The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 7, 1925, Page 4

i Page Four*-———-" a EE DETROIT MEMBERSHIP MEETING UNANIMOUSLY ENDORSES DECISION ‘+ OF COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL DETROIT, Oct. 5.—The Detroit meeting, held Sunday, Sept. 27, to discuss the Bolshevization and reorganization of the party on the basis of shop Muclei, 286 members being present, passed the following resolution un- animously: i “The Detroit membership meeting accepts the report of the representa- tive of the Cpntral Executive Committee on Bolshevization and reorganization and promises to give united support to+ the Central Executive Committee in this campaign, and in the general party work, “We give our full confidence to the Central Executive Committee in the spirit of the decision of the Commun- ist International received during the convention regarding the party leader- ship. “The decision of the Communist In- ternational which is the basis upon which the new Central Executive Com- mittee was unanimously elected puts an end to all legitimate further con- RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN PERFORMANCE & DANCE SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11 The Russian and Ukrainian branches of the Workers Party have arranged jointly a+ perform. ance and dance for Sunday, Oct. 11, at Emmett Memorial Hall, cor- ner Ogden and Taylor. All friendly organizations are re- quested to keep this date open and troversy. | . not to arrange other affairs. “We declare our earnest intention to vigorously support the Central Executive Committee in its efforts to carry out the many tasks ahead of us and to support with equal energy the policies laid down for our party by the national convention. “Resolved: That we accept and en- dorse fully the decision of the Com- munist International and all the ac- tions of the convention. We endorse the expulsion of Lore from the party and the removal of Askeli from the editorship of Tyomies and pledge our fullest co-operation in the struggle against the right wing within our party. We greet the determined atti- ‘tude taken by the convention on the Bolsheyization of our party and the recognition by the convention that the reorganiaztion of our party on a\shop nuclei basis is a real advancement of our party towards Communist matur- ity, : in the party of the idga-that the Com- munist International acts upon misin- formation, said Minor; leads inevitably to the’ conclusion in*the- minds of members “that the*Communist Inter- national acts"in an“irfesponsible wa; that the Communist International c not be depended, ypon, by the Ameri- can section for guidance. He com- mented that the minutes of the ses- sion of the presidium of the Comin- tern Executive of about a year and a half ago, showed. that Comrade Zino- viev at that time forecasted the com- ing inevitable exit of Lore from the party, for Lore was beginning his propaganda with the claim that the Communist International acts in American affairs upon misinforma- tion, that the Comintern leaders do not understand American conditions. Minor asked the membership not ¢o = “We pledge the Central Bxecutive Committee our fullest support and co- operation in carrying out all decis- fons.” H * In the discussion of the resolution, four of the members present spoke against its adoption. These speakers argued that an appeal was being tak- en against the decision of the Com- munist International in the belief t the Communist International had ected upon misinformation; and that supporters of the. appeal they uld be unwilling to vote an endorse- the decision of the Commun- ational, altho they were will- agcept it and carry it out. spresentative of the Central ve Committee, Comrade Minor, ng the debate, declared that a he process of Bolshevization nsists in bringing about a condition fm the party under which no one would: be willing to propagate the idea that the Communist International acts up- on misinformation, The propagation take the position that the Comintern “acted upon misinformation,” but to believe that the Comintern has acted in a responsible manner as the most reliable guide for the revolutionary workers in America and in all other countries of the world. The vote thereupon being taken, all present voted for the Central Execu- tive Committee resolution and the chairman, Comrade Edgar Owens, de- clared the decision to be unanithous. District Five Elects Jakira as Organizer PITTSBURGH, Oct. 5.—At the last meeting ofthe District Executive Committee of Pittsburgh, Comrade A. Jakira was elected district organ- izer of District, Five in place of Com- rade Arne Swabeck.. All communica- tions pertaining to district matters should be sent to A. Jakira, Room 5, 805 James St., N.S, Pittsburgh, Pa. FULL INFORMATION REGARDING MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS BEING HELD IN REORGANIZATION DRIVE Workers (Communist) Party membérship meetings arranged in the party's reorganization campaign with the following dates: CHICAGO, ILL.—Wednesday, Oct. 7, Ruthenberg and Martin Abern, the speakers signed to be held on at the Northwest Hall. C. E. NEW HAVEN, CONN.