The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-01-04
MAKES sUGGE sTONs HOW TO IMPROVE THE IN
IMPORTANT MEASURE TO KEEP NEW
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The exceptionally high turnover in the Party
makes it necessary for us to review this prob
lem deeply and find way out Of the situation.
Our Party units are in q fraction Of the Strug-
giles that the Party is carrying on generally and
when individual workers join our Party they
expect it to lead them and TO take up within
she units the concrete problems confronting
them In the struggles. However, when they are
confronted with our units OF today, they become
disillusioneo.
The Party units must become the political
leaders Of the struggles OF the workers The
Party should reflect the struggles of the workers
in the particular territory field Of activity Of
the unit. This can be achieved only on the
basis Of mass activity, by the members Of the
Party in every unit faniliarizing themselves
With the lives problems, needs of the workers
in the shops and neghborhoods, by learning
now to develop concrete demands and organ
izing struggles around these demands, linking
them up with the main political aims and slo-
gans of the Party.
The unit buros are today not the leaders Of
the units They should plan the meetings SO
that every Party member is drawn into activity
OF the unit. In order to keep new members, the
meetings must be short and alive. New Party
comrades come in with respect and expectation
OF efficiency In the Party work. The failure of
the buros TO organize the meetings properly
must be changed if We expect to have real sue
cessful recruiting drive. The unit buros should
develop a system of calling in individual mem
bers to the bro for the purpose of checking up
and consulting with them on problems con-
fronting them.
The units should organize their work in such
q way that time is left for real political discus
-
pef1ences in the Party in one or another field
Of activity.
We must pay personal attention TO new Party
members If we expect to keep them in the Party.
Unit functionaries and old Party members must
have regular consultation or discussions with
the new members discussing with them their
reactions TO various phases Of Party work car-
Tying problem for them and paying the closest
attention TO their complaints and problems. In
this connection, we must develop more our social
relations with each other, meeting comrades
outside Of the Party meetings. The new mem
bers must, not be made. TO feel like strangers
inside the ranks Of the Party. more friendly
and oomradely attitude is necessary for over
coming trained relations between comrades. The
is OF special importance for the assimilation and
maintaining Of new Negro members in the Party
We must carry on q very ruthless struggle
against all traces OF white chauvinism in the
Party Il we expect to keep the new Negro Party
members We must make them feel that our
Party in its daily struggles fights against jim
crowisn, discrimination, etc, and we must de-
velop Negro comrades for the leadership of the
units, the sections and higher bodies Of the
Part,
It Is absolutely necessary to avoid loading the
new Party comrades with too many burdens and
assigning them tasks beyond their capacity to
~ DC Tha Of
ccuraging and driving new members away from
the Party. We must begin with some very sim
Die concrete tasks, always consulting the COM
rade on this task and explaining to the COM
xade very carefully what the task is about He
must be convinced that ne Is In q position and
sble TO carry out this task.
The use OF the word discipline" in q manner
hat drives away new members must be done
.vay with Tbs guactonartss Of the Party and
ne older aPyty members should teach the new
members discipline BY example and not by
tarezta The cuesttoc. o. discipline should De
placed y, the light Of seH-discipline OF develop
ing conscious understanding Of the political i'm
,,orzance Of the tasks given In many cases,
me responsibility and looseness Of the OLD
party members helps to demoralze the new
ynembers The inner life of the units should
30 changed, political discussions should be de-
veIoped The method of relying entirely upon
outlines from the District to the sections and
untts should be discarded The sections should
be allowed TO develop initiative on the question
ex leadtng discussions on the various problems
confronting the Party. Experiences OF members
oS the sections and units in the course OF their
work should be made subjects for discussion in
the units. In these discussion, q proper utiliza-
Am Of the weapon Of self-criticism must be de-
re1oneo The methods Of work in connection
- shop nuclei, shop work, etc. must be q
,.>as Tor discussiou In the units
- have had examples where many old Party
- cnceuccnss1 Sos 9oag ~ unit meet