The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 30, 1932, Page 3

; Resolution of the 15th Plenum of the Central On the Sharpening Capita 1, In spite of the much more favorablé conditions for the develop- ment of the revolutionary mass work, the fundamental change in the Party’s work called for by the 14th Central Committee Plenum, has not been begun. As yet no serious efforts have heen made for carrying through those essential changes necessary to this end that were pointed out in the resolution of the 14th Plenum. The analysis of our problems and tasks contained in that resolution remain in full force. What was there stated that “the work of the Party fundamentally remains in the groove” remains true four months later. Of course, the Party has made and is making certain advances (several successful unemployed struggles and building a few mass councils, some successful strike struggles, elec- tion of the first Communist municipal officials, the mass response to the nominating convention and of the election tours of Foster and Ford, especially certain advances among Negro masses, etc). But still the back- wardness of factory work, the building of the lower Party organizations, the weakness of the unemployed struggles, the weak development of the revolutionary unions and the work in the reformist unions, the inade- quate concentyation on the most important distri¢ts, sections and factories, and the enormous fluctuation of Party membership—all these weaknessess of the Party reflect the failure of the Party to understand the funda- mental nature of the changé required in our work, The first task of the Party today is to popularize and master the directives of the 14th Fi vigorously applying them in the daily work and increasing mass struggles. The Offensive Against the Masses Grows Fiercer Since the 14th ©.C. Plenum in Apfil, the crisis has plunged to new low levels and continues to deepen. American capitalism during this period has definitely entered upon the path of inflation, The Re- construction Finance Corporation with its four billion dollar subsidy for banks and corporations, is at the same time @ typical example of that “nationalization of losses” which is greeted by the Socialist Party as “a step toward socialism.” In addition there has been one billion direct currency inflation, three billion of savings confiscated by bank closings, and large scale eredit inflation by the Federal Reserve policy of whole- sale purchases of government bonds. This inflation is alteady capitalized by finance capital, as expressed by the recent stock market rise which it is openly admitted has no basis in the economic situation. Inflation is the second large scale assault against the living standard of the work- . farmers and Gispossessed middle classes; it is a “controlled inflation,’ as advocated by Norman Thomas, i.e., controlled entirely in the interests of finence capital,. The offensive adainst the masses grows fiercer. The bourgeoisie is carrying through measures of decreased purchasing power through inflation, new wage-cuts, speed-up, rationalization, more unem- ployment, exhaustion of the workers’ reserve and further slashing of relief funds, Capita) W- The deenenine of the economic ¢ 3 “ccomp nad ates the serious sharpening of the in‘ervational coniradictions, first of all between the capitalist world and the USSR, as well as within the imperialist camp itself (Anglo-American and Japanese-American contra- dictions, ete.), During the Japanese occupation of Shanghai and drive into Northern Manchuria, the Party (and the Daily Worker) correctly set itself the task to carry on an energeti¢ campaign against Japanese im- perialism as the robber and Violator of the Chinese people and the spearhead of impefialist intervention against the Soviet Union. However, in carrying out this correct line, serious mistakes and weaknesses were shown, in allowing to fall into the background the role of American imperialism which “ig feverishly preparing for war against its imperialist rivals and, above all, for intervention against the Sovet Unon.” (Sec Daily Worker, April 12), The capitalist world is month by month Sliding more and more inexorably into the new world war. It is absolutely wrong to interpret the faet that large-scale hostilities have not yet begun against the Soviet borders aS meaning that the wer danger has been postponed for another year. ‘This interpretation of recent events, which is. typical_of the liberal viewpoint, has nothing in common -vith the ‘ yen] trend of events and forces, Such an interpretation depends upon factors outside the revolutionary mass struggle, for postponement of im- perialist war. h A Wave of Struggles and Growing Radicaliza- tion of the Masses 3. I this situation the sharply increasing radicalization of broad meric, hitherto not involved in struggle, is more and more taking the form cf mass actions which increase