The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 19, 1925, Page 11

) DRIVE Sommun-’ . tings ar-- anization a " wen by the. Executive sn in bureau of sult of its al women. vestigation 1924. The » summary rofessional 0 and cor- ent of the the coun- ally they 1,315,900 986,000 429,500 400,000 455,600 3,958,877 2,699,374 ~ women in are given > their in- into three sceive just ependently ‘e and less inimum | of * month. % than 60 0-700 yen (50-500 yen 100-800 yen (50-600 yen 120-500 yen 80-700 yen « 80-500. yen 90-400 yen. om 60vyen stenogra- tters mas- ses, clerks, iffeurs, mo- ss than 60 30-100 yen 24-70 yen 36-100 yen “9-80 yen 0-85. yen 0-50 yen 415-70 yen : these pro-. categories: Tsin Tokio. seresnenne 8,800 seeneeeeees 3,000 raeaoressee 5,000 recccecacee Sy hOOe: secoesocere 9,180 Roanateny ts sanensneee 0,900 setteeesere 4,500 sstesecenee 6,590 cevvsseeeee 1,590 nveeseinves, BAT cvcoseenees 1,740 cvtermavre 1,880 Vor " shop nuclei ahd the street nuclei (international branches) in, each section, and the conferences in January and July shall elect a. section executive committee which shall direct the work of the Party in the section. ¢) In January and July of each year, there shall be, held. a, conference : of delegates elected by the section or sub-section conferences (of represent- atives of the shop and «street nucle) in: the city, whi¢h, shall, elect. the city executive cémmittee,’ except in those, cities which are..the: ; head; quarters of the district: éxecutive committee. In: the latter cities,, the district ~ executive committee funcions as the leading committee. ' “Section 4. “committees, shall be determined by the respecjive conferences which elect. “thege committees. Sction 5. As soon as the Party reorganization progresses so that at Yeast 25 per cent of the Party members are’ organized. in shop, nuclei, at least’ ‘fatty per cent of the members of the sub-section, section, and :city exeéutive committee shall be elected from the shop. nuclei. "* Section 6. The sub-section, section, and city executive committees ‘€lect a sécretary-organizer, who is responsible for the maintenance of .con- “‘pections with thé next higher unit and for the execution, of the, decisions of “tie' committees. ; Article 6 Sub-District Organization, aes Section 1. Wherever the district executive committee considers. that the functioning of the Party organization will be improved, it may witlr the co. ent of the Central Executive’ Committee, create a sub-district ‘organiza- then ‘the combination of several cities. Such sub-district organizations’ hold ja cotiferénte of delegates from the city organization’ or: from i and street nuclei (international branches) in the sub-district ni 3 and July. of’ éach year and elect a sub-district executive com ittee. Section 2. The number of members of which the sub-district executive committee shall consist shall be determined by the sub- district conference, Where the basic organizations of a sub-district are made up of shop nuclei to an extent of at least twenty-five per cent, fifty per cent of the members of the sub-district executive committee shall be elected from the shop nuclei. Section 3. The sub-district executive committee shall elect a secretary- organizer who shall maintain connections with the next higher unit of the Party, and execute the decisions of the sub-district executive gommittee. Section 4. In the city in which the sub-district committee has its headquarters, the sub-district committee acts as the executive committee of that city, ° Article 7. District Organization. Section 1. The Central Executive Committee ofthe Party shall divide the country into districts. Once each year there shall be held a district conference made up of delegates from the city organizations in the district / and such unattached nuclei and international branchés °as thére may be in the district. This district conference shall élect a district executive committee. Special conferences may be called by the an executive committee or by the Central Executive Committee. 6 Section 2. The district conference also elects the District Control Com- mes which shall be charged with the control of the financial accounts of'afi"Mf@'Party units in the district and: which also deals: withthe. appeals “frdny tie “ecisions of lower Party units against disciplinary action, Section 3. The Distriet Executive’ Committee is the “highest: Party authority in the district between district conferences. The District Exec- utive Committee must be composed partially of factory workers and should include representatives of the chief towns of thé district: The district committee determines how often full meetings of the ‘district com- mittee are to be held. But these must be held at least once a month. The district committee where composed in part of members not residing in the city of the district headquarters shall elect an executive council for the conduct of its current business. Section 4. The District Executive Committee elects the district organ- izer in agreement with the