The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 10, 1925, Page 8

eer A Worker Describes Progress of Shop Nucleus in Ford Plant We herewith print pee from a report by a comrade functioning in a shop nucleus in one of the Ford plants in Detroit. This report is very in- structive. It shows preeisely what can be done to bring the workers closer to our party, and make our party a living political body. The comrade writes as follows: Regarding my experience in the shop, nuclei, let me say that I have learnt many things and adapted my- self accordingly.. When the subscrip- tion drive for the, DAILY WORKER was on I have taken as many as 15 copies to the shop for my mates to read. I did not have to lose any of my sleep looking up my prospects. They were working with me every day. I would speak to them in rerard to some article, and explain it to them during the noon hour. No time lost. If nothing could be done I proceeded with the others. In the past a name was turned over and we would go and visit the worker with hopes of getting him interested to subscribe for the paper. Many-times he would not be at home and we would try again. How the Work is Done. The comrades who are not mem- wbers. of the nucleus claim that we «expose ourselves to the masters, by our membership in the nucleus. From experiences, I find just the reverse, From conversations in the shop you can easily find out who is who, let the other telhow talk, and find out who he is. nucleus branch, I know bringing in, him. All we were interested in was that he obligate himself to the prin- ciples of the Party. For example, we have an application from. one who works in the shop, and he, has. been a member in the party in. Indiana- polis, We have a committee elected who can find out whether he was a member in Indianapolis and at the same time we got his location where he works, and go thru the department once in a while to see him, without his knowing it. The committee is satisfied, but will not give him any important work and he can’t do any damage. But a Communist must ex- pect danger. He must prepare for the worst, for the real revolutionary crisis is not here yet. The fact is that they do know that I am a Communist, but they never caught me... The general foreman knowing that I was well read and supporting Soviet Rus- sia, would ask me some questions re- garding some “red” news in the pa- per. But I have been wise enough not to be caught. - In all of my fifteen years of labor movement activity,.I never saw the comrades take so much interest in having the papers distributed at their respective plants as this May Day. In the past, the comrades went from house to house where they were un- molested with their work. But this year, especially at the Ford shops, When I bring a member to the who I am RESOLUTION PASSED BY CHICAGO with ali the police interference the comrades went at it in a revolution- As before, no one knew ary spirit. They were going to have their shop mates read the paper, and they were interested to have their shop organized. We have learnt a few things from that May Day distribution and will try .to 40 better at the next distribution. Only a few comrades wanted to distribute at their shop; the comrades from one shop worked with the papers at another shop, so as not to expose themselves to the master. Literature Distribution One of the Ford plant nuclei dis- tributed five thousand copies at the shop gates, and at midnight distri- buted 1,500 more, to the night work- ers, as they were leaving the shop. This shop nucieus had, at the time, a membership of fourteen members. But it was these fourteen members who distributed 6,500 DAILY WORK- ERS out of a total of 20,000 ordered by the entire district for the occasion. At the Ford plant shop nucleus, 3,000 special May Day issues of the DAILY WORKER were distributed. Three of the comrades were arrested while doing this party work. One of the comrades was badly beaten up by the shePiff because he refused to obey in answering the questions put to him. All of the comrades were released when they came up for trial. These nuclei are now taking steps to reorganize themselves so as to in- clude all party members working in the various departments who are still members of language branches. As soon as this reorganization is com- pleted, steps will be taken to propose a special shop nucleus paper for the Ford workers. _ The organizing secretary of this shop nucleus writes as follows: The nucleus has taken steps in as- sisting in the reorganization work. The organizer has been given full power to appoint comrades to go be- fore the federation branches, from which they have been transferred, and get the eligible comrades to transfer into the nucleus. For example, one or two comrades who have been transferred from the Russian branch will go to the Russian branch and con- vince them; in their. language, why they must join the shop nucleus. In this way we expect results quickly, enlarging our nucleus and at the same time, it will be educational in the re- organization work, because these com- rades who will go before the branch meetings will deal with their ex- periences in the shop nucleus, The nucelus needs more members to carry out the work mapped out for it, and will do all it can to get comrades transferred from the various branch- es. At the same time, the organizing of new members will continue. In my next report I hope to be able Our struggle is bitter, But as Com- munists, we will ‘fight until our ob- jective is realized, the Communist society. 5 LITHUANIAN S EC T10N CONFERENCE MEMBERSHIP MEETING, OCT. 7) OVERWHELMINGLY PLEDGES SUPPORT HE Chicago, District 8, hieiiatie meeting of the Workers (Com- munist) Party, section of the Comin- fern, after listening to the report of Comrade Ruthenberg, the representa- tive of the Central Executive Com- mittee, declares: + Je The,.resolutions. of the parity * commission unanimously adopted _ by the, fourth national convention of our party, lay down a correct basis for the work of the party members -among the masses, thru which alone our party can grow into a mass Com- munist Party. We declare our whole- hearted support to the resolution on the.immediate tasks of the party, on trade union work, on the labor party campaign, imperialism, work among women, agricultural work and other. major campaigns of our party. We welcome the action taken by * the national convention” for the liquidation of Loreism in our party. Our party has already reached the point of development where oppor- tunistic deviations by leading mem- bers can no longer be tolerated. In the expulsion. of Lore and several of his aides fpom the party and in the removal of Comrade Askeli from the editorial board of the Finnish organ, Tyomies, the national convention indi- cated that the fight against opportun- ism will be intensified in our party. We pledge our wholehearted support to this campaign. The resolution on the Bolshe- * vization of our party marks a new step forward