The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-16

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industries. IT'S delegates, elected by
section conventions. gathered at r.
wing Plaza, 18th Street and Irving
Place, Saturday and Sunday at the
convention of the Communist Party,
District ?. Among the industries
represented were: Metal, building,
needle, shoe, textile, marine and fur
niture workers. There were over
1000 Party members present at the
opening session of the convention.
The singing Of the international
marked the opening Of the sessions.
District Organizer Benjamin called
the convention to order, declaring:
This is the first district convention
of our Party. where we come to-
gether as one united body, free from
fractional poison" He outlined the
agenda as follows:
Report for the Central Committee,
by c. A. Hathaway; report for the
District Committee, by the district
organizer; OrganizatiOnal Report,
by Comrade Peters; report on Youth
Work, by Sam Darcy; report of the
Control Commission, by Jack Perilla.
A presidium of fifteen was elected
as follows: Beal, Benjamin, Berk-
man, Brown, Carol, Dougherty,
Darcy, Hathaway, Hader, Hertz,
Hewitt. Johnston. Notifies. Peters
and Shohan.
Enthusiastic applause greeted the
election of the unemployed delega-
7 ton, Foster, Minor, Amter and Ray
mond, now in Jail, as honorary men,
bers of the presidium.
4 Negro worker, Comrade Dough-
.rty, was elected chairman of the
first session.
In reporting for the Central Com
mittee, Comrade Hathaway made a
detailed analysis Of the economic
and political situation confronting
The Party.
"There is a tendency to underesti-
mate the seriousness of the economic
crisis" he said. This leads, also,
to tendency to separate the dis
cussion of the practical tasks from
the political and economic analysis
of the Central Committee. We
should in advance clearly formulate
conditions that are developing and
aot lag at the tail Of events"
Hathaway pointed out in a de-
allied manner the growing economic
crisis. Quoting from the Annalist
he showed that the production index
had dropped from 100 last summer
to 50 in May, the lowest point since
1924; prices mad fallen from 144.6
the highest point in 1929, to 1891
in June, 1880, the lowest figure since
1916. This indicated an extreme
sharpening of the crisis throughout
the world.
He pointed out the growing revo.
lutionary struggles in India anc
China; the sharpening crisis espe.
cially in Germany and Great Britain
in contrast to the rapid success OF
the Five-Year Plan in the Soviet
Union.
"In Germany, with the help of the
social-democrats, the bosses have
instituted sweeping wage-cuts. This
is also true in England. 1t will give
added momentum to the drastic
wage-cuts already undertaken in the
United States by the bosses, with
the help of the fascist A. F. of L.
He exposed the fascist role of the
socialist party and the A. F. of L
1.-THE psuedo-radical phrases Of the
Trotskyites and the Lovestoneite:
are being dispelled by open oppor
tunism and action against the work
ing class.
1.-THE present conditions in thc
United States" said Hathaway
''have created a basis for struggle
The Party must be the conscious
force for leading the struggles ant
start Systematically to prepare
strike movements and demonstra
lions. Rehabilitation Of the work
ers will develop during the course
of these struggles to a greater ex
tent than heretofore, as shown OF
March 6 and May l."
He pointed out the gap between
the rehabilitation of the masses an(
the ability of the Party to mobilize
the workers into the Party and T
U. U. L.
"The Party in the past has re
lied too much on mass meetings in
stead of basic factory work. w
must remedy this and pay the great
est attention to work in the factor
ies."