The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-30
After the
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Next Tasks
Resolution Adopted by Dist, 8, G. r,



ism made an issue altho seven lead
ing members of our Party are fac
ing trial charged with criminal
Syndicalism. Nor did We develop
struggle against deportations of
foreign born. The struggle against
the terror in the coal region and the
practically little civil war that eX-
listed there, were not utilized to
mobilize masses to defeat terror and
to link it up with the election strug-
gle, for the right of workers TO
strike, organize, assemble and
speech.
THE main fire in the Illinois coal
L fields must be opened against
social-fascist and left social-fascist
leaders Of the PIMA. and against
the leaders Of the United Mine
Workers of America. But this can
only be done successfully by de-
veloping activity on the basis Of the
united front from below The
beginning of this was the sending
of delegations by eleven locals of
the PIMA. TO participate in the
delegation to the Illinois legislature.
This is the beginning Of the cor
rect application of the policy in the
coal fields.
On the south side Of Chicago
among the Negro masses, We had a
big increase in votes. Gn the First
Congressional District in 1880 our
candidate received A votes and in
1882 our candidate, Newton, re-
1882 our candidate, Newton, re-
vote for 1ightfoot in Senatorial
District No. s.. But this vote does
not correspond with the influence
the Communist Party has on the
south side. And this is because the
Communist Party did not develop
struggles of the masses we were I'M
able successfully to expose and de-
feat the Negro misleading, serving
Republican and Democratic Parties.
VOTE NOT ONLY SIGN OF
STRENGTH
1t would be wrong to Judge the
votes cast for the c. P. as the only
strength of the c. P. The strength
of the Communist Party among the
masses is far beyond the votes cast
for the Communist Party. A large
number Of votes for the c. P. were
not counted. This is very definitely
established in a number of precincts
in Chicago, St. Louis and elsewhere.
Workers, especially unemployed
dophouSe workers, were disfran-
chised. Many Of them we're unable
to vote because Of moving from
residence and then a large per-
oentage of foreign born workers
who are disfranchised from voting
because they are not citizens. On
election day, poor organiZational
control Of the votes. Even in
Congressional District No. I, Sen
atofial District No. and others on
Chicago south side, We did not
cover half of the precincts and we
see very definitely that in precincts
where we had comrades, votes were
counted more accurately for the
Communist Party. Where We were
absent the Communist votes we're
not counted or counted for other
parties. A glaring example is in one
precinct where 81 votes were count
ed for the Communist Party and
there were yet 200 ballots to be
counted, but the conrade got sick
and left, and the returns showed
that in that precinct our Party got
only one vote. In another precinct
500 was offered to worker if ne
would diSclaim the 5 votes that were
cast for Foster. There is no ques-
ton that such cases can be null
tiplied by hundreds. But all these
cannot explain the fact that the
number. of Communist votes should
have been much bigger and there
fore We cannot be satisfied with
the election results.
THE task Of our Party now is to
l be an active factor in smashing
the illusions created by the Dsmoc-
ratio Party, during the election
campaign, that the election of the
tickets means "a new deal" for the
masses, etc. But these illusions can
only be undermined and destroyed
among the masses, if we will mo-
bilize the toiling masses and es-
pecially workers in the shops, mem
bers of the ALL, for the struggle
around the immediate demands
such as the present National Hun
ger March, development of the
united front activities in the shops,
around their grievances and issues
of the workers and to develop such
type of struggles that have been
carried on in Chicago on October
3lst, etc. Any view that the Democ-
rats will expose themselves, any
view Of waiting until the Roosevelt
Government exposes itself is the
most dangerous conception and will
prevent the Party from being an
active factor in destroying illusions
and mobilize the workers for action
Especially in this respect it Is
necessary TO win over for the united
front policy, tactics and daily strug-
giles, workers who still follow the
social-fascist leaders (Muste, Social
list Party. AFL, Farmer-Labor
Party, etc.. This is greatly under
estimated In the whole Party. In
all the struggles Of the masses we
must bring to the forefront the
struggle against the capitalist sys-
tenn, showing that there is only one
way out of the crisis and that is
the revolutionary way out and
pointing out the successes and ac-
Movements of the Soviet Union.
MUST CENTER ATTACK ON
DEMOCRATS
The Democratic Party will not
have easy sailing. The difficulties
will grow and it is our task, basing
ourselves on the needs Of the mass
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