The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-04
Party Life
BurOcratic Carrying Out of
Fraction Decisions
BY JAMES GREEN

THE section committee of section five decided
to call meeting of all comrades active In
the unemployed branches and the comrades as
signed by the units to do work in the unem-
ployed branches.
At this meeting, the work of the two unem-
ployed branches of the Bronx was reviewed and
the following situation was found:
l. That both unemployed councils are func-
tioning in the old, unsystematic manner. open
air meetings are being held now and then, evic-
ton cases are being taken care of, but no sys-
tematic, planned organizational work is being
carried on. The reason for this state of affairs
was the fact that there is no stable leadership
in either of the branches. After lengthy dis
cussion, it was decided to shift our forces from
the Boston Road Unemployed Branch to the
Bathgate Ave Branch, and concentrate all our
forces to build up this branch properly Out
of the Is comrades present at the meeting, five
we're assigned who were to be personally respon-
sible to the section committee for the proper
functioning of the fraction in the unemployed
branch One Of them, member of the section
committee, and 3 other members of the sub
committees of the sections.
After this decision of the unemployed frac-
ton, the secretary of the Boston Road branch
who was present at this fraction meeting, in
stead of calling meeting of the unemployed
branch and utilizing the fraction members to
convince the non-party members or the neces-
Sity of combining the two unemployed branches,
simply wrote note in which he announced the
dissolving of the branch, or the fusing of the
two branches, and he nailed this note on the
door of the meeting place OF the unemployed
branch When he was approached by non-party
members, asking why this branch was trans
ferred to Bathgate Avenue, he said that it is
iy9aYzo iccin
carrying out fraction decisions is instrumental
in destroying the influence of the party in I'M
EMPLOYED branches 1t is instrumental in drlV-
ing away even those workers who joined the
branches as a result of the activity of the
branch 1t is high time for all party members
who are working in mass organizations to know
that the party through its fractions does not
decide in the name of the organizations, ouC
only brings forward proposals which the entire
membership should discuss and vote upon. ana
it is the duty Of the party members to convince
the non-party workers in the mass organlza-
lions of the correctness of the fraction proposals
In connection with the above case, we must
point out one more thing: in the last Organizer
of the District, in connection with unemployed
work, the following sentence appears In one
section, the section organizer gave instructions
to the secretary of the unemployed branch TO
change the territory of the branch without tax
ing up this question in the fraction and In
the branch"
This sentence quoted from the District Or
yanizer, refers to section five. From the above
it can be seen that this was not the case. TINS
does not mean however that the section organ
izer is not guilty of failing to make definite
ARRANGEMENTS to see that the decision OF the
fraction is properly carried out in the unem-
ployed branches.