The daily worker., 1931-05-19
PARTY LIFE
Conducted by the Organization Department of
the Central Committee, Communist Party, U.S.A
Unit Functionaries Must Part.
icipate in Routine Daily Act
ivities of the Units
BY BURCK
BY d. FLAIANI New York.

"DEVELoP new leadership" slogan, in our Par
ty, has been to a large extent put into prac-
tice in the New York District. In all Sections
and Units we have some 300 functionaries Hence
a new problem arises which must be solved in
the shortest period of time. Elements of buro-
craticism have been creeping in here and there
among the Unit functionaries in an impermis-
Sible form With the establishment of the Unit
Buros as the authority of the Units, practic-
ally every member gets his assignments for the
week, also of D. w. leaflet distributions visiting
of contacts, etc. Each Unit has at least 10 flnc-
tionaries, each having one specific task to per-
form, which is that of involving the entire men,
bership in the Party campaigns, thru the Unit
Buros. However, in some Units while the func-
tionarieS have very good way of planning
work for the membership, they forget the fact
that they also plan work for themselves as men,
bers of the Unit
In many cases the Unit Organizer Trade
Union Organizer, Negro Director etc.. feel that
in view of their "high" position in the Units
their function is that of giving instructions to
others" This situation prevails with some ex-
ceptions) in every Section especially in Sections
having Units with large membership, where
the activities of every comrade remain un-
checked In one Unit we find a situation which
is characteristic of other Units functionaries
In this Unit, the Organizer considering himself
the highest" in some cases failed to attend
Unit meetings and gave instructions to another
high" ftmctionary to conduct the meeting The
Unit Organizer Secretary felt that every COM
rade was to give out leaflets at the shops and
house to house in the Unit territory; however
when the assignment comes down from the Unit
Buro you never hear that the Organizer Sec
retary is in the list Of those to give out leaflets
or Daily Worker sale or canvassing of workers
for Party, TUUL, ETC. The TUUL organizer an
other high" functionary could not spoil" his
"dignity"by going near shop of the Unit con-
centration and therefore assigned the other COM
rades
The Literature agent at the Unit meeting gave
hell to every one for non-co operation in the
sale Of the new pamphlets and instructed every
member to get five copies of Race Hatred on
Trial" and while practically every one took five
pamphlets and paid cash with the exception
of the Organizer and organizer secretary the
literature agent forgot that she was also To sell
the same amount as the others.
The same situation holds true for the rest of
the functionaries. This of course happens with
functionaries who even tho they cannot be called
burocrats in the real sense of the word, have
acquired an air of superiority" in their Units
in view Of their "hgh" position.
This kind of functionaries should not exist
in our Party. These tendencies lead toward the
development of the worst form of burocraticism
which does not serve as an example to the
membership and does not encourage the rank
and file to work. The Sections must anayze
this situation at once and guard against the
development of such kind of leadership in the
Units The Unit Buros must participate in the
everyday routine work of the Unit, and must
also guard against such functionaries whose ten
dencies are that of only giving instructions to
others.
The participation of our Unit functionares in
the every day routine activities OF the Units
will help tremendously TO improve the work OF
the Units. Our functionaries can be of best
aid to the rest of the members of the Units by
working together, teaching the other less expe-
ricnced comrades how to carry out some tasks
1t will help the functonaries TO better plan
the work for the whole Unit thru the expert
ences and contact of the functionaries with the
workers outside the ranks of our Parry. :.