The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-21
Right Danger and Rehabilitation

preparing another world war and fighting the
Soviet Union, where the workers are in power.
Read the Daily Worker carefully. Learn what
the Communist Party stands for. It's your
Party The Party the bosses talk against and
fight against, you should join Come to the
meeting advertised on the leaf!et, etc"
The workers were very interested. Did they
refuse TO take the leaflets and Daily Workers?
On the contrary, they grabbed for them. We
got five contacts from the shoe factory Of
backward" workers Two Porto Ricans, one
Negro, one Mexican, one Italian; all young
workers about 20 years Of age They said their
wages were S12 week. They laid off
half OF each week. They readily gave their
names and addresses. And comrade is now
sitting on the section headquarters steps get
ting information from them for shop paper.
We told the workers would be t:.o.e again,
They'll wait for Us. We must not G:5appont
then.
watched the four comrades with me in
tently. ! noticed they were a little backward.
They did not talk to the workers enough They
did no. fraternze with them, They cid not as
sumo positions of leadership They did net give
the workers to understand that We were Cn
their side for every demand they kad to make.
They did not have enough confidence in their
tasks. They expected the workers to make the
first approach, whereas it is the Party that
goes 70 the factory gates to establish its lead
ecship.
By this one concrete achievement will
prove to the members in my unit that their
platform of ''insurmountabe difficulties" is
wrong, that their fright wing tendencies have
been proven to be incorrect. From this expert
ence we must draw lessons. We must drill COM
rades in how to do factory-gate work. We must
teach them to make slogan speeches We must
insist that they talk to the workers and get
contacts. We must develop revolutionary I'M
imagination, spirit; form experienced shock
troops for the larger factories; concentrate
adequate comrades until results are obtained;
study the factory and the workers 80 as to
circumvent obstacles and difficulties with the
police and bosses; know exactly when the work
ers go to work, come from work, have their
lunch period; find out all about working cond-
lions in the factory, number of departments,
how to get leaflets and Daily Workers inside
the shop
Instant training of Party members for this
work is necessary. Groups engaged in factory
gate meetings must be in charge Of trained
comrade who give directions with almost
military precision. District just had its dis
trict convention. Sixty comrades spoke about
fright" dangers and shortcomings Not a COM
rade gave graphic picture of an experience
an achievement obtained by factory gate-con-
tact with workers. The Party suffers from in
digestion because Party members are not at
factory gates We must cite fright" dangers
and short comings, but with this must go cor
rection, actual application to factory work and
what is very important, system Of reporting
methods for organizing this work. doing this
work. These experiences and achievements must
be listed in the press, in bulletins, in all meet
ings.
This is what ] wanted to talk about and
elaborate upon at district convention but
there were too many other speakers and could
not get the floor