The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 16, 1926, Page 4

Page Four -—— Organization Meetings rutE DAILY WORKER Workers (Communist) Party Social Affairs Resolutions ~ Some Problems in Connection With Party Reorganization By WM. J. WHITE, JHE city of New York is now com- pletely reorganized on the basis of shop and street nuclei. Yet we can not say that reorganization has been completed. Reorganization is not merely the mechanical assign- ment of the members to the nuclei after even a thoro registration and classification. It involves a complete change of the methods of work be- cause the center of activity has thereby been transferred from the street to the shop. It means that new forces must be developed to carry on} activity, that have heretofore belong- ed to the passive elements in our party, It means that comrades must be trained for activity that has here- tofore hardly been carried on at all. These problems must be solved be- fore the new units will function and become life organs of the party. Attendance at the Nuclei Meetings. HE attendance at the shop and street nuclei meetings is about 60 per cent of those registered. other comrades fail to attend from one meeting to another the number | other meeting and those attending regularly number about 70 per cent. This number is mutch higher than the attendance at all territorial branch meetings in the city in the past. In the past with the exception of the meeting preceding the election of delegates to the con- vention the total attendance was neyer more than 1,000 while now the attendance at the shop and street nuclei meetings. and at sub-section meetings is well over 1,500. The at- tendance at the meetings however attending every must be increased for now when the | units are so small the absence of one comrade in a nucleus of 3 means that the work of the nucleus is retarded. We must educate our members to the understanding that every party member must attend meetings of the party units and carry out all the work assigned to him. We must however study the reasons for the failure of | many of our comrades to attend the meetings. The reasons can be classi- fied as follows: 1. Those who do not care for the party, are not Communists and who, because of the reorganizaiton, will drop out of the party if they are pressed to be active. 2. Those who are not yet clear of what the reorganization is all about, and are continuing as before their inactivity. This class must be treat- ed with patience and education. 3. Those comrades who because of their activity in the union, in the fraction and other workers’ organ- izations find it impossible to attend the nucletr meetings on the days The Party and t By JACK STACHEL. Within the past few months id valleys in eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania has been making head- way among the organized and unor- ganized workers in the building of Communist shop nuceli in the steel mills. necessary and important work for the bolshevization of our party. now able to use these nuclei to carry on our work within the mills and draw | more workers to see the necessity for | their taking in the everyday struggles, _ merely philosophize about the workers’ condition is not enuf. We must enter into his every struggle.— Where is that struggle going on but in the mill, the mine, and the factory where the wage slaves are congrefat- ed, congested and exploited by the bosses? Our nuclei are now meeting in the homes or in the halls of the workers and there discussing how best to get in touch with the discontented worker and translate his discontent into or- ganized action. As an example there is a state cossack bill to be fought against in the state of Ohio this fall. This bill is vital to the worker. He must be made to seek just what it means to him and his family. Must be made to see the slimy hand of the boss pulling the strings upon the members of the state senate or the house of representatives. Our nuclei are working hard and stirring up the workers and helping to bring about mass meetings to take up and discuss the best way to get the workers out and get them into the fight against this bill. Discrimination Against Colored Workers, Another example: there are thou sands of colored workers in the two valleys some twenty-five thousand in the aggregate. Our nuclei are carry. ing on a continued fight to show these workers that they must organize if they are to make their escape from wage slavery. We are explaining the reason for the segregation of their people ‘into certain districts; that their children are discriminated against in the schools. We are point- ing out to them the cause of “Jim Crowism,” lynchings and the, many things these workers suffer from, ich as long hours in their work and they only get the dirtiest work, lowest pay, and all this be- are not organized as they part Since | the | party in the Mahoning and Shenango | In this they are doing a very | We are} called. Some