The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-15
Party Life
California Farley
Four Point Plan
Radio Broadcast

Radio Broadcast
"DUILD Twice as Strong!" With
~ this slogan, the workers and
farmers at the Communist Party
Conference adjourned Their meeting
in Fresno. California on Dec. %, and
returned to all parts Of the state
to carry out the program of work
they had enthusiastically discussed
and adopted
At least three times the number
of comrades were present at this
meeting than met in Fresno in 1881.
Workers representing many nation
alities we're present, but the out
standing characteristic Of the as
samblage was the distinctly Amer
lean workers and farmers brought
in through struggles in California
during the past years.
The Conference opened with a re-
port by Sam Darcy, District Organ
izer. After reviewing the past
achievements. including the cleo
ton campaign. which resulted in
Comrade Anita Whitney polling
more than 100000 votes, and the
victories on the waterfront and in
the agricultural fields, he showed
the impossibility of capitalism to
stabilize itself THE policy of the
Roosevelt New Deal government
will be continued attack on the
working class to squeeze out the
profits which the bosses demand"
Darcy said. THE Communist Party
will continue to fight back these at
tacks, stronger and stronger"
After the report various sub-con-
ferences met. working out a program
for the coming period. which the
assembly after discussion adopted
unanimously.
The principle important points in
the program we're: % intensifying
the present membership drive so as
to double the membership of the
Party in District 10 by March l.
with particular emphasis on estab-
lishment of shop units: ~ to carry
through successfully the drive for
5000 new subscriptions and the
$1,000 guarantee fund for the West
ern Worker for 1885; go building a
united front movement to include
Epic workers. militant Socialist
Party members. and other workers
in a common struggle for the four
basic points in the proposal recently
sent out by the Communist Party;
az building the movement for real
unemployment and social insurance
and for greater relief to the I'M
employed.
The four points in the call are:
1. Repeal of the sales tax.
2. For unemployment and social
insurance at the expense Of the
bcsscS and the government.
;. Repeal of the criminal syn
dicalism law and all anti-Iabor
laws; to fight vigiIantism; and to
free Mooney.
4. Reduction of power rates, es-
peciallv the working farmers.
The fifth point. was to strengthen
the trade union movement. In this
regard the plan was stressed of each
member eligible to do So joining a
trade union in his industry.
These and many other points were
hammered out into real program
OF action, and the comrades left to
return to their sections determined
to begin at once to bring this plan
OF work into reality as the best
means Of fighting the approach OF
war and the rising wave Of fascism
The Communist Party on the Air
MANY workers write to us about
l!A the broadcasts of Father Cough.
lin, and ask why the Communists
Party does not broadcast over thu
radio to counteract the influence Of
this demagog among the workers
The reason why the Comnunis
Party is not on the air. is because
in general the radio is closed to tn,
Party, except by payment O
tremendous sums of money.
However, we are glad to note tina
in California. the Workers Schoo
broedcasts the news of the weeI
each Wednesday from GAS to TOO
with Lawrence Ross, co-editor O
the Western Worker as the speaker
1t would be good if the Californi:
Workers School would advise us o
the station and the wave length, 81
that the comrades with short wavt
sets throughout the country car
listen in.