The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 11, 1931, Page 4

?aze Four Published by the Com: Co., Ine, daily excépt Sunday. at 80 Fast 4 > Be id SUBSCRIPTION RATES‘ a ai 18th Street. CeiPer 7 s mais thy 7956-72. Cab} DATWORK." ai or iw \. By maifeverywhere: One year, $6; six months, $3; two months, $1; excepting Boroughs Address and mail al] checks to th iy Worker, 50 East 15th Street, New York, N. ¥. * of Manhattan and Bronx, New York Ctiy. Foreign; one year, $8: six months, $4.50. * Contoal Derty USA eh | RIA EE TE Ee a A tensile dike Pe NE “EES Fa nS Sa aon ORY —— es us J. ‘ ‘4 By BURCK THE TRAINING OF T.ULU.L. |"¥98 AND PRay—uve on Hay ! ° . ode ORES TS : sa A . By JORGE cnceemeeeme By WM. Z. FOSTER. E? ER since the organization of our forces: in eformist. unions as.a left wi ni since the ‘formation of the Trade Union Unity League, a year and a°half ago, there has been a great shortage of: trained trade union workers. those capable of’ actually taking the 2adership of the workers in struggle and lead- ing them to victory. Now, with the building of the revolutionary unions and the consequent greater demands being placed upon us for active workers, this problem of cadres becomes more acute than ever. Its solution becomes-a ques- tion of the most basic consequences to the whole revolutionary trade union movement. This is, of course, a question that is not lim- ited to the United States. A similar shortage of forces makes itself felt throughout the revolu- labor movement internationally. The J, realizing this need, has in its various Con gtesses, laid great stress upon the necessity o the revohitionary union movements in the re- spective countries taking up the systematic training of capable and militant workers. To give the lead in this work, it has long since | established a special department. Consequently, a substantial beginning has been | made in a number of countries. This is particu- larly the case in Germany. In France, England, etc., also, systematic work has been begun on a small scale. In the United States, however, we have next to nothing to show. In this general respect, the TUUL has been decidedly in the rear cf the movement. ow the TUUL is making a beginning. For inst time it will actaully give workers the nec- essary theoretical and practical training to equip them to play an effective role in the class strug- gle as trade union organizers and leaders. The National Training School, held in New York, | | | | | is ‘a good start. | ; Will open on March 2nd, and willdast.for three months. There will be 25 students, coming from all the major unions and industries. The courses will be as comprehensive:as .pos- sible in this short period. They will cover the whole .range of revolutionary theory and’ prac- tice, especially with regard to the trade ‘union work. There will be courses in Marxism-Lenin- ism, strike strategy, union structure,. histery, -etc.. All together, a very valuable series of courses for workers who want to: function in the class struggle with-the maximum. efficiency! Naturally, ‘in stch'-a" course, ‘a gd0d “training will be given in the meaning of the decisions of the recent congresses of the RILU, that is, in the living policy of our organizations. Too often, in the practice, we find that comrades, even in responsible union positions, have only the haziest ideas about these decisions and resolutions. | With urgent tasks pressing upon our unions, it will be difficult for them to spare 25 comrades from the active work, even for a period of three months. Also, the financial question is a dif- | ficult one. But these problems. must be met without hesitation. The school must be made up of the very best and most promising elements, especially the youth, that we have. In training new forces, we are, so to speak, building the heavy industry of’ our moyement. No immediate sacrifice is too great to achieve this end. Our TUUL unions are actually suffering and are being stunted in their growth, for want of trained forces. We. must supply this need at | all costs. The TUUL National Training School But- it is only a beginning. It | must be followed by a complete and ‘intensive | application of the whole educational program | of the RILU. The question of training new strata of trade union workers must be part of the main order of business throughout the TUUL. | Fight Against White Chauvinism in Gary, Ind. The Communist Party, District Contrel Com- mission of District 8 ‘{Chicago). has investigated the situation in Gary,» Ind. and the following findings’ and decisions:made by it have been ap- proved by the Central Control Commission of the Party. Charges of white-chauvinism. and a right- Wing line were preferred against comrades Sam Suchar, Selidso (Selsoff), Leychenko and Yanke- fich by comrade:M. Morton, section organizer of the Calumet Section. A hearing was held: and it was found that comrade Kuchar, Selidso and Leychenko had refused: to struggle agaist. white chauvinism in the co-operative :movement'iii Gaty, Ind.