in size and scope, The rising strug- gles ci (he miners, almost uninterrupted since April 1 and increasing in size and intensity, have risen to the scale of mass marches of tens of thousands in Illinois; state troops have beén employed against striking miners during this period in four states. The bonus march was an outstanding example of the radicalization of broad masses and the draw- st Wer'ld Slidine '-xorably Into World | DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 39, 1932 a " list Offensive, the Rising Tide of Mass Struggles an The 15th Plenum of Central Committee, C. P. U.S. A. The 15th Plenum of the Central Committee of the Com- situation and the next tasks of the Party, which is published unist Party was held recently. The Plenum received (1) a| on this page. eport by Comrade Earl Browder on the political situation The Central Committec will open an enlighenment cam- and the work of the Party since the 14th Plenum; (2) a| paign in the Party press on the significance of the decisions report by Comrade Clarence Hathaway on the election cam-| of the 15th Plenum and on the tasks in more energetically paign and the next tasks; (3) a report by Comrade W. W. putting into effect the resolutions of the 14th Plenum, which Weinstone on the Daily Worker and the mobilization of the Party on the building of the Daily into a mass organ.. The plenum unanimously adopted a resolution on the political remain the guiding line of the Party at the present time. THE SECRETARIAT OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE ing into objectively revolutionary struggles of even sections of the most backward masses. Contrary to the experience of previous summers, when the activity of the unemployed workers had declined, this summer has witnessed the rising wave of struggle of the unemployed, culminating in the batile of St. Louis with its unexampled victory in winning the most important immediate demands, The broad penetration of Comunism among the Negro masses, and the rising struggles| of unorganized workers (High Point), the struggle of agricultural workers under revolutionary leadership (Colorado), revived and broadened strug- gles of fur and shce workers, the growth of strikes among A.F.L. workers mainly over the heads of their leaders, characterize the growing radical- ization of the past months. The farmers are also beginning to fight throughout the country, the most militant expression of this struggles being the farmers’ strike, ich at this moment has spread through eleven states. With the mass upsurge has come an unexampled wave of demagogic “radicalism” within the old parties (“progressives”) and especially on the part of the social-fascist leaders, The growing impoverishment of the masses and the growing radicalization of the masses, demands of the Party the initiation and leadership of the struggles in defense of the day-to-day interests of the | masses, even of the slightest kind, aiming to widen them and raise them to even higher class battles. These mass actions, embracing various sections of the entire country and penetrating ever deeper all sections of the impoverished masses, raise with unexampled sharpness the ques- tion of who will lead these masses—the Communist Party or the social fascists, Sharper Struggle Against the Social Fascists 4, The masses are instinctively developing united action, the most varied elementary forms of the united front against their class enemics. Instinctively they feel the necessity of unity of all their fore In this situation the menace of social fascism has become most acute. More sharply than ever appears the histcric role of social fascism as the main helper of the capitalist class in splitting up the growing unity of the Thasses in struggle, heading the movement in order to behead it. (E, Ohio, Llinois, Anthracite), blunting the sharpness of the issues raised by the demands of the masses, demoralizing and dispersing their strug- gles. For this purpose the social fascist leaders more nad more cover their treachery with radical and even revolutionary phrases. Increasing activity in economic struggles, strikes and unemployment, formation of Unemployed Councils under social fascist leadership (Unemployed Citizens Leagues), increasing activity among the Negro masses, left phrases and Maneuvers of A.F.L, leadership, (five-day week, maneuver of unemployed insurance, strike talk and bombastic “warnings” to the bourgeoisie, etc.), In addition to the Socialist Party leaders and their “left” subordinate groupings (Musteites, Lovestoneites, Trotskyites), a number of new forms of fascism and semi-fascism are springing up (the Cox movement, Lib- erty Party, etc), In addition the self-styled “progressives” of the old parties are vicing with one another in the radicalism of their appeals to the. masses. The bourgeoisie. is more systematically supporting he social-fascists as a barrier against