The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-12
C. p. Expels
Author of Plan
FOrEnligratiOn

On March 81, 1884, the Daily
Worker published a notice of the
organization by Walter e. Lone of
building trades workers group of
painters, decorators, plasterers, ETC.,
for going to the U. S. S. R. upon
the invitation of the Soviet govern
ment." This notice also asked
skilled building trades workers
wishing information on conditions
for acceptance in the group to write
to Walter E. Lobe in care of Daily
Worker.
Tt appears now that actually there
was no such invitation of the
Soviet government" that Lobe had
acted only on the basis of commu-
nications received by him from an
individual member of the admins
tration of one of the Soviet building
trusts in Moscow, and that, in addi-
ton, Lobe had acted irresponsibly
and Internationally in taking it
upon himself to initiate the organi-
zation of the group and in failing
to inform the group fully on all
developments and in failing to let
the group decide for itself important
questions collectively.
In the end all efforts of the
group to be accepted for emigration
to the U.S.SR. met with failure.
The group is still here and, right,
should disband altogether, as there
is no real basis or hope for them
to try to gain admission, as a group,
to the U.S.SR.
The Daily Worker deplores the
publication of the unauthorized I'm
vitation" in its issue of March 31st,
and will use great care in the future
to avoid such raising of false hopes
of general emigration to the U. S.
s. r.
This will serve also as an ex-
PLANTATION to the hundreds of work.
ers who sent in their inquiries and
applications to the group, why they
have not received any replies.
Due to the fact that Lobe was
known to be member of the Com
munist Party there has appeared a
certain tendency among some peo-
pie to blame the Party for the
troubles and hardships suffered by
individual members of the group in
connection with their getting ready
to leave (when several definite dates
of sailing were given out by Lohe)
and then being forced to remain
where they are. 1t is, of course,
incorrect to blame the Party for
this. At the same time, however,
the Party has taken action against
Lobe for his inpermissible errors
and shortcomings in the whole bust
ness of starting the organization
Of the group without proper authori-
cation and without even consulting
the Party, and of acting bureau
cratically in the conduct of the
affairs of the group.
Lobe has been expelled from the
Communist Party, but, since the
Party believes that he acted in good
faith and with good intentions, he is
given permission to re-apply and to
be readnitted into the Party after
six months, provided that he
recognizes his errors, pledges against
any repetition of same, and that he
also returns half of the assessment"
for organization expenses to those
members Of the group who may
demand it.
The last part of the decision is
based on the fact that of the total
collected by Lobe from the members
of the group about one-half was
spent for direct expenses of the
group stationary, postage, etc.
while the other half was applied by
Lobe for his living expenses during
a number of weeks that he gave his
full time to the business of the
group Quitting his job.
This case should serve as warn
ing against anyone, individually
to organize any groups
of workers for emigration to the
Soviet Union, At the same time,
the bad experiences of this parti-
cular group should not be permitted
to be used as a basis for disruption
and slanderous, vengeful statements
against the Communist Party
or against individual workers in
volVed in the matter.