The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 2, 1932, Page 4

i ‘ Pege Four es Lenin on of the the Role Party’s Central Organ @aken from Vol. IV, book 1, Lenin's collected works. International Press.) | OUR, opinion, the starting point | of all activities, the first-practical step to take towards creating the or- | Banization we desire, the factor| which will enable us: constantly to| develop, broaden and deepen that| organization, is to establish a nation- al political newspaper. A paper is what we need above all; without it ye cannot systematically earry om, that extensive and theo- retically. s6iing. propaganda and agi- tation whicH@is the principal and constant, diityof the social-democrats in generaha the essential task of the pi Smoment in particular. when intéregp™ in and in questions: “of ~ has been aroused samong wide sections of the population’ Never before has the need been 50. strc it for sup- plementing i tati in the form’ of personal inflv cal leaflets, pamphlets, etc, by a general and regularly conducted agi- tation, sueh as can be carried on only withthe as ce of a per- jodical press. It id be f an exaggeration to say that the quency and. regularity of the publi-| cation (and distribution) of the pa- Per would serve as an e: of the extent to which tha | wo re- and most essential branch of militant activities has been firmly established.” Finally, it is a political paper we meed. Without a political org: Political ~ movement ing name is impo: le in modern Eu rope. Uziléss we have such a paper, we shall bé,absolutely unable to ful- fill our task, namely, to concentrate all the elements Yof political unrest and discontent, and with them en- rich the “revolutionary movement of the proletariat. The first steps we haye already accomplished. We have aroused in the working class a pas- sion for “economic,” , expo-~ sure, We have now to take the sec- ond-step: To°arouse in every section of{the population that is at all en- lightened @ passin for political ex-| posure. We must not allow ourselves to be discouraged by the fact that the voice of political exposure is still feeble, rare. and timid. This is not because of a general submission to political ; ‘despotism? but because those who. are able and ready to expose have’ no tribune from which to speak, because there is no audience to listen eagerly to and approve of what the orators say, and because the latter ~can nowhere perceive among the people forces to whom it would be worth’ while directing their complaint against the “omnipotent” Russian government. But a change is now taking place, and a very rapid one. Such a force now exists—the revolutionary proletariat. It has demonstrated its readiness, not merely to listen to and to support an appeal for a political struggle, but to. fight-boldly in that struggle, We are now in a position to set up a trib- une for the national exposure of the tsarist government, and it is our duty to do so, That tribune must a s0- cial-democratic paper. But the role of a paper is not con- fined solely to the spreading of ideas, to political education, and to pro- curing political allies. A paper is not meerly a collective propagandist and collective agitator, {t is also a collective organizer. In that respect, it can be compared to the scaffold- ing erected around a building in construction; it marks the contours of the structure, and facilitates com- munication between the builders, permitting them to distribute the work and to view the common results achieved by their organized labor. With the aid of, and around, a paper, there will automatically develop an orcanization that will be concerned, not only with local activities, but also with regular, general work; it will teach its members carefully to watch political events, to estimate their im- | portance and their influence on the various sections of the population, and to devise suitable methods to influence these events through the revolutionary party. This stage of military prepared~ ness can be reached only by the constant activity of a regular army. If we unite our forces for the con- duct of a common paper, that work will prepare and bring forward, not only the most competent propagan- dists, but also the most skilled or- ganizers and the most talented po- litical party leaders, who will know at the right moment when to issue the call to battle, and will be capable of leading that battle. Tn conclusion, we desire to say @ few words in order to avoid possible misunderstandings. We have spoken all the time about systematic and methodical preparation, but we had no desire in the least to suggest that the autocracy may fall only as a sult of a properly prepared siege organized attack, Such a view would be stupid and doctrinaire. On the contrary, it is quite possible, and his- torically far more probable, that the autocracy will fall under the pres- sure of one of those spontaneous out- bursts or unforseen political com- plications which constantly threaten it from