The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-17
By LOUIS KOYESS.

AN examination of our language papers pro-
n vides us with sufficient number of facts
proving that there is basic shortening in
the relation of the language press of our Party
to the general Party campaigns. Compared
to the Lovestonian past, when our language
press were organs OF independent bodies,
we are miles ahead. Still, these organs did
not keep pace sufficiently with the swift for
ward stride of our Party, as whole. On the
soil of deepening capitalist crises and sharp
ening class antagonism arises more and more
unified working class action, under the leader
ship of the only Party of the working class,
the Communist Party, and the revolutionary
unions. But in the field of foreign language
propaganda and organization we still witness
the many special language campaigns" sepa-
rated from the general problems and strug-
giles of the American working class. The same
mistake is repeated in other forms, when prop
uganda and organization is separated.
Many of our papers treat the growing num-
Der of arrests as proof of the growing class
terror of the state power as one thing and the
campaign to draw the workers into the Inter
national Labor Defense as another thing.
How could it otherwise be explained, that,
although every day brings news of mass ar
rests, there are papers which do not even men,
ton the name of the I. L. D.?
Lack of Attention.
In four issues of the "Eteenpain" only one
had anything to say about the l. l.. D. In
three issues of Tribuna Robotniczi only one,
in three issues of "Amerikas Zhina," one;
four issues of "Freiheit," one; five issues of
"Vilnis," two; six issues of 'Toveri," only 2;
five issues of "Radnik," one; four issues of
"Rovnost Ludu," one contained an article
news item connecting events with the role of
the l. L. D. "Nov Mir" in three issues had
nothing to say the |. L. D. The rest of the
papers did somewhat better.
For winning the majority of the American
working class for revolutionary struggle
against the capitalist system, for establishing
the independent leadership of the revolution
airy forces in the economic struggles, which
are at this period political struggles as well,
it is necessary to organize even greater masses
into the revolutionary unions affiliated to the
Trade Union Unity League. The campaign for
$4,000 new members is going on. There is
really no workers problem today which could
not be closely linked up with the building of
the T. U. U. L. Even the smallest inner So
ciety question, like raising the dues payment
of the members, or cutting down sick benefits,
are very closely related with this task Rails
ing dues payment and unemployment, cutting
etc, and the necessity of the new unions, shop
committees unemployment councils, are all
links in the same chain. If correctly connected
together, this chain leads the readers of our
language press from national seclusiveness
and isolation into the main channels of work
ing class action. Their social outlook is thus
widened into class outlook
T. U. U. L. Campaign.
But when we come to the question of the
T. U. U. L. campaign, we see that at the time
of the campaign Novy Mir in three issues
has nothing on it. Americas Zhina in two
issues out of three has nothing to say about
it. Wins in four out of five, Laisve in five
out Of six, Ny It'd in two out of three, Tower
tar in two, Jus Elm in three out of four,
Saznanie in out of three is silent about the
T. U. U. L. Freiheit Vi Elore, Tyomis, En-
pros is better than the others in this respect.
When we come to the campaign of the Daily
Worker, the central organ of our Party, the
picture is still worse The irrefutable facts
prove and no talk can contradict it, that most
Of the leading comrades of the language bu-
reaus and papers even today think that
language paper has as its task only to keep