The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 17, 1926, Page 4

eee sere nal Page Four THE DAILY WORKER Workers (Communist) Party How Should Communists Organize Their Work? By JAY LOVESTONE. PART II. The party work as defined divides | The | itself into two main ca lime of demarcation ‘ories, ween these b fast. Some party rectly thru the par' paratus. er party work fs done indirectly, Oth at is, thru the utilization of non-party | atus which | apparatus, that is not a unit of th in any way controlled or subject to sub: ence. In reality, 7 one case usually in another case not even y thé party ial patty influ- y work don ov partisan organization invariably operates with and utilizes fully t party apparatus in order to get the maximum Communist results in his efforts among the non-party mas Likewise, it is the poorest kind of a party functionary who c work complete n he s of | co: doe paratus movémen non-Communist wor We must take e¢ A sense of proletarian’ responsibili- the choice of our party organizers. ty an absolute prerequisite for the There is at this moment room for success of united. front. campaigns a considerable r of the level of|/and for the winning of prestige by | party organi: more care must be lection. of party organi with Communist respons recting class activities of mass non partisan organizations. In such in stances, not only do we find the or- dinary party difficulties facing our or- ganizers, but we find the additional difficulties that are to be expected in eases where we deal with worki masses that are insufficiently devel. oped politically, and with less clas conscious spokesmen of these mass: es. Guarantees For Success in Commu- nist Activities For Non-Party Mass Organizations. There are certain simple methods it even in the se I -| the * > | ty member who holds office in a non- e party ap-| We a | much | B | cl of procedure that we must rigorously adhere to if we are to succeed;in ur work in non-party mass organ- izations, First of all, we must have a sense ov |of working class honesty about our- types of party work is not hard and| selves. work is done di-| Some time ago a prominent labor leader told me, half in jest, that in his opinion Communists were those who fool themselves, who fool each other, and who fool everybody Such charges are the most oft ted to weapons of the reaction- labor bureaucrats against. the ary Communists. We must take extra <are to avoid giving to the so-called s| socialists and labor bureaucrats even slightest pretense which will ‘en- able them to misrepresent our united front efforts to the masses of work- ers. Concretely speaking, an example carelessness by Communists in their united front, dealings is to be of 2s.| found in the manner in which our .par- dled its withdrawal from the abor Party ticket and the | nomination of a Workers Party, tick- t in e national elections of 1924. ror. Fortunately our party has 1g0 outgrown such careless prac- ir Communists in non-party mass or- anizations. By that I mean specifi- ally that we do not have to make ilities in di-|empty promises or to be unrealistic, or to assume tasks which we are not apable of achieving. Bravado is a dangerous enemy of Communists. The Question of Communist Identity. It is not necessary to stick the offli- cial Communist fabel on working activities in order to make them class activities. It certainly is not necessary to stick the Communist la- bel on nomparty organizations of a mass character in order to enable our members to breathe more freely and work more actively in these organiz- ations. Credit for the Communists can be translated in ways much more shared in varying degrees in| effective than formal labelling. But we must warn against a tendency oft- en manifesting itself in our ranks, to consider that the Communists identi- ty must under all circumstances be hidden, and that the Communist Par- ty, as a party, must under all condi- tions in non-party mass organizations be buried by our spokesmen, Work- jing confidentially or without brass bands and loud speakers must not be translated into nailing the coffin lid} of the Workers (Communist) Party. This tendency—now and then arising as a reaction to the mechanical ap- proach once held by some comrades in that they contended that the Com- ‘munist Party shingle must be put out in the main windows of every non- party organization in which Commu- nists participate—is none the less a serious danger and must none the less vigorously be fought. R The Question of Concentration. | In order to achieve success in our united front activities and in order for our members to get the maximum results working in non-party mass or- ganizations, it is understood that the | difusion of energies must be avoided. ;In many non-party organizations of a |mass character, the Communists can- }mot assume and meet responsibilities ; without harming’ those organizations and discrediting the party. For the party as a whole, it is also ;necessary to learn to concentrate more on certain campaigns rather than to map out many plans and too many campaigns, united front confer- ences, etc. This appears almost too elementary to need mentioning, yet) | we are suffering somewhat from vio-| lating this axiom. We have in the past launched too many campaigns | which we not only did not bring to a | successful conclusion, but which we