all sides. But no political party, if it desires to avoid: adven- turist tactics, can base its activities on expectations of such outbursts and complications. We must proceed along our road, and steadily carty out our systematic work, and the less we count on the unéxpected, the less likely are we to-be taken by sur- prise by any “historical turn.” a% The Federal Government’s Slave Traffic By SAM ROOL. WASHINGTON, — The Federal Government, setting the example for the capitalist ‘class which it repre- sents, is quick to take advantage of hungry and homeless workers in or- der to get its work done as cheaply as possible. . This furthermore, is ad- mitted proudly by the government in @ press release issued by the United States Forest Service from its region- al headquarters at San Francisco. The Fofest Sérvice begins its state- ment by saying: “Camps have now been established and are in operation in two of the northern California National Forests | in which single, unemployed men will do productive work this winter in re- | turn for their; fg0d and housing, and more camps are contemplated, partic- ularly in. southern California, at an early date; ‘according to a statement made today, by Regional Forester S. B. Show of! fie 'U..S. Forest Service. Subsistence in the camps is being furnished, by. the state. Transporta- tion of thé’ tet to the camps is be- ing supplied by local municipal agen- cies. Médical “attention is also being supplied from this source. Equip- ment, bedding and supervision of the The bosses’ starvation drive will not stop hte work- ers from subscribing to the Daily Worker. The follow- ing letter froma worker in Hillside, N.7Juj-is typical of the attitude of thousands of workema,/who dre ready to ey are given a fter them with “Enelased you will find a money order for three dol- lars for another six months’ subscription. I am sending only three dollars because I’m darn near broke and had to scrape that up too. It is not indication that I’m not in in the class strug- gle. ao admire your work I'd hate to miss the Daily Worker at any | work is being furnished by the U. 8. Forest Service.” (My emphasis—S. R.) In this single paragraph, in an of- The following letter from Pocatello, Idaho, speaks for itself. There are thousands of comrades like the writer of this letter. Reach them with the Daily Worker sub- scription book. “T am sending a dollar and a half to renew my sub. We are working eight days a month and beiieve me we are all flat broke. Most of us are trying to exist on Rail- road Shop Family League Relief, and it’s hard to’ get, and not enough to relieve a sparrow. I was able to bor- row this money, and as in the past I'll try my utmost for the Daily.” ficial Federal Government press re- lease, we have it publicly admitted that féderal, state and local govern- ments “actually are co-operating to. engage in forced labor, wherein men must work for nothing, or starve. Showing how profitable this sort of Slavery is to the capitalist govern- ments, the statement goes on lke ‘this: “According to Mr. Show, the prob- lems of housing, sanitation, subsis- tence, and clothing for camps of men working in mountain regions during the winter. will be solved as fast as pessible with the object of increasing the number of men and as rapidly as proves feasible.” Workers! You must not be mis- led by capitalist ballyhoo about the capitalists’ “can’t help it” excuses in times of economic crisis. In a frantic effort to save itself, capitalism must suck the blood of the working class in larger quantities than ever in crisis. In certain periods, the Pitalists are able to hide their tortion of wealth from the working class under the mask of wage slavery, but as the crisis deepens, this wage slavery takes on its true appearance as Real Slavery, Even Worse Than Chattel or Feudal Slavery! - a8. DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1932 Lenin and the Daily Worker By MAX BEDACHT ‘The first issue of the Daily Worker ‘came Off the press Jan, 13, 1924. This | date, however, is not <he beginning | of the history of the Daily ‘Worker. | ‘The conception which finally led to the publication of the Daily Worker dates back to July, 1921, | Just before the Third Congress of | the Communist International the two Amefican Communist organiza-| tions which resulted from the split) of the socialist. party in 1919 -had| united into the Communist Party of | America. The Third Congress of the | Communist International, therefore, | had one united delegation from the | American section. This unity, how-| ever, was not yet well founded in a) uniform conception of policy. | Our American Party’ suffered in-| tensely from the infantile disease of | Jeftism. Our Party had taken over from the left wing of the socialist party the inhetitance of abstract- ness and of lack of direct connection with the working class and its strug- gles. ‘The decisions and resolutions | of the Second Congress of the Com- munist International contributed