The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 29, 1926, Page 4

} 1 i Page Four t | THE DAILY WORKER Organization Meetings | Workers (Communist) Party The Work Before the Party in the Light of the Comintern Decision Social Affairs Resolutions Statement by the Central Executive Committee of the Workers (Communist) Party In the second we have the struggle | of organizing these unorganized work- The following statement was adopted unanimously by the full meeting of the Cen- tral Executive Committee of the Workers (Communist) Party now in session: ‘ . a central committee of the Work- ers (Communist) Party, having considered the decision of the Com- munist International in regard to the Situation within our party, and tasks of the party, declares its en- dosement of this decision and that it will loyally carry the decision into ef- fect. At the same time the central com- Mittee calls upon every unit of the party and every member of the party to aid in making effective not only the letter of the decision of the Com- munist International but the spirit of this decision. es the End Factionalism—Unite the Party. HE enlarged executive committee of the Communist International calls attention to the danger which ‘would result for our party, should the factional struggle which has torn the party during the past year continue. It emphasizes the necessity of bring- dng about an immediate discontinu- ‘ance of factionalism. It lays down a basis for common work by the com- Taxes of the various groupings within tthe party. It calls upon every mem- ‘ber of the party to support the cen- tral committee in its work and lays upon the central committee the re- sponsibility of so carrying on the lead- ership of the party as to avoid any de- velopment of further factional strug- gle. The plenum of the central commit- ‘tee of the party is in full agreement with the viewpoint expressed by the enlarged executive committee of the Communist International on this sub- ject. Our party cannot stand a con- tinuance of the factional struggle. The energy and strength of the party, which for two years has to a large degree been directed into the inner party struggle must be thrown into work among the masses for the up- building of the influence and leader- ehip of the party. Factionalism, which detracts from the ability of the party to effectively carry on its work among the masses, must come to an end. The whole party membership must give earnest and energetic support to the campaigns which the party has under way thru which it is striving to mob- ilize the masses for struggle against the capitalists and the capitalist gov- ernment. The task of liquidating the remnants of factionalism within the party, prim- arily devolves upon the central com- mittee of the party. It assumes this responsibility and declares its deter- mination to put into effect the letter and spirit of the Communist Interna tional decision and to pursue such an inner party policy as will eliminate the hitherto existing factional lines. The party tasks are so great that they require the ability and strength in leading responsible positions. of all the comrades within the party capable af filling these positions. The central committee declares that there will be mo discrimination in giving comrades Tesponsible work according to thetr ability because of the previously exist ing factional alignments invthe party. So far as the leadership of the party work is concerned, the central com- mittee will follow the same policy. It will endeavor to broaden the leader. ship of the party so as to include every comrade capable of contributing to this leadership and aiding in the strengthening and upbuilding of the party. In order to carry this policy into ef- fect, the central committee must have the co-operation of those comrades who have hitherto been in the opposi- tion within the party. The decision of the Communist International placed responsibilities and duties upon them ‘as well as upon the central committee. The Communist International expects a cessation of the factional struggle. All comrades must give full co-opera- tion and support to the central com- mittee in carrying out the policies outlined above. The discussions and struggles with: fm the party have helped to clarify the outer lines of policy which the party must follow. This clarification ghould aid materially in developing an inner party line that will enable the party to put its full strength in the ‘work among the masses—that is, to unify the leadership of the party and membership for the struggle against the capitalst enemy and the building of a powerful Communist Party. —n The Party Prospects, E plenum of the central commit- tee declares gs its opinion that the factional struggle within the party ean be completely liquidated on the ‘basis of the Communist International decision. Then the party strength can be thrown into the work of establish- ing the prestige of the party among the masses and building the party or- ganization. The party stands before a 4 ‘error Omer iT ARNON 8.1830 RR great opportunities