Investigation of Communist Activities in Seattle, Wash., Area, Hearings, Part 1United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities
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Investigation of Communist Activities in Seattle, Wash., Area, Hearings, Part 1
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities
Communism -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
Mass organizations must be divided into two large groups: mass
organizations supporting the Communist parties and other mass
organizations fighting the Communist Parties. To the first
category belong the revolutionary trade unions. ILD, WIR, etc.
Organizations of the second kind are in their turn divided
into two groups: 1) formerly non-Party mass organizations like
reformist christian and other reactionary trade unions, sport
organizations, etc. and 2) all kinds of organizations politically
hostile to us, such as the Social-Democratic Party, various
Fascist political unions, etc.
In all non-Party mass proletarian organizations, such as trade
unions, sport organizations, tenants’ organizations, etc.
the Party should form fractions embracing all Communists and
sympathizers. There are thousands of decisions about fractions
in mass organizations, but up to now the position in all Parties
with regard to fractions is bad. In the first place fractions
are far from being organized everywhere. In the second place,
organized fractions in the majority of cases work without the
direction of the Party Committee. So, the Party Committees should
before all find out whether fractions exist everywhere, where they
should be established, and in the second place it is essential
that Party Committees should direct the work of the fractions
and that the fractions should in the strictist way carry out
all the directions of the corresponding Party Committees. In
the constitution of the Communist Party it is laid down that a
fraction has the right to appeal against the decision of a Party
Committee. A Party Committee is bound to examine the protest of a
fraction against its decision in the presence of a representative
of a fraction. The decision of a Party Committee is binding on a
fraction and there is no appeal against it: it should be accepted
without argument and put into the life without delay. At present
in practice directions of the Party Committee are frequently not
carried out by fractions. The task of the Party is to see that
every fraction carries out these directions in the strictest way.
With regard to fraction members who avoid carrying out directions,
the most serious explanatory work must essentially be undertaken
and in case of necessity, the strictest Party measures should
be taken even up to expulsion from the Party, for otherwise the
Party will be completely unable to direct the work of a fraction.
There may be cases when swift interference of the Party Committee
is called for, while it may be impossible to convene a full
meeting of the Party Committee to give out such a new direction.
For example, some trade union Congress or other is being held.
Before the congress the fraction meets, called together by the
Party Committee and jointly works out instructions.
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