greatly to a better understanding of our revolutionary tasks, yet the poi- son of leftism was still virile enough to interfere with, if not almost hin- der, the process of ideological bol- shevization. The poison of bourgeois influences manifested itself then in a vicious form of American exception~ alism. This exceptionalism repeated again and again that the decisions and policies laid down by the Sec~ ond Congress of the Communist In- ternational were absolutely correct in principle—but that because of pecu- Har American conditions they could not be applied in practice. ‘The delegation to the Third Con- gress of the Communist Interna~ tional was invited by Comrade Lenin to confer with him and talk over the problems of the American Party. This conference took place toward the end of the Congress. One day, after the Congression and after mid- night, we met in the buro of Com- rade Lenin. The American delega-~ 34 WORKER TO THE inspires our work. countries will forge unity between against the warzing imperialists. GREETINGS FROM THE BRITISH DAILY WORKER ON ITS EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY LONDON, Jan. 1.—Greetings to our elder brother whose mass fight Your fight against American imperialism for un- employment Insurance helps the struggle of the British workers. We are confident you will achieve bigger success in your fight leading the American workers and Negro masses, AMERICAN DAILY ‘The Daily Workers of both the American and British workers tion was there in full force, The dis- cussion was carried on in the Eng- lish language. Comrade Lenin spoke English very well. It will be of historic and political value for our Party to reconstruct the discussions in this conference. It is this importance which keeps me now from a detailed reproduction of this conference. It will be necessary to check up carefully on everything by consulting the memory of all comrades who were at that meeting and who can still be reached. To my knowledge, only Comrade Minor and myself are now in our Party and in the United States who par- ticipated in the meeting. Until we succeed in producing a collective re- construction of events and arguments in that conference I will confine my- self here merely to some general questions, In 1921 our Party operated under- ground. The mass attacks and de- Pportations of 191. and 1920 had re- sulted in a practical state of illegal- ity. Lack of experience on the one hand, and lack of a broad mass movement around the Party on the other hand, prevented an immediate struggle for the right of the legal ex- istance of the Party, The disease of infantile leftism also contributed to this lack of struggle for legality. In the conference of the American Party delegation to the Third Con- gress with Comrade Lenin the build- ing of a mass Party was the basic subject. The issue of struggle for legality was part of the problem of building a mass Party. Comrade Lenin’s theme in the conference from beginning to end was: How can we build a mass Party in America; what are the conditions for the building of such a Party; what are the conditions of the Party itself for the carrying out of this task? ‘There was a very serious objection on the delegation to any efforts of building a mass Party. The guardian of the infantile disease of leftism in the American Party, Comrade Hour- wich, was at the conference himself to watch for the welfare of this dis- ease. He objected most strongly to any proposal that might bring the Party in contact with the masses of workers. His fear of the Party's contamination with the backward- ness of the American workers as a result of real contact with these workers was s6 great that he impa- tiently interrupted Comrade Lenin ever so often when the latter for- mulated possible methods of ap- proach to these workers, Finally, Comrade Lenin rebuked Comrade Hourwich’s impatience by saying that to reach the masses of workers is the indispensable prerequisite for the revolutionization of the working class, These masses of workers, | Lenin said, are on the other side of | the street. We are on this side. We | must cross the street to reach the moses. We must cross the street by all means and under all conditions. Comrade Lenin declared: that to argue that we should not cross the street because we might get our feet dirty is no proof of radicalism and revolutionary integrity, but might be opportunism, which tries to escape doing anything and find a good ex- cuse for this inactivity. After this the discussion ran a little smoother. The problem of the for- mation of the mass Party was dis- cussed. In this connection Comrade Lenin declared that the formation of @ mass Party necessitates under all conditions the establishment of a daily mass paper. He pointed out that without a daily paper the Party could not maintain the necessary contact with the masses: the Party could not speak to the masses raily on every important question; the Party could not utilize the mass re- sponse which a realistic