The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 19, 1924, Page 9

mittee Outlines Program of Action all working arty into the ‘ré none such Sanized. The '¥y must also Educational ve part in its © bring the and into the ted vigorous- n top to bot- ar future the | League will uggle Propa- e of this will neial support ty units and shall give support and @ as a party er to further 3 shall be at ie entertain- 0 benefit the League each Central Executive Committee of the Work- n July 8th and 9th the whole problem of k was con e adopted a program covering the work year in each important locality. es is a mountain of strength for our 6. The Labor Herald. The party|party, but we can make it even of shall give active support to the circu-|greater service if our party gives it lation of The Labor Herald, official or-| organized support and thus builds up gan of the Trade Union Educational |its influence among tHe workers thru League, District organizers will un-|extension of the number of its read- dertake to systematize the circulation |ers.. As part of: the immediate pro- of the Labor Herald in their respective | gram of activity of the party we must districts. carry on the organized campaign of 7. Build the Party. The party mem-|support for the DAILY WORKER bership must constantly bear in mind|thru building the subscription of the the fact that theprime aim of the|/DAILY WORKER. Just as the in- trade union work is to build up the crease of our membership makes pos- Workers Party into a mass Commun-|siple the increase of all of our activi- ist Party. To this end there must be/ties, so the increase of the subscrib- a steady campaign carried on to bring| ers for the DAILY WORKER extends all league sympathizers and members| ang broadens our influence and broad- into the Workers Party. At the pres-|ens the possibilitiés of our actually ent time there are many workers who being among the masses. belong to the league but not to the|Combined Membership and DAILY party. The welfare of the party de- WORKER Drive. mends that all available workers membership and DAILY made sympathetic thru the work of/workK®R subscription campaign will the league be brought into the party be combined as one campaign. The at the earliest. moment and _ there C. E. C. asks that every member of developed into real Communists. the party Secure one new member and a new subscription for the DAILY WORKER. The program will be the following: ‘ 1, A letter from the Central Execu- ; ; tive Committee to each member of sidered. After discussion of the tie beckett ho dares Ge dae branches in such quantities as will supply every member. This letter will The ils in a constructive manner with the politi- |set forth the campaign for the DAILY ibership and DAILY WORKER campaign, {WORKER and membership. f the party, educational work, the unem- 2. With this letter each member d the problem of reorganizing the party on| ¥#!! receive am application card and ei. subjects the Central Executive Committee gram of work for which the party is to be ‘ram is party member is urged to study this DUCATIONAL work must be es- herewith printed in the DAILY . tablished in all sections of the par- hae x t of order to thoroly familiarize himself with|'’ #® ®" imdispensible departmen efore the party organization. SHOP Communist * ceased to ecessity of t parties in 1 a territo- » one based territorial an inher- nal social- ofit for ef- which can the Com- zed in the For many hop nuclei ess of the these. rea- is the ne- urrying on industrial This we ave estab- s by the iruout the lei are in drial prin- lve appli- m of the our gain- the work- y be had 1>0f shop ommunist of chang- op nuclei cal party IP-DAILY CAMPAIGNS party as al to the ‘e of the he work- ship will 1 of our nbership and the © widen ’ during ‘eated a with our r, failed om work ers who ir party ty must etically. : of the vith the cting a party activities to be carried on in a systematic manner thruout all periods of the year alongside of special cam- paigns of the party. In order to insure the permanence and continuity and Communist character of the party edu- extional work thruout the party, all phases of work must fall under the central direction of the C. B. C. and very difficult one. Especially is this the be developed from year to year accord- case in the United States, where the| ing to a national co-ordinated scheme. situation is greatly complicated by|}or the furtherance of the educational the language problem. Pursuant to| work, the following decisions are to the resolution adopted at the last go into effect: convention of the Workers Party, 1. The C. E. G. shall establish an the C. E. C. will now proceed directly educational committee, which shall to the formation of shop nuclei. Inas- have full direction and supervision of much as the problem is such a diffi-/the party educational work in all of cult one, the work will be gone at/its aspects. The direct administrative carefully and largely in an experi-| responsibility of the national party mental way, so that our party organ-| equcational work shall be in the hands ization will not be injured, but, on|of