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

The Unit meeting must not be just
another routine internal meeting,
which the comrades hesitate to at
tend. The Unit meeting must be made
so attractive that the comrades will
look forward to coming to it and re-
port progress, as we'll as to hear the
report Of progress.
More could be said. How about 1t,
comrade editor? What is Party
Work?
Comradely yours,
Nj. KAYE,
Unit "a, Section Is. District 2.
We are printing above an article
by M. Kaye, Party member in Dis
trict No. 2 New York;, because he
expresses the opinion which is pre-
valent among large number of other
members. While Comrade Kaye and
others try to find the way out on how
to better divide the work among the
Party members, in some instances
they bring forward wrong conceptions.
The idea Of having no other assign
ments for leading comrades, other
than their work in the union, is In
correct.
The task before us is precisely to
draw at least part of the leading
comrades in the trade union move
ment, into the leadership of tbs
Party into the section leadership, dis
trict leadership, etc. because it Is
only along this line that there will be
established the correct relationship
between the Party leadership and the
fractions in the mass organizationsl
between the Party and the red trade
unions; and also in order to utilizs
the rich experiences in mass work
Of these comrades.
Concerning the fraction work: Yes,
we agree with Comrade Kaye on the
Importance of this work. However,
we would like to point out that while
all Party members, members of mass
organizations, constitute the Commu-
mist fraction in this mass organiza-
ton, it is not necessary that all of
these Party members shall have as
their major Party task mass organi-
zation work. All the members of the
fraction will participate at the frac-
ton meetings, but active fraction
work can be carried out by a sma,t
group of selected actives. This especi-
ally for mass organizations as the In
ternational Workers Order and other
fraternal and cultural organizations.
When we come to the fractions in
the trade unions, however, there we
must keep in mind that the major
task of the Party members in the
trade unions is to build the union in
the shops, and simultaneously draw
the best elements from the shops into
the ranks of the Party. In this way
we will build the Party nucleus in the
shop. And where the Party members
are scattered in different street units
their orientation must be towards
led by the units in which they be-
long. The individual Party members
working in some shop must report
about their Party work in the shops,
to their units. In this manner,
especially in New York, where the
Party organization bases itself mainly
on the street units, they will more
and more realize that their major
task is to orientate the Party mem
bers working in shops, towards the
building of the unions and the Party,
in the places of work; and that the
friction going on at this moment
concerning the assignment will be
eliminated and the comrades active
in the shop or the Trade Unions, will
not be criticized because they don't
participate in the activity of the
street units. Then their activity in
the Trade Unions and other mass
organizations will be considered as
party activity.
Comrade Kaye is correct in CRITICIZE
ing the unit bureau and section COM
nlittee comrades who believe in drop
ping leading trade unionists from the
Party roles for not attending unit
meetings, and propose that they be
transferred to other sections; and
also concerning the conflicting meet
jngs. The remedy of this situation
consists in the establishing the correct
relationship between the Party and
the trade union and in solving the
problem of the division of work
among the Party members.
Organization Commission Of the
Central Committee.