The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 28, 1925, Page 3

CAL I ISSUED FOR CONVENTION ON AUGUST 2 Gathering to Include| 54 Delegates (Continued from page 1) Immediate Tasks of the Party. (b) Report on the Bnlarged Executive Committee of the C. 1. (e) Report ‘on the American Ques- tion. (d) Politicdl Report of the 0. B.C. (2) The Labor Party. (8) Bolshevization of the Party. (a) Reorganization, Shop Nuclei. (b) Statutes. (¢) Report of the Education De- partment: Liquidation of Loreism, Report of thé Industrial De- partment. Defense’ Work. Ifteriational Workers’ Aid. (8) Agrarian Work. (9) Work Amotig Negroes. (10) Work Atnong Women. rf (11) Anti-Imperialism. (12) Soviet Russia. (13) Y. W. L. (14) The Party Press. (a) The DAILY WORKER. (b) The Language Press. (€) Other Party Organs. (15) Party Finances. (16) Blectiof of the ©. B.C. The apportionment of delegates to the National Convention of the Party is based upon dues payments for the months of February, March, April and May, 1925. Bach distriet of the party is entitled to one delegaté for each 331 members or major fraction there- of. Baséd upon the above the appor« tiohinent of delegates is as follows: (4) qa) (6) (7 Average District Membership Delegates ONG: cies satejues 1,791 5 Two 3,679 11 Three. 911 3 Four 554 2 Five 952 3 Bix . 1,234 4 Beven 1,143 3 Wight . stevesteesis 2,290 7 Nine . 1,720 5 Twelve 199 2 Thirteen ... 864 3 Fifteen .. > 985 1 Agticultural ... ii, 68 1 National Office Territory. 290 1 Young Workers’ League... — 3 Totals, ...5.........16,577 54 Membership, 1. The party constitution provides that only members who have been Members of the party for thirty days | or more have the right to vote in the | party elections. This provision in the Party constitution for a probation period of thirty days for new mem- bers shall apply to members of the Y. W. L. also. It shall however not apply to those members of the Y. W. L. who were accepted as members of the party on or before July 23 or} whose applications for admission to | the party were submitted on or before | July 8. All members voting must be in good standing and have purchased -& Convention Assessment Stamp. Branches. 1, The elections in the branches shall begin on July 26 and continue | until August 10. 2. New branches shall have no| right to elect delegates to city or district conventions unless they were organized at least sixty days prior to the last day of the election period from the branches to the ¢ity or dis- trict conventions. Members of these branches who were members of the Party before these branches were or- ganized shall have the right to vote in the branches of which they were previously membets. 3. Members of the party who have taken a transfer from one branch to another after July 23 shall vote in their old branches. 4. Branches which send delegates to city conventions shall be entitled to one delegate for each 15 members or major fraction thereof, as shown by dues payments’ for the months of | February, March, April and May. Where no city organizations exists and branches ate ditectly affiliated with the district organizations and in those districts where no city conven- tions are to be held, the branches send délegates to the district convens tion on th sis of one delegate for each 25 bers or major fraction thereof shown by dues payments for the months of February, March, April and May. Each branch is en- titled to a minimum of at least one delegate. Shop Nuclei. * 1, Shop nuclet shall be entitled to send delegates to the city conventions and where no city conventions are —. E Plenum of the Enlarged Bxe- cutive Committee of the Comin- tern has proposed to the Workers Party of America to put definitely an fend #0 the factional struggle which divided thé party during many months into two parts, and which exceeding- ly wéakéned its forces. “The Executive Committee,” de- clares @ resolution of the Commun- ist International—‘is of the definite opinion that factional conflicts be- tween the two groups must now ab- solutely cease, Altho it may be true that this factional conflict arose out of real differences, it has, neverthe- less, been of too acute a character on both sides and at times assumed impermissatiie forms. The Bxecu- tive Commliftée does not object to a concrete and calm discussion being cafried on until the Party Congress, but in the interest of party unity it demands ‘the unconditional cessation of party warfare.” The resolution of the Communist. International there- fore demands that “all personal po- lemiés between the two sidés should cease.” ‘YT‘HE Executive Committee,” thé resolution further declares, “re- gards it as absolutely essential that the representatives of the party, ma- jority and minority, should hencefor- ward conclude a fraternal peace and work in Communist co-operation. The leading comrades are primarily re- sponsible for setting a good example to the other party members in this respect.” documents having a bearing on the last discussion, has come to the fol- lowing conclusions: The Grievances in Cleveland.