and the party can make great strides forward. While it is true, as has been pointed out by the enlarged executive of the comintern, in its thesis on the general world situation, that the American la- bor movement has moved to the right under the influence of the concessions which American imperialism is able to make to the upper strata of the working class, still at the same time, thru the application of the tactics of the united front, the influence of the party among the working masses has grown, The party has, for the first time in its history, become a leading influence in str of workers. It is succeeding in drawing broader masses of workers into common struggle with itself thru the tactic of the united front. Thru the extension of its mass work and its work in the trade unions, it is break- ing the isolation in which it found itself and all the indications are that its influence among the masses of workers is steadily increasing. The Economic Situation. HERE are indications that the favorable economic situation which this country has been enjoyiing is approaching the end and that a period of depression lies in the not distant future. This estimate does not mean that we are in for an im- mediate period of depression. Rather, the tendency of industry is downward; the actual period of depression still lies some distance in the future. Steel orders, which are a barometer indicating the direction which indus- try is taking, show a decided falling off in advance orders, The building industry, which has been in a boom period during recent years, is also slowing down. Manufacturing indus- tries generally during the month of April showed a decrease of 1% in the number of workers employed. These are some of the first signs in- dicating that industry has reached the apex of the period of so-called pros- perity and is now tending in the other direction, A depression lies ahead. In the agricultural field the farmer has secured no relief from the renewal of the agricultural crisis which de- veloped during the present year. The debts of farmers are increasing. Tenancy is growing greater. Hundreds of thousands of farmers are continu- ing the migration to the cities. Altho” capitalism in the United States has been enjoying a general period of prosperity, certain indus- tries due to special conditions have been undergoing crises. This has been true of the coal industry, textile in- dustry, needle trades and the shoe industry. Because of overdevelopment of the industry or changes in the mode of production, and movement of the industry from one part of the country to another, these industries have not shared in the generally fav- orable economic situation. The result of this and as a consequence of the effort of the capitalist owners,to make the workers bear the burden of the unfavorable conditions in these indus- tries, is that the workers have been forced into resistance in order to pro- tect their standard of life and working conditions. The party has made its greatest gain in its work among the workers of these industries. The development of a period of de- pression in the cycle of capitalist pro- duction will bring with it sharper con- flicts between the workers in other in- dustries and the capitalist employers. Thus the outlook for the future in this country is to a period of renewed struggles which will create for the party a favorable condition for its work and for the development of the party. The Political Situation. aa overwhelming victory for the : capitalists of this country in the election of Coolidge in 1924 has re- sulted in the open putting into force of the capitalist program thru the gov- ernment. The Coolidge administra- tion has brazenly put thru its program to strengthen the capitalists and for weakening the workers. The govern: ment stands in the open as the rep- resentative of capitalist power in the United States. This is particularly evident in the fact that the govern ment does net even seemingly appear ag the oppenent of the trusts and great corporations and every pretense to enforce the Sherman anti-trust law has been abandoned and trustified business has been given open approval by the government. While the capitalist power is wn- challenged in this country, differences have developed within the ranks of | the capitalists themselves which are | reflecting themselves in the struggle | within the two old parties. Thus, for instance, on two major questions, party lines have been com pletely broken in the vote of recent legislation. This was true in the case of the vote on the world court issue and in the vote on the Haugen farm relief bill. Tn the first vote, we have an ex- pression of the opposition between finance capital which {s primarily in terested in international loans and the capitalists whose interests are more purely industrial, | reflect themselves in the future politi- of the farmers against the big capital- ist interests. Differences are also developing within the capitalist parties on the question of the tariff.’ The interna- tional bankers, faced with the neces- sity of devising means thru which their creditors can make payments, favor reductions in the tariff which of course, will be opposed by capitalist industries which are profitting there- from, These conflicts and differences will cal struggles in this country. The progressive third party move- ment which succeeded in diverting the labor party movement from its track and which has been broken up and greatly demoralized following the last election has disillusioned certain sec- tions of the workers with LaFollette- ism, thus giivng a lesson in the need of independent political action. The open rule of the capitalist powers in Washington is giving the workers new examples of how the government is working for the capitalists. , These facts, together with the experiences of the workers in such strikes as that at Passaic, where all the forces of the government are lined up against the workers, legislation such as th Watson-Parker bill, can be made the basis for giving the movement for a labor party a new momentum. The Tasks of The Party HE immediate tasks which the party must undertake in this situation are the following: 1. Work in the trade unions. The work in the trade unions remains the major task of the party. The spirit and letter of the Communist Interna- tional decision must be carried out. To the end of carrying on this work successfully, the campaign to draw the members of the party into the unions must be continued and intensi- fied, The party members must learn that active participation in the daily work of their unions and systematic support of the program of the party for the trade unions {s the basis for building a mass party. The system- atic organization of party fractions and instructions in their tasks, must be speeded up. The trade unions are the basis.of many of the united front activities of the party and the success of the trade union work of the party means the drawing of new masses of workers into the struggle with the party. The party must support ener- getically and with a maximum of re- sources the expansion of the T. U. E. L. into a broad left wing organiza- tion. 2. Labor tickets and the labor party. The party must mobilize im- mediately for a wide-spread election campaign carrying on this campaign in such a form as to make it serve as a means of bringing about the crystal- lization of a labor party. The party must endeavor to initiate the placing of united labor tickets in the field having general mass trade union sup- port in all of the great industrial states of this country. In addition, it should give support to the existing farmer-labor or labor parties in those states where these parties have been organized and initiate a movement to place a labor ticket in the field thru these parties. The party must use the 1926 congressional and state elections to mobilize as many workers as pos- sible for independent political action. Where the party does not find it pos- sible to place united front tickets in the field, either thru existing parties of workers and farmers or thru united front conferences it must nominate its own candidates. 3. Organization of the unorganized. The history of the American labor movement shows that it has been in periods of so-called capitalist pros- perity that the movement for the or- ganization of the unorganized workers has gained the greatest headway. The comparatively favorable conditions of the last year have created movements for organizatfon among the workers in a number of industries, The party has participated in this work. But. it must bring greater energy to the task ers, The trade union committee of the party should work out a program of organization for the existing favor- able industries, such as the rubber, textile, automobile, and so forth and thes party units in these industries should carry on a consistent campaign to carry into effect these programs. 4. Work among the’ farmers. The party must take up with greater energy than before, the work among the exploited farmers. The renewal of the crisis in the agricultural field creates .a favorable situation for this work and the steps which have been taken to re-establish connections and build our influence among the farm- ing masses must continue, with in- creasing momentum, 5. The DAILY WORKER. The DAILY WORKER must be developed into a mass organ of the American la- bor movement, without losing its Com- munist character. The changes nec- essary to facilitate this development must be made without delay. The party members must give more active support in widening’ the basis of The DAILY WORKER thru increasing its circle of readers, The DAILY WORK- ER must become the expression of the struggles of the \workers of this country, 6. Other camptyn, ‘is work in support of the Yi w ers (Com- munist) Leagug, ‘Orly’ among wo- men, the anti#.perl,,“,¢ activities and the work among the of supporting the major campaigns of the party. All of this work must have the support of every party member and the work itself must be so direct- ed as to result in strengthening our campaigns for a labor party, to build a broad left wing in the trade unions and organize the unorganized workers as well as to stimulate the movement among the farmers? 