc.r. We w~re cnnfldtmt that a~"ner nr latPr as thr intP.rnati~nal M.,vement '!'.1~2 .a.'"':-P_ dPvrlo"l'lP.d and PVPnts bPgan t"l unroll, the p~"~litical rubbiflh 'Which S:-.E>.:-;1,-::mr.:l had aecumulatPd w~uld be blown t"' the winds. The S\1P leadernhip wm~ld ~.~- !; 1r=.mttting a mistake in rPgard t~ theW? if it did nnt BCP this barrage f'Jf £. ·-~ li:..· ~2r_n-;n1sm , .anti-J ... hnsnnisi!I f,r_ \<'ho.t 1 t i!CI-th(' rrc,gn1.ti~"n ,.,! -cnming defeat.·-

.~~-1~ _ _lf.f's 1-tuddied Up the ltaters?

1(~. ask the liP momborshi:o th~ following (JUOstion: !Ibn has mUddied up· t!>.~ .. , ;·1et;~rc ~n unity? . Jnhns'ln and F"ll'est havt~ givf"n a _full acrru.nt .,f . . ·. "' -

·.~,_ d.'l.r:..'.l5:\i"':nB t'JP, unity with the S\i.P and the .rf"pl .. f',sentativP:R of thfi.IS. :Stit: _ii' ~hey had n,t, what then?- Jnhns"'n end F·"~rPAt' wl!nt_ o:"Ut "''/ thl)ir 'way.to·

.. ;1n·~ ~~--n +.hat there Were 8U&pic11'1DS Wi.th'i.D. the 'flP tb.Bt the' i-J!fer nf uni,ty.·· ,,r,:.;rc. t".f''tbe SliP was a meneuvf'r tf'J win' the Jnbns.,nitf'·~· . w~ Bt.14 w~ did_' .. 'br•l!.ev'e

t.i:ie;; "tu':. if it )I'CrE'! 1 .We WDUld:n~t bt' 8. party to it. This, if y•iU pleasat ;c_!}.<!.~: tile liP plenum had decidod to accept tho· conditions, (lfc· hi>d doiiibr.rlitl>ly -J.\'rJ1U.ed. · seeing Oe.nnnn ~r tha SliP Df:t'ieiall;r. be!"orP. thr-·. Wll be.d te.ken · 1 ts.:_ df.~~.tii_.hi..;. ~nw if" when .we oaid this, Cann"'n had aQkE'd~ "SUppose the \fP; is 9al-rjrinp, _ ~u~ ~ ·.· illant~U.VF""-r, "!hat wn,uld y'lU. do?" ~d. we l.lad. replied: . 11If the \~."is ~"lt R_ino~.r~·--,.~ .ie meneuvPring, theu o_et'teinly'we abe.ll n~"~t cnlleb . .,re.tP wi~h thll'm- i:ln it_ ·e_i"~her~,­,r, m~re p!"PCi!!ely, ttwo !hall eplit. ll E\'tn i! this had happened, tth~ch· :1t 1did ,...,t, we ask, vtmt then! How did this muddy up unity!

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!I!he WI' leaders assort that the;r took their decioinn under nn th~eat.~ l(e· e:grprd that the1r-dec1s1.-m had be-en artived nt beoauer ,f thoi%-. p'lai~ion on· , unit;,. .!I!he X letter wes published e.long with the commonts by Shs.cht=; 1fasn1t that· ennugh't Nne ~c PC had. a· we_apllh in its hands. Lo~k. e.t the r~aul't. .1'1'e .... rapeat: If ·the waters ~~:rermdd1~d 1 whn- muddied them?- Job.nsnn e.nd Fnr~~t ~v.a_ ; been told in the PC b:r Gates that he ern no longer speek froeq in the PC, Jn' the prf!of'"nce nf Jnhnann E'~d F,.,roAt bnor.une nf their pnlitiocl. nrientP.t1"ln. · !fhis ... atetrmcnt, rnedn b,y GE:tPs bi!fnrP he wE'nt nn tt~ur 1 woe n:r,.,tf'etf'd by Jnhnaon,. vbn,, howrvrr, q:eid the-.t h~ wnuld n_,t forcP tht" prr:trat. S'inoo Ge.tpel ·.rr-:tu.rn, hri bee L'C:-prrtPd it unohallflngfld. Sr\ J,..hnenn n..,d Fl"rr~t arc· ngPnts .,f th!! SHP in tli.P. :: PO who will report thP diocuesinn end dociainns nf the• PC of the 'liP tn thd ·s-A.P • .All thla 1ii atlp;.;l'lcrd tl) br Bnlt:thrvi~m end lr1nrl. __ t,.. clsrif.icati,..n nt pol.itioal'_,·--, .. '""''E. 1Asurs. "Wht'n, e.s it inr-vittbly muat, ell this OI')MOB bl"'for('l- thC'-mrnll1f.i-ah-1])_,:--it·· sU'DT)'lBrd to PdUCI'tr end prr-pnre it f"~r a f'ru.itfUl unity. · lie hto.vf' clrPedy_ m¢.o thl" ;er.ll..,Ying atr.t.Pm('lnt tn thl" POt

