The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-02
Why Do We Carry On Our Mass Work
in the Basic Industries?

locality in a shop organization within movement
will very often set the whole into motion and bring
them either under leadership at least in the direction
moving towards u.s.
this respect we have to give the most serious atten-
ton to the problems of consolidating the organization during
and after action One of the most important contrbu
tons movement in this whole last period has been the
nut pcker strike in ST. Louis precisely because
living example of the consolidation of organization
in the of the struggle maintaining it after the srug
gle. We that this whole problem is problem of in
volvng the members in tasks within the organization,
inside the shop and also giving them tasks outside the shop
in spreading the organzaono other shops and into
other industries -.v5t
FEW words about the concentration industries and dis
IA tricts. Here is necessary to utter just little word
of warning against tendencies of crystalzng
brother theories go along with the theory of concentration
Some comrades want to emphasize that concentration
thing the neglect of another Now it often true
that badly organized ourselves and badly
pared to concentrate that in first beginnings of
traion will tend to neglect other things But let's not
make theory of it and justify that neglect No. And espe
caly let's not only avoid but let's ourselves the task of
stamping out of any such tendency,
The building of forces in the basic industries is
first and central basic concentration not because do not
oan workers in light industry because is not important
but because quicker uuin the and CONSOLE
date the revolutionary organization among the by
making base the heavy INDUSTRY Precisely the impor
lance of heavy industry is that little organization there will
swing into action broad number of workers in light indus
heavy industry into motion That concentrate heavy
industry because euer by Chich the whoe
mass The whole of workers 'our workers. and
every of them is equally important for the revolutionary
movement Factories in light industry also be made to
help the task of conqueng heavy industry although the
main feature is the other way around that heavy industry
gives lever by which can bring workers in the light
industry into action.
WHAT instruments of concentration? 1t is
first of all to emphasize that the concentration
point for all work is the unit and the section of
the Party. The Section organizations of the Party
going to be the backbone of the PARTY and the sections
Ueak the Party uU If the sections do not have
strong consolidated collective leadership with political nit
alive with capacity and sefconfdence then the Party will
not forward We must make of every of
concentration every feature of work must through
the principle of concentraton-Pary organizations trade
unions unemployed councils, workers clubs l. W. o. L. d.
language clubs language all of these tremendous
Instruments for We often forget that the language
CARNATIONS and the language press still greatest
instrument could be if would make intelligent of
them the point continue emphasize is that the
central instrument for carrying through the turn to the
Masses is the Party section and the Party unit