The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-17
Some OrganizatiOnal Expert
ences in Indianapolis
By NJ. MORTON

BY NJ. MORTON
THE leading comrades In this city during the
entire past year paid very little attention to
the problems of organization. Their entire time
was occupied with holding street meetings, plan
ming demonstrations and fighting evictions. In
all these struggles some 1900 applications were
taken in for the Party, unemployed councils and
the L S. N. R.
Through these struggles our Party gained ire
mendous Influence workers everywhere respond
ed in mass and expressed willingness to be Or
ganized. But our Party was too busy" to build
the Party and other organizations out of this
mass of applications gotten in as result Of
these struggles.
Not until month ago did our party here be-
gin to realize the most important question before
us-ORGANzATTON. Until a month ago we
had no Party in this CITY, There was only
group of workers willing to do work who indi-
vidualy, their own initiative, carried on these
mass struggles without any sort of organization.
AS result we are now confronted with the task
of not only "cashing In" on the broad influence
gained by our Party, but also with the task (be-
cause of this unorganized development) of edu-
eating hundreds of workers who are very close
to us in the importance of organization as
against the conception the workers have of our
Party now
We first proceeded to establish at least two
functioning Party units by gathering together
the most active and militant workers. These
two party units are still being "nursed," but
today they are most enthusiastic because they
have learned to act in an organized manner.
And although these units are far from being
perfect, they are nevertheless on the road to be-
coming the leaders of workers in their respec-
tive neighborhoods. We are now building third
Party unit in a Negro neighborhood and with
the present tempo Of the development of our
Party we will have fourth Party unit in Indi-
annapolis in the next few weeks. To date in the
three units we have thirty one members "a third
of this number are Negro workers.. The rest are
white American workers with one foreign born
worker.
Up until recently Unemployed Councils, L. S.
N r. branches T. U. U. L. and I. L. D. were all
considered just different branches of the
Communist Party by the workers in these organ
izations. Even now to some extent this confu-
sion still exists only now the workers for the
first time are beginning to realize and under
stand the xole of these various organizations and
the role of the Party as the leader of them.
The leading comrades have sat for hours at
time with one or two new recruits patiently dis
cussing and planning Party work-going over
time and time again with them the most minute
details of Notwithstanding every func-
tionary his tasks and duties developing leaders
out of workers who have just come in to the
Party, organizing classes for new members and
constantly urging these comrades who are most
eager for knowledge Of the Party and it's organ
ization to study their problems and plan their
work in advance.
The Party work in the shops has been thing
unknown to the Party in this city. The compost
ton of our membership was 80 per cent mem-
ployed. Even now we have great difficulties to
convince a certain section of our membership of
the Importance of shop work. This, like the rest
of our problems, is being slowly overcome More
and more employed workers are joining the
Party, We have now for the first time two or
ganizing committees in the factories
In the coal fields our task, especially in Gin
ton, is one of building the Party, and the Ma
tional Miners Union. There are many large in
dustriaI cities in our Section that have not been
even touched by our Party.
The task Of Harvesting the major part of our
influence is still before us. In the last few weeks
we have especially made great inroads into the
Negro masses. We have now two large branches
of the L. S. N. r., and seven Unemployed Coun-
ellis. The L. S. N. R. has a membership of $50
and the Unemployed Councils 300 members
Great numbers of world war veterans who have
accepted the program of our Party are yet to be
organized Women workers and young workers
who participated in demonstrations and fights
against evictions, are yet to be organized We
feel confident that our Party is now well on the
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plotted American working masses in Indianapolis
and vicinity.