The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-25

concern about the existence Of the
Daily Worker, this revolutionary
mouthpiece of our moven can
not exist. Without this revo4u qnary
mouthpiece of our movement, our
organization will be weakened.
All OF our branches should consider
the occasion Of the 10th birthday of
the Daily Worker as good incen-
tive to do their duty by the Daily
Worker, to help win new reaGc' ), to
extend the influence of that laper.
ALI branches should participate in
the circulation of the anniversary
issue. They should organize diStribu-
ton of this issue and should send
bundle orders prepaid to the Daily
Worker business Office.
The anniversary number will con-
tain full page of propaganda and
agitation material for the Interna-
tional Workers Order. In the distrib-
ution of this issue of the Daily
Worker, therefore, our members will
demonstrate the unity of interest be-
tween the paper and our I. w. o.
They will serve both the paper and
our organization by giving it the
widest possible circulation.
About Pessimism
Two weeks ago we reported about
a battle against pessimism in Chi
cago and informed our comrades that
a representative of the National Ex-
ecutive Committee, Conrade Saltz-
man, succeeded in accomplishing this
attack. We received a number Of
communications from Chicago pro-
testing that the write-up that Chi
cago got had unjustif1ably created the
impression of peSsimisn and mac
tivity in the leadership of our drive
in Chicago.
Of course, we intended no such &C
cuSation. We knew that the COM
rades in Chicago were active and
working. However, we also knew and
still know that one of the most Sc
riouS handicaps in our drive is ten
oency to pesSimism among many
ccmades. We meet it in personal
contact with the membership, as well
as in communications. They ask us,
What can you do now with drive?
The workers have no money. Even
If you would take them in, you would
have to suspend them again" Others
say that their field Of solicitation has
been exhausted, all the left wing
Jews or Hungarians or Slovaks in
their town are already organized.
These comrades do not see, first, that
the condition which more and more
disabled the workers from paying
cues also increased the need for the
protection of membership in frater-
nal organization among the workers.
They do not see that the conditions
are good for mobilization, not bad.
They also do not see that the mobili-
zation for the I. w. o. must not be
confined only to left wang workers.
The !. W. o. must become an instru-
ment to reach into all sections of the
working class.
Recognizing the existence OF pes
sirniSn, not as a particular Chicago
phenomenon, but as a fact among
certain sections of the membership
throughout the Order, we took the
opportunity of the report Of Comrade
Saltman to point to the baseless-
ness Of such pessmism and to show
the real possibilities confronting our
Order.
The write-up, therefore, was no
slight on our Chicago comrades, nor
was 1t q special glorif1cation Of Com
rade SaltZman. 1t was political pro-
paganda. We still believe it was time
ly political propaganda. If the Chi
cago comrades read the item again
from that point Of view, they will
agree and will convince themselves
that the item did not contain any in
jury to them, directly nor indirectly.
Campaign Prizes
All branches and all comrades who
have earned prizes are requested to
send their claims to the National Of
fee Of the Order, so that they can be
checked up and the prizes shipped
out Immediately after the close of
the campaign.
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