Communism, All these factors already pointed out in the resolution of the 14th Plenum have greatly sharpened since that time. They served to emphasize the role of the Communist Party as the leader and fighter fof class unity of the workers and ex- ploited masses, The Communist Party must in life learn how to infuse the elementary and spontaneous striving of the masses toward unity with the factors of consciousness, organization and a well-defined objective. The Communist Party must in practice really succeed in exposing be- fore the masses by the facts of daily life, the pro-capitalist counter- revolutionary nature of the social fascist, leaders, especially the “left” variety, and demagogues of all brands. Ohly by successfully solving all the problems contained in this task, can the Communist Party prevent the social fascists from heading and dispersing the upsurge of the masses; only by winning the masses in daily struggle against the social fascists will it be possible for the Communist Party to successfully weld the united front of mass struggle against capitalism. Upon the issue of this struggle depends the winning of bread for the starving masses, Worker Correspondence | Michigan College Enrollment Declines (BY a Student Correspondent) ANN ARBOR, Mich.—School will soon start here, and we are going to organize a National Students League at the University. We will also con- centrate on pushing the paper among the students, Student enrollment this summer at the University was 13 per cent off what is was in the summer session of 1931, Fall enrollment will probably be lower. Working class students are having a terrible time getting tuition money, Few of us worked steady this summer, therefore we have to borrow money to go to school this year, The student loan association at the Uni- pict is swamped with applications ‘or loans, No Comeback in Sight for Town of Malden DEN, Mass.—Malden, a city of about 55,000 people, is the oldest rub- ber town in the U. 8. A. Now the plants that used to employ thousands are ho more. Workers who had slaved for years had grown to think it would always remain so, The first thing they did was to reduce wages, then they were in the war, and then they shut down. Another old-time industry, in ex- istence for 118 years, a faetory man- ‘ufactoring len shoe lasts, closed its doors never to reopen again, which leaves the city with practically ho industry, except a medium sized rubber shop working at greatly re- duced wages and hours. Tt used to be that you could get a Party members among the students | job in Boston, but now Boston, has would like to have Comrade Foster's | no jobs to offer. address so that we could write him| An incident:—One of the eity fire- out personal condolence, of sickness, He is a great fighter and | square in Boston by throwing bread an inspiration for us, to them, when @ young well-dressed ‘The Daily has been improved in its|man stopped and picked it up. quality, and we are going to help it| The work i in “quantity,” rb ah Sear ien’s is now res ‘at 1038 Anderson Ave, Bronx, N. Y. Families Herded in Forced Labor Camps in Luce County, Mich NEWBERRY, Mich—In Luce County, as @ result of the miserable conditions, workers and poor farmers are begining to struggle. During the last month several meet- ings have been held where the at- tendance has been and at which the immediate problems of and farmers have been i A large number of workers’ chil- dren are unable to atend school be- cause of lack of food and clothing. In numerous camps as many as 80 men together with their families where no wages are paid. When pay day come around the worker is handed a piece of paper to get gro- cerles, that’s all. ‘There are camps especially for single workers where they give only their room and board. after working for some time their dlothes are worn out, and now the manding $13 a month relief for each adult worker, and $5 for each de- pendent. To intensify our struggles, a few changes must take place in our methods of work. First is to carry on an extensive house to house cam- paign to popularize our resolutions. Second to go to the Supervisors’ as a mass and not send a Committee of few workers as was done the last time. Linking up in our struggle the Daily Worker and the Communist Party election cam- passing of the Unemployment Insur- ance Bill, —J. M. Equal rights for the Negroes and self-determination in the Black | mittee. \ ) pas aeaes Obstacles That Must Be Overcome for the Development of a Mass Party 5. The chief obstacles which stand in the way of the development of a mass policy and the development of the Party still remain as given by the 14th Plenum: a). Strong sectarian tendencies in the entire work of the Party, as well as in the mags organizations; tendencies which are based upon a deeply rooted formalism, still remain. The Party carries through the policy Of the united front in a routine