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Evening star., 1933-11-13
COUNCIL TO MEET

Hyattsville Body to Hold Session
This Evening.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
HYATTSVILLE, Md. November 10.
The mayor and council will meet
tonight at 8 o'clock in the Mu-
nicipal Building. Possible projects
to be recommended to the Prince
Georges County Welfare Board as public
projects probably will be considered.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-26
When Can We Claim Leadership /?

THE working class will be in posi-
ton to fulfill its role as the most
decisive class in the struggle against
finance capital, as the leader of all
toiling masses, only if it is headed
by Communist Party which is close
ly bound up with the decisive strata
OF the workers. But a Communist
Party with a very weak and made
quately functioning organization in
the big factories and among the de-
cisive sections of the American in
dustrial workers, Communist Party
whose entire policy, whose entire ag-
itation and propaganda, whose en-
tire daily work was not ccnoertro ted
on winning over and mobilizing these
workers and winning Of the factories,
Communist Party which, through
its revolutionary trade union work,
does not build highways to the broad
est masses Of workers, cannot lay
claim to policy capable of making
it the lsader of the working class
'-f'N''1 the shortest possible time.
rs 1T POSSIBLE TO CARRY OUT
SUCH A TURN IN OUR WORK?
OF COURSE IT is POSSIBLE. The
members of the Party have shown in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-26

countless activities in strikes, in hun
ger marches, demonstrations and in
painstahng day to day work, that
they are loyal and elf-sacrificing
revolutionists. Now all members and
all Party organizations must at once
proceed to determine how the work
OF the Party can be improved and
what practical measures must be
adopted in order to guarantee and
carry out the turn in the Party
THE discussion of this letter must
! not take place merely in general
way. Every nucleus, every organiza-
ton, every Party fraction MUST
LINK THIS DISCUSSION up with
CONCRETE TASKS, working out
ways and means how to bring about
Immediately a real turn in the en-
tire work of each individual orpaniza-
ton, for the carrying out OF this turn.
The leading organs of the Party are
responsible to the membership, the
membership is responsible to the lead
ing bodies and the Party is respon-
sible to the American working class
and the international working class
from the Open Letter.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-26
For Greater PromptRess

Section II of our Parry issued the
following leaflet:
WORK ERS OF SHEEPSHEAD
BAY:-On account of rain, last
weeks discussion on the Roosevelt
Recovery Bill will be held Saturday,
July 8 at p. m. Your questions will
be answered by Burd.-speaker.
The workers in the neighborhood
took this announcement seriously.
They came TO the corner few min
utes before 8. When the speaker ar
rived on TIME, eight sharp, he found
already two Negro and six white
workers looking for the meeting.
Until 8:45, no one else from the Sec
ton showed up. Workers came and
left. Finally, the workers, upon the
suggestion Of the speakers, volunteer
ed, one to act as chairman, one to
bring chair, one to call the police
and secure the permit. and one to buy
a flag. BY nine o'clock, the meeting
was going on already. The workers
listened very carefully to the discus
sion. A policeman came and tried
to stop the meeting, claiming that
we need a permit. The crowd got
bigger and all were against breaking
up the meeting. LET him speak"
1--WE want to hear about the BILL
"He is right, it is slavery BILL" was
heard from all sides. The cop had
to retreat.
Were it not for the responsibility
Of some comrades in the section, the
meeting would have brought organ
national results.
M Burd.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-26
"Like Rain During a Hot
SDeLL"