— The development of the factional struggle is represented in the follow- Mag manner. After a certain incident with Comrade Benjamin, the relations between the majority and minority became more actite. At the meeting of the City Central Committée of March 9, a number of pétty incidents of a technical nature took place, which resulted in the minority dele- gates first refusing to participate in the meeting and later leaving the meeting. The majority passed a mo- tion that a new meeting of the City Central Committee be held a week jlater, to which the minority delegates did not come. The minority contends \that their delegates were not noti- | fled of the meeting. The majority contends that the minority delegates sabotaged the meeting, the minority {claiming that the meeting was illegal. lat this last meeting, which took place jin the absence of the mtnofity dele- gates, the majority suspended from jthe City Central Committee nine dele- gates for disturbances which occut- red at the previous meeting. This u HE DATEY of the City; Central Committee of Match 16 in the ABSENCE of the| minority delegates, even if the minor-| ity delegates had sabotaged the meet-| ing. It was not permissible for the majority, in the absence of the minor- | ity, to pass a decision suspending nine minority delegates from the City Central Committee, particularly for a cause which was not sufficiently serl- ous (making a noise and ‘creating dis- turbance at the previous meeting o' the City Central Committee.) Such! actions inevitably led the minority to @ violation of party discipline and a) split situation. But, it was just as impermissable | for the minority, in the ABSENCE OF THE MAJORITY DELEGATES, to jeleet-a new City Executive, and to jnullify the former decisions of the City Central Committee and the Cen- \tral Executive Committee. This was not only @ serious violation of party discipline, but this was a factional de- | cision amounting to a split, which was | lan attempt to suppress the majotity | jhaving the advantage of only one vote | (if such was really the case). The |suppression of a minority, even with |@ large majority of votes, is not the |Proper method to solve internal party | arose and two groups formed in the} | the minority (a considerable part of |still further embittered the relations | between the majority and minority. |the possibility of such suppression of The situation within the organization a minority, and in order to prevent became considerably worse in connec- |Such occurrences the Executive Com- \tion with the occurrences which toox |mittee of the Communist Internation- place in the Jewish Branch. In the‘@l has secured for whichever group branch the minority expelled from the | Will be in the minority at the party avty two majority members for a|COnvention the representation of one- cause which the higher party organ-|third in the next’ Central Executive differences. Having in mind precisely jout to a sufficient degree. FTER an examination of the inter-|izations have declared as incorrect nal situation and the occurrences |@nd insufficient. A sub-committee of which took place within the’ party |the City Executive Committee (ma- since the session of the Plenum of |Jority) which was sent to the Jewish the Executive Committee of the Com- | branch to investigate the situation in munist International, the parity com-|the branch, did not find in the branch Mission ig, forced first of all to state Sufficient, readiness to carry out the ‘that the above decisions of the Hxe-|decision of the party organization. cutive Committee of the Communist |For this the Jewish Branch was sus- International have not been carried Pended and reorganized, and 25 mem- The fac-| bers of the branch were suspended, |without voice and vote, and nine ex- tional war within the party not only |’ , has not ceased, but has assumed a Pélled from the party. The suspend- much more, bitter character than be- 4 members of the branch refused to fore the session of the Plenum of the Tecosnize. these party decisions which Executive Cémmittee of the Com-| Were approved by the Central Execu- munist Interfational having reached |tive sport oani (the Siar Execu- in some party ofganizations a virtual |i¥e Committee minority voting split. But) what is worse and more |@84inst the decision), and maintained dangerous, the conflict between the |themselves as a separate Jewish majority and the minority has de- branch, The meeting of the-City Cen- | crisis; patted too far from a struggle for definite views into a struggle for a majority of the party. The ideologi- cal discussion against which the Executive Committee of the Commun, ist International did not object w: complicated and the struggle inten: fled by personal attacks and organi- ational conflicts. Both factions hast- ily organized to conquer a majority of the party. i Ide former political platforms of both groups, the former political diferences between them, have been liquidated by the decision of the Exe- cutive Committee of the Communist International which pointed out the mistakes of both groups. The decis- ion of the Executive Committee of the Communist International was accept- ed unanimously by both groups and has not met with any opposition within the- party, but was wholeheart- edly approved by the entire member- ship of the party. Such political dif- ferences as exist between the two groups are not of a major character and cannot, therefore, be the cause of that unusual sharpness