The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-15
Worker Communist Party
Social Affairs
Resolutions


which is about 9Og6 of the member
ship. Nuclei membership is divided
as follows:
One department. store nucleus,
members.
Ten clothing shop nucleus, 2S mem
bers.
One concentration group, mem
bers.
Two steel car building companies,
2S members.
Three railroad shop nuclei 90 mem
bers.
Two printing nuclei, 10 members.
Four electrical, harvester, etc, man
ufacturing concerns, SO members.
One Surface, Lines nucleus. mem
bers.
One machine shop nucleus. mem
bers. *r
One stock yards nucleus, mems
bers. 2tt
To each of these shop nuclei has
been attached at least one specially
active comrade or party functionary
to aid in the work of the shop units,
especially in the issuing OF shop bui-
Eetins. The shop nuclei are located
for the most part in large plants EN-
ploying thousands of workers.
Shop and Street Nuclei Developing
Activity.
The shop nuclei are meeting regu-
larly now; the members in them
greet the reorganization enthusiastic
ally and in every instance already
laid out a detailed program of WORK.
Seven hundred and eighty OF the
members are at present in 40 street
nuclei, which is an average of ap-
proximately II members per street
nucleus. Street nuclei cannot con
t in over 25 members and when they
3 over that they are divided, thus
qving a basis for further growth
Even in this brief period OF organiza-
ton, comrades both in the street and
slop nuclei express themselves gem
e ally satisfied with reorganization.
he spirit of responsibility IS cevelop-
g in the street nuclei international
Branches) and shop nuclei.
The comrades feel that they cannot
be so lax as they have been in their
former language or English branches.
Work is demanded of them. The nu-
clef respond, as old units never did
previously, to communications from
the party Office. Connections are main
tanned more easily Possibility of
placing our hands ony each member
of the shop or streeth nucleus and
drawing all into party work has been
greatly increased. The street nuclei
are expected also to aid in the work
of shop nuclei, such as in the distri-
button of literature and shop bulletins
that shop nuclei members may not be
in a position to distribute at the time
Nuclei Beginning DAILY WORKER
Drive. TO-
A number of nuclei are, already or
dering bundles of The DAILY WORK
Err for shop distribution and are in
sisting upon each member being a
subscriber to The DAILY WORKER.
Other nuclei have made it mandatory
that a specific amount of literature,
besides The DAILY. WORKER and
Workers Monthly, must be purchased
each month by every member. A full
Ter report on work being conducted
now by the nuclei, street and shop,
will follow.
The trade union registration of our
membership is now completed and
shows that out of the. $50 registered
members, $40 are listed as members
of the trade unions, or nearly 80 per
cent. The needle trades, metal trades
and building trades show the best
average of union membership in our
party,-95 members in the various
trade unions in the needle trades, 81
in the A. C. w. of A. and 20 in the
l. L. G. w. u, and the remainder
divided among the millinery workers,
journeymen tailors, cap makers and
furriers. Forty-six are listed in the
metal trades, 81 to the machinists and
the remainder to the moulders, metal
polishers, sheet metal workers and
tpattern makers. Seventy-four are list.
ed in the building trades, SO carpent-
ers, 16 painters andn the remainder
among the painters nlaborers, wood
turner's, sign painters, etc. Twenty
are listed in the printing trades, and
the rest of the members in the Boot
& Shoe Workers Union, street and
electric railway, egg inspectors, laun.