Page Seven THE COMMUNIST October 11, 1919 The Party Organization T Ruthenberg Executive Secretary 1219 Blue Island Avenue, Chicago. Propaganda Suggestion.
The Organization Fund.
The distribution of literature is the most effective form of propaganda. The Communist The Lettish Branch No. of New York City sent in 100. 00 for the Organization Fund of Party will rely upon this method of reaching the the Communist Party. That is the kind of response that will bring into existence a strong or.
workers as the major weapon to enlighten and ganization in the briefest possible time. It is the membership that is now in the Communist Party organize the workers for Communist principles.
that in the past has shown that it does not consider membership in a revolutionary organization That is the spirit which In the past the work of selling papers and a matter to be taken lightly, but willingness to work and sacrifice.
pamphlets has been the work of one man, the brought the prompt response from the Lettish Branch of New York and which brought a remit.
literature agent. The entire membership must tance from the Russian Branch of Pittsburg within three days from the time our subscription be mobilized for this work in the future.
list was mailed.
The Baltimore City Central Committe reports over 40. 00 collected for the fund and the Try this plan in your branch: Buy a hundred South Slavic Branch of Ziegler has already sent in a remittance of 20. 25.
Communist Party pamphlets the Manifesto, Program, Constitution and Report to the InternaAn Organization Fund of 25, 000 will enable the National Organization to immediately tional is a good pamphlet to start with give launch a propaganda and organizatin campaign that will build up a united organization of a each member five copies to sell at your next next convention of the party takes place.
hundred thousand members before We are living in the Revolutionary Era. Our work of organization must be done quickly if meeting. Buy a hundred copies of The Communist and get them out in the same manner.
we are to play the part that is rightly ours in world revolution.
Every branch member comes in contact with Every Communist Branch, every Communist party member, must help. Circulate the subworkers who will buy literature and should be scription lists. Make the Organization Fund grow and the party will grow.
given the opportunity to assist in selling pamphlets and papers. Organize your branch for The Cleveland Test.
Philadelphia Lines Up.
this work and you will be carrying on a campaign HE decision of Local Cuyahoga County, This is the word from Philadelphia: The memthat will bring big results. Cleveland) to join the Communist Party bership of the expelled Local Philadelphia, Sowas a matter of greater moment than the cialist Party, consisting of 30 branches and 2, 500 members in good standing, hereby applies for The Literature Department.
brief note we were able to insert in last week issue indicated. Cleveland furnished a test of a charter as Local Philadelphia, Communist new pamphlet each week! That will be the Party. The letter goes on to say: There are the strength of the Communist Party and the program of the party during the next month or hundreds in this city who are waiting the opCommunist Labor Party when the argument on two. The first pamphlet containing the Maniportunity to join the Communist Local. The both sides is thoroughly presented.
spirit of the membership here is superb. We are festo and Program, Constitution and Report to Alfred Wagenknecht, Executive Secretary of looking forward to the receipt of the charter as the International, is already being shipped out.
the Communist Labor Party is a member of the signal for launching our campaign of eduThe second is in the hands of the printer. It Local Cuyahoga County, as is Bilan, member cation and organization.
will be called Communist Party and Socialist of the Executive Committee of that organization.
Cleveland and Philadelphia, two locals with Party and will contain a discussion of the difBoth were delegates to the Chicago conventions ferences between the Socialist Party and the 2, 500 members each, in one week.
from that Local. The Cleveland delegation at Communist Party based upon the experience of Chicago split, four going with the bolting del.
The branches of Baltimore have organized the workers in this country.
egates into the Communist Labor Party and one, their City Central Committee and applied for Other pamphlets will follow quickly. Ruthenberg, going to the Communist Party.
a charter as Local Baltimore.
