The daily worker., 1930-06-30
ORGANIZING THE ELECTION
CAMPAIGN

forts to draw sympathetic nom Communists
into the T.U.U.L. and the Party. Particular
efforts must he made among the Negro work
ers who are showing growing faith in the
Party.
Outside larger cities where the Section Com
mittees are conducting the campaign work, we
must try to set up committees of sympathetic
workers who will carry on the work. Merely
to collect signatures without organization
campaign committees, shon committees, T,U.
U.L. groups, Party recruits-although fruit
full for our campaign in that it enables us to
get on the ballots a decided organizational
failure of great political Importance.
The Shop-Our Basis.
How shall the campaign be conducted? There
remains in our Party to a wire extent oppor-
tunism in practice in the election work-an-
other remnant of social democracy. The social
ist party is organized for the purpose and on
the basis only of election campaigns. Their
work is concentrated in the districts in which
they put up candidates. Street corner and hall
meetings are their method Our concentration
point is the shop and union and that must
predominant in the coming election campaign
with special stress on the shop.
In every shop with a shop committee, one
of its main tasks must be campaign work
Where there is none, an election campaign
committee composed Of all militant workers
must be formed. Shop gate meetings must be
our strong point. Shop papers must be issued
regularly by the Party. The Daily Worker
must be sold, leaflets be distributed, etc.
Although we should also conduct street raj
lies and hall meetings these must be subordin-
ate to our main task of rallying the workers
in the shops in an organized manner. Street
corner rallies must also be arranged supple
mentary to the shop work. At places, however,
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concentrated on the shops.
Build Election Machinery.
To go into the election campaign without
the Party machinery organized, without ex-
planning to the sections, nuclei and members
the significance of the election campaign
which is underestimated by the Party member
ship-explaining the tasks and laying them
down, signifies to attempt to organize the
masses without the machinery with which to
do it. There must be regular organizationa
contact between the district and section, sec
tion and nuclei No lengthy instructions but
personal contact. Conferences of district, sec
tion and uncleus campaign managers, of chair
men, of union campaign managers, of shop
election campaign managers. This must be
our method of check up and control.
Election This Year Very Important.
There will probably be an inclination to re-
gard the time of four months till election day
as abondant, and to take matters easy. This
must not be allowed. The election campaign
this year is of tremendous Importance to the
Party. 1t will enable us to capitalize organ
nationally in building up the Party, T.U.U.L.
and our other revolutionary organizations in
mobilizing the workers for the struggle; in
piling up vote and support for the Party
which will be an answer to the attempts to
outlaw the Party in the South, California,
Pennsylvania, etc.-and through the Fish in
vestgating committee throughout the country.
Same Tasks for Y. c.. L.
What has been said about the Party applies
also to the Young Communist League which
should have joint committees with the Party
from top to bottom, and which should conduct
activities jointly with the Party and separately,
this requiring from case to case.
To accomplish these results, our slogans must
be: Organize the election campaign! Organize
the Party and Young Communist League forces
at once! On to work!