7. Organizational tasks. Organiza- tionally, the party must take up earn- estly the task of ‘attivizing the new party units and of Btrengthening the party thru drawing “into it members who have not registered in the re- organizaion and new members from the shops and factories. It is partic- ularly important to link up the shop nuclei with the campaigns for the or- ganization of the unorganized and with our trade uniéng,vork. Build for ¢ junism. HE decision of Communist In- ‘ternational has provided the basis for the liquidation of the inner party controversy which has been ob- structing the party work. The party has a clearly developed policy and a definite program for its immediate work. 8 While, as the Communist Internation- al points out in its,resolution, the ob- jective conditions in the United States make the task of the party a difficult one, still if the party applies the cor- rect policy and enters into its work with energy and epthusiasm, it will be able to make progress in building the Communist party and a revolu- tionary mass movement in this coun- try. American capitalism has become the dominating imperialist power of the world. It is endeavoring to rescue capitalism from the revolutionary forces developed during the world war. It is the struggle againsf this dominant capitalist power which our party must carry to a successful issue. To fight American capitalism we must devglop a powerful Communist Party. The central committee calls upon every member of the party to take up the work of the party with new energy and spirit to achieve this end. The year ahead must be a year of growth and achievement. The’ party must show that it has come out of its inner strug- gle stronger and better equipped for the fight against capitalism. Forward in the work of building a powerful Communist Party and dev- eloping a revolutionary mass move- ment against American capitalism! Central Executive Committee Workers (Communist) Party of America Cc. E. RUTHENBERG, General Secretary. HELP TO DISTRIBUTE ONE MILLION LEAFLETS ON THE CASE OF ‘ Sacco-Vanzetti $1.25 A THOUSAND 10,000 FOR $10 Send Your Order to INTERNATIONAL LABOR DEFENSE 23 S. Lincoln Street, Chicago, Ill. QUESTIONS FOR NEXT CLASS IN MARX’S ‘CAPITAL’ To Meet Tuesday; Sum- mer Sessions Planned The next class in Marxian —eco- nomics will be held Tuesday night, June 1, instead of on the regular night, Monday, because of the T. U. E. L. picnic. The place and time will ‘be as usual—at 8 p. m, at 19 S. Lincoln, Former members are asked to at- tend, as well as “steadies,” as the class has decided to meet weekly thru the summer. The arrangement of the text makes it easy to pick up the dis- cussion at this point. Tuesday's les- son will conclude Part 6 of “Capital,” with the following lesson beginning with Part 7, “The Accumulation of Capital.” Tuesday’s assignment is from pages 602 to\617. As this is a short lesson, there will also be a written examina- tion, followed by discussion, covering from pages 557 to 617. Little writing, however, will be required to pass this examination, but much previous study! The class committee is in charge. Following are questions for study of the new lesson: 1, Explain how hourly wages are a converted form of the value of labor power. 2. How is the rate of plece-wages derived? 3, Enumerate and explain the char- acteristic evils of the piece-work system, 4, “why is it that piece-work “has a tendency, while raising individual wages above the average, to lower this average itself?” 5; What causes changes in piece- wages; are such changes real or nominal, and why do they lead to con- ttinual conflicts between laborers and capitalists? Discuss fully. \ 6, Explain why the relative value of money will probably be less in more highly developed capitalistic countries than in less developed ones. 7. Explain and give examples of the fact that, altho wages may be higher in a more highly developed capitalistic nation—nevertheless, the relative price of labor (as Marx defines it) may be lower than in the more backward nations. 8 What do the statistics on num- ber of spindles per factory and num- ber of workers employed show? Walkertown Workers with which the New York ‘Workers’ workers all over the country to come a two-weeks summer school course. By studying five hours a day, six days a week, the worker is enabled to spend 60 hours in intensive study. If these hours were distributed over @ once-a-week night course, it would be the equivalent of over two years of evening school work. So that a remarkable amount of work can be ac- complished in this short period of sys- tematic study. Intensive Training. The late afternoons and. evenings will be taken up with trips to Pas- saic, to Wall Street, to the plant of a capitalist newspaper, to big industrial plants in which Communist nuclei are functioning, visits to well functioning nuclei, to fraction meetings of the big trade unions, union meetings, etc. There will be a home for