The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-16

the subject Of organizing the Com
munist Party on the basis of factory
nuclei, it would not be out of place to
describe the substantial German ex-
periences in this respect.
A close examination Of the organ
national activity of the Communist
Party demonstrates the fact that the
sense Of organization is as yet so
weakly developed among the member
ship that most of the comrades con-
slider the old form and methods of
organization as natural and univer-
sally adaptable. There is a lack of
conscious experience of the fact that
the organizational forms and methods
are rather determined by the exigen-
cies of the political tasks Of the'Party.
On these grounds it is essential that
the most unsparing criticism be ex-
ercised in regard to the present or
ganizational activity, while at the
same time it should be pointed out
that the organizational forms and
methods of the social-democratic
party are in keeping with their parlia-
mentary politics. At the same time
it should be pointed out that the op-
posite political attitude of the Ger
man Communist Party calls also for
different methods of organization.
Menshevism in the Sphere Of. Or
ganization must be rooted out of the
Communist Party. This can only be
attained if in connection with every
campaign and with every action, we
shall note without any sentimentality
our organizational defects, and
hammer these experiences into the
consciousness of the. membership
On the basis of these fighting expert
ences, the Party must proceed thor
oughly to transform its methods of
organization and choose the neces-
sary political and organizational meas.
ures. We are taught by German ex-
perience that in formulating theses
Of this kind, we must outline to the
comrades the whole Course of Trans
formation, with all it's consequences
and with all it's dangers. If we cover
only half the ground, the comrades
are still puzzled why, for instance in
stead of the word factory faction"
we use the factory nucleus" and
they ask us with reason as to what
new thing we mean to introduce by
our activity in the factory nuclei, if it
does not simply mean an increase of
our activity in the factory. Hence
we must clearly announce the prin-
ciple from the outset, that this trans
formation into factory nuclei means
the transformation of the Party &C.
tivity to the organizing of workers
fights, and that for this reason All
the Party Activity must be carried
out from the Standpoint Of the Politi-
cal and Organizational Work in the
Factories. 1t is not merely a ques-
ton of creating individual factory
nuceli, but of rendering the factory
nuclei into the standard bearers of
the Party's activity. This calls for
an extensive systematic campaign in
the Party. The best results were OBJ
tanned by the Organizational Courses,
in which prominent part was taken
by representatives from the large fac
tories. These comrades reported to
the general membership about the or
ganizational tasks to be undertaken.
The theological hindrances were
mainly overcome by means of a pc
riodical publication dealing with or
ganizational questions-"Partei-A
ter" (The Party Worker)-in which
all the important organizational az
periences were published.
Most OF the Party organizations had
no ideas as to what factories were
situated in their region of activity,
and where Communists were en-
ployed. Therefore, for the education
of the Party, it was necessary to carry
out registration of the medium and
large factories. The formation of
factory nuclei was started in those