The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-12
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE
WORKERS PARTY.

WORKERS PARTY.
THE following matters were dis
l cussed and decisions rendered by
the Central Executive Committee:
Meeting of August 2.
Party Platform: Committee con-
sisting of Comrades Ruthenberg, BIT
lehman and Lovestone were elected
to go over the proposed 1924 platform
prepared by Comrade Ruthenberg
with authority to publish same after
agreement by committee.
Program of Action: The commit
tee decided to hold special semi
monthly meetings for the purpose Of
following up work done by the party
organization in carrying out the pro-
gram of action.
international Publishers and Book
sellers. The committee adopted mo-
ton declaring that it did not approve
of the establishment of private pub
fishing house to publish radical and
Communist literature by Comrades
Alexander Trachtenberg and A. A.
Heller.
Freiheit Management: The com.
mittee considered an appeal by Com
rade Salzman, Manager of the Frei-
heit, against the appointment of Com
rade Lifshitz as Campaign Manager.
for the Freiheit and requested that
the Bureau of the Jewish Section sub
NIT to the C. E. C. its views on the
subject.
Meeting of August q.
New York Membership Meeting:
The committee appointed Comrade
Foster to represent the C. E. c. at
the New York Membership meeting
to be held August Is.
AmaIgamated Clothing Workers:
The committee voted to approve of
the publication of the statement call
ing upon the locals Of the Amalgamat-
ed Clothing Workers to repudiate the
endorsement Of LaFollette by the
General Executive Board of that or
ganization.
Labor Defense Council: It was de-
cided to take up with the non-party
supporters of the Labor Defense
Council the question of broadening
its activities to include all the de-
Tense work of the Workers Party,
combining with the Labor Defense
Council the National Defense Com
mittee and if approval could be Sc
cured to as quickly as possible, turn
over to the Labor Defense Council all
the defense work. of the party.
Mobilization Day: The issuance of
special party manifesto in leafiet
form on Mobilization Day, September
IL, called by President Coolidge, was
authorized.
All party units are instructed to
hold mass meetings on that day for
the purpose Of agitation against war,
militarism and Fascism
Election Campaign: The committee
authorized the preparation of cam
paign handbook by Comrade Love
stone, a pamphlet containing simple
statement of Communist principles to
be prepared by Comrade Ruthenberg,
and pamphlet on the political par.
ties in the United States to be pre-
pared by Comrade Bittelman.
Audit OF Party Books: There was
submitted to the committee the state
ment Of Comrades Abern and Maurer
who had been appointed to audit the
accounts OF the party for the period
from August, 1923. to July 1. 1924,
that they had audited the accounts
and found them correct
obolonsky Appeal: Appeal Of Com.
rade Jacob obolonsky against the
censure by the convention OF the Rus.
sian section OF carelessness in keep
ing the books while Secretary was
considered by the committee. It ap-
peared that Comrade Obolonsky had
been secretary Of the Russian section
for a period of only two and half
to three weeks and that during that
period only two remittances were re.
J ceived. The Russian section was In.