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The daily worker., 1932-02-03

"a. Strike Committees, organized on the basis
of the United Front, must not refrain from
crticizing the strike breaking activities of the
company unions leadership and their allies
Zimmerman g. Co. At meetings and in resolu-
tions, the treachery of the latter must be un-
masked. Only in this manner will the weaker,
vacillating elements be definitely over and
become adherents of the class struggle. Those
workers, members of the relormist unions who
through actual experience have convinced them
selves about the strikebreakng activities OF
their leaders must publicly declare it at mass
meetings and in statements in the workers press,
as a result of which these traitors can be COM
petely exposed.
25. The strike presents the best possibilities
to completely expose on the basis of concrete
facts the treacherous role of the corrupt bureau
cracy CT the reformist unions, for the develop
ment of the consciousness of the workers
and the roofing out of the last vestiges of re-
formist influence. Mass agitation and propa-
ganda and close contact between the workers OF
different political opinions and trade union af-
filiations are an aid toward closer unity and for
raising the level of their class consciousness.
With extreme patience it is necessary to explain
to the workers that the wage slashing campaign
in the dress industry is but part of the general
attack by the capitalists upon the living stand
ards of the working class Of the United States
The daily worker., 1932-02-03

of America. 1t ID necessary to explain the role
of the capitalist government and also the role OF
the strike breaking trade union bureaucracy OF
the A. F. of L. We must compare the effects
of the world crisis with its mass unemployment
in the capitalist countries, and particularly in
the United States of America, with the success
full construction of socialism and the liquidation
of unemployment in the U.S.S,R., and point out
that the way out of this crisis lies in the con-
sistent revolutionary struggle for partial de-
mands of the proletariat as well as for the COM
pete abolition of the decaying capitalist system.
Each mass agitation will undoubtedly paralyze
the influence of the reformists and help to
strengthen the united front of the striking dress
makers.
26 The adherents of the United Front in the
ranks of the reformist unions must expose the
maneuvers of the bureaucracy designed to break
the strike, by taking the floor at every meeting
called by them and fighting for proposals that
will lead toward the adoption of militant meth
DDS of struggle on the basis of the United Front.
In case meetings do not take place or the bu-
reaucracy refuses to call them, the adherents OF
the United Front are to call such meetings. lt
depends on each particular situation whether or
not it is advisable to invite to these meetings
the reactionary leaders to defend their acts be-
fore the masses.
The daily worker., 1932-02-03

27. The members of the Industrial Union
must be the driving force inside the United
Front Strike Committee (shop strike committees
and Central Strike Committee). They must
show an example Of activity and militancy They
must be in the first ranks on the picket lines
They must be able to find common language
with the members of the other unions and with
the ur ro-ganized workers. They must in practice
by their activities convince those workers of the
mtancy and correctness Of the line of the In
dustral Union They must help those workers
to carry out their activities and bring out their
initiative The Industrial Union must in time OF
struggles call periodical, regular meetings OF the
striking members of the union and instruct them
to check up their activities.
49, The Industrial Union must not IN the
least weaken It's activities or hide its tndepen-
dent face In the STRIKE which in itself would
impede the formation Of the united front ana
aid the enemy by giving him trump card we
must display maximum OF initiative through
the issuance of appeals and declarations
60 The ending Of a strike must be approved
at meeting of all the workers belonging to the
particular shop involved. If group OF shops Is
involved or all the shops on strike, then the ap-
proval Of delegates must be secured.
30. It is extremely important to inform the
press regularly about the rrsparataous Of the
The daily worker., 1932-02-03
THE UNITED FRONT BASED ON THE SHOP.

