The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-25
PARTY LIFE
Conducted by the Organization Department of
the Central Committee, Communist Party, uS.A.
Two Examples of Factory
Work
z. G. (Chicagol.

IN one Of the Chicago sections We have been
concentrating on a shop nucleus for many
years. Occasional issuance Of shop bulletins mot
by the nucleus), general discussions at the meet
ings about material for the bulletin and the
need Of establishing shop committee and that
was all Lately the Metal Workers Industrial
League has also been concentrating" on the
same factory. using the same old methods, with
out proper coordination with the section, The
two cooks did not make the broth any better
In connection with the May Day preparations.
the section committee decided not only to re-
issue the bulletin, but also to hold weekly meet
ings before the factory gates. This is an easy
matter because there are thousands of workers
outside. eating their lunch, listening to all kinds
of statesmen, from fountain pens to Indian snake
OIL peddling their goods The easiest thing to get
a large audience. and good organizational re-
suits No need to stress that wags-cilts have
been taking place Systematically in this factory,
The Section Committee issued therefore the
instruction that each nucleus shall send down
two comrades before the shop gates certain
day of the week The first time a few comrades
showed UP, but not seeing the speaker from the
district they left the place without even try
ing to approach workers to sell them literature.
The second time there we're two speakers, but
not one conlrade from the nuclei, not a single
piece OF literature. The comrade spoke for about
20 minutes to 500 workers, who listened very at
tentivey until the whistle blew. They would
have bought literature, some of them would have
given their names, but no one there to take it.
This is enuf said.
Now let us take another factory in the same
section. much smaller one, which was not
even known up to few weeks ago by our COM
rades. A unit decided to concentrate on the
factory and appointed two comrades to sell Daily
Workers there. But this did not end the story.
The nucleus organizer happened to work in an
other shop, near this factory. His work started
at 7;3O a. M, while the gates at the other place
opened at Z a. m. Our comrade was there every
day at $50 a. m, mingled with the workers,
began to talk to them about generaIities, later
turning the discussion to the conditions in the
factory. He found out not only about a recent
wage-cut of 10 to 20 per cent but also that there
are workers in the factory who are willing to
fight under the leadership of the T. u u. L.
against the wage-cut, Two Of them we're ready
to join the organization committee and promised
to work from within.
At the same time believe 1t or not one of the
unemployed Party comrades got lob there
The information secured by the unit organizer
enabled him to approach the employment man
ager at the proper time and he was hired. This
means that after ten days of concentration we
have one comrade in the factory and two con-
facts for the Trade Union Unity League IN
like in the other place. where conditions for or
gsnization are still better, where we have had a
shop nucleus for years, where tons Of printed
material were distributed without any results
If the work will be kept up, we will build the
shop nucleus and the grievance committee The
first leaflet for this factory will be out this
week. with the material being given by the
workers, and not by. comrades, who never even
saw the shop from the inside.
Two examples of shop work, In the same sec
ton, with the same material in the Party and
in the factory-and what difference between
the two!