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Communist Party of America: New York City — June 7-15, 1921 Minutes of the CEC of the (unified) CPA, June7-15, 1921 1 Minutes of the Central Executive Committee, (unified) Communist Party of America: New York City — June 7-15, 1921. A document in the Comintern Archive, f. 515, op. 1, d. 52, ll. 9-17. First Day, [Tuesday] June 7. Pan-American Council of RILU. Read communica- tion from [Mikhail] Tomsky. Applied for the Party All present.† turning over the Pan-American Council the paper in Chairman — “Griffith” [Joseph Zack Kornfed- C.‡ er]. Motion (by “Dow” [Dirba]): To refuse the re- Order of Business: (1) Minutes of previous meet- quest of the Pan-American Council for the paper. ing; (2) Report of Secretary; (3) Matters left to full Amendment (by “Carr” [Katterfeld]): That we meeting; (4) Convention Committee Reports; (5) place the paper at the disposal of the Pan-American Manifesto; (6) Communications; (7) New Business. Council for special propaganda among the unions, with the provisions that (1) the paper shall remain the Minutes of Last Meeting, May 30-June 3. property of the Party; (2) its editorial policy shall re- main subject to the control of the CEC through its May 30 — OK. Editorial Committee, which in cooperation with the May 31 — OK. Pan-American Council shall outline the specific field (“Scott” [Karlis Janson] came.) to be covered by the paper; (3) its business manage- June 1 — Insert that “Burke” [Charles Krum- ment shall work in cooperation with the management bein] was elected DO5 [Chicago] by 6 votes. of the Party press. June 3 — Instead of “Harper” use the name Amendment carried by 9 to 1, as against the mo- “Spencer” [???] for Treasurer. tion. Motion (by “Wheat” [Lovestone]): That the Motion (by “Curtis” [Ballam]): To record in Editorial Committee in cooperation with the Pan- the minutes the motion carried to file the announce- American Council shall select the editor for the paper. ment [protesting election of DOs with less than 6 Motion carried. votes] of “Carr” [Katterfeld], “Griffith” [Zack], “Turner” [Weinstone], “Wheat” [Lovestone]. Report of Secretary. Motion carried, 5 to 3. [Dirba] has not had time to prepare the financial Floor given to “Cliff” [???], representative of the statement: the CEC meetings, writing the minutes of †- That is: “Dow” [Charles Dirba, ex-CPA], “Curtis” [John Ballam, ex-CPA], “Kelly” [George Ashkenuzi, ex-CPA], “Paul” [J. Wilenkin, ex-CPA], “Ray” [Joseph Stilson, ex-CPA]; “Carr” [Ludwig Katterfeld, ex-UCP], “Griffith” [Joseph Zack Kornfeder, ex- UCP], “Post” [???, ex-UCP; a Russian-speaking resident of Philadelphia, tentatively and very indefinitely identified as Abram Jakira], “Turner” [Will Weinstone, ex-UCP] (acting for “Cook” [Jim Cannon, ex-UCP]), and “Wheat” [Jay Lovestone, ex-UCP]. ‡- “C.” probably refers to Cleveland. The paper in question is uncertain but may well have been the trade union organ The Workers Challenge. The Toiler, the main legal English language weekly of the American Communist movement had also originated in Cleveland as The Ohio Socialist, but it is believed that this publication was moved to New York prior to the time of this meeting. In January 1922 The Toiler was merged with The Workers Council to form The Worker — the primary English weekly of the Workers Party of America. 1 2 Minutes of the CEC of the (unified) CPA, June7-15, 1921 them, getting connections from the UCP, and getting Rules. out the first circular and Bulletin to the DOs and Fed- erations have taken all his time. Clause 4c. Technical Department is now organized. “Dow’s” [Dirba’s] Substitute: lost by 5 to 5.‡ Report accepted. “Carr’s” [Katterfeld’s] Amendment: lost by 5 to 5.§ Report of Editorial Committee. Motion (by “Dow” [Dirba]): In case any mem- Next issue of The Communist, about 24 pages, ber of the CEC is absent, a decision, upon the de- to contain story of convention, constitution, program, mand for roll call, does not take effect until the absent resolutions, and committee reports. Expect to get it member records his vote, unless there are more than 5 out in about 10 days, want all the revised reports and votes for or against the motion. documents. Want to employ “Dales” [???] as general Amendment (by “Ray” [Stilson]): That the de- assistant. cision of the majority of any meeting of the CEC is binding. Motion (by “Curtis” [Ballam]): To empower Amendment lost, 4 to 6. the Editorial Committee to employ “Dales” [???] as Motion carried, 8 to 2. general assistant. By roll call — Yes: “Carr” [Katterfeld], “Turner” Motion carried. [Weinstone], “Post” [Jakira?], “Paul” [Wilenkin], “Wheat” [Lovestone], “Griffith” [Zack], “Curtis” [Bal- Matters Left Over From Previous Meeting. lam], “Dow” [Dirba]; No: “Ray” [Stilson], “Kelly” [Ashkenuzi]. Editor of Underground Papers. Clause 6, second part. Motion (by “Kelly” [Ashkenuzi]): To postpone Amendment (by “Dow” [Dirba]): To read: “to action until “Cook” [Jim Cannon] comes. divulge from the CEC proceedings anything that Motion lost. would interfere with the carrying out of the decisions “Curtis” [Ballam] and “Wheat” [Lovestone] were and policies of the CEC. nominated, and received each 5 votes. Amendment lost. Motion (by “Paul” [Wilenkin]): To leave the Original formulation carried, “Carr” [Katterfeld], Editorial Committee to apportion the work among “Wheat” [Lovestone], and “Griffith” [Zack] voting these two comrades. against. ∆ Motion lost, 5 to 5.