The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-13
IAN EDITORIAL

THE Central Committee of the Communist Party OF
the U.S.A held its 10th Pcuary Session on January
g % and 30
The Plenum dealt with the tasks taclng our Party
IN the United States in the present situation OF rap
IDLY sharpening economic crisis, which has reached
new Stsge-Lhe end OF capitalist StabliizatlOD with
vastly increased unemployment and rising struggles
OF the unemployed, the sharpest attacks upon the
economic interests of the working class met by
developing strike movement, an extreme aggraYation
Of the agrarian crisis with . beginning mass up
surge OF farmers and growing serious liberation
movement of the Negro people, together with great
heightening OF the danger Of and intervention.
The Penum of the American Communist Party met
after the recent 18th Plenmm of the E.CCI and had
the specific task of carrying out and applying to this
situation OF increased war danger and Of sharpening
class struggle in the United States the BosheVlSt line
OF the Communist International established at its
18th Plenum.
WHAT was the basis Tor concretlzlng and applying
" the line OF the 18th Plenum Of the ECCL 10
the mass work OF tn. Party? The 18th Penum OF
our Party Clearly established that the resolution OF
the 14th Penum of the Party remains the basic guide
for examining work of the Party III carrying out
the line Of the 18th Plenum OF the ECCL The 10th
Plenun OF the Party established that since the 18TH
Plenum, the Party has begun to moerst9nd the
line OF the l4th Penum resolution, ana eolapLSheu
thai earnest beginnings have been made to carry IL
out In life. This resulted i'll improvement i'll
the work Of the Party, The background for our
recent Plenum which was the guiding spirit OF the
discussion is the present strike movement Detroit
which already spreading to other cities The strike
movement is a result Of the application OF the line
Of the Communist International IL taxing up the
struggle for the immediate needs OF the masses the
main tactical link the present period 1t IS result
of the first serious beginnings in developing shop work
in line with the policy OF concentration
It established at the Penum that a certain
improvement has been accomplished in the work
of the Party in the organization and leadership of
the struggle for unemployment relief and social in
surance which attained some successes not alone
in the broadening and popularzaton Of the struggle,
but also 10 some degree in organzatona consolidation
With the greatest earnestness has the Plenum dis
cusSed the question OF winning the Negro masses.
It has been noted that have the serious beginnings
of the struggle Tor national liberation Of the Negroes
in the recent struggles in the South greater alert
and Bolshevik initiative in the struggle against
white chauvinism is the most necessary means of
strengthening the struggle for the rights OF the
Negro masses which is also gravey handicapped by
narrow sectarianlSn A great weakness OF our Negro
rs a main channel in the winning Of the Negro mas
SEES The Plenum called for sharp turn in this
respect in work amongst the Negro masses Failure
TO see the national aspects Of the Negro question Is
the main for the soWness with which the Party
takes up the struggle for the rights Of the Negro
masses
THE sweeping, growing farmers movement, is a re
suit of the direct and increasing leadership OF the
Party amongst the farmers The Washington farmers
conference the organizing center for developing
the farmers movement which assumed militant forms
Of such a mass character that it compelled some of
the leading insurance companies to suspend their
mortgages. Since the 18th Plenum We also note
serious beginnings OF work the refor1nist unions
IN the struggle for unemployment insurance, etc.
The Plenum in q special resolution sharply brought
before the Party the decisive Importance Of at this
time making change in our work among the youth
and transforming the Young Communist League into
organization broader in character and larger in size
than the Party. It stated that while the League
since the It'll Party Convention had overcome its crisis
and considerably increased its membership it still
remains smaller and narrower organization than the
Party 1t sharply brought before the Party the need
for close Party guidance in the work among the youth
without which mass League cannot be built. In
the Vel, even sharper than in the Party the cen
trsl immediate problem is the overcoming Of Sec
tarianism. Every District IS to seriously begin TO
build the YCL. and also TO develop systematic work
within the armed forces.
The Plenn very decisvely established that the basic
tasks outlined in the 4th Plenm resolutions have
not yet been carried out. The greatest obstacle in
developing the mass struggles remains the deep-rooted
sectarianis, which gives birth both to right opportm-
ism and its left twin, with the right danger re-
rnarling the main danger The 10th Plenum estab-
1ished the necessity for ruthless war against sec
tariansm, struggle for Boshevization of the Party
which can be made real only on the basis of the
sharpest self criticism and rejection OF tendencies
ward dissatisfaction in period which requires the
rapid transformation Of the Party into mass Party
The Plenum rejected the method Of aef-crtcism"
which states that the progress made Is in spite Of
the Party Such an attitude is one Of de1eatism.
ME faced with the direct menace Of war In face
W Of this the Plenum established that our Party has