The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-22
PARTY LIFE
How Is Open Letter Carried
Out in the Marine Industry?
Local Party Leadership Responsible for
Guiding and Carrying Out Concentration

tio1ary unions in the most important
industrial centers Of the country, to
effectively and Systematically win the
decisive sections Of the American
workers" 1t further demands that the
Party break from the past habetx
where "the leadership of the Party
has not adhered to a fixed course for
overcoming the main weaknesses Of
the Party, allows itself TO be driven
by events, and does not work out
carefully with the comrades of the
lower organizations ways and means
for carrying through Of resolutions
and the checking up on their execu~
ton"
This, in my opinion, reflects the
approach Of the various Party COM.
mlttees in these ports to the question:
of concentrating its attention upon
strengthening our base among the
decisive sections of the American
workers"
Not only does this isolation from
the work prevent us from utilizing
the situation for building the move
ment. Tt has serious effect upon
those workers and forces whom the
Party has already won into its ranks.
One Of the forces who has been very
active, who has given leadership to
a number of recent strikes, who Is
daily seeing the union grow-and has
no cause for Generalization
TN regards to the Section, It's the
same as ever and / am beginning to
think that perhaps I don't belong In
the G. p" This comrade certainly
does belong in the G. p, but he GER
ts1nly is correct in stating that this
work OF the Party in his section re-
mains fundamentally in the sanns
grove as before the Open Letter.
The Party in these Districts has not
yet made the penetration OF the baste
Industries its major task which the
open Letter demands. Because 1t has
given little study to the question we
nave naturally not learned how to
control and guide the work of the
Party forces available for this work.
The mobilization of the Party forces
and resources for the carrying
through of the work In the concen-
tration Industries has consequently
been totally inadequate.
No more favorable opportunity for
winning the masses in the marine in
dustry has ever existed. We have
some organizational base and a wide
and growing influence. The coming
months viii be of decisive Importance.
Immediate steps must be taken to
correct this situation. Each District
should review it's work in the marine Z
industry. The shortcomings of past
work and plans for future work must
be discussed with the entire Party
membership in these districts. The
Party membership in these districts
must be made politically conscious OF
the Importance of carrying through
a concentration program, must know
the details of this program, must
know who is responsible for its exc
cution, in order that the entire Par
ty membership will act as a check
on the Party leadership In It's work.
The program already made shows
that it is possible to make the turn.
This turn in our work can only be
carried further forward if every COM
rade, especially the leading com
rades, fulfil their responsibility In
leading and carrying out the work
that is given them by the Party. Com
rades who are not able and willing
to consistently work as the Open Let
ter demands should make place for
elements growing out OF the strug-
giles. who will devotedly carry out the
decisions of the Party,