The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-01-21
Party Recruiting Drive
January II March Is, 1892


They must depend on leading comrsde in the
section or district to have it ready made for
them. This leading Comrade is usually busy
with other Party activities which are considered
in the section Of more Importance than shop
paper work, and so it takes a few weeks or
months until such an article is ready
Why cannot the comrades in the nucleus write
for their shop paper. The nucleus visited gave
the answer. No agit-prop work, no educational
development, no discussions on the Party cam
paigns. How can we expect these comrades to
be capable to approach their fellow workers and
raise their political level?
How different the situation would be if a polit-
ically developed comrade from the section agit-
prop committee Tor the best is to have such a
comrade assigned to the nucleus would come at
least once month to lead in the nucleus dis
cussion in relation to the current Party cam
paigns; current political developments; the prob
lens in the shop Or other phases in relation to
the material for the next shop paper issue? On
the basis of such discussion it would be much
easier to outline the structure of the articles and
sub-divide the writing of the articles for the
shop paper among the comrades in the nucleus
want also to remind the comrades in the
nucleus that it is not so hard to write for a
shop paper, even political articles; that they
are the ones to make the best job, providing they
Will nave III LLl6U UllIlQ J[laL Wflen CTey read
the Daily Worker they must not neglect to read
the articles or editorials on the current events
and Party campaigns, in order to have better
understanding on the line for their shop paper
CAS- far as I know our comrades in the nucleus
claim not to have time to read such materially
Because these political articles must be linked up
with shop problems and issues and the COM
rades working in the shop are best qualified for
this
One of the greatest obstacles in the issuing of
shop papers in the New York District is the
problem of technical help. Some sections have
really not single typist for making a good
stencil. Some sections have typists, but they
claim that the district offices keep they too busy
Some sections could mobilize a technical force
but no real effort was made in this direction
1t is surely for the section org. and the district
org. to come to an understanding and cure this
deplorable situation which is the main obstacle
for issuing and developing shop papers in the
district.
Since the time when the district shop paper
committee began to send representatives direct
to the nucleus the comrades got the impression
that the time when the district took care of the
shop papers is returning, that these representa-
tives have to write the articles for them, edit
the paper, organize the technical work and the
distribution Now this is surely wrong con-
cepCon. Our line on shop paper work Is and
should be-the development of the initiative of
the nucleus, as fully responsible for the paper.
The duty of the section and the district is surely
to give leadership to the nucleus in shop paper
work, and the comrades in the nucleus have to
demand from the section the guidance and as
sistance that is essential for the issuing of their
shop paper But the actual getting out of the
paper is up to the nucleus itself, modelling all
comrades of the nucleus and workers of the shop
for this work