and _bitter- ness which have been manifested in the factional struggle during the last few months. Precisely the absence of unclearness of political differences between the factions in the factional struggle and the impetus of the po- litical struggle between the two groups that orignated before the Plenum of the Communist Interna- tional, was one of the chief sources of the impermissable forms wrich the factional struggle has assumed in the recent months. The party is going tru an acute the’ party is in a dangerous situations.) ~~ The Parity Commission, after a thoro jon of the facts and _|were fighting, |tral Committee of June 8 took place (under conditions which amounted to a ‘split. The majority and minority were represented in equal numbers (49 to 19, or 19 to 18). The so! question over which the two grou, was precisely the question of the number of votes. Finally, after a number of factional lincidents, the district organizer de- clared the meeting adjourned, and the |majority delegates left. The minor- jity delegates (after adjournment of the meeting) remained, elected anew City Executive Committee, and nulli- fied all the former decisions—the de- cision suspending Comrade Benjamin, tee, the reorganization of the Jewish Branch, ete. Thus, in the final analysis, the City Central Committees were formed in Cleveland, that is, in other words, an jactual and formal split occurred. The split was liquidated by the decision nullifying all the decisions of the |City Central Committee at the meet- ing which was dominated by the Cleveland minority on June 8. ANALYSING ‘the development of the the Parity Commission establishes |first of all, that during all this period ithe subject of the disputes at the |meetings of the City Central Com- | mittee were chiefly questions of selec- |tion of chairmen for the meetings, the number of votes, of petty scandals this and that member of the party, ete. Both groups were striving to seize the power in the organization and to! suppress the other side thru the advantage of one or two votes. It was not advisable for the major- the suspension of nine minority dele-| gaes from the City Central Commit- ®8ainst the right to be elected of the | number of misu | Committee. |]T was fot permissible for the Jew- ish Branch (minority) to refuse to learry out the decision of the party or- ganizations. This constituted a seri- jous violation of party discipline, and jthe City Central Committee and the \Central Executive Cimmittee had jevery formal ground to reorganize this branch and to suspend as well the membership of the branch who re- fused to submit these decisions. But, \it was a mistdke on the part of the | majority, in a situation where the party is in danger of a split, when the basic question raised by the Execu- tive Committee of the Communist In- | ternational is the unification of the | party, to resort widely to severe repressive measures toward the other faction for its factional acts. | Taking into consideration the fac- | tional nature of the struggle which | was manifested by “both sides in| Cleveland, and prompted by a deter- | ‘differences and thus to achieve, at the next party’ convention, the complete unification of the party, the Parity Commission deems it pos- sible, 1, To reconsider the decision sus- pending Comrade Benjamin for six | months. 2. To féinstate the suspended 25 and expelled 9 members of the Jew- ish Branch. 3. To ‘remove the prohibition |former nine City Central Committee |delegates and to reinstate Comrades |Boich and Bartov. | At the same time, the Parity Com- mission deems it necessary to em- Phasize that the actions of these comrades who have committed seri- WORKE R ran nnn nim? Declaration of the Parity Commission and the work is paralyzed, The Phila-| delphia organizatoin can be brought out of the state of paralysis only thru a non-factional, party peace. Attempts| of either side to suppress the other} would inevitably lead to a definite split. | The Parity Commission feels cet-| tain that on the basis of the decisions | adopted by the convention the Phila-) delphia comrades will be able to come 0 a comradly, party undefstanding. The Situation in the South Slavic! Federation—Independently of the} inner party factional struggle friction South Slavic Fedetation—the Fisher| group and the Novak group. The struggle between these two groups} whch arose in connection with some internal federation questions, led to a number of conficts between them, tho both groups sitpported the platform of} the Fisher group supported the ma- jority). Both groups accused each other of “Ovetkovism” (Cvetkov is a former member of the party who is now wag- ing a bitter struggle against our par- ty), and of Loreism. | The Central Executive Committee | has several times investigated the dif-| ferences between the Fisher and Novak groups and the investigations have not brought to light such dif- ferences as would be a serious ob- stacle to harmonious work by the two groups. The struggle in the South Slavic Federation became especially acute after the groups were drawn into the internal party factional strug- gle, the minority of the C. BE. C, hav- ing given its support to the Novak group in the federation controversy and Comrade Fisher and part of his group