Dear Comrades;
Responding to Tour request for
criticism of the Worker I may say
that I read eagerly your DAY by
Day with the Daily" and wish you
could give us even more dope along
tN;s line that will help us to increase
our sales. Most Of the Daily red
ers here are eX-servicemen and I
know it would help if you could
print a good deal more about the
veterans.
I am very glad to get the recent
articles by Earl Browder and they
help me in selling the paper because
I can recommend it on the strength
Of those articles; they are so keen
and clear; let's have more by him.
I eat up anything w. z. Foster
writes, too. and wish he could con-
tribute often. Give us plenty of
beck, theatre and movie news. I
am also glad to see you include the
table Of contents Of The Commu-
mist when it comes out and of New
Masses; I wish you would extend
that to several other magazines.
am always interested in the for
eign news, especially from the fas-
cist countries Germany and Italy.
Why don't we get more news about
Italy?s Things can't be so lovely
there. Let's have more on the pro-
gress being made in China, too. Of
course out here we are especially in
terested in news on the agrarian
problem so you can't give us too
much on that I should like to see
more on what I suppose would be
called Party tactics, too. Some of
the readers get little tired of read
ing about what is wrong all the time !;
they want to know more about how
to make things right. 7-
However, the Daily Worker is
OK. and f1guratively speaking, a
Gcdsend to US out here and we ap-
preciate it like rain during a hot
dry spell.
E. M. Fitzroy,
Eecla, South Dakota.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-26
From, a Farmer


Dear Friends:
read and pay for the Daily sincs
it is in existence. I am not mem
Der of the Party, but I do my best
for the revolutionary class struggle
among the farmers. really got mac
when saw that the Party member:
do not do the work that they SHOULD
do. The letter opened my eyes! De-
spite the fact that can't handle the
English language so good, sat down
and wrote the enclosed letter to you.
Rewrite it in good English and
print it.. Don't mention my name. I
work for the Pa. Highway Dept. and
have a small farm. T am blacklisted
already because attend the meetings
OF the United Farm Association Of
Pennsylvania and try to enforce a
more Comnunistic activity. I am not
a member of that organization yet
because 1 want to organize local
in our township or in a nearby town
ship on a more class conscious basis.
But the petty bourgeois enemies are
still too strong in our township. But
that has nothing to do with 1t. Even
if it takes one year longer. the local
will be organized on real Commu-
mist base. That is necessary to pre-
vent the absorbing of the farmers by
the social-patriots like Levin, COM
mission merchant from Philadelphia
and owner of farm in Montgomery
County I already had a fight with
him in a meeting. He belonged to
the u. F. of Pa. and now he is
working against it.. And there are
a few more like him yet in the or
ganization.
And another thing. The Daily
don't bring enough news from Penn
sylvania. Fight the Grundy (Mellon)
Pinchot machine. Every week there
should be a few columns from Penn
sylvania.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-26
Why Not q Comic Strip?

Comrade Editor.
I wish to CONGRATULATE you and your
competent staff upon the success and
growth Of the Daily" to six pages.
I would like to suggest That you start
cartoon strip in the paper. Such
a strip could depict especially famous
strikes and labor struggles. 1t could
be fiction too This, ] am sure would
create interest and build the circula-
ton. The capitalist press uses this
cutie effectively I don't see why we
can't. I think that we have much
more interesting and more vital stor-
les to tell 1t is true that capitalist
papers syndicate such features, thus
reducing the expense. We too could
syndicate such strips with local pap
ers as "The Liberator," 1.-THE Voice
of Boro Park THE Hunger Fight
err" "The Southern Worker" etc.
A comrate.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-26

The Extraordinary Party Conference held ITO
Letter the membership which
July 18TH
Have read the Letter? discussed the
ter? What the problems district
the light of the Letter? problems your expert
the steps taking the Letter in the coumnso
the Daily outlining
and the methods decided through
articles dealing with the problems your
Take necessary stir membership Party
to understanding significance
be carried
invited the participation
farmera readers of the Daily Wceo their
suggestions the discussion already
ceived number such letters letters
helping the Party improve its work.
A copy of the Open Letter
brary Publishers pamphlet
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-26

ence. This is why we propose to is
sue this Open Letter to the Party.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-26

