The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-24
By BURCK

button OF leaflet from time to time to dis
tr1bution OF the Daily Worker. And of course,
the comrades were surprised why such forms of
concentration did not bring results
Another report of a similar nature: A unit de-
cloed to concentrate a shop and they sent
out comrades with literature and the workers
asked the comrades whom they represent The
comrades answered, they represent the shop
committee" When the workers asked the COM
radeS If they are working in this particular fac
tory. because they were interested in the shop
committee, our comrades concentrating from the
outside, had to admit that they were not work.
ing In the factory. Surely the workers could not
have confidence In shop committee outside of
the factory.
Such confusion among the comrades on what
snop committee is and how shop committee
is organized could surely not bring results. Fur
thermore, reviewing the leaflets which have been
issued in connection with concentration, we can
notice either lack of demands and repetition
OF general phrases on the necessity of organiza-
ton, or IN some places the comrades try to be
SO concrete, to work out SO many concrete
demands" to fit every concrete situation in the
shop. And therefore a list Of IS to 20 demands
which should cover everything, without one out
standing demand for which the workers are
ready to fight
To Overcome Fluctuation.
Our sectarian1sm in our mass work is a re-
Election of sectarianism and Journalism in the
inner life Of the Party The inner life in our
units can be characterized as very formal ap-
proach to our campaigns very little political dis
cussion by the membership of our campaigns
bureaucratic approach to new members All
these things are responsible not only for the in
ability OF developing mass work In the shops and
f0r 1nsir
already gained for the tremendous Huctuation
In our Party is characteristic OF nearly every
district. -..---.
Let us examine some figures The sale of In
itiation stamps during the first three months of
this year amounted to $6994. The increase in
dues payments during these three months
amounted to 3,4O2. What happened to the new
members who came into the Partyp Some of
them have dropped the Party, some of them are
not sufficiently assimilated If we will examine
the reasons we will find primarily Journalism and
sectarian approach to our work. When worker
fills out an application card to the Party, he
feels that he has done revolutionary act. Com
Ing into the Party unit, however, he is not I'M
bued by the spirit OF mass work and struggle
He Is not given mass work. No attention is paid
to him and when he feels this mechanical APP
proach to everyday tasks, he does not and cam
not the Party as the leader Of the mass
struggles OF which he dreamt worker writes
to us: Enclosed you will find my membership
book. ! am resigning from the Party. / cen
assure you that remain Communist and true
to the revolution" We got in touch with this
worker and found out the following: This
worker works late hours lives somewhere In the
Bronx and Ia working in Brooklyn. He was rs
signed To- . unit meeting where he lives, at
tended ~ AHs VIZ meetings. wss eYen SiIe q