The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-10-13
WORKERS. SCHOOL
TRAINS LABOR
FOR STRUGGLE.
Especial to Tho Daily Worker,

NEW YORK, Oct. 11-Training for
Communist leadership and training
for Communist membership are the
central aims of the New York Workers
School which will open it's fall courses
beginning about the middle of Oct.
The school at 108 E. 14th St., under
the control Of the Workers Party, will
be a training center not only for the
New York membership and it's most
active elements but also for the entire
eastern district of the country. Non
party members also, in fact all pro-
gressiye elements. of the working class
will find in the school some course or
courses which win make them better
militant fighters on behalf Of their
class.
Reorganization is the order of the
day in the party 1t is no less the
order Of the day in this educational
work than in other fields.
The school has for its most imme-
diate task to direct and initiate sim
ultaneous course in every shop nu-
cleus so that within period of three
to six months every member of the
party in New York will have been edu
Gated in 1.-THE Fundamentals of Lenin-
ism" In order to prepare the enorm-
GUS staff of instructors or rather
group discussion leaders to direct this
work in all of the nuclei simultane-
ously, there will be a shop nucleus
training course in the central school.
To this course every shop nucleus will
send leading comrade, preferably it's
organizer, and this comrade will be
trained to direct the discussion within
his nucleus. The course will include
such fundamental problems as: What
is a Party?; The Role of the Com
munist Party; Its Structure Leaders,
Masses, Class; Bolshevization Work
in the Trade Unions; Communist Elec-
toral Campaigns and Parliamentar-
ism; Theory and Practise of the
United Front; Loreism and other
pressing party problems. In addition
to the topics suggested above, the
course will include the thoro study
of the theoretical basis for the deci-
sion of these problems and study
of the practical measures for bringing
the conclusions Of the course to life
in the daily work of the party.
For active trade unionists, party
functionaries and leading comrades
generally there will be a special train
ing course to which only limited
number will be admitted on the basis
of examination. The examination will
consist Of presentation by the candi-
date not only of his previous study
but and this is much more import
ant presentation Of evidence that
he is really an active party worker.
The training course will consist of
course in Marxism-Leninism" ex-
tending over a period of months,
instructor, Bertram D. Wolfe; a
course in Party History Structure
and Problems,y three months, instruc-
tor, William w Weinstone; and a
course in "Our Work in the Trade
Unions" three months, instructors,
Ben Gitlow and Bert Miller All COM
rades taking the training course will
take the Marxism-Leninism' course
for the entire period of six months
and for the first three months, either
the trade union course or the course
in Party History, Structure and Pro
blems" taking the other one during
the second three months. These cour-
SEES will be so arranged that the com.
rades will not have to spend more
than one night a week at the school
Another group of courses of funda.
mental Importance this year are the
English courses. Not only win there
be great numbers of non-party work
ers anxious to take these courses in
English but in addition there will be
perhaps even greater numbers OF
members of the various language
declarations anxious to prepare them
selves for active participation in the
shop nuclei or international branches
of the reorganized party in which
English will be the official language
used.
] To take care of the entire foreign
speaking membership of the party al
well as other workers DESTROYS o
perfecting their English, large stat
of English teachers has been recruited
and many courses in elementary, in
termediate and advanced English will
be given. Many of these courses will
start the week of Oct. 18th simultane
ously with the beginning of the defln
tie reorganization of the party.
Other important courses in connec
ton with English literature and pub
lie speaking will be offered. They in
clude Workers Correspondence "a
course in Proletarian Journalism)";
elementary composition; elementary
public speaking which will include