having changed their position in favor of the majority. eid The Parity Commission after con- | sidering the explanations of repres- entatives of both groups, came to the conclusion that the reciprocal accusa- tions of both groups of “Cvetkoism” and Loreism have no foundation and are incorrect. Both groups are Com- munist groups. Both groups must be given full’opportunity to work in the federation. Both groups, on the basis | of the decision which will be adopted | by the coming party convention with a view to liquidate the internal party factional struggle, will undoubtedly be able to find a common basis for joint harmonious work as a unified federa- tion. The organizational measures which are necessary to remove the friction | between the two groups in the South | Slavie Federation will be undertaken by the Central Executive Committee. 4 Differences in Regard to the “Nine * Points—The “nine points” which were presented to the plenum of the Executive Committee of the Comin- tern by the minority delegates and lthe reply of the majority delegates to | | the accusations of the minority have | already been considered by the plenum | of the Communist international. ‘The | later discussion which began in the| | party on the question of the nine| | points led to the accumulation of a nderstandings between the two factions, as well as to reci- procal accusations that this question was utilized for factional purp . Inasmuch as the most important ques- tions which were raised in the “nine | points” have already been settled by the decisions of thé Parity Commis- ity to pass decisions at the meeting; tion is in a highly tensed situation| an outrageous slander against Cotn- rade Lovestone and the leaders of the majority. The Parity Commission warns that any member of the party who will ciretilate such rumors or raise this question in any way from any standpoint will be subject to severe party discipline. HE Lore Question—In an atmos- phere of monstrous factional sus-| Picions, the inevitable sattellite of every factional struggle, both groups | began, after the plenum of the Hxe- cutive Committee of the C. I., to sus- Dect and to accuse each other of an alliance with Lore and Loreites (Poyntz, Zimmerman, Jampolsky, etc.) for the purpose of securing, thru such an alliance, a majority of the party After the adoption of the resolution by the Executive Committee of the C. I, characterizing Lote and his ad- herents as opportunists, and proposing that the party wage an ideological struggle against the Lore tendency, the charge of an alliance with him serious political charge. The reciprocal attempts of sides to expose one another in an al- Nance with Lore proves first of all that both factions, that is the over- and his adherents has become a most | both | whelming numbers of the party, are! Page Three |; cent shall elect one-third of the total number of delegates plus one 5. The delegate from the agricul- tural district of the party shall be elected by the minority of the C. F. C. and the delegate from the national of- fice territory shall be elected by the majority of the C. EH, C. Special Provisions, 1, The branches now organized in the Pullman city central committee |shall be immediately affiliated to the Chicago city central committee and |shall send delegates to the Chicaga city convention. A sub-district convention shall held in southern Ilinois to which | those branches which weré formerly distfict ten of the party and ate now affiliated to district eight shall send | delegates, Branches shall send dele- gates to this sub-district convention on the basis of one delegate for each 15 members or major fraction thereof and the subdistrict convention shall send delegates to the convention of district ht on the basis of one delé- gate for each 25 members or major fraction thereéf. The provisions ré- lating to minority representation ap- plying to city conventions shall apply to this sub-district convention, | 3. There shall be city conventions held in Scranton and Wilkes Barre in district 3 and these two city conven- | tions shall send delegates to the dis- |trict convention on the basis of the |mumber of members affiliated as ;Shown by the dues stamp payment | tion. since the plenum of the in complete accord in determined op-! for February, March, April and May Position to Loreism. Despite the num-|at the ratio of one to every 25 or bre of great obstacles (first of all the| major fraction thereof. In addition to low theoretical level of the party, and|the delegates sent from Wilkes Barre its incorrect social-democratic form of |and Scranton city conventions there organization), the process of Bolshev-| shall be five delegates from wnat- ization of the party is moving the par-| tached branchés in good standing in |ty ever more away from Loreism and the anthracite section, If there are has reached the point where a polit- any additional unattached branches in ical alliance with Lore is already be-| good standing in this anthracite secs |coming impossible without direct be-| tion they shall be combined with the trayal of the principles of Leninism.