The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-25

upon d IIlaSS OASIS. EFSry OISdIllzd-
ton must, in the first place, rely for
it's finances upon continuous and
growing mass contacts and mass sup
port.
D There must be established with
the utmost firmness, a strict system
of accounting for all finances and the
establishment of guarantees that they
are expended for the purpose for
which they were intended. Auditing
and reports to the membership must
be made.
81 The personnel handling finances
must be carefully selected from among
the most trusted comrades and the
financial apparatus should be small
with the strict fixing of personal
responsibility. This is especially i'm
portant in the mass organizations
where organizational looseness often
results in unreliable elements drifting
into positions of financial RESPONSE
bility, and by their misuse Of these
positions discrediting the movement.
a Methods of making money col
1ections in mass meetings must be
seriously revised. The existing ten
dency to make long general collec-
ton speeches as the main feature of
the meeting without any clear ex-
PLANTATION of what the money is for,
must be decisively done away with.
The collection of money at mass
meetings must be politicaliZed. The
purpose of the collection must be
very definitely stated. The audience
must be moved to contribute by arous-
ing It's interest in the purpose of the
collection and not by intellectual
bludgeoning which defeats It's own
purpose. The carrying through of
this change in methods of money
raising will be such a relief to our
audiences, they will be SO thankful
to us, that they will be more gen.
erous than ever before. Our pres
ent methods drive them away from
us and seal up thair pockets to
our appeals.
81 The Party organizations must
absolutely respect the independence
and integrity of the financial systems
Of the mass organizations. The Party
can place no tax upon these organ
izations. When it needs financial
support, it must approach these or
carnations and independent bodies,
stating the definite purpose Of its
needs and requesting these bodies to
make voluntary donations for the
stated purpose. The financial rela-
tons between the Party. and non
Party organizations must be known
and approved by the non-Party mem
bership.
81 The distribution of finances
must be reviewed and revised accord
ing to the principle of concentration.
Underproductive overhead expenses
must be drastically reduced. First
consideration must be given to the
needs of the lower organizations
which are closest to the mass work.
The needs of finances for mass agit-
alton, our papers, leaflets, pamphlets,
etc, must be given preference
over the maintenance of unproductive
The most serious econ
onies must be carried through, espe-
cially by the elimination Of unneceS-
Sary travelling expenses, long tele-
grams that can well be substituted
by air mail letters which will arrive
tw or three hours later; and this is
a very serious question for the Daily
Worker comrades. When 1t is neces-
sary to send a telegram, there is such
a thing as Geographic language. Some
people think they are too important
to consider such things, but everyone
must consider them.
D The whole financial policy must
be directed toward the aim that each
shall build and MAIN