The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 17, 1925, Page 3

~ —) | | |; — LL Reorganization Problems: By JAY LOVESTONE. We herewith continue to answer the various reorganization questions raised at the recent party member- ship meetings. Question 7.—What control will the party have over the shop nuclei lo- cated in the small shops? Answer.—The various shop nuclei found in a particular industrial di- vision of a city are combined into sub-sections and sections, When our party is developed into a mass Com- munist Party with many thousands of members, we will find that it may be necessary to divide the cities of ‘the type of New York and Chicago into more sections and perhaps even sub-districts. The party constitution provides for the election of sub-section, section and city executive committees by the membership in the respective sub-(i- visions. Hach of these executive ¢om- mittees, in turn, elects a secretary- organizer “who is to be responsible for the maintenance of connections with the next higher unit and for the execution of the decisions of the committees,” The Central Exeeutive Committee, thru its connection with the district organization, maintains contact with the various succeeding lower units, The national party center will also for some time maintain direct cén- nection with every shop nucleus sec- retary-organizer and will transmit in- structions directly when the situation demands such procedure. Thus, whether @ shop nucleus is organized in a’ small shop or big factory, it will be within the frame of the ap- paratus in the sub-section, section, etc., and will be directly connected with the Central Executive Commit- tee. The activity reports will be a part of the regular order of business to be attended to at every meeting of every shop nuclews. This ‘will fur- ther help the party’s having adequate control over the shop nuclei in the Small shops as well as in the big fac- tories. Question 8—Where will the shop nuclei meet? Answer.—The choice of meeting place depends on a number of cir- cumstances. In some cases it will be found that there is one or more party meeting centers, or headquar- ters, in a particular industrial section. These headquarters can and should be used as meeting places by the shop nuclei in the particular indus- trial section. When a shop nucleus is small, it may even use the home of a com- rade. If the home is close to the factory in which the shop nucleus is organized, it will tend to insure regu- larity of meetings. Of course, meeting places may also be hired. everal shop nuclei, if not too” big} "may get together on such meeting arrangements to lighten the financial burdens thus involved. While {t may be necessary and proper for the comrades of a parti- cular shop nucleus to meet very often with each other in the factory, this should not be taken to mean that organized shop nuclei meetings should be held in the factory where the comrades are employed. As a rule, the holding of such meetings in the factory would only make more difficult the functioning and very like- ly even endanger the existence of the shop nucleus, It is our task to make the shop nucleus a moving, a direct- ing force in the plant and to popular- ize as much as possible the nucleus among the workers. We must spare no pains in making known to the workers the existence and influence of the shop nucleus.+ But in doing this, we must avoid those methods which will undermine the possibili- ties of work. Question 9—What are the relations between the district executive com- mittees and the party reorganization commissions? Answer.—The answer to this ques- tion can be best given in a definition of the tasks of the party district re- organization commissions. Concrete- ly, these tasks may be enumerated as: (a) To direct the agitation and propaganda campaign for the reor- ganization of the district in question. (b) To direct the preliminary re- organization steps in the re-organiza- tion campaign under the direction of the ©, EB. C. organization department and in full co-operation with ‘the Dis- trict Executive Committee. (c) To sub-divide the district into industrial sections, sub-sections, etc. (a) To direct the organization of the district membership into~shop and street nuclei on the basis of in- formation gathered at the section \\ membership meetings. The fullest co- * \eneration with the district executive Gonntcions must be secured in or- der to achieve success in this, gistration of those comrades absent and not registered at the section membership meetings. (f) The district reorganization commissions shall be charged with keeping the DAILY WORKER and the rest of the party