and formal way and in the recent period particularly, has failed to initiate a broad united front tactic in connection with the mass s' les as one of the chief ways of exposing the social fascists. The directives of the Comintern to put such @ united front tactic into effect was not given consideration by the Central Com- The Patty has not learned how to connect itself up with the broad masses of non-Party and reformist workers. No essential changes have been made in work in the old unions, The development of mass struggles based upon concrete needs and the policy of drawing up of de- mands together with the workers has not been effected. b). Bureaucraue methods of work have not been overcome. lack of development of forces m below in the work of the Party or- ganizations and auxiliaries, the stimulation of the initiative of the lower Party organizations, the persistence of inner-Party and routine work, the failure to develop new cadres particularly from the forces coming for- ward from the mass struggles, all of which have been emphasized in the 14th Plenum resolution, has not been overcome, c). The failure of the Party to advance in its mass work is further to be explained by the failure to put into effect the policy of concentra- tion called for by the decisions of the 14th Plenum, The concentration of leading forces from the central apparatus and district centers espe- cially to the lower organizations and factories has not taken place. The policy of concentration with respect to the factories, development of model nuclei, etc., has only been carried through in a formal way. @), No advance has been made in the development of collective leadership throughout the Part The establishment of collective secre- taries, in the center, in the district, the collective work of the Polburo with the Secretariat and Ceniral Committee, the regular funetioning on major political and organizational questions of the Secretariat and Pol- puro has not been accomplished, and pfevented the center from giving daily guidance and po! al leadership to the Party organizations, The tendency of conducting the work through individual orgariizers still per- sists, The leadership of the Party in mass organizations has been par- ticul > narrow. The selection of forees has occurred from too narrow a cire! A weakness that is especially menacing in the time of the developing struggles, has been the failure to effectively carry through the decisions of the Party. Resolutions and decisions remain on paper and there is no matic Bolshevik drive to carry them through, The leadership of the Party has not kept a firm grip on the life ef the Party“and has not cted to mistakes and wrong tendencies within the Party, and has not tematically taken measures to overcome them. Phere has not heen a steady fieht of the leadership to carry the line of the Party into the daily life of the Party. The Fight Against the Right Danger and Sectarianism 6. The right danger, which is the main danger, is the most’ serious in view of the sharpening of the mass struggle. This danger has come forward more clearly since the 14th Central Committee Plenum, especially expressed in dragging behind the mass struggless instead of boldly leading them, in hesitation and vacillation before problems of the struggle which require immediate and decisive leadership, in raising the excuse of lack of preparation” as a reason for failing to Jead and organize the spon- taneous mass struggles, ‘This was especially expressed in the bonus march of the veterans on Washington (see special resolution of the Political Buro examining this struggle in detail); in the failure of the NMU con- vention in March to pose the question of organizing and leading the | mediate needs ar ——__—__—_————1-~—"-_ Page Three Committee, C. P. d By Next Tasks of Party miners’ struggles which began on the Eastern Ohio r driven from the field; of spontaneous une of social fascist lead t of the middle we movement and t ” in the in the loss of leadership of VAN st year been the leadership eby fell into the hands stown, numbers of small he farmers’ inst the to t ich thi e, You ations to tendency to d uppor be jt a “str strike hesitation to a st Party of the k Precisely for these re: overcome sectarianism whic organize the support termined struggle to cle in the mass work of the Party, especial. the le union work, and which partictilarly hinders the dev of the ited front from below. The Politicalization of Party’s Work and Its Rooting Among the Masses 7. The politicalization of the Politicalization requires first of all, immediate reaction to all better to r epare them. and the failure to f the workers with the revo- The still e: in the social fasc not yet fu VINCING them day work. There is a of slogans, instead of d lating them to the dai life nd needs of p: Where attempts are made to develop pol strong tendencies to fall back upon high-f age not