The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-10-09
By BEN INTRATOR (Cleveland).

DISTRICT SIX just as other districts, began
to carry out the Plan of Action at time
when it was politically and organizationally in
capable to do it.
The units on the most part were units on
paper which in the case of out Of town did
not actually meet, with the exception of our
unit in Akron. Those of our units which did
meet had dead, lifeless meetings, conducted no
activity whatsoever and functiopsd more as So
cial clubs where our membership would come
tose5her once week for an hour or two.
AS result of this there was practically no
sctivisy IN the shops, not single shop nucleus
or shop committee existed and no shop papers
issued.
The result of this neglect of practical every
day work of the Y. c. l.. in the shops was that
our Y. G. L. became more and more isolated
from the young workers, instead of developing
and increasing our activities, as this radical
,zation of the young workers progressed.
On the other hand while the every day work
was neglected and not carried out in the shops,
we find that the Y. c. L. busted itself primar-
lily with demonstrative activity which although
very good could not be brought to successful
results, due to the preparatory propaganda
not being spread in the shops.
The Y. G. L. considered demonstrations for
demonstrations sake and failed to link up the
campaigns but separated them. The activity
ceased when the demonstrations ended.
The result of this absolutely wrong method
of work resulted in the following example:
On March 9Th the Y. C. L. succeeded in re-
cruiting 200 young workers into the Y. c. L.
With very few exceptions (about or y
none OF these applicants were followed up, at
tended to, and those that did attend the Y. c.
!. meetings were lost, due to the lack of &C.
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method of work.
The district was loose not only in activity
but we find that even in the leadership this
had very bad effect. The district depart
ments did not function and some of our most
important departments were not in existence
such as the T. U. U. L. and anti-mlitarist
Departments.
The dues payments were fraction of what
they should be and signatures were written
into the books instead of stamps being given.
A spirit of being permanently unemployed
existed among our comrades and resulted in
mental depression and decentralization of our
comrades.
What Was Done.
One of the basic reasons why the plan OF
action did not fully fulfill its object was be-
cause the leadership did not fully realize the
political Importance of the plan of action.
What steps we took are as follows:
l. Had a thorough discussion in the bureau
on the plan of action.
g. Modified our leadership to set an exam
pie in the units to carry out the tasks.
g. We fought against any signs of pas
sivity and pesSimism on the part of either the
leadership and membership.
After mobilizng the district leadership it
was necessary to at once abolish the organ
Rational looseness that prevailed in the dis
trict and steps were taken in that direction.
We dissolved some units that did not function
and strengthened others.
This general tightening up in the League
apparatus, although only partially realized, re-
suited in a better spirit to do work and in the
time that followed there were signs of in
creased activity, and the membership went
about the activity of the League with much
better spirit than previously.