press fully in- formed about the progress and ex- periences of the reorganization eam- paigns in the various districts. (g) The district reorganization commissions shall function only wn- til at least the major portion of the district shall be reorganized. Question 10—What are-the duties of the language section reorganigation commissions? Answer,—The principal tasks and functions of the language section re- organization commissions are: (a) To lead and direct the jdeolo- gical campaign for the reorganization of the party as far as their respec- tive language sections are concerned. This is to be done thru the use of the language press, the mobiligation of language district committees, ete, (b) To see to it that the language organs and-the members of their lan- guage sections execute the decisions and the instrictions of the C. E. C. regarding the reorganization of the party, The language reorganization commissions must serve to co-ordin- ate and improve the activities of the comrades of the various language groups in our party’s reorganization drive. (c) To lead the reorganization of the present language branches when these branches are transformed into workingmen’s clubs. These commis- sions are to co-operate fully with the national organization department and the different district organization commissions in organizing Commun- ist language fractions in the various workingmen’s clubs. These language commissions must make every efffort to help the party unify and co-ordin- ate the activities of these Commun- ist fractions until the latter function effectively in accordance with the pro- visions of the constitution of the party. (ad) To help organize the first Communist fractions in the non-party workers’ reorganization. (c) To work in the closest co-op- eration with the reorganization de- partment of the’ C. BE. C. to which they are subordinate ahd from which they receive their instructions for all their activities, (f) These commissions , should keep the entire press informed of their work by submitting full reports to the C. E. C. organization depart- ment of all steps taken by them to- wards reorganization. (g) "When the reorganization of the party is complete these language commissions cease to exist. The regu- lar language fraction organ provided tor in the party constitution are then in full charge. Question 11.—Will the street nuclei be small or large? i ‘Answer.—The street nuclei will consist of those comrades who either are not organizable into a shop nu- cleus or who, temporarily, cannot be organized into a shop nucleus because of an insufficient number of comrades working in one plant. The street nucleus is limited to 25 members by the party constitution. This decision was arrived at because it is necessary to prevent the com- bination of large numbers of one lan- guage group into one particular street nucleus or international branch. We must avoid at all costs the reappear- ance in any form whatsoever of units of our party being directly or indi- rectly organized along the lines of language sections. Our party will never be unified if the old language basis of organization persists even in the most indirect form. Consequent- ly the street nucleus will be on the average quite small, reaching a maxi- mum of 25, Question 12—Will international branches or street nuclei have voice and vote in party deliberations? ANSWER.—Yes. The street nu cleus is a unit of the party and there- fore will exercise full rights in all partydeliberations and decisions. so (e) To arrange and direct the re-|To Save THE DAILY WORKER on Friday, October 16, 1925, at 8 tlon will be considered, Darcy to Report on Y. W. L National onvention in Cleveland and Pittsburgh. CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oct. 14.—The first of a series of member- ship meetings at which N, E. C. representatives will report on the work of the third national convention of the Young Workers League, will be held in Cleveland at the district headquarters, 5927 Euclid Ave., .m. The second meeting will be held on Sunday evening at elght o'clock in Pittsburgh at the Labor Lyceum, 35 Miller St. Comrade Darcy will represent the N, E. C. wlil report on the present situation in the league. All comrades are instructed to be present at both meetings be- cause matters of great importance to the future work of the organiza- at both meetings and | THE DAILIY WORKER Reorganization Progress in District 8 By MARTIN ABERN, HOP nuclei -reorganization has now reached the point of action in the city of Chicago. Beginning next Wednesday, October 21, 1925, the first of a series of section mem- bership meetings will be held, at which all party