The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-12
Build District and Unit Leadership

unions CA. +. of L. exist, these same comrades
refuse to be active in them, saying it is use
less to work within reactonary organization,
or that they cannot speak on the floor Of
meeting. Yet, when the nucleus gathers, these
same timid souls display startling oratorical
ability. Funny no, ridiculous.
In the past several months the literature is.
sued by the Party has shown great improve
ment. Still some Of the leaflets put out by
the districts and sections are worded in such
a manner that they go way over the heads Of
average American workers. When we talk cf
. naturalization, postwar capitalism, ETC., ETC.
we do not stop to explain what these terms
mean The trouble no doubt is the failure of
the Party leadership to consult often enough
with comrades who spent eight ten or twelve
hours each day alongside other workers, and
therefore it cannot grasp the psychology of
the worker at the bench and machine. As a
member of shop nucleus in one of the most
important basic industries, l would like to
suggest that every district organizer adopt
the policy Of frequently calling into his office
leading members of shop nuclei, individually
whenever it is possible for interviews. Shop
conferences of general nature are, of course,
invaluable and I do not wish to discourage the
holding of same; but the discussions which
take place at such conferences are always more
or less Of a general nature while the private
interview between the district organizer and
leading member from the shop will prove OF
even greater value and will assist the district
, organizer in formulating plans for increased
activity. 1t will also be of help. in that the
District Organizer will have the opportunity
of acquainting himself with actual conditions
in the shops, how the workers respond to Com
munist propaganda, reactions to moves of the
bosses, ETC., and with such information he will
work and to impart information to the Party
membership.
Several weeks ago the writer suggested to
District Organizer, Comrade Bill Gebert the
advisability of the Daily Worker establishing
a Chicago section, with a Chicago comrade
who knows Chicago as its editor. Since that
time have heard some talk to the effect that
such a move is contemplated, but have noticed
no real concrete action looking towards its
establishment. 1t is to be hoped that this
won't fall down in the same manner as the
Chicago weekly which we heard so much about
for a time and which died down so suddenly.
Let's not go about Boosting and talking of
things which are impossible of, accomplish
ment. Our task in the Chicago district is to
build a section of our own in the Daily
Worker, which will assist in increasing its
influence upon the thousands of slaves in this
vicinity, and which will give leadership and
guidance to the workers in their every -day
struggles.
Leaders Should Come From the Industries
The Communist Party, in this period of
growing rehabilitation of the workers. has
many gigantic tasks to perform. Only by
selecting and developing leaders from the
comrades who are actually employed in the
industries can we hope to build the movement.
The social composition of the Party is being
changed all too slowly The process must be
speeded so as to make the Party the real mass
movement of the American workers. The
Party must rally the leading comrades from
the shops and bring them to the next national
convention delegates. In this manner opin-
ions on how to carry on shop work, actual eX-
periences on the job, ETC., may be exchanged
and much good derived therefron. 1t is our
duty Communists to make this next ma
tional convention one which will go down in
history, as the convention which turned the
Partys face toward the factories and started
it on 5ts way to becoming the mass leader
of the American workngclass.
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