I ence. This is why we propose to is
sue this Open Letter to the Party.
THIS Open Letter is open mass
criticism and open mass criticism
is powerful force that can even
change the most stubborn habits and
can even break down the worst Sec
tarianism and bureaucratism We
have had certain loosening up of
the forces of the Party right here
at this conference. We have had a
little freer and more healthy devel-
opment of self criticism than we
have had before, and that is also a
guarantee for the execution of our
decisions. l think that we can char
acterize most of the speeches in this
conference as a step forward in the
development of self-criticism.
f" for taking the Open Letter to
the Party? Comrades, these meas
ures that we propose are: y That
every Party member shall get copy
of the Open Letter; that we shall
establish a guarantee that this will
be done by requiring every Party
member to have stamped in his book
certificate that he has received a
copy of the letter.
D We want every nucleus Of the
Party, after having discussed the
letter, and not just one discussion
but two or maybe three discussions
to adopt resolution on the basis
of this letter about its own tasks
in the light Of the Open Letter, con-
tanning plan of work for the next
six months. Every section commit
tee must do the same. Every frac-
ton in a mass organization must dc
the same. Every District Committee
must do the same.
We want to develop such a rea.
popularization of the Open Letter
that everybody will be talking about
it, not only Party members, but the
whole broad group of sympathizers
around US. Let the Open Letter be
made means of recruiting these
broad non-Party workers into the
Party. Let there be a certain amount
Of socialist competition among oul
units as to which one can quickly
and most effectively begin a decisive
turn to carry out the Open Letter.
COMRADES, in conclusion, let u.
v point out this, that although oul
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-26
Value of Open Air Meets
q p Brooklyn, N. Y
Dear Comrades:

Dear Comrades
Passing a street corner in the
Brownsville section Of Brooklyn a
few months ago, saw meeting
which was conducted by our fellow
workers. 7 stopped to listen and
was very much impressed by whs
they had TO say. I saw how FOOLS
I was up till now to believe the ca
pitalist propaganda about returning
prosperity. I studied the subject
closer and am now an ardent SYM
pathizer-.with your cause.
have not seen any such meetings
since then. I think If they would
continue tt'',e-e corner meetings, they
could win over many others like me
to be class conscious workers.
Comradely yours,
y -, M. Engel
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-26
The Open Letter Is Open Mass Criticism

report has emphasized the very pre-
cariouS nature of the present indus
trial production increase that is TAX
ing place, the nature of the infla-
ton stimulus as part of the New
Deal" and we have emphasized the
imminerce of a fresh collapse of In
dustry and emphasized the sharpen
ing of the crisis in every respect
let us be very careful not to develop
the idea of waiting for collapse to
come in order to bring about the
change in our Party. Ii we wait for
something outside of ourselves to
bring the change in our Party, the
change will not take place. There is
only one thing that can make this
change and this is us-you and I
and every member of the Party. A
conscious, determined struggle is the
only thing that will put into effect
the Open Letter, and that is what
we have to secure in the Party to-
day.
We must realize the truth pointed
out in the 18th Plenum of the
E.C.CI, by Comrade Gusssv, where
he spoke particularly in regard to
America of the immediate future
holding the prospect of very quick
developments and changes in the
cituation. That is more true today
than ever before. The American So
cial contradictions and economic
contradictions have reached such
proportion, have such explosive pos
sibilities in them, that tremendous
historical events may break out
about us at any time. We must pre-
pare our Patty for it's revolutionary
role in the great upheavals coming
in the United States.
We can prepare ourselves only if
we will actually carry through in
life this course laid down by the
Open Letter before this conference.
Comrades, we can take up this
ask with greater confidence when
We see how our brother German
Party has met more serious tasks
than this, and has overcome thou
sand-fold more difficulties than we
have, even in the conditions under
which they are working in Germany
at the present time. If tie German
Communist Party, with such deter
mination and heroisn, succeeds in
meeting the conditions Of struggle
against the Hitler regime, certainly
we will be able to meet the often
sive of the Roosevelt New Deal"
and establish our Party as a mass
leader in America also. Certainly,
when we understand that the pro-
gram Of our Party is worked out on
the solid foundation of the teach
ings Of Lenin, upon the same foun-
dalton which has produced that
'----,v Gus, revolutionary organiza-
ton that has brought about the
tremendous achievements of the
building of socialist society in the
Soviet Union, when we understand
that our Party is a part of the
same world Party as the Soviet I'm
ion Communist Party, then we can
src-l reel confidence in the ability
of our Party, in the determination
Of our Party, to boldly, fearlessly,
c-a'y c-rry through the line laid
down in the Open Letter of this
conference.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-26
Towards the E Page Daily

