The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-24
TOWARD Revolutionary Mass Wo, Hz iz 2SSvSSE
Sectarianism is Responsible for SefSatisfaction

THE Central Committee Resolution stresses the
necessity OF relentless struggle against Sec
tar1anism, against Journalism in our work and
against bureaucratic methods of our activities.
The Resolution brings to the attention of the
Party that despite the number of achievements
in mobilizing larger masses of workers for the
support OF our Party, our Party remains in the
same groove.
Is there contradiction between the ability of
our Party to mobilize hundreds of thousands of
workers manifested In our May Day demon
STATIONS, in the ability Of our Party to develop
struggles in the coal industry In Pennsylvania
ana S<Ntucky or among the unemployed with
the statement Of the Resolution that we are
sectarian in our approach? No. there is no con-
tradiction.
Analysing the latest achievements Of our Party
and comparing these achievements with the OBJ
jective possibilities in developing mass work.
especially in the third year of the economic crisis
and the period Of acute war danger, we must
come to the conclusion that just these mani
festations of mass mobility have brought for
ward the weaknesses Of our Party to larger
extent and manifested more so our sectarianism
In our mass work. The slow growth Of our Party
is the best proof Of our sectarian methods of
work.
Let's examine the May First demonstrations to
prove the correctness OF the Central Committee
Resolution. The demonstrations on May First
with hundreds Of thousands Of participants
clearly revealed the weaknesses of our Party.
Despite the mass character, the demonstrations
were primarily the result of our ability to mob
ilize the forces already connected with our Party
in one way or another. They were not demon
STATIONS where large sections Of new masses Of
workers have been brought into motion.
Tn Nan V1rLP for ircta that az
the demonstration there was present only a small
group Of Negroes; no organized factory repre-
sentation; no organized bodies Of unemployed
workers. We must admit that the lack of Negro
participation, the lack of organized factory
groups from large factories and bodies OF I'M
employed in this present period, cannot be over
Swallowed by the outside splendor Of the demon
Stration This can primarily be traced to our
formal methods Of work in preparing the May
First demonstration, which was predominant in
nearly every district
Let's take Kansas City, for example: The
united front conference in Kansas had the fol-
lowing representation: Q. P. units Russian Mu-
tuai Aid Society, LID, w1R. and VOL. This
in itself did not alarm our Kansas organization.
No attempt has been made to reach A. F. OF l..
locals; no factory activity has been carried on in
connection with May First preparations 1t is
therefore no wonder that the weaknesses OF the
demonstration were tremendous
In Detroit, for instance, the comrades report
only five factory gate meetings have been held
In the preparations for May First; that the work
inside the factory was negligible and that the
preparations for May First had the same charac-
ter as In the previous campaigns, which were
limited TO ths usual united front conferences to
tho usual neigf1borhood activities, the issuance
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