revolution- ary activity would produce among the workers; it could not crystalize organizational gains out of this mass response. The delegation was con- vinced by Comrade Lenin that the formation of a mass Party also necessitated the establishment of a mass paper. Thus, the conference with Com- rade Lenin resulted in a firm deter- mination on the part of the delegates of our Party after its return to America to help mobilize every ounce of energy of the Party for the formation of an open mass Party and for the publication of a daily mass organ of this Party. Thus this conference with Lenin of the delega- tion of the American Party to the Third Congress of the Communist International became the starting point of the campaign for the for- mation of the Workers’ Party and also for the establishment of a daily organ in the English language. Al- thovgh this daily organ, our Daily Worker, was actually only published in January, 1924, yet it really origin- ated in that conference with Com- rade Lenin in July, 1921. By SOL FISHER At the national headquarters of the Workers International Relief at 11 p. m. on Dec. Third. The role call is over. Everybody present. Division leader, captains, their assistants and squad leaders are elected. Last in- structions are given. Those who are physically unfit, nervous or those not ready to fight are asked to remain in New York, for the sake of the Hun- ger March. “Now make yourself _ comfortable. atiywhere in the building and go to sleep. You must be ready to go to- morow at 6.30.” Not an inch space left on any on the fourth floor. Many are without a place to sleep. The Labor Sports Union, new in the building, on the third floor, left the keys with their Hunger March representatives to use the office for a sleeping place. A few are invited to stretch out on desks on floor, Boxing gloves and medicine balls are pillows. Bahg goes the door and three more L. S. U. members treses, banners are blankets. Two in the morning, bang! “Hello ‘We went to join the L. S, U. We are interested in. boxing.” and the eyes of the wiseacres seek a place to lic down. “Do you want to learn boxing now?”—a sore comrade. “We would rather go to sleep” appealingly. “Hunger Marchers?” “Yes” Proudly. “Show your cards”—a skeptic. We represent the John Reed Club,” with pride. “O. K. Go over that desk. But don’t swipe any pencils or stencils.” “Hay, get off my feeti” ~ The Labor Sports Union office be- comes an intellectual hangout. A John Reed guy is drawing « picture of # comrade who is lying with his face down. Another is reciting re- volutionary poetry. One is telling the “Travelling Salesmen” series. No one wants to sleep. No one can. Finally the light goes out. We try to fall asleep. Bang at the door. “Get up. Tt is 5.30. It is still dark. Cold and.raining. ‘We are lined up for sandwiches and coffee. The trucks are loaded with There is much excitement. A com- mand by the column leader is given: “Clear the roads! In Philadelphia thousand of workers are waiting to greet us. We must proceed. The com- rades of the disabled trucks will re- main here. “We-will send you a truck from Philadelphia immediately.” He blows the whistle. On they go. Thirty-one comrades of Truck C and eight from Trenton, who are slightly hurt or shaken up, remain on the dark road. It is cold and still raining. Comrades are getting chilly. L. S, U. members do their duty. Com- tades, it is easy to catch colds or pneumonia standing or sitting on one Place in a weather like this, a labor athlete speaks, “Fall in, Four abreast! Forward march!” After a little marching, a drill of physical exercise. Everybody enjoys it—but our appetite increases. And we were pretty hun- gry before. Three hours later the emergency truck arrives. It was 12.30 when we arrived in Philadelphia, Sandwiches and hot coffee. We ‘flop’ on the floor. 30,000 To Greet At Chester, Pa. the workers paraded in front of our caravan. On the outskirts of Wilmington, Del., we dismount the trucks and march through the Du Pont owned city. The 30,000 unemployed workers of the city lined up the streets, cheering and buying our literature. The police are polite, they know what is good for them. Mass pressure of the workers against the administration forced the city of Baltimore to supply food and lodging for the hunger marchers. We marched through the city to the toward the end.. working-class literature. dangerous ammunition for the boss class. We March to Union Square. Hunders of workers await us in the rain cheering us; 8 a m.; we mount the trucks, We are off to Washington, We ferry to New Jersey. The mounted police in full force hold a parade for us. We give them three rousing Bronx cheers in appreciation. “Solidarity. Forever” and “Hold the Fort” re-echoes throughout New Jer- sey. One p.m. We stop at Rosel, N. J. Local workers prepared plenty of fruit, sandwiches and hot coffee. It hits the spot. A blow of the whistle. We mount. the trucks and on we go. 8 P. M. 25 miles from