of them find it impos- sible to attend at all. This class is particularly a problem in the New York district where almost every comrade in the I. L. G. W. U. and the Furriers’ Union is engaged in admin- istration work directly of the union, where the left wing is in control, or must indirectly carry on administra- tion work in order to overcome the sabotage of the right wing machine in the union. A solution of this prob- lem is very difficult but we will have to find some way in which these com- 4, The difficulty of the language is responsible for some comrades staying away from. the meetings. These comrades must be helped |be allowed to speak in their own lan- guage and then their remarks are in- terpreted. They should be seated {near a comrade who. speaks their lan- | guage and understands English. They ;must also be induced to’ attend | classes in English, Activization of the Nuclei. | JQUT where the nycleus has a good attendance the problem is not solved. The activization of the shop and street nuclei is: the real prob- lem, The greatest difficulty here is that many of the comrades who are the functionaries of their nuclei have never carried on any responsi- ble work in the party. In the old branch there were always from five to ten comrades in a branch of 100 that carried on the current work of the branch and the remaining mem- bers were called upon to vote approv- |al or disapproval from time to time. }Under such conditions the initiative |of the membership could not develop. |In all we are not exaggerating if we say that no more than 200 comrades carried on any work at all in the old branches, directly. Today when we have organized about 250 to 300 shop and street nuclei, the officers alone in these units number 750. In addi- |tion there are 33 sub.sections with an lexecutive committee of seven in each one of them. This means another 200 comrades. In all there are therefore |close to 1,000 comrades who are the |nuelei and, sub-section functionaries. | It is therefore clear that in order that the units shall function well it} is necessary to train all the functio: aries in their work. - Not only that} | but the low political level of the mem- | bership and therefore of these new functionaries is a hindrance in the development of the nuclei. Together | with the training of the functionaries for their different tasks we must also instruct them in the fundamentals of Leninism and acquaint them with the policies of the party. . Even these comrades who have had experience in he Steel Worker {should be. We are urging them to or- ganize into the American Negro Labor Jongress, to become readers of the |Negro Champion, and listen to the | speakers of thier race who have their jreal interests at heart. This is all |discussed and our plans laid out in |the meetings of our nucki. Fight on Every Day Issues. | Another question which has been taken up by our nuclei in the steel mills is the recent cuts in the price per ton, which has stirred up the steel workers and made them suscept- able to our propaganda. Our nuclei have taken up the question of putting out shop bulletins and spreading with- in the mills the questions of organ- izing the unorganized, the condition of the wages and the necessity of building up the organization in order that we may meet the onslaught of the bosses in their drive for the “open shop.” Our study of the work rades can function in the party units. | along. They must even in some cases | jon their work, nm ycommittee will have assigned to it | | instrugt them how to carry on the | work. {opment of the work of the nuclei in| the capacity of functionaries in the old: branch are incapable of properly attending to their work because the center is now not the street but the shop. The sale of literature in the shops, the methods of carrying on propaganda, in the shops, the coor- dination of the work of the nucleus, division of labor so that every mem-| ber is drawn into the work of the party, all those problems are the order of the day, How We Are Training Our Function. | aries. The sub-section executive must Sits to each one of its members one or more nuclej for which they are responsible, 7. Whenever an important cam- paign is undertaken by the party all the functionaries are called together and the campaign discussed both from the point of view of the political pol-| {icy involved and the organizational steps to be taken by the different par- ty units in order to carry on the cam- paign successfully, 8. The sub-section organizers are HE shop nucleus training course | | 4 to which every nucleus must send | {one member preferably the organizer, | is the method we adopted to instruct | our members in the nuclei in the Fun- damentals of Leninism and the prin- jciples of Leninist Organization. The comrades who take this course are | obligated to discuss in their nuclei the subject matter that they have learned in the course. The class meets once every two weeks. The week when there