THE DAILY WORKER on August IA is going to take big
step forward On that date the size of the Daily will
be enlarged pages each day and eight Satur
day.
It does not mean only that there will be in
the paper features phases of the class struggle
covered that the Daily Worker will become
effective agitaOr propaganda organizer of the revolution
airy forces.
But we must ask the attention of every
Daily in its enlarged form help you to organize in your shop? How
not readers of the Daily Worker?
THE WORKER newspaper reporting
exposing Deal" fighting
npeas
working pro-
gram struggle program capitalism
which should be welded the revolutionary trade unions
luicnary Communist Party.
asking cooperation improving Daily
for this end The Daily Worker
able paper that the present readers Will be satisfied and continue
obtain and support the Only then its true function
organizer thousands
cooperation spread Daily
to tens thousands Of workers especially in the basic industries VINO
do not now read the paper
1enn discussing the establishment bOshenks
in their early organizationa days valuable hints
The function newspaper
the roofing Party n
the against
already
coal CODE the textile But members
a party bulletin laying it aside after they have
they of
spreading the Daily making
industries The best first approach enlist
revolutionary
Party, is copy of the Daily Worker
IF any the paper does not yet serve
that the particular industry they
should say why. they
ever possible they should supply the necessary information conditions
strikes political struggesin Daily
ton the basic industries
pointed newspaper should serve for an
interchange experience
pointed cut that if this
scope CT oranizatona become
standing perfection
nv
Of the country"
this properly newspaper
part of pair of smiths
s1aEi Of class struggle and indignation
fags.on"
through its present narrow bonds of
circulation end distribution 1t must fire the class
organized
opportunity doing the develop
ing Sharpness Of the struggle the United
100000 unemployed b5g attacked
ten but under the direct control regime
osning the way for smashing attack the
UNLESS developed for reading of the
Daily Worker but for spreading
never serve
It is up to present readers
whole working is aroused higher
because OF
Roosevelt regime Only the answer
the Roosevelt fakery struggles
WE
4" to help us in this task Tell
Worker in shop Write what lacking
Daily Worker that prevents among masses
from establishing contacts through you
improve the Daily Worker SO that your enthusiasm will be increased
SO that you will strain all your efforts spread
like think improved as class conscious
WORKER your duty to write in and tell how
criticism send in that Daily discuss it and
learn from your criticism If
criticism OF the Daily Worker this is important for
BY these means the determination
become reality and the six pages will be only
'
Forward a an improved Daily Worker.
Forurrd to sx-page Daily!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-26
Criticizes Editorial

Dear Comrades:
Just a word of criticism on your
editorial of Monday, July 10. 1t
seems to me that after so ably eX-
posing our New Deal President that
it would be a good idea to end up
with the information as to what
organization a worker reading this
editorial should join and be active
along this line of struggle. If I am
wrong, comrades, please advise me
by mail or in the Daily, as I am
unable to buy Daily as often as 1
would like to. Advise me what issue
you will answer me in.
Los Angeles, Cal.
Editorial Note:-You are correct in
saying that we do not sufficiently
appeal to workers to join the Com
nsunist Party in our editorials that ex-
pose the Roosevelt "New Deap. How
ever, we do not think it necessary to
end each editorial in this way. The
whole paper is an appeal to the work.
ers to enter the struggle, to Join the
revolutionary unions, to Join the I'M
employed councils, and all other revo-
lutionary mass organizations that lead
the struggles Of the moor formers. the
t0iling youth and the workers, espe-
cially to join the Communist Party.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-26
Party leadership.


