The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-26


discussion at the Eleventh Party
Congress.
Harry Pollitt, one of the leading
reporters, towards the end of his
report proposed to postpone the
date of the appearance of the Brit
ish Party daily newspaper, but then
withdrew this suggestion as it was
MS own and not that of the Central
Committee.
The discussion which followed Pol
lifts report dealt mainly with the
mistakes Of the Party leadership.
The resolution presented by the
s4fentral Committee was criticized
u pr its lack of decisiveness, parti-
! Ellarly in the question of the war
Hanger, and because it did not put
forward the slogan of a revolution
airy workers government as the
revolutionary struggle for power.
The confusion with regard to the
role of the minority movement was
also severely criticized and dele
gates cited instances where the
Party alone iand in other cases the
minority movement alone had come
forward claiming the exclusive
right to lead the masses.
The delegates complained that in
the past the Party had consisted of
leaders and led, whereby the led had
had no possibility of controlling the
leaders. No single delegate sup
ported Pollitt's suggestion to post
pone the appearance of the daily.
Before dealing with the agenda
the congress decided on declara-
ton against the colonial policy of
the Macdonald government, and on
telegram Of congratulations and
greetings to the Soviet Far Eastern
Army in connection with it's splen-
did victory.
Comrade Campbell then COM
menced his report upon the econ
omic struggles and the tasks of the
Party. The closer cooperation of
al he employers organizations, the
iii ,ade unions and the state increased
;pI Exploitation and oppression of the
workers. The percentage of I'M
organized workers not under the in
fluence of the trade union bureau
cracy was growing and the role of
the women and young workers in
the process of production was in
creasing as a result of which the
situation for the Party was favor
able.
One of the reasons for the weak
ness of the Party was the fact that
it had failed to recognize the fascist
development of the trade unions and
the fact that the extension Of the
arbitration system by the Labor"
government increased the oppression
of the workers. AS we are not
deeply rooted in the factories it
appears as though we approached
the workers from outside, and many
spontaneous movements take place
without the Party knowing anything
about them.
assl New Unions to Come.
ID Our factory work must be syste-
i satically organized and the Com
hunists in the factories must gather
groups of workers around them.
The minority movement must be-
come a mass organization around
the Party and its groups and frac-
tions. The organization of new
fighting organs must be developed.
Our new daily must show the
workers as though in mirror what
is happening in the factories parti-
cularly in connection with the strug-
gle against naturalization. For the
future it is no longer our task to
lead the unorganized into the old
trade unions, on the contrary, we
must win them for the Party, the
minority movement, the w. |, R., the
Red Aid, etc.
New trade unions are on the
agenda today, and the resolution of
the Tenth Plenary Session (of the
airy workers government and the
Executive Committee of the Com
munist International, held at Mos
cow last summary leaves no doubt
about the matter, it stresses the
necessity Of forming the mass basis
upon which new trade unions cen
be formed. In all branches of in
dustry, and particularly in the min
ing industry, the textile industry
and on the railways, we are faced
with new great struggles.
~ Act in England for Colonials.
Many delegates criticized sharply
the work for the maintenance and
extension of the Party relations
with the revolutionary movement in
the colonies, and the insufficient
work for the support of this move
ment. 1t was pointed out that in
the future the work for the support
of this struggle would have to be
increased and strengthened by ac-
tivity in Great Britain itself.
A number Of delegates urged the
necessity Of extending the workers
defense organizations and encourage
ing their development in the pre-
sent period Of developing fascism in
Great Britain.
Amidst great enthusiasm the con-
gress decided unanimously to issue
the Communist daily from the list
of January, 1880 on. The delegates
demanded that the whole Party