members belonging to branches in each section will be completely reorganized either into shop nuclei or street nuclei, The meeting of Section 1, the Loop-South Section, which comprises thé mem- bership in the Englewood English, the South Side English, the South Side Scandinavian and the clothing shop nuclei, number two, three, and four, will be held on October 21, at the Community Center, 3201 South Wa- bash Ave, Hach week thereafter, there will be another section mem- bership meeting at .which reorgania- ation is to be completed. There are six sections in all into which local Chicago, Workers (Communist) Party is divided, In another column are given the boundary divisions, branch- es comprising the sections, the time and meeting place of these section membership meetings, which all com- rades should study to familiarize themselves, both as to place of work and residence. Shop Nuclei Campaign Thruout District No. 8. PECIAL branch meetings have been held at which the practical phases of reorganization are being discussed. Wednesday night, Octo- ber 14, there was held the special meeting of all branch and city func- tionaries (reported on elsewhere). These functionaries have been vested with the duty of getting out the full membership to the section meetings. The C. EB. C. reorganization com- mission, which is taking charge of the reorganization in District No. 8, consists of Comrades Jay Lovestone, Robert Minor and Martin Abern. The District Executive Committee of District No. 8, while concentrat- ing on reorganization in the city of Chicago, is also simultaneously organ- iging the party units on the shop nu- clei basis thruout the remainder of the district. Zeigler, mining town; Gary, steel town; Dowell, coal min- ing town, are already on the shop nuclei basis. In Springfield, Ill, meet- ings have been held and at the next meeting, the reorganization should be completed there. Meetings are be- ing scheduled in Kenosha, St, Louis, Milwaukee, Madison, West Frankfort, Johnson City and other cities in the district, Reorganization in Chicago is ex- pected to be done about December 1, and the district committee hopes to have this done in the rest of the dis- trict shortly thereafter, Speakers from the C. E. C. commission and the district committee are addressing the reorganization meetings. ee District No, 8 Pushing Unions!” Drive. ISTRICT NO. 8, Workers (Com- munist) Party, is pushing the drive to get all party members into labor unions, to develop the T. U, E. L. on the broadest possible lines, and to build Communist fractions in the local unions, central councils, etc. The district committee has outlined a structural program for the forma- tion of party fractions in the unions and has sent copies to all party units and existing Communist fractions in the district. In addition, a special letter stressing the need of union ac- tivity and declaring that disciplinary measures will be taken, if necessary, to carry out the policy of the R. I. L. U., has been sent to the party units in the district. Special party fraction meetings: are being called in all trades and indus- tries in Chicago. Successful fraction meetings have already been held in the needle trades industry and the building trades industry. The party fraction meeting of the metal trades will be held Sunday, October 18. Program for Party Fractions Outlined HRUOUT the district, party mem- bership meetings are being called to push the formation of Communist fractions in the labor unions and to “Join The get the members {into the unions, Comrade Arne Swabeck will tour the southern Illinois sub-district for these meetings and Comrades Jack John- stone, Martin Abern, Tom Bell, An- drew Overgaard and others will cover the cities in the rest of the district. Importance of activity in the trades unions, especially in view of the big struggles now on in the International Ladies' Garment Workers’ Union, the Machinists’ Union, Furriers’ Uniop, Painters and others, is being made clearer to the party membership. The general letter sent to the party units follows: iO ALL THE BRANCHES TRICT NO. 8. Dear Comrades: “The Communists must learn to do their best, most energetic and ‘con- crete work in the trade unions; they must prove to the non-party and so- egial democratic trade union members, by means of object lessons, that they IN DIS- are able, in their character as Bol- shevists, to be active trade union members at the same time. This means a number of fresh tasks for our fractions in the trade unions,” says in ‘part the Comintern to the German Communist Party on this question. The trade union bureaucracy in this country is determined to render the unions