|nearest branch or city central coms | Hence, the complete political accord | mittee of both factions (despite the excep-| Young Workers League. tionally bitter factional struggle) with 1. The Young Workers League shall regard to Loreism, which the Parity | be entitled to three delegates in the Commission establishes first of all. | national convention. Two of these The Parity Commission further de-! will be supporters of the majority of clares that the reciprocical accusa-/the C. 2. C. and one of them minority tions of both factions of a Political | of the C_ BE. C, alliance with the Loreites are abso- | Fraternally submitted, lutely incorrect and without founda-} Central Executive Committee, Neither facton is at present in Workers (Communist) Party alliance with Lore, Both factions have, of America. Executive Wm. Z. Foster, Chairman, Committee of the C. I., actually proven C. E. Ruthenberg, Executive Sec'y. their complete readiness to wage a| P. S—The questions of the affilia- determined struggle against oppor-! tion of Chester to Philadelphia and of tunism (Loreism) in our party. But! the representatives of the Y. W. L. the extreme bitterness of the factional | in city conventions of the party will struggle paralyzes all the efforts of be settled in a few days. The resolu- both groups in the campaign against! tions for the convention will be pub factional misunderstandings around | this question, caused mutual misun- derstanding, and led both groups to | Loreism, has created a number of! lished beginning July 28, Schwab Offers an Alibi PHILADELPHIA, Pa. July 26.—The a bumber of errors. | Bethlehem Ship corporation, limited, The Parity Commission. calls the| today filed a denial to charged made attention of the party to the fact that| by the United States government that Loreism is at the present time the| the concern received upwards of $11- most dangerous tendency in the party | 000,000 in excess of what they should which offers strong resistance to the| properly have been paid under war? Bolshevization of our party, and ex-| time contracts. presses full confidence that at the coming patty convention Loreism will be unanimously condemned by both | } groups, and that in the coming dis-| | i -41 WANTED }. « cussion the ‘ideological struggle! pba ay | against Loreism will have the central a. e | place, |} Mining Engineer HE Parity Commission declares | One who is on the side of {| that all the above decisions have the working class, Give radi- been adopted unanimously and are cal references in first letter. therefore considered as final. Any| - attempt to again raise the questions Wanted—addresses of Tom which have been settled by the Com- Lewis, Tom Cullen and Isadc mission will be considered as nothing McBride, at once. less than a desire to rekindle the factional struggle and to bring the jof the Central Executive Committee | ous violations of party’ discipline, de-| sion, therefore the Parity Commission serve the most severe party ‘condem-| does not deem it necessary to con- nation, and that after the party con-| sider the other questions, which have ‘vention, when the party will have| now lost their practical significance, been unified, such actions will be se-| and resolves to consider these ques- |verely punished by the party. | tions, as well as the reciprocal accusa- party to a split. Any attempts of this kind will meet with most severe par ty punishment. In conclusion, the Parity Commis sion expresses confidence that the com- ing party convention will be able to JOHN GLANTZ 135 North 16th Street } : } ,] ; ; 5 } ‘ ‘ ] } ; PHILADELPHIA, PA. ‘ t St factional struggle in Cleveland, | which occurred during the meetings, | |of the suspension and expulsion of | The Stiuation in Philadelphia— '* There is no need of describing how! the factional struggle developed in) Philadelphia, This would be merely | a repetition of the history of the fac- tional struggle in Cleveland: the same | course of events (with insignificant | and unessentia! differences), the same | methods and forms of the factional! | Struggle, the same effort to gain even! a slight majority in order to suppress the other side, the saine impermiasible violation of party discipline. The fac-| tional struggle in Philadelphia résult-| ed in fewer suspensions and expul-| sions than in Cleveland, but in the| ‘final result the Philadelphia organiza. tions in connection with the “nine” points, as liquidated. Personal Polemics—After the *plenum of the Executive Committee of the Comintern which demanded | “that all personal the two sides should cease,” rumors | began to circulate in the party in con- nection with the decision of the plenum on the case of Comrade Love-| stone, which rumors were directed against the Communist integrity of Comrade Lovestone as well as against the leaders of the majority who were Present at the plenum, The Parity | Commission declares that all these | rumors are without foundation and are- polemics between | | Sion calls upon all members of the | Party to consider seriously the critical Put an end to the factional struggle within the party, enabling the party to face the great tasks which are confronting it. The Parity Commis- SICK AND DEATH BENEFIT SOCIETIES Frauen-Kranken-Unterstuetzungs Vereiqt . Fortechritt Meets every Ist & &rd Thursday, Wicker Park Hall, 2040 W. North Avenue. Secretary. situation in the party and to exert every effort to bring the party out of