The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-02
PARTY LIFE
NeaO Party Members Point Out
Shortcomings of Detroit Unit
District Committee Replies to Comrades Charges
of Inefficiency

The following letter from a De-
troit Unit has been sent to us by the
District Organizer of Detroit, for
publication in this column, together
with the reply Of the District Com
mittee.
We, the members of Unit IL, Sec
ton 2, herewith wish to set forth a
few grievances which we deem should
be explained and corrected where
possible.
First, in order to further the adj
vancement Of the Party, we are Of
the opinion that at the Section Or
ganizer's meeting there should be
more discussion on how to carry out
some Of the work handed down,
other than having to lead the units
with a lot of stuff which cannot be
carried out. In other words, have a
Few things done right than a lot of
things done wrong or not done at all.
We are aware Of the fact that we
have been told we are taking g. de-
3eatist, pessimistic, or crying attitude.
But, we think, if the leaders were
to acquaint themselves with the &C
tual field work and investigate into
the why and wherefore Of the mem
bers who at least try to do this field
work, there would be less cause for
calling them defeatists.
We, therefore, believe that the
leading comrades should pay more
attention to the working out Of the
small details, thereby paving the way
to the carrying out of larger things
to follow. We believe that steps
should be taken to start all meetings
on time, and that those comrades
who know all about Communism
should at least have a separate time
to hold their little meetings, other
than at the rear OF the halls, thereby
allowing us new members to learn
and hear something from the speaker.
We also have complaints regard
ing the icy attitude shown at the
Bookshop. We have complaints from
members who were delegates to the
last Party Bazaar who found no CO.
operation nor any arrangement made
regarding what they were to do, We
believe a grave mistake was made by
the entire membership of Detroit in
the failure to obtain enough sigma
lures on the last charter amendment
and hold the leadership for this fail
IRE something the workers showed
they wanted and in our opinion
could have ben used to further ad-
vance the Party.
We hold the leadership responsible
for the failure of the candidates in
the last election in not showing up
at a meeting arranged for them by
the units; also where shop groups
were gotten together by the mem
bers. thus destroying confidence to-
ward the Party of the masses and OF
the members. We are told to create
speakers from within our ranks, but
consider it unwlse to create speakers
at the expense Of those we get to-
gether to listen. We believe there is
room for complaints regarding bu-
reaucracy shown in this district, q
good example in the last membership
meeting, for instance, where the or
dering Of 10000 Daily Workers was
put over. Then the rank and file
were asked to vote on same, after the
order had been put through, creating
feeling that this was only grand
stand play of the District Commit
tee to the Central Committee. We
believe that 10000 papers can be sold
with the cooperation of all members
but our complaint is abut the bureau
cratic way of putting it over,
Answer Of the District Committee
Section 2, Unit IL,
Dear Comrades:
The District Office has received
your letter and sends herewith the
following answer:
First, it is very healthy sign that
the comrades In Unit IL have shown
in calling to our attention such basic
shortcomings that exist in our Party
You comrades in Unit II are abso-
lutely correct in demanding much
more discussion by Bolshevik con-
victions, especially on how and why