The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 7, 1925, Page 19

Organization Meetings The New HE organizational department has received a number of questions from various sections of the country regarding the application of certain sections of the party constitution. Beginning with this article, there will be published a series of articles answering the various questions raised. Not only will we discuss various provisions of the new constitution, but we will try to explain the concrete application of these provisions in the light of the party reorganization campaign. Question No.1. “If a comrade makes $200 one month, and so on, what will be the dues payment for this comrade?” Answer: Every party member is to pay each month dues based on the total wages received by him or her during the month. It would be incor- rect to have any other system of dues payments, for example — such as an average for six months. The workers do not have sufficient funds to enable them to make payments on such a long time basis. Likewise, if a comrade is out of work during a certain month, he should receive his exempt stamp for that month. If a comrade makes more in one month than in another, then he should pay more dues in the month in which he earns more. This rule should be strictly observed by all district organizers and party members. It is the simplest, most practicable and fairest application of the graduated dues payment scale established in our party. The old design of dues-stamp, that is, the old 50 cent stamp, should serve, until further notice, as the fifty cent regular, standard dues stamp which every party member must buy. The 25 cents, 50 cents, 75 cents and $1 denomination stamps, with the picture of the worker and a°factory on them, should be used until further arrange- is, if a party member makes less than $125 during the month, he will pay that month 50 cents and there- fore buy only the regular fifty cent dues stamp. On the other hand, sup- posing that in the month of Novem- ber a party member earns $150-$175 then, when he pays dues for the month of November, he will pay all in all, a total of $1.00 for that month. He will buy his regular 50c dues stamp and an extra stamp of 50c. The question may be raised as to the district organizer knowing de- finitely how much each member makes during a particular month. We must simply rely on the Communist integrity of the party. members _ to make accurate reports.as to the basis. of their dues payments. The D. O.’s will have to see to it that every party unit submits to them a report of the dues payments indicat- \ing clearly, first of all, how many of the regular dues stamps have been purchased in every party unit, This will serve as an effective measure to ascertain the number of members found in every shop or street nucleus. Secondly, the amount of extra stamps sold should likewise be indicated. Question No. 2. “In what category of dues payments are housewives who are earning nothing?” Answer: Housewives earning no wages wiil be considered in the same class with those comrades who earn less than $125 a month. They will be required to pay 50c a month in dues. They will not be exempt. To exempt housewives of this category (that is, those who are not earning anything) would mean to reestablish the dual stamp basis, indirectly, but yet just as firmly, as it ever existed before. Question No. 3. “The (X) Language Section of our party has 45 members at large to day. What shall.we:do with | affiliated _ with. these members, after reorganization, ments only as the extra stamps. That} and the abolition of the federation | Workers (Communist) Party | Party Constitution - branches? How shall these members {contact with at large be connected with the party?” Answer: After reorganization, the comrades who are now members at large will be connected with the party in the following two ways: A. They will be conncted with the district organization in the territory in which they find themselves today. That is, a party unit in the city which @ member at large lives or works will be connected with the shop or street nucleus in this city. If there is no such party unit in this city of residence or employment, he will be connected directly with the district office under whose supervision the territory in which he finds himself is. B.. In those instances where com- rades now members at large find themselves living or working in that section of the country in which there is no party district organization yet, and which is today called the National Office Territory, such comrades will be connected with the party directly thru the national office of the party. We desire to abolish the existence of this category of membership known as members at large. The Communist Party must be based on active mem- bers, and not on those whose sole basis of membership is to be found in their dues payments. Of course, “we recognize that there may be camrades living or working in sections of the country where no party units are as jyet organized. In these instances, these comrades connected with the district or national office of the party serves as special party outposts, so to Say, in organized or unorganized ter- ritory. In such instances, such com- rades will serve the party effectively by striving to win over enough work- ers to enable them to organize party units as soon as possible. The members at large presently th the party thru- their dues payments to various lan- guage sections will maintain their Armenian Communists--Join the Resolutions Social Affairs By Jay Lovestone the national language propaganda bureaus only for the pur- pose of carrying on certain Communist activities among the workers of: their particular language fraction bureau. But these members will pay their dues to and maintain their affiliation with the party only thru the party organ- ization as such,—either thru the dis- trict office, or the national office, as the conditions dictate. Question No. 4. “How will the lan- - guage propaganda bureaus be able to raise funds efficiently among their respective language fractions if they are not permitted to collect dues or - any special assessments thru selling or issuing such stamps?” Answer: The system of dues pay: ment thru the federations is abolish- ed. Dues are to be paid thru the district offices from now on. Whenever a particular fraction bu- reau desires to raises funds for a campaign, let us say, for its press, ;or any other activity, it will secure permission from the C. EB. C. of-the ‘party, to participate in the raising of such funds. In the event that a certain propa- ganda fraction bureau desires to levy any assessment or set up a certain quota of which each member must collect a minimum portion, the C. E. C. will take the following procedure: Special