The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-14
By SAM DON.

since It's existence 1t appeared each
month of the year This is a sign
Of growth, but by no means a sat-
isfactory one.
The Communist should give a DO
litical answer and analysis to the
main problems of the mass work
Of the Party In this respect we
note in the 1882 Communist an inn
provement over the previous year.
One of the most important prob
lens facing the Party is the under
standing and mastering of strike
strategy on the basis of a correct
application of the united front pol
icy. Practically all the important
strikes which took place in the
past year have been discussed and
analysed in The Communist. Dur
ing the year twelve articles on trade
union questions and strike strategy
appeared in The Communist. Out
of these twelve, two were docu-
mentS, one article written by Com
rade KuuSinen, and the others were
written by comrades who are lead
ing the trade union work of the
Party and who have participated in
the various strike struggles
IMPROVEMENT NOTED
A notable Improvement over the
previous year is the number of ar
ticleS on unemployment. Seven ar
ticles on unemployment appeared,
all of them written by comrades in
the United States. The articles on
unemployment dealt with the prac-
tical questions of the unemployed
movement as well as with some of
the broader theoretical, political
problems connected with our work
among the unemployed.
In our anti-War activities our
Party suffers from inability of con-
cretely applying the feminist teach
ingS on war. Our Communist must
become one of the most important
means of popularizing and clar-
flying Lenin's teachings on war,
particularly in applying them in the
fight against American imperial
ism. While quite a number of ar
ticles appeared on the question of
war, The Communist did not Suffi-
GENTLY popularize the teachings of
Lenin, particularly in its applica-
ton to our fight against American
imperialism About thirteen articles
appeared on the war question, nine
of them were written by American
comrades. We also reprinted a num-
Der OF articles by Lenin on the war
question, The 1888 issues of The
Communist mast make a define
Improvement in the respect of theo-
retical and political Qualification of
the war question
THE theoretical weaknesses and
1 inmaturity of our Party are re-
Elected in the difficulties of under
standing and applying the feminist
teachings on the national question
with reference to the Negro ques-
ton. A number of articles appear
ed in The Communist helping in
this respect, but by no means SUI
ficient. We also had a number of
articles on the farmers question.
With respect to the struggles of the
farmers, more theoretical clarified
ton is necessary on our leadership
among the farmers. All articles on
the Negro and farmers questions
were written by American COM
rades. The Communist carried a
number of articles by Lenin and
Stain on the national question.
Ths present little and officially
"undeclared" wars in South Am
erica rejecting the growth of an
tagonisms between Great Britain
and the United States, emphasize
the Importance of acquainting
the Party and the revolutionary
workers with the struggles in Latin
America. In this respect there is
an improvement in the 1892 Com
munist over the previous years.
LACK ARTICLES
ON SOCIAL FASCISM
One of the greatest shortcomings
OF the 1882 issues of The Commu-
mist is the lack of articles Clarity
ing theoretically and programme
tfcally our fight against social-fas-
cisin IN all its forms and shades
particularly as applied to the
United States. While the question
OF our fight against social faScism
ran through the various articles.
particularly on the trade union
question, unemployment and war.
we did not have many special ar
ticleS on social fascism which would
give a broader and deeper insight
on our fight against social fascism.
The Communist carried a num-
Der OF articles on the economic sit
uation in the country. These, how
ever, were too statistical and des-
criptive without sufficient theoretic-
al analysis which should serve both
in popularizing Marxism -Leninism
and applying it to the specific AM
erican conditions. The few articles.
however, which appeared exposing
the talk of planning should be
quite useful in establishing some
OF the basic principles of Marxism-
Leninism and applying them to our
conditions in the United States.
The Communist must become the
important weapon in training the
Party membership in the basic prin-
ciples of Marxism- Leninism. More
theoretical articles should appear
in The Communist. While it is
correct to follow the policy of TAX
ing up the concrete problems of
strike strategy, unemployment, war,
the Negro and farmers question and
explain them from the theoretical
aspect, it is also necessary to have
more generalized, theoretical ar
ticles which would enable the COM
rades to get better insight into
the practical problems of mass work