The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-23


centrate the main forces on the
creation of united front organs from
below (strike committees, factory
committees, etc. and to explain be-
fore the working masses the politi-
cal implications of their economic
struggles.
sc. The Communist Party of Eng
land must carry out an active CAM
paign for the creation of Commit
tees of Action in the factories and
in trade unions in order to exert
pressure upon the so-called Labor
Government thus compelling it to
realize those portions of the pro-
gram of the Labor Government
which it refuses to carry out, name
ly, the specialization of the railroads
and mines, increase the compensa-
ton for the unemployed, construc-
ton of dwellings for workers, etc.
Only by exposing the treachery Of
the Labor Government with re-
gard to the immediate and pressing
needs of the working class and by
attempting to draw the working
masses into the struggle for the sat
isfaction of these needs will the
Communist Party of England be
able to destroy the illusions of the
masses in the so-called Labor Gov
eminent
If. The Communist Party of Eng
land must attach particular signi-
ficance to the building up of con-
nections with the colonies, to the
support of the national revolution
airy movements in the colonies, to
the question of miltarism and naval
ism, to the question of disarma-
ment, to the relations of England
to the Soviet Union; to imperialist
France and to the Experts Re-
port.
"g. Further, the Communist Par
ty of England must begin careful
campaign to secure influence over
the unemployed.
''h. The Communist Party of Eng
land must pay particular attention
to the internal organization of the
party. 1t must draw into the party
new members from among the
ranks of the workers. 1t must or
ganize shop nuclei and must devel-
op a campaign of education among
the members of the party for the
purpose of keeping them informed
~ hn cit in hn int a.
al labor movement"
The Shop as Basis.
The Fifth Congress issued a de-
finite and categorical instruction to all
its sections to Immediately reorganize
on the shop nucleus basis. We shall
have to take this instruction very
seriously not only because it was
meant so, but also because the future
of our movement depends upon sue
cessful reorganization of our party
with the shop as basis.
We speak of winning over the mass
es to the cause of Communism. We
expect eventually to succeed in mobi-
LIKING them for a struggle for power.
But how? How can we ever succeed
in accomplishing this task when our
party lacks the most elementary pre-
requisite for getting in contact with
the masses?
The shop is the basis of industry.
The shop is the starting point of the
struggle between capital and labor.
The shop is the place where the work
ers spend most of their lives. And
yet we persist in disregarding all
these facts and continue to build our
organization along the old social-de.
mocratic lines.
The Comintern proposes to put a
stop to it, not abruptly, not without
preparation, but just the same, the
reorganization will have to be carried
thru.
The Fifth Congress was great
congress. It contributed as no other
did toward building a strong and re-
liable feminist leadership.