The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-14
Workers PARTY
ON PERIAL.ISM
Lenin M EN- b e r S hip
Drive Is Planned

+. A general membership meeting of
the New York District of the Workers
(Communist) Party held at the Man
haitian Lyceum Thursday night en-
dorsed the report of the district com
mittee for increased activity against
the inperialist war in Nicaragua and
for a membership drive commencing
with the Lenin memorial meeting and
closing with the Ruthenberg memorial
meetings.
The report on the Nicaraguan sit
uation was given by W. w. Weinstone,
district organizer, who pointed out
that the Nicaraguan situation is al
lied with imperialist aggressions in
Latin-America and is part of the
world imperialist activities in China
and against the Soviet Union.
Support SANDING.
In his report Weinstone emphasized
that it is not only necessary to con-
duct agitation and demonstrations
against imperialist activities but
above all to win support for General
Sandino's fight for Nicaraguan lib
Grafton.
The activities of the Party must be
increased in all fields of work, by
greater discipline and Capitalization
of units and consolidation and stabil-
ization of activities, continued Vein
stone. Of great necessity, he said,
are the broadening out of women's
work to draw in new circles Of women
in the anti-war activities, the
strengthening of Negro, youth and
defense work, bringing in particularly
the. left wing, the broadening out Of
the Party's trade union work and
the drawing in of militant workers in
the struggle against the war and the
reactionarya position of the labor Of
ficialdom.
Aid Anti-Imperialists.
Aid must be given to building up
an All-American Anti-Imperiallst
League section in the United States
and to the tying up of the war situa-
ton with the brutalities and violence
against the working class in Colorado,
Pennsylvania and Ohio. 1t is also
necessary that the slogans of the Par
ty distinguish between the Party's
position on war and that of the lib
erals, socialists and so-called progress
sives, whose main line is that of pa
cifism.
Miller Reports.
Bert Miller, organization secre-
tary, in his report emphasized the
need of more systematic activity on
the part of all members to draw in
new members, persistently to look
after sympathizers and to abandon
the policy of aloofness and exclusive
ness which is too often the tendency
of Party members.
The necessity of building shop
nuclei, particularly in war industries
and establishing shop papers also was
emphasized by Miller. He pointed out
that now is the most favorable time
for increasing the membership and
for the activity of the Party.
NJ French Communists.
The meeting was attended by two
French seamen, who brought the
greetings of the French Communist
Party, which is well known in the in
ternational Communist movement for
its valiant fight against militarism
and imperialism, it's struggle in sup
port of Morocco against French inn
perialism and it's activities against
the French imperialists in the Ruhr.
The meeting very warmly greeted
the representatives of the French sec
ton of the Communist International.
The reports were followed by a
lively discussion by members from
the floor, who gave examples of good
work in the units and who endorsed
the idea that the working class can
depend only upon the Party for lead
ership in a mihtant struggle against