permission will be granted to various fraction bureaus to circulate what we may call special assesment ‘ lists, on which the comrades belong- ing to the various language fractions will sign the names of the contribut- ors and the amount given by each contributor. These lists are to be re- turned by the various local and dis- trict language fractions to the nation- al language fraction bureau which di- rects the activities of the party mem- bers in the numerous language frac- tions carrying on the party's. work among the various national groups of Party! Statement of the Central Executive Committee of the Workers Party HE Central Executive Committee of the Workers Party calls upon those Armenian workers who declare themselves to be Communists but who are still organized separately from the Workers (Communist) Party and its Armenian section, to join the party and to carry on their work in support of Communist principles thru the party organization . The Central Executive Committee of the Workers Party has for more than three years been carrying on a con- tinuous campaign to unite all of the Xymenian Communists in the Workers (Communist) Party and its Armenian section so that:the energies of all the convinced Communists_could be used for work among the Armenian massés, In spite of the efforts of the Central Executive Committee, there still re- main outside of the party and its Armenian section a group of former members of the Armenian Workers Party. It is the view of the Central Executive Committee that these com- rades were misled and that it is not their desire to put themselves in oppo- sition to the party. It is therefore that the Central Executive Committee. has decided to open the way for these comrades to affiliate with the party and to carry on active Communist work among the Armenian masses’ as part of the Workers (Communist) Party. making this decision, the rar | Executive ig eed he por aint . sizes: that_no Communist’ can,, under any ‘circumstances withdraw from a Communist Party hecause he is in disagreement with the Central Exec- utive Committee on some questions of tactics or policy which does not in- of Sunarian as well as all the mem- bers of the Armenian Workers Party who were of his viewpoint to carry out the decision of the Central Exec- utive Committee of the party in rela- tion to the organization of the Arme- nian section, even tho they disagreed with this decision. It was because these members did not understand this fundamental Communist duty that they find themselves outside of the organized Communist movement in this country. It is with the understand- ing that in future the comrades who made this error will carry out all the decisions of the party and its Central Executive Committee as disciplined members of the organization that the Central Executive Committee extends an invitation to the existing branches of the Arménian Workers Patty which are not affiliated with the Workers (Communist) Party to immediately become a part of the party. The procedure should be that where- ever there are organized groups of the former Armenian Workers Party which are not affiliated with the Workers (Communist) Party, these organizations should immediately adopt resolutions to Apply for a charter as a branch of the Workers Party, declaring their acceptance of the principles and policies of the party and willingness to submit to the discipline of the organization, a rg, 2 ee mittee of their r tive city or direct with the district organization if no city committees exist. They will purchase their dues stamps thru the city committee or district committee as the case may be, as all branches of the party now purchase their volve the fundamental principles and | stam: policies of the party, It was the duty Be ee ee Ee TT ee ee ee ees Ds. The Central Hxecutive Committee calls the attention of the Armenian branches to the fact that the party is now being reorganized on the basis of shop nuclei and street nuclei (inter- national branches) and that they must be prepared to have their branch re- organized with the other branches of the party. At the same time that this reorganization takes place and the members of these branches become memberg of the shop nuclei and street nuclei, the members will also be organized as part of the Armenian fraction of the party by becoming in- corporated in the organization for work among the Armenian workers. Y taking prompt action to affiliate with the Workers (Communist) Party the groups in question will-have the opportunity to become part of the city and district, o1 tions of the Armenian fractions.and to establish full opportunity for them to partici- pate in the w of these Armenian fractions and to be represented on the city an ddistriet committees of the Armenian fractions, _ So far as certain members of the group in question are concerned who were expelled from the party because of their direct violation of the discip- line of the Central. Executive Com- mittee of the party, the Central Exec- utive Committee will be glad to con- sider each such case and the circum- stances surrounding same, to do whatever. possible to reinstate such 1 to the right of party mem- b This reinstatement, however, will only take place after acknow- ledgement of the errors for which the member was expelled from the party. The individuals who were thus expelled must apply to the Central Executive Committee in writing for reinstatement in the party. The Central Executive Conmnittee of the party is of the opinion that the proceedure outlined above offers the opportunity for the unification of all Armenian Communists who have a sincere desire to become part of the organized Communist movement of this country. It is time that the wounds received by the Communist movement among the Armenian masses be healed and all the con- vinced Communists join together. to build the influence of the Party among the Armenian masses. It urges all the members of the group of Armenian Communists outside of the party to take immediate advantage of the op- portunity to rejoin the party presented to them in this statement and assures them that the Central Executive Com- mittee will do all in its power to per- manently heal the breach that has existed. among the Armenian. Com- munists. < Central Executive Committee Workers (Communist) Party. C. E. Ruthenberg. General secretary, RUSSIAN BRANCH 10 CELEBRATE 8TH YEAR IN CHICAGO, NOV, 8TH A mass meeting and concert In honor of the eighth anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution is arranged by the Russian Branch of the Work- ers Party for Sunday, Nov. 8, at 6 p. m., at the Workers’ House, 1902 W. Division St. Admission free. Come and bring your friends. Russian speakers, a musical pro- No ee ee aa nhl. ee ie Mh eat en See RE MENEE PRENe FPO