The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-29
BY SAM DON.

pLANNED work means better prepared work
plus clearer understanding of the tasks and
detectives of the Party Whenever discussion
on the various plans of work arises, it becomes
clear that the WHY Of the various activities
outlined, is insoubly connected with the HOW"
of carrying out the plan of work In fact the
why" which explains the reasons for the vari-
GUS activities is the key to the understanding of
the how" The failure to link both most init
nlately, explains why many of the plans of work
in spite of their elaborate details and superficial
system, fail in the main objective of the plan
namely-mobilzatio for specific mass activities.
The theological preparation and understand
ing is prerequisite for the proper planning and
organization of our work. The COMMUNIST is
an indispensable weapon in the correct planning
of our work.
In many instances we note that in practice
they have either completely forgotten" or failed
to digest the IL Plenum resolutions The main
emphasis at the Plenum was on the question of
partial demands and the organizational methods
and forms in our activities in the shops and
amongst the unemployed The COMMUNIST
carried number of articles explaining and pop
ularizing the decisions of the IL Plenum-Com-
rade PROVIDERS report which appeared in the
January issue, the various articles of Comrades
Foster and Stachel on trade union problems and
questions of strike strategy, etc. When we re-
fleet on the various mistakes committed in our
practical activities we cannot but come to the
conclusion that had our comrades been reading
the various articles for that matter, read more
carefully and studied the Plenum resolutions)
less mistakes would have been committed The
May issue of the COMMUNIST will carry an
article by Comrade Stachel on the lessons of the
recent Lawrence strike. The entire Party must
study these experiences. so that we will under
stand much better how to prepare and lead
strike struggles. Yet we might expect that not
only will there be a repetition of exactly the
same mistakes committed in Lawrence, but in
some situations even improve on the mistakes
made in Lawrence Hasn't it happened time and
againl
Not only mistakes were committed in Law
renee. There were also definite positive points
Yet in other districts we might enter strike stu
ations with the comrades having the feeling that
they had no experience whatsoever And only
after the strike comrades will begin to compare
their mistakes with the ones made in Law
renee and draft resolutions of self-criticisin
(Here one is reminded OF Polish proverb: 1.-THE
Pole gets wise after the harm is done.'D. Would
not reading and discussion of an article on
the Lawrence strike prevent or at least decrease
the number Of mistakes in similar situation?
If the article will be studied and the lessons
taken to heart it certainly would.
If we take for instance our struggle for Ne
gro rights. The complaint is being made that
the membership is not clear on it. We all speak
of the need of intensifying our theological cam
paign in this respect. And right at this point
one is more than tempted to ask How many
have read the various articles which appeared IL
the COMMUNIST on the Negro Question:" The
answer would not sound so encouraging.
Take the question of articles in the COM
MUNIST dealing with the question We wish to
call the attention of the comrades to Comrade
PROVIDERS article in the April issue on the above
mentioned problem. The article deals with the
methods of fighting demagogy. How important
and decisive it is in our struggle to win the
masses can be seen from the following sentence
from Comrade PROVIDERS article, "The working
class, and its vanguard, the Communist Party,
have made less progress in fighting demagogy
than in fighting the police club" May we ask
how many comrades have read the article?
Perhaps after some sad experience, after having
made some mistakes the problem will be dis
covered. Would not bit Of advance reading
help? Shall we remind ourselves of the article
only after some mistakes are committed?
The various right and left mistakes committed
are due 70 lack misunderstanding how in practice