is no school the comrades in the nucleus discuss under the leader- ship of the comrades attending the class the subject matter presented in| the class the previous week. In this manner we hope to raise the ran cal level of the entire membership. One class has already been organized jand has a very good attendance. Oth- | er classes are being organized, | 2. The agitprop directors of the nuclei are called together from time to time and instructed in their work. | The first conference was already held | and all the agitprop directors were! given a bulletin covering the duties | of the agitprop director. During Len-} in week all of the nuclei were in- | structed to have discussions on Len- in and the American working class In the sub-sections the discussion has already taken place. A conference of speakers was held, theyoutline discuss- ed, and at the conference the organ- ization secretary assigned the speak- ers to the different sub-sections. We | therefore, had a uniform discussion in | all of the sub-sections on Lenin and} the American working class. 3. The section organizers call to- gether the organizers of the nuclei in their section, .rec@ive reports from them and instruct them how to carry 4. Every sub-section executive by the district committee a comrade who will work with the executive and { The sub-section executive is the most important body that we} must train, as they are directly re-! sponsible for the conduct and devel- their sub-section. 5. Every sub-section executive must have at least once every month | an enlarged executive meeting. The enlarged executive of the sub-section is made up of the executive (seven members) and the organizers of all the shop and street nuclei in the sub- section. n |every problem that arises in the shop. |check up on the union membership, jactivity and fraction activity of the jrecruit members for the unions, The called together regularly by the or- ganization secretary ,and instructed jon all the activity and problems that | the party wants to place before the nuclei. They discuss, and make sug- gestions since they are constantly in touch with the nuclei, they are the closest link between the party lead- ership and the membership. Nuclei Must Carry on All Party Work HERE still exists in the minds of some comrades the, notion that the nuclei are to deal only, with problems of fhe shop. In other cases the com- rades are willing to goa step further and consider the nuclei the instru- ments for carrying on activity on the basis of shop problems, arf also to take up questions of the union, prob- lems of the trade union fraction. While of course thére are comrades who without actively participating in \the work in the shop and thereby gain the confidence of the workers, at- tempt to bring up in the shop only jthe political campaigns of the party. The nuclei must carry on all the work of the party. The nuclei must |carry on work in the shop. They must jbe the leaders in the shop for the fight for better conditions taking up They must gain the confidence of the workers thru their work for the im- provement of the life of the workers in the shop. The nuclei must also members of the nucleus, They must party members must be the best un- ion men in the shop so that the work- ers will see that the Gommunists are the most constructive ¢lement among the workers, nr But all this is not sufficient. .The nuclei must bring all the party cam- | paigns into the shop, They must bring | the party to the masses, and thereby the masses under the simfluence of the party. At the present, time in the New York district the foll@wing cam- paigns of the party m be taken up} in the shop. Recognitidn and support of Soviet Russia, the$tampaign for ; World trade union unityl ithe work for the miners’ relief, thehprotection of the foreign-born. All these campaigns ;must be unified under,ghe slogan of: “The workers must build a political party of their own—A. jabor party!” The campaign for subscriptions to The DAILY WORKER, and the sys- tematic distribution of Jiterature must of course be taken up, by every nu- cleus. CHICAGO STUDY CLASSES MAKE A GOOD START Enrollment | Still Open for New Students The second term of the Chicago| Workers’ School began last Monday with a good attendance at most | classes. H. M. Wicks is continuing | the class in Capital, Vojume One, formerly conducted by Earl Browder. This meets on Monday nights. The group studying worker “correspond- of the nuclei has shown us in no un- certain light that it is in the places where the workers are employed that our work must be done. We are now using our nuclei. to drive our roots into the mills, for it is in the mills where we can get our information on the shop and mill conditions. Whether the colored worker is react- ing to the discrimination against his race. Whether the foreign born is re- acting against the legislation. for registration and finger printing, and the police having supervision over his movements, for