The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-22

with them, and in this way develop
the struggles to higher points.
The second point that one Of
the comrades raised, "What diff.
ference does it make who is on the
Unit Buro?" shows further that the
comrade does not understand the
decisions of the 14th Plenum of orr
Party when it states that 1--WE must
develop a solid, personal contact
with the workers. and who can
best develop such contact with the
workers if not the workers theme
,selyeS-comrades who on the basis
of the struggles in the factory and
in the shops are able to speak the
language of the workers, and who
are able to mobilize the workers for
the struggles that the Party is lead
ing?
Our Party Plenum. when it spoke
OF mass work, did not simply make
statements in the abstract. It gave
us definite line that we must de-
velop this personal contact with
the workers on the basis of their
grievances, and thus develop their
struggles. In my opinion, the COM
rade who made the above state
ment showed very clearly that she
did not as yet develop workers
theology, that she must try very
hard to begin to understand the
basic task of our Party. And GER
tainly, no worker would state that
our Party is 'in a hopeless, chaotic
situation" but would rather discuss
the basic tasks and weaknesses of
our Party and make concrete pro-
posals on how to overcome these
weaknesses in order to mobilize the
whole Party for mass struggles.
And certainly the third comrade,
when she took a counter-revolu-
tionary like Brushkovskaya, who
since the Russian revolution has
become an open enemy of the pro
letarist Of the Soviet Union and of
the proletariat throughout the
world, and put her forth as one
who led and prepared the struggles
of the workers, shows. first, that
the comrade has not yet learned to
distinguish between intellectuals
who develop a proletariaf1 theology
and become a real asset to the
struggles of the working class, and
intellectuals who remain alien to
the needs, desires and struggles Of
the workers, 1t also showed a def
mite lack of faith in the ability Of
the Party to mobilize the workers.
for struggles in the United States.
Begin Campaign of Qualification
These points which were evident
in the Convention in Section / are
not isolated examples of how some
of our Party comrades look at the
decisions of the Party Plenum. 1t
is quite clear that as a result of the
District Convention, we must begin
a very sharp theological campaign
in the ranks of the Party to clarity
the decisions of the Party Plenum
and District Convention in the
light of the basic task facing our
Party; sharp struggle against
such unhealthy tendencies as those
expressed in Section and other
Sections prior to the District Con-
Vention.
The only way our District will be
able to make the turn towards
mass work required of us by the
Central Committee Plenum resolu-
ton will be in struggle against
open or hidden opposition to the
basic work of our Party and to
mobilize the whole Party member
ship on the basis of the daily prob
lens facing the workers in the
shops, in the unemployed work and
mass organizations, and to develop
and lead struggles, and in that way
go forward towards building up a
mass Party in our District.