under- standable by the workers 2a unrelated to their y life. There is widespread practice of loo! down upon the ward” masses, of hem incapable .” Above all, there is insufficient cons ature of these deviations and weaknesses in the daily practice of our Party, a lack which is the greatest barrier to an energetic and systematic transformation of the Party's work. This trans- formation alone can sink the Party's roots among thé masses and e m t act with the masses w will transf our Party into a veal Bolshevik mass parts A Correct United Front Policy in the Center of Our Mass Work ing “h' n igh p ness of the serious 8. The situation i ianeuvers and increased activities of the reformist ) leading economic struggles, im- vely demands that we place in the center of our work the task of nited front policy. The basic methods to e reformists must be to propose openly refo: t izations immediate concrete their promises and propose a actions, The united front tactic rty masses on the basis of their im ing to these masses immediate c d developing such spe- ill provide the broadest ‘om the non-Party par- tance of the full program its formal leadership. The . not the setting up of a new vidual membership. The basic or- d from below , either from their , or from militant groups niger workers. All these or- al es in the local carrying through in ¢ asis for these concr ng the non-P: to the n actions fo united front consists in appreac’ crete actions to s: cial forms possible ur ticipants i of the Par formation 0: mass organization w ganization: the worke' at within these organize Zanizational forms of the w conerete conditions of each ir to force the united front within e strait-jacket of preconceived “per- fect” plans is certain to defeat its purpose. The essential feature of the united front is that it unites hitherto separated groups of workets for a joint struggle which would otherwise be more difficult or impossible Within such united front activities, the efforts of the Communist Party must not under any circumstances be that of trying to secure a mechan- ieal monopoly of leadership, but on the contrary, the main attention must be given to brir rward, strengthening and developing the hon- est, militant, non-Party leading workers and the development of broadest possible non-Party leading 8, ne failure to c: y through in practice these basic pts of united front tactic is the root cause for the scandalous! mass united the inadequate development of broad front movements around the Communist Parts ir? the present election campaign and the multitude of w i failures in the various separate struggies in which the Party icipated. (Coneluded Tomorrow.) A few of the ouisianding % the Negroes and Self-determination for the Black Belt.” idate on the South Side of Chicago, ) James W. Ford of Alabama, Vicé‘cfestentiat Candidate ana vihning mate of Wm. 7. (Lower Left) Raymond Hansborough, Candidate for U. 8. Senate fim Vir: Foster. Henry Shepard, Candidate for ‘ abitn York, Lieutenant Governor of New Vote for These Candidates! 1 Bie ‘o candidates ritnning on the Communist Party ticket stressing “Un- employment and Social Insuraice at the expense of the State and employers” and “Equal Rights for (Upper Left) Herbert Newton, congressional can- LW.0. FOR ‘DAILY’ from 30 Branches eter Hare donated» st ie doe “bet from which nothing has been heard and nothing contributed. These are branches Ey 60 63, * Branches which y's appeal for y contribu nonded to 1 the y. SRANCHES reeting to ¢ Journal 4. 23 OUT OF TOWN BRANCHES Branch and Town 11i—Seatile,, Wash. ——... 216—Chieago, ML ~ 194—Houston, Texa: 107—Ohicago, I. — 41—Syracuse, N. ¥. 80—Detroit, Mich, 28—Bostor 174—Boston, Mass, ..... Dis. Com—Boston, Mas Tihany (Lower Right) 51.106 RAISED BY. (SHIP AMMUNITION No Donations So Far Five take into account 30 branches of the 1.W.0. | sissippi 7. der were loaded, one barge holding} 21 Iowa Workers on Trial for Resisting Eviction of Jobless CEDAR FALLS, Towa, Sept. 29.— T workers went on t sterday, charged with res eviction an unemployed The jury was composed al- most entirely of business men. The police chief contradicted him- self so frequently in his attempt to crush the Unemployed Council, which ON MISSISSEPPT Barges Loaded With Powder CINCINNATI, Ohio—At the barge line recently barges of Springfield high rifle pow- three that the judge ordered the from 8 to 10 carloads. Two other cleared te eave him tom barges were loaded with high ex-| embarrassment plosive powder, and or A mass meeting will be held to- weighing abou! 150 to 200 night to raise funds for the defense Handle od workers and to form Shiai Dyna ishe sigh of the International Labor Care. Danger. High Explosives —A Longshoreman. | ge SAL Raia MOE 4 Jarca Co. Foremen ** LipcPortambuihy. Ns | Strike When Swindled icepretues Ney | Out of Half Day’s Pay, 09 | 4.00 | a8 os Angeles, Cailf. 13—Porismouth, N. H. Cht—Sacksonