The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-21


mobilizes it's full state power. 1t is the fore
most political task of the Party to help the
workers to draw correct conclusions from this
fact The Party must in every strike formu-
late the political problems of the struggle into
definite political slogans and demands. 1t
must organize demonstrations, petitions, ref
erendums, etc., for these demands. On the
basis of these demands it must lead the work
ers into municipal, state and national cleo
tions, making the CP the leader and organ
izer of broad united front from below for
mass political struggles. The economic de-
mands of the workers must be related and
linked up with the political campaigns of the
Party in such manner that the workers rec
ognize in these political campaigns struggle
for the same aims for which they battle in
their strikes. Especially important at this
moment of naturalization and unemployment
are demands for unemployment relief and for
social insurance measures in general. Mass
campaigns for such measures must be organ
lied in every district. These campaigns must
employ all forms of political struggle. While
efforts must be made to prevent deterioration
into mere parliamentary campaigns, neverthe-
less all of these political campaigns must lead
up to mass mobilization for the coming con-
gressional elections. In these elections the
Party must make efforts to enter candidates
in every congressional district. Every munich
pal election campaign must be made by the
districts into political raying centers of the
workers for the struggle against police bru-
talities in strikes, against fascsm, against
capitalist corruption, etc. Propaganda for
political mass strikes must be made system
atically. Great political demonstrations such
as May LIST, or August 1st, must be organ
lied in the form of political mass strikes.
Question of Labor Party.
10. The organization of revolutionary poll
teal action of the working masses is the most
important immediate objective of the political
activities of our Party In the past our cam
paign to this end was conferred around the slo-
gan "For Labor Party" This slogan no
longer supplies a basis for this campaign.
Any Labor Party crystallization at this mo-
ment could have only the AFL unions, the
socialist party and other social-reformist or
ganlzatlons as a basis, would be composed
only OF those already In sympathy with the
CP. Labor Party made up of social
fascist organizations would not mean poll
teal separation of the workers from the CAPT.
talists but would mean the delivery of the
workers to capitalist politics under the guse
of Labor Party. The rehabilitation of the
working masses which leads definitely to an
theological separation of the workers from the
capitalists turns the Labor Party slogan into
possible instrument with which capitalism
can attempt to delay this separation.
Organizing United Front from Below.
16. Our Party is suffering from decided
dlsproportlon between its organized strength
and the mass activities which it initiates and
leads. The readiness of great masses of work.
tn Dc, hos 1oJ
ious underestimation of the value of organiza-
tion The reliance on spontaneous RESPONSE in
many instances replaces systematic organiza-
tional preparations. AS a result, the Party
fails in large measure to crystalline into
permanent organized strength the broad
mass movements led by it.
decisive change of these practices must
be initiated at once. Reliance on the spon-
taneity of the masses must be replaced bv
most systematic united front organization from
below. (a) In the preparations for May LIST.
for August 1st for election campaigns ETC.,
detailed plans must be worked out by all dis
trlcts for an organized mass mobilization of
the workers primarily on the basis of shops
The committees thus established in the shops
must be made to report about their activities
to the workers in the shops and to central
leading bodies. The Committees of Action
and special committees for MAY Day prepara-
lions, etc., must gradually broaden out and
take on permanent form: the basis of a trade
union organization in the shops (b) The
systematic mobilization of the workers for
mass movements must permit the greatest mi
uatlve and broadest participation in leader
snip OF the best non-Party elements among the
masses, thereby bringing to the forefront the
most energetic, the ablest, and most militant
elements among the non-Party workers who
must be won for membership in the Party.
Reliance on spontaneous response is also
prevalent in the non-Party mass organizations
such as LID, WIR, etc. As result thew lack
organized substance. Their strength is more
sentiment than material. The Party will never
be able to do its duty in the new situation con-
fronting it if the Communists will not effect
an immediate and radical change in the meth
ods OF work and organization in these bodies
Recruiting Campaign.
IL. The recent recruiting campaign has i'm
proved considerably the social composition of
the Party. With the large number of new
workers taken in it is unquestionably possible
to organize number of new shop nuclei But
IN spite OF that the great majority of the basic
units of the Party still remain as street nuclei
AS long as our Party is not anchored in the
industrial establishments of the country. we
cannot claim to be Bolshevik Party. Every
district is therefore obligated to transform the
Farty base systematically into one of shop
nuclei. Within the year following the conven-
tloh, over 4o per cent of the Party members
t,,t,. 80 H.