dil not even continue energetically after our taking the initial steps. The: sooner we learn to apply with vigor and system such elementary | principles of Communist strategy, of the proletarian strategy, the sooner will our party become a mass Commu- nist Party. New York District Starts Campaign to Double Membership in National Drive By JACK STACHEL, Secretary Organization . Department, District 2. IHE New York district has resolved to double its membership in the present national membership drive. Plans are already worked out and the drive began officially with the Sesqui- centennial celebration held under the auspices of The DAILY WORKER July 3, 4 and 5, and to last thruout ) the election campaign. The drive } announced at the last members + meeting, held on the 18th of June, at § which Comrade C. E. Ruthenberg re- ) ported on the last central executive } committee plenum, and all prepara- tions for the drive were made and cary Tied out up to the 4th of July The Basis of the Drive in New York. ; The drive for new recruits is to be made not on abstract propaganda but § is to be connected with the past and | present activities of the party. The district has for some time been en- } gaged in very important and success- ful work, but altho the influence of the party among the n ses has been " increased tremendou there have been no organizational results. In this drive the party will crystallize the support gained in these activities into organization for the party. The Passaic strike, the furriers strike, the strike of the shoe work the iron workers’ strike, in whi many of our members have partic Pated very actively, the strengthening of our forces in many other unions, our work in the co-operatives, the Workmen's Circle and other fraternal organizations have gained for us a mass of sympathizers. Our participa- tion in the campaigns for the Protec: tion of the Foreign Born, the Sacco- Vanzetti defense, as well as in other united front activity, has also brought us in contact with thousands upon thousands of workers, many of whom have learned to look upon the Work- ers’ Party as the leader of the strug- gles of the workers. A great deal of support has also been stored up for the party, due to the activity of the workers’ school in drawing in many sympathizing workers into the classes conducted by the school, as well as into the other activities conducted by the school. The reorganization of the party has made it possible for the party at this time to recruit many new elements from the larger shops in the basic in- dustries. Particularly is this true in New Jersey, where some of our nuclet have published excellent bulletins that have a very wide circulation. The re- organization has put us in contact with tens of thousands of workers, the most militant of whom can be drawn into the party. The readers of Tho DAILY WORKPR who are not party members furnish a fertile fleld for our membership drive. The membership drive in the New York district will be based on the concrete activity cited above, and will {find its unified expression in the elec- tion campaign that we will wage tn- ‘siaoet der the slogan “For a United Labor Ticket.” Individual Recruiting. Much attention is to be paid to indi- vidual recruiting. Rejecting the idea that we must limit our activity to agi- tation and propaganda only, and al- ways insisting on full participation in the struggles of the workers, we must not overlook the importance of ‘indi- vidual recruiting. Every member of the party in the nuclei and in the fractions in non-party organizations must strain himself to the utmost to draw the most advanced workers into the party. For this reason the plan proposes that every nucleus and frac- ion make a list of the sypathizers in its shop and organization respectively and divide them among the party members that have the best approach to the particular workers. To accom- plish this every member must always have the proper literature and applica- tion blanks with him thruout the cam- paign. Concentration Weeks. The plan includes that there be spe- cial concentration weeks based on the different sections of the district as well as based on drives in the differ- ent industries. For example, one week the party will concentrate in the needle trades, then another week in the building trades, thn in the metal trades, etc. Likewise, one week we will concentrate in Brooklyn, another week in New Jersey, etc. In this man- ner we will be able to publish ltera- ture dealing with each of the indus- tries, and with the specific municipal sovernment problems in the different sections of the city, so that on the whole our literature will be as con- crete as possible. Must Win Back Old Members, Special efforts will be made to win back those members who in the pro- cess of reorganization have fallen out of the party. Many of these members have difficulties of language, or are not yet clear on the reorganization, It will be the business of our language fractions and our nuctei'to visit these comrades in their homes and induce them to come back to the party. Wher- ever they have some difficulty we must help them to overcome these difficulties. The language fractions must also be fully mobilized for the recruiting of new members, Preparation for the Drive, Between the 18th of June and the 4th of July every possible effort for the