Philadelphia. Zam! Our truck is nearly turned over. “Don’t get excited. Stay where you are!” A squad leader commands. He alone: dismounts. A Philadelphia bus going 40 miles an hour hit a small truck carrying teh Trenton Hunger Marchers. Two comrades seriously hurt. Truck © nearly turned over. Our nurse administers first.aid. Taken to hospital. “The \eoad- is. blocked. | ‘ y- the first two days of the week. over the country are pitching in and are INCR} With Truck Column 1 Marching to Washington Salvation Army where the food was Prepared. Smelling stew, black cof- fee and two slices of bread—the supper. We sleep on rusty, broken iron beds, no mattresses. The next morning we refuse to eat their cold slop. We march to local W. I. R., where we are served good food. We arrive in Washington. The whole police force, detectives from all over the country; the Army and Navy greet us. We respond with re- volutionary songs and iron discipline. Thousands of Negro and white work- ers who lined up the streets buy our literature. We march through the city to the Salvation Army, appointed to it by our host, the U. 8. govern- ment, forced to provide us with food and lodging. We refuse to eat the cold sour beans and the officials are forced to change-to some fresher and hotter. We compose a song dedi- cated to the Salvation Army and its stinking beans, It is sung to the tune of, “It Ain’t Going To Rain No More.” “The Salvation Army flop is full of lice and we couldn’t stand that smell, so we stood up in a solid mass and this is what we yelled. “Let us march, Jet us march, let us march to the Capitol Hill, We'll all unite and are going to fight for the Unemployment Insurance Bill. In a cattle barn we had a bowl of beans and the floor stink like hell, now you can see what Hoover means and you won't forget that smell. So to hell, so to hell, so to hell with the stinking beans. We'll unite and we are going to fight and well show them what a union means.” Now 1,670 sirng we march to our Washington Stadium Conference, where the committee to go to Con- — 403 Months of Daily Worker Subs on Thursday Assures Record Week in Campaign y Keen week is the first week in the campaign for 5,000 12-month subscriptions to the Daily Worker that did not show a let-down On Thursday, 403 months of subscriptions came in, which is about the same as Wednesday, and which is better than This shows it the workers all ING their efforts. This also shows that the big events of the week, the preparations for the Kentucky strike, the preparations for the national demon- stration February 4 for unemployment insurance, the widening class struggle all over the country are having their effect in drawing in mounting struggle. Daily Worker eighth anniversary new forces through Daily Worker subs, NEw YORK led on Thursday with 232 months of subs, but Chicago slipped back with only 19 months, 40 monhts, and Philadelphia with 31 months. If the other districts had done their bit the total would have been a record for a day's work. The other districts must redeem themselves next week and not It a few cities do all the work. Detroit did pretty well with NEXT week will be even a bigger week in the revolutionary workers’ The Kentucky strike, the intensified prep- arations for unemployment insurance day, the celebrations of the celebrations, call for every ounce of effort in the Daily Worker sub drive. More Friends of the Daily Worker Groups, more house to house canvassing, more neighbor- hood squads, wider socialist competition are in the order of t! day. The drive is. succeeding. Smash forward now with all you've got. Sress to present the Unemployment Insurance Bill is elected. The stadium is packed with workers, police and dicks. We march back to the Sal- vation Army for lodging. Dirty floors, lousy straw mattresses, no water in the building. The misery of Salya- tion Army putrid “damned souls all about us—we are a host unwelcome. Dec. 7th,.10 A. M. The Army of Hunger is lined up for the last lap. Determined faces, serious, stern. Ex- servicemen carrying placards and the uniformed band in front. The whistle, and we storm the Capitol. Traffic stops. The twelve million unemployed starving workers demand @ clear way. Tunes of struggle, slogans for unemployment insurance, roar over Washington. The bosses are hidden and quake before the storm. The toilers are on the streets cheering the Hunger Marchers. We are on the Capitol Hill before the Congress. Machine guns, gas bombs, riot guns, ‘a policeman and detective for each Hunger Marcher. The Army and Marines are held ready in barracks for emergencies. They take no chances. Our band plays the “International.” ‘The hymn of struggle and unity of the workers of the world roars over the Congress from thousands of threats. A committee of 24 Hunger Marchers are escorted by a strong Police force to Congress. They re- turn. Silence! ! ! ! One held shoulder high by husky ex-servicemen reports through a megaphone: “Your Com- mittee was not admitted. We will now elect a committee of three. The new committee is being taken to Congress. 