The carrying through of this discus
sion does not mean moratorium on
practical work. On the contrary
The discussion can only be fruitful
if 1t is done in the midst of an in
tensified taking up of all the every
day tasks of the entire movement.
The test Of every comrade shall be
not so much can he speak well about
these problems, but can he work well
in carrying cut this line; how well
can he put the Party Open Letter
into practice in daily work.
RLL of the many-sided and often
IA complex tasks which confront our
Party will be carried through with
greater success than ever before, if
we learn the methods of concentra-
ton, if we learn to gather our forces
for the most important tasks, if we
learn to rouse and organize the new
forces among the masses, if we learn
to draw in the basic proletarian ele-
ments into the fight, il W achieve a
correct approach to the M sses, ap-
ply a correct united front policy, if
we learn To promote fresh proletarian
leading cadres and train them poll
tically, if we carry on relentless
struggle against left and right devil
ations, and if we develop collective
work and politically activize the en-
tire Party.
ARE we able to carry through this
"A change? Has the Party the neces-
sary forces within itself to establish
contacts with the masses and trans
form itself into a Bolshevik mass
Party? Of course we can do it. With
all of its weaknesses, we have Party
which is proletarian in it's compost
ton, which is composed of the most
loyal, devoted, energetic and enthu-
siastic elements, who are really the
vanguard of the American proletar-
lat, Our weaknesses can all BE- over
come, provided we really mobilize all
Of our forces, remove every obStruc-
ton, with the fullest utilization Of
every cornrade, maintain Bolshevik
unity of purpose and effort, estab-
lish real inner Party democracy and
fight theoretically for the real carry
ing through Of the turn TO the masses.
1t depends upon us. The only guar
antee for the carrying through of the
line of this Open Letter is an aroused
and active Party membership. We
have faith that the Party members
will unitedly respond to this call. That
is why we called this special confer
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-26
By EARL BROWDER.


From Comrade Browder's report
and concluding remarks at the Ex-
traordinary Party Conference.)
THE carrying through of the reor-
ientation of the entire Party to-
ward the decisive proletariaff masses
presupposes a stirring up of the en-
tire Party from below, the release of
all the Party's forces to expression
and activity; the development of a
healthy Bolstlevik self criticism; the
development of collective leadership
and collective work in every unit and
committee of the Party.
1t will be necessary in connection
with making the open letter the in
strument to bring about this change,
to discuss the letter in every unit and
committee Of the Party and in every
fraction of the mass organizations.
r. This discussion must not be alb
stract. 1t must be directed toward
reviewing the work of that p2t5icu-
lar unit, fraction or committee. The
work should be reviewed in light of
the Open Letter. On the basis of
this discussion resolution on the
next tasks in which each one of these
bodies-unit, committee, or fraction
sets itself a certain minimum set of
control tasks, a certain min mum that
we must do within a certain time,
and that we will check up on every
week to see whether we are doing it
or not.
Copies of these resolutions must be
sent to the section, district and ma
tional office and furnish the. basis
for the further concretizing of the
work of the higher bodies. The high
er committees must base themselves
on this work OF concentration that is
done in the lower units and frac-
tons of the Party.
WHAT we are calling for is not
}" merely change in the work of
the Central Committee but of the en-
tire Party. We can build mass Boil
shevik Party only through the con-
Scious participation of every Party
member. We can build it only thru
controlling the execution of our de-
cisions, checking up on thenl,e plac-
ing definite responsibility for partic-
ular work on each particular men,
ber-by helping the nuclei from the
section committees, from the district
committees and from the Central
Committee. This should be done in
the spirit of helping them to over
come their difficulties and solve their
tasks. To achieve this is the purpose
of the Open Letter. This Is also the
reason for the special nature of this
Party conference, which is not merely
Central Committee meeting but
already involves a broad section OF
the Party actives.
On the basis of this discussion
these experiences, we can expect tc
be able to carry through a real re-
freshing Of the leadership of the Par
ty from the bottom to top. We car
expect to draw into all leading. posts
those comrades who have distinguish
cd themselves in mass work.
We can draw the fire of seriou-
Bolshevik mass criticism against al,
those who remain passive or resist the
necessary transformation Of the Par.
TVS work in its turn to the masses
We can carry through a consolida-
ton of all the healthiest and more
energetic and most devoted forces Of
the Party in all the decisive points Of