The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-10
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PRE-
CONVENTION DISCUSSION

THE coming Seventh National Convention of
our Party must be utilized for the political
education and mobilization of our Party mem.
bership to carry out the great revolutionary
tasks now confronting our Party. The pre-
Convention discussion must be conducted on
higher political plane than previously, and APP
piled concretely to the carrying out of our
tasks by every member of Party. Con-
creteness and higher political level Of the
discussion in the ranks the two main fea-
lures that must characterize the pre-conven-
ton discussion. This is possible to achieve to-
day because the Party is following the Comm
tern and freed itself of factionalism and I'M
principled struggle for group control of the
Party apparatus. Our great achievements in
the unfication of our Party, the abolition of
factions and the establishment of unrestricted
discussion and self-criticism from below must
be definitely emphasized in initiating the pre-
convention discussion. To achieve the maxi
mum results and benefit from the pre-conven-
ton discussion in the Party units, you are to
carry out and be guided by the following in
structions:
1. Each district shall first have an en-
larged plenum of the district committee (at
the date set by the Central Committee) to
which all leading functionaries from the out
of-town units are to be invited The District
organizer Is TO make a general pollIlcdl re-
port on the draft thesis and the questions dis
cussed at the organization conference.
2. The discussion must be very concrete
and the general political directives given in
the thesis of our Party be applied to existing
conditions of every district. The key to the
discussion of the Party thesis and the main
tasks to be emphasized in our pre-convention
discussion are: (a) To make our membership
understand the present economic and political
situation in the United States and the tasks
that arise from the existing and further de-
veloping crisis. CD To take energetic steps
to overcome the gap that exists today be-
tween the political influence of our Party and
our weak organizational strength This means
definite orientation of our Party to the
shops, the building of the T.U.U.L, etc.
8. AS basis for your discussion you must
use the political thesis adopted at the plenum
and the various resolutions adopted at the or
ganizaton conference, guided by the general
political outline sent out by the agitprop de-
partment. All the reports and resolutions &C
cepted by the Plenum will be printed in
special pamphlet that must receive the widest
circulation in the Party.
4. Immediately after your district plenum
you must prepare for a discussion in the units
This is to be preceded by calling of special
conference of speakers, functonares and lead
ing comrades, where a discussion shall take
place on the method of presentation of the
political thesis of the Party in the units In
addition to the general outline for discussion
prepared by the Agitprop Department of the
Central Committee, you shall draw up an adj
ditional outline dealing with district exper-
fences and tasks.
5. You must not wait with the discussion
in the units till the last unit meeting prior to
the election of delegates to the section or dis
trict conventions. In order to develop wide
pre-convention discussion in the Party, it is
advisable to begin the discussion as early as
L possible Wherever necessary you shall de-
vote more than one night to the unit discus
sion and the election of delegates from the