The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-30
THE OLD METHODS STILL
PERSIST
By SAM DON.

iTEE f1iiure to organize and mobilize the masses
fer struggle is reflected in our failure to
mobilize the rank and file of the Party for the
various mass campaigns.
The unemployment campaign Is one of the
central campaigns of the Party. The recent
Plenum of our Party has sharply raised the
question of the new organizational methods to
be used in developing our unemployment activity
There is no doubt that the District Committee
place this work in the forefront, but in many
instances the old methods persist and the mob
ihzation Of the Party for this campaign is still
too often based on circular letters, and general
instructions. Generalties and superficial organ
national methods are continued.
In this article is discussed an actual exper-
fence which brings out the problem of mobiz-
ing the bottom OF the Party for the unemploy-
ment campaign. In preparation for the New
York J hunger w-"ch 7hich will take place
on January 9th. two local hunger marches will
take place on the 9th in Bronx and Brooklyn
How is the Party being modified in one of
these boroughs? The Section Committee took
I'D this question for the first time on December
10Th. Judging from the approach of the Section
Committee to this question, one cannot help but
come to the conclusion that the District Com
mittee did not sufficiently prepare the section
leadership for the hunger march. This reflected
itself in the entire approach of the Section
Committee. The Section Bureau had no pro-
posalS whatsoever on how to organize the march.
The section organizer did not prepare any re-
port either And the only manner in which the
problem YVES discussed, was by reading a section
of the weekly district bulletin which dealt with it.
The ''-,'ct bulletin, which is to be taken up
by the unit bureaus, discussed the march by
merely setting a date for it, without any real
suggestions as to how to mobilize the masses and
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entire paragraph from the weekly Organizer
which makes this point clear:
"On January 9th, hunger march will be or
ganized in Brooklyn and Bronx. The plan of
this march will be outlined by the Section Com
mittees The units shall mobilize not only the
members of the Party, but the workers in the
neghborlocd and of the mass organizations,
women and children, to join the hur,eer march
and put forward the demands of the unem-
ployed workers.
The units are told in the district comnunica-
ton dated December 18th, that the section will
outline the program of action. The section COM
mittee meets on the 10th and shows little
Outstanding of how to reach the unemployed
workers and how technically to carry through
the march. The section committee does not re-
ceive real concrete plan of action for the
hunger march, and the units are told by the
district TO receive it from the section committee,
and the section committee fails to provide the
units with same.
The Section Committee finally decided after
some discussion on the methods of organizing
the march, to discuss this matter at meeting
with the unit organizers that was to be held on
the 2lst and to take this up as the central point
in the report and discussion at the meeting. At
the conference, however, in the report of the
section org. secretary, this is merely mentioned
and no plan for the unemployment campaign is
given. The unit organizers meeting discussed
many organizational details, however, which were
separated completely from the mass activities of
the Party. and specifically, from the hunger
march and unemployment campaign When
finally. the discussion was turned towards the
problem of unemployment and the hunger
march, many of the unit organizers raised the
question that they did not know where and how
to reach the unemployed, and similar arguments.
Also instructive is the following incident
This section rlthough both an industrial and
proletarian residential one, up to about week
ago had not even made an attempt to organize
an unemployment council. In spite OF the fact
organization, elect Labor Unity Brigades to
spread and sell Labor Unity in shops and terri
torial sections. Special time set for canvasaing
for subscriptions. To call special mass meetings
to explain the role of Labor Unity.
Let's get to work comrades and reach our goal
this time. A New York edition of Labor Unity
by March first, 5000 new readers and 1000 sub.