every stu- dent with some comrade in New York. Homes will be secured without charge to the student. Tuition will be free if his district or union recommends him and he meets such qualifications as a special school committee will de- termine, Fare to New York shduld be paid by the district organization sending the student, ‘The only expenses for stich students as are sent by their organizations will be the purchase of textbooks and of food and in many cases, the organiza- tion may be expected to supply suffici- ent funds for these needs, also. Work- ers coming to New York should ar- range to have at least $25 for spend- ing money, purchase of food and text- books. Subjects Studied. The courses will center about the problems of the American working class. The subjects will include the History of the American Working Class; American Economic. History; America Today; Work in the Trade Unions; Organizational Structure and Problems; History and Problems of WORKERS’ SCHOOL TO OPEN ITS SUMMER COURSES JULY 15; ALL STUDENTS INVITED TO ATTEND (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK OITY, May 27—“Spend your vacation in the center of world capitalism learning how to fight for Communism.” School is appealing to class conscioug This is the slogan to New York the 15th of July to take the Workers Party; Marxism and Len- inism. If the demand is sufficient, the two- weeks course will be extended to @ four-weeks course. Get in touch at once with your organizer on being authorized to go to the summer train- ing school and for further informa- tion, write to Bert Wolfe, director of the Workers School, 108 Bast 14th St., New York City. CORRECTION The DAILY WORKER, a few days ago, published a statement which pur- ported to be a declaration of former branches of the Armenian Workers Party in regard to-the affiliations of these branches with the Workers (Communist) Party, and the Armen- fan Fraction of the party. The central committee of the party, in publishing this statement, was under the impresison that it had already been adopted by the branches of the Armenian Workers Party in the localities indicated in the signatures of the statement. It now finds, how- ever, that it is only a proposed state- ment and that it has not been ratified by the branches. It is therefore pub- lishing this correction of the matter. Undoubtedly the members of the branches in question will find them- selves in agreement with this pro- posed statement which was drawn up by one of the Chicago comrades and submitted to them. The central com- mittee will publish a further state- ment, when the statement already published is officially ratified by the organization in question. For a Mass Organ Thru Worker Correspondents Off the Press Now! Party Holds Picnic on Sunday, May 30 WALKERTOWN, Pa., May 26.-—The Workers (Communist) Party will hold a picnic on the hill behind the Home Theater, Sunday, May 31, beginning at 10 a. m. The well-known Finnish ath- letic club will take part in the pro- gram. There will also be speakers in English, Hungarian and Finnish. All workers in Daisytown, Brownsville, California and other surrounding towns are urged to attend this picnic. Lunch need not be brought as sand- wiches and appetizing roast lamb in country style will be served. Don Cossacks Present Banner to Putilov Workers in Leningrad MOSCOW, U. S. S. R. (Tass), May 27.—IIllustrating the great change that has taken place in Russia in the rela- tions, not only between town aad country in the ordinary sense, but be- tween such specific categories as highly industrialized workers and cos- sacks, who formerly were used to sup- press them, a party of the famous Don Cossack’s visited the famous Putiloff Workers, now called ;‘Red Putilovets,” in Leningrad, to present a banner on the Occasion of the 125th anniversary of the existence of the works. The Don Cossack area is now an autonomous unit of the Soviet Union and the cossacks are engaged in peaceful agricultural labor, altho they still retain their traditionally excellent horsemanship and give their quota to the Soviet cavalry, CETIT SATURDAY! A full page of cartoons on the week’s events BY HAY BALES “South America Thru the Eyes of a Communist from the United States” BY HARRISON GEORGE “Why Are Foreign-Born Workers Persecuted?” BY THURBER LEWIS Get these features in Saturday’s issue of the NEW MAGAZINE OF THE DAILY WORKER _every worker. Attractively Cloth Bound ° Lenin on Organization Volume | in the Lenin Library No more important publication than this work has appeared in the history of the revolutionary movement since the first formulations of Communist prin- ciples by Karl Marx. In this, the first of probably six vol- umes, all of which will soon appear, are the collected speeches and writings of the great leader and teacher, LENIN, on fun- damental problems of vital importance to , Add “Lenin on Organization” to your library—it can’t be complete without it. Sh THE DAILY WORKER 1113 W. Washington Blvd., » 300 Pages 5 0 iy Library Edition Chicago, Ill. 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