The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-07
BUILDING THE T.U.U.L. AND
THE PARTY CONVENTION
By L. BRAVERMAN,

in the present time, is building the T.U.U.L.
and ORIGINATING the Party membership towards
building the T.U.U.L The present crisis that
is raging thru the United States in every basic
industry of the country is placing very favor
ably situation before the Party and the T.U.
I'LL where it is possible not only to reach the
$4,000 membership quota set for itself by the
T.U.U.L. but to double this quota if we put
every ounce Of energy Of the Party in this
campaign.
That the masses. of the workers are ready
to follow us in every one of our campaigns was
very well eXemplified during the March De-
monstration and May 1st. These demonstra-
lions have proved to US definitely that the
workers are not only ready to follow the Party
and T.U.U,L on slogans of immediate demands
but for the political slogans of the Party (such
as Defend the U.S,S.R.), against naturalization
and for the overthrow of capitalism. These
mass demonstration have proven to us con-
clusively, that the influence of the Party is
growing beyond expectations and that if it is
possible to rally these workers around our
slogans there remains no reason why these
workers cannot be brought into our movement.
Unfortunately as it is, we are realizing very
small results out of these mass movements.
Only a small number of these workers have
actually become part of our movement This
Is basic organzatonal shortcoming and it
must be analysed thoroughly during this con-
vention and immediate steps must be taken to
fquidate this so that it is not repeated
The Thesis of the Central Committee in the
resolution on building the TU.U.L. points out
very definitely the role that the Communists
must play in building the revolutionary unions.
The Party membership must be modified not
L.. e
they must be in the forefront of every struggle
conducted by these organizations for the pur-
pose of giving guidance and leadership to their
Struggles. AS the matter stands now we have
very few comrades who can give leadership to
these struggles. Very few cadres of experienced
comrades have been developed during this
period and this in itself is good reason why
we do not realize enough organizational results
fom the struggles conducted under the leader
ship of the TU.U.L. and the Party. This
coming convention must register these short
comngs. They must be placed on the forefront
o. every party meeting. Sufficient enlighten-
ment must be carried on for the purpose of
bringing home to every member of the Party
the Importance of trade union work.
In building the T.U.U.L. another important
phase of our work must be discussed, and that
is building and recognizing the existing trade
union fraction. There are various opinions
among Party members as to the role of Party
fractions in the revolutionary unions. Some of
these opinions express themselves namely that
since these are revolutionary unions there is no
need of having any fractions at ALL Others
put forth the idea that only communists must
he placed in the leading cadres of the unions.
Both of these opinions do no good to the move
rnent Both of them would lead to an ever
ranks. They must be fought bitterly in the
Forthcoming Party convention
Building the T.U.UL. in the A. F. of L. Unions.
Alongside of organization Of the morgan
i"ed, the question of building the T.U.U.L. in
the A. F. of L. unions is of great Importance.
While it is true that the T.U.U.L. is primarily
based on the thousands of unskilled workers
whom the A. F. of L. has never made an at
tempt to organize, we must not overlook the
fact that there are still tens of thousands of
workers in the A. F. of L. whom we have to
reach, and where a systematic program of ac
tivity must be pursued. There is a tendency
the part of number of our comrades to make
alliances with various groups of so-called pro-
"ressiVe elements during various campaigns
(such as elections, amendments to the local con-
stitutions, etc., while this policy might have
been gO0Q during Cne boring Wltnln period, III
is no longer the policy of the T.U.UL. We
must come out definitely on T,U.U.L. pro-
cram and lead the struggles within these unions
independently, not for the purpose of reform
ing the A. F. of L. but for the purpose of
exposing the fascist leadership of the A. F.
Of L. and its system of organization and win
ming the majority of the workers over to the
T.U.U.L by smashing the A. F. of L. organ
izations.
There is no more room for us to combine with
all kinds of elements who make use of the in
fluence of the left wing elements for fighting
one CLIQUE for the purpose Of putting in an
other. The workers are ready to follow US and
we must be prepared to give them leadership.
The slogan of the Party must be: every
member of the Party member of the T.U.U.L.
This is the only way we can be sure that the
Party membership is in the lead of the cam
pagn. This is the only way that we will be
assured that our propaganda will not only bring
workers to our demonstrations but that these
workers will become a part of our movement.
This is, one of the ways where we will not
only reach the quota assigned to US, but double
the amount The TU.U.L. is the recruiting
ground for the Party. The Party cannot be-
come mass Party unless there are revolu-
tionary unions to defend the Party and from
where we can draw the workers to our move
rlcnt.
Forward towards mass Communist Party.
Forward towards mass revolutionary unions.