The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-27

tasks on the industrial field, and also
the question of shop nuclei. 1t laid
particular stress on the unemploy-
ment situation and our program for
it. 1t contained special section on
educational work.
1t was program not only of what
to do but also of how to do it. It
called for the most thoro department.
alizations from the bottom up, of every
unit of the party in accord with the
various specialized activities contain
ed in the program. 1t also provided
for an effective system of check-up
and control to secure the systematic
carrying out of the program Of action.
This program is progressively being
put into operation. Insofar as our par
ty is functioning and moving forward,
it is doing so under the direction of
and in line with the program of action
of the c. E. c.
Establishing a Real Industrial De-
partment.
Another major accomplishment of
the party during the past year was
the establishment and perfection by
the present G. y. C. of a real Industrial
department. This department is a
vital organ of our party. Thru its
policies, connections and machinery,
our party is reaching out into the
depths of the American labor move
ment and is establishing contact with
the most elementary struggles of the
organized workers. 1t is a real depart
ment, with subdivisions being estab-
lished in every unit Of the party,
functioning under the direct super
vision Of national committee and a
national director. which in their turn
are supervised and directed by the
central executive committee. For the
first time the d. E. C.'s and other
party units are taking serious hold
Of the industrial work as regular work
of our party.
The department is carrying on its
work in accord with a definite pro
gram, the program Of the Trade Union
Educational League, which is the in
dustrial program Of our party. This
new program of the T. U. e. L. was
submitted some six months ago by
Comrade Foster to the r. l. L. U. and
was accepted unanimously with a few
additions by Comrades Lozovsky,
Johnson and Dunno. On the basis of
this Industrial program OF the party
which in many respects is a model
program for the development Of mill
tant left wings in reactionary trade
unions, the militants in the American
unions are carrying on their work.
During the past year our comrades
and sympathizers in the unions had
to withstand and resist the most ter
rife onslaughts of the bureaucracy.
In nearly every industry the left wing
was compelled to carry on a bitter
struggle for life, and in these strug-
giles the Industrial department of
the party played leading part. In
the recent elections in the miners
union and in the carpenters union
the left wing was exceptionally well
organized and carried on an intensive
propaganda for the policies of the T.
U. E. L. The Communist strength
within these unions Is constantly
growing. The result OF these efforts
shows that the left wing in such in
dustries as mining. garments. build
ing. transportation, metal and food IL
at present more definitely crystalIiz-
ed. more conscious Of it's aims and
is better organized now than ever be-
fore for continuing the struggle to
revoiutionize the trade unions.
In preparation for the FL Paso
convention of the A. F. Of L. the in
dustrial department submitted to the
c. e. c. thoro and well considered
program It dealt with every i'm
portant issue in the labor movement,
such as a general labor congress- to
consist Of representatives OF trade
unions. workers political parties,
shop committees, the unemployed,