drive was carried out. Proper instructions were furnished to the nuclei and fractions and each of these bodies held a sepcial meeting be- tween these dates to mobilize for the drive, In the accepting of applicants we will not be as strict as in the past. We will accept applications at all mass meetings, picnics, ete., even if the applicant cannot get the two sig- natures of Party members. We will have a special membership committee of the district, which will at least once each month call every applicant for examination, This committee will then with the help of the organtsation sls (Communist) department assign the new member to a party unit and check up that the new member is given some immediate task in the party. Only by giving the new member some work and keeping a record of the whereabouts and party lite of the new member will we be rea- sonably sure that we will maintain our new recruits in the party. Every New Member to Be Trained. Every new member will be assigned to a four weeks’ course in the prin- ciples and organization structure of the party. As many such courses are to be conducted by the school during the drive as are necessary. Many of our members, even at the present time, are not acquainted with the party principles and do not know the party constitution. This course will give the new member the funda- mentals of the party, take up the uni- ted front activity of the party, the form of organization of the party, the democratic centralism and discipline of the party, so that our new recruits will be able to become good active members and not, as in the past, be allowed to drift for themselves. Will Double Membership. The district committee believes that in view of the party’s influence among the masses in the district we will be able to double the party membership. The slogan “Every Member a New Member” can now be made a reality. The remainder of the month up to July 4 was devoted to the building of the circulation of The DAILY WORKER. The slogan “Every mem- ber a subscriber and every member a new reader” became a living reality. But, with the close/of The DAILY WORKER drive, we now put into life the slogan “Every Member Get a New Member.” Ruthenberg to Speak at Picnic in Hartford Sunday, August 22 HARTFORD, Conn., July 15,.—C, EB, Ruthenberg, national secretary Work- Party, will speak Sunday, August 22, at Schuetzen Park. The picnic will be arranged under the auspices of the united labor or- ganizations of Connecticut. Anthony Bimba and J. O, Bentall will also speak, In order to perfect arrangements for the”picnic all labor organizations are asked to send delegates to a confer- ence called to organize this picnic, The conference will be held in Con- tral Labor Union Hall at 23 Central Row, Hartford, Saturday, July 17, 8 p. m, All labor organizations are asked to send delegates to the con- ference and help build up the united forces of labor in this state. The conference is called on the ini- tiative of united labor organizations of Hartford, headed by the Scandinavian Workers Club of Hartford. The secre- tary of organization is Per. Nelson, 561 Matin street, Hartford, Conn. All inquiries must be addressed to him, ee hn wey HOLD CHICAGO PRESS PICNIC ON AUGUST 1 Prepare for Big Affair in Riverview Park Sunday, August 1, the Fifth Annual Workers (Communist) Party Press Picnic will be held at Riverview Park, Western, Roscoe and Belmont. Aves. The DAILY WORKER, Young Worker and the various daily and weekly language papers, will participate in the picnic. It is held for the joint benefit of all of them... * Tickets are being issed for advance sale by language groups who are sup- porting their particular papers. 70% of the amount sold by them will go for the ‘benefit of the paper which that particular group may; work for. Tickets also give numeérous conces- sions to the Riverview amusement park, Speakers will be Wm, Z, Foster and C. EB, Ruthenberg. Language groups should call for the press picnic tickets at the local office 19 South Lincoln St. and remember, the more tickets they sell, the more money will be available for language papers, Party nuclei will also call for tickets at the local office, 19 S$. Lincoln St, Grand Rapids Workers Party Membership Meet on Saturday Evening GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., July 15.— A very important general membership meeting of the Workers (Communist) Party, Grand Rapids, to be addressed by the new district organizer, Com- rade R. Baker of Detroit, on the tasks confronting our party in Michigan in connection with our entering the fall elections under the Communist ban- ner, will be held Saturday, July 17, 8 o'clock, at the local headquarters, 211 Monroe Ave. ie | Functionary Meeting Sunday. All street and shop nuclei function- aries will assemble Stinday morning, 10 o'clock at the same’hall to discuss with Comrade Baker ‘the regular is- suance of shop organs,’ an essential means to properly activate and make our fatcory units more infiuéntial. At- tendance at both meétihgs by mem- bership card only. 140 B. A. Faulkner of! Ada, Mich., veteran rebel of this ‘vicinity, will speak on “Economic Science” at the regular monthly opem propaganda meeting of the down, town street nucleus, Tuesday night, July 20, at 211 Monroe Ave. All readers of The DAILY WORKER are urged to attend this lecture: ( AUTHOR OF