the national educational director the contrary, will be strengthened who shall be a member of the Educa- from the beginning. The C. E. C. will tional Department of the C. E. C. and instruct the district organizers to in- shall be responsible for the -carrying stitute certain numbers of shop nu-|oyt of its decisions, The educational clei in their districts and to develop | committee and the national education- these directly under the guidance of| 4) qireetor shall be directly respon- the C. E. C. As soon as possible the|siple to the C. E. C. for the whole network of shop nuclei will be ex-!' equcational program of the party and tended and developed as the basis of| must make regular and systematic re- the party. In order to make thshop| ports of the progress of the work. nuclei camapign a success it is abso-| 9 Every District Executive Commit- lutely essential that the industrial| tee ana City Central Committee must registration be carried out 100 per|immediately establish its educational cent. Only if the party is fully in-| comittee and adopt its district or local formed of the actual places of work of} equcational director. The district and its members can it possibly organize local educational committees and edu- them into nuclei. The membership| cational directors shall be responsible generally are urged to give their ac-|for the development of systematic tive support to this beginning of the) educational work in their respective shop nuclei reorganization of the/felds. Each district and local educa- party. tional director shall be in direct com- munication with the educational direc- tor of the C. E. C. and shall develop the district and local work according campaign for membership, Our slo-|to the general plan and under the gan during the election campaign | general supervision of the National must be: 10,000 new members for the| Raucational Committee. party. é 3. The Educational Department of The DAILY WORKER. the C. EB. C. shall take steps at once to Our party made a splendid success-| set the following program of educa- ful effort in the campaign for the |tjonal activity into action: DAILY WORKER. The fact that we} (a) Develop the circuit system of were able to raise the funds to es- tablish the DAILY WORKER with its own plant is a monument to the will- ingness of the members of our own party to work for the upbuilding of growth of the unemployment the movement. crisis has taken on a new impetus. The establishment of the DAILY| There is little doubt that it will rap- WORKER, however, does not com-|idly become worse. While up to the plete our task. Our party, since the}present this has resulted in activity DAILY WORKER has come into ex- among the unemployed, on a mass istence, has not given it the organ-|scale, only in a few centers, such as ized support in the effort to build up| the textile towns of New England and its subscriptions that must be given.|in some ‘mining ficlds, movement of A daily paper, under any circumstanc-|the unemployed may be expected on NUCLEI organization. The Workers Party must follow suit. Everywhere the transition is a ITHIN the past thirty days the a DAILY WORKER subscription card ; sue in all election campaign meetings. 2. Distribute the pamphlet on un- which hé must use to secure one few member and one new subscriber for the DAILY. 3. Each branch will create a Mem- bership and DAILY WORKER Cam- paign Committee which will keep a record of every member who turns in the subscription and application card. 4, When the subscription is turned in or the application is turned in the member of the party turning same in will be furnished a special stamp to be placed in his dues book certifying that he has done his full Communist duty in the campaign. 5. Each branch is expected to ap- point as a‘member of the Campaign Committee a DAILY WORKER sub- scription agent who will function per- manently as the agent of the DAILY WORKER. 6. All party mass meetings during the election campaign must be used for the purpose of securing new mem- bers. 7. Subscription lists of all party papers must be systematically can- vassed for new members. All mem- bers of unions and other organiza- tions must approach those sympa- thetic with our party to bring them into the party. 8. The party press will carry a series of articles on the necessity for the Membership and DAILY WORK- ER campaigns. EDUCATIONAL WORK educational lectures and classes in at least one district of the party accord- ing to the plans laid down in the edu- cational program adopted last Fall and put into practice in the Chicago and Boston districts. (b) Arrange for the systematic routing of party lectures on subjects dealing with the fundamentals of Com- munist principles. (ce) Begin the periodical publication of books and pamphlets of a theore- tical nature and continue such publica- tion according to a worked-out plan. (d) Conduct a section in the party press on educational work in order to popularize this party activity and keep it constantly before the attention of the party members. (e) Work out plans for holding of a party school in Chicago after the elec- tion campaign for the