The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-13

ing. This committee, headed by ]. w.
tombstone, hired the Coliseum, the
biggest hall in Chicago, got a speaker
of national repute, and advertised the
meeting widely. Result, 10000 peo-
pie in attendance and one of the
greatest labor meetings in the history
of Chicago. Organization got results.
Many examples such as the forego-
ing could be cited to show the value
of committee organization. But they
are needless. Recognizing the prin-
ciple involved, the Program of Action
provides organization for each of it's
policies. In the c. E. c. some one
member or committee will be held re-
sponsible for the enforcement of each
policy. The same principle shall apply
in the G. C. C's, d. E. C.'s, and local
branches. All shall have their COM
mittees on the election campaign, in
dustrial work, membership, DAILY
WORKER, education, and unemploy-
ment. In the smaller branches of
rs or less, every member should be
attached to some committee. Only in
this manner can results be achieved
with the Party policies. The Workers
Party must not remain an amorphous
mass; it must become an organized
body which actually brings the mem
bership directly into the Party work.
The Program of Action provides the
way BY now every unit of the Party
should have the necessary committees
organized to apply the several policies
of the Program of Action.
Making the Machinery Work.
But the setting up of the essential
committees is not enough in itself
Such machinery must be made to
work. This is a very important con-
sideration provided for in the Pro-
gram of Action.
Every one with experience in or
ganization work knows that often
committees are created which do moth
ing. Such committees instead of be-
ing help, hinder even the slight de-
gree of action that would take place
without them. They are a delusion
and snare Hence, the units of our
Party must not only establish the
necessary committees, but they must
see to it that they actually function
and are the means Of drawing the
mass into the work.
For thus porpose the Program of
Action proposes that all committees
and individuals who are instructed to
direct the work of applying the poll
cies shall be required to report regu-
larly to the units commissioning
them. In the c. E. c., the various
committees must report from time to
time relative to the progress that is
being made in working out the poll
cies which they are specializing in.
The District Organizers shall also sub
NIT regular reports to the c. e. c. as
to what is being done in their dis
tricts to enforce the Program of Ac-
ton. Following out this principle,
the d. E. C.'s, C. C. C.'s, and local
branches must likewise insist upon
periodical reports from the commit
tees they have appointed on the Party
policies. To simply appoint commit
tees and then to let them vegetate is
futile. The success of the Program
of Action depends upon a constant
check being kept upon it's series Of
committees.
In addition to being a fighting
movement, the Communist Party must
be working movement. Every men,
Der must be militant, an eager toiler
in the cause. Mere dues payers and
card carriers are of little or no value
to our Party. The time will come,
with our growing power and prestige,
when they will be weeded out as use
less lumber. The Communist move
ment is poor resting place for
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