The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-10-31
BY HENRY PuRo.


sections
The Finnish section being the
largest language section Of our party,
is presenting the most typical pic
ture about these relations. We now
turn our examination principally to-
ward the relations Of the Finnish sec
ton and the party. The organization
al structure of our party, founded on
the federation form, is such that we
ind in it parties in the party, each
having its own autonomy and each
one living its own separate life.
In many localities the relations be-
tween various branches is such that
Joint membership meetings have been
held very rarely if at all. So far as
the holding Of meetings have been
attempted it has been found that
members of the language branches
have not been willing to take part
This is especially true as far as the
Finnish members are concerned. Not
only have we had difficulties to have
language branch members take part
In Joint membership meetings but we
have had very much difficulty in get
ting members to attend general mass
meetings of the party organizations.
The various city central commit
tees have had difficulties in getting
full quota of delegates from the
Finnish branches. We have found
very few comrades who were willing
to take active part in city central
committee activities. When some
comrades, in different localities, have
tried to remedy this deplorable con-
dition general excuses have been Of
Tered; for example, the inability to
speak the English language. But Ian
guage difficulties are not real reasons
to prevent comrades from taking an
active part along with other COM
rades speaking different languages.
The real reasonssare a lack of inter-
est and enthusiasm to take an active
part in our party work.
The results 70 these relations have
been that our party has been unable
to mobilize the whole membership
into action, even in its most impor-
tant campaigns. This is why our
party work, compared to its member
ship has been comparatively weak.
The fault of these conditions is not.
however, solely of the language sec
ton membership. Besides the organ
Rational reasons which will now be
abolished by the reorganization.
there are other reasons. First, on the
part of our party leaders. Our party
leaders have not approached the
membership Of the language sections
In the proper manner and have not
tried to draw them closer to the party
work and to its campaigns and activi-
ties.
The language section members have
been left to take care of themselves
and to work their own way. Not even
In the big centers of the party have
the members of the language sections
known more than two or three leaders
OF the party and have seen the latter
only once or twice a year when thev
have come to address in the big mass
meetings. Only during the last few
months leading comrades of the party
have written articles to the language
section press explaining our party
viewpoints to members of the Ian
guage sections.
Even the theological contact has
been very limited and incidental. The
party leaders have not had actual and
direct contact with the Membership Of
the language sections, and only
very few district organizers have been
paying occasional visits to the lam
guage branch meetings. The very fact
that party leaders have not had direct
contact with the membership of the
various language sections, not even
with leading comrades, is a potent rea-
son for these sections being SO sepa-
rated from each other. That is why
the mobilization of the membership