The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-27
Build the |. w. O. Into A
Mass Organization

THIRTEEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED new mem
bers have been recruited by the International
Workers Order in membership drive Just concluded
This is splendid achievement. 1t is testimonial
to the activities OF the membership of the Order. At
the same time is another sign of the rehabilitation
Of the working masses in America
In the past the American bourgeoisie has dominated
the fraternal organizations in America This bour-
geoise have used their domination to keep from the
workers in the fraterna movement an understanding
Of the economic and political Of their economic
insecurity and their consequent need of protection
through mutual and other insurance. They have ded-
icated the services Of the many fraternal organiza
tons to various religious and mystic cults to nation
astc and patriotic purposes and to everything else
except to those interests and needs Of the working
class which drive the workers into the fraterna
ment. But the crisis Of capitalism Is opening the
eyes Of the workers. Their ability to pay dues and
insurance fees has radically diminished their need for
aid and insurance equally radically increased.
Now the purposes OF the high-sounding phrases
OF bourgeois fraternalsm being penetrated by the
workers They learn that behind these phrases Is
hidden the effort of the bourgeose to prevent the
workers from solving their problems at the expense
Of capitalist profits. Behind these phrases hidden
the purpose Of preventing the workers from seeing the
imperative need for Social Insurance.
Here the International Workers Order has a ire
endous task 1t must challenge this bourgeois fraer
nasrn. It must replace 1t with fraternal efforts which
will turn the workers toward class consciousness 1t
must establish fraternal movement which shows the
workers the facts Of their capitalist enslavement 1t
must break down the barriers Of naonslism religion
and race prejudices 1t must teach them that only
united efforts Of the workers will solve the economic
insecurity which makes them easy victims Of the profit
hungry insurance schemes of the borgeoisie 1t must
mobilize the of workers in the fraerns move
ment for Social Insurance.
THE NEXT TASK OF the International Workers Order
is to establish itself firmly among the native
American workers At the time it must develop
within its ranks ever-cearer understanding of pro-
learan fraternalism; it must make this proetarian
fraternasm the content OF the life Of the branches
and the members. 1t must make agitation and struggle
for Social Insurance most important part OF this life
Only in the degree in which It develop this life
in the branches will the International Workers Order
be able to fulfill its mission Of developing class
seriousness among its members.
With the need Of working class service In the frater-
nal movement becoming more and clear to the
of workers, the opportunities for the growth
of the Two. become unlimited. The TWO can, iusti-
fably, speak OF immediate perspective Of growth
into hundreds of thousands Of members. It's value
proletarian fraternal organization depends upon
this growth This growth in turn, depends upon the
quality of It's service proetarian fraternal or
ganzation.