The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-24

that the police were, not altogether prepared
for the kind of demonstration which was staged.
They will be better prepared the next time
and so must we be.
Our shortcomings were in insufficient mobil.
ization and preparation. The poor co-ordna-
ton between the various departments, units and
fractions of the Party was evidenced by the
fact that most of the organizations under the
leadership of the Party failed altogether to
mobilize their members. Only few organiza-
tons (the A.NL.C.; Womens Councils and La
Dor Sports Union) issued statements endorsing
the call for the demonstration. The revolu-
tonary unions and the scores of fraternal and
other mass organizations failed even in this
perfunctionary effort at mobilization Only one
mass organization, a Latin-American and Span
ish speaking workers federation made a seri-
attempt to mobilize by issuing leaflets in
their language, calling upon the workers to
join the demonstration.
The shortcomings in the preparations, which
are shortcomings of the Party leadership were
even more serious. These must be clearly and
critically examined. We showed a certain
amateurishness in the arrangement of very i'm
portant details. The locale of the demonstra-
ton was not carefully enough studied. Details
of strategy were overlooked and were not COM
municated to a sufficiently large force of COM
rades. Tardy preparation resulted in an in
sufficient number of placards. The speakers
were not notified in time and were not brought
into conference with the detachments to which
they were assigned. The liaisons between lead
ing forces and the various sections and de-
tachments of the demonstration were not ade-
quately maintained. All these are examples
of hardness and lack of precision which must
be avoided in the future. repetition of
these errors in the future will prove much more
costly.
The present period will call for greater and
more frequent political mass demonstrations.
The Communist Party has right to call upon
the workers as often as necessary to come out
into the streets and express their protest and
determination to fight against every action OF
the ruling class which conflicts with the in
terests and aims of the working class. The
Party must, however, be fully conscious OF
our duty to provide the workers with the most
effective leadership and organization forms for
these struggles
The work of all departments, units and frac-
lions of the Party must be perfectly co-or-
dinated They must be capable of prompt and
thorough execution of all Party decisions. We
must eliminate all tendencies and practices that
lead to slovenliness in our methods We must
completely uproot and eliminate all vaccilation,
apathy and cowardice. Our contact with the
masses must be increased thousand fold
through the establishment of nuclei in all the
important large factories. We must draw in
and train fresh prolstarian forces for leader
ship in all our struggles. A powerful Worl
ers Defense Corps must be built up and trained
under Party leadership. By proper organza-
ton we can also prepare to retire at the end
of our demonstrations so that small groups are
not isolated and left to the tender mercies of
the brutal police. In fact much Of the art and
strategy of military organization must be
studied and applied in all such Struggles.
The members of the Communist Party must
show that they have learned and are applying
the valuable lessons to be learned from the
experiences in this and other struggles, by
greater and more energetic activity in the work
of the Party. The class conscious proletarian
fighters who acquit themselves 50 splendidly in
these struggles must realize from these ex-
perenccs that the Communist Party must be
built and strengthened and that they can help
do this by joining and working as part of the
organized advance guard Of the working class,
by becoming members of the Communist Party
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