The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-29

dletOwn, New YORK, rs a SpiennLu
illustration Of how n Communist
should carry on mass work. An
]. L. ID. branch is organized,
strike Is participated in, a shop
organized, farm work carried on,
study courses established, and
finally a Communist Party Unit is
formed. This cOnrade well under
stands that work within mass or
PLANTATIONS Is Party work. She
makes a number OF serious criti-
cis1ns which should be examined by
the fractions of the organizations
concerned, and steps taken to over
come them.
'In April, 1898, we were compelled
to move to Middletown, N. Y. We
lad been unemployed for a long
time, and when the first job was
offered in Middletown, we moved
there. After one week in town we
got together six workers, including
Comrade A and myself, and we Or
ganized a branch of the I. l.. D.
We sent for charter to the New
York district. At the same time
we started to get busy.
In Walden, N. Y, spontaneous
strike Of textile workers took place.
One worker was arrested. When we
heard about this we Immediately
came in touch with the Strike Com
mittee in Walden, and with the
worker who was arrested. The
charges pressed against him we're
very serious. The District Attorney
of this town said he would get even
with this worker for being militant
in the strike, but when the I. L. D.
representatives from Middletown ap-
peared, the news spread all over town,
The authorities got scared and the
case did not even come to court.
The prosecuting attorney came to
the striker and told him he will drop
the case.
T. U. U. G. Neglect
At the same time this worker
spoke to us about organizing q union.
OF course we were on the job. a
special delivery letter was sent to
the T. U. U. c.. that they should
send an srgarl.zer Immediately. We
never ev8l got an answer from them.
We, the I. L. D., were not able to
take the situation in our hand, be-
cause of lack of forces. At the same
time the workers kept up the Strug-
gle for eight weeks and they wen
certain demands. Their ranks GER
taiflly were strong. We were con-
stantly in touch with them, giving
them the Daily Worker, Labor De-
fender, and other literature. The
result was that the workers organized
workers club, ana no union Of any
kind has yet been organized.
would Ike to say here, that al
jhough this branch of the I. L. d
has been in exiseance eight months
and although we pay in advance fol
Labor Defenders, we have been able
to get them only three months, In
spite OF repeated requests to the Dis
trict. We have not received any
Labor Defenders since August.
Still Await I. L. d. Charter
We are still waiting for our charter
from the District. THIS may not
seem important, but such things are
very important to the workers, who
don't feel that they are really or
ganized unless they have charter
We did not hear from the District
'or three weeks, so our organizer
hitch-hiked to New York for tn;
Charter. He came to the District
and got reception with some ic;
IN 1t. Comrade John BALKAN, ther
District Organizer OF the /. L. d
said that he was sick, so he couldn'
send the charter. How do you likS
this for an answer?
After those two disappointments We
became mere determined and WI
started to go out visiting farmers
with literature and Daily Workers
We came in touch with a farmer
very good element willing to dt
work among farmers. We called fo.
an organizer on farm work, anc
within four hours the organizer, Dave
Lourie came. We had a meetin.
together with the farmer and {
couple Of weeks later a meeting o
farmers was held in Gardner, N. Y
Another one followed two week
later, a third one was he'd in Pin
Bush, N. Y. This one was very sue
cessful. Lem Harris Of the Farmer
Committee OF Ac,ton was the NAH
speaker. Two delegates were elected
to the Farmers National Convention
in Chicago. At the Farmers Con
vention, the farmer B was electet
on the Farmers National Committee
He joined the I. L. D. and paid TO
three months dues In advance, say
ing that he must have an organiza
ton like the I. L. D. to support hin
in his struggle and work for tn