The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-20
The Communist Party of the U. S. A., Section
of the Communist International

Party of the United States America Section of the Com
munst International"
1t expression of the present period through which
Party is passing, from propaganda organization
uniting chiefly immigrant workers and having nsgnf-
cant influence 'mong native workers. to "a Party of
political ACTON guiding the political and economic actions of
the most advanced and the most militant ranks of the Amer
lean proearato quote from the Open Letter addressed
to the Party Congress by the Cominten.
1t was ten years that the Communist elements be-
definitely to- crystalline in organizaonal form within
the socialist party. Our party born all Communist
Parties in the struggle against social reforism Communist
Leagues and proetarian had begun to appear Then
the National Left Wing into existence. There was
always significance to the adopted and the changing
name OF the Party since it first organized in September
1919 has been indicative of the difficult on the road
along which our Party has continually made progress.
The word Communist" appeared generally in the first
of the Party names adopted in young American Com
munist movement, such the Communist Party" the
Communist Labor Party" and the United Communist
Party Of course it at all times in fact precisely the
Communist Party of the United States of America and moth
ing ese and only the exgences of the time caused vari
ations in the official The workers Party was
adopted in December 1921 the title of an organization
created an expression of the Communist Party which
then underground having been declared by the United
States government to be illegal organization The program
of what then called the Workers Party was not full
statement of the program of the Communist Party the
curtament being necessary to the purpose for which the
open organization had been brought existence Only the
illegal Party the American section of the Communist
International.
One of the most instructive pages of Party history
centers around the raid the Communist Party
Convention at Brdgeman Michigan in August 1922 when
practically the entire Party leadership was arrested and
prosecutions began which resulted in heavy prison
for leader c. E. Ruthenberg The police attack was so
well answered by the Parys appeals working class sup
port that became possible to bring the egalzed Party out
into the open as the legal Party AT the beginning of 1925
in connection with the defense campaign among the workers.
the Communist Party and the Workers Party merged
and the Workers Party became the American section of the
Comintern with full Communist program the 1925
convention the word Communist inserted and the
"WOrkerS ado cd
The question of still further changing the of the
Party has often been the agenda during the half dozen
1928 The Party with its full program before
the masses during this important period during which broad
campaigns waged for the Labor Party through various
forms OF action IN the carrying out of the United Front tactic
the Left Wing built the trade unions affiliated with
the American Federation of Labor and the campaign
agurated for the organization of the unorganzed while the
Party itself based upon shop and
street nuclei in place of the old geographical divisions that
prevailed within the socialist party with it's foreign language
federation autonomy.
Thus the change of from workers Communist
Party to Communist Party, made in latest conven-
tion coming at certain stage process of development
has significance aside from technical change in
The Party itself is growing into Boshevik organi-
zaon OF Lennism acting with increasing frequency the
stawart leader of the actions of the American proea
lat and has increased its influence among native workers.
Under its new name, the Party forward, making
its first steps along the path There much to be done
in roofing the Party deep in the basic industries of STEEL
COAL metal transportation and also automobile oil rubber
and chemicals That the Partys great organzational
task, for which excellent beginning made by the
Sixth Party Convention in the proetaranization the
leading Party committees so per cent of the membership
the Central Executive Committee consisting of workers
at work the shops mills and factories especially from
heavy industry and who continue at their work while serving
leaders of the Party The drawing of Negro workers
into the leading committees is indication that the Party
is learning to master its duty in relation to the millions of the
Negro proetaria and peasantry. Development of work
among and youth labor in the mills and factories
to be found among the important tasks that must
increasing attention 1t is the correct application of the
decisions of the Sixth Congress of the Comnen the Fourth
Congress of the Profnte and the Open Letter of the Com
intern to Sixth Party Congress- that will keep the
Communist Party of the United States of America the
Boshevk path that lies before it, hardening it in the srug
ge discpning its membership centrazng it's forces and
closely linking it up with the masses
Thus the Communist Party of the United States becomes
than fact the vanguard of the American work.
ing class drawing into its ranks increasing number of the
best most class conscious most active and
members of class becomes better than equipped
to achieve its historic mission the victory of the dictatorship
of the proetarat in this country the starting point for the
building of Communist society.
There is much to be criticized to be sure. The Party
must give greater attention to the agraran population learn
ing how better to coordinate and lead the struggles of the