The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-29

also as an obstacle to the improve
ment Of the every day conditions of
work
BY planned united action Of all party
members in shop. thru the shop
nucleus and taking advantage Of all
experiences gained, it will be compar-
atively easy to convince the workers
that any plan or agreement which
pledges the organized workers to
greater speed and efficiency of pro-
duction so as to make the cost of
production of their work less than that
of the unorganized, will only serve as
an additional weapon in the hands of
the employers. united in their organ
izations, to create an endless compe-
tition between organized and morgan
lied workers and thus force down the
standard Of living as whole. 1t will
be comparatively easy to convince the
workers that arbitration boards com
posed jointly of representatives Of la
Dor and of the employers serve the
interests of the latter because all ac-
complishments recorded in the history
of the working class have been made
only thru actual struggle. 1t will be
easier yet to show that both methods
weaken the organized power of the
workers and strengthens that of the
employers, thus giving the latter all
the advantages in future struggles
which, no matter what schemes are
advanced, nevertheless become newt
able
Strengthen Left Wing in Trade
Unions.
Having learned this, the workers
will naturally turn to the party mem
Ders organized in the shop nucleus and
listen to further advice They will
then be shown the need of attending
10 their union affairs and fight with
the Communists, organized in the
-rade union fraction (the T. U. E. IL,
70 prevent the adoption of such mea-
sures and their strength will go to
swell the ranks of the left wing trade
union groups. Thru the diligent work
Of the party shop nucleus to unite
he workers for the struggles in the
shops and factories, it will soon be-
come apparent to these workers, by
actual experience, that the craft union
form of organization has outlived its
usefulness and now serves to divide
their ranks. The demand for ANAL
gamation Of these unions into indus
trial unions viii thereby be transform
ed from paper resolutions, buried in
trade union headquarters, to the reaIi-
ties Of life.
During the election campaign just
concluded the lack of leadership in
the shops was particularly apparent.
The LaFollette movement everywhere
presented its combination Of so-called
friendly republicans, democrats and
'progressives" and appealed for the
support of the workers. It was the
lon-partisan political policy of Sam
lel Gompers changed a little in it's
appearance and just another form of
lass collaboration to support CAPT
talist politicians and strengthen the
apitalist system The capitalist pro
paganda machinery became very ac-
tive indeed and the workers being un-
able to discover its class interests
from such presentation, mostly voted
for the imaginary 'fun dinner pail"
Only those who were already class
conscious supported the Communist
ticket.
Political Education.
The real issues of an election cam
paign are insolubly bound up with the
struggles Of the workers in the shops.
From there the fight for workers pow
er must be organized. However, it
will take the party shop nuclei to
make these issues clear and to organ
ize that fight. One functioning shop
nucleus within a factory will make a
systematic practice Of convincing the
workers that the non-partisan political
plan divorces the workers from their