The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-26
PARTY LIFE
Cleveland Must Spur Work
To Gain Open Letter Goal
Events Prove Correctness of Party Plenum
Analysis of the Present Situation
BY JOHN WILLIAMSON

their own initiative, leading commit
tees, independent life, with the &C.
tive assistance Of the Party through
it's fractions inside of the respective
unions and the TU.UL. Today these
fractions hardly exist.
With, the organization campaign
conducted by the A. F. of L. which
resulted in some 10000 new members
in Cleveland and additional thou
sands drought the state, as in the
Akron rubber plants; steel plants in
Mahoning and Ohio Valley regions;
metal industry in Cincinnati, etc., it
is important that we see and under
stand the A. F. of L. leadership as
one of the main forces of social fas-
ciSm in Ohio. To neglect to work
among these thousands Of new work.
ers in basic industries, who are not
stepped in A. F. of l.. theology, but
who are in fighting mood, and
joined the A. F. of l.. many times
because we were absent, would be q
political crime. Work inside the A.
F. of L. unions, particularly in steel
| Cleveland, Youngstown, Steuben-
ville) rubber (Aluon) and auto
| Cleveland and Toledo is a central
task Of the Party on the trade union
| -ield.
Must Break Isolation To Organize
Unemployed
| On the field of unemployment, the
| general characteristic was Stagnation,
except in the Cincinnati area where
y movement of nearly 1000 had been
build and in Columbus where move
lnsnt of 500 had been built.
In Columbus and Toledo despite
the inability in the former to apply
properly united front tactics) some
successes had been achieved in max
| ing clear to the unemployed, the
| fighting character of the Unemployed
Council contrasted with the leader
ship of the Ohio Unemployed League
who in words were for united front
but in. deeds interpreted this to mean
a division Of territory for both or
CARNATIONS.
Several branches of the Ohio UH-
employed League have Joined the
Unemployed Councils. Since the
Ohio Hunger March, no really broad
mass struggles had been conducted
and in Cleveland, the Unemployed
Council was living SNUG sectarian
life, with about 1000 members; while
in Youngstown, it was non-existent.
Sharp, analytical examination Of
work on other fields, showed no
development of struggles for Negro
rights with consequent decline In
Party influence In Scovill territory;
Daily Worker circulation tn city OF
Cleveland of SOS daily with circula-
ton of 1,1oS of Saturdays issue; the
status of Party membership approxi-
1nately at 1000 compared with q
membership of 1900 last July, but
dues payments only approximately
1900 during last few months.
This examination showed that de-
spite a very sharp resolution adopted
in July and a multitude of paper di-
receives, that the Party membership
and lower cadres had not been fnobi-
liked POLITICALLY for its tasks with q
resulting organizational loosening,
which reached an extremely dan
gerous point. The Y.C.L. situation
was even worse than the Party be-
cause of its general weaknesses. All
this made clear that the short but
sharp characterization OF the Ohio
District bv the &C. YVES correct.
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