The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-16
BY ]. LASTIG.

UTHE Party does not win the confidence OF the
working class in the twinkling of an eye or
by the use of force against the working class.
Trust is gradually inspired by the prolonged
work of the Party among the masses Thanks
to the soundness of the Party policy, the Party
is able to convince the masses by their own ex-
perience that its policy is sound, thus insuring
the support of the working class and inducing
the broad masses of the workers to follow its
lead"
This is what Lenin wrote. From the above
it is clear that the confidence of the workers
and therefore recruiting new Party members
can be won by the Party only if we have a cor
rect Party line, and If we work ceaselessly
diligently, Systematically.
We, the Party, have the first prerequisite; we
have a correct political line. We can not say
the same about the second prerequisite; our
Party members and even the leading committees
I am speaking mainly on section scale-are
either not doing planned, systematic work, or not
carrying out their elementary Party duties. Just
to cite one example. At the last fraction meet
ing of the Needle Trades Workers Industrial
Union, out of the over 800 Party members in
Section 5, only co. or one-ffth showed up. This
is so much more impermisSibe, for the dress
makers are facing hard struggle.
Planned, Systematic Work Necessary.
In connection with every phase of our &C
tivity, planned and systematic work is necessary
to gain organizational results This holds true
to the Lenin Recruiting Drive as yet which has
to be linked up with all of our activities.
We have to carry on our agitation propaganda
and organizatonal work where the masses are.
Where Are the Masses?
Even now, in the time of grave economic crisis
tIaax VNr;xra oeal
firstly and mainly on the shops, because the
majority of the workers are there and because
I'VE have to make every factory our fortress"
In view of this the Section Committee of Sec
ton 5 decided to give as the major task to Or
ganize 3 shop nuclei In the section during the
campaign in the following factories: Gated and
Hammer, R. Hoe and Giant Laundry Definite
units are assigned to concentrate on these fac
tories.
Work Amongst the Negro Workers
This very important work was criminally ne
elected in the Section in the past. In connec-
ton with the drive certain units received names
and actresses of Negro workers living in the ter
rtory Of the units with the instruction to visit
them, approach them ON the basis of their griev-
ances and orpanize them into branch of the
League of Struggle for Negro RIGHTS. The Sec
ton Committee decided to orpanize at least two
branches of the LSNR and get 20 Negroes into
the Party.
Work in Unemr'oved Councils
We have in our Section three Unemployed
Councils. One of them-1s22 Rathrate Ave
functions cutie well. The other two rethAr moor
w. The reason is. that in the pathoate Ave
~orrciI we have a pood pa~tv core which We
'ock In tho cthar two This ro,,et ha rer,n5'ad
Nv sne'ro m II tNa+ Tho cnrradns attached to
.1'oee co,,~rIs attnrI tho n,aet'ros and ra-ti-
n-ate in the work Tho pa-tv hos on avro''ar+
chance to win the confidence Of the ,,nemnloyed
Nv char,rinning thnir pr'evo~ces fi~et'~o with
them for bread shelter clothing, immediate re-
lief and social insurance.
During the camnaien we want to increase to
hundreds the members Of the Unemployed Coun-
ellis and to recruit. through our fractions the
best, most revolutionary, most COURAGEOUS most
devoted and class conscious elements into the
Party.
Lenin Drive and the Dress Strike
Hundreds Of our members are working in the
dress industry. The dress makers will be called
to fight against their intolerable conditions for
concrete, immediate demands. In this fight the
Party must lead the workers to victory and dem
onstrate to the non-Party workers that our Party
Is the real leader Of the exploited workezs. We