1,670 Hunger Marchers shout the cadence: “We want Unem- ployment Insurance!” repeating this for'two minutes. The voice of the million hungry workers thunder the ears of the ruling class. The three return. Dead silence . . .Policemen fidget. They hold their clubs tighter. Again “We want Unemployment In- surance!” roars over the C 5 Once more the “International” and on to the White House. Down With Hoover About an hour marching and we are at the White House, Hoover refuses to see our committee. “Down with the Hoover starvation program!” thunders from the throats of the Hunger Marchers. “A. F. of L, members in the front!” @ command is given. Two hundred of them step forward. We march to the headquarters of the American Fed- eration of Labor. The building is surrounded by a wall of police. A committee of A. F. of L. members is admitted into the building. They interview Green. “The workers don’t want unem- ployment insurance,” says Green. There are a handful of Communists who are causing all the noise.” The committe, in the name of the working-class of America, tells Green to go to hell, “Down with the Amer- fean Federation of Labor, the be- trayer of the working-class!” roars from the throats of the indignant Hunger Marchers gnd the workers of Washington. ‘We march once more to Washing- ton Stadium. The march ts over but hunger is still on. The fight for The Daily Worker an Integral Part of Every Struggle By E. LEVIN The Eighth Anniversary of the Daily Worker is a significant chap- ter in the history of the class strug- gle in the United States. For eight years the masses of workers have supported the Daily Worker and made possible its existence. For eight years the Daily Worker has been the guide and mobilizer of the workers in their struggles against the bosses. The records in the Daily Worker office are like a sensitive barometer. They indicate the development and radicalization of the workers. The one hundred per cent increase in cir- culation last year and the splendid response from tens of thousands of workers who donated $42,000 to the Daily Worker point clearly to the fact that the Daily Worker is rapid- ly becoming the mass organ of the workers and farmers in the United States, In one of the basic industries, a worker has been able to obtain Hun- dreds of subscribers. The Daily Worker reaches 1,900 cities. These are simple figures that speak for themselves. They indicate the pos- sibilities for the spreading of the Daily Worker. In the major strikes thruout the country, such as Gastonia, Lawrence, Western Pennsylvania and Ohio — and Kentucky — the workers look upon the Daily Worker as their Paper. In Kentucky they wait at the post office for its arrival. It is passed from hand to hand. The Ne- gro workers and the war veterans use the Daily Worker as their guide in their struggles. Groups of “Friends of the Daily Worker” are being formed by Negro and white workers in the heart of the South. These are the concretization of Lenin's slogan—that the press is not only a mass agitator, but is also the collective organizer of the workers. However, as important as these positive facts are, we must look very sharply at our defects. In many ma- jor strikes there has not been left suf- ficient organizational results such as permanent readers, Daily Worker representives, “Friends of the Daily Worker” groups, etc. The net gain ir circulation also shows many readers are lost because of expiration of sub- scription. These defects can be overcomé, At this 8th Anniversary we must pledge ourselves to build the appara- tus for the Daily Worker so that in every struggle the Daily Worker is an integral part of the struggle We must intensify our work for ground ing the circulation of the Daily Work- er in the every day life of the masses. WHAT MUST BE DONE? 1. In ap- proaching a worker in a shop or fac- tory, mass organization or individual workers, see that arrangements are made for him to buy the Daily Work- er or become a regular subscriber. Follow up the old subscribers. 3, In the strike areas the Daily Worker should be at every meeting; at every picket line—and sold from house to house in the vicinity of the strike. The groups of readers should formed into “Friends of the Daily Worker,” 3. House to house deliveries in working class neighborhoods must. be developed out of every day activi- ties in building unemployment block committees, struggles against evic- tion, gathering of signatures for un- employment insurance, election cam- paigns, etc. 4. The Daily Worker should be in the reading rooms of all workers centers, 5. Workers should write of their experiences to the Daily Worker. Worker correspondents should be formed wherever workers congregate. Comrades! One of the best answers to the Hunger Program of the bosses and the actual war preparations is to make this 8th Anniversary a mobili- zation day for increased activities to build the mass circulation