T. One Of the prerequisites for a successful
strike is careful and planned preparation in the
shops on the basis of united front Of all work.
ers. This, however, is not enough. 1t is i'm
portant that the conduct and leadership Of the
strike should be in the hands OF the strikers
themselves who are to elect from their midst
all the necessary committees for militant strike
preparations prior to the strike and the cleo
tions of the proper strike committees by all
workers, organized and unorganized, members Of
the Industrial Union, as well as those belonging
to the ILG.W.U,, after the strike is declared.
5. In order to be properly prepared for the
conduct of single shop strikes, as well as the
entire industry, it is necessary to call general
meetings Of all workers working in the shops
which are to be struck At these meetings the
discussions should be centered around the aims
of the strike, the concrete demands that are to
be presented on the basis Of the particular situa-
ton in each shop, as well as around questions OF
an organizational character, such as the crea-
ton of special committees for the preparations
of the strike, whose functions, among others,
is the organization of relief work, the activiza-
ton of all strikers in general, and Of each in
The daily worker., 1932-02-03

"The intellectuals propose to modify ths
tactics as well as the theories of the socialist
party; they wish to impose upon 1t new
method Of action. II must no longer strive TO
conquer the public powers by great struggle,
legal or revolutionary as need may be- but let
itself be conquered by every ministry Of a
republican coalition; it Is no longer TO oppose
the socialist party to all the bourgeois parties;
what Is needed is to put il at the service Of
the liberal party; we must no longer organize
1t for the class struggle, but keep 1t ready for
all the compromises of politicians. And TO fur
ther the triumph of the new method of action,
they propose TO diSorganize the socialist party,
to break up its old system and to demolish the
organizations which for 20 years have labored
to give the workers sense of their class IN
terests and to group them in a party Of eco
nomic and political struggle"
Lenin, writing OH the same issue, called at-
tention to the statements by Engels in connec-
ton with this question. Let us refer to tbs
remarks made by Engels In 1874 on the question
of the significance of theory in the social-de-
mocratic movement Engels recognizes not Two
forms of the great struggle of social democracy
(political and economic) as is usual among us,
but three, adding to the first two that Of the
theoretical struggle also.' The statement of En-
at length, is made in the introduction to '"The
Peasant War in Germany and contains the
following, in reference to the struggles OF the
German masses:
For the first time in the history Of the labor
movement the struggle is being so conducted
that Its threc sides, the theoretical, the poll
itical and the practical economic Opposition
to tho capitaIists), form one harmonious and
we'll planned entity"
More responsibility to the masses, closer con-
nection with the revolutionary party of the
American proletariat, more study of the nature
and character of the enemies Of the American
working class, more careful listing of their names
and addresses and better direction of all mail
to them, sharper and clearer analysis and ex-
posure of social fnscsm and social fascists
better organized and more militant struggle
against them are needed to correct the weak
nesses and shortcomings in the ranks Of those
revolutionary intellectuals who are closest to
our Party.
The daily worker., 1932-02-03

dividual in particular, the distribution among
them of the various tasks that are essential for
the proper preparation Of the coming strike.
simultaneously, special district meetings should
be called, as well as huge mass meetings, in
volving all the strikers in New York 1t is par
tcularly important to draw in the unemployed
in these meetings.
g. 1t is absolutely essential that neither the cen
tral committee nor the special shop committee
in charge of the preparations for the strike is
appointed from above, but Is elected by all the
workers, irrespective Of their political or trade
union affiliations who are employed in their
respective shops or who have participated in the
United Front conferences. The aim is to CO.
ordinate the struggles and activities of the work
ers in individual shops with those Of the central
body in charge of the preparations for the
strike. More than that, the demands must
finally be adopted only after thorough and
exhaustive discussion by the workers. On the
basis of the accepted program Of demands, we
must then proceed with the election of the
leading organs committees for the prepara-
ton of the strike
The daily worker., 1932-02-03
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:

md growth Of the Communist Party,

and growth OF the Communist Party.
The Communist Party is the most conscious
section Of the working class. but nevertheless
the currents and cross currents the various
trends and tendencies in bourgeois society, are
reflected within it. In the struggle against these
tendencies the Party is strengthened. 1t Is es-
pecially some intellectual elements who have
joined our Party, and among those who are close
to the Party, who suffer most from these in
fluences. 1t would be well if some Of them would
study Marx and Lenin a little more, and what
they term cultural literature" perhaps little
more Writing of the shortcomings of intel
lectuals in the period Of the youth of Com
munist Parties, Paul LaFsrgue said: '~These
intellectuals who have spent their youth in the
university that they might become experts on
exercise polishers of phrases philosophers or
doctors imagine one improvise himself in
to a master of the socialist theory by attending
single lecture or by the careless reading of
single pamphlet. NaturalistS who have felt the
need of painful research to learn the habits Of
mollusks or Of the polypS who live in a COM
munity on the coral banks think that they know
enough to regulate human societies. and that by
keeping their stand on the first steps of the
ascending ladder of animal life they can the
better discern the human IDEAL The philosophers,
the moralists, the historians and the politicians
have aims equally lofty; they bring an abundant
supply of ideas and a new method of action to
replace the imperfect theory and tactics which in
all capitalist countries have served to build up
socialist parties strong in numbers, unity and
discipline"
BY more study of the Marxist-Leninist classics,
by identifying themselves more closely with the
American proletariat and its struggles, those
intellectuals who members of our Party,
or are close supporters Of our Party and Of the
Soviet Union, will be able to draw a sharp line
between themselves and enemies of the workers
like Broun; they will be able to assist our Party
and the working class in a most decisive way,
by aiding in the exposure of the anti-working
class role of such intellectuals as Broun before
the whole working class. They will thereby make
it impossible for any militant worker to confuse
them as Communists with the BrounS Lees,
Thomas and Claessens who in describing, La
Fargue described also their role and tactics in
tho present period:
The daily worker., 1932-02-03

THE directiVeS given below for the preparation
L and successful conduct of the coming dress
makers strike should be read and studied by
all workers. but particularly at the present time,
by the dressmakers, in order that the members
Of the Needle Trades Workers Industrial Union
and the United Front Committee may prepare
properly for the coming struggle.
l. The single dress shop strikes which are to
be spread and developed into mass strike in
the dress industry are directed towards the mob
ilization of the dressmakers for energetic and
militant resistance to the systematic Wage-cuts,
lengthening of hours and general worsening Of
conditions, carried on by the bosses in conjunc-
ton with the strike breaking burocracy Of the
International Ladies' Garment Workers Union
and the Lovestone-z Zimmerman group.
2. Along with these shop strikes we also aim
to develop the struggle for the right to strike,
organize and picket against the boss rule Of ter
ror, against the use OF gangsteriSm, police and
injunctions as weapons against the workers
The daily worker., 1932-02-03
REGISTRATION OF THE STRIKERS.

is. Under no circumstances must all the ac-
Hvities In connection with the strike be left in
the hands of the General Strike Committee.
The full participation Of all the strikers in all
the activities must be secured. For this purpose
the strike committees must at the outset carry
through full registration of all the strikers.
The strikers must be drawn into the daily work
Of the Strike Committees, such as mass picket
ing, calling mass meetings, arranging mass DEM
onstrationR, distribution of strike relief struggles
against gangsterism, protection of mass meetings
and demonstrations, etc.
16. The development Of single shop strikes
through concentration on large shops at first,
involving gradually more and more such shops.
The daily worker., 1932-02-03

3. The slogans of state social insurance for the
unemployed, equal to full wages at the expense
Of the government and the employers, and of
immediate relief to the unemployed, are not
only demands of the unemployed in the dress
industry, but are the demands of all those par
ticipating in the strike and of all workers en-
gagged in the dress industry, irrespective of their
POLITICAL views or trade union affiliations.
The dress strike will be successful only If the
dressmakers, irrespective of their political opin-
ions or trade union affiliations, jointly enter the
struggle and fight side by side The active par
ticipation of the unorganized working in open
shops is OF basic need for successful struggle.
Special attention must be paid to the problem
of drawing into the general struggle the Negro
workers working in their respective shops. In
addition to the general demands there must be
special demands for Negroes. It is equally i'm
portant to draw into the strike the new ele-
ments who have never before participated in
strike movements, such as the young American
girls, Italians and Spanish workers
The daily worker., 1932-02-03
COMPOSITION OF THE STRIKE COMMITTEES.