useless as organs of strug- gle against the bosses. This is seen in the enogmous development of al! forms of class-collaboration, compul- sory arbitration, “B. & O. plan,” labor banks, betrayal of strikes, etc. O achieve this end the labor fakers have declared war on all progres sive forces in the unions. The brunt of this campaign falls upon the Com- munists in the unions because they lead all elements desiring to convert the unions into organs of class war- fare against the bosses, Because of this mighty drive against the Com- munists and all progressive elements, it is the duty of all party members to redouble their efforts to penetrate the unions no matter how reaction- tary they may be. In the past too much lip-service has been paid to the Leninist conception of work in the trade unions—and not enough actual work has been carried on. In District No, 8 hundreds of party members. do not yet belong to unions. TN August of this year the C. B. C. of our party received a letter from the. Communist International on the trade ‘union work of our party. The following appears in the letter: “The party must use disciplinary measures to compel’ its members to join the labor unions and become ac- tive in them, It must be firmly fixed In the mind of every party member that no worker in an industrial coun: Se N. Y. Reorganization Meetings Sunday and Monday; Very Important . NEW YORK, Oct. 15.—The begin- ning of reorganization work, with the functionaries meetings called in ac- cordance with the plan of the C, B.C. Will take place as follows: October 18th; Downtown, 108 E.' 14th St., 10 a. m. Harlem, 64 EB. 104th St., 10 a. m, Williamsburg, 56 Manhattan avenue, 3 p. m. Brownsville, 1844 Pitkin Ave:, 3 p. m. October 19th: Bronx, 1347 Boston Road, 8 p. m. Boro Park, Bath Beach, Coney Island, 764—40th St. 8 p. m. All branch organizers, industrial or- ganizers and financial secretaries must appear at these meetings. Any one of these officers of the branches in the sections listed are to notify the other officers of these meet- ings, so as to be sure that every one attends without fail, Special representative; of the dis- trict office will cover these meetings to explain at length the actual stages of reorganization. All functionaries designated must be present at these meetings. Failure to do go means cut- ting off the branches from the werk of reorganization. HEAR! of the Offi “THE A. F. . OF L. PITTSBURGH Saturday, Oct. 17—8 P. M. CLEVELAND Sunday, Oct. 18—8 P. M. WARREN, O. | Sunday, Oct, 18—2 P. M, tod ot T J. LOUIS ENGDAHL » Editor of the DAILY WORKER With First Hand Reports on the Decisions Body of American Labor— Speak on AND THE A M ERICAN COMMUNIST MOVEMEN 1 —_—_—__ INSURANCE EXCHANGE, Hall, 11th and Walnut Street HIPPODROME BUILDING CONVENTION LABOR LYCEUM, 35 Miller Street 2 P.M. try like America can be a real Com- munist unlegg he is an active labor inionists.:The party must take a determined stand against any sign of slackness of labor union activity. The work in the labor unions must be regarded as the basis which will determine the success of the party in most other spheres of work.” In accordance with the above the D. E, C, decides that the period of temporizing with those comrades who are eligible for membership in a union but who refuse to join has come to an end, From now on disciplinary measures will be applied, so that those whp are eligible for membership in a union shall join. Disciplinary Measures to Be Used, HE folfowing instructions must be carried out on this matter: 1. The question of trade union membership of each member must be placed on the agenda for the next meeting of the unit. 2. The secretary shall demand of those members who are not in unions and are eligible for membership that within one month they shall apply for membership in the appropriate union. 8. At the end of this period all those who were instructed to join shall provide proof that they have carried out the instructions. 4. All disciplinary measures in this matter must be ratified by the lead- ng committee in the territory in which the, unit is situated. 