† Motion (by “Wheat” [Lovestone]): To add the following clause to the rules: “On all questions of pro- cedure a majority of those voting shall decide. On other †- The post of Editor of Underground Papers was regarded as a matter of fundamental factional importance between the former members of the old CPA and the UCP. Again and again voting split along factional lines between the former old CPA member Ballam and the former UCP member Lovestone. Wilenkin’s motion to allow the editorial committee to assign work — divided as it was 2- 1 in favor of the old-CPA — was doubtlessly viewed by the former members of the UCP as a backhanded method of awarding the post to Ballam. ‡- Dirba: “That on all questions of procedure a majority of those voting shall decide. On other questions decision shall be by majority of those voting, except in case any member is absent, when, upon the demand for roll call, the decision does not take effect until all members of the CEC have recorded their vote, or unless there are more than 5 votes for or against a motion.” §- Katterfeld: “That on all questions of procedure a majority of those voting shall decide. On other questions decision shall be by majority vote of those voting except on roll call, in which case six votes, a majority of the whole Committee, shall be required for binding decision.” ∆- Original formulation: “(2) to divulge any decisions of the CEC not shown on the official extracts sent out to membership, or any proceedings, information, or debated not having a direct bearing upon the decisions and matters so given out by the CEC.” Minutes of the CEC of the (unified) CPA, June7-15, 1921 3 questions decision shall be by majority vote of those Motion (by “Kelly” [Ashkenuzi]): To take up voting except on roll call, in which case 6 votes, a the report of the Industrial Committee. majority of the whole Committee, shall be required Motion (by “Griffith” [Zack]): To take up the for binding decision.” question of the EH [???] printing plant. Motion lost, 5 to 5. Motion carried. On roll call — Yes: “Carr” [Katterfeld], “Turner” Communication from EH [???] read. “Griffith” [Weinstone], “Post” [Jakira?], “Wheat” [Lovestone], [Zack] reported. “Griffith” [Zack]. No: “Ray” [Stilson], “Kelly” [Ash- Motion (by “Dow” [Dirba]): To elect a com- kenuzi], “Paul” [Wilenkin], “Curtis” [Ballam], “Dow” mittee of 3 to find ways and means to help the EH [Dirba]. [???]. Motion carried. Motion (by “Dow” [Dirba]): To adopt the rules “Carr” [Katterfeld], “Griffith” [Zack], “Ray” as a whole. [Stilson] elected. Question: If this motion is voted down, what about the decisions on the separate points? Motion (by “Turner” [Weinstone]): To advance Answer by Chair [Zack]: Then the rules [in toto] $40 for N. [???] meeting, with the understanding that are not adopted. the money shall be returned from the proceeds of the Dow appealed. meeting. Chair was sustained by 5 to 5 vote. Motion carried. “Dow’s” [Dirba’s] motion was lost by tie vote. Motion (by “Paul“ [Wilenkin]): To instruct the On roll call — Yes: “Ray” [Stilson], “Kelly” [Ash- N. [???] group to arrange their meetings through the kenuzi], “Paul” [Wilenkin], “Curtis” [Ballam], “Dow” regular party channels. [Dirba]. No: “Carr” [Katterfeld], “Turner” [Wein- Motion carried. stone], “Post” [Jakira?], “Wheat” [Lovestone], “Griffith” [Zack]. Motion (by “Paul“ [Wilenkin]): To instruct the Editorial Committee to prepare a leaflet on the Tulsa Motion (by “Kelly” [Ashkenuzi]): To call a spe- happenings. cial convention of the Party. Motion carried. Motion lost, 1 to 9. By roll call — “Kelly” [Ashkenuzi] voting for, Motion (by “Wheat” [Lovestone]): To cooper- and all others against the motion. ate with the Pan-American Council in sending a man to the AF of L convention as a reporter. Motion (by “Turner” [Weinstone]): That the Motion carried. CEC meet at least once in two weeks. “Cook” [Cannon] and “Atwood” [Caleb Harri- Motion carried. son] to be nominated. Amendment (by “Kelly” [Ashkenuzi]): That all rules that were adopted seriatim shall stand. Motion (by “Curtis” [Ballam]): To instruct the Amendment lost, 5 to 5. Secretarial Department to bring in recommendations Motion (by “Curtis” [Ballam]): To adjourn. for someone to go to the Socialist Party convention Motion lost. [Detroit: June 25-29, 1921]. Motion (by “Kelly” [Ashkenuzi]): That it shall Motion carried. be breach of Party discipline to divulge from the CEC proceedings anything that would interfere with the Motion (by “Kelly” [Ashkenuzi]): To instruct carrying out of the decisions and policies of the CEC.
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