The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-19

bers OF the United Farmers League into a polt-
ical party in some localities not consciously but
unconsciously where our leadership is weak. OF
course, SO far these farmers have been ready to
be corrected and have rallied around the cleo
ton program of our Party and around the de-
mands Of our Party. In this springs elections we
have elected already a few county, officials to
office. This shows the tremendous possibilities
OF growth of our influence among the toilng
farmers, especially in the Northwest where we
have built the United Farmers League, upon the
mass basis in connection with struggles.
Last fall our comrades in the Boston District
conducted an agricultural strike and, while
small, this was important. Also in Northern
Minnesota last fall there was a strike on the
county roads where farmers worked part time.
This strike, conducted by the United Farmers
League, under the leadership OF our Party, also
established our work among the farmers to a
great degree. In the Northwest also among the
youth our comrades, especially in Districts and
II, have been doing very good work and have
developed many new forces for our agraran
work. Id s3
Concentration Amongst the aAgrarian Workers.
4, OF course, the agrarian workers are the most
important element In the villages. In this re-
spect we have not made much advance, although
lately we have again made a beginning In or
ganizing the beet field workers in Colorado and
some very good beginning has been made In this
respect. 0 ~
But We must regret that from the Imperial
Valley in California, where we have had such
glorious struggle couple of years ago, we have
not heard anything lately. Evidently our Party
IN California has altogether forgotten this field
OF work., which was to establish our organiza-
ton among this important category of the agri-
cultural workers.
think great part OF the neglect among this
most important element in the villages is due
to Party and the T.UU.L.l center and the dis
trict centers which have not paid attention to
the work among the agricultural workers We
must emphasize that the TUU.L. must pay more
attention and<-give more help to those districts
where we have these agricultural workers
Share choppers, after the. agrarian workers,
are a. very important. element and while we
have had in. Alabama the Camp Hill struggle,
and we have some Contacts in both Districts l6
ana II, our comrades have paid very little at
tention to the organization Of the share crop
pers.a just now comrades tell me that there is
a spontaneous strike taking place In Alabama
among the Negro share troopers. In other places
we discovered forty Negro subscribers to the
Daily Worker In the same rate. And our Party
districts have no connection with these elements.
l don't know how it is that the Party has no
connection with the struggles of these share
choppers in the South? OF course we must I'M
derstand that our forces in the South are yet
very insufficient, and comrades have not enough
forces and not enough time to give attention to
this work, but the Central Committee must see
to 1t that serious work among share, choppers
will be taken up. and also give more help than
hitherto TO our comrades In the South for this
work. This must be done because, as IN
derstand 1t, the most important field for our
agraran work is particularly In the South, and
therefore our next concentration must be there.
We must also very severely criticize the district
OF Kansas (Which comprises seven agricultural
statesl Abccause our Party has BEEN sleeping