—Sunday, Oct. 11, 2. p.m. Labor Lyceum, 38 Howe St. J. J. Ballam and William Simone. An organization tour of the western districts is being planned by the Central Executlve Committee Seattle, Portland, Tacoma, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and other party centers of the west will arrange mass member. ship meetings to be addressed by a representative of the Central Executive Committee. The Liltfle Red Library Convenient, pocket size booklets carrying important contributions to the literature of the revolutionary movement. Number 1 —$—$$ Number 2 Number TRADE UNIONS IN AMERICA CLASS STRUGGLE vs. CLASS COLLABORA- TION PRINCIPLES OF COMMUNISM Number 4 Number ) New titles will soon be issued. 10 Cents Each Twelve copies for one dollar. Send one dollar and these five and the next seven issues will be sent you as soon as they are off the press. WORKER CORRESPONDENTS POEMS FOR WORKERS 3 By Wm. Z. Foster, Jas. P, Cannon, Earl R. Browder ‘ By Earl R. Browder —<——$—__———. By Frederick Engels Translation by Max Bedacht By Wm. F, Dunne Edited by Manuel Gomez Problems ‘of By H. PURO, Editor of the Eteenpain. Reorganization of our Party along the lines of shop nuclei and street nuclei (international branches) is one of the biggest tasks that our Party has ever’ had. Undoubtedly we will face many difficulties before this work is accom- plished. But we simply must have one solid unified Party in this country in order that we may be able to con- duct the class struggle of the Amer- ican working class and in order that we may ,in the near future have the working class conquer the economic and ‘political power. ‘We ¢an no longer tolerate, the pres- ent federation and geographical basis of our Party. This very form of or- ganization offers fertile soil for dif- ferent views and different kinds of actions in the Party matters and places. different sections of the Party membership ‘too far away from Party life. Our Party, in the present organizational form, is tod loose for funetioning as an effective apparatus. in order that it may be able to conduct the class struggle, it must be central- ized ‘so that the membership may be quickly mobilized for every occasion. Now then, the question arises; how can we best realize our reorgan- ization plan? In the language sec- tions of our Party there are more difficulties than in those sections where the whole membership is Eng- IfSh_ speaking. Especially in some large sections like the Finnish Federa- tion, where there are some branches as large as from 200 to 400 and even 600 members, consisting of workers of many trades and occupations and large numbers of housewives and servant gitls. In these branches re- organization presents the most diffi- cult problems and carried ou In the big branches re- organization is so much more diffi- cult, because in them there are al- ways elements who are more nomin- ally members than really active ones, We find in the large branches many theoretically backward members, who have become members of our Party rather to express their sympathy thereby and in order that they may have the benefit of the’ social and cultural life, which ‘these branches offer them. In these ‘branches, if we will not find somespecial ways ahd means to deal with. them, we may lose most of our: present members. In any case we lose some of our Present membership, but we may be able to save them for our sympathetic organizations (Workers Clubs) and cannot easily be Shop Nuclei Le By S. JONAS, later win mj of them back to the Party, Also in of the small towns and agricultural communities, there is only a Finn, Branch. There, also, the rrooena Teorganization meets with difficultieg| .However, even in these places new organization form, even if branch gan be only nominally turned into international branch, but really remains Finnish branch, they will become directly connected to the Party and therefore closer to it. In many instances these branches will be broken up into several shop nuclei and street nuclei, In many localities the membership of the branches is so divided in their industries, that they can at first only be organized jn the international branches. Even. this will be a great step forward, from the present lang- uage form of organization and can later, when conditions change, be easily transformed into shop nuclei. Of course the Janguage difficulty is a big problem Ym the functioning of members in . these international branches. But a great bulk of Federation members have already sb much knowledge of the English lang- uage that they nay easily learn more and the new form of organization offers them better possibilities than ever before. In many industrial centers, how- ever, where Federation members are working mainly in one industry, re- organization is a comparatively. easy matter. In Stich instances their em- ployment has already laid the ground work for our organization. We simply must organize our comrades for their Party work and instruct them how to carry on their activities, Of course, because there are among the many nationalities of workers in this country, very few members in the Party in many shops there can be found .Party members who all speak the same language.: In these cases it takes some time before a really effectively functioning Party unit could be built. But after our com- rades will learn how to approach their fellow workers in the shop, they will become more and more effective in their work. There is no doubt that the Party will assist them in every possible way. I think that in many places re- organization is. much easier than the comrades may. believe, so that we must not think that the C. I. has given our Party an impossible task, which cannot be fulfilled. This, how- ever, does not. mean that we shall hide from ourselyes all the difficulties and therefore think reorganization as