The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-01


dertake this task Of building the units Of the |
League in the cities and factories where there
IS a Party organization and where there IS no |
League organization CAT the present the Party |
has organization in 81 cities and the League
only in g. The Party must give full political
guidance to the League on the district section
and unit scale. One Of the immediate tasks OF |
the Party is to mobilize the young workers for
International Youth Day, September 9Th Spe-
cial attention must be paid by the fractions in
side Of the trade unions to develop the youth
sections and winning the young workers for
our unions.
+ We must organize the activities inside the
locals OF the A F. Of L, especially in Chicago
and Milwaukee and undertake campaigns
against social fascists S. p and Musteites, with
particular attention to the Illinois coal fields,
Wisconsin and the Chicago Federation Of Labor.
On the basis Of issues in the Trade and industry
in each union and through such issues as the
Pa Ohio strike and the call for solidarity de-
veloping 2 broad movement, united front from
below, inside the = 2. of L. union with the OBJ
jsctive OF bringing this movement under the
leadership Of the TUUL The TUUL must par
ticular1y organize q sharp struggle against the
American Federation of Labor, which still has
influence among q certain strata of the work
ing class.
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more thoroughly and must speak to TIE masses
daily on the general developments sc well as
specific manifestations in each given situation
It is not enough to issue leaflets for campaigns,
but also on political events The Party as
such must issue leaflets to the masses Of workers
who are particularly close, to explaining each
new development. The special Chicago page OF
the Daily Worker can also be a factor in this,
and the sections and units and workers, geler-
ally, must be better organized to participate in
the preparations OF this page.
The Party must organize its work to insure g
mass sale and distribution Of the Daily Worker.
In this general political activity, we must place
the struggle against the war danger in the fore
front, and not merely limit it to a campaign
such as August First, and the struggle against
inperiaIist war must be linked up concretely
with and the masses be made to see the link,
in connection between the preparations for war
and the attacks on their living conditions, and
the attacks Of a general political character
against the working class. One of the greatest
expression of opporturisnl is the under estiraa-
ton Of the war danger and this must be com
batted We must also record the work on the
part Of the Friends of the Soviet Union IN not
involving broader masses and being built up
into the broadest type OF mass organizations
The whole Agit-Prop work must correspond TO
and to be felt in all Party campaigns and sGrug
giles and help to develop these from the agita-
tional and propaganda angle. The work OF the
Agit-Prop and propaganda must extend to the
mass organizations and to the shops. The is
suing of shop papers and leaflets must be given
special attention and guidance and systematic
| holding Of shop and street meetings. To help
carry on this mass agitation work. it Is neces-
sary to issue regularly and as the situation de-
u1ands, special outlines for speakers. In the
| Party q system of educational work to be de-
veloped through discussion on the tasks OF the
Party and the establishment OF study groups.
K. In the struggle for Negro rights, we must
Z raise much more to the forefront among the
broadest masses of workers the slogan for the
rights of Negroes and the general slogans of the
Party. Utilizing the Scottsboro campaign we
4 must organize local struggles for Negro rights
i to build the LSNR Block Committees and the
i mass distribution of the Liberator and develop
/ ing the campaigns by the TUUL, NC, lid, FSU,
4 TWO, etc. to recruit Negro workers and bring
i them into the leadership in these organizations.
i Likewise the recruitment of Negro workers into
i the Party must be given special attention and
4 the bringing Of Negro comrades into active lead
ership in the units, sections and district.
T. L. Among the weaknesses Of the District,
there is one that is outstanding-that is the abb
| SOluC6 lack OF WOrk among UIG WOuleIl W1ldI-
ever work has been carried on has been only
among housewives The main emphasis must
be placed upon reaching the working women in
the factories, and the Plenurn places sharply the
question that work among women is a problem
for the mass organizations, particularly for the
trade unions, and gives them the talks of car
rying this through. The Women's department
Of the District Committee must undertake the
organizing of this work on broad and effective
scale. The immediate task in this respect is the
organization Of Worlen's auxiliaries in the coal
fields and the stockyards in Chicago, organizing
delegates women meetings etc.
NJ. The greatest Importance has to be placed
on the work in the language field and among
the mass language organizations, and the or1en-
tation Of the attacks Of the State against the
foreign born workers, to reach new strata OF
workers still isolated from us on the issue OF
the attacks on the foreign born, and in this
way win them away from the clerical fascist
and social fascist forces The main task in the
language field must be the penetration into the
broad masses Of language speaking workers N
each feld-breaking down sectarianisnn, which
is existing at the present time and reach mas
ses of workers with slogans, demands arc
organizations While not limiting the organ
ling OF the TWO only to foreign born workers
the building of the TWO must penetrate much
more rapidly into all language speaking organ
izatiolas clubs and masses. This can be utilized
as an efTectiye sIJnportinr weapon in the deVel-