purpose of giv- ing intensive instruction to a selected group of party leaders from the various districts. (f{) Work out the plans and make arrangements for the holding of spe- cial lectures by the most prominent party leaders on questions of Com- munist principle and arrange special debates with other political bodies on the same subjects. (g) The New York party school, which is under the direct supervision of the C. E. C., must be encouraged and supported by every possible means in order that it may soon establish itself as a solid and permanent insti- tution for the training of party com- rades in the New York district. (hb) All the comrades responsible for the educational work In every department of the party must make special efforts to draw into this educa- tional activity the most active mem- bers of the Young Workers League. (i) Special means should be pro- vided for the adequate financing of the party educational work. The Edu- cational Department of the C. E. C. shall prepare and submit for the ap- proval of the C. BE. C. an approximate budget for the carrying on of the ac- tivities provided for in this rogram. Upon approval of the budget, the C. E. C. shall directly provide the re- quired finances, UNEMPLOYMENT employment to be published by the party, giving it a wide circulation. 3. Introduce resolutions in all labor unions and other “bodies, calling for action to combat unemployment, along the lines of the W. P. program... ° 4, Agitate for the organization of ere unemployed councils in districts, such F as the New England textile towns. 5. Bring the unemployed into close touch with the W. P. and recruit new members from among their ranks. 6. Organize demronstrations in le ro ae calities where unemployment is acute. | 7. The research department is to is- sue weekly bulletins om the unemploy- ment situation, and all party papers are instructed to publish same and comment edtorially. 8. The program of the party is to be studied in all party units, and pop- ularized among the masses of work- ers, organized and unorganized, em- ployed and unemployed. The campaign against unemploy- ment shall be carried out under the following slogans, applied in each case to the particular conditions of the le- cality, industry or the circumstances of the action being taken: Political. ee ea Government operation of non-oper- ating industries and shops. Inauguration of public works. Maintenance of unemployed union rates of wages. Nationalization of mines, railroads and public utilities. Abolition of child labor. at Recognition of and trade relations with Soviet Russia. Unemployment insurance adminig- tered by the workers. Grants by the government, Industrial. Industry must be responsible for. ; maintenance of its workers. Equal division of work among mem. § bers in each industry and shop. Assessment of employed for relief of unemployed. Establishment of control commit- tees of workers to regulate production and investigate accounts. Struggle against sabotage of em- ployers. os Unemployment insurance supporteé j wholly by the employers and adminis- tered wholly by the workers. HOW TO ORGANIZE FOR CAMPAIGNS UR success in the work of catry- ing out the campaigns outlined in the previous pages depends upon the | organized support which we put be- f hind these campaigns. It is necessary that every branch, every C. C. C., ev- — ery district organization and language section organize itself for systematic work in support of the program of ac- tion. To achieve this end, every party branch should divide itself into the following committees: 1. Political Campaign Committee. * 2. Campaign Fund Committee. 8. Daily Worker and Membership Committee (the Membership Commit- tee previously elected should be part of this Daily Worker Committee and one member should be the permanent agent of the DAILY WORKER). 4, Industrial k Committee. 5. Educational Sommittee. All of the branch members should be drawn into the work and each mem- ber assigned to at least one of these committees. The C. C. C. should follow the same ed of organization, organizing com- mittees in support of the campaign. The District Executive Committee f should, so far as possfble, assign one of its members to keep in contact with the work of each campaign, the execu- tive work being carried on thru the district organizer. . The comrades and sympathizers are a national seale before many months, | urged to reserve these pages for future especially if stimulated and organ-|reference and study. This Program ized by the militant unionists and|of Action will be the guide for our Communists, In this situation it is|party’s activities for months to come the duty of every member and unit|As we go along in developing this of the Workers Party to apply the un-|plan of action, the comrades will feel employment program, making them-|the need of looking into the document selves thoroly familiar with it, and to|again to refresh their memories on inaugurate the following immediate | the different points and to make sure steps: that the party work is proceeding in 1. Make unemployment a leading is-! accord with the Program of Action. 7