The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-11

Another control task linked up
with concentration on this plant
was the issuance of a shop paper.
A member of the shop nucleus was
elected editor of this paper and it
is being prepared at the present
time. The articles, work Of prepa-
ration. ETC.. will come from this
unit and not from the section. so
that the initiative of the unit will
be developed.
The task of enrolling every Par
ty member eligible for membership
in a trade union in either an A. F.
of L. union or T.U.UL. union has
been done Not so much because
Of an understanding on the part
Of all the comrades of the necessity
Of doing fraction work in these
unions, but because most Of our
comrades are working in shops
that are 100 per cent union.
In another large shop there are
also Rank and File group and
Party nucleus. There was also
strike in this plant some time
back and cur comrades played an
even more important part in this
strike than in that at the auto
plant. The unit was assigned the
quota Of five new members. Only
one has been recruited. This work
er is American-born chairman Of
an important department commit
tee. The union has endorsed H.R.
1898 by unanimous vote. but the
reactionary officials of the local
trades and labor council want them
to reconsider, and to endorse the
Wagner bill instead. Certain Of
the officials wanted to vote them
selves good fat salaries. The group
defeated this decisively.
This shop has a large number
OF youth employed. The control
tasks included one of establishing
a YCL. nucleus in this plant. While
we have few contacts. as vet no
nucleus has been formed. A Party
member and leading Y.CL.er are
assigned to this task. They are Wis
iting these contacts and trying to
get more.
The original quota Of two Negro
recruits has been increased to five
and one has been secured. Consis-
tent work should bring us the quo
ia, since the Negro workers are al-
most all sympathetic to the Party.
The wives of two Party members
belong to a German ladies benefit
society. They are bringing H. R.
1898 up in their next meeting, and
will be drawn into the Party and
form a fraction in this organiza-
ton. The comrades in the second
plant mentioned are going to raise
the question Of organizing a wo-
mems auxiliary and establish a
group in this organization. In this
way we will have an opportunity
to reach many women, that we
would not have otherwise.
A Socialist-controlled Workers
Committee with at least 1000 MEM
bers exists in the city. Until re-
Gently the Party had entirely ne
elected this organization. An oppo-
sition group has been set up. the
iiASb uo9H Va WlllCll 10 10 SECURE. en-
dorsement of H. r. 1893. The rank
and file Of the Committee is ex-
ceedingly dissatisfied with the
leadership, which consists of law
yers real estate men, etc.
While this was not one of the
original control tasks, it is funda-
mental to all of them; that is the
establishment of functioning Sec
ton Committee. There was strong
meetings of the Shop Committee
under pressure of work. Some of
the members did not fully under
stand the Importance of the Sec
ton Committee as the guiding body
in all our work. One hundred per
cent regular attendance at all Sec
ton Committee meetings is our
goal.
Certain other aspects of our work
and the fulfllment of our control
tasks will be taken up in later
report.