In California the parents of a young lady were Party members. Both had held high offices in their section. They objected to their daughter’s staying out with another Party member until four and five o’clock in the morning, and claimed it was injuring her health and her progress in school. The daughter’s boy friend complained to a Party functionary that he was being discriminated against because he was a Negro. The girl’s mother, a former section chairman, defended her action. The daughter then took the floor and charged her parents with chauvinism. They were expelled and the daughter then married the complainant. The Party’s constitution provides a number of specific penalties of increasing severity, including expulsion. The mildest Party penalty is _reprimand_, usually designed to assist Party members in correcting their mistakes. This may take the form of _private censure_, such as, “You had better be on time in the future,” or, “Your work wasn’t well organized.” Somewhat more severe is _public censure_, whereby through written notice or public announcement a comrade is reprimanded. In this way others know of the Party’s disapproval. Then there is _probation_. This may involve a shift from one type of work to another or an assignment to special tasks. If the offender is a paid Party official, he may be demoted (for example, from a state office to a minor position) or transferred to another city. Next is _suspension_, usually for a specific length of time. This amounts to a temporary relief of assignments. The most severe penalty, next to expulsion, is _removal from office_. In such instances the comrade may be stripped of all Party assignments and demoted to being a mere rank-and-filer. This is a hard jolt, especially with the whole Party watching. These acts are object lessons to the membership. “Comrade, be careful. Don’t you do the same.” Fear plays an important role in communist discipline. The most drastic penalty, of course, is _expulsion_, and thousands of case examples, even of the highest leaders, form mute evidence. Once the communists turn on a comrade, the treatment is complete. For example: Earl Browder, onetime General Secretary, was expelled in February, 1946, for ... developing factional activity and for betraying the principles of Marxism-Leninism and deserting to the side of the class enemy—American monopoly capital. Sam Donchin, Associate Editor, _Daily Worker_, until shifted to leadership position on the Party’s Education Commission, was also expelled. The _Daily Worker_ on March 12, 1951, in announcing his expulsion, said, “Donchin was expelled for factionalism, anti-Party activities, hostility to the line of the Party and to the Party leadership, and white chauvinism.”