5. All Sub-Section, Section and Sity Committees are instructed to see that these instructions are properly explained to their membership and complete reports of the carrying out of these instructions are sent to the District Committee. The program and method of organ- ization of Communist fractions in the labor unions, has been sent you un- der separate cover. To belong to a union is not suffi- cient—it is necessary also to be ac- tive therein. Comrades! Our party is in imme- diate danger of becoming complete- ly isolated from the organized mass- es. This will condemn us to becom- ing a sterile sect divorced’ from the main stream of the labor movement. We must overcome this by resolute- ly setting ourselves the task of get- ting every member eligible into the unions. The C, I. declares: No one can be a real Communist in America unless he is an active labor unionist. Tho: who desire to stay in the party mus‘ be real Communists, Join the union! Join the Commun- ist fraction in your union! Join your industrial and general group of the TU. BLL.) With Communist greetings, District Executive Committee, Workers (Communist) Party, District No. 8. MARTIN ABERN, Org. Saklatvala Meeting Held in Pittsburgh, Pa., Is Big Success PITTSBURGH, Pa., Oct. 15.— An enthusiastic meeting to protest against the exclusion of Shapurji Saklatvala was held at the Labor Lyceum in this city last Sunday. Comrades Ella Reeve Bloor, Israel Amter, George Papcun of the Young Workers League and Charles W. Fulp of the American Negro Labor Congress and of the United Mine Workers of America spoke. A resolution of protest was unanimously adopted. Another Treat in Store for All Who Understand the Russian Language Altho he was supposed to leave this week for Soviet Russia, the famous Russian poet Vladimir Mayakovsky yielded to the request of his Chicago admirers to give another lecture in Chicago, He will speak here on Tues- day, Oct. 20, at Schoenhofen Hall, corner Ashland and Milwaukee Ayes. Fear is expressed that the hall may be too small, but this was the only hall that was available for this date. There is room for over a thousand people. The enthusiastic crowd that wildly | cheered Vladimir Mayakovsky at his ‘last lecture is expected to pack this hall also. An attempt will be made to arrange also a banquet with the famous guest. : MEETING OF AGITPROP AND EDUCATIONAL DIRECTORS MONDAY NEW YORK, Oct, 15.—A very im- portant conference of all agitprop directors and educational commit- NEW YORK, Oct. 15.—M aries of the down town section which 14th street. Astoria section will also meet with On Qetober 18 the Harlem section will also meet at 10 a, m, at 64 East 104th street, In the afternoon, October Williamsburg section will meet o’clock at 56 Manhattan avenue. The Brownsville functionaries whl also meet on October 18 at 3 p. at 1844 Pitkin avenue. On Monday, October 19 at 8 p. m the Bronx functionaries will meet at} 1347 Boston Road | }- On October 19 the functionaries of} Borough Park and Bath Beach and} Coney Island will meet at the Finnish headquarters 764 40th street, at 8 p.m. The next set of meetings will con- sist of branches beginning October 28 to November 7. At this meeting the functionaries will report on the reorganization work to be done and all preparations be mtade for getting out the entire membership to the sec tion membership meetings. Systematic Program. Members of the reorganization com- mission of the district are to attend the meetings of the branches and ex- plain in detail the work of the reor- ganization. the} at The functionaries of thee— the down-town section. re mo! | Membership Meeting is These meetings will be followed by section membership meetings begin ning with November 9. The facts and the time of meeting will be announced later. During the period of reorganization all executive committees of branches, sections and all officers are to remain as before and are to continue func- tioning in all the work that is as- signed to them. New elections of of- ficers will be held after the reorgan- igaton is carried thru in accordance with the specific instructions of the District Executive Committee, Tho the reorganization is beginning in the month in which the election campaign is to be held all branches, sections and members must arrange that the campaign committees func- tion and that all members perform their work in the eleetion campaign. No one must fail in the election cam- paign werk while the reorganization is going on. The task of reorganization will con- sist in getting out the entire mem- bership so that every member be- comes a member of a shop nucleus or an international branch. In order © accomplish this the branches must MORE LANGUAGE BUREAUS RE- Fuze Three | REORGANIZATON OF NEW YORK DISTRICT STARTS IMMEDIATELY By WILLIAM W. W. WEINSTONE. eetings of functionaries consisting of branch and shop nuclei organizers, industrial organizers and financial secretaries are to be the first set of meetings in the reorganization of the New York district, Meetings Begin on Sunday. These meetings will begin October 18 with the meeting of the function- will be held at 10 a. m. at 108 East DETROIT FIRST TO HEED APPEAL OF DAILY WORKER | Called for Quick Action