The daily worker., 1924-12-27

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main true to its conception of bal
anced program of party activities in
which Bolshevist education occupies
an important place.
Thesis and Work on Shop Nuclei
1t was the present c. E. c. that
made the first earnest attempt to
place the shop nuclei proposition as
an immediate organizational task OF
the party. Thanks to our efforts, a
practical way has been found to the
application of the principle of shop
nuclei to the specific conditions of our
own party. This practical program is
embodied in a special thesis recently
adopted by theC E. C. This shop
nuclei thesis on the most complicated
and difficult organizational question
confronting our party was worked out
by the majority.
Months ago we set out to begin to
educate our party membership to the
necessity of starting the reorganiza-
ton on the shop nuclei basis. Soon
afterwards the first organizational
steps were actually taken by our Chi
cago district. At present the situa-
ton is ripe enough for similar steps
in number of other districts where
there is enough concentration of our
members in industry to permit such
action.
strengthening the Communist Morale
and Understanding of our Membership
Another major achievement of our
party during the past year was the
general Strengthening of the morale
and Communist understanding of our
membership. This was no easy task
to accomplish in the face of an or
ganized minority caucus functioning
thruout the country in flagrant viola
ton Of Comintern decisions, ever
since the 1928 party convention and
until this very hour.
The c. E. C.. majority have been
working on the theory of discipline
advocated by Lenin and practiced by
the c. |. This theory is, that the
basis of Communist discipline is con.
fdence of the membership in the
leading men and committees of the
party and that this confidence can
be won only in one way, namely, by
the ability of the party to develop
and apply correct political strategy
and tactics. To win the confidence
of the membership in our ability to
give the party correct Communist
leadership-this was the great am
bition of the present G. E. C. 1t was
for this reason that representatives
of the c. E. C. frequently addressed
joint membership meetings to fami-
liarize the party with the plans and
detectives of the G. E. C. And in
every such instance the G. E. G. re-
ceived the almost unanimous approx
al of the rank and file of the party.
We attempted on numerous occa-
sions to liquidate the organized lille,
gal opposition of the minority. II
was Comrade Foster who Immediately
upon his return from Russia made a
motion in the c. E. c. providing for
special committee, consisting Of an
equal number of representatives of
the c. E. G. and of the minority, to
remove the factional basis of our dis
agreements and to liquidate the or
ganized opposition of the minority.
We met the minority more than half
way. We conceded them a number
Of important organization appoint
ments as an indication Of our will
ingness to work with them on the bas-
is of mutual confidence, we submit
ted our program Of action, a major
achievement Of our party, not direct
ly to the c. e. c., but first to the
minority group in order that they
might identify themselves with it and
thus share in the credit of initiating
the program. We regret to say that
the minority, altho always willing to
accept our concessions. never for q
moment relinquished it's caucus-or-
ganization and systematic opposition.
This fact, together with the addition
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