The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-10
THE WORK OF THE FIFTH NATIONAL
CONVENTION or The WORKERS PARTY

and building the Party. The member
ship of the Party must be greatly in
creased, fresh masses must be brought
into contact and sympathy with the
Party. The political level of the en-
tire membership must be raised. The
Party organization, and particularly
the Party units must be strengthened,
made more regular in their function
ing and more effective in the charac-
ter of their work. The DAILY
WORKER must not only be protected
in the face of the obvious determine
ton Of the master class to destroy it,
but it must be strengthened and made
into a mass organ that reaches ever
wider sections of the American work.
ing class.
The Party must pay increased at
tention to the protection of the for
eign-born workers who are suffering
such determined attacks by the reac-
tionary government. The youth and
other specially exploited sections of
the American working class, such as
the women, the Negroes, ETC., must
receive increasing attention from the
Party and the Party must give every
aid to the more conscious elements
in these sections of the working class,
in the Strengthening of their organi-
cations and the defense of their inter
estS.
In all these respects, in the mat
ter of Analysing the Party's tasks,
the matter of strengthening its ac-
Invites in defense of the American
working class, in the struggle for
the development of our class politi-
cally and organizationally, the pro-
tecting and Strengthening and build
ing of the trade unions, in the strug-
gle against the war danger, against
Imperialism and on behalf of the
Chinese revolution and defense Of the
Soviet Union and in the question of
internal consolidation and develop
ment of complete Party unity, the
convention marks tremendous
achievement.
The incoming c. E. C. pledges it.
self to carry out all tasks imposed
upon it by the Party membership
through the Fifth National Conven-
ton. 1t will work in the spirit of
that convention and calls upon the
membership of the Party without ex-
ception and without regard to former
groupings and differences to give it
7 full support and cooperation in the
difficult tasks that it has to perform
in this period of reaction. 1t calls
upon the membership to redouble its
energy, to intensity its activities, to
| strive consciously to improve it's I'M
Lderstanding of the tasks before the
Party and to carry them out in such
manner that during the coming year
the Party will prove more than ever
| valuable to the American working
class and will deal successful and
heavy blows at capitalism, imperial
ism and reaction.
The Fifth Convention was the first
convention of the Party to meet and
be compelled to carry on its labors
without personal contribution of our
dead leader, c. E Ruthenberg. His
last words are a clarion call to the
membership of our Party and an ex-
preston of the spirit which animated
the Fifth National Convention. The
c. E. C. calls upon the Party in his
words: "Tell the comrades to close
their ranks, to build the Party. The
American workers, under the leader
ship of our Party and the Comintern,
will win. Let us fight on"
Reporting on the Fifth National Con-
ventiOn.
Instructions of the subcommittee