an easy matter. The greater the task is and the more difficulties there are, the harder we must grasp this work and carry it out unitedly. the Reoreanization of Our Party » Of course only mechanical reorgan- }ization is not sufficient and does not mean very much. If we cannot or- ganize our members into newly or- are lost. So it is absolutely necessary, carry out a very effective ideological campaign in order to teach our mem- bers what reorganization red#lly means, Therefore, bolshevization pro- paganda must go hand in-hand with reorganization work and in many in- stances, it must go before it. Our Federation membership must become convinced that reorganization and bolshevization of our Party means to Americanize them in the bol- shevistic sense of that word. They must realize that, hitherto, they have been members only of some kind of by-organization and that reorganiza- tion means to bring them closely to the fold of the revolutionary party of American workers as full fledged members. Our members must admit. that, at present, in the Federation branches-which are more like clubs, Party activities have suffered. Party members must have a separate appa- ratus, thru which they can plan to carry out the duties of the Party Workees clubs and other sympathet organizations are good and necessa: ot course, in order to help us m tain, connections with the masses but they cannot:function as Party basic organizations, as Party units. It is, however, clear that we can never carry out reorganization by a theoretical and ideological campaign alone. We must, without further de- lays and hesitation, start actual re- organization work at once. In the process of that work our ideological campaigns will assist and become understandable for the mem- bership. So far as our Party and its various language sections are pro- gressing in this difficult work, so much more experience we will get, RE-ORGANIZATION COURSE : FIRST ON CURRICULUM OF ~,, . NEW YORK WORKERS’ SCHOOL NEW YORK, Oct. 5,— Training for Communist leadership and training ganized units for their functions we | for Communist membership are the central alms of the New York Workers’ School which will open its fall courses beginning about the-middle of October. in the question of reorganization, to].The school at 108 H, 14th St., under the control of the Workers Party, will be a training center not only for the New York membership and its most active elements, but also for the entire eastern district of the country. Non-party members also, in fact all class will find in the school some #— course or courses’ which will make them better militant fighters on be- half of their class. < Reorgahization is the order of the day in the party. It is no less’ the order of the day in this educational work than in other fields. The school has for.its most imme- diate task to direct and initiate a si- multaneous course in every shop nu- cleus so that within a period of three to six months, every member of the party in New York will have been educated. in “The Fundamentals of Leninism.” In order to prepare, the enormous staff of instructors or rather group discussion leaders to di- rect this work in all of. the nuclei simultaneously, there will be a shop nucleus training course in the cen- tral school. To this course every shop nucleus will send a leading comrade, preferably its organizer, and this com- rade will be trained to direct the dis- cussion within his nucleus. The course will include such fundamental problems as: What is a party; the role of the Communist party; its structure and organization; class di- vision, class differences and class struggle; party leaders, masses, class Bolshevization; work in the trade un- ions; Communist _ electoral cam- paigns and parliamentarism; theory and practice of the united front; Lore- ism and other pressing party prob- lems. In addition to the topics sug- gested above, the course will include the thoro study of the theoretical basis for the decision of these prob- and our seemingly impossible task becomes comparatively easy. * Towards those cases among our membership in which we find that they are not yet fully ripe and ready, we must have some patience and not handle them too ruthlessly, but try to explain the matter. Entirely dif- ferent: methods, of course, should be used where conscious opposition to reorganization is raising its head. We cannot tolerate this in this great crisis which is confronting our Party in its reorganization and bolsheviza- tion work, Comrades, let us go into this work wholeheartedly. Let us show in the Process ‘of this task that we are worthy to be called Communists. If we gointo this work in this spirit, then we surely will accomplish it successfully. lems and a study of the practical measures for bringing the conclusions of the course to life in the daily work of the party. om For active trade unionists, party functionaries and leading comrades generally there will be a Special train- ing course to which only a limited number will be admitted on the basis of examination. The examination will consist of a presentation by the candi- date not only of his previous study but, and this much more important, a presentation of evidence that he is really an active party worker, The tréning course will consist of a course in “Marxism-Leninism” extend- ing over a period of six months, in- structor, Bertram ‘D. Wolfe; a course in “Party History Structure and Prob- lems,” three months, instructor, Wil- liam W. Weinstone; and a