The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-05
TO SPEND $4,000
FOR EFFICIENCY
@? COMMUNISTS
Carefully Select the Stu
dents; Fine Course

lou Ol Three H1OHIitS III NEW 1 YIN Nil-
der the auspices of the school, begin
ming February l. In the statement
the school explains how it hopes to
finance the students and the courses.
The matter of railroad fare, main
tenance of the student, the matter of
his spending money, his purchase of
textbooks, return fare, etc, is dis
cussed.
The budget Of the school contem-
plates an expenditure of about $4,000
for this purpose, part of which shall
come from the school, part from the
districts, and part from the individual
students.
The statement of the school on the
selection and financing of the stu
dents follows:
The outstanding difficulty in the
selection of the right kind of student
will be the problem Of their mainten-
ance for three months, during which
time they will not be able to earn any
money To meet this problem, the
following procedure has been worked
out by the Political Committee.
Every district is expected to pro-
vide the railroad fare for the student
selected. This must be done by ar
ranging a send-off for him in the
form of dinner or a dance or both.
The proceeds of the affair is to go
to -the payment of the fare of the
sary an additional sum toward his
maintenance.
Maintenance and Text Books.
The students are also expected to
raise such sums as they can by loans
and the national office will make an
effort to supply those students who
require it with the sum of $40 week
for expenses.
Lodging, breakfast and in some
cases supper will be arranged at the
,hpuses of comrades of the New York
district who volunteer to supply these
necessities.
Comrades who are able to con-
tribute money to help in the payment
af the ten-dollar week contribution
to the expenses of the students or
who can help in the purchasing of
textbooks should communicate at
once with the Workers School tell
ing what sums they are prepared to
contribute.
Return Fare.
The district is expected to raise the
round trip fare and not merely the
fare one way.
The above arrangements for the
from II to Is students which are ex-
pected mean budget for the Work
ers School of about $4,000, and there
fore contributions from comrades and
sympathizers capable of aiding with
substantial donations are urgently
needed. For example, a donation of
$500 will provide the most necessary
textbooks for all students. A dona-
ton of $120 will provide the $40 a
week maintenance money for a single
student. The donation of $40 will
keep student for one week, and a
donation of $25 will provide him with
textbooks.
Each district should try to get one
or more comrades in the district. to
supply the funds to meet all the needs
! of their chosen representative at the
! training school.
h Selection of Students.
Questionnaires are being sent to all
4 districts for filling out. The D. E. C.
of each district is empowered to make
the selection of candidates, whose
q names and qualifications and records
win then be submitted to the national
agitprop and organization department
for final selection.
{ Comrades should be selected on the
basis of the following qualifications
/. Activity. This should take first
place, because it is not the aim of the
Workers. School in general or of the
Party Training School in particular
to give information and education fol
their own sake, but for the sake OF
their use and application in the class
struggle, and a comrade who has beer
inactive, however studious and vel
read he may be, is untitled for study
at the national training scnvol
2. Previous training and previous
reading. While the major emphasis
/. is lald upon activity, still all com
:. rades selected will have to have q
:, certain minimum of previous training
! if they are to benefit from a course
Of this patare.
{ Once they are selected, students
7 will be Immediately given reading
! list for further study, so that wher
I they come to the training school al
! comrades will be expected to have {
3 certain amount of basic reading al
ready accomplished
4 Examination of Students.
4 The courses will open with a brie.
8 examination of the students, baset
{ upon this minimum reading, and com
\ rades whose preparation is obviousl,
4 inadequate, so that they will not b,