g. Candidates for the General Strike Com
Inittee are to be selected by the Shop Prepara-
ton Committees the number to be increased by
adding the most active and trustworthy workers,
If such motion is made by the participants in
the meeting. Every worker, irrespective Of which
union he belongs to- Is eligible to be elected TO
the General Strike Committee. But only those
workers are to be elected as are ready and de-
termined mresitatingIy to defend the interests
of the strikers. Care must be taken that the
The daily worker., 1932-02-03

will convert the strike into real militant mass
strike.
II. The successful conduct of the strike in
cludes the activization and the solidifcation of
the strikers ranks. 1t is, therefore, necessary
to give systematic information about the strike
nc. enent to the workers of other shops work.
ing for the same firm whether in the same city
OF out of town. For this purpose it is neces-
sary to explain to these workers the purpose of
the strike the demands of the strikers, and ap-
peal to them to refuse to do strike breaking
work for the shops involved in the strike as
well as call upon them for moral and financial
assistance. At such meetings special solidarity
committees are to be elected.
The daily worker., 1932-02-03
ROLE OF THE INDUSTRIAL UNION.

strike and to answer the rumors spread by the
bosses and the takers. Every effort to spread
confusion and generalization in the ranks OF
the workers must be answered. Therefore, It
is necessary to organize special press committee
in the Strike Committees and Central Strike
Committee which shall be responsible for the
information and statements submitted to the
press and to counteract all efforts to break the
strike The committees shall give information
about the progress of the strike, stopping of
shops, etc.
81 The strike of the dressmakers must not
be isolated but in order to get support Of other
sections Of the workers, the Industrial Union
and the United Front Strike Committee must
draw in tie workers Of other industries, and
clubs, fraternal organizations. such as Labor
Sports organizations, Unemployed Councils, lid,
IWO WIR, cultural organizations, etc. to give
support to the strike. The representatives Of
these organizations must be fr2ternally drawn
= = the Central Strike Committee. At the same
time in order to strengthen tlo morale and soli-
{ lrty of the workers, it is necessary to link up
the dressmakers' struggle with the struggle Of
the miners Scottsboro, etc.
49, The appraisal Of the strike, its positive
and negative sides must be published in the press
ana Discussed at StriksrS mestingA
The daily worker., 1932-02-03
PART 3. (Conclusion)

The BOlSheVik Party under Lenin's leadership
grew strong and united In a struggle against
MensheviSm and all other forms of OpportuniSm.
1t Is necessary In the United States TO carry on
a similar struggle against every form OF express
sion Of opportunism, and especially is it neceS-
sary to struggle in the Sharpest manner against
the special forms in which pacifism, opportunism
and other theoretical allies of fascism present
themselves in this country.
Broun, by the obviously studied manner In
which he emphasizes his belief" in pacifiSm
and peaceful development toward socialism,
placing the question OF method always before
that OF objective, shows himself conscious
enemy Of the masses. Not to expose this In the
cleareSt manner when the opportunity presents
itself, is to help to create confusion.
Conrade Gold answered Brouns charge that
Communists are responsible for fasciSm In Italy
by saying that there was no Communist Party
there at the time that Mussolini began the pre-
paration for the fascist dictatorship by the PLAN
ned mass murder Of thousands of Italian workers
and peasants. The main question OF every re-
volution," said Lenin, SIS the question of power"
Capitalist democracy is only ole form of ca
pitalSt dictatorship. The greater the crisis Of
capitalism faced by the multitudeS of workers
and colonial peoples, whose elementary wants
capitalism does not satisfy any longer, the more
rapidly and brutally the bourgeoisie discards
the trappingS OF democracy, the more It's d1cta-
torship takes on militant character-armed
The daily worker., 1932-02-03

bosses agents, whose aim is to bring about the
disntegration of the leadership and to break
up the strike from within, through spreading
false rumors, creating panic and distrust in our
own forces, are not permitted to sneak into the
Central Strike Committee.
The Central Strike COMMITTEES must elect an
Executive, collective leadership and personal re-
sponsibility from the outset must be established
as prerequisite for proper frnctioning. Care
frl attention to details must be paid
The daily worker., 1932-02-03
THE FORMULATION OF DEMANDS.

