Page Sis THE COMMUNIST December 13th, 1919.
The Central Executive Committee Meeting THE HE Central Executive Committee of the Mexico party met in Chicago on Nov. 15 to 18th.
Resolutions on the unity campaign of on The Executive Councit was instructed to draw the party policy in reference to the present in up a declaration regarding the Mexican crisis and dustrial crisis in the United States and a procla to secure the co operation of the Mexican Commation to the membership and appeal to the munist Party in issuing this statement as a joint members of the Finnish and Scandinavian Federacleclaration.
tions, adopted by the committee, have already been published in The Communist.
Soviet Bureau The following is a summary of the other busiThe Central Executive Committee adopted a ness transacted by the committee: cleclaration placing the party on record as supInternational Relations porting the Soviet Government of Russia with all its power and defining its attitude toward the The first session of the committee was devoted Soviet Bureau. While stating its support in printo the question of the International Relations of ciple of the position taken by the Russian Federathe party. It was decided to take such action tions the Committee declared that it would not as would bring the facts about the Communist press the demands made, pending action by the Party, which have been grossly misrepresented in Russian Soviet Government.
Europe, to the attention of the comrades there and insure representation of the party at any Party Discipline congress of the Communist International which resolution adopted and sent out by the Germay be held in the near future.
man Liebknecht Branch of Detroit, specifically repudiating the party program and manifesto Organization Details was brought before the committee.
Since, in member of the Executive Council was desigapplying for charter the branch had endorsed the nate to be acting Executive Secretary, in conjuncprogram and constitution of the party, which it tion with the Executive Council, at any time that now repudiated, the committee considered that Comrade Ruthenberg was unable to act.
the charter had been obtained under false preComrade Ferguson was elected acting editor tenses and voted to expel the branch from the of The Communist. with the understanding that party. Since then it has developed that the rein case he was unable to act that Comrade Ruthsolution was the work of a committee and did not came before the branch under form sent out.
enberg have the editorial responsibility for the paper. Further provision was made in case these The matter is now under investigation by the comrades could not act.
branch. telegram was received from Marion Sproule In view of the fact that Proletarian advising that she had refused to speak from same University and Clubs are engaged in propaplatform with speaker prior to receipt ganda contrary to the Communist Program, of instructions to that effect from the Executive principles and organization, no party member Council.
shall teach, be a member of, or in any way The Executive Seecretary was directed to se promote the activities of the Proletarian cure the services of some competent Finnish University and Clubs.
comrade to take up work among the Finnish organizations.
The Executive Secretary was also instructed The Executive Council was directed to proceed to enforce Section of Article in relation to with the work of organizing Young Peoples Comthe magazine The Proletarian.
munist Tre as decided upon by the party conntion Party Policy The committee received the resignation of The International Secretary and International Comrade Petras and secretary was instructed to Delegates were authorized to revise the Report notify the first alternate elected by the conven to the Internationaland after such revision the tion, now to be a member of the committee. report was ordered transmitted and also printed in the Communist International as an official document of the party.
The International Delegates were instructed to present to the Congress of the International a resolution on the question of the relation of Industrial Unionism to Communism in accordance with the program of the Communist Party of America. committee of three was appointed to study the relation of the party to the Industrial Workers of the World and the general question of the industrial organization which party members are to be urged to support and join, which will report its recommendations at the next Central Executive Committee meeting. protest was lodged with Comrade Martens of the Soviet Bureau against officials of the bureau using the prestige of their position in the interest of the Communist Labor Party and against the Communist Party.
The question of establishing a school for party workers was refcrred to the Executive Council with the instructions to collect information on the subject.
Editors of all party papers were requested to send translations of articles of general interest to the Communist. which will distribute these articles for general publication.
The action of the Executive Council to the ci fect that the publications of all newly created Language Federations should be owned by the party was rescindied and the Council instructed to turn over any papers which it starts to the Fecieration of the language group when such a Federation is organized.
The German State Organization of Ohio was rececsteel to turn their paper The Echo over to the Central Executive Committee to become the official organ of the German Federation, It was decided that Federations may add to the cuties of their translator secretaries the work of organizers and require other services of them, but that the work of the translator secretaries should at all time be primarily under the control of the Executive Council and Executive Secretary.
The sum of 100. 00 was appropriated as a contribution to the Minnesota State Organization to assist in its work. RUTHENBERG, Executive Secretary United Mine Workers of America nanes. Continued from page 5)
and abrogate contracts made at the Inter demand has led them to establish similar state Joint Conference of Operators and em stores in peace tinies. They are the leaders re a very large number of workers there ployees. One delegate is clected for every in the American co operative movement. In e many districts, as in Pennsylvania, 100 members and an additional one for every Illinois there are 40 prosperous miners cohere there are six. The subdistrict exists majority iraction thercoi.
operative stores. As to a general benefit order that special regulation may be systein, the national union has as yet cured in particular cases for the widely CONCLUSION nothing, although districts are taking it up.
ying conditions which prevail in every The is not only the biggest Unionism to miners is more than a religion.
te.
The local union has jurisdiction union in the in numbers, but also Mr. Frank Julius Warne who has studied Chin the subdistrict as over a colliery: in power and wealth. Its colossal fights are thein closely calls this union the maker of union has its own officers and consti it constant drain upon its finances. In the men iind democracy in America. It lias in, and legislates for its particular ter 17 years ending December 1, 1915. the total performed the functions of school, governexpenditures of this single union were 21. ment, church and university and has done CU. is managed in a fairly 774, 790. 92. Of this the staggering sum of it better than institutions bearing these cratic way. Ultimately all power is S16, 451. 832. 44 was spent for strike aid. This sed to lie in the local union. The does not include the millions expended by dent, Vice President, Secretary Treas the district and the local bodies. No other though 02 of its merbership is forcionThe know no foreigner. and convention delegates are all elected labor union on earth can show an equal esly. The convention delegates choose penditure for strikes, and all of this in spite ing pot and has wvelded over 25 nationalities born. It has met the problem of the meitembers oí the National Executive of the fact that very few organizations have nittee. Great power is vested in the made more strenuous efforts to avoid such into one highly social group. In 1914 ended lent, in order that there should be no trials of strength. The not only conone of the most wonderiul strikes in the hisof division during strikes. He may ducts the biggest strikes, but its affairs aftory of all Labor. For 14 montis 17, 000. any national officer, or suspend fect all industry. The management of a miners of over 25 nationalities were striking ion, in one district to aid another miners strike is comparable only to the and yet there was never the least suspicion ver, no general suspension can be strategy of a great military campaign. For of violence not a window was cracked! without a favorable popular vote. them to supply relief is to manage the com Like the miners the world over the rank ational Executive Board, made up of missary of an army. No funds are paid in and file of the American Viners are in the ict representatives, has power to cash as is done in city strikes, for to pay front of radical thought.
collect taxes, acts as a court of ap cash in a mining camp would mean to play call a special convention, and may into the hands of the company stores. The ganization means a proletarian dagger at the consciously revolutionary mivers or strict strikes. The convention is union therefore buys its supplies in trainially, usually in Indianapolis, on load lots and establishes a distributing velping and frantic antics of that mad dog heart of American capitalism. Hence the Monday in January. It is very center in each camp. An elaborate system American bourgeoisdom. On with the Cork can change the constitution, of rationing is put into effect: This war munist task!