The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-01
How the Districts Are Carrying Out the Decisions Of the
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light Of the resolutions of the XI Plenum Of
ECCL. Now there is going on q review and
summing Up Of this period. The recent Flenum
Of the District Committee Of Dist (Chlcago),
approaching its tasks and shortcomings IN the
spirit Of Bolshevist self-criticism intolerant OF
al deviations and shortcomings, adopted the
resolution printed herewith for the information
Of the entire Party, and as an example to other
districts-not only to follow, but to excel
Resolution on Three Months Plan Of Work and
Immediate Tasks.
Adopted by the Plenun Of the District Com
raittse Dist. g, c. ?, July 1920, 1881.
l Despite certain successes Of the Party in
the last period such as:
Cd Hunger marches in three states.
o. The May First campaigns and demon
gtratiozs in 26 cities, with larger response than
previously.
10 The scottsboro campaign with the in
volving Of large numbers Of new organizations
Ordinarily in Chicago and holding Of many
demonstrations.
I'D Slight increase in Party membership
and organizing Of four shop nuclei.
(s) Slight increase Of membership IN the
t-ade unions in Chicago.
The activity Of the district was not only lag
g+ng behind the development Of the struggles
Of the workers, but in the carrying through Of
the Plan Of Work since the last District Com
raittee CIay $50 there has been q decline in
the tempo Of the Party work in comparison
with the activity in the first half Of he Plan
Of Work.
z The Plenur calls this sharply to the at
tention Of the membership and gives directives
to the District Buro to mobilize all the Party
forces to overcome this existing situation The
main reason for this slowing down Of the tempo
IS the fact that the Party organization was too
much involved in apparatus work at the cost
Of mass work, and the participation and organ
ling Of mass struggles Of the workers. This
weakness CWniI5 dangerous in ttself) becomes
especially dangerous in this period Of develop
ing class struggles, strikes and unemployment
8 In the Southern Illinois section the gen
eral weaknesses Of the Party were accompanied
BY ouportunist practices which In view of the
Importance of the tasks Of the Party in this
field lead to especially bad results. While the
District Buro has made generally correct dect-
sions on work IN the mining field, some leading
comrades in the field revealed underestirlation
Of the readiness Of the miners to struggle and
the necessity OF organizing ard developing these
struggles on the basis Of local demands as well
es the utilizing of the Pa.-Ohio, w. Va striks
IS an example Of the correct methods Of strike
strategy and the role Of the NNLU. This pes
sirnistic attitude was combined with incorrect
estimation Of Edmonson and the opinion that
1t IS premature to expose him openly before the
masses Of miners while they still are having
fidenca in him due primarily to his use Of
social demagogy. This opportunisr was also
accompanied with ultra 1eftist mistakes in at
tempting to spread the Orient strike on the
basis OF general slogans Is hour day, 5 day
week. without formulating concrete local de-
rnands As result of these serious errors,
linked with Insufficient activities in the Orient
strike, there was:
ea) Failure to mobilize the Illinois miners to
struggle and spread the Orient strike.
O0 Decline Of our influence in the Orient
strike.
Co Dissolution OF the four locals Of the
n M q.
Cd Dissolution Of i've units Of the Party.
9so General weakening Of our position in the
Illinois fields reaching to such impern1issible
passiyity as failure to utilize the majority vote
at the Bel1evile Convention, favorable to the
representative Of the Pa.-Ohio strikers, organic
ing solidarity relief and complete collapse In
sending Of the delegates to the July 18th Pitts
burgh Conference
IT is not sufficient that the district btro had
q general correct line, but 1t did not see that
this line was executed in the fields and did not
Immediately take steps to correct these mistakes
and therefore shares in responsibility for this
situation.
1 IN the field Of unemployment there has
been certain O6LlIllCS SUCCESS, especially Will
reference to the Hunger Marches. The Illinois
Hunger March which found greater response
out Of Chicago expressed the readiness Of the
masses to respond and struggle to the call Of
the Communist Party. The Party did not sue
ceed in utilizing and following the experiences
of the Hunger Marches in other districts, par
ticu1arly in preparing and organizing the
marches and as result we have not gained
sufficient organizationa1 results. In the city Of
Chicago there were certain successes on neigh
borhood sca1e-in Sections 1 and 4. But the
Party failed to utilize TO spread this movement
beyond these territories, unifytng it on q city
and county scale
In the other sections Of the District there IS
an even more unsatisfactory situation in re-
CARDS to unemployment activities, especially IN
Milwaukee St Louis and Section in Chicago
Where branches Of Unemployed Councils have
developed struggles around local demands Gor
immediate relief against eyictions. high rents,
d. the branch has grown and thrived
IN Southern Illinois coal fields the Hunger
March revealed mass support and IN some
cases support from locals Of the Q. NJ. w. Of 4.
and enabled US to organize three branches OF
the unemployed. One Of the hindrances for
further development and the uniting Of the
struggles Of the employed and unemployed IS
the Misunderstanding Of the revolutionary role
Of unemployed and even the opinion Crank
field that the unemployed miners in Saline
County are declassed and lurnpen proletariat