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

basis Of struggles for partial demands and
simultaneously the organizing Of shop units In
the three months period only 4 shop nuclei were
organized (Section 2, Chicago / stockyards,
dairy; st. Louis, ! railroad 1 needle). The
existing shop units did not recruit any mem
bers. No grievance committees we're organ
lied and the existing groups in the large fac
tories did not enlarge in members and did not
develop activities among the factory workers.
This revealed lack Of activity on the part of
the Party in the shops and inperTnissible I'M
derestimation Of trade union and shop work.
The examination by the District Buro Of the
work of the sections in carrying out the three
months plan of work shows that the section
leadership is not aware Of the Importance of
shop nuclei.
7. Work among the Negro masses has been
to certain extent successful in connection with
the Scottsboro campaign. The response Of the
membership in Chicago Party for securing many
new organizations, particularly Negro, to the
United Front Conference and through this
meeting, joint demonstrations, as well as the
establishment although not stabilized, Of seven
new branches Of the LSNR in Chicago The
main weaknesses in the campaign were:
(a) Failure to actively involve the United
Front conference and affiliated organizations in
work and activity.
Cd lnSuIIlClenG Org9n1ZauOr2l COnSOuO2uOn
Of mass response into block committees and
drawing in new white working class orgarliza-
tons and workers in defense Of Negro rights
and increase of permanent circulation Of the
Liberator
(c) Limiting the campaign primarily to slo-
gans for the release of the Scottsboro boys with
out the Party bringing forward its own slogans
that we're formulated with the Scottsboro case.
Id No substantial recruiting for the Party.
g. There is underestimation of the i1apor-
lance Of the YCL by the Party, especially in
the sections and lower units. The YCL is iso-
lated from the young workers with no initia-
ton or organization of the struggles Especially
is there lack Of youthful character Of the YCL
and the failure to develop specific youth fea-
lures on the Party campaigns or issue youth
demands of economic and political character to
rouse working class youth The positive achieve
ments Of the YCL in this period was National
Youth Day in Milwaukee, and which the Party
helped with the exception Of Milwaukee. The
composition of the YCL is not rejecting the
composition Of the working class and up TO the
District Convention in the leadership Of the
YCL were pessinlistic and opportunistic ele-
nlents (Sotir, Andras, etc. who developed fac
tional!sm among the YCL members against the
League and the Party.
The Party did not give sufficient political and
organizationa1 guidance to the League in the
past, without which the League will not be able
to overcome its weaknesses
g. Some slight progress is made in the Ian
guage field, particularly important being the
recent conference Of the Polish Workers By
successfully destroying the right wingers (Straz-
d. Pruseika) in the Lithuanian field, still
find the crassest examples of opportunism In
the language field. There Is the failure to u1-
derstand the necessity to penetrate into the
greater number Of organizations in each Ian