it is in the mill that we meet him and talk with him, right on the job. In our Shop bulletin we will take up and. discuss all these problems of the workers, and we will then show the workers that our part does not consist at all times of talk- but that we are a party of action, of deeds and not only do we voice the theory of our Communism, but. that we are practical men who are ready to act in the mill mine and factory. The party nuclei are the cogs of our machine and it is meshing us up with the machine of. the working class in the mills. Delegations to Russia, for a labor party, based upon the unions of the workers. These are some of the issues nuclei push and agitate for and they thus win sym- path, and gradually bring under our influence greater masses of our fellow workers in the places where we work, and we thus make of them ay grounds for our party, The shop nucleus is one ot greatest weapons yet devised by. party to carry on our work masses of workers, ence is working along constructive lines. It is under the leadership of J. Louis Engdahl and meets at The DAILY WORKER office. Tuesday night three classes started, with teach- ers as designated: English, Gertrud Welsh; National and Colonial Prob- lems, Manuel Gomez; and Elements of Communism, James H. Dolsen, En- rolment is still open in all three, The class in Elements of Communism is conducted by the question-and-answer method, with mimeographed outlines of*the work supplied to the students, The English class meets on Tues- day and Thursday evenings in the Workmen's Circle Hall, 2644 LeMoyne St. Enrolments are coming in for a class in English on the south side. If started it will meet probably at 3116 South Halsted St. and if enough join, the group will be divided into two parts, one for those needing elemen- tary instruction and the other for the advanced, A practical method is used which trains the abiltty to read the English working class press, to.speak English, and to write it Correctly. Those desiring to join should send-in their application immediately, to- gether with a dollar for the class fee, to the Workers’ School, Wm. Simons, secretary, 19 8, Lincoln St, The class in American Social and Labor History, one of the most es- sential for those active or who desire to become active in the working class movement of America, will hold its next session on Wednesday evening, ‘| Peb, 17, at 8 p. m. at 19 S, Lincoln St. Enrolments are still going on for this'as well as oth@f Send in "your name before registration closes, "TRYBUNA ROBOTNIGZN SECOND ANNIVERSARY |. GELEBRATION, MARCH 7 Trybuna Robotnicza, the Polish Communist organ, will celebrate its HISTORICAL MATERIALISM (Questions for Next Fri- day’s Lesson M. WICKS Instructor The first lesson of the first semester of the class in Historical Material- ism with 25 students was conducted as a lecture last Friday evening at 19 South Lincoln, the instructor explain- | tng the manner in which Marx-arrived | at the conception of Historical terialism and a warning of some of the narrow, mechanical pitfalls that await one traveling this road, The second lesson will be conducted on the question and answer system. Two books will be used as texts Mngel’s “Feuerbach,” and Bukharin’s “Historical Materialism.” | Mimeo- graphed excerpts from a number of other works will be furnished the stu- dents during the semester in order to save their buying expensive books. While studying Historical Material- ism, the class will also be required to utilize that method in its practical application to the identical thing it is studying. With “Feuerbach” we learn how Historical Materialism © itself arose at the time it did. (This will be supplemented later on by studies from Labriola’s “Essays on the Material- istic Conception of: History.”) Avoid Introduction. A word of warning is necessary for the benefit of those students who are not familiar with the history of the English translation of Engels : work “Feuerbach.” Austin Lewis, a lawyer, is the trans- lator and has “modestly” written an introduction in which he states purely personal and unscientific opinions saturated with a discredited sytidical- ist philosophy. The introduction is utterly worthless, is anti-Marxiah and is an insult to the memory of both Engels, the author, and Marx, thé founder of the theoretical syst¢m of the proletarian revolution. These ob- H. |Servations are made so the students |will not waste time on Lewis" intro, duction. The Next bese: 1, What, according to the Hegelian Philosophy, constitutes that which is real? 2. Explain the economic founda- tions of the Hegelian philosophy? 3. Explain briefly Hegel's conflict with his own system of philosophy? 4. How did it ‘happen that a re- actionary eonclusion was reached from a revolutionary method of reasoning? 5.. Why is it impossible.for a given philosopher to close his system? Reference:—Page 37 to end of first paragraph of page 49 of “Feuerbach.” 