The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-10
BY WILLIAM f. KRUSE.
(MOscOw Correspondent

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THE Lenin enrolment, which fol-
lowed the death of the great leader
of the world proletariat, resulted in
an influx into the Russian Party Of
vast number of workers who, while
rich in revolutionary tradition and
personal experience, were neverthe-
less of low theoretical level for the
membership requirements of the Boil
shevik Party. During the first 2
months 100000 new members were
added, during 1924 the total was over
100000. The new members consti-
tuted 40 per cent of the total mem
bership. The party which prior to
October, 1917, had numbered $4,000
had now grown to a million. To di-
gest this great influx many adjust
ments were necessary, and nowhere
was the extension of the apparatus
so necessary as in the system of in
ner-party education This structure
is in no sense rigid, its experiences
are constantly discussed and criti-
cised, and it's forms are adapted ac-
cordingly. The following is an out
line of the structure as developed
after two years of experience.
Training In Party Work.
Every candidate of the party must
attend a course called political
Grammar, Grade l, which meets once
a week for a term of four months,
and gives the basic indispensable
knowledge of party principles and ac-
tivity. The program covers five
points: 1: CPSU and the tasks of
party members. 2; The party and its
leadership Of the toiling masses. 3:
The road of socialist construction in
the U. S. S. r. 4: Bolshevism (Len-
inism) and the opposition. 5: C. P.
S. U. and the comintern. The class
room method is that of conversation
based upon the reading of very sim
pie text pamphlets, and current ques-
tions of party interest. Representa-
tives of the District Agit-Prop De
partment attend occasionally and ap-
praise the work of teacher and pupils.
The standing Of candidate in The
circle has bearing upon his admission
to party membership and his advance
ment in the ranks Of the "Aktiv."
Above this primary course all par
ty nucleus education is voluntary.
"Politgrammar, Grade II" is open to
graduates Of Grade l and to ell who
have sufficient knowledge to keep up.
It also meets once a week, but for
8 months, and covers the following
ground: 1: Soviet and bourgeois state
structure. Q: Soviet and capitalist
economic structure. 8: The road Of
the proletarian dictatorship. A: The
NEP and the party during the NEP
period. 5: CPSU and comintern.
Parallel with each Of these courses is
a system Of self-education covering
the same ground for those comrades
who cannot attend the regular circles.
An extensive literature and special in
formation centers are at the disposal
of comrades working on these courses.
Outside of the big towns it is pos
sible to carry on this self-education
work by correspondence. The YCL
has two courses corresponding to the
above for its members and candidates.
These courses, in both party and
league, constitute an adequate poll
teal preparation for activists on
nucleus scale.
General Schooling Also.
For party members who wish to
improve their general education in adj
dition to their political knowledge
there is also the party Night
School," meeting twice a week for an
eight months course. The subjects Of
Grade include: ~ Party History,
(2) Political Economy, (3) Arithme-
tic. For Grade II, which lasts nine
months, the subjects include: Political
Economy, Economic Geography, His
tory of the Glass Struggle, Soviet and
Party Constitutions, Russian Ian
guage, physical geography, arithme-
tic.
Strictly party education on higher
stage is furnished by the Marxist-
feminist courses q and IL, meeting
once week for months courses,
and taking up political economy, his
tory Of the class struggle, Leninism
and historical materialism. The
method used comprises individual
work under the direction of a trained
class leader.
In addition to these political edu-
cation circles for party members and