} that they had refused to support the Party decision im the co-operative fraction to employ Negro workers in the Co-operative Restatrant;' and that especially comrade Kuchar had openly stated at a@ meeting of the Section Committee that he would not carry out the decisions in reference to the Party policies in. the Co-operative. It was found that comrade Kuchar, as well as.comrades Selidso and Levchenko who were ald Party members, and that they not only had vesisted the Party line for a long period of time, if not for years, but that they had actually or- ganized together and fought against the Party line. On the question of arranging certain mass lemonstrations in Gary, these comrades held that the Party was too week to demonstrate. Thus all three of them have\a long right-wing record, of refusing to’ carry out the Party line, and of vefusing to be corrected. At the hearing itself, before the District Con- trol Commission, when they were criticized by the comrades from the Section, as well.as by members of the District Control Commission, \key not only resisted and made light of the cfiticism, but they used.all kinds of factional miethods to fight their Section leadership by winging up various mistakes and weaknesses of the leading comrades of the Section in order ‘9 bolster up their right-wing defense. All three of them, when the question of the correct Party line was raised at the Control] Com- i jission meeting, fought against the employing of Jegro workers in the Co-operative Restaurant, tating that it would»ruin the business of the restaurant, that the workers would go elsewhere 9 eat, and that for business reasons it would ve a ruinous policy for the Party to\insist on the mployment of Negro workers in the restaurant vhich is not and cannot be tolerated in the Therefore, Sam Kuchar, Selidso (Selzoff) and tevechenko are expelled from the Communist warty of the USA. ‘Comrade Yankevich, who at times had given certain. objective support to Kuchar, Selidso and weycheriko, and who had refused to vote for the arty motion that Negro workers be employed ta the Co-operative Restaurant; but who, it ap- seared, was ready to recognize his errors and wil- \ng to be corrected, he is severely criticized and ‘warned that ‘he must correct his position and saust “actively engage in. Party work. . By this, however, only. one.phase.of the troub- ‘ys in the Calumet Section; were dealt’ witli: “At he; first, hearing it, appeared that the Young Jommunist League of, the Calumet Section (at che Section and District Plenum) also engaged «a sharp criticism of the Party leadership in the Jalumet Section, advancing the vanguardist heory that'there was no Party in the Section, ‘hat the Young Communist League was doing the ‘incipal work there, etc. At:a second hearing, comrades Thomas and itrickland presented a series of charges against a¢ Party leadership in Calumet Section, espe- ially against Comrade Morton, the Section Or- anizer and comrade Russak, the Section Agit- ‘top’ Director, accusing them of white-chauvin- am, irresponsibility and general, inactivity. _ Then a third meeting was called in Gary, Ind., ‘> 'which the leading Party and ‘League comrades uf the Section, as well as District representatives tthe Party andthe League, and the District ‘egro Ditector were invited. Ate ‘the meeting it was clearly established that the charges against Kueher, Selidso and Le- \chenko in white-chauvinism and right-wing ac- ‘tons. and line were.well foynded. Tt was also , pstablished that. the Section. leadership. endeay- Minute’ te pally othe tpervend ‘Co-operative on Aad “It - was ‘also tion towards the Section leadership and by their ‘| fight against the Section leadership had given | objective support to the right-wingers and white- chauvinists. They accused comrades Morton and Russak of being white-chauvinists and ir- responsible leaders of the Séction, they fepeated many of the accusations used by the right-wihg against the Party leadership. The District Control Commission found that the accusations of white-chauvinism made against the Section leadership were 1uinfounded, although the Commiision noted that the Séc- tion Committee did no clearly understand the Party line in rogardS to Negro work, and that the approach to Negro CoHfiradés ih seVéril itistancés had been incorrect; whic, in turn, to @ certain measure was responsible for the alienation from the leadership of\some Negro comrades, especially of comrades Thomas and Strickland. ‘The misconception of the section leadership as to Party line towards the Negro question, particu- larly as shown by certain expressions of Comrade Russak, created among certain leading Negro comrades of the Calumet Section the erroneous idea that the Party regarded the Negro question only as a class question; while in reality and in accordance with the actual facts the Party cor- rectly views it not only as a class question but also as a race question, as a question of an op- pressed. national minority. The Control Commission found that the Section leadership was very weak and lacked ability to mobilize the membership for actual Party work and for tle fight against white chauvinism and right wingism. At the