The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 28, 1932, Page 12

} fiom BiIGH'l ¢ DAILY WORKER, NEW YORE ~~"URSDAY, APRIL 28, 1932 Resolution on the Carrying Out of Main Resolution of the 14th Plenum ECOGNIZING the imperative necessity, in view of the danger of the Party soon being compelled to work under war con- ditions, to quickly overcome the present isolation of the Party from the decisive sections of the workers and to sink the roots of the Party firmly in the basic and war industries, as demanded by the main fesolution of the Plenum, the Politburo is instructed to immediately and energet- ically carry through the following mea- sures: 1. Mobilizing the entire Pariy for the decisive turn to mass work: A. An enlightenment campaign is to be launched in the Party press—the Com- munist, Daily Worker, and language press —immediately, not only further explain- ing the full meaning of the main Central Committee resolution, but bringing to- gether concrete experiences and methods which will aid the Districts in putting the resolution into effect. B. A further popularization, particular- ly, of the resolution of the E.C.C.I. on “Recent Strike Experiences in the U. S.”, 3 to be undertaken and, in the» light of this resolution, the examination of the Kentucky, Needle Trades, and other more recent strikes. C. The immediate organization of broad istrict “active” meetings in all principal istricts, especially the concentration dis- ricts, with C.C. representatives present to report on ard popularize the 14th Plenum decisions. The District Organizers are to be aided in preparing for these meetings a thorough and searching examination of the actual status of the Party in the Dis- trict. At the same time at least 15 nuclei are to be selected where Politburo and C.C. members are to personally report on the 14th Plenum. D. These “active” meetings to have as their objective the mobilization of the Par- ty for serious mass work and to prepare the leading cadres for discussions in the units and for section and district con- ferences, the latter to be held in no case later than the end of June. In the course of these discussions, the widest self-crit- icism must be encouraged, the initiative of the units must be developed and the freest new elections are to be carried through in units, sections and Districts, in order to bring fresh, proletarian ele- ments, chiefly from the factories forward as functionaries. 2 Organizational changes to imme- diately turn the main direction of the Party’s work toward the masses. A. Establishment of effective collective work in the Central apparatus and dis- tricts with strict individual responsibility on the part of each and every comrade Out a Resolution on the New York District The main resolution of tre 14th Plenum of the Central Committee, which is taking place at a moment of the mst acute war danger, in estimating the wvrk of the Party as a whole, emphasizes the failure of any section of the Party to really make the turn to mass work as repeatedly de- manded by E. C. C. I, The resolution states: “Although the Party has recognized the necessity of this turn, and although the Party ca nshosw a number of suc- cesses in the attempt to carry out the turn in practice (strikes, Scottsboro, Hunger March), the work of the Party fundamentally remains in the same.. groove.” Sectarianism and a deep-rooted for- malism in the responsible Party organs have been the chief obstacles to overcom- the “inner” orientation of the Party and to achieving the task “to firmly root itself in the decisive industries by means of solid personal contacts with the workers.” What is true of the whole Party is even more true of the New York District. Although some _ successes have been achieved (recruiting, trade union work, a few shop nuclei and groups) no essential change has occurred in the contents of the District mass work since the 13th Plenum. In order that there now may be a guar- antee that the District will completely overcome its annorw, formalistic, sectar- ian line, which caharcterizes all leading organs of the sections and district, and make the turn to a broad mass policy, the Central Committee proposes special measures to encourage the widest se}f- criticism from below, the development of the initiative of the members and nuclei, the overcoming of all bureaucratic ten- dencies to deaden or destroy inner Party democracy, and to refresh the leading cadres in the units, section, and District Committees. The C. C. proposes the thorough preparation and the carrying through of a serious discussion in the un- its and sections on the great shortcomings of the entire district to be followed by section Conferences and a District Con- vention, the latter to be held in the mid- dle of June. A leadership for the units, sections and district is to be elected, chiefly from the factories, with the mem- bers and the deleates from the units given the opportunity. to freely express their views on each and every candidate. Such & releasing of all the inherent forces of the .| diate daily struggles of the workers with 4 3 2 a ae Men Bet ae tue ee ae —as Party, with the encouragement of the widest initiative in the units and the firm- est collective leadership in the sections and district, will alone enable the Party in the New York District to carry through the resolution of the 14th Plenum of the C.C. In carrying through this change de- signed to break down the “inner orienta- tion” of the district (innumerable inner- Party meetings, circular leadership, bur- eaucratic directives, etc.) the District Buro must chiefly direct the attetion of the Party to the following mass tasks: a) Work in the basic and war industries (metal, marine, chemical, etc.), particu- Jarly in New Jersey and Harlem. Con- centrating on building shop nuclei and the revolutionary trade unions (also work in the A. F. of L. unions) on the basis of the closest attention to the daily interests and needs of the workers, b) A decisive change in unemployment work, establishing the closest, continuous personal contact with the unemployed, fighting for their needs, building unem- ployed committees and councils, and par- ticularly developing the broadest mass struggle, involving also the A. F. of L. members for unemployment insurance. c) Concentrated attention to Negro work, particularly in Harlem but also in the other Negro districts, winning the