Mr. Dennett. Evidently I only have part of that document in my own copy.
Mr. Tavenner. I believe there is a resolution appearing at the end of the document which you apparently do not have.
Mr. Dennett. There is one note of explanation at the bottom, which reads as follows, and I think it speaks for itself:
The party organization is flexible. Forces can be shifted from place to place, etc. But the party line is quite well defined and there are sharp differences between that which is approved by the party line and that which is disapproved by the party line. The party line does not change except under rare and unusual occasions.
The sharp change in the international situation has brought forth a change in the attitude of the Communist Parties to the social-democratic groups. This includes the Socialist Party of America.
The whole membership of the section should have read the statement of the ECCI in the Daily Worker some 2 or 3 weeks ago——
Mr. Tavenner. What is ECCI?
Mr. Dennett. Executive Committee of the Communist International—
where the change of policy was explained.
The Communist Party will maintain vigilance against those who attempt to break the united front and thereby betray the position of the working class by complete and ruthless exposure. But there is a truce existing at the present time between the Communist Parties and the Social-Democrats. The Bellamy Club should be included with the Social-Democrats.
That was a local organization in the Bellingham area which I had not mentioned before. It was a group who had studied Edward Bellamy’s Looking Backward and his other Socialist books and pamphlets.
I believe that statement sufficiently illustrates what we were undertaking to do, and it is consistent with what was going on all over the country. The only thing is we met with more success than others did.
Mr. Tavenner. You described the activities of the unemployed councils in Bellingham, and you have told us that they were Communist-organized groups. Will you tell the committee, please, who the Communist Party members were who took the lead in that work, in addition to yourself, of course?