course in really fighting: against amalgamation and are not more than indifferently (Shop Nuclei Organizer Brownsville ; 2P°Stessive. Section), When the question of reorganizing and Bolshevizing the party comes up, we understand that it means that the Workers Party, instead of being the small organization that it has heen up till now, will become a Bolshevik mass party. This can be accomplish- ed only when we make use of the daily struggles which come up before the workers in, théshops' and com- bine these activities with the political struggles which the party carries on and make them a daily issue, among the workers in the shops. This’ work can be carried on effectively only thru the means of shop nuclei, The following are a few examples to illustrate how the work has been car- ried on by the shop nuclei in the Brownsville section of New York City. In the Freiheit of June 10, there ap- peared an article which showed how the two shop nuclei of Brownsville made use of the slogan not to work the first of May and how the gomrades made it a shop issue. Not* only did y these factories not work, but the shop nuclei,took advantage of the oppor- tunityWot carrying on’ Communist propaganda in connection with the first of May, ' -A-second instan¢e was when the workers of one factory went out on strike for the recognition of the union, In this factory there was only one party member. The section organizer immediately called a conference of the party members including two sym- pathizers and organized a shop nucleus, In spite of the fact that the comrades had not had the necessary experience, they succeeded in having the strikers invite party comrades ‘to address their shop meetings. These party members have greatly influenced the strikers. When the DAILY WORKER carried a report of the strike activi- ties in Brownsville, these strikers spread hundreds of copies of the DAILY WORKER. The strike was a stubborn one and if not for the mem- mers of the other shop nuclei who helped the strikers financially and or- ganized many street demonstrations, it is quite probable that the strike would have been lost. With the help of the shop nuclef the strike was won after a struggle of 18 weeks. This ac- tivity won over many workers be- cause the shop nuclei carried on their daily struggles. ‘The shop nuclei also made use of the sentiment of the workers for am- algamation, pointing out to the work- ers that only the Workers Party is sin- cerely interested to amiiiimate the unions and that all the others ,are ‘ Pe eee Sh taal RR ia sill Ee He at RL AS a a lta SD That the shop nuclei serves as a means of gaining members for the party can be ‘proved by the fact that in Brownsvillé- which is anything but an industrial center, there already ex- isf seven shop nuclei with a member- ship of 32, only eight of which were members of the party before the or- ganization of ‘the shop nuclei, The shop nuclei are aiso effecitve in the organization of the Trade Un- ion Educational League into a mass organization. It is a fact, that a year ago, when the sentiment for amalga- mation in this trade was much stronger than at the present time, only ten members would gdme to a meeting of the T. U, BE. L. At the present time, from 40 to 50 members come to the meetings of the T. U. E. lL. It is also interesting to note how the shop nuclei are organized to carry out the party work in the shops. Of course the organization of shop nuclei in those shops where three party members were employed was not diffi- cult. The three members met and or- ganized a shop nucleus. They elected an organizer and secretary and im- mediately started to function ag a nucleus to carry out the work in their shop. An important duty of each member being the instruction that zach meber gives to a certain number of workers in the shop with the pur- pose of drawing them into the nuc- jieus. O) The work however, was much more lifficult in those shops where only one party member, worked. In those cases, the section, organizer together with the party comrades had many confer- ences with the sympathizers explain- ing to them that if they supported the Communist position in the “unions, helped the Workers Party financially and are sympathetic to the Commun- ist movement, there js no reason. why they should not become members of the party and work out the plang which they carry out. This propa- ganda was successful and in four shops where only one party member had previously workers four shop nuclei were formed. In one shop where not even one party member had previously ‘worked a shop nucleus was organized, In another shop where one member worked but who was against shop nuclei and therefore did nothing to help in the work, a nucleus was organiged by explaining to the sympathizers, the necessity for this nucleus, Im the last two nuclei, ‘the section organizer took into considera- tion the fact that these comrades ‘had had no experience whatever and ap- pointed old party comrades as organ- ead toa Bolshevik Mass Party | “Our Work in the Trade Unions,” three months, instructors, Ben Gitlow and Bert Miller. All comrades taking the training course will take the “Marxist-Leninism” course forthe en- ‘zers for these two shop nuclei to] tire period of six months and for the 2arry on the work. first three months, either the trade In illustrating. how active the mem-|union course or the course in “Party ders in the shop nuclei are, it is inter- History Structure and Problems” tak- sting to note that in five shops