In addition to the general program of de-
mands, concrete demands must be worked out
by the workers Of each shop separately on 4the
basis of the particular situation. The demands
must include the various crafts and categories
and particularly the Negro workers. These de-
mands must not be brought down from the top
ready made. The proposals made BY the United
Front Committee in charge Of preparations must
be submitted to thorough discussion Of the
workers. The maximum attention must be made
to proposals brought In by the workers at the
meeting.
The daily worker., 1932-02-03

7. In our program of demands, the central
points must be put in the forefront and become
the axis around which the entire strike is to re-
vove. Representatives of the unemployed must
be included on all leading strike committees and
they must be drawn into active participation in
the conduct of the strike, and particularly in
the mass picksting demonstrations Through
this unity Of the employed with the unemployed,
the attempt Of the bosses to enlist the unem-
ployed for mass strikebreaking will be success
fully paralyzed.
The daily worker., 1932-02-03
MASS PICKETING.

dress industry, such as the American born, Ital-
ians Spanish, who have had no previous ex-
perience in the class struggle
49, At the time Of distributing the strikers
for picket duty, it is necessary to explain to the
workers the cases of individual workers or de-
partments that vacillating or are under the
influence of the boss his agents In such
cases cass-conscious workers must be assigned
TO exert upon them moral persuasion and visit
the homes Of the absentees in an effort to draw
them into active work.
The daily worker., 1932-02-03
DIRECTIVES ISSUED BY N ATIONAL BURO. NEEDLE
TRADES WORKERS INDUSTRIAL UNION

mass work among their respective categories of
workers, are to organize their mass participation
in the conduct of the STRIKE carry through mass
agitation work in conjunction with the Agitprop
Committee and help all other committees by
drawing the women, Negroes, Italians, Spanish
and young workers into their work. Z. The Re-
lief and Solidarity Committee arranges jointly
with the organizations for Workers Relief the
collection of financial help towards the general
strike fund.- organizes the collection of food
stuffS, opens kitchens for strikers who are in
need, as well as the unemployed, who are most
active.
10. The success Of single shop strikes prior TO
the declaration of the mass strike may give
decisive push to the more backward and vacil-
lating workers of other shops.
IL. Final decisions pertaining to the demands
and tactics of the strike, as well as the date of
declaring it, must be approved at general meet
ings and at conferences of the shop delegates
elected on the basis Of the United Front, who
are to participate in the strike.
The daily worker., 1932-02-03

1s. In order to completely paralyze produc-
ton on the premises to prevent the possible use
of the employers of strikebreakers or the send
ing out of goods and raw materials to be made
up in different shops in this or other cities that
are not affected by the strike-MASS picketing
is absolutely essential. The wives and children
of the strikers must be drawn into mass picket
ing. It Is especially important to carry through
the Joint participation Of white and Negro work
@s In this pdckettns as well as those Of new
elements that vers recently absorbed into the
The daily worker., 1932-02-03

those OF the capitalist, expose the sham poverty
of tthe Bosses ETC. 2. The Organization Com
mittee carries through registration of all the
strikers, draws in the unemployed, the workers
wives as well as workers of other industries,
into the work of the General Strike Committee
in cooperative capacity The Organization
Committee calls meetings OF the strikers, or
ganizeS demonstrations, picketing, etc. 3. The
Trade Union Committee carries on mass cam
paign to recruit new members into the Indus
trial Union or seeks to get new recruits for the
revolutionary trade union opposition from the
ranks Of those who are members of the reform
list unions. 4. The Defense and Picketng Com
mittee guards the meetings of the strikers and
demonstrations, and is to protect speakers and
strike leaders from possible attacks by gang
sters or the police. The Defense Committee has
also the tasks Of organizing the mass picketings.
S. The Legal Defense Committee must cooper
ate with the Workers Defense Organization.
6. The Negro, Italian, Spanish, Youth, Women
and Children's Committees are to carry through