this grave situation. Le. Green, Chairman, William Z. Foster, James P. Cannon, Alexander Bittelman, C. &. Ruthenberg, Jay Lovestone, Max Bedacht, Ris the election period for the lowest party units tothe city or district con- vention ll have the right to elect delegates e city or district con- vention, the following excep- tions: Shop nuclei which have been organized before April 1 and have not purchased dues stamps since that time shall have no right to elect delegates to the city. or district conventions as @ nucleus, Members of these nuclei who are in good standing shall take part in their former branches in the election of delegates to the city or dis- trict convention. City Conventions, 1, The city conventions shall be held from August 10 until August 15. held, to the district conventions on the same basis as the branches. 2. Where a number of shop nuclei have been combined into a shop nuc- lei branch, the shop nuclei branch shall be entitled ¢o send as many dele- gates to the city or district conven: | tion as the individual shop nuclei would have been entitled to send, had they not been combined in a shop nuclei branch, 8. Shop nuclei which have been chartered by the ©. B. ©. or will have beta chartered before 2. City conventions are entitled to send delegates to district conventions on the basis of one delegate tor each 26 members or major fraction thereof, as shown by average dues payments i February, March, April and May, 25. 3. City conventions shall elect dele- Bates to the district conventions in accordance with the following rules: 4) Where the city convention is entitled to one delegate to the district convention this delegate shall be elected by a majority of the vote. titled to two delegates and either of the two groups in the party is sup- ported by a minority of delegates con- sisting of not less than 40 per cent then the minority of the delegates of the convention shall be entitled to elect one of the delegates. c) If the city convention is en- titled to elect three delegates to the district ¢onvention, or a number of delegates which is a multiple of three, and neither of the two groups in the party have a minority of delegates of not less than 30 per cent this minority of the delegates in the city convention shall elect one-third of the total number of delegates. If the total number of delegates to be elect- ed by the city convention, less one is\a multiple of three, (for instance 4, 7, 10 and so on) the group which is in @ minority of not less than 30 per cent shall elect one-third of the total number of delegates less one. If the total number of delegates plus one is a multiple of three (as for in- stance 5, 8, 11, 14 and so on) the group which has a minority of not less than 30 per cent of the delegates shall elect one-third of the total num- ber of délégates plus one, For example, if a city convention the last day of] b) If the city organization is on-| elects thriteén delegates the minority a delegates in the convention would be entitled io four delekates. If, how- ever, the convention elected fourteen delegates, then the minority delegates would be entitled to five delegates. | District Conventions. 1, The district conventions be held on August 16. 2. District conventions are entitled to one delegate to the nationa) conven- tion for each 331 members or major fraction thereof. 3. In those districts in which no city conventions were held and the branches elected delegates to the district conventions directly in 1923, no city conventions shall be held in electing delegates to the present na- tional convention, 4, District conventions shall elect delegates to the national convention in accordance with the following rules $ 4) Where’ the district convention is entitled to one delegate to the na- tional convention, this delegate shall be elected by the majority of the votes, , b) If the district organization is entitled to two delegates, and either of the two groups of the party is sup- shall gates and either of the two groups of; of the total number of delegates, If the party is supported by a minority | the total number of delegates to be of the delegates consisting of not less lected b than 40 per cent then this minority | wlected by tte disteict convention less shall be entitled to elect one of the |°® 18 4 multiple of three (for in- delegates, stance, 4, 7,,10°and so on) the group c) It the district convention ig | Which is in the minority of not less entitled to elect three delegates to the | ‘han 30 per cént shall elect one-Third national convention, or a number of | of the total number of delegates less delegates which is a multiple of three, | one. If the total number of delegates oes rap of 019 leks ey te in bare plus one is a multiple of three (as party have a minority of delegates, of not less than 30 per cent, this for instance, 6, 8, 11, 14 and so on) minority of the delegates in the dis-| the group which has a minority of trict convention shall elect one-third ' the delegates of not less than 30 per SIBERIA 7, LEON TROTSKY $1.00 A story of escape from exile, ported by a minority of. the dele; Press Picnic Committee Meets TONIGHT, 8 P. M., 19 So. Lincoln Street All delegates elected by branches and representatives: of Party papers should be present. all Workers