DEFEATED FARM RELIEF BILL TO | BE COMMITTEE HEAD AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT BARS RUSSIAN YOUTH DELEGATION MOSCOW, U. S. S. R—The Austrian government has refus- ed to give vises to twelve young workers from Russia who were elected by the various districts to visit Austria and to study the conditions of the working youth there. The present government of Austria was afraid that the Russian youth would observe the miserable conditions of the Austrian young workers. Last winter a delegation of the Austrian youth visited Rus- sia and not only were they giv- en permission to enter the Un- ion of Socialist Soviet Repub- lics but they had open doors to Senator Charles L. McNary of Oregon is the one who sponsored the farm relief measure that the Coo- lidge-Mellon machine mustered its forces successfully to defeat. Sen. ator Norris’ resignation from the agricultural committee of the senate has been accepted and McNary is the next in line. The farm bloc has promised to try again for relief next session and McNary’s post will help. Passaic Strikers’ Relief Mission in Connecticut NEW HAVEN, Conn., July 15. — Tony Annozony, Joe Knopp, Elizabeth Herkel, Mary Fett, Joe Fett, Anna Turpko, Mary Byer, Anna Hoolick, Julia Krusko and Bob Kling ended a short tour of Connecticut in a Jaun- dry truck for the Passaic strikers. The entire trip netted the strikers $450. At a picnic of the Weavers’ Club of Skelton, a few dollars were col- lected in the forenoon. The truck left hére in time to make a Lithuanian picnic near Waterbury where 140 copies of “Hell in New Jersey” were sold and $50 collected. The new group visited New Lon- don and Norwich where good results were obtained. The proceeds were divided with the New London tex- tile workers who are “out on strike, A number of other rallies have been arranged and hopes are made that a larger sum will be collected on this trip than was cotected on the last one. OKLAHOMA ELECTION LAWS LOOK F AIR, BUT IN PRACTICE VOTERS ARE COERCED AND LAW VIOLATED t By J. MUSCOGEE, Okla., July 15.— The attempt to make the Oklahoma election laws a campaign issue this year will probably fail for want of interest, but as a similar attempt will probably be to examine the facts. The Oklahoma election laws are made in other states, it may be well essentially the same in theory and practice as the election laws of other states. That which is objectionable in one state will be objectionable in all states. State Election Board. In Oklahoma, the state election board is appainted by the governor and consists of three persons, of whom not more than two shall belong to one political party, The logical in- ference being. that the third member will beiong to the second most influ- ential party and will be an individual not personally objectionable to the governor. The state election board appoints county election boards of three mem- bers each; not more than two of whom shall belong to one party— and the appointments ghall be made from lists submitted by the executive committees of the two major parties, provided such lists are submitted on or before a given date, Precinct Boards. The county election board appoints Precinct election boards of three members each; not more than two of whom shall belong to ohe party; pro- vided that a representative of another party can be found whd, in the opin- ion of the county board, is qualified to serve, Otherwise, precinct boards may be appointed all from one party, Also, it his colleagues decide that a mem- ber of a precinct board is incompe- tent they may so declare and fill his place from the ranks of those entitled to vote in that precinct, Provide Counters, On a given date shortly before the election, the precinct board shall ap- point four “counters;” chosen as equitably as possible from all parties, provided the board can find represen- tatives of all parties competent to serve. The manner of conducting the elec- tion, as provided by law, is the same in Oklahoma as that provided in other states; and, if it be assumed that the election is conducted according to law and by ofMcials of ordinary intel- ligence, there is no possibility of a miscarriage, or that any vote will not be counted as cast, One seemingly valid objection to the By eteae election laws is that the of: ficial primary election compels those taking part to declare publicly their party allegiance and thus incur the danger of economic persecution. The crookedness of parte tions is apparently due to flagrant and wholesale violation of law, al- most every kind of coercion has been used to compel voters to support cer- tain candidates and party tickets. In some instances opne “stuffing” of bal- lot boxes has occurred. I have it from good authority that in Okmulgee, in 1924, quatities of counterfeit ballots were brazenly sub- stituted for genuine in an effort to carry an election. Similar acts are said to have occurred in other parts of the state. Violations of Oklahoma election laws are generally classed as mis- demeanors and carry a nominal pen- alty. Detroit Has Picnic to Finance Shop Paper DETROIT, July 15.