The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-07-11


tional work along industrial lines In
one or another industry or union, the
nuclei In the various shops, factories
or mines will be connected with the
national and local machinery Of the
T. q. q. L. Thus, the left wing will
establish It's organizational roots not
only In the local unions, but also In
the shops.
THIS answers the problem OF gen.
= ereal reorganization and co-ordina-
ton Of the party machinery on shop
nuclei basis, as we'll as the problem of
organizing into this machinery the
isolated comrades OF one or two in a
factory. We must of course 60 thru
a transitory state in this work, but
under this form the bulk of the men,
bership can be drawn into the nuclei
machinery and an honest attempt
made to apply the nuclei reorganiza-
ton to a numerically, as yet, weak
party.
The Functions Of Shop Nuclei.
A S we well enuf know, the Ameri-
4 \ can proletariat is politically yet
very backward. Whatever class con-
seriousness there is amongst them is
mainly economic. More wages, less
hours, etc. 1t will be the most diff
cult task of the nuclei to broaden this
vague economic class feeling into real
political class consciousness, to draw
these workers into class politics. The
party will succeed thru the shop
nuclei to do this much better than
now, because its literature, leaflets,
press, will thru intimate contact with
the masses be more suitable for this
purpose.
However, especially at the begin
ming, under the tremendous pressure
Of the politically ignorant working
class, there will be an overwhelming
temptation for the nuclei to work only
on economic issues. This is not rem
edied at once by making the nuclei
work difficult before they strike roots
amongst the workers, but must be
constantly kept sight Of and remedied
thru better tactics and more care in
our political agitation. Leaflets, press.
stickers, etc must always be distrib-
uted in various ways by the nuclei. In
proportion to the growth of favorable
sentiment, attempts should be made
to pull the workers down en- masse to
mass meetings OF and demonstrations
of political character.
Aside from political work which ap-
plies to all nuclei in organized and
unorganized industries alike, the work
Of our nuclei could be divided at pres
ent into two main categories: the
nuclei in organized industries and
those in unorganized industries.
Nuclei in Organized Industries.
A S far as the economic activities in
I \ organized industries are concern
ed, nuclei will have to follow the pro-
gram of the T. q. e. L. in that indus
try, and establish the left wing as
factor in the shops, instead of only
on the floors of the local unions. The
nuclei in its every day contact with
the workers in the shops will be in a
better position to bring home to the
workers the meaning Of the basic
slogans of our party. such as. amalga-
nation, shop committees, labor party,
etc., because the need is more strik-
ing at the point Of production where
many tracts or trades work in the
same factory and do fancy bureau
cratic tricks are in order there to
side-track the feeling for solidarity.
A MONG the ordinary daily activi-
4 \ ties of the nuclei it must be the
objective OF any nuclei or comrades
in union shop to get the shop chair
manship and to see to it that the
union agreement is interpreted and
enforced in the interests of the work
ers. The nuclei must continually
counteract the perpetual attempts Of
the boss to undermine the union
agreement with the intention to even
tualiy establish the open shop. It