The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-05
PARTY LIFE
Largest Cleveland May First
Vas hlsu6fciently Prepared
Every Responsible Committee Must Examine
Weaknesses in Light Of OrOn Activity

Day. Not a single lesflet was issued
by the I. o. 0. l.. While four locals
were represented at the united
front conference, not single local
union of the I. U. u. L. marched
as a body in the parade, although
| individual members participated,
This reflected the inadequate devels
opment of class consciousness in
the unions Of the T. U. U. L. and is
direct result of systematic under
estimation of work in the A. p. Of
L., which is only now being serious
/ ly approached. Only two A. F. Of
L. locals participated in the united
front conference, but not as an
organized group in the demonstra-
ton.
4. The practical non-exiStence Of
youth organizations at the united
front conference found its direct
reflection in the absence OF worka
ing youth or youth mass organizes
tions in the parade and demon~
stration.
5. Especially outstanding was the
poor mobilization Of workers in the
! tributary parades in Kinzman and
Buckeye territories. These are two
! territories where the Party has had
influence for years. If the meme
bers Of the Jewish speaking organ-
izations q. w. O., Gesangs Ferein,
Icor, etc. under the direct influences
Of the Party and Freiheit had alons
been modified, the size of this pre-
paratory parade would have been at
least six times its size: and in
Buckeye territory, where the Party
Hungarian daily p6fET is located
and has its influence, the n1obiliza~
ton Of the members OF the organic
cations who follow the leadership al
vi Elore would have multiplied the
size of the parade eightfold. The
absolutely unsatisfactory mobtliEas
ton Of workers from these Two tAr~
r1tories where the Party has lie
greatest support in electoral canv
paignS and is considered the oldest
base OF the Party, merits the sIaarpa
est and most far-Feaching szmnAS
nation by Section 3 and Section n
and also of the Jewish and Hume
gartan Language Bureaus, and 10 a
lesser extent the Bohemian Bureau
These sections and the Jewish and
Hungarian Bureaus are warned not
to approach the overcoming of this
weakness In a careless, trivial mann
ner, but TO find the roots Of this
situation and adopt the necessary
political and organizational meas
ures to prevent it's recurrence and
Immediately improve the entire
mass work of the Party. Because
OF the strike situation in Sections q
and IA, the line OF march from
these territories was unsatisfactory.
6. Recruiting into the Party did
not reach the detectives set by the
District Committee. Instead Of re-
cruiting 100 new members, only 73
were recruited, OF whom 80 were
employed Such sections as Section
3 did not recruit a single new MEM
Der in the month of April.
The weaknesses enumerated above
we're a direct reflection of the ccns
tent Of the campaign and prepare.
lions While two united front con-
ferences were organized involving
1856 local organizations only small
minority were working class organi-
cations being involved in such ac-
tivities for the first time. The Home
Owners branches showed better
response than ever before, but repre-
sentation from A. r. OF L. unions,
Negro organizations under refor1nist
leadership, ETC., was very poor. This
reflects the sectadian character Of
the Party units, sections and LAM
guage buros, who live only among
the revolutionary minded workers,
thus isolating themselves from the
great masses of workers who are
moving to the left.
The entire Party must learn from
this analysis of our shortcomings,
The best means Is a careful study
and application Of the decision Of
the National Convention and the
District Convention resolution and
energetic mobilization Of all our
forces for fulfillment OF the control
tasks adopted at the District Con-
vention. To fulfill these control
tasks, means that every Party ore
gan (unit, section, fraction, lan%
guage buro) as well as the District
Committee must apply the line Of
the resolution In their daily work.