The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-29

bodies. Questions of collective leadership must
be brought forward before the membership in
all trade union organizations We must, at the
same time, stress the necessity of drawing in Of
rank and file workers into all leading commit
tees from top to bottom, boldly put them into
leading positions, give them comradey coopera-
ton and help in the work.
The whole life of the trade union must take
place before the workers eyes and under the
control of the masses. Hence the necessity Of
keeping the membership informed, through mem
bership meetings, and the press of all activities
Of the trade union as a whole or its organiza-
ton, and have the membership discuss and APP
prove of the general and financial reports
Only b. putting trade union democracy into
life by drawing the membership into active
participation, by creating permanent activity
In the trade unions, by assigning every active
member specific task and by helping him to
perform it, only by boldly putting members of
strike committees, unemployed councils, shop
committee Negro work, women and immigrant
workers from colonies Latin America Philip
pines, etc., young workers, into leading posi-
sions and also by giving them the necessary
training and theoretical knowledge, will be pos
sible the development Of leading cadres, will it
be poSSi % to put the decisions into life, will
we be al to actually solve this burning and i'm
portant problem
Cree tc Living and Flexible Apparatus
We must consider the question of establishing
a flexible and living apparatus in the trade
unions from the viewpoint of the carrying out
successfully our task in the revolutionary trade
union movement. The task of going over to the
factory basis the question of concentrating on
the basic industries, largest factories and the
question of intensifying our work in the re-
onti frora
ganizationally of the unemployment movement,
the creating of a sound financial basis for the
revolutionary trade unions and the introducing
of the principles of trade union democracy into
our unions.
We must create an apparatus which can
through its various sections, as through a cog
wheel, be linked up with thousand threads
with the membership, which can be in a position
to quickly inform the smallest committees of the
decisions of the center, which can keep the men,
bers1p in fighting readiness, lead them, and
through them lead the masses of workers at the
time of militant mass activities.
We must create an apparatus which can I'M
derstand the moods of the workers in the fac
tories, to formulate their demands interests
needs, to report about these matters from the
lowest committees to the center without any de-
lay, an apparatus which will not suppress the
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is doing, but will devote its energy to the ac-
Invitation of the membership, to the bringing out
of the initiative and self-activities of the rank
and file members, to filling the needs and de-
mands of the membership to quick mobilization
of the masses, on the basis of the expressed will
lingness Of the masses to struggle.
Revolutionary trade unions must be built on
the basis OF harmonious system. Shop COM
mittees, local organizations of the trade union
sub-district organization district organization ma
tional center
The TUUL must Immediately build sub-dist-
riot committees The TUUL must work out
general forms the functions of all organi-
rational bodies Of the organizational coordina-
ton and relations between the higher and low
or committees. jurisdiction, etc For the normal
functioning of the trade unions the sections and
committees must function tremendously
Such functioning c~'nmittees are organiza-
tional and training committees agitation and
propaganda committee, finance committee COM
mittee for work among women, youth and Ne
groes, colonial peoples, press committee, etc.
To insure the proper functoning of these COM
mittees and sections, for the utilization of the
initiative and self-activity of the membership
We must establish in all our trade unions from
top to bottom compact groups of militant ele-
ments known as "actives." At the head of the
sections or committees we must have workers
elected by the membership We must draw into
the various committees, as many as possible Of
active workers.
1t is also advisable In order to carry through
some specific task, like the following up of trade
union organization, or to investigate the finan-
cial situation of one or another organization, or
to go through the instructions and decisions etc.,
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