The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-20

mittee can quickly mobilize all the
members Of the branch when the Par
ty initiates a campaign. For instance,
in relation to the June 18th Farmer
Labor campaign, it would give inn
mediate instructions to these mem
bers, take up the questions Of the or
ganization Of a state Farmer-Labor
Party or sending delegates to the Ma
tional Organization. The Membership
Committee would receivereports from
all the members Of the branch on what
they have done along this line from
time to time, and give such instruc-
lions as are needed. The same would
be true in regard to outside organiza.
tions. These members, too, could be
instructed, when the Party holds mass
meetings, to advertise such meetings
in the organizations in which they are
members, to sell literature in these
meetings, circulate Party defense and
other contribution lists there, and gem
orally to secure support of the Party
work.
Literature distribution: Not all mem
bers of our branches are members of
)ther organizations, and the remainder
of the members should be organized
in committees for the specific task of
carrying on some other form of activ-
ity. One such is the distribution of
Party literature. Every Party branch
should have group of workers whose
first duty is to devote themselves to
the distribution Of Party leaflets and
the sale of Party pamphlets and books.
These members should not only work
in their own branch and at public
meetings but should be charged with
SYSTEMATIC work in other organizations
by canvassing to sell the Party liter
AZURE.
Propaganda meetings: Similarly,
group should be formed in each branch
for the purpose of building up interest
and bringing sympathizers to the open
propaganda meetings which the
branch holds from time to time, and
to support the general mass meetings
which the Party organization as a
whole in any city holds from time to
time. BY having a special group of
this character to do the advertising,
meetings can be greatly improved in
attendance and in the results for the
Party.
Defense Campaign: Another group
of Party members should be organized
for the purpose of supporting the de-
Tense work of the Party organization.
1t should be their first duty to sup
port the campaign to raise funds for
this part of the Party activities.
Other divisions of party work will
arise from time to time as the party
develops its campaigns. Whenever
campaign is initiated by the party,
such as the Protection of the Foreign
born Campaign, and similar cam
paigns, the Membership Committee
should assign the specific task of sup
porting these campaigns by all the
means at the command of the party
branch to specific group of the mem
bers of the branch.
If the Membership Committee does
its work conscientiously, if it seeks to
organize the whole membership of the
branch and bring all the potential
strength of the party branch into its
work, the party strength would be
doubled within the next two months
time.
This is indeed an achievement
worth our struggling for. Let every
branch appoint its Membership Com
mittee at once. Let us show by the
efficiency Of our work that we are
Communists, that we are capable of
directing our affairs and training the
workers for the direction of the af-
fairs of society as a whole.