same time it was also established that the Section leadership had not been as active as it should have. been. The Control Commission also found that very bad relations existed between the Section Jeader- ship of the Party and of the Young Communist League—relations which are impermissible and must be corrected in order that both the Party and the League forces should cooperate in all activities and in the every-day work. The Commission noted the fact that the young workers, both. Negro and white, have been very active in-the Party work and very sincere and splendid material for the Party. These comrades must be’ encouraged and involved into actual leadership. Only then will the. present dimeulties be overcome, and the Calumet. Section will eradi- cate. white-chguvinism and» ri and will start to build rt pee grhs ed in this important industrial ‘section. DISTRICT CONTROL COMMISSION oF. DISTRICT 8. C. P. OF USA. .' » Approved: by the » -.” CENTRAL CONTROL, COMMISSION COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE USA. . February Party Organizer La surprising: thing-is not that the Party Or- sanizer reappears after eight months but that it actually justifies its purpose and role.” seectie IP the: pecining Sodhens st earl Ean er ee the structure, 5 lite ‘sige wating of | units. ” \ The contents ot the: Party ithe Party Units.” . “The Role and Tasks of the: Unit Buro.” _ “How a District Buro Sold Function.” stock’in order that they will not have to give insurance to the unemployed. NEWS ITEM: Hoover and Senators agree on compromise for farm “relief” by classifying the farmers in the same category as live PARTY LIFE Improving the Work of the Units By TOM JOHNSON. NE of our most important tasks in the further Bolshevization of the Party is the activiza- | tion of the basic Party units and their develop- Ment intd political bodies leading the workers | in their territories ih all of their daily struggles, and through this leadership winning over more Of ther fot owe Party. Under conditions ap- proaching illegality the proper functioning of the units becomes of even greater importance. Undér such G6nditiohs all Party work must be “on through the units or through frac- tion in mass organizations. There can be no Tal thembership meetings in the section or. bh section meetings for mobilization for éampaigns: ‘Therefore this question has occu- pied a good deal of our attention in District 17. First ‘we recognized that the political level of the units and their initiative, particularly in units made up largely of new members, cannot. be developed by a circular letter leadership. Therefore today we send out no circular letters of any description in the district or sections. ‘Weekly or bi-weekly political letters are sent to the sections in the district dealing with their individual problems arid relating them to the general campaigns. In the sections (the two where we have a considerable membership with 6 to 8 units each) we hold weekly organizers’ conferences attended by the organizers of every unit. Here the work for the next week is taken up in detail, instructions given, and quite fre- quently plans altered in some respect as a result of the discussion. Further to insure the closest / contact between membership and _ leadership, members of the small Section Committee (con- sisting of 3 members) visit each unit at least once every two weeks. Following the completion of business at the organizers’ meeting a short class is given on. the fundamentals of Communist theory and practice. This ‘class is then repeated in each unit with the organizer acting as instructor. Through the organizers’ meetings; we have also developed an atmosphere of revolutionary competition between the units. Each organizer hears the reports of the others. He knows and brings the news back to his unit, how many new members the:other units have recruited, inside what shops they distributed leaflets, what the unit attendance is in relation to its total mem- bership, etc. At the same time the organizers and then the units profit from the experiences in other units and-are able to see the weak points in their own work and hence remove them. To these meetings the organizers bring the problems that confront them in the work— certain that from the collective experience of the other unit organizers they will find a solu- tion. Units are kept small—12 or:15 members at a maximum and even this is too large. This gives all/members of the unit an opportunity to de- velop and participate in the active life of the unit. It makes for more units covering a smaller territory. each in the case of street units and therefore more alive to what is going’on in their territory and better able to lead the workers By R. BAKER. | still remember the last regional Party Con- | ferences. At best they were badly prepared. We discussed almost all the problems facing our Party. The District Organizers for the most | made reports of all their activities. Yet in spite of all these shortcomings we gained much from those conferences. Present Preparations _ The coming conferentés will emphasize the