The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-19

Comradely Approach
To Socialist Workers
viii Cement Unity

To Socialist Workers
viii Cement Unity
IT was with extreme pleasure that
l I read your editorial on the so
cialist Party Referendum and
United Front, in the Daily Worker
Of October 18th. 1t was to my
knowledge the finest example of
comradely approach to Socialist
workers that has yet appeared in
the Daily.
From personal contact with So
cialist Party members, 1 feel safe
in saying that had we analysed the
situation in that fashion in the
past, We would be much further on
the road to unity today.
Let us not only adopt this COM
radely approach in our struggle for
the united front, but even more inn
portant, let us remember our own
responsibility to train our own
membership for this action All the
gains we may make in effecting a
common front can easily be lost if
we are not prepared individually,
on how to approach our class
brothers. This is no easy task. We
must effect right about face in
many of our past performances.
Our comrades must be prepared
with facts, and must know how to
present them without insulting and
driving away those who disagree,
and who may continue to disagree
for some time to come. Too many
examples still exist of the sectarian
Impotence our comrades have to
the politically undeveloped and this
includes the Socialist workers. Too
many times have I seen our COM
rades after 10 or Is minutes dis
cussion become disguised and end
up by labelling their opponent a $50
cial fascist" This is not the fault of
our party members alone. There has
not been sufficient attempt to edu-
cate the membership in the proper
technique to be used. I hope that
when District membership meetings
are called in the future, that some
attention will be given to this i'm
portant question.
When we ourselves have mastered
this approach, when we have car
ried this message to the local or
CARNATIONS of the Socialist Party
and its af1liates, then we will find
the rank and file listening and put
ting up battle for the united
front, which no leadership will be
able to prevent
RIB, Unit IS, Sec. 2, Dist. 2.
Nucleus Organized BY Proper
Follow-Up
THIS article is about one example
l of a single side of recruiting.
The necessity of following up con-
facts must never be overlooked. On
May Day this year comrade of
our unit went to the gigantic DEM
onstration with new sympathizer,
who had just Joined the American
League Against War and Fascism.
The tremendous stimulus of the
demonstration was coupled with
constant agitation and propaganda
by the comrade. The comrade gave
! the new Sympathizer some PAM
phlets: why Communism" Com
rade PROVIDERS Report on Eighth
Convention" the Manifesto"
Back at the shop, the sympathizer
was enlisted into mass delegated
meetings in Harlem, taken to social
affairs. June l, the sympathizer
left our shop for a different one.
Contact, however, was never lost.
Further agitational work was car
ried on not only with the sympa-
thizer, but with some of his new
shop mates. Another comrade went
down and talked to some of the
shop-mates that the sympathizer
had gotten together. The first COM
rade came down a few days later,
and a new shop nucleus of four
Party members was formed. The
comrade from our unit worked with
the new nucleus for two weeks to
help them. The new nucleus has
tripled its members and it is only
six weeks old.
This lesson points out the neces-
sity of following through contacts
until application for membership is
received, and then helping the new
comrades until they are on their
way towards a Soviet America.
Section 4, New York.