Byline: Henry Kamm New York Times
A day after the Hungarian Communist Party changed its name to the Socialist Party and rejected orthodox Marxism, leaders contended on Sunday with criticism from members who thought it had not gone far enough as well as from die- hards who thought it had gone too far.
Despite an overwhelming vote on Saturday night to change the name and model the party along leftist European lines, some of those most staunchly in favor of reform, such as Deputy Premier Peter Medgyessy, said the changes would fail to achieve the "necessary purification" to purge hard- liners from the party.
"This is a compromise, and I am not convinced the compromise is convincing enough," he said. "It is not necessary to carry with us the former party as a whole."
Among orthodox Communists, the principal losers, there were also rumblings of disaffection, and …
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