The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-28

could defeat most of the efforts of
these spy agents. 1t is not impos-
sible to meet them and defeat
them, but as long as we neglect
them, as we do now, they will con-
tinue to spread the impression that
the spy system is a highly irwin
chile, terroristic organization. We
can only break this fear of the
spies by really taking up the strug-
gle against spies very, very Seri-
ouSly.
A POISONOUS CONCEPTION p
FOR OUR MOVEMENT
Then, I would give special men
ton to the necessity of struggle
against this idea that the workers
in the shops have not starved
enough yet, that after they have
starved a little bit more maybe
they will fight. This idea abso-
lutely separates us from the work
ers. You can not organize work
ers when your reaction to, wage
cuts is good for him." This is
very degenerate form Of opportun-
istic leftisrn. 1t is just running
away from the problems of the
struggle of the. working class. This
idea is poison to our movement.
Such ideas will destroy any organi-
zation of the workers unless they
are Immediately challenged and
driven out. We have to declare an
intolerant war against the attitude
that we get satisfaction out of the
misfortunes of the workers. Our
attitude toward every reduction of
relief, reduction of wages, worsen-
ing of conditions has got to be an
attitude of ANGER, race, hatred
against the bosses and demand
for immediate action of struggle
against it.
HOW INITIAL GROUPS CAN
CONTINUE TO LIVE AND GROW
The next problem. Several COM
rades have pointed out that we
have to a certain degree learned
how to make contacts in some fac
tories and built up small groups
that grew to 2 certcin point. The'1
we we're not able to pass that point
and the groups stagnate, fall apart
and disappear. What is this prob
lem? This problem is essentially
that of learning how to polit;calize
our small beginnings of organiza-
ton and make them the center Of
fy,fA tar,
inside the shop. If in a shop of
1000 workers you build up a group
of 4, 10. Is, 10, %, the moment you
begin to get in those numbers you
can no longer feed the members of
that group, merely With' the me-
chanical task Of increasing it's size.
The movement can grow beyond
this first initial stage, the first
small grouping, only if we immedi-
ateley find the political activities
for this group whereby they will
feel they are affecting the masses
of the entire factory. If we don't
find that, then this group will stop
growing and it will disappear or will
stagnate and become inactive. This
means to find the issues of struggle
in that factory and 10 raise these
issues before the main body of
workers in the factory. Every fac
tory group that has learned, how
to do this has continued to live
and grow. 1T is when factory
group does not learn how to do this
that it stagnates and declines.
SHOP PAPERS HELP TO EXTEND
INFLUENCE IN FACTORIES
The lack of attention to this prob
lem is shown in the lack of attention
to the shop papers. What are the
shop papers? They are the in
ssruments for ~ go ''-'-s-H -
OF shop group and extending its
Influence TO a mass of workers. Our
shop papers are too much looked
upon in a routine and mechanical
fashion; we draw an abstract table
of contents that should be put into
this. paper as if we were producing
national news bulletin of some
kind. But a shop paper is not
worth anything at all if it is merely
to carry general news of the move
ment, general agitation and rro>a-
ganda of the movement in the
shop; that can be done much better
by our pamphlets end TIE Daily
Worker--much. better TIE shop
contributes in the specific raising of
the issues of the shop, and the link
ing up of the shop life with the
larger political situation.
DEVELOPING
WORKERS CORRESPONDENCE
After the shop paper, comes the
use of the Language press and espe-