The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-01

fer SUGGESTIONS and if he needs any
help, we give it TO him. In the mat
ter Of trade union work, the mein-
Der reports. on the work he is doing
in his reformist union, and what
progress his industrial union is maxi
ing. In the matter of shop work,
we keep constantly before the mem
bers the need for roofing ourselves
in the shops. As each member ma
turally wants to report progress, we
find, therefore. that each member Is
carrying on good Bolshevik work. BY
these reports, the unit keeps in touch
with the fractions in the various or
CARNATIONS. The members are made
to feel that the whole unit is behind
them in the work they are doing.
Now we come to the fourth item
new business. Here the floor is open
to suggestions for work and criticism
We find that the new elements that
come into our Party often have ex-
cellent criticism of our methods and
approach. Such criticism is listened
to attentively eve try to make the
new member feel that he is among
comrades that are always willing to
learn, and where the criticism Is
incorrect, our agit-prop director gives
the explanation of what the correct
line is. During this stage too, we
have excellent suggestions for new
work, often coming from new mem
bers. At 9:45 the agit-prop begins
a review of the weeks current events
Is or itens), explains their poll
tical significance and when he Is
through after each item, gives the
floor to the rest. Occasionally, he
only SynopsizeS the news events and
asks for political analyses of it from
the members. d.
That, comrades, is our business
meeting. 1t is alive, snappy and at
the end the comrades would like to
stay another Is minutes instead of
desiring to run home. just before
the close of the discussion, the agit~
prop director gives assignments to
three comrades to prepare for the
next week, which was to be devoted
to political education. Let us see how
that meeting is conducted. From 6
to 8:15, literature and dues; BIS to
$3.50, necessary business. eve make
sure that only that business that
can't wait till next week is allowed
on the agenda). Now we turn the
rest Of the meeting till 10, over to
the agit-prop director. He calls ON
the three comrades that have assign
ments. The first gives g short talk
on chauvinism. Questions are fired
at him when he is finished, and at
the end of the period the agit-proo
sums up. The same occurs with the
second subject, What Is the Swope
Plan?" and the third, why Is the
United States Buying Gold?" These
are sample subjects. 1t is at these
meetings that we bring the new mem
bers land they usually remain In the
unit.
How to Train Agitators
On other occasions we arrange the
political education in the following
way: The agit-prop director states
to each member in turn an argu-
ment that is erroneous because 1t Is
not class conscious. Each member Is
to argue with the agit-prop director
showing him where hels wrong. Thus
erroneous viewpoints on the War
Danger, the Soviet Union, the Negro
Question, are stated, and refuted. In
this manner we find out how good
we are as agitators. 1t really Is a
lesson in agitation and propaganda
ing. When the member is through,
then the agit-prop director tells him
how he could have improved his ar
guments, and the other members add
their suggestions. +"s
Well, comrades, I have made this
letter longer than it should have been.
I hope these suggestions will prove
helpful to you. Let US get to work
and improve the Party life in our
units.
NIB.
Unit 4, Downtown Section,
Los Angeles, Calf.