The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-12
By JOHN SCHMIES.

THE increased deepening of the economic
crisis develops still more favorably the OBJ
jective conditions for the building up of the
revolutionary trade union center The attempts
of the bosses to shift the burden of the econ
omic crisis upon the shoulders of the workers
by the increased system Of naturalization
means for the workers more wage cuts, in
creased speed-up as we'll as ar increasing army
of unemployed workers. This attempt on the
ralt of the bosses TO overcome the ever deep
ching development of the economic crisis is be-
ing coupled with savage attack by the gov
erEment ard the fascist and social-fascst lead
ership Of tie A. j. of L. against the growing
niilitancy snd growing rehabilitation among
Tire masses "t american workers. The indict-
n.nt Of Ut Elare workc:s IN death cha :ga
n the South, the attempts of the bosses to
end Comrades Powers and Carr to the electric
Hhair, the falling of the leaders of the I'M
peral Valley strike in California and the gen.
eral attacl; on the part of the government
against the revolutionary movement, must be
checked through powerful organizationa
campaign based upon the class struggle pro-
gram for the building up of our revolutionary
unions into independent mass organs of strgg~
gle.
Must Press T. U. U. L. Drive.
Our Parry membership must appreciate its
responsibility in order to really become the
driving force in the building up of the T.U.
U.L recruiting drive for $4,000 new members
Despite the discussions ard resolutions of the
Central Committee Plenum as we'll as the reso-
luton by the Central Committee on the Party
tasks in The TU.U.L. recruiting drive, thu
districts have not yet taken up seriously the
Strengthening of the trade union work. The
setting up and the activizing of the trade union
functions, the establishment of shop commit
tees; the sharpened fight against the fascist
and social fascist leaders within the reform
ist Unions; The support for the T.U.U.L. re-
cruiting drive; the building up of the T.U.UL.
apparatus as well as the intensifying of the
work within the reformist unions and the build
ing rp OF unemployed councils, ETC., are still
not looked upon as essential phases which will
at the same time increase the Party's prestige
among the masses of workers and thereby lay
a broader base for the development of our Par
N into mass Communist Party of the Amer
Fan working class.
Only by building powerful revolutionary
Unions led by we'll functioning Party fractions
will it be possible for the Party to mobilize
large masses OF workers in the important poll
teal and economic struggles that stand before
us in this period of sharpening class struggles.
This work must henceforth be given the major
attention of our Party membership. 1t must
be linked I'D with all of our other campaigns
and the activity of our Party.
A. F. L. Influence Weakens.
The influence of the A. F. of L. and the
Musteites among the masses of workers has
steadily been weakened whereas the influence
of the TRACE Union Unity League is growing
more rapidly than ever before. Nevertheless,
up to the present we have failed to take ad-
vantage of the increased opportunities before
US. The opportunst tendencies existing III
some of OUT Party districts as we'll as among
he leading members in the shoe and needle
Eyorkers union must be checked and ruthlessly
Surned out of our movement. Such opportunis
tendencies create hesitation and pessimism, and
result in a general diminishing of the grow
ing Of the Gniltancy on the part of the masses
Of workers The recruiting drive of the Trade
Union Unity League in the main. shows an
characterization of the trade union work, and
we must sharply bring this fact to the atten-
ton Of our Party membership.
Up to the present time the reports sent into
the national office show the following gains
in membership: Marine Workers Industrial
Union, 1900; Metal and Auto, 525; National