"In the p~st, Johriaon en4 J'ort'lo' ·bevP al.m_.Y:o kclpt th.~-1'0. fll.lly 1ntormPd on• all qu .. tiona deel1ng with nogoUe.t1ono or '"''"'''~","'" with tho SliP or oth-r rPp<-eoent•tivoa or the CIC cono~rnir.g una~; In our oyini~n, howPvrr, the.quest1~n in tho ·e~mmittr.c hn~ n~w rr.eoh~d a. etegrt whnre '~;h&t is nt isque_.ie the- diac'rrditing of n :D~'~litiCr:l r..:ppQn~nt end nnt· tho advonocmont of Unif1cettl'ln nr'the clerifioati~'~n nf tho =rmbrrahin ryf the Pcrtirs concerned_ end· ot tho M~vrmcnt, Try the samo dtogrrr thr:t: C""~naistrmt "'ith pl')liticr~ prinoiylo we did fWPrything p~soiblP in th~ :p~at try edvencc the politic~l etrugglO !~r the un~fi­cotinn fli. thto twn '!)Drtioa, so n~w wo dt'> n,...t pri'Jp'lBP tl') l'.Dsiat tho C"'mmit­tar• in d:tvrrtil'16 tho diecusai .. ·m, \'1'6 Y"''~ld, h..-.wover, rrmind. the Or>mmitteP..· tht>t thC" rrlP.ti"~ns nt Jnhnsl')n E'.nd thr Min"'r1ty as f.l 'Wh,lP t"l thea c,m- . mitteP. rnd thr party hav<' ~. lnng history. lt'e Rr('" pr~"pl'.rl"d tl"' ~o into · it nnly, h~wovPrt when it will have br.rn mcde ylain t~ ell cnner~ncd wh ... fl'lrCP.d thr. ieaue, whot 'OW"Oi')GC's it wos intPnded t~? oerve end th')oe wh~ fQrCFd it r.rr prt"!)D.r£!d in brar .the f.ull rra-p""~nc1b111ty of the conoPo..u~noes. lfe nr«> not prt=opertd r.t thiG atP.~E' t~ .mr.ke "~ statements nth('r then thnso vc have ttnd~ ~r prot~stEti,ns nf l~yelty t~ this C'l!Dl'd ttof'. If tbr 0'lmm1ttPo 1s d1sseticf1od l'li th our Ste.tPmnnts -on th• qu~otinno nt issue, 1t is ir, co!'n"nd· of r, au!ticiont maj .,rity _to.': , ,. cei~";:: te~ wb~te~er atPps ~t plcesastri

Jinell:r, 'WP t~.sk tha I!I.OmbPrshi'.p tn n,tr- th~t ·in ·':'1\U" O'Oirii.,n the sha';'e11ilf0!ic:;·) politic• nf ._the PO h•d rre.ehed·a ~tP.gP lohere we conoiderod thet it w~~·--~"""-',~f,:;:/:f the. feot1nn c.ll ov01• the country to_.bP pf'roonally. intnrr;i_ed end ""·""'""'"" Jrhn_s~t; .. asked f;ir pf'mis!!li'ln t'n. go on t()Ul"· e:nd it we.s grP.nted.': l'~"~rest ·lirvP brPn in· onmmunicP..tinn~-. lfe tr.Jte n"ltf'- f')f thf- feet nognt1etbno .are now in -tho hands of the lredcrship of the liP,:----~ ,}i,;'lllilP.

CIO;. t.o bf. rct1fi•d P.t the EFO.- It ia 1noonoe1i'cbl~ to us th,~-~tt~:~;~~~:i;:~~J~~~ .will mB.ko a COI'lf'!IY ot these. sPrirm.a met-tGrs nr·,tht.t_ the7- nro eort.ps nt' peper ·to bo torn up at _the sHI!htest OJlTlOr>unity. . .. Oomredc Johnson P.nd Fore•t ohtlll tr.ke on thomselv•• tho r•aJJono1l>il!.ty tni t1eting 1n the tru:t1nn · · ·

(1) ·a .discussion on the beat ond mnS.t efteotiv• menno br~,:!~::',~:~}:}\1 · b•tore the InternrUonal our· vers1 on end nnalysis of the'. """''t"

e.nd thP p~'~l.iticel orgenlzc.ti'"lnE'.l oours~ \rihich thay rf'vroar.'rl.t. ' . . ' -(2) "':;econsideretton of our pr•viouo attitud• to i!le Po

o.a oxpr_essed_ !.n our statements to tho Convention end in the. 11!<•rc•d11o.~l(Oiiy_.:: to the art1oln on the gonerel strike.

!rhe P•rt;v .will b• duly informed of our decisions. 'l.'ntil 'hat propose to tllkn nn not1oo whP.tovrr ot rwno,ra, tr~ok q1teaUnno ou.r p!'iT<Jte onrrrspondPnoo, nr othor polit~cal methods. nt· the

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