for the American Communist Party. The thorogoing reorganization of our party on the basis of shop nucle and the develop- ment of a centralized apparatus mark necessary and significant steps to- ward the Bolshevik centralization of our party and lay @ sound basis for the party’s carrying on real Com- munist Work. We pléiige ourselves en- to stake “np the campaign ganization in the least pos- sible time. _ Comintern Decision, ‘The last resolution of- the Com- munist International. sent to our Fourth National Convention by the presidium of the Communist In- ternational declaring that, “it has fi- nally become clear that the Ruthen- berg group is more loyal to the de- cisions of the Communist Internation- al and stands closer Mo fie views,” e¥ ‘ Jays the basis for the unification and development of our party. We de- clare our acceptance of the last reso- aes . oe —— Genting with our party and that we will loyally support the Central Executive Com- mittee elected on the basis of this decision in carrying on and intensify- ing the work of the party. 5 This membership meeting of Dis- * trict No, 8 declares that the in- terests of the party demand the sin- cerest and most tireless executions of all decisions*of the Communist Inter- national regarding our party. This is particularly necessary when Lore is openly working to discredit the Com- munist International and its decisions and to destroy the possibilities for building up a powerful section of the Communist International. Especially at this moment, therefore, any attempt to question the character of or to dis- credit the latest Communist Interna- tional decision or in any way to in- terfere with, its successful execution would be playing into the hands of the Loreites and other enemies of the Comintern, would be a blow struck against the Communist Inter- national and its American section— the Workers (Communist) Party. 6 The division, between the group * of Comrade Foster and Comrade Cannon in the former majority over the question of their respective atti- tudes toward the Communist Inter- national decision, indicates the im- portance of the question of the atti- tude of our party and its members toward the Communist International decision and is further’ proof of the crisis our party is going thru in the process of Bolshevization. . Approve Convention. 7 We declare our approvdl of the “ unanimous decision of the na- tional convention to accept and carry out without reservation the last reso- lution which the Comintern cabled to the fourth convention of our party. The Chicago District 8 member- * ship meeting declares its full endorsement of the Central Executive Committee and strongly urges all members to forget their past factional erences;. to, drop. alk factional strife, and to rally as one solidified, the Central Executive Committee vention of our party. lunch time in your row—show them what the DAILY WORKER says about it. aff}! united Communist Party for “new constructive Communist campaigns, ease Mahon of} chosen by the Fourth National Con- When that argument begisis at shop tomor- TO CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE BRROKLYN, N. Y., Oct. 9—The conference of the Lithuanian Section, Workers (Communist) Party of America, held here today, after hearing the report of the representative of the Central Executive Committee, William W. Weinstone, and after considerable discussion, voted 44 against 1 to accept the report, and the following resolution which wasg,introduced by, Comrade Weinstone. my *“The- national convention of the Lithuanian Section of the Workers Party, having heard the report of the Central Executive Committee repre- sentative on the situation in the party, and the immediate tasks confronting the Workers Party and the Lithuanian Section, declares its saetihas of the report. 2. It expresses approval of the de- cisions of the fourth national con- vention in the Boishevization and re- organization of the party, the labor party activities, trade union work, ag- rarian, women, youth, Negro and other activities. 3. The convention wholeheartedly endorses the expulsion of Lore from the party and the removal of Askeli from the Finnish organ Tyom- ies as a demonstration of the fact that the party can no longer tolerate such opportunistic elements of Lore in the party when they continuously pervert our principles and they adopt an atti- tude of open warfare agains tthe party and the Communist International. 4. The convention expresses. its agreement with the decision of the Communist, International regarding the leadership of the party which was: unanimously ‘adopted wal the national convention. 5. This decision dadteres that the ‘Ruthenberg group is more loyal to the Communist and closer to its views.” ‘The convention declared that the former majority comrades Carried out’ this decision of the Communist International at the national convention in a responsible Communist manner and calls upon all comrades to carry out this decision in the manner of loyal followers of the Communist Internatior ; 2. The “convention ledges its full support to’ the’ Central Executive 'Cominitteé and Communist Interna- tidual in the great tasks assigned to it by the national convention. After the resolution was passed, the question of reorganization was taken up. Comrades Bimba and Andruils spoke on this vital question and it was evident that every delegate present understands the importance of the re- Jorganization, and ig ready to partici- pate with all energy in this important task, The report of the bureau was unani- mously accepted, and every important question was discussed fully by the delegates, The conference was lively aa laid a sound basis for concerted and in- creased efforts on the part of the members of the Lithuanian section ‘of our party. Factory Workers to Receive Preference at Health Resorts - MOSCOW, Oct. 9.—In accordance with the directions of the All-Russian Trade Union Council at least 86 pet cent of the general number of patients being sent this year to the health re- Sorts of the Crimea and the Caucasus, will be factory workers. The rémain- ing accommodations will be given to office workers, responsible officials, etc. The central administration of social imsurance grants about 200 rubles for each patient, and the aver- age health resort treatment is reck- oned af 5 to 6 weeks. The available places are distribut- ed among the various trade unions. Thus, for instance, the Railwaymen’s Union has. been allotted 570 places, which means that about 2,000 railway- men will have the benefit of health resort treatment thruout the season. The Moscow trade unions send several thousand people to the health resorts in the vicinity of: Moscow, In addition, about. 60,000 Moscow. work- ers will have an opportunity: of spend- ing their holidays in rest homes. Genova Restaurant ITALIAN-AMERICAN 1238 Madison Street N. E. Cor, Elizabeth St, Spaghetti and Ravioli Our Specialty Special Arrangements for Parties on Short Notice