where ing the other one during the second shop nuclei are functioning, the gen-]three months. ‘These courses will be eral shop chairmen are members of] so arranged that the comrades will the nuclei. So that the nuclei are ac-|not have to spend more than one tually jn control in the shops and all] night a week at the school, the questions. which are taken up at Another group of courses of fun- the shop meetings are first discussed | damental importance this yeur are the at the shop nucleus meetings. English courses. Not only will there Four members of the nuclei are alsolbe great numbers of nonparty work- members of the joint council of the|ers anxious to take these courses in unions to which they belong. Eight English but in addition there will be are members of the executive boards| perhaps even greater numbers of progressive elements of the working historic materialism; a study of socl-. alist philosophers; the fundamentals of. Communism; etc, The school will have branches or annexes in all sections of the city in which the fundamentals of Commun ism and English courses will be of- fered and in which there will be pub- lic: forums on Sunday nights, The bulk of the courses mentioned above will begin the week of Nov. 9 but registration is now open for them, and some of the courses begin the week of Oct, 12. The average'fee charged is $2.50 for a three months course of one night a week: Those inttrested in training themselves’ for a more active and more effective work in the trade unions, in the party and working class organizations generally should register at once at the school headquarters. A printed bulletin of courses will be mailed free upon re- quest, Address the Workers School,, Room 34, 108 East 14th St., New York: City. Details about the eastern district! taining course will be announced later. “British Rule India” peech — Shapurji Saklatvala of the unions, The shop nuclei are already father-jerations anxious members of the various language fed- to prepare them- ing material for the publication of] selves for active participation in the Shop papers. They have already|shop nuclei or international branches started work on the organization of alof the reorganized party in which branch of the International Labor De-| English will be the official language fense which will include a majority of | used, the members in the shops where there] ‘To take care of the entire foreign- is a shop nucleus. The chairmen will speaking membership of the party as be instructed to take up the question | well as other workers desirous of per- of labor defense at the shop meetings, tecting their English, a large staff of English teachers has been recruited and many courses in elementary, in- ermediate and advanced English will be given, Many of these courses will start the week of Oct, 12 simultane- ously with the beginning of the defi- Every comrade in the Downtown | Aite reorganization of the party. English branch of the Workers Party| Other important courses in connec- ought to be present next Wednesday | tion with English literature and pub- evening at the regular meeting, as it | lic speaking will be offered. They in- will be one of the most helpful |¢clude “Workers Correspondence (a @atherings |the branch has had this |Course in Proletarian Journalism;)” year, The new left developments in|2lementary composition; elementary the labor movement in England wjll| public speaking which will include be discussed in the educational pro-| parliamentary law and other details paganda. Besides we are in the heat |necessary to speaking at meetings of of the city’ campaign and this will be | the party, unions and other workers’ thoroly gone into, organizations; political issues and The discussion will be opened by {their presentation (a course in ad- Comrade George Siskind, who will| vanced public speaking); and various review the Scarborough and Liver-|courses in literature. Probably the pool conferences in England, and his | Most interesting of these is a course and other talks will enable all the|to be given by Moissaye J. Olgin en- branch Comrades to get a splendid |titled “The Living Revolution,” a idea of the present situation in Great | study of the reflection of the Russian Britain, revolution in Russian’ literature. Comrades should realize the op-|Other courses to be offered during portunity to understand the Com-|the school season are a course in po- munist viewpoint of the recent por-| litical economy; a study in Marx's tentous work of the British C. P. and] Capital; the economics and politics be on hand. of the era of trusts (imperialism); Chicago Membership Meeting, ’ Wednesday, October 7th The Chicago membership meeting of the Workers (Communist) | Party, Local Chicago, called to discuss the reorganization of the party on the basis of shop nuclei, will be held WEDNESDAY, OCTO- BER 7, 1925, 8 p. m., at NORTHWEST HALL, North and Western | Aves. All party members must attend. Speakers: C, E, Ruthenberg and M, Abern, N. Y. Party’ Activities | Downtown English Branch 1 Discussion. “Delivered in the House ot Commons July 9, 1925 and quoted by Kellogg as- the reason for barring him from the United States. American Imperialism aids British Imperialism by keeping out the man who made this attack. You can bring into the hands of every worker this brilliant exposure of Imperialist oppression. ae 3 16 pages with cover photograph of the speaker in action. ° Price: Single copies, 10c each 25 copies, 8c each 100 copies or more, 5c each ‘ ER Th