December 27th, 1919.
THE COMMUNIST Page Se The Party Organization Ruthenberg, Executive Secretary, 1219 Blue Island Avenue, Chicago, ni. Quick, Decisive Response Needed.
The efort to deport and imprison the active party workers is an effort to stop it. By striking at the party officials at the very beginning oi their work the ruling class believes it can destroy the eífectiveness of our propaganda. It hopes to remove those who are in chrge of the propaganda and organization work and th are in chrge of the propaganda and organization work and thus disrupt our forces.
HE COMMUNIST PARTY is an organization of Fiity Thousand Workers.
Can these Fifty Thousand Workers raise a fund of Fifty Thousand Dollars during the next few weeks? That is the question that is now before the organization.
Within three months from the time of organization of the party we are subject to the ruthless attack of the ruling class.
Many of our comrades are under arrest. Scores are being held for deportation.
The persecution of the ruling class has been particularly directed against the officials of the National Organization.
Practically every one of the comrades in charge of the work of the national office is under some sort of charge. Most of them are waiting for bail to be arranged.
is THIS ATTACK is evidently intended to destroy the organization at its very inception. The party propaganda during the last few months has shown the powers that be that they have to deal with a body of men and women who understand the existing industrial situation and who were developing a propaganda against capitalisin that was bound to bear fruit in a strong working class movement for the abolition of the existing industrial system.
The party propaganda did not deal with theories and rague generalities. It dealt with concrete situations, with the problems which the workers were facing in their struggle for more life.
In place of the vague generalities of former Socialist propaganda the party, dealt with the realities of life itself and out of these sought to develap an understanding of Communist fundamentals.
SHALL THIS WORK GO ON? SHALL IT BE INTENSIFIED AND BECOME MORE AGGRESSIVE?
not had time to develop our full strength. In an older organization a dozen workers would be ready and prepared to step in the places of those who become the victins of the ruling class. Even 110w we will not go down if the attack is suecessiul in removing those in positions of responsibility. Others will take their places; but for a time we will suffer.
It is our duty to put off the removal of those comrades who are responsible for the party work as long as possible. The longer we retain their services the stronger we will be.
That is the importance of responding to the appeal for the Defense Fund of raising Fifty Thousand Dollars immediately for the fight against the imprisonment and deportation of our party workers. THE PRESENT SITUATION CALLS FOR FIGHT FOR DEFENSE TO THE LIMIT OF OUR ABILITY.
Comrades! We have said a Communist Party is not a party of half hearted, halting, impotent membership. In the Defense Funds have been raised by long campaigns of appeal and wheedling.
MUST WE DO THAT? OR WILL YOU RESPON QUICKLY AND DECISIVELY?
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