The labor standard., 1919-05-15

print and sell at cost educational pamphlets | which will be of interest to the workers. As its first venture in this line your Committee l asks to be authorized to reprint the programme | of the English Labor Party entitled Labor | and The New Social Order.' From time to | time your Committee will make further recom- mendations for other reprints and for the publication of such original matter may be prepared for it. Your Committee has already procured for free distribution five hundred copies of the report of The Committee Special War Activities of the National Cath ollie War Council entitled Social Reconstruc- l tion." This report is of double interest to every member of The American Labor Party. First, it shows the awakening interest of the churches in the vital questions involved in the present period. Second, although the programme is moderate, almost conservative, | it contains proposals which neither of the two old parties would possibly stand for. In other words. if this moderate programme is ever to become effective, it will be due to the activities of The American Labor Party.
 An Official Organ
 CD The second educational method which your Committee is prepared to recommend is that of newspaper. This matter has been carefully inquired into and your Committee is now prepared to urge that THE LABOR o AA3<DAnD De aOOpCeO dS our oulcldl OISdH If this recommendation is approved. it will be necessary for The American Labor Party to cooperate with the publishers of THE LABOR STANDARD to the fullest possible ex- tent Plans have been discussed and nego- tiations under way to procure the ser vices of person who will devote his entire time to the paper. It is proposed to pulp fish weekly instead of twice month as at present Every Union and every factory must be canvassed regularly and carefully for sub scrbers. In addition to this it is proposed to have newsboys selling papers the day of publication (which will probably be Fri day or Saturday. at the gates of every fac tory in the city. The circulation in other cities will have to be worked up in similar manner. If the proposal goes through suc- cessfully. Labor and The American Labor Party will have a live, up-to-date weekly paper with statewide and possibly even a more extensive, circulation. Original articles and editorials of high educational value would be published and the paper would be used in furtherance of the educational campaign of the American Labor Party.
 Synods Groups
 (3) The third method of the educational | campaign which your Committee proposes is | by means of American Labor Party Educa- | tional Synods or Groups. Detailed plans are | being worked out but a brief summary 1 of the idea may be of interest. It is proposed | to form small synods or groups of from | fifteen to twenty-five persons from among | the members of the party. Each synod | will have its leader who will be selected | from volunteers, persons having some special knowledge or training of the subject to be | studied. The sessions will be weekly or fort | nightly lasting for not over two hours. One-half 0f fhn will 1o &o @o1i, hxy% %A,1 1a,J CT. the other half to open discussion by all. The subjects would be such as (a) History of Labor and Labor Organizations (b) Law (c) Government; (d) Economics; {e) Ameri- can and English History; (f) Contemporary | Labor Movements and 'Philosophies; (g) Eng fish. These courses merely suggestions Courses would be dropped -or other courses added experience pointed Ae way. In this first instance it would be wise to select the members of these synods as our resources would be limited. Preference should be given to young men who have shown an active interest in the labor movement for it is upon their shoulders that the burden of | leading the forces of Labor and democracy | must fall in the future and they must be prepared. The success and extent of the plan would of course largely depend upon the number of volunteers who could be interested to give their services as leaders. But from small beginning, it is possible | that might set up Workers College such as they have in Britain and such as is just F being started in Boston. As Liebnecht said '"The future belongs to the people, but in order to assist the people to their rightful heritage, the path of useful education must be opened to them.
 Respectfully submitted,
 ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE.