The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-24
Party Life
More Efficiency
Urged in Handling
The Daily Worker

NlUIS Ell lClcuCy
Urged in Handling
The Daily Worker
The Daily Worker Must Reach the
Masses
WHEN 1 joined the Communist
" Party. it was with the hope of
bringing forward a Soviet Amer
ica' and I am certain that you in
the units feel the same way too.
Yeti how is this to be done, COM
rades, if the most important organ
of the Communist Party which is
the Daily Worker, is not being
pushed forward?
AS the Daily Worker agent in my
unit, I have asked for volunteers
to accept assignments for the diff
ferent evenings during the week.
intellectually our comrades pledge
themselves to be at the appointed
place on the specific hour.
What happens-Two or three of
the comrades show up, and the
others stay away as though there
is a germ in the air.
The result of this is, the money
for the papers has been invested,
the masses who anxiously look for
ward to the purchasing Of the
paper never receive it, and the
profits for the reinvestment of the
Daily Worker is lost.
Comrades, if we are to staVe off
fascism in this country, We in the
units must pucker up more spirit,
and see to it that the Daily
Worker along with other literature
reaches the masses without fail,
and that we take big strides for
ward, leaving fsscism tagging be-
hind us like spanked puppy. Only
can this be done by the cooperation
of the comrades in the units.
Comrsdely,
s. G.
UNIT 3 SECTION II +
BORO PARK.
Work Among the Negroes In
Los Angeles
IN December 10th, 1898 We called
v together a group of individuals
and laid the base for organizing
the first branch (Angelo Herndon
Branch) of the L. S. N. r. At this
time wholesale discrimination was
being practiced on C.W.A. work,
which brought about a lot of re-
sentiment from hundreds of Negro
workers. The membership Of our
Party, Of course, was comparatively
new, due to the tremendous growth
we had just prior to this. We did
not understand just how to react to
the situation, but this new branch
of the L. S. N. R, together with the
Young Communist League issued a
leaflet at 2 p. m. one afternoon
calling for a meeting at 10 a. m.
the next morning, at 32nd and Cen
trail Avenues, in front of the Jim
Grow C.W.A. employment office to
protest this vicious discrimination.
The response was wonderful.
About 500 workers answered the
call of this leaflet. In spite Of all
Of the attempts at intimidation
from the Los Angeles Red Squad,
these workers stood firm. After the
meeting about $50 marched to 9th
and Broadway to the office of Roy
c. Dohnelly, at that time head of
the C.W.A. office. The rest of the
crowd remained for some two or
three hours awaiting the report of
the returning delegation. A large
squad of police was on hand all of
the time, but YVES unable to intimi-
date these workers. When at
tempts were made to recruit some
OF these workers into the L. S. N. R.,
the answer was, eve want to join
the Communist Party!"
AS result of this demonstration,
hundreds were put to work, but we
did not put up continued struggle
to break down this JIM Crowism.
In spite of the Scottsboro campaign,
which should have been the means
of building mass I. L. D., we have
less than 200 Negroes in the or
ganization. However, with the re-
cent steps taken in recognizing
the Scottsboro Action Committee
into a Joint Conference for the
Freedom Of Herndon and the
Scottsboro Boys, and with closer
cooperation and guidance from the
National ONCE of the L. S. N. r.,
we can make a wonderful improve
ment in this situation, particularly
in view of the partial victory which
was won in the Herndon case, and
which has served to awaken tens OF
thousands of workers the worlo
over. Here even the Negro papers
were forced to admit that this was
a great accomplishment on the
part of the revolutionary working
class.
Comradely yours,