The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-26

Comrade Rebecca Grecht writes
interestingly in the DAILY WORKER
on the subject, Communist Educa-
tion-A Pressing Need" Substan-
TALLY, there can be little disagree
ment with her opinion that Commun-
list education has not been sufficiently
emphasized and that there is need
of co-ordinating the various phases
of Party activity so that each bal
ances the other in beneficial way.
A big problem of the Party is to
gather organizational strength. A
strong organization campaign is es-
sential. The Party has been carry
ing ON political struggles beyond its
organizational strength. 1t has
gained much influence among sec
tons Of the workers and farmers
thru its political activity, especially
in the campaigns for mass Farmer
Labor Party and for the protection
of the foreign-born workers. Its po-
litical influence exceeds its organiza-
tional strength. 1t is necessary there
fore that the Party gain more than it
has organizationally from it's political
and industrial activities. Unless
such an organizational strengthening
is obtained, then the political value
of the Party's work is somewhat
diminished. In Germany, for instance,
the Communist Party carried on i'm
mense campaigns among the work
ers; its ideas dominated the masses,
but recruits to the German Party in
a corresponding degree were not OBJ
tanned. The masses did not fully
recognize that it was the Communist
Party of Germany which was instru-
mental in putting forward these ideas
and slogans. Consequently, much of
the work of the German Communist
Party did not materialize in organ
national gain. 1t did not receive the
proper credit for it's work. Much of
the work must perforce, therefore, be
done over again, in a measure, in or
der to turn the minds of the workers
directly towards the German Com
munist Party as the genuine working
class leader.
Workers Party Dynamo OF F.-L. =.
The Workers Party has been, and
is, the dynamic force behind the
Farmer-Labor movement. This is
recognized in a greater. or lesser de-
gree, but not sufficiently so. The
emphasis of the Party has been on
the campaign and propaganda by the
Workers Party for the formation of
a mass FL. P. and not enough on
the need of organizing the influence
thus gained into the ranks of the
Workers Party itself. Propaganda
cally, from the standpoint of gaining
much influence for the Workers
Party among the rank and file trades
unionists and other workers, the
July Bird Conference in Chicago is an
example. Leaving aside the question
of the formation of the Federated
Farmer-Labor Party, there can be no
doubt that the Party enormously in
creased it's prestige and influence.
But passing events, the swift de.
velopment Of the Farmer-Labor move
ment, sweeping into it's ranks many
who formerly opposed such move
ment, or were lukewarm toward it
have resulted in the Party not hold
ing entirely the influence obtained
thru its farmer-labor party campaign
This is in part because the Party
stressed the political necessity of g
mass farmerlabor party, but moi
enough the role of the Workers Party
and the need of organizing those
workers close to it into the ranks
of the Workers Party. Because the
Party placed foremost, it seems, the
necessity of the formation of farm
er-labor party and not enough of the
w. P. itself, many now accept the
FL. P. movement, but do not SCI
the positive role the Workers Part!
played in it. Today there are more
who will stress the need for a hug
organizational campaign by thu
Workers Party.