The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-26

initiative, stopped evctions without us knowing
about it and organized block committees. IN
less this tail-endism is overcome unless the
Party core in the unemployed branches is given
leadership Gin deeds and not in wordsD to the
struggle against starvation we will be faced with
the danger Of individual actions of desperation
OF spontaneous actions on the part of the work
crs, which will lead to defeats and our isolation
from the workers This must be clearly under
stood and the turn to mass work sharply COM
pleted
Developed Struggle to Higher PIare.
The Unemployed Branches must cease to limit
their activities to stopping evictions and to get
charity for those that happen to call for it. We
must develop systematic investigation of all
needy cases to take down to the relief stations
and demand that more relief be given to more
workers. We must insist that they get free gas
electricity and coal, and resist any attempts to
take this away from the workers. Insist that
soup kitchens, vacant apartments and public
buildings are opened by the cty-and admins
tered by the unemployed workers To arrange
demonstrations before the Aldermen's offices,
in their wards and local hunger marches util-
izing them to expose the capitalist politicians
and bring forth the Party of the working class
We must react to the local issue, demanding
here the tearing down of the old dilapidated
buildings and schools in this section, or help
organize the workers who lost their savings
through bank failures, rent or bread strike
in the others. All this must be tied up with
the fight for unemployment insurance and other
more advanced demands of our movement.
The block must become the very basis of our
work organizationally, the center where workers
can be modified within a short notice, which
investigates the territory draws in every mem
Der into active work, becomes the unit upon
which strugf 'es for all demands, including the
election camnaigns, will be based. This, bound
together with local unemployed branches and
with strong City Council involving hundreds
of mass organizations will become the real
united front from below under revolutionary
leadership.
Though the basis of all our activities must be
the fight for unemployment insurance and re-
lief one can not separate this from other de-
mands such Negro RIGHTS, terror, defense Of
the Soviet Union and demands involving the
employed workers. Dozens of employed workers
have been reporting at the unemployed branches
asking for advice on wage cuts complaining
about small pay and other grievances and ex-
press their readiness to Join our revolutionary
unions We must seriously consider to put into
life the instructions of the RILU. to start a
uIlVe lOI IGlel LOT UpOSe WORKING OIe-lWC Gays
week. In one word, while basing ourselves
upon the most burning issue, the weakest link
in the chain OF capitalism, unemployment and
the other weak links, oppression Of the Negro
masses, we must be able to tie up these main
struggles with all the other issues of the class
struggle always keeping in view the concrete
local situation.
Was the District Committee correct In rails
ing the slogan of doubling the Party MEMBER
ship by November in Chicago? 1t will DO
trebled in the South Side and will be doubled
in the rest Of the city. Can we do 1t? Yes, We
can, in Chicago as well as the entire district.
The steel workers are in foment facing wage
cuts the present quiet in the mining fields Is
one before storm. The Party can easily double
its membership and bolshevize its, rank within
the coming few months and establish mass or.
ganizatons provided the entire membership.
especially the leading cadres, will throw over.
board all opportunist tendencies and practices,
and all those comrades that can not adopt
themselves to the new situation.
The South Side events symbolic the tremen-
dous possibilities before our movement. Ths
difficulties are great, both the part Of the
bourgeoise and on our theological and organ
national shortcomings. But they can and WIN
be eliminated If we get down to r---S