This splendid work in creating a Communist Four delegates returned to Cleveland to fight Polish Branches are sending in their applica literature has been made possible by the Russian for the Branches were visited by these tions for charters in bunches.
comrades of Chicago, who loaned the organizadelegates and literature distributed. At the contion over 2, 000 in order that it might begin vention these four delegates were given an equal The Lithuanian Federation at its conventions publication of its literature at once. There is The result was opportunity to present their case.
in Brooklyn voted solidly for affiliation with the the spirit that must be the basis of the Bolshevik an all but unanimous decision against the Communist Party. The Federation decided to movement in this country. and for the Communist Party.
move its printing plant to Chicago, where it will Watch for the announcement of future pamThe delegates in the Cleveland convention had be available for printing the Communist Party phlets and leaflets.
all the facts. They heard all the arguments that papers and literature.
the advocates of the could present, but yet only three delegates, one of them WagenThirteen former members of Local New Bre.
Northwest Side Branch No knecht himself, voted to affiliate with that ormen, Ohio, have sent in an application for a ganization. Could there be a more overwhelming Organized in Chicago.
charter.
repudiation of the The Evanston, Ill. branch has joined with fifty At the 28th Ward Headquarters, Tuesday eve.
The convention went further. Wagenknecht, ning, September 23, was organized Northwest new members.
after being thus badly beaten, offered a resoluSide Branch No. of the Communist Party.
The North Side German Branch of Chicago tion placing the convention on record as favoring has been organized with fifteen members.
The 28th Ward Branch of the Socialist Party had a unity conference between the and the The Connecticut State Convention decided unalready reorganized itself as the Debs Club, and Ruthenberg offered an amendment urging animously for affiliation with the party.
now the Debs Club has become a branch of the unity of all who are united for Communist prinCommunist Party. Pittsburgh ward branch with seventy five ciples through their joining the Communist Party.
members in good standing asks for information It is noteworthy that Comrade Karl The Communist Labor Party case was so poor about how to obtain a charter.
Sandberg, who presided at this meeting, was one that it could not even make a decent showing in The first Italian Branch of the Communist of the delegates in the Communist Labor Party support of its unity proposal, for the amendment Party has been chartered in Beloit, Wis. and Convention, held at the same time as the Comurging unity in the Communist Party was again another branch is in the process of being organmunist Party Convention. Comrade Sandberg overwhelmingly adopted.
ized in Pennsylvania.
gave his support to the move to join the ComThis practically unanimous repudiation of the munist Party Wagenknecht party by his own local being duplicated wherever both sides are presented to Milwaukee, Too.
Comrade Joseph Van Reet was elected Secrelocals that are Communist in principle.
Milwaukee, the former stronghold of Moderate tary of the new branch. Meetings are set for Socialism is no longer to enjoy that distinction.
Tuesday evenings. Applications for membership The Communists of Milwaukee are building a will be received form all residents of the NorthErie German Branch.
strong organization.
West Side until a City Central is organized and City Central Committee has been organized and the dubious distinction makes other arrangements. The meeting place The revolt against the effort of the Executive enjoyed by that city in the past will soon be is at 2519 Fullerton Ave. and the Secretary Committee of the German Federation to force address is 2022 St. Paul Ave.
wiped out by Communist propaganda and organithe branches of that organization into thc Com tion work.
The action of this meeting is expected to carry munist Labor Party is extending, the latest the endorsement of practically all the 90 membranch to join the Communist Party being the bers of the old 28th Ward Branch, making this Erie, Pa. organization. When the returns are all New Party Branches.
the first Ward Branch to come into the Comin the majority of the membership of the Ger Charter applications for new branches are man Federation will be found lined up with the munist Party in Chicago, as it was the first Ward ready for distribution. Seven persons who are Branch to take the Left Wing position as an other revolutionary workers in the Communist in agrement with the constitution and program organization.
Party.
of the party may form a branch. Communist Party central committee has also If you can The plan is to have this organization serve as build an organization in your city write for a been organized at Erie.
a temporary nucleus for the reorganization of charter application to the address above.
the old party on the Northwest Side.