The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-11

1faCClOnS as well as the F1nn1Sn mass
organizations have called special
meetings, or are at this moment call
ing special meetings for the purpose
of discussing the Open Letter. In
Illinois district meeting of the
Finnish Federation was held where
the Open Letter was discussed and
resolution was passed for the carry
ing out Of the tasks laid down in
the Open Letter. Reports are COM
ing in from Michigan, Massachu-
sets and other districts where reso-
lutions have been passed and con-
crete tasks laid before the member
ship to be carried out on the basis
of the Open Letter.
Consider Weaknesses
The Finnish Buro of the C. G. has
adopted a resolution on the Open
Letter in which all the past weak
nesses of the Finnish Party men,
bers and also the Finnish Buro It
self are very sharply brought before
the entire membership. This reso-
luton, together with the Open Let
ter, as well as the resolution adopted
by the Extraordinary Conference on
the agrarian question, has been pub
lished in the Finnish language, in
pamphlet form, of which 5000 copies
have been distributed to the frac-
tons and the Finnish mass organ
iZationS.
There is one very important fea-
ture in the resolution of the Finnish
Buro of the G. G. Concrete tasks
are placed before the membership in
every district and especially in the
concentration districts of the Party.
The Executive Committee of the
Finnish Workers Federation has
unanimously approved Of the resolu-
ton of the Finnish Buro of the G. G..
and is applying the resolution for
the entire membership of the Fed
Grafton.
One of the main weaknesses OF
the Finnish Party membership in
the past has been their isolation
from the inner life and general
problems of the Party, they have in
the main been confined to national
segregation and their work has too
much been limited to the work
within the Federation. A large
number of the Finnish Party mem
bers in the past have excused them
selves from participation in the
work of the units on the basis that
they are too busy" in the work of
the Federation. In the past this
weakness has not been sufficiently
brought before the membership with
the object of correcting it. Thus
they have1stoo much neglected to
participate N the Party work in fac
tories and shops, thereby also to a
large extent neglecting to help in
building the TU.UL.
Also there has been a noted isola-
ton from the work among the I'M
employed, such as block work and
building the unemployed councils,
although it is fair to mention that
the Finnish comrades have fairly
well participated in the national,
state and local hunger marches, and
also in other demonstrations. New
ertheless the decentralization of the
Finnish Party members with Ameri-
can workers is still in a too large
of the c. l. to the Finnish comrades
in February, 1880, clearly pointed out
to the Finnish comrades the neces-
sity of this DECENTRALIZATION. The
Letter stated
Down with national exclusive
ness! In this connection it is
necessary to include in the pro-
gram plank on organizational
contact and decentralization with
degree lacking. The Open Letter
the American workers. Wide and
active participation of Finnish
workers in the class struggles and
organizations Of the American
proletariat should always be con-
sidered a great honor - And,
further. the letter states: THE
Finnish proletarian comrades must