Central Executive Committee. The district organizer must have been a member of the Party for two years. If a district paper is published the- District Executive Committee elects the editor of ‘the paper with the agreement of the Central Executive Comitnittee. - Section 5. The district executive committee shall organize such depart- ments,for the conduct of the Party work as Agitprop, organization; trade union work, woman’s work, etc. As a rule-members of the district com- mittee should be placed at the head of these departments. These depart- ments carry on their work under the direction of the District Executive Committee and submit periodic reports to the Distriet Executive Committee. Section 6. The District Executive Committee is responsible: for its york to_ the district conference and the Central Executive Committee. It must, (oti a herrea mone of its activities to the Central Executive Cox xo . J mee '7.0ah the city tn which the District Executive Committee has its headquarters: the: city organization does not elect a city executive com- mittee and the Party work in this city is directed ~. the meatiint Executive Committee, v Article 8. The Party Contevines. “Section 1. The Central Executive Committee may, when it senine. it necessary, call party conferences, “The delegates to:these party conferenées from the districts shall be elected by the district committee. The Central ~~ ‘Executive Conimittee may co-opt individual party: workers to attend’ the / party conferences in an advisory capacity without voting rights, ©. - Section 2.°:The decisions of the Party conference are not» Valid and a on the Party unless endorsed by the Central Executive Committee. “TY Article 9. ‘The Party Convention. _- ion 1. The party. convention. is the highest, authority of the Party shall. be called. by the Central Executive Committee at least. once a year in agreement with the executive committee of the Communist Inter- national, Section 2. Special conventions which shall have all the powers of regular conventions, may be called by the Central Executive Committee either,at its own initiative and in agreement with the Executive Committee rkers (Communist) Party The size of the sub-section, section, and city executive | tions of Party program, formulate resolutions on all political, tactical and organizational questions, elect the Central Executive Committee and the Central Control Committee, . pars Article 10. Elections of Delegates. atva Seetion.1. Election of delegates to all party conferences and conven- tions shall be based: upon the number of members in good standing on the first of the. month-prior to, the date of the election. No party member can vote in the election if more than ‘two months in arrears in dues payments. The secretary of the Party unit shall submit with the results of the election a certified list stating the names of the good-standing mem- bers in the Party unit. No election of delegates to any conference or convention shall be valid unless 5 per cent of the goad, standing members in .the Party unit participated {n the elections. Section 2. The highest ‘committee of the unit of the Party in which a conferenee or convention is. to be held shall decide the basis df representa- tion, that.is, the number of good-standing members hecessary to elect delegates. Section 3. The shop nucleus and. the. street eeldan (international branch): or in case of large cities the sub-section, shall elect delegates to the city convention in accordance with the number of delegates they are en- titled to based upon the certified list of good-standing members which the secretary shall send to the city convention in certifying the results of the elections, ; Section 4. The city convention shall elect the number of delegates it is ,entitled to according to the ratio fixed for the election of delegates from the city convention to the district convention based upon the number of members in good standing in the city as certified by the shop nuclei and the street nuclei (international branches). Section 5. The district convention shall elect the number of delegates ° “}" it is entitled to according to the ratio fixed for the election of delegates from the district convention to the national convention based upon the number of goodstanding members in the district as certified by the eity convention. : Section 6. The same rule shall apply in the election of delegates to section and city conferences, provided for in Article 5, Article 11. Central Executive Committee. Section 1. The Central Executive Committee of the Party shall be elected by the Party convention and shall consist of 19 members elected \by the convention a representative of the Young Workers League and a neutral chairman with decisive vote. The convention shall also elect six candidates who shall have a right to participate in the full sessions.of the C. E. C. with & voice but no vote. In case of vacancies the candidates shall become members of the C. BE. C. ; Section 2. The Central Executive Committee is the highest authority { of the