6. Is there a purpose in the uni- verse? (Answer this question “yes” or “no.”) 7. Is it proper to state that society is moving toward a certain goal? 8. Is there a difference between the social sciences and the natural sciences? (Explain), References:—Page 19 to Page 30, Bukharin’s “Historical Material- ism.” Copy these questions and answer them writing only on one side of the second anniversary by mass meet- ings all over the country. In Chicago, a concert and mass meeting will mark the anniversary. The concert will be held at the Shonehofen Hall, corner Ashland and Milwaukee Aves., Sunday, Mar. 7, at 2 p. m. Besides speakers in English, Polish, Russian and Uk- rainian, there will be an excellent musical program. The Lithuanian Chorus, the Frei- heit Singing Society, | the Russian Mandolin Orchestra, a Russian dance by Miss Jean Blasak, Com- rades Hilda Reed, Elsie Newman and Emma Blechsmidt dancing the Tarantella, an Ukrainian mando. linist and a Russian, accordionist are among the musical numbers that have been planned for this concert, All workers are inyited to come and participate with the Polish paper. John Ballam Speaks Tonight. John J. Ballam ‘Will speak for sub- section No, 6 tonight, The subject is “The Workers Party and the Negro,” The, meeting is to be held at the Freiheit Hall, 3209 W, Roosevelt Rd., at 8 p.m. Sub-section No, 6 is com- posed of street nucleus No. 20, shop nuclei No. 17, 26 and 27. All members of these nuclei should be present and all others are invited, When that argument begins at lunch time in your shop tomor- row—show them what the DA{LY WORKER says about it. LOS ANGELES PREPARES TO GREET TRUMBULL ON workers in celebrating their vie- tory in keeping alive the Trybuna Robotnicza for two ars in spite of many obstacles and also to help them make it one of ‘the strongest weapons in their fight against the master class. Women's Day Celebration in Chicago SATURDAY EVE., MARCH 6 at NORTHWEST HALL Cor, North and Western Aves. (3rd floor.) All friendly organigations are requested not to arrange other affairs op that day. CHICAGO RED REVEL COMMITTEE MEETS TONIGHT IN DISTRICT OFFICE The committee in charge of arrangements for the fourth annual Red Revel masquerade ball meets district office, 19 South Lincoln street, jegates should make sure to attend as well as all Sangiiage fraction secretaries or representatives, All shop and street nuclei FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19: (Special to The Daily Worker) LOS ANGELES, Feb. 14, — Los Angeles workers will greet Walter Trumbull, recently released from tne Alcatraz military disciplinary barracks, at proletarian dinner Friday evening, Feb, 19 at 8 o'clock at the Co-operative Center, 2706 Brooklyn Ave. The size of the hall limits the number who will be able to attend. Tickets are being sold like hot declares that its policy will be “first come, first served.” Every worker should turn out and greet Trumbull, Monday, Feb, 15, 8 p, mi, at the CLASS OPENS: Ma- HITE Y CONDUCTED - BY TH WORKERS UNG WORKERS LEAGUE WHY A COMMUNIST YOUTH FRACTION? ‘ A DISCUSSION ARTICLE. ’ Young Communists Must Write in to These Columns the Exper- iences of Their Fractions, Shop Nuclei, Concentration Groups, Etc. The Exchange of These Experiences Will Help the Practical Work of All Our Units. Comrade Lazarowitz in his opening article to the discussion on the im- | Portaace of youth fractions, correctly points out the importance of such, and thus disproves the arguments of some comrades who fail to see the value of union, It is, true 3 conception it with that of the T, U, | mix if there 4re such, it can well, be taken care of by the T, U. E. L, Both of these contentions are in- correct, There are specific youth problems in the industry and it is necessary to have the young Commun- ist fraction so that they can fight for the inclusion of the demands of the young worker in the programs and activities of the T. U. E. L. The T. U. E. L is neither the young Commun- ist fraction or the party fraction in the trade unions It strives to be- come the broad left wing. Therefore it cannot take the place of the Com- munist fractions. (See resolution on industrial work, 4th Congress, W. P., based on the letter of the Comintern and Profintern.) Thérefore we can see that as long as* there are young workers in in- dustry, the Communist youth fraction must be organized whether the T, U. E. L. exists or not, : The T. U..E. L. surely can and will take up specific youth demands, but when? When such demands are at hand. When they are brought to the attention of the T. U. EB. L.? Who are best qualified to do this work? Surely the young Communists. How can it be done in an organized and systematic fashion? Only by organizing the Com- munist youth fraction. + Some comrades have the opinion that the youth fraction is merely a member getting instrument oron the other hand. merely an’ instrument for increasing our influence in the unions, Both of these and neither of them separated is the correct