The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-18

should define the tasks of the membel
ship from the Center down to the
Unit Buro must decide as to what is
Party work and how and who shall
carry through each form OF activity.
The Party memberships energies
must be so divided as to bring the
best results. Each should have MS
or her definite function.
Those that are best fitted for work
in trade unions-that is, participant
ing in it's leadership-shall not have
any other assignments. This snail
be known to be their major Party
work. Not as now. Now this is
known as their trade union work
Work in the trade union fraction is
not considered Party work. For
Party work, the Unit Buro usually
insists on assigning them to terri
torial canvassing. This is incorrect
To do one job and do it well should
be our aim To such specialization
of functions each member shall be
assigned. Other members should be
assigned to work in the building OF
and leadership of one or another
mass organization. This should be
his or her major Party work. Those
who do not happen to fall into either
of these categories should be is
signed to the Units concentration
point, factory or territory.
One case will exemplify the extent
of our present incorrect form OF
work: A comrade has been assigned
to work in a certain American Fed
Grafton of Labor trade union local
He happens to be on its local execu-
tive board. He is on some OF Its
committees. He is the local fraction
secretary. All this is not considered
as doing his Party work. For Party
work, the Unit Buro insists that he
goes to sell Daily Workers within his
Units residential territory. A new
con1rade would be driven from the
Party through this tactic. But this
comrade is a fighter, and does his
(assigned) major work, and has end
less fights with the Unit Burc
Executive committee).
Another case will further prove oul
present incorrect method of work
One. of our members told the Unit
that he expected to be lost to Party
CUnit) work because he was to be
assigned to a new medical workers
union for major activity. He asked
the Unit to fight the District against
his assignment to that union work
If assigned to that, he would be I'M
able to go in the residential terri
tory and canvass for contacts, or sell
the Party literature. The fact that
he might help organize hundreds OF
thousands of medical workers was
considered not Party work.
Take Into Consideration
Other leading Unit Buro and Sec
ton Committee comrades believe in
dropping leading trade unionists
from the Party roll for not attending
Unit meetings. They propose to
transfer these comrades out of their
sections to other sections as a solu-
ton against the so-called inactive
comrades. These same leading COM
rades do not consider the fact that
trade unions, especially the A. F. OF
L., do not prefer to leave all Tues
days for the Party members to &c
to their Unit meetings, and these
unions, instead, and probably incon-
siderately, arrange committee ano
subcommittee meetings at any time
suitable to themselves. And ou1
Party members active in these COM
mittees must rather skip Unit meet
ings than these union meetings. The
Unit Buros and Section Committees
refuse TO react fayorably TO these
conditions of work among the masses
The Unit BuroS, and Section Com.
nlittees. too, must be taught tc
evaluate the meaning and sigrifi.
canoe of specialized major Party
work. Party work is work among
the masses. The masses are firstly
in the shops; secondly, in the trade
unions; thirdly, among the unen-
ployed; fourthly, in the various mass
organizations (which undoubtedly
and surely need buildipg); and last
but not least, among the workers ir
the territories.
The Unit meetings should be gath
ering points for the exchange of ex-
periences, through reports and check
up, and for discussion and adoption
of plans for further work for the
growth of the Party. and it's in
creased activity among the masses