Lovestone had initially called his faction the Communist Party (Majority Group) in the expectation that the majority of party members would join him, but only a few hundred people joined his new organization.
Lovestone nannte seine Parteigruppe Communist Party (Majority Group), in der Erwartung, dass die Mehrheit der Mitglieder der KPUSA seiner Parteigruppe beitreten würden, aber letztlich traten nur wenige hundert Leute in diese neue Organisation ein.