Party between the party conventions, ‘It represents the Party as a ‘whole over and against other Party institutions anfl other institutions, organizes various organs of the Party, conducts all its political and organ- izational wok, appoints the editors of its central organs who work under its leadership and control, organizes and guides all undertakings of im- portance for the entire Party, distributes all the Party forces and controls of the Party fractions within‘ bédiés of a central nature!” P20) Section: 3. The Central Executive Committee elects from.among its numbers a Political Committee for conducting the work of the C. E. Cc between its full sessions, The Central Committee shall elect a genera) secretary, and a secretariat for conduct of the permanent current work, and establish an agitprop department, organization department and such other departments as the Party requires. The members of. the Central Executive Committee should be the heads of these departments wherever possible. Section 4. The Central Executive Committee shall divide the country into districts and create district organizations. The Central Executive Com- mittée has the right to combine or divide existing organizations, either according to territory or otherwise in conformity with their Political and economic characteristics. Article 12. The Central Control Committee, ~ Section 1. The Party convention shall elect a Central Control Com- mittee of four members which shall audit the books and accounts of the national organization and supervise similar control of the financial accounts of the Party as a whole. Section 2. The Central Control Committee shall also pass upon appeals from decision of lower party ‘units in reference .to braeches of discipline, The decisions of the Central Control. Committee in such matters are subject to the approval of the Central Executive Committee. ° . Article 13. Qualifications. Section 1. Members of the Central Executive Committee, general secretary, editor, and all candidates for political office. must have been member of the Party for two years at.time of their nomination, Section 2. Members of the District Executive Committee, must have been members of the Party for two. years at the time of their nomination. Section 3. Members of City Executive Committees must have been members of the Party for one year at the time of. their nomination, and of section and sub-section committees must have been members of the Party for six months at the time of their nomination, Article 14, Party Dicipline. Section 1. The strictest party discipline is the mogt solemn duty of all (Party members and all Party orgahizations, The decisions of the Com- *munist International and the Party convention, of the Central Executive Commitee and all the lead g committees of the vag must be promptly carried out, Discussion of questions over which. ther ve been orearen must not continue after the decision has been pm Section 2. Breaches of party discipline by. be punished by censure, public censure, dismissal frome office, supenion from the Party, and expulsion from the Party, Breaches of discipline by Party committees may be punished by removal of the committee by the next higher Party committee, Charge# against individual.members shall be made in the if a of the, Communist [nternational or at the initiative of the:Communist,Shop nucleus or international branch and the decision of the Party unit International, or upon the demand of party organizations representing ‘halt’ - the members of the Party. Special conventions, however, can enly be called _ with the agfeement of the Executive Committee of the ‘Communist; Inter- national. n 3. Sna:duh, len tan entinancunmmntlon cdiphctie suennana ‘agenda of the commenters chat De exeenied tothe memmenetip.at least-one month before the date of the convention, Section 4. The number of delegates to the eavention shall be deter mined by the Central Hxecutive Committee, Delegates shal be appor-. tioned. to the nage dt gre ylang on regent accordance with the provision of article 10 of this constitution, Section 5. The party convention shall hear the reports of the cae Executive Committee and the Central Control Committee, decid the ques- - . shall, be by the. Party committee in the territory in which the unit is located, | against individual members. may also be made in any,leading committee of the Party and such committees have full power to. act. -The member expelled may appeal to the next higher: committee. Appeals can be made only by the.punished members themselves or. by a _party organization.in his behalf... Section 4. No leading committee “at the Party has power to suspend any of Its me regs @ committee,. Charges against. members of com- the next .higher committee. . Article 15. Dues. Section 1. .Each applicant for membership shall pay an initiation fee “of 50¢ which shall. pe oii, 0 for by an initiation snee furnished by the ., (Continued on page 6) apt iq weE \ the Central Treasury. The Central Executive Committee oepenete the york | idual. F thn ting may ’ i