of the Daily Worker and give it full finan- cial support that is needed for its daily appearance. The 8th Anniversary of the Daily Worker is a historical milestone i the progress of the development of the militant workers in the United States. Build the Dafly Worker as the mass organizer of the working class, in its struggle against hunger, ‘mperialist war and for mobilization of the American workers for the de- fense of the Soviet Union. he ‘Daily’ Must Become the Guide in Our Every Day Work By E. 5. How many districts, sections and units make real use of our Daily? How much help can the Daily Worker really be in our every day activities? Many comrades will think that this is a too abstract question to ask; a too obvious thing to talk about, But still we see that our Daily is not being made real use of, is not being sufficiently utilized to direct our every day struggles. The comrades’ in the sections, dis- tricts and units read the Daily Worker (when there is time, of course) read it and throw it away. On very few districts, units or sec- tions would we find a file of the Daily Worker to which the com- rades could refer back and use the many important articles, statements and resolutions as a basis for the various activities that the Party sec- tions and districts are to carry on. Still this is very important, Oftentimes comrades have to sit down and work for hours on slogans for a demonstration, mass meetings, etc. Many times comrades have to spend hours in looking for material on the S. U.; on unemployment, on wage cuts, etc. Still we know that almost every day the Daily Worker carries stories on all these points. These stories, calls and state- ments are absolutely lost to our com~ rades when they are not kept in order, not preserved. Furthermore. ‘Sometimes comrades from the field write in and say: please give me such and such material. When we look back we find that just the material the comrades ask for appeared a day or two ago in the Daily, Many times we find that comrades make serious deviations from the general lines of the Party largely because they don't pay suf- ficient attention to our Party's cen- tral organ. And if they do pay at- tention to what the Daily says while reading the article, they forget it pretty soon, and have no back num- bers to refer back for information and guidance, when this is necessary. We find, for example, that the last outline for the six weeks Circle for New Members uses the Daily Worker frequently as reference material. And many comrades from the field are al- ready writing in saying: “Why didn’t you mineograph the material for us? Do you expect us to have files of the Daily Worker?” The Daily Worker must become, not only our collective agitator, propagandist and organizer in or- ganizing the masses, but also our daily instructor, guide and help, in the every day work of our Party organizations. In fact there is too little of a margin between using our Daily as an agitator, propagandist Unemployment Insurance now starts | and organizer and using it as a con- in earnest. stant guide in our every day work, in inner party work as such. These things are almost inseparable. It is absolutely essential that our districts, sections and units (especially units in outlying sections) know that the Daily must be read, preserved and used as a constant guide in work. That files of the Dafly aré kept, and when the are faced with a problem of information, a certain statement is needed, they always be able to go back to Daily Worker file, get the needed formation and use it properly. will save the comrades time in having to hunt up facts, themselyes—facts that are already compiled; having to work up slogans themselves (often- times bad slogans) slogans that were already printed in the Daily Worker. This will really establish the Daily as our political and organizational guide and instructor, in our mass work as well as in inner Party ac- tivities, only this way, will we make the proper use of the Daily in our day to day work, vile Brg The miners of Kentucky and the surrounding terri- tory have learned that the Daily Worker to help keep their ranks solid in the big strike of 18,000 that is to start next week. The following letter from an Illinois miner shows how the miners all over the United States are realizing how much they need the Daily Worker. “T am out of a job for 11 months,” writes a miner from Coello, Illinois, “have a big family, practically on slow starvation now, and still no hope for the mine here to start up soon. We all are in a hell of a shape. Please do all you can tosend Mme one copy a day, and I will pass it around to the com- rades here. We just can’t be without the Daily. It fs the only way we get any working class news, and it gives us fighting spirit which we need badly. Will also write more for the Daily Worker in the future so the workers will know what is going on in County, which is ruled by the coal operators, like Har- lan, Kentucky. Best wishes to all comrades.”