JCP DISAVOWS RIOTOUS STUDENT ASSEMBLY

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JCP DISAVO'-;S RIOTOUS STUDENT ASS+ .BLY
Tokyo, AK.AHATA, in Japanese, June 5, 1958--T
(Statement issued by the nresidiurr of the central coL ittee of the
Japanese Cor.:munist Party on June 4, on the disgraceful incident
caused by the leaders of the National Federation of Student Self-
Governr.:ent Associations)
(Text) All comrades of the Communist Party! It is a ratter of great
regret that the central committee must issue a statement on a dis-
graceful incident caused by the leaders of the National Federation
of Student Self Governr.;ent Associations (Zen akuren) at a meeting
held at the party headquarters on June 1, when you were busy dis-
cussing the results-of the recent general elections and oreoaring
for the coring seventh .arty congress.
The central committee held a group conference of student body mer..bers
who participated in the Zengakuren conference,,. in order to discuss the
results of the conference and to consolidate their opinions on the
future guidance of student r-overents under the direction of her, ber of
the presidium Kor,no, head of the race movement deoartr. ent Suzuki, and
meu_bers of the mass movement departr---ent Takahara and Tsushima.
As we anticipated that the next Zengakure conference would be thrown
into confusion because of yocre-old conflic s of views in the Zenga-
kuren itself, we decided to place the group conferences under the
supervision of the central committee. Furthermore, the central com-
rrittee had held a preliminary meeting to discuss the operation of the
group conference, and invited reoresontatives from the two conflicting
groupsQ
Nevertheless, the group conferences was thrown into confusion fron the
beginning. Some narticinants refused to accept the policy of the
central committee and insisted on electing a chairman from the par-
ticipants of the group conference, on the strength of oast procedures.
Therefore, the central committee called a recess in order to save the
conference from further unnecessary confusion.
During the recess, the central committee decided to adhere to the
policy of presiding over the conference on the condition that it
:night change the agenda in accordance with the opinions of the Zenga--
kuren participants,
This decision was announced as the conference resumed. A group of
deputies, however, rejected it and rushed out of their seats to sur-
round the chairman's platform. They called Comrade Konno and other
party central committee mem:;beA s present "class traitors," voiced
violent and insulting remarks intolerable to Cor: munist Party me,:.hers,
and threw the conference into chaos so that it became innossi'bls to
continue the conference. Chairman Suzuki announced that it was
closed.
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The deouties burst into violence and gathered around Corrado Tsushirap
mass campaigner, who is in char ?e of student carnaigns4 They denounced
hire as a revisionist and soy. Other party r er.-i.,ers went to the rescue
of Cor: rade Tsushira, who was exposed to violence. Two deputies, ig-
noring Car:.rac'e Suzuki8 s announcerent that the conference was closed,
continued discussions in the nar..e of chairmen,, and prevented party
presidium:mew er Konno and others frog retiring from the conference
by the force of r..ajority.
The student deputies forced Comrade Konno to report and re?ly to ques-
tions in written form, over his signature. They deckled on more than
a dozen items including demands to relieve all central committee r:em-
bers of their posts, and to strike from the party list Comrade
Tsushima, and a Croup led by Garrace Takano of Taseda Univeristy, who
stand against Zengakuren leadership.
The student deputies demanded the apiroval of the items decided as a
formal procedure in the group confere nce, and shouted,, before they
left the party headquarters, that the stui:ent party r..er.:bers rust get
together around the Zen ;akuren central Executive committee group.
All this is a review of the actual rroceedings at the conference. The
situation was apparently caused by a minor anti 'arty group?s planned
provocation. This is an obvious violation of arty order, shows ig-
norance of Harty system and principles, and is an a1:aolutely intoler-
able action?
The central committee weighed the gravity of the situation and, at the
joint er. ergency meeting of the presidium, the secretariat and control
committee on June 2, decided as follo:s:
1--Any conference held after the closing of a group conference is in-
valid,
2--Any decision adopted after the closing of a Croup confernce is in--
valid.
3-A special inquiry committee will be established with the control
committee as its center in order to cope with the disgraceful incident.
4-Konno and other cor.rades, who were in charge of the group conference,
co:-a.itted serious r istakes in their attitude and measures after the
closing of the conference. Therefore, the next central committee
meeting will demand self-criticiser, of Konno in particular.
All comrades of the party! This is a report on the development of the
recent disgraceful incident and on measures taken by the central con-
r_ittee of the Japanese Corr urist Party against the incident. Since
the central corn?ittee fully realizes the liportancc of responsibility
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in guiding; students' -movez_ents 9 it will exert its further efforts to
irrprove and strengthen guidance in the future f,
At the same tire, the central committee hopes that each )arty organ
will struggle further in cooperation with ardent and sincere student
party r::er'bers to destroy provocative and anti party ideology enter-
tained by sor..e r-m-_lignant elei::onts,, and also to strengthen the unity
of the whole party for the successful results of the coring nasty
congress
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