The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 19, 1925, Page 12

| Proposed Constitution of the Workers (Communist) Party’ * (Continued from page 5) Central Executive Committee, The entire sum shall go to the national or- ganization, ° Section 2. Hach member shall pay 50c per month dues, which shall be receipted for by dues stamps issued by the Central Executive Committee, Members whose earnings are more than $100.00 per month shall pay addi- tional dues to the amount of one per cent of their earnings above $100. The payment of the additional dues shall be receipted for by special stamps issued by the Central Executive Committee, Section 3. The district organization shall purchase regular dues stamps from the Central fxecutive Committee at 25c per stamp, the city organiza- tion shall purchase dues stamps from the city organization at 40c; the sub- section organization shall purchase dues stamps from the section organiza- tion at 42%c; and the shop nuclei and the street nuclei (international branches) shall purchase stamps from the sub-section organization at 45c. Where no sub-sections exist the shop nuclei and international branch pur- chase their stamps from the section organization at 45c. Where no sec- tions exist, the shop nuclei and street nuclei (international bronches) pur- chase stamps from the city organization at 45c, Section 4. Special assessments may be levied by the national conven- tion or the Central Executive Committee. No member shall be considered in good standing unless he purchases such special assessment stamp. Section 5. Members unable to pay dues or assessments on account of unemployment, strikes, sickness, or similar reason shall by vote of the nucleus or international branch be furnished with exempt stamps. No dis- trict organization shall be allowed exempt stamps in a proportion greater than ten per cent of its monthly purchase of regular stamps, except by decision of the C. E. C. Section 6. Members who are three months in arrears in payment of dues shall cease to be members of the party in good standing. Members “whe are six months in arrears shall be stricken from the rolls. No member of the Party shall pay dues in advance for a period of more than threc months. Article 16. Language Fractions. Section 1. All members of the Party now members of language branches must become members in either shop nuclei or international branches in the reorganization of the Party on the basis of this constitution, in order to retain their membership in the Party. Section 2. The former members of the language sections of the Party, in addition to their membership in the Party, through affiliation with the shop nuclei or international - branch shall form language fractions. Section 3. The language fraction shall consist of all the members of the Party who speak a certain language, who are members of a sub-section, section, or city organization of the Party. The units of the language frac- tion should be formed on the basis of the most efficient method of working among their particular language group. The D. E. C. or City Executive Committee shall decide as to the units to be formed. Sectioa 4. Where there is more than one sub-section in a section or- | ganization, in which language fractions of a. particular language up are organized, these language fractions shall hold general membership meetings of all the members of the langauge fraction, inthe section in January and July of each year, and elect an executive committee of the language frac- tion for the section. Where there are several sections of a city in which fractions are organized, the members of the language fraction shall hold a city membership meeting in January and July of each year, and elect a city executive committee of the language fraction, subject to the approval of the respective Party committee. Section 5. Once each year, there shall be held a distriet conference of delegates from the language fractions in the party districts which shall elect a district executive committee for the language fraction: The D. E. C. for the language fractig@m must be approved by the Party D. E. C. Section 6. The Central Executive Committee of the Party may, if it deems it advisable, permit the holding of a national conference of a lang- uage fraction of a particular language group. When such national confer- ences are held. they shall elect, subject to the approval of the Central Ex- ecutive Committee, a- national language bureau. In cases where the Cen- tral Executive Committee does not deem it adyisable to hold national con- ferences of a langugae fraction, it shall appoint a national] bureau for the language fraction. Section 7. The language fraction is an auxiliary organization of the Party, for work among a particular language group. Only Party members who are affiliated to the shop nuclei or the street nuclei (international branches) and pay dues to the basic units of the Party, can be members of the language fraction of the Party. The language fraction of the Party does not collect dues, but may, with the consent of the Central Executive Committee carry on special campaigns among their langauge groups for funds to carry on the work of the language fraction, The Central Executive Committee shall also provide a definite monthly appropriation from the dues receipts for the work of the language fraction national bureaus. Section 8. It ig the work of the language fraction to carry on agitation, propaganda, and organization work* among the working masses of: its language group. The language fraction must also organize fractions of party members in the fraternal and benevolent organizations of its language group, as provided for in the section of this constitution dealing with the organizational question, and carry on a systematic campaign to establish Communist influence and bring these organizations under the influence