Ne- gro masses especially for the Party, the revolutionary trade unions and unem- ployed committees, through giving the most serious attention to their needs and interests, and, at the same time, creating in he Party and mass organizations, re- lationship between Negro and white which will encourage the Negroes to remain by waging the most relentless struggle to clarify the Party on the Negro question, eradicating gross programatic errors as in the last N. Y. election platform, and to overcome all open or hidden manifesta- _ tions of white chauvinist tendencies. d) Finally, “increasing, sharpening, and improving” the struggle against all social fascists (S. P., A. F. of L., Musteites), which is today one of the most serious shotrcomigs nof the district. The concentratio non these basic tasks must be accompanied in all phases with adequate attention to such serious tasks as giving adequate political leadership and assistance to building the ¥. C. \.. work among Latin American, etc. 4 i All activities of the Party are to be car- ried through on the basis of the imme- 4 5 a G the particular objective of developing the greatest mass resistance to the extremely acute danger of a nimperialist war, dir- ected chiefly against the Soviet Union, and the greatest mass support for the Election Campaign. : The Polburo is to more closely super- vise and aid the district in carrying thru these directives. Directives on the Main Points for Working for the quick and decisive carrying thru of assignments, in this way overcoming the impermissible lag which frequently occurs. B. A reduction of the Central apparatus of the Party and of all auxiliaries to the maximum extent possible, in accordance with the discussions with the ECCI, the reduction of the District Office apparatus in the concentration districts to the ne- cessary minimum, the majority of whom are to function chiefly as instructors in the sections, and in all other Districts to one or two comrades, giving chief atten- tion to mass work. C. The selection in every district of specific concentration sections, and, in these sections, specific factories and units, for the concentrated political and organi- zational attention of the District Com- mittee. The comrades released from cen- tral and district work, undgr point “B,” are to be assigned as full time function- aries in the concentration Districts ar sections. D. Specific nuclei are to be selected in each district for the direct supervision and responsibility of C.C. members and Dis- trict Organizers, these nuclei to really work out the application of the main po- litical resolution and to serve as examples to the entire Party. E. Careful consideration is to be given immediately to the assignment to and the training of forces for the revolutionary trade unions to which concentrated. atten- tion is being given (mining, metal, marine, textile). F. The Daily Worker, which must be- come the chief instrument for the turn to mass work, must become the direct responsibility of the Politburo, with one of the members of the Secretariat personally responsible; the staff is to be refreshed by replacing some of the present members with members from the shops and from active workers in the mass activities of the Party. The Politburo, in carrying out these di- rectives, must bear in mind the serious shortcomings in the carrying out of past resolutions, and not permit the resolution of the 14th Plenum to remain on paper, Results of the 14th Conceal Committee Plenum sag Central Committee of the Com- munist Party of U.S.A. met in Plen- ary session April 16th to the 19th, at- tended by 98 leading comrades of the Party from 13 districts. Reviewing the work of the Party since the 13th Plenum (August 1931) and the tasks of the Party in the pre- sent situation of imminent war danger and constantly deepening crisis of the capitalist system, the Plenum came to unanimous decisions upon all questions before the Party. The principal decisions of the Plenum were the following: Adoption of the resolution entitled “The tasks of the Communist Party of the U.S.A.” (printed in full in the Communist April issue). - Adoption of the resolutions of the ECCI entitled “Lessons of the recent strike struggles in the United States.” (Printed in full in the Communist May issue). Adoption of the National Dlection Platform to be proposed in the name of the Central Committee to the Na- tional Nominating Convention which will meet in Chicago on May 28 and 29. (Printed in full in the supplement to today’s issue of the Daily Worker). Decision to bring before the National Nominating Convention in Chicago as candidates of the Communist Party for president William Z. Foster, for Vice- President James W. Ford. _ Adoption of a resolution on the meth- ods of carrying out the main resolu- tion of the 14th Plenum. © "Adoption of directives to the New . d Rh Pe ee mi ea tee: oat York District for carrying through Plenuin decisions on achieving the turn to firm contact with and leader- ship of the masses and the preparing of a resolution for the New York Dis- trict convention. Abolishing the separate existence of District Control Commissions, and the transference of their functions to the District Buros and their’ sub-commit- tees. Cooptation of four new members to the Central Committee. The four new Members are Negro comrades, chosen in order to strengthen the proportion of Negroes in the highest leading bodies of the Party. One of the four com- trades was also added to the Politica? Buro. The above decisions of the Plenum were taken after hearing and discuss- ing- the report of the Political Buro, delivered by Comrade Weinstone, a re- port on the tasks of the Party in the election campaign by Comrade Hatha- way, and a special examination of the work in the Pittsburgh district which was reported upon by Comrade Price. The Secretary of the Communist Par- ty of Canada, who participated in the Plenum with a delegation. from the Canadian Party, gave a report on the situation in Canada, the most import- ant sections of which will be published in the May issue of The Communist. The discussion was participated in by 43 comrades in addition to the report- ers. Special conferences were held dur-~ “ing the course of the Plenum on many special phases of.Party work, the most important being the conference on re-~ organizing and extending the distrib- ution of Party literature’ among the