The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-16

grows. General undereStinatAOn
Of the growth Of the A. F. of L.
and the need of intensifying mani
fold Party fractions and opposition
work inside the A. r. of L. and
various independent unions Is
evident and must be swiftly and
decisively eliminated. This in no
way changes our main task Of
building the revolutionary unions.
In the steel and metal industry,
while carrying on opposition work
wherever the A. A. has a fOothOld,
Our main task is the building Of
the S. M. w. 1. e." District
Plenum Resolution.
The Plenun recorded similar I'm
derestimation of the dangerous role
of the Ohio Unemployed League
columbus, Toledo, Hooking Valley,
etc. has been evident and the entire
Party must be alive to the great
danger of cleft" Social Fascism IN
the form of the American Workers
Party, which will find fertile ground
in those parts of Ohio columbus,
Hooking Valley, Youngstown, New
ark, Toledo where the Ohio IN
employed League has foothoh and
where there has been a general
underestimation Of the danger Of
this movement. Similarly, we mast
be alert to the menace Of the AsneEa-
can Workers Party among TIRE
masses organized IN the Small Home
and Landowners Federation. 10 de-
feat this new factor which viii split
the workers, to the accompaniment
Of left phrases and subtle nat3onakA
ism, needs the most energetic APP
plication Of the United Front tactic,
by every unit, in every Town, n
every shop as well as on a larger
scale-on the basis of the burning
issues Of discomfort among the broad
masses. The United Front 10 be
successful means the uniting Of broad
masses in struggle-not diplomatic
talks Of leaders only.
The Plenum examined the work OF
the Party since the last PAenHm
(Oct. % and 2o) at which time we
recorded no decisive improvement IN
the situation from the very unsatds-
factory status at the time Of the
Open Letter and took organisations
measures to try and guarantee flh-
hllment of the Plenura decisions.
In the three months under ex-
animation, the Plenun registered
that we had
stopped the confused decline
In the Party work, membership
and morals We can record a
slight upward swing In Imem-
ployed activity; beginnings Of
penetration Of A. F. of L. ln isOA-
ated instances; slight increase Of
Party membership and dues pay
ments, despite huge huctuatiOn;
establishment of Cleveland Work
ers school; organization of six new
shop nuclei; recruitment to i. w.
o. of 800; strengthening of some
section leadership especially Sec.
u; steps towards establishing
stronger District apparatus and
leadership, broadened mass agita-
ton Especially in Cleveland,
Akron, and CantOn) and definitely
Overcame decentralization In mem
bership. While recognising this we
state definitely that no decisive
change has been made in develop
ing the mass work of the Party
and leading struggles Of workers in
the building Of revolutionary
unions, oppositions on A. F. Of L.
penetrating the shops, struggle for
Negro rights or building broad
mass unemployment Councils.
Furthermore, the concentration
tasks adopted in July have been
seriously neglected, especially in
Youngstown. This means clearly
that there must be no tolerance of
attitudes of satisfactions, with
these slight gains, but an intensi-
fed tempo of political mobilization
to carry through the decisive mass
tasks set In the Open Letter and
the July District PIenmn, espe-
cially the concentration tasks"
District Plenum Resolution.
(To be Continue6