The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-31
By E. VAFIADES,
New Jersey Section Organizer.

THERE are no DOUBTS as TO Che correctness
i of the Thesis of the Central Committee and
the Draft Thesis of our District, especially
on the question of the deep-going crisis and
the growing rehabilitation of the masses.
If we believe that there is a deep-going
crisis, then we must also believe in the con-
sequences of the crisis such as wage cuts,
frightening of hours (Which is general drive
of the bosses here in New Jersey, unemploy-
ment, and the growing misery which affects
even the petty shopkeepers.
In this situation the Party faces the task of
organizing and leading the gigantic struggles
that are ahead of us and building up the rev.
dictionary unions, the Trade Union Unity
League and the Party
The leftward drift of the masses brings the
A. F. of L. into line with the capitalists, and
they (the A F. of L. become the leaders of
the bosses, the machine to break up strikes,
etc. The Social Fascists also cannot be ig-
nored. They too, are taking the leadership in
the attack against the condition of the work
ers and the Soviet Union (Woll, Thomas).
We can see this for a fact in Paterson
When the N. T. W. U. had drive to organize
and prepare the workers for a general strike
the Fascist U. T. w. of the A. F. of L. and
the Social Fascist Muste-ites organized So
called "Peace Council" (Which consisted of the
Wars, American Legion, Businessmen's Assoc
Citations, the priests and all the black forces
of the capitalist system) in order to stop the
N. T. W. U. from organizing the unorganized
workers that are working 70 to so hours a
week in the dye houses of Paterson for star
walton wages.
In this period there is no other party in the
field that really tries to organize the millions
of unorganized workers that are working
under miserable conditions.
In order that the Party be able to cope with
this situation, first and foremost it must clean
from its ranks all the right wing opportunists
and Social Democratic elements who are rem
nants from the Socialist Party and the Love-
stone renegades, in order to attract new pro-
letarian elements that will put into practice
the new methods Of work. These new elements
will be the ones to carry out the plans and the
decisions laid down by the Central Committee
such as Concentration specific shops and
building up of shop nuclei and shop papers; to
transform the Party from Party of street
nuclei to a Party of shop nuclei and make
every factory a fortress of the Communist
Party, especially now, when there is grow
ing danger of war against the Soviet Union
and the possibility, in the near future, of lille
galty of our Party; of building up our rev.
dictionary unions, the T. U. U. L.; to broaden
the circulation of the Daily Worker, the organ
izer of the masses; the building of the F. S.
u, in order to mobilize the masses of workers
for the defense of the Soviet Union, the work
ers' fatherland, etc.
agree with the Central Committee when it
says in its Thesis "the Party passes very def
nitely over from period of talk to the period
of action"
But there are still elements in our Party that
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whole nuclei, and an example of this may be
found not in the South or Middle West bu
ten minutes from New York-n Cliffside n J.
This nucleus, which remains from the So
cialist Party is in existence for fifteen years
1t consists of thirteen members, all Lithuani-
ans. There has not been a gain or loss in men,
bership during this period of time. 1t consists
of the following elements: Five business men,
one bootlegger and saloonkeeper, one foreman,
and the rest are workers who have degenerated
among these business men. There is one ex-
ception, however, devoted comrade. The
meetings were conducted in Lithuanian. They
took place twice a month in back of a saloon.
The meetings were usually called at s p. M,
but did not start until p. m. because they had
to drink first and then start the meeting. Their
order of business usually consisted of questions
of the fraternal organizations and not the
organized an fraternaI organization basis and
not on Communist basis. For instance, in
stead of having an organizer, industrial or
ganizer, agit prop, ETC., they had secretary,
secretary treasurer, and treasurer. They had
a treasury of $50. l don't think there is an
other unit in the United States that has accu-
mulated $50 in its treasury. This, in itself,
shows how much activity was carried on. Once
in blue moon they hold mass meeting, and
then they issue leaflets in Lithuanian.
When | first visited the Unit, as Section
Organizer, | had to bring to them the deci-
sions of the Section Committee concerning
general Party work. especially May Day.
When the question of May Day was taken up,
they were opposed to holding any open-air
meetings or demonstrations. Not even an in
door meeting, claiming that the workers of
Cliffside were not ready to come to demon
strations and that they did not understand