The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-13
The American Revolutionary Movement Grow,
An Analysis Of the Many Achievements

GuG1OH Ol luG
the PHILIPPINES, which it will endeavor
to extend to the workers of these
countries and the various colonies and
possessions of the United States.
Particular attention will be given to
the campaign for independence of the
/ PHILIPPINES. The Party will demand
the immediate and coMplete indepen-
dence of the Philippines and will en-
deavor to extend its propaganda work
among the people of the Philippine
Islands to arouse them against the
imperialist domination of their coun-
try by the American capitalist
concession countries.
Protection Of the Foreign-Born
The Second National Convention Of
the Party adopted a resolution in
lstructing the Central Executive Com
mittee to carry on a campaign
against exception laws directed
against foreign-born workers. This
resolution was re-affirmed and the
Central Executive Committee in
structed to take immediate steps to
launch this campaign in view Of the
pending legislation before Congress.
Speaker after speaker in the Con-
vention arose to state the importance
of this campaign and the possibility
of launching great national move
ment which will include both foreign
born and native workers against the
attempt to enslave the foreign-born
workers and thru them the native
born workers, which is behind the
proposed legislation against the for
eign-born.
Party Reorganization
The proposal to re-organize the
Workers Party on the basis of shop
units which was submitted as part
of the agenda Of the Convention, is
an indication Of the growth of the
Workers Party and the fact that it is
preparing itself for greater struggles
against capitalists of this country.
The Communist International has
laid down the principle that Com
munist Parties must be organized on
the basis of the shops and factories,
in place of purely territorial
branches.
For the Workers Party the prob
lem of creating such an organization
is complicated by the fact that there
are some seventeen language sections
within the Party and the branches of
the Party consist largely of language
groups. The Convention of the Party
faced this problem squarely and de-
cided that during the next year shop
units should be organized as an or
ganization alongside of the existing
Party structure. Thus, during the
work of building the shop units dur
ing the present year, there would be
no interference with the pre- ~
-
branches, each member maintaining
his relationship to the branch Of
which he is at present a member.
The Convention left to the next
National Convention the question of
extending this work, feeling that the
experiences of the year would pre-
pare the way for new developments
in organizing the Party upon new
basis.
The New Leadership
During the year 1923, the Central
Executive Committee of the Party
consisted of twenty-nine members.
This large committee was the result
of the consolidation of the former
underground Communist Party with
the Workers Party. The Committee
proved a very unwieldy instrument
thru which to carry on the work of
the Party and it was generally agreed
that the Third National Convention
would reduce the size of this Commit
tee. The Central Executive Commit
tee recommended a Committee of
thirteen members and this recon-
mendation was adopted.
In the election of the Central Exc
cutive Committee there developed a
bitter struggle. A caucus had been
formed Of a group of delegates who
differed with the former Central
Executive Committee majority on the
question of the Chicago United Front
and who had been in opposition to
the policy of the Party in relation
to the Federated Farmer-Labor Party
prior to the November meeting Of the
Central Executive Committee. This
group was under the leadership of
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
3 Dependable Of
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