attitude. In becoming a mass organization we must increase our influence and mem- bership. This can be done only by put- ting férth ‘specific youth demands against the -prevailing economic and political conditions affecting the youth and leading them in the’ struggle. —E. M, By RUFUS P; HEATH. ‘HEN I joined the league last year, the Young Worker was a weekly, It is now fifty per cent dead. Betause it is now a semi-monthly. This is a fact, whether we like it or not. It is up to us to look the facts of the case square in the face and act according- ly.. We must do something and do it quick or else loose The Young Worker entirely, We as young Communists, the country, cannot afford to losé our press and must not lose it, But in- stead we must build it up and develop it into a mass class © fighting daily organ, of the young workers of this country. If we are to be-the leaders of the youth movement.in this coun- try, we must first have a powerful press, one that is able to mass the workers in protest of tyranny on a having a Communist youth fraction He also points out that the opinion of these comrades is based on the misconception on the role ‘of thé youth fractions; that they mix it with that of the. T..U. E. L. groups. It is important that: we young Communists should analyze the mistakes we make, find the basis for them and learn not to repeat them. in every’ that some comrades have a wrong. of the Communist youth fraction and BL. The comrades base their arguments on {the uselessness of the fraction, claiming that there are either no special youth problems and demands or, that¢— YOUNG MINERS One of the reasons. Why a Young Communist fraction! leaders of the youth movement of this | c! California Lea; “pes Units on Job LOS ANGELES, — Last week saw the newly organized branclies of the Young Workers League and the Young Pioneers in Fort Bragg and Eureka holding general,membership meetings at which Comrade Wm. Schneiderman, district organizer, spoke on’ the “Youth Movement and the Working Class,” and on “Lenin, Liebknecht and Luxemburg.” The comrades of ‘Fort Bragg and Eureka have pledged themselves to distribution of the Young Worker and the Young Comrade, and are actively engaged in getting subs for their paper, and holding classes on the A. B. C, of Communism. The Young Pioneers in each of these towns are preparing to give some plays in the near future, under the direction of the league. Make the Young Worker a Mass Organ. moment's notice, The press is our one and best means of communication among the masses. We cannot be satisfied, until we have made the Young Worker a daily. - How to Build the Young Worker: Hold rescue parties, dances, enter- tainments, stage plays, buy q bundle and hand them out to your shopmates and ask them to subscribe or renew, subscribe, arrange picnics, box sup- pers, donate and take up collections. “We owe The DAILY WORKER e to $3,000. The Young Worker cannot prosper until we have settled this account.. A press that is in debt is a financial burden on the shoulders of the membership whilé, on the other hand a press that is even, is independ- ent and has the opportunity to operate on a paying basis, become Prosperous — and of a mass character. Start the build the Young Worker campaign now! Subscribe. oS HAVE-YOU HEARD OF THE TRUMBULL- FOURTH YEAR YOUNG WORKER AFFAIR? A gala affair will, be staged by the Young Workers (Communist) League to greet Walter Trumbull on his re- lease from Alcatraz military discip- linary barracks, and to celebrate the fourth birthday of the Young Worker, The affair takes place on Sunday evening, March 7, at Imperial Hall, 2409 N. Halsted street, Chicago. The program will consist——! Well, we better not mention it just yet. ‘Watch these colimns for further an- nouncements. All we can say right now is that for originality and reyo- lutionary spirit this affair will be among the best, Sign of Lunacy. A visitor to an insane asylum saw a guard in charge of about a hundred inmates who were out for exercise, The visitor inquired of the guard if he was not afraid of being attacked by one of the lunatics. “No; I can lick any of them,” the guard answered, “Yes, but “yee they all attacked you?” “No chance of that,” said the guard, “Crazy people never Sere '—In- dustrial Pioneer, You bring the leaders of the world rv thei movement to your Mas) to ea nate ui i, r—when for aan sh to a shop. ma ie. pet rms pronase ttc A EE OE OES {Come Ahead Into the Young Workers League A new Canadian youth movement has been launched by the bour, canta of (Canada, The league of natio ciety has been formed. The petal of this body is‘to acquaint the youth, with the high ideals of the league of nations, Let the youth investigate far enough and they will discover the league of nations to be the British plague of small nations, “ You do the job twice as well when you distribute a bundle ‘of The DAILY WORKER with your story in it. Read—Write—distribute The DAILY WORKER, X at OE re