inner Party organizational problems and better organization of our mass work: ‘The basic prep- arations for these conferences aré now proceeding in the Party itself. In almosb every district we witness a serious, systematic and planed ap- proach to the problem of ee et the Party structure. While heré,and there the Party Gom- mittees are overwhelmed with multiplicity of the problems and their difficulty, the process of or- ganizational consolidation is distinctly evident. Each Party Committee has accumulated some valuable experiences, some, even though small results, and an increased number of new prob- lems ‘and difficulties in the sphere of Party structure and organization. Most Of our Districts have discovered that with each advance and each achievement new end unexpected problems arise. It is only in the very recent period that our Party Committees are developing Plans of Work. Even the formulation of the Plan of Work im- mediately raises the problem of’ division of re- sponsibility for the fulfillment of tasks outlined. ‘The problem of indicating realizable achieve- ments in the Plan of Work sharply raises the question of the ability of the units to carry out the tasks. This in turn raises the entire problem in the basic units. Where to Begin The present orientation of the Party Commit- tees towards serious consideration of organiza- tional problems arises from a sharp need for higher forms of organization and better utiliza- tion of our available forces to cope with the: Teal problems of leading and directing the mass activities of the Party which are. multiplying with rapid tempo. Our increased attention to | Org problems and better (Bolshevik) forms of agitation’ and work coincides with the most intense activity and util- ization of our apparatus in’ the Rietry. oe jour Party. Due to this situation some committees propose knows ‘inside what shops the other units are distributing and strives to outdo them, © At the’same time each unit knows:the terri- tory which itis responsible to cover-inthe dis- tribution of leaflets and is thus able to assign “its members for this most important work under Mlegal conditions, with a minimum of wasted effort. To bring the unit before the workers in the shop or territory in:which it operates as an in- dependent political force leading them in their own daily struggles and raising concrete de- mands ' which are of the greatest! inaportance to of. town distributes in front of a shop on the other side. ‘Today we are regularly having Teaf- lets distributed in at least 15 shops, including all ae very biggest steel and pipe shops. These care: all etelied inside. Each unit] dealing primarily with conditions and’ issues in lets as a rule were not issued by the section. of inner life, structure and organization of work ' | Org Agit-Prop Conterences | either to consolidate our organization Lefore launching any extensive mass activities or else to postpone the inner Party problems until a lull takes place in the mass activities. Both of these methods must be rejected. Our Party organization can be improved only in the course of activities and struggles and each improvement must be tested under conditions of strain that our present activities require. Discussion Material The main source of discussions at the confer- ence must be the actual experiences, problems and aehievements in the Districts and Sections. The Daily Worker in the recent period has feflected our inner Party activities and new forms of work especially in the “Party Life” sec- tion. Almost every district has crystallized its plans and activities in this direction in a series of documents. Some guidance in this sphere of work has been furnished by the Center in special documents and Org letters. ‘The best of these experiences and results are included in the new issue of the “Party Organ- izer.” ‘The timely re-appearance of the “Party Organizer” will be of value both to the Con- ferences and the speedier and better improve- ment of the Party. Workers! Join the Party of . Your Class! Communist Party 0. S. A. P. O. Box 87 Station D. New York City. Please send me more information on the Cum- munist Party. Name Address State ... Occupation . -Mail this to the Central Omee, Communist Party, P.O. Box 87 Station D. New. ¥ork City. 3 AGE Sie. themselves. Each unit assigned two or more comrades to write the leaflet on the particular issue. These comrades then brought their com- pleted leaflet to the next unit.’ meeting « cussion and change whereupon into the section for final editi graphing. ‘ I have here dealt only with leaflets in order to make plain the method. This method can and should be used in the organization of mass meetings, struggles around evictions or around any local issue, - In conclusion a word on the . recruitment of new members. Where at present we are unable to hold mass meetings or any form of open legal aetivity, almost the entire work of ting new members is by necessity placed it, belongs—on the shoulders of the units.’"In par- ly peatintie Mciall Geek oie acura usually join the ‘aoa and are assigned to the unit. ‘Through