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this figure is below that of septem-
Der, with 145 limitations; November,
l59; first two weeks of December,
81. These figures speak for them
selves.
District No. 3. Very interesting
are the figures of District No. 8,
where in September. we find total
Of 1873 limitations; for October, 95:
November, IS; and for the first two
weeks in December, n. This figure
shows that after a continuous drop.
only in December were some steps
taken to improve recruiting.
Drive Not Effective
Viewing these figures given for
the concentration districts, and dis
trict No. 3, we see that with the
exception Of districts 2, and 7, no
drive is going on. What is the ex-
PLANTATION? Is it because the deci-
sionS of the Eight Party Convention,
the directives of the Central Com
mittee, the open Letter to the Party
members, have been forgotten; or is
it because the District and Section
leadership do not understand the
Importance Of the drive. - do not
understand the importance of closer
personal connection of the Party
members with the workers in the
places Of work, in the trade unions
in the mass organizations?
Certainly this is not the case. The
fact, however, that no recruiting
drive is going on shows that the
basic organizations of the Party,
nuclei, fractions. do not understand
yet how to connect all their activi-
ties with the building of the Party.
And in its turn, this shows that no
real steps were taken by the Dis
trict and Section leadership to raise
the consciousness of the basic or
CARNATIONS of the Party to this
important problem, nor concrete
measures for the mobilization Of
the Party members for recruiting.
The quality composition of re-
cruitment in November and Deem
Der shows an improvement. 1t shows
that what little activities the units
and fractions carried on in regard
to recruiting, they are better orien-
tated concerning the quality of re-
cruits that the Party wants-work-
ers from the basic industries, menu
bers of trade unions, especially
A. F. Of L., etc.
Furthermore. the figures show
that in the last three or four
months. we have lower fluctua-
ton. Yet we shall not sound bold
note of victory, inasmuch as in the
last two months of the year, many
of these Party members that did not
appear in the figures of the previ-
Gus months, appear through the
payment of back dues.
Alarm Must Be Sounded
The conclusion is that January
81 will show that we are unable to
reach our goal set in the drive. The
alarm may be sounded; and already
now, all measures must be taken in
all districts to stir up and intensity
the activities of the basic organiza-
tons towards the goal of recruit
ment as basic daily task.
We propose that each district
shall seriously analyze the activities
in the drive in connection with all
activities of the Party, and with
real Bolshevik determination. take
! all measures necessary to orientate
the units, fractions and individual
Party members along the line of the
Open Letter, through which the
campaign was initiated.
/ Furthermore, to check up on all
plans that we laid down in the
campaign. to find out the reasons
why the plans were not concretized,
and above all to help the comrades
to understand the importance of the
problem of building the Party in
connection with all activities which
require deeper discussions, and con-
tinuous guidance of the leading
comrades to the activities of the
sections, units, fractions and indi-
vidual Party members, which re-
quires material on the experiences
Of how the basic organizations are
tackling the problem, how their &C
tivities are reflected in recruitment:
in few words, a better utilization
of the Party Life column of the
Daily Worker, of the Party Organ
izer, of the District organizational
bulletins, to raise the understanding
on fun dam en- a organizational
problems.
(Signed) Organization Commits
sion of the Central Committee.
c. P, U. S. A.