The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-05
DAILY MUST
E A REAL
lass PAPER
BY JOE MITTELMAN.

o WV PIOpdSdlluioI anu SoilSStiNS
agitator. 1t is also collective or
ganizer." -Lenin.
The Daily Worker, the only
workers daily in the English Ian
guage, in order to function as the
collective organizer" of the working
n class, must reach the broad masses
I of the workers. 1t must be read
4 by not only the class-conscious
workers, but by every worker pos
| sible. 1t must be read not only in
the club rooms of our Party and
| sympathetic organizations, but in
every trade union hall and every
| factory. 1t must be found not only
on the stands of the big cities but
IN every town and village. 1t must
reach the mining districts, the tex
TIE districts, the agricultural dis
'cts, the steel center and all the
fle industrial towns.
} Organize Sales.
Zone of the chief duties of the
4 Communist nuclei must be the eff
fec.ive and systematic distribution
of Communist literature. "-Lenin.
The literature agent of each nue.
leus must not be Daily Worker
seller only, he must be primarily
an organizer. He must organize the
Daily Worker sales so that each and
every member of his nucleus partici-.
pates in the sale of the Daily Work
er.
One of the best methods is for
each unit to establish "Daily" day
each week. At least one day week
should be set for the sale of the
Daily Worker, and each member
should have his or her turn to go
to the factory gates or trade union
hall to sell the paper.
Experience teaches us that the
best results can be obtained if we
visit given factory or trade union
meeting, concentrating on it regu-
larly on the same day every week
Get Non-Party Members.
The Daily Worker clubs must
play very important role. These
clubs have been in existence for
some time. But they were not
BAD organizations. They consisted
yJstly of Party and League mem
trs. We must once and for all
hrn how to attract non-Party men,
~trs to our work. Such clubs can
never exist with Party members
only. The Party members must be
the initiators, the builders, the or
ganizers of these clubs. But the
bulk of the membership must be
workers who are not yet in the Par
ty but are willing to help u.
In connection with the Daily
Worker clubs, we must establish in
the club rooms of the Party, League
and sympathetic organizations Daily
Worker corners, j. e., every or
ganization should have a place
where comrades should leave their
Daily Worker after they are through
reading it. When a hundred or
more are piled up, they should be
stamped Sample Copy" and be dis
tributed among the workers.
Teach Correspondents.
A very important role in the life
and growth of our "Daily" is played
~ the workers correspondence 1t
not enough to have one or two
It's of correspondence in the paper.
We must have full page every
day. A very good method Of get
ting workers to write is the organ
ization of workers correspondence
circles. But these circles must be
composed of workers from the fac
tories, mines and mills. We have
made mistakes in the past by or
ganizing circles away from factory
life.
In order to have the workers
write for the Daily Worker, it is not
enough to have a slogan 'fWrite 4
as You Fight" or other slogans.
urging the workers to write. It is
also necessary to have instructions,
daily hints on how to write, how to
collect facts, how to study condi-
tons, etc. This will help the work
ers not only to become better writ
ers, but also better fighters, for it
will teach them to see clearly the
schemes of their bosses.
When an article is written about
q certain factory, it is the duty of
the Party units and the Daily Work
err clubs, to see that every worker
in that factory gets copy of the (
Daily Worker.
Advertise 1t.
Every reader of the DAILY" must
be an advertiser of it. The Daily
Worker must be read in every place
where there are workers. 1t must
b read in the subways, in the
re taurants, in the parks, etc. When
the Daily Worker is finished the
reader should either hand it over
to his shopmate, union brother or
neighbour, or he should leave it
where worker will pick it up.
An important experiment, al
though it might not be very profit
able at the beginning, is for com
rades to go from house, to house
selling the Daily Worker and get
ting subscriptions.
The Soviet Union can serve as an
Inspiration to the American workers
,nly when they know it. The bulk
If the American workers know the
Soviet Union only from the pro.