DETROIT, Mich. Oct. 15—The Detroit membership is responding to the call of the organization de- partment for complete mobilization to save the DAILY WORKER. The organization department has received the following notice about the campaign for the DAILY WORKER in Detfoit: General membership meeting Detroit, Sunday, Oct. 25. The District Executive Commit tee is calling a meeting of the en- tire membership of the Workers Party in Detroit to take up the situation regarding the DAILY WORKER. The Central Execu- tive Committee has sent out a call to mobilize the entire party for the major task of saving the DAILY WORKER for the Communist move- ment of this country. Detroit has always responded to calls such as this. It will do so on this occas- ion. For this purpose the District Executive Committee sends out the instruction for all party members to be at the meeting on Oct. 25, which will be held in the House of the Masses, 2646 St. Aubin, at 2:30 Pp. m. A comrade from the national office will be present to state the needs of the DAILY WORKER and to outline the program which will save the DAILY WORKER for the movement. succeed im getting every member to attend the meetings. Not a single member must be lost to the party in the reorganization and this can be done if the branches co-operate with the district committee to the fullest extent in drawing the entire member- ship into this task. All branches are to meet every week hereafter in order to keep up with every stage of the reorganiza- tion. SPOND TO REORGANIZATION CALL The various language sections are on the job preparing their members for reorganization, The following reorganization commissions have been approved by the Central respective language bureaus. FINNISH: Heikkinen, John Sjolund, Leonard Executive Committee, after consultation with the Fahle Burman, Elis Suikanen, Oscar Corgan, Matt Tenhunen, H. Puro, Wm, Janhonen, V. Finberg, Theo Maki, K. E. Luoto, Emil Parras, J. Sjoman. This commission will have a small sub-commission of four which will direct the work from the center, while the other comrades will be the leaders. in their regpective sections. The small committee will consist of Comrades Fahle Burman, Elis Sulkanen, H, Puro and a C. E, C. representative ‘of the organization department. GREEK: N. Stratis, E. Chryssos, J. Manos, N. Bubous, K, Pristas. HUNGARIAAN;: D, Hajnal, Kovess, Gardos. JEWISH: M. Epstein, S. Freeman, M. Holtman, H. Costrell, Lifshitz. LETTISH: R. Zelms; Jacob Kreitz, Ernest Pulpol, . RUSSIAN: Striss, Charmoff, Omelian, ACALL TO ACTION! Every member of the Workers Party, every lover and supporter of the first workers’ republic, Soviet Rusia, has been appealed to to join in the the big drive for the defense of the Soviet Union and to arouse the American workers to the new dan; A leaflet, MENT OF RUSSIA” will do that. at least. Less than 1,000,000 will not do. WORKER, ordered your supply? Let others places where the working cla: this leaflet. Workers Party, National Office, | 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, til. Enclosed please find 4........... i Name... City... Branch. The following orders have been received up to this date: New York City tees of will be held on Monday Oct. 19th at 8 p. m, sharp at the Workers Party headquarters, Room 42, 108 E, 14th St. Thig meet- ing is called to plan the education- al work of the district, to connect the central school with the political units of the party and to plan the oor ial werk in the political units, San Francisco 15,000 Bellaire, Ohio 500 Oakland, Cal. 1,000 West Frankfort, Il. 112,000 Philadelphia, Pa, 30,000 2,000 1,000 3,000 3,000| wm 8,000} Diamondville, Wyo. Springfield, Mass. Washington, D, C, . Detroit, Mich. . s confronting ‘the Soviet Union and make them understand that the fight for the Soviet Union is a fight for themselves. “DEFEND THE WORKERS’ AND PEASANTS’ GOVERN- This leaflet must be distributed, a million So far we have received orders for 255,500. That is not enough. ) Has your branch ordered their quota? Have you, reader of the DAILY us cover every shop and factory and is employed with the distribution of Send your order to the National Office, Workers Party, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill. Price in lots of 10,000 or more, $1.50. ‘In lots less than that, $2.00 per thousand. Order at once. Cash with orders. —————— — — USE THIS ORDER BLANK — — — — — — — Date...... ($3.00 per thousand) for which send - leaflets, “(DEFEND THE WORKERS’ GOVERNMENT OF SOVIET | RUSSIA’ to the following name and address: Addre: Pittsburgh, Pa. ...... 20,000 Albany, N. Y., English. 1,000 Daisytown, Pa., Finns 1,000 Cleveland, Ohio . 20,000