The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-02
PARTY LIFE
The Correct Approach to the
Lenin Recruiting Drive

ONE of the first districts to send in to the
" center the plan for the Lenin Recruiting
Drive was the Boston district, where already the
comrades have started the drive with enthus-
iasm. connecting it up with all Party campaign.
The Plan is a good one and the only suggestion
that we made to improve it, was the necessi-
that the Plan shall not only point out in cor
rect manner the tasks of the units and fractions
but at the same time-besides written instruc
lions to the basic urlits-shall include the direc
participation in this work of the leading com
rades, whose duty it is to participate in unit
meetings make them conscious of the impor-
lance of the drive. work out with them the tasks
of the drive, the tasks of single comrades in APP
preaching their fellow workers in the shops, in
checking up the activities of the units, etc.
And here we publish example some of
the points included in the instructions sent out
to the units in the District Org. Letter of Jan.
90 which shows how the Boston COM
rades approach the problem in a concrete and
correct manner. At the same time we expressed
confidence that our suggestions to the Plan will
be taken into serious consideration. OF course,
the Drive must begin with the working out of
concrete plan but this is not sufficient The
necessity is self-evident for continual check-up
and improvement. AS the saying goes, 1.-THE
proof of the pudding is in the eating.
although we speak a whole lot about turn
ing the face of the Party towards the fac
tories roofing the Party within the factories
some sections and units still orientate themselves
towards the language organizations to make
them the main recruiting source for new mem
bers. The language organizations can by no
means be neglected and we must get from these
organizations as many new members as possible,
but our main orientation must be to get maxi
mum number of members from mills and fac
tories. Therefore at every meeting of the unit
you must have on the agenda and decide
visiting of contacts from the factory on which
you are concentrating. Have the comrades
port on what contacts they have made speak
ing to workers at that factory, etc.
Decide on a date when there should be an
open meeting of the unit. To this meeting a
maximum number of sympathizers shall be in
vted. comrade shall be prepared to lead
discussion ON the role Of the Party The SYM
pathizers shall be stimulated to ask questions
and to participate in the discussion and shall be
urged to join the Party right there at the
meeting.
1.-THE recruiting in the language organizations
must also be planned and organized. (a) The
unit shall in cooperation with the language de-
partment and the language bureaus call meet
ings of the fractions in the language organza-
tons. A list of prospective members shall be
worked out and comrades shall be assigned to
visit then and here too close check-up must
be made on the accomplishments of these visits
(b) The fractions should see to it that their
respective organizations arrange lectures with
Party speakers Gin their own language or Eng
lish The organization to issue leaflets for these
lectures inviting. broad masses of workers to
attend
Although we should be careful with whom we
take into the Party and not rush undeveoped
elements into the Party we must at the same
time combat the tendency of being afraid of
the workers, the tendency Of non-confidence in
the workers, which in some units have resulted
in that no new members are taken in and
worker who shows sympathy with the Party
and Willingness to participate in the work is
showed aside by our sophisticated elements on
the unfounded basis that he might be stool
pigeon We must be on steady guard against
stools but never get into a hysteria, so we de-
vclop the idea that every worker is stool.
"From last years experience we learned that
many members were driven out Of our Party
because Of bad function of|the unit Coming to
meeting on time and have to wait for the
opening of the meeting 80 minutes or more and
then the meeting viii last for "a hours and