The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-13

guage Organizations did not find It
necessary to be represented at tbs
I. L. D. Convention.
LID. OrganizationalIy Weak
The I. L. D, which gained tze-
mendous reputation during the fight
Tor Sacco and Vanzetti, for Tom
Mooney, for the Scottsboro boys, and
thousands Of smaller cases, has new
ertheless a very weak organizationsl
background While great masses are
rallying around the I. L. D. we find
Nthat thousands have Joined the LID.
and have dropped out. In the N. T.
District, where we have 5000 COM
nunist Party members, we should
have at least $4,000 I. L. D. members
and We should sell $1,000 Labor De-
tenders. Who is responsible? What
is wrong? Did the leadership and
membership of the /. L. d. do everys4
thing in their power to line up unions
and mass organizations for its sup
port? Or does the leadership OF
mass organizations not understand
the Importance of the LID? II we
have no connection with mass or
CARNATIONS, it should be our first
task to accomplish it.
L asked CoInrade Simon, secretary
of I. w. o. Branch No. 1929, whether
he received a cali for the convention,
and he stated that he did not re-
,ceive such a call. also asked sev<
eral other leading comrades from
clubs and mass organizations, from
A. F. of L. Carpenters Union the
same question, and received the
same answer as I received from Com
rade Simon 1t looks, comrades, that
we did not even bother to send let
tecS to the various organizations ask
ing them to be represented.
l am not a Party member, but I
know that there are none, or very
few, I. L. d. fractions in the branches.
This holds true in the sections and
probably all over the district. Most
of the Party members are not active
in the LID. because they have nore
important assignments. Most OF the
branches have no responsible leader
ship, even the sections have no dis
cipline. I understand very well that
We cannot have the same discipline
in the l. l.. d. as in the Communist
Party, but there is a way to develop
responsible leadership in sections and
branches, if there is someone who
will set an example and lead the
way to do things right.
We have 1O6 1. L. D. Branches In
the New York District. We must
have a Party fraction OF two or three
in every branch, because each branch
has the possibility Of growing to the
size Of a section. In every branch
there must be a Party comrade who
has no other important work, but to
build the I. L. d. He must take q
leading, responsible job, he must be
the dynamo of the branch, he must
set good example and prove that
new members can be gotten and
same can remain with us and help us
build a gigantic mass organization.
1T should be seen to that each and
every eonrade sells Labor Defenders.
1t should be the job of the leading
comrade to see to it that the nraat-
ings do not resemble funeral. This
also holds true for the section. I.lere
Should be living connection be-
tween section and branches, and not
merely attend all important matters
through letters, the section must give
real leadership to the branch.
I am sending this letter, as I have
mentioned before, because the Daily
Worker has entirely neglected to pub
.lish articles about the I. L. D.