The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-05

! 40 AAAo "AShB DANSt oAAA pei y
the Paterson strike, in which we
succeeded in winning important sec
tons of the silk workers to our in
fluence, etc), the strengthening OF
the Left wing fractions, etc. 1t re-
CARDS as an immediate task the
building up of strong local center
of the Trade Union Educational
League, directs the Communist frac-
ton in the Trade Union Educational
League to take initiative at the ear
lest moment for the calling of q
local conference to reorganize the
Trade Union Educational League as
part of the national plan.
2. The district must take al
steps to increase decisively the at.
tention of the Party in the district
to the unorganized industries (sea,
men, food, traction, electric, meta
industries, shoe, textile, etc.. The
convention approves the activities
of the district in the Paterson strike
and it's criticism Of the work of oul
local fraction (which, while general.
ly correct, showed hesitation al
times to take the offensive against
the bureaucrats).
8. At the same time the district
must strengthen the Communist ant
Left wing fractions in the ole
unions, organizationally and ideo.
logically. In support of the indus
trial union of needle trades just
formed, the Party must concentrate
on the organizational and theological
Strengthening of the left wing 0.
the Amalgamated and the Cap ant
Millinery Union fractions and give
it's full support to the coming strike
of the dressmakers called under the
auspices of the Needle Trade:
Workers Industrial Union.
The building up of strong frac
tions in the building trades, print
ing trades is a matter of immediate
and decisive moment as the build
ing trades stand before big battle:
against the employers and against
the policy Of the bureaucrats to con
vert the unions into company unions
The district must overcome the pas
sivity of large sections Of our mem
bership in the work in the ole
unions as shown by lack of atten
dance at fraction meetings anc
union meetings, insufficient disci
pline and the poor execution of theil
tasks, incorrect united front tactic.
building trades), and must link W
closely the work of our units ant
sections with the work of our trade
union activities.
The district must fight agains
the Right errors in our trade unior
work (remnants Of craft ideolog,
in the needle trades), tendency t.
capitulate in the face of difficultie!
needle trades, suit and bag makers
building trades, etc.. The districr
must take steps to build up a strong
fraction in the Central Trades ant
Labor Councils of New York.
III. Fight Against Social Reformisr
The convention approves the &C
tivities against the socialist party
the correct estimation of the LEFT
social reformist group (Muste) ant
the recent left" maneuver of the
socialist party (anti-W ollism) ant
directs the attention of the Party
and the district to sharpening VI
the attack against the socialist
party and the labor bureaucrats, ex,
posing and fighting against the
Music group as a menace to the
-, workers and an attempt to isolate
the Communists in the labor move.
ment, and avoiding such errors as
the Panken error. the united front
with the socialists made by the
Yonkers organization (united front
forum), the symposium arranged by
the Women's Federation, the en-
dorsement of the statement ISSUED
at Brookwool by some CT our com.
rades.
Nv. Party Organization.
The District Convention take:
note of the definite progress made
in the direction of stabilizing the
Party organization, the establish
ment of a number of shop nucle
in important industries, the publica
ton of a number of shop papers
the improvement in the contents o.
the shop papers, the increase il
membership and the establishment
Of new units, tn. building up of the
authority of the sections, making
them more and more the politica
leaders in their territory, The grad
ual abolition of subsections, the con
solidation and strengthening o.
weak units, the shift of the ma
jority of our membership from The
residential sections to the factory
sections, and the improvement il
the proletarianization of the district
At the same time II must d1ow thu
attention of our Party to definite
weaknesses and defects in eur or
ganization:
"a Lack of sufficient attention
to New Jersey, the home of some
of the largest ind, strial plants, es
re, tally in so-calicd war industries