The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-09
The Daily Worker and the Party
BY c. E. RUTHENBERe,

Iull duNduldSS VI INC oSA fASOS "AiSAA
THE DAILY WORKER can render in
the building up of Communist move
ment in the United States.
We have created weapon which
has the potentialities for greatly
strengthening us in our struggles
against our enemies but after creating
This weapon we did not take the neces-
sarv action to bring it into full play.
The DAILY WORKER can render
services to the Party in two fields but
in both of these we are not using The
DAILY WORKER to the full extent OF
It's possibility.
Consolidation of the Party.
TINE DAILY WORKER is the me-
i dunn thru which the Party mem
hers can be modified for the cam
paigns which the Party initiates. Be
fore the Party established THE DAI-
LY WORKER, it was dependent upon
circular letters and upon a weekly pa
per to inform the membership OF the
Party in regard to the work the Party
was undertaking and to mobilize these
members for the Party campaigns.
Thru THE DAILY WORKER the
Party has the means Of speaking to
its members daily. 1t is the means
of quick mobilization of the Party for
struggles arising out of the class
struggle. The Party does not have
to wait for weeks in order to reach
its members with the message it has
to deliver in regard to work the Party
has undertaken. 1t can speak to its
members from day to day and inform
them in regard to the events which
are taking place and arouse them to
action on those issues the Party baS-
es it's campaigns among the workers.
CAKLATVALA is excluded from the
~ United States, and the day this
occurs the Party is able, thru The
DAILY WORKER, to inform all its
members of the necessity of under
taking a campaign against the exclu-
sion of Saklatvala- The Party can
direct its members IN the trade unions
to Immediately take up the issue and
introduce resolutions on the question.
Our whole organization can be mobil-
lied for action.
This is an example of the services
The DAILY WORKER rendered the
Party in the work of mobilizing the
Party membership. Events such as
the exclusion of Saklatvala are recur-
ring constantly and in all of these the
Party, thru The DAILY WORKER,
informs the membership of the line
of action to be taken and mobilize
them for the work outlined by the
leading committee of the Party.
Compared to the former method of
sending circular letters to branches
which meet only each two weeks or
by reaching the members thru a week
ly newspaper, the Party, thru the es-
tablishment of The DAILY WORKER,
took a great step forward
60 long, however, as only a small
~ proportion of the membership of
the Party are readers of The DAILY
WORKER, it cannot fulfill its role
as the instrument for consolidation
of our forces and for quick mo-
biliZation in the day to day strug-
giles aiding in the fight against the
capitalist class and the capitalist
state. If only one out of every five
members of the Party reads The
DAILY WORKER, then it can mobll-
ize only fifth of our Party. To make
The DAILY WORKER really give full
service to the Party in this respect
we must carry on a campaign to make
every party members a reader of The
DAILY WORKER. That is one goal
in the campaign which The DAILY
WORKER is undertaking. The
of that goal means not
only a great strengthening of The
DAILY WORKER, but it means
great Strengthening of the Party.
II, as the events of the class strug-
gle of this country arise, the central
executive committee of the Party has