The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-12
Party Life
Two c. P. Members
Recruit Ten Workers
For Party in One Month

Recruit Ten Workers
For Party in One Month
IN the present recruiting drive, I
l wish to set down the experiences
of myself and another comrade on
how we brought in about ten new
Party members through our work
In the union.
During the one months time in
which we recruited these members.
we went about it in this manner:
We picked out those workers
whom we saw were sincere, who
helped in the picket line. We did
not wait, as many comrades do,
talking for months with workers
before trying to interest them in the
Party. When we saw any worker
willing and sincere in helping to
build the union, we Immediately
spoke to him about the Party. At
ter less than an hours converse
ton in explaining on how the Party
works and why workers should join,
they Immediately asked for an APP
plication and paid their initiation.
The trouble with the fraction in
this particular union was that they
never Except when we brought a
member in took up the question of
recruiting. For over eight months
before we came in, not one worker
was recruited into the Party by the
fraction and in this fraction there
we're over eight members. I be-
lieve this is disgraceful.
THE main thing every comrade in
l any organization must remem-
Der: is never be afraid of speaking
up. especially to workers who are
fighters. Workers when asked to
join the Party will do so, especially
if the one who asks them is HIM
self real Communist, if he him.
self takes the lead in his organ
ization's struggles.
No Party member should ever be
without application cards, without
pamphlets. If the comrades are SELL
ing Daily Workers and are not
bringing in any Party members,
then something is wrong. This par
ticular question should be taken up.
On visiting Communist voters, re-
cruits should be gotten. There is
no excuse, it has been done. Do
not fear to ask, take no refusal,
find out workers reasons why they
do not join. In this manner not
only will we surely get recruits,
but We will better know what the
workers think and feel toward our
Party. We will be better able to
clear up their objections.
Fractions should not be extra ex-
ecutive board maetings Recruiting
should and must be on every agenda.
This applies to units as we'll.
More members into the Party
means less fluctuation. Last word
is: do not forget your own family;
children into the Young Pioneers,
into the Young Communist League,
and the Communist Party.
M. FENNER,
Unit 7, Section Is.
MEMBERS of the Units: We are
LIA certain that many of you are
having interesting experiences in
recruiting for the Party, and that
YOU have developed methods of work
that would be Of value to the entire
Party. For example. we know of a
comrade, working in New York
hospital, who by her own efforts has
recruited in the neighborhood of 40
workers into our Party. Her ex-
periences and her methods Of work
should be written up for this
column. We appeal to every Party
member to write us letters telling
OF your recruiting work, how you
approach the workers, your meth
DDS of appeal, how you keep in
touch with them after they have
joined the Party, etc. During the
course of the recruiting drive, let
us fill this column with our ex-
periences in winning workers for
our Party.
Waterfront comrades: In the midst
OF your activities in connection with
the Marine strike, take a few min
uteS to write us about them. What
is your unit doing to assist the
strike? What are your recruiting
activities among the seamen and
iongshoremen? What are you doing
to combat the red scare? Let us
have the accounts of the Party in
action in the marine strike in this
column.