—A picnic to finance shop papers in Detroit has been arranged by the Workers’ Educa- tional Club for Sunday, July 18, at the Improved Yoohoo Park, 13-mile road (Starr road) and Main street, Royal Oak, ' .The Workers’ Educational Club has taken a particularly keen interest in the Ford Worker, a shop paper issued by the Workers (Communist) Party shop nucleus in the Ford plants of Detroit. The proceeds of the picnic will be used to finance the Ford Worker and in issuing other shop papers in Detroit. The district executive committee of the Workers (Communist) Party has endorsed the picnic and pledged full support, Ole Read it today all the institutions, factories, organizations, etc. in order that nothing would hinder them from studying thoroly the con- ditions of the Russian youth. Similar delegations coming from other countries were re- ceived by the: Russian govern- ment in the same manner. Now that the young Russian workers decided to repay the visits of the youth delegations to Russia, the government of Austria, was the first to refuse them admission. The Russian delegation made an appeal to the workers’ organizations in Austria to fight this unjust de- cision of the Austrian govern- ment. YOUTH IN CHICAGO DOES NOT GO TO THE CITIZENS MILITARY TRAINING CAMP, SAID MILITARY OFFICAL Colonel Judah, the commander of the Citizens’ Military Training Camp in Cook County, expressed himself yesterday that the youth does not go eagerly to the C. M. T. C. Chicago’s quota was not covered. Over 200 places have not been filled, He said “If the youth of Cook County do not fill their quota the pacifists will take a great deal of comfort and joy out of their propaganda.” Similar news comes from all over the country. It seems to be that the young workers in the United States have started to think and do not want any more to be the cannon fodder for the bourgeoisie, How Young Workers Are Trained in the Soviet Union The methods of training in the school are steadily improving. The program of instruction, both theo- retical and practical, has been system- atized, the Dalton Plan and the pivo- tal system are introduced, so that the apprentice can fully make use of his independence, acquiring his know- ledge by conscious mental effort, and not by swallowing predigested bits of knowledge. New Methods. The latest methods of industrial training devised by the Central Labor Institute are being introduced, which consist in teaching economy of mo- tion at work, as for instance, the ra- The Brotherhood of Lo- motive Firemen Against Citizen Military Training Camps CLEVELAND, Ohio—In the last 4s- sue of the magazine of the Locomotive Firemen was published an article against Citizens’ Military Training in which. it was said as follows: “The fact is that military’training and military preparations of all kinds necessarily create the state of mind out of which wars,grow. Of ;ftgelf, the abolition of compulsory milftayy training in schools and colleges will not'’guarantee peace, but it will help the nation to preserve the type of mind which believes in peace and will work for peace.” Peace Week of Youth in Great Britain LONDON, England—“Arbitration or Annihilation” is the slogan which has been adpoted for this year’s Peace Week of Youth, which was held from June 13 to 19 and conducted by the British Federation of Youth. Plans were already elaborated for holding mestings and demonstrations by the various youth organisations tional posture and movements when |‘*ruout the country. This was the hewing, sawing and so on. third year that Peace Week of Youth The introduction of such methods | ¥#s being organized in Britain. It ts shortens the period of tuition and ac- |°*Pected that this year's week will be customs the pupil to discipline at |™ore widely celebrated than last year, work, are grounded in Marxian economics. Life of the Pupils. In social sciences the pupils | When there were demonstrations and meetings held in over 20 different dis- tricts, and towns. In connection with The majority of the schools main- | this week a special committee was set tain boarding houses for the accom-|¥P to supply with necessary informa- modation of workers’ children, pupils The | tion, people and organizations desir- have their common dining | ing to participate in the Peace Week rooms, each pupil contributing from |of Youth. his earnings a certain amount for his A United Front proposal .svas also food and maintainance, Nevertheless, |sent to the Young Communist Inter- ances the bulk of the expenses of the main- | national and to the Russian Y. C. I, tenances of the boarding houses is | Both of these organizations rejected borne by the economic organ, as sti-|this proposal on the following pulated in the general agreement, grounds: (1) that they were not in Pupil’s Organizations. egreement with the slogan issued by Organizations of the pupils have|the British Federation of Youth to been formed at all schools, elected by | this occasion; (2) that the Communist the pupils themselves and through | youth was against the methods adopt- these the pupils take part in the man-/ed by the B, F. of Y. to struggle the agement of the school. No adminis-|dangers of wars, trative or pedagogical measure is passed in the schools-without the par- ticipation of the pupils. The leisure time is dedicated to political educa- tion by the forming of political cireles and by taking part in the gen- eral workers’ clubs. The pupils are attracted to active public work thru taking part in the Young Communist movement and in trade union activity. 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