The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-07-31

munist) Party;
1 The process of Bolshevizing the
IL Party implies a reconstruction of
the Party organization in such way
as to render it adaptable to the re-
quirements of Communist activity.
! Without truly centralized organiza-I
ton, based on the workshops, the
Party cannot be modified for action,
and the Party decisions cannot be carl
ried out with unanimity and effective.
ness. Without Bolshevik form OF
Organization there can be no Bolshe9
sSsik Party.
! q The present structure of the
4. Party is incompatible with Com
munist organizational principles and,
consequently, with the proper execu-
ton of Communist policies. The Eng
disappearing territorial branch is a
relic carried over from the Socialist
/ Party which concerned itself chiefly
with election campaigns. The foreign
language branch tends greatly to iso-
late the activity of the Party members
/ UGlOUSAAlb " LnCul AnlO lAC NhchASA
of propaganda only among the work
ers of their own nationality and to de-
feet them away from active participa-
/ ton in the general class struggle
I which embraces the workers of all
nationalities./ Neither the English
speaking territorial branch, nor the
foreign language branch offers the
medium for mobilizing the workers
for the struggle in the places of en-
/ ployment. Despite the wishes of the
Federation members to the contrary,
the Language Federation form of or
4 ganization, by it's very nature, mill
1 tates against the necessary centraliz
alton of the Party Moreover, the Fed
Grafton form of organization is most
\ fertile soil for factionalism and for
the sharp division of the Party mem
4 bers according to nationality. The
historic reasons for the present form
of Party organization have been, in
a large measure, outiived and the con-
| ditions now exist for a progressive
step forward. The Party must take
this step resolutely and energeticallyl
in spite Of the enormous difficulties.
1 o The need of adapting the struc-
=. ture of the Party to its task de-
mands complete ana speedy reor-
ganization. The Party must supply
the cohesive force which will unite
/ the many individuals and groups of
proletarians into a class. The Party
must at the same time unity the ac-
tivities of this class into a purposeful
-and decisive struggle against capital
ism and finally must lead the working
class in this struggle.
i A For this purpose the structure of
4. the Party mist penetrate the
whole structure Of the working class.
IThe Party must nave units wherever
units of the working class exist.
X The basic unit of the working
~ class is the productive unit, or
ganized by capitalism itself: the shop
or industrial establishment. The great
majority of the Industrial workers are
organized in such basic units of the
economic structure of society. Into
these basic units of the working class
the shop or Industrial establishment,
\ the Party must build it's basic unit,
the shop nucleus.
q The organizational problem before
". the Party is not the modification
of the existing forms. but the complete
reorganization of the Party from top
TO bottom on the basis of shop nuclei,
international branches (street nuclei)
and a centralized apparatus.
NJ The Central Executive Committee
accepts in its entirety the special
8letter to the Party from the Organiza-
ton Department of the Communist
4 International and declares its opinion
that this letter, which was drawn un
with the cooperation of the AmericaiI
delegation, lays down the correct line
in regard to the reorganization of the
II Party structure.
TO The experience of our Party, Is
y. we'll as the experience of Other
parties of the Communist Interim
tional, has amply demonstrated thu
the sporadic, experimental method 4f
organizing shop nuclei is not the mobt
successful. The percentage of Party
members organized into shop nuclei
after many months of effort in this
manner, is not sufficient for us to b
able to say that more than the barest
beginning has been made. 1t is obvil
GUS that the idea of shop nuclei has
not penetrated deeply enough into the
consciousness of the Party members
and they have not been won over to
a conscious and positive acceptance of
the shop nuclei and the deep impulse
to form them. Passive allegiance to
the idea of shop nuclei does not pro-
duce the necessary results. The Party
members must be inspired with deep
conviction on this question which will
lead to decisive action
q The state of hesitation and expe-
~ rimentation ON the question Of
shop nuclei, international branches,
and centralized apparatus should be
regarded as passed. The Party must
now aim at complete reorganization
| within Ofuan ffuoo rAt A.