The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-16

TT is not necessary here to talk ex-
tensively about the necessity of
education for the membership of the
Workers (Communist) Party. 1t is
sufficient to point out only a few out
standing facts.
We have in our party not more
than 20 per cent active members. Not
less than so per cent mot aetiye
-ae1ther in the party organizatfons-n NOR
in the work our party, outside of
everyday organizattonal activities.
This great bulk of our, membership is
dormant. Potentially, it has wonderful
possibilities. 1--we could only arouse
them from ~sfanber- and bring
them into active participation>-in=the
Communist Increment! Bat how can
we achieve this great victory?
IETE have some members that do
w not belong to other labor organ
izations and as yet do not conceive
the necessity of belonging to them.
They must be made to understand
that it is not sufficient for Commnn-
ist to belong to the Workers Party
only. He or she must join other Ia.
Dor organizations ONIONS, cooper
atives, sick and death benefit socie
ties, etcJ so that the party can have
connections with and carry on It's
work in the organized masses of the
working class. But again the SANE
question arises: How can it be done
Hundreds of our comrades who are
active in Communist work, go about
blindly, make mistakes which are not
permissible for Communist, who has
at least little bit of understanding
of his or her duties. OF course, we
cannot avoid mistakes entirely. Every
one can make and does make mistakes
and commits blunders, but | have in
mind such mistakes which can be
avoided with at least a bit of Com.
munist education. Here is one exam
pie: Two of our comrades in Law.
renee, Mass, had a quarrel among
themselves. They belong to labor
organization which is controlled by
our party, but in which our enemies
arc very active. One of them inn
mediately preferred charges against
the other comrade in that outside or
ganization instead of settling the
matter in the Workers Party branch
Our enemies Immediately became
judges to settle the differences among
our party members. What calamity.
And both of these comrades are ac-
tive members, both of them are vail
liable to our movement. How can wa
eliminate such mistakes?
THERE is also very old but at
4 the same time very new problem
before our party at the present time.
That is the problem of reorganization
Of our party, not only on shop nuclei
basis, but also to make the party one
unified body in place of federation
of declarations. The Executive Com
mittee of the Communist Interna.
tional addressed a long letter to our
party on this question 1t outlines and
explains the steps that our party must
lake in order to achieve this goal
But can we put it into effect success
fully?
All these facts and questions arc
very important. They loudly call
upon the party for their solution. You
cannot solve these problems thru
disciplinary measures alone. You
may use these measures but the desir.
able results will not be attained.
The only sure and effective means OF
solving these problems are educa-
tional means. But, Of course, this is
only talking. and we have talked on
this question continuously for tho last
few years. How much practical work
have we done in this field? Very,
very little.
an, yes, we have established the
- Workers School in New York
City. We have also arranged several
educational classes in Chicago and Ia
u few other larger cities. But how
many members Of our party have we
reached with these classes2 Only .
handful. two or three hundred. We
did not reach the masses, thousands