The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-14
FORWARD TO THE LENIN
RECRUITING DRIVE!

tionally, of building it into a mass Party step
forward must be made. This step is dictated by
the objective situation, by the development of
the class struggle
On this basis, simultaneous with the improve
ment of the Party structure, with more ener-
getic concentration of our activity towards the
factories, with the intensifcation of our work,
new recruiting drive is necessary. 1t is nee
essary that the doors of the Party shall be open
to the most conscious elements of the working
class, to all workers who follow the Party and
support it in its struggles, to all workers who
are ready to fight as mitarts within the Party
ranks
But in order that the Lenin Drive, which be-
gins on Jan q to last till May LIST, shall be sue
ceSsful, and to avoid a repetition of the short
comings which occurred in the drive of last year,
1t is absolutely necessary to evaluate carefully all
the previous experiences that we're analysed in
the Resolution on Keeping New Members" of
the March-Apri 1880 Plenum and the It'll Con-
venton, also in series of articles appearing
in the Party Organizer" and THE Daily
Worker"
In the light of all our experiences in the re-
cruiting of new members. in the light of the last
Plenum, the tasks of the new drive must be
elaborated; the Drive Plan shall be worked out
by every district in a concrete manner; assign
ing specific tasks to the shop nuclei to the
street units, Communist fractions inside the
mass organizations, etc.
How Shall the Drive Be Conducted?
First it is necessary that our activities in the
drive shall be concentrated in the shops and in
the mass organizations on the basis of class
struggle. Concrete tasks shall be assigned to the
shop nuclei, to the street units, to the fractions
inside the mass organizations, after serious
examination of the sphere of action of these
basic ORGANIZATIONS
The nuclei in their approach to their fellow
workers shall not endeavor to embrace the whole
factory, but approach single workers who are
near to our movement, who are known as fight
ers, as sympathizers of our Party, and who are
known as having voted for our Party.
The street units shall concentrate their energy
on the shop assigned to them, approaching work
ers with whom they have already established
connections and other workers who are known
to. our connections. Synpathizers shall be ap-
preached in the shops and if this is impossible
because of the reactionary situation these sym
pathizers shall be approached outside the fac
tories-in their homes, or by inviting them to
the homes of comrades.
The Communist fraction inside the unions
mass organizations and fraternal organizations
where our comrades know all the membership
shall declare before their fellow workers the
Importance of strengthening the Party making
clear to them that it is not enough that many
of the members of these organizations claim to
be for the Party, to be Communists but that
their duty is to be inside our ranks
Those Party members who have dropped out
not because of political differences, but because
they were tired of the factional struggle, and
who still follow the line of the Party and in
many cases follow with discipline all instruc-
tons OF the Party, shall also be approached and
drawn back inside the Party
Ito Be Continued.)