The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-24
Organization
Meetings

Editors Note.-The following
article is taken from the report
Of ccmrade John Harvey to the
district organization conference
Of the party held in Chicago re-
centIy:)
TN making this report am going to
4 confne myself to certain main
tasks before the league which the
party is especially able to help us ac-
complish.
First a few words about the league
in Chicago and turnout the district.
Our membership at the present time
is very small, and the social compo-
sition Of the league remains very
poor. However, we are recognized
on a good basis and our new units
are not so isolated as the party street
nuclei since our most active mem
bers are combined into concentration
groups which carry on intensive ac-
tiyities around a shop near their place
of work and which bring us much
closer to the work of organizing nu-
clei.
Reorganized on good basis, the
league also has its face towards the
masses and has before it much mass
work. The party can do much to helE
us accomplish the important tasks be-
fore us, and since a weak league is a
reflection on the party and handicaps
IT'S work it is necessary that the party
give more support in building a strong
league in this district in the future.
And so | will name certain of those
most important tasks before the
league which the party can do much
to help us accomplish.
1. Organization Of Nuclei.
The party can help us especially in
the organization of shop nuclei. We
have made some changes in our con-
centration groups so that now every
member is in a group which concen-
trates on a shop where he can actually
carry on work. But we are still faced
with the problem of getting connec-
tons within the shops. To solve this
problem, while always concentrating
on large shops-preferably in basic
industries-if we have no league COM
rade within the shop we have tried to
choose one where there is party
nucleus, or at least party members.
When there is a party nucleus within
a shop where we have a concentration
group there must be a regular ex-
change of delegates between the two
units and the party nucleus must do
all within its means to help the con-
centration group to form a league
shop nucleus there.
Also where we have one league
member in a shop where there is a
party nucleus, but no league nucleus
this league comrade must not be
merely absorbed into the party nu-
cleus, but must work with the party
nucleus and get the help of every
member in organizing a league nu-
cleus there. The party nucleus must
realize that shop nucleus of four or
five young workers supporting the
party nucleus is much better for them
than to absorb the league member
and only gain one new member for
the party nucleus. Wherever there
is party nucleus and no league unit,
the organization of a league nucleus
should be one of the first considera-
tons, and a member of the party
nucleus should be assigned especially
to this work and be connected with
and partly responsible to the section
executive committee of the league so
that they can help in his work-utilize
his experience and sometimes call con-
ferences of these comrades, etc.
Also when there are one or two
party members working in a shop
where the league is trying to organize
a shop nucleus, they should do all
they can to help us to accomplish this
task.
2. Reaching the Masses.
In starting our mass activities, one