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

dominantely propagandist period and
is taking only the first steps along the
path of rallying the broad masses
around the banner of Communism" is
the problem of building a Communist
Party in America.
l1E' The Communist Workers Party
1O' has no revolutionary traditions.
It's inheritance from its predecessors,
the socialist party and socialist labor
party is almost completely non-Bol-
shevist and un-Communist one. There
has never existed a real connection
between any of these parties with the
life and activities of the American
working class. No American prole-
tartan party outside of the Commun-
! list Party, has attempted to theorize
the American class struggle. They
all have confined themselves to the
orize about it. The question of the
relation of the proletariat to the farm
ers did not even find theoretical treat
nfent with those parties. Up to the
ktime of the foundation of the Com
munist Party in America, the socialist
movement was always reformist and
tried to replace the struggle for power
by a movement for immediate de-
mands instead of directing the move
ments for immediate demands toward
the development of a struggle for
epower. Thus the political and organ
Rational Inheritance of our party from
it's predecessors is in the main liza
bility that must be met by increased
efforts of Bolshevization
1G Under these conditions the task
AO' of Bolshevization presents itself
concretely to our party as the task of
completely overcoming the organiza.
tional and theological remnants of our
social-democratic inheritance, of eradi-
eating Loreism of making out of the
Party a functioning organism of revo-
lytionary proletarian leadership.
M The Bolshevization of our party
must accomplish four general
Nburposes:
r~ta) 1t must establish among its
members fundamental theoretical
1 understanding of the forces of social
development and knowledge of the
conditions and the mechanics of real
Elzing the dictatorship of the prole-
tariat.
8s OBJ 1t must develop wItn the party
and its membership an ability for
maneouvering and campaigning in ac-
cord with the momentary needs and
the possibilities of the class struggle.
A Communist Party must be able to
maneuver and to adapt its tactics at
all times to changing conditions.
Changing conditions in the proietarian
struggle for emancipation must not
bring confusion into the ranks of the
party but must be met by a feminist
appraisal of the new facts and if nee
essary by a speady change of the
methods of struggle.
In order to increase the ability of
our Party to maneuver it is necessary
to establish a closer theological rela-
ton between the Party and its lead
ing committees. The Party must not
only be required to campaign and
maneuver but it must also be made
acquainted with the character and the
purposes of all maneuvers.
~6c) 1t must adapt the structure of
the Party to its task of penetrating
and dominating all manifestations of
life of the working class and of lead
ing the workers in their struggle for
emancipation.
I'D 1t must establish a harmonizing
unity of theory, action and structure
of the party which will secure full
use of all available energies of the
Party and also insure the Party
against fundamental mistakes.
National and local Party leaders
must regularly lecture in the Party
school and before the membership in
general about current events and the
Party's judgment of them. The politi-
cal committee of the Party must fur
pish the Party press and all educa-
tional institutions at elast twice a
month with an official analysis of po-
Aitical events and the official Party
reaction to them.
l1Q without a correct theory there
~ can be no correct practice
Theory is concentrated practice" de-
bclared our greatest leader, Lenin. The
sighting OF the value of theory too
often noticed in our Party leads neces-
sarily to complete lack of unified
concept for Party activities. Without
a'unified concept the Party activities
becomes sporadic, disconnected plan
less and purposeless. Waste of energy
and fruitless efforts are the result.
The Party must therefore apply itself
to the task of systematic theoretical
education of its members.
The theoretical weakness of our
Party and the traditional indifference
to theory which has characterized the
American movement render the prob.
lem of Party education especially Sc.
rious and difficult This problem is
two-sided. IL involves the necessity
of multiplying the educational work
many times over and of simultaneous
ly convincing the party of its absolute
importance and necessity. We must
resolutely strive to accomplish these