The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-13
On the Recruiting Drise

I SEE no hope outside Of the Communist Party" The
writer Of these words in Wednesdays Daily Worker
was for thirty years member of the Socialist Party
as well as member of the church. He Joined the
Communist Party during the Recruiting Drive OF the
Party, now going
The establishment of large numbers Of members
Of the Socialist Party and Of the American Fedora
ton Of Labor with the treacherous policies of their
Socal-fasctst leaders, is growing The sharpening OF
the crisis has radcazed Of workers The fact
that in seven months the MIRA. has not only not
bettered the wages and working conditions Of the
workers. but on the contrary, brought further wage
decreases speedup and unemployment, is not lost on
these workers Their sociafasciSt leaders the Greens
aSd ThomaseS, continue to support the NRA, or at
most, under pressure Of their membership suggest
mild reforms" and make gesture toward mild "critt-
cism" Of the NRAY while at the same time support
ing the basic features Of Roosevets Hunger PROGRAM
THERE never a more opportune time for our
Party to conduct Recruiting Drive What is to
prevent our Party from strengthening its ranks by
bringing into the Party these workers who are dis
ilusioned by the betrayals of their leaders? What
stands in the way of taking into the Party these work
ers, who in many are themselves taking the
initiative and looking for entrance into the Party or
who are cropping toward the revolutionary Party of
the workers. trying to find the working class solution
to the crisis
One of the walls which stands between these ra-
d1cazed workers and the Party is the failure of mem
oers Of the Party to approach the members of the
socia-faScst organizations in the course of the day
struggles of the workers, to approach them to fight
with the Party for all of the demands of the working
class The sectarian fear OF approaching new workers
to light with and join the Party has kept more than
one worker outside of the Communist Party This
sectarian approach based the opporunist idea that
the masses are backward" and mot ready for the
Communist Party does not take into account the
tremendous rehabilitation which has accompanied the
sharpening Of the crisis of capitalism.
THE recruiting Of masses of these new elements es-
pecally those workers in basic industries who be-
long to socalfasciSt organizations necessary the
Party to lead the decisive struggles of the workers
which are at hand AS the mood of the masses af-
fected by the crisis swings to the left new parties
like the Mustete workers Party" are being organized
to prevent the workers from coming into the Com
munist Party. At the same time the fascist attacks
OF the government workers organizations are in
creasing. 1t is all the necessary to build the
Party Of the workers, the Communist Party into
mass party which leads all of the struggles of the
workers against capitalism.
The Recruiting Drive Of the Party in the month
OF December showed that even the little attention
given TO 1t by the Party members has brought definite
results During the month of December 2104 mem
oerS were recruited into the Party. This is ain in
crease Of about Is per cent the previous months
Inc recruiting drive is extending through the month
OF January and into February With renewed efforts
OF every Party member, and with an energetic ap-
proach to the most active and militant members of
the organizations led by the socal-fascists these re-
SUITS can be far exceeded in the coming month