methods Tregt ae cis’ deri Not a Bad Idea Some of the unemployed, after eating soup and stew for several times Hoover's famous “sixty days till Prosperity,” are doubtless be- coming absolutely ill from mere monotony of diet. Signs of consequent rebellion are appearing. One of ‘them was a first’cluss tot of “several hundred inén” (the’ tapitalist press admits that many) in’ San” Francisco,’around the ' hahd-out joint called “The Kitchen.” The slogan they raised is, we think, a pretty good one, so We give it as follows: “We are tired of soup and stew! steak and potatoes!” As for us, we would add @ little variation to the menu, such as somé good green salad, like lettuce and tomatoes, @ dish of spinach and a baked apple with cream. Why not bake some of those “unemployed apples” of which there seems such an-inexhaustable supply? We don't want anyone to think we're, joking about this, either. No human being can live on sloppy soup and rotten stew long and be healthy. We know, because we've tried it! Give us pia ies Fine Business, Eh? The Los. Angelés “Times” is neatly equal to the N. Y. “Times” in the art of lying.” If it runs behind any, it is not for lack of ambition. In its issue of Jan. 17, a headline told in joyful tones that the “Postal Savings Accounts Jump,” with a sub-head that the P. C. was “Rushed by Business” and “Deposits Nearly Triple.” In fact, said the text of the story, “Ap- plicants waited as long as two hours in line to make deposits.” The only thing, perhaps a little thing, that the “Times” forgot to mention, was that the folks who are flocking to put money in the Postal Savings Bank, were the same ones who have been standing in lines at nearly every bank in town drawing their few dollars out, and when they got it, they took it to the post office. So calm yourself, dear reader, if you thought there was a sudden rush of “prosperity” in Los Angeles. | oo Ss | Murder, Nothing Less! ‘The United States Public Health Service does not serve to keep the public healthy. To think so, would be a mistake. But it has recently given out some statistics which prove that the lowered | vitality forced upon the workers by the refusal to give Unemployment Insurance or even ade- quate immediate relief, is causing them to die of epidemic diseases far more than the rich or well- to-do. On influenza, the figures given are taken from ten cities during the epidemic of 1918-—mind you they have kept this secret for 13 years, but no one can deny that the same results occur today in the present flu epidemic. A classification was made of four groups; the “well-to-do,” the “moderate,” the “poor” and the very poor.” The lower the “economic level,”, that is to say, the lower the income, thé higher the percentage of those attacked by disease. Then, the death rate was the same in the two highest “economic groups,” where income allowed people to have vitality to overcome the flu. But in the third or “poor” class, the death rate was 33 per cent higher than in these first two “high income classes,” while in the “very poor” class, nearly three times as many died as in the two “high income” classes. Capitalists murder the workers in this. way, and get away with it, Ham and Eggs Like to have some, wouldn't you, you workers who are standing in breadlines by tens ot ‘thous- ands in every big city in this country? Getting tired of soup and stew, ain't you? Palls on your insides and finally you get sick. How would you like to have an omelet, or some ham and eggs? Well, you can’t haye em. Because that would would be a “dole,” maybe. And it would “destroy ' your initiative” and possibly ruin your “: respect.” Not that there's any shortage of eggs. Lord, no! Just listen to this: 3 “TURLOCK, Calif, Feb. 8.(AP).—Rotary and Exchcange Club men will egg cach other on with a view to reducing the large surplus of prospective omelet in this vicinity and stabilizing the poultry industry. , Clad bed members will hurl the ‘missiles at each other until about 100 cases of egy ate only’ ftag- rant memory.” ~~ Now, really, workers, what do - you think’ of‘a system, the capitalist system, where sugh’ hams as these Rotary Club guys destroy food like that; while. millions’ of workers’ are going hungry? Don't you get mad enough to make that ham an¢ eggs with minced ‘hams? ~ to be delivered to the Soviets under the Italien- Russian trade treaty signed last summer. ‘Spa,’ @ Fiat unit, will deliver 25 light trucks and 275 of its model 31. The machines will cost $300,000.” If you care to understand why Major General Butler’s speech about Mussolini came to be made public and why all the fuss was raised and then quleted down so suddenly, you should? that Mussolini was acting sassy. to and doing such things as signing that trade treaty with the Soviet. i In short, it was a gentle hint to him that American imperialism has other arrowd in its quiver to make things unpleasant for hin besides” financial pressure. The funny things is, that Butler’s regrets” hot retract the’ story, wl 48 probably true, but only expresses his “sorrow” Siat somebody made it public. 5 ve Incidentally, a couple of ie