of the party, ideologically and organizationally. ; Section 9. The language fractions of each language group shall also organize a workers’ club of their particular language group in each city or the sections of the city. These workers’ clubs gkaf! consist, of both party and non-party members. The language fraction shall function as a fraction in these clubs to carry on agitation and propa and bring the non-Party members under Communist influence and t them for. mem- bership in regular Party units. ie Ne Article 17. Fractions. ; Section 1. In all non-Party workers’ and farmers’ organizations (trade unions, co-operatives, cultural societies, educational societies, fraternal and benevolent societies, sports and other clubs, war veterans’ organizations, factory councils, unemployed councils, at conferences and conventions, in local administrative bodies, state legislatures and the national congress) where there are at least two Communists, a Communist fraction must be organised for the parpose of increasing the influence of the Party in ap- pfying its policy in the non-Party sphere. 6 Settion 2, The fractio#S are btgans of the Pat wi enidatlona, ‘They are not died drgdaiations bat are subordinate to the competent ieeat camiiiites, Section &. In cane of ditterentes nish Rataeen tt’ Party and the fraction, the Party comsniites mist iivestigais the qiiestion ane Tier its th thant ot a ee bebision which. must be éarried out hy tie fraiéiion, in ee at op peal is made against the decision by thé frattian, the qnestién shati bo finally settled by the next higher Party semimittes: Section 4. If questions are discussed by & Party committee which com cerns a fraction, the committee shall accept a reprasétative of the frac tion concerned, who shall attend the meeting of the cotimiittes if an advis- ory capacity, Section 1. The fractions elect their own officers who, however, must be endorsed by the Party committee in the section in which the fraction operates. The officers of the fraction are responsible tor their activities to the fraction and to the Party committee. Section 6. The Party committee, which directs the, Party work tn the territory in which a fraction is organized, has the right to send its repre- sentatives into the executive committee of any fracton or to recall any member of that bady, after the reason for such acton has been explained to the fraction. Section 7. “Candidates for all important positions in the organization in which the fractions are working are selected by the fractia, in agree- ment with the Party committee for the section, Section 8. Questions which come up for decision in the organization in which a fraction is working must be discussed {n advance in the meeting of the fraction, or by its leading committee. On every question on which a decision is reached in the fraction, or a decision made by the leading committee, the fraction members must act unanimously in the méeting of the organization and vote together solidly. Members who break this rule are subject to discjplinary measures by the Party. Article 18. Relations to the Y. W. L. Section 1. A corresponding committee of the Young Workers League shall be entitled to send one representative with voice and vote into all sub-sections. sections, city and district and central executive committees of the Party, provided there is a corresponding Y. W. L. organization to the organization of the party to which the representative ig sent. Section 2. The Party executive‘committee, in the sub-section, section, city, district, and the Central Executive Committee shall send a representa- tive with voice and vote into the corresponding Y. W. L. committee, Section 3. The corresponding Y. W. L. organization shall be entitled to send representatives to all conferences and conventions of the Party or- ganization. The number of representatives which shall be given to the Y. W. L. in such conferences and conventions shall be decided by the Party committee which calls the conference or convention, Section 4. All members of the Party under 21 years of age must join the Young Workers League. All members of the Young Workérs ike years of age or over, or be excluded fron? the League. * Section 5, Members of the Y. W. L, who are undef years of age and who are also members of the Party, shall be exempt from paying Party dues upon presentation of their Y. W. L. dues card, with dues stamp affixed. An exempt stamp, marked “Y. W. L.” shall be affixed to the Party card of such member over 2l-years of age, should join the Party ‘and ay ee - Schedule. 1, The provisions of this constitution in relation to purchase of dues stamps from the district committee and city organizations by the basic units of the Party go into effect on October first. Language branches which have not been reorganized by that date must purchase their dues stamps from the district and city organizations, 2. The provisions of this constitution in regard to the elections of the sub-secton, section, city and district committees go into effect ag fast as the reorganization of the Party on the basis of this constitution take place in a locality. This provision also applies to the organization of language fractions which must be organized as fast as the Party reorganization takes place, The provisions of the previous constitution of the Party apply in a locality until such time as the reorganization takes place, except, that the City Central Committee shall hold one session to constitute a City Executive Committee and then be abolished. 3. The reorganization of the entire Party on the basis of the provisions of this constitution shall be completed within six months from the time of its adoption, The Central Executive Committee is instructed to take all the necessary steps to carry out the reorganization in the period allotted. 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