The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-02
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THE demonstration on March 9Th marked the
beginning of mass movement, in the real
sense of the term, behind the Communist Party.
These demonstrations indicated two things:
Cd The rehabilitation and militancy of the
workers.
(2) The recognition of the Communist Party
as the fighter for the working class AMI its
power to rally them.
May First, in many cities, demonstrated the
same fact. Demonstrations and parades took
place in districts and cities where none had
been held before. The mobilizing record
achieved through March 9th, the readiness and
ability of the Communist Party members to
lead the action, the arrest of hundreds of Com
munists-Party and Y. c. L. members and
Young Pioneers-have made the workers I'M
derstand that there is but one leadership in
their struggle and that is Communist lead
ership.
Two Facts.
1t is true that two facts have enabled the
Party to become the leader of masses, namely
the crisis and the Kidding of the Party of its
former opportunist leadership and trer policy,
together with the coordination of all Party
forces. These are two potent factors that take
the first rank
In Judging March 9Th and May First, how
ever, we find that what was stated in criti-
cism of March 9th has to be repeated-almost
without modification, namely: (1) Failure of
the shop nuclei to carry on organizational
work in the shops by forming united front
committees (Which serve as embryos of shop
committees affiliating to the T. U. U. L.;
(2) failure to concentrate upon certain select
ed shops and factories of basic and particu-
larly of war industry; 81 failure to mobilize
the T. U. U. L. as whole (although some
affiliated unions and leagues functioned better
than for March 6th) "a failure of the T. U.
U. L. groups in A. F. of L. and other unions
to raise the question of May Day and of strike
(although the Executive Council of the A. F.
of L. reported more than 20 per cent of its
membership out of work at that time-40 per
cent of the organized building trades in New
York City; (5) failure to rally Negro workers
Ian unpermissible neglect; co. failure of the
sections and nuclei to be given and to assume
responsibility not only for carrying out certain
tasks, but for developing initiative in devils
ing methods of doing the work. issuing leaflets,
shop bulletins etc.; (7) failure to bring the
unemployed to the demonstrations in organized
bodies
Although the fraternal organizations re-
sponded better (Which showed an Improvement
in the language work. nevertheless the demon
stratlons indicate: % Failure to correct at
all the mistakes of March 9Th as far as the
districts, sections and nuclei are concerned;
(2) failure to draw all the 7. U. U. L. unions,
leagues and groups into organized mobilization
work; (3) failure to build the T. U. U. L.; (4)
failure to build the Daily Worker.
Resolutions Not Enough
|. 1t was not sufficient for the Central and
District Committees to adopt resolutions on
{ho o,,I
discuss them with the membership. 1t was
not sufficient to get united support of these
resolutions by the membership and in drawing
up the plans for May list to get recognition
of the mistakes of March 9th and look for the
correction of the mistakes.
The error of the Districts, and therefore of
the Central Committee, was major political