The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-03-10

In addition, new street nuclel '"
The last week, which was the eleventh,
brought many changes in the relative position
of each district Cleveland was the Leading
district this week with 1876 new members,
while Pittsburgh really started the Drive with
1l2 new members this week. The total Tor the
wreck was 1852 new members, of which 81 were
Negroes. Withs the Drive concluded Detroit
is in first place with 216 per cent OF Its quota;
Cleveland second, with 1877 per cent; Phladel-
phia third, with 149 per cent. Eight out OF
fifteen districts have gone over their quota.
The recruiting of 6,167 new members, most
ly. from industry, speaks for the vitality OF the
Party in this present period of economic Crisis
This is the answer Of the workers to the at
tzeks Of the bosses upon the COMMUNIST Party
Ito their war. preparations against the SOVIET
Union-to their speed-up and unemployment
and to the barking of the whole train OF camp
followers of capitalism from Woll, through
Abramovitch, to Loyestone.
With the Drive concluded the Party has the
opportunity Of making an additional 70 rae
tories our Communist fortresses," since that
is the total number Of new shop nuclei organ
lied in the last eleven weeks. The outstand-
ing achievement in the last week was in the
Pittsburgh district, where 10 mine nuclei were
organized. Pittsburgh must do as good in de-
veloping these into real live units of Commu-
mist activity and leadership among the coal
miners Pittsburgh thus becomes the second
district-after Philadelphia fill its quota
of shop nuclei. Other districts who made
good showing in organizing shop nuclei were
Boston, Cleveland, Detroit and Minnesota.
One thousand New Negro Members.
The second achievement of the Drive, next
~ Al, &c tho for
that our Party demonstrated in the Drive that
it is the Party of the entire working class.
e34 Negro workers amongst the new members
while before we used to count our Negro
comrades as somewhere between fifty and
sixty. Every district except two recruited
some Negro workers, although some districts,
like Boston, Pittsburgh, Minnesota, California
and Connecticut, made very bad showing
While Detroit leads in the largest number of
Negro recruits absolutely, Philadelphia far
exceeds any other district proportionately,
having 81 per cent of its recruits Negro work
ers. For the first time in the history of our
Party we have recruited Negro workers-too
few, of ,course-in the South into our Party.
The importance of shop papers has not pene-
trated the membership or leading cadres in the
districts. While 4s new shop papers were is
sued. we already see a falling off in the con-
tinuity Of the issuance of these. Five dis
tricts: Boston, Philadelphia, Buffalo, Detroit
and Connecticut, filled their quotas
Must Rectify Failure in Daily Worker Subs.
The section of the Drive in which there was
a. complete failure, and for which the entire
Party must be criticized and steps taken to
remedy, was the Daily Worker. With the ex-
ception Of California, Philadelphia and Boston
in subs and Detroit in delivery sales, no dis
NIL. L.
To remedy this situation the entire Party must
mobilize to conduct, in connection with the
Party campaigns Unemployment, Defense of
Soviet Union, Gastonia and Against Criminal
Syndicalist Laws, and May 1st-a gigantic
nationwide Daily Worker Circulation Drive
for $4,000 copies to be sold each day. The
Party, with the same determination, plus
5000 new members, must succeed in establish
ing the Daily Worker on firm foundation,
through making it the everyday agitation and
organization of the Party.
Revolutionary Competition was by no means
a sufficient driving factor in the Drive. 1t did
not penetrate into the lower units, except in
few districts. New York had an easy VIC
tory over Chicago, both in new members and
in Negro recruits. Similarly, Detroit had a
walk-away with regards to Cleveland and
Philadelphia, although it is significant that
104C these three are the ledOln& QlSCflctS IN tnc
0eive. Boston district, which was not content
b challenge California, but in the early stages
ot the Drive, when it was making good pro-
sress, also challenged Minnesota, finds itself
defeated by both. Revolutionary Competition,
which serves to intensity the activity of every
section and member of the Party, must be
brought to the forefront in the Daily Worker
Drive.
Still Greater Tasks Ahead.
The Recruiting Drive has been successfully
concluded, despite many shortcomings, such as
absolutely insufficient recruiting in factories
or by shop nuclei; only part of the member
ship modified in the Drive; failure to recruit
through the Party fractions or build fractions
in process, etc. In spite Of these shortcom-
ings which we must criticize ruthlessly and
take.dras steps to correct in the districts,
the, Party today has added 5000 workers to it's
ranks, and in many districts we have prac-
tically = new Party. Although the Drive is
completed, recruiting of members goes on as
regular Communist activity every day in the
shops and in connection with the Party cam
pdsns.