The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-07
Party Life
Party Bulletins
On Organization
And Party Work

OUR Seventh National Convention
" recorded the need for establish
ing district org. bulletins. At pres
ent, summarizing the achievements
in this direction, we see first of all,
that many of our important districts
have as yet not carried out this
decision. Such districts as /, 3, 8
and 9 have not at this date issued
any bulletin. Nevertheless, there
has accumulated a considerable
amount of experience which we
should place at the disposal Of all
( comrades
The first question that arises is
what should district bulletin be?
The district bulletin must, above all,
popularize and develop methods OF
work and leadership in the light OF
the tasks of our Convention, in
stead of mirroring" events. This
means to organize our work in such
a way that our decisions no longer
remain on paper. With this in mind,
We insist that stop be put to the
long, political articles which do not
contain a single reference to actual
experience. Also, we do not need
the heavy barrage of "musts" that
clutter some of the bulletins. 1t is
advisable that the leading article
of a paper deals with some I'M
portant strike, or other struggle,
analysing it and paying particular
attention to its lessons and future
tasks. A part Of the paper should
deal with simple explanations and
directiyes as to how to carry out
this or that task set by the district
In looking over the Jersey bull
letin, Pace Setter" No. 3, the ar
ticle entitled unit in RCA Safe
guards Workers, Wins Influence"
the comrades bring out even the
simplest experiences and lessons,
which other comrades in search OF
lofty phrases usually neglect. We
find more than half of this paper
devoted to dealing with strike ex-
periences; experiences in the circu-
lation of the Young Worker, etc. A
very important feature that all
papers should have is to regularly
review some phase of the work of
some one shop unit, its recruiting,
how it safeguards its members.
We should take the greatest pains
to constantly give guidance to our
shop papers n d neighborhood
papers young Worker supple
ments), in the bulletin.
The bulletin, if it is to carry out
it's purpose, should do more than
command. 1t must help in making
popular and in controlling decisions.
For instance, if, at a particular
point our wo~e is unsatisfactory
raise a broad discussion around this,
working to discover the cause; call
for a special group Of volunteers to
improve the work, organize competi-
ton.
The district bulletin can play a
very decisive role in order to &C
complish an important task by de-
voting, if necessary, an entire issue
to it. For instance, the second is
sue of the Jersey bulletin dealt al
most entirely with the Young
Worker. 1t not only described its
Importance but gave experiences of
how the Young Worker can be sold
and above all, how some units and
groups Of comrades have sold it.
IT IS of extreme importance that
l our district bulletins pay atten-
ton to preparing the League for il
legality. We all admit the need for
this and no one would consciously
work against this. However, it is
very important to note that not
one Of our bulletins gives specific
directiveS, experiences or any ex-
planatory material at all as to how
we are to prepare for illegality, as
we'll what we must do to remain
legal.
There are many positive features
of the district bulletins. In looking
over the Jersey bulletin we have to
praise some features, such as the
page Of material headed Facts, "
which give information about the
social, economic and political condi-
tons of the youth primarily in Jer-
sey in snappy style, very useful
for writing and speaking. A regular
review of books and pamphlets is
another good feature of the paper.
The general type of article in the
first and second issues Of this paper
is we'll written, has a live heading
and in general deals with concrete
experiences.
THE question arises, since SO many
L important tasks exist, VIII a
should determine the contents of
a bulletin? To this we can say, as
already indicated, that work in the
shops, concentration, work in the
bourgeoisie- controlled organizations,
should be given special attention.
In other words we do not wish the
bulletin to be divorced from the
basic problems of the League. In
this connection we must t< able to
grasp that which is new and i'm
portant in struggles of the worker
today, utilize and make this knowl-
edge the property of all.
The bulletin, in its role as crgan-
izer, should pay close attention to
the problems of outlying sections
and units, which are at distance
from the district center The Mich
igan paper shows some initial steps
in this direction. The suggestions
included in this article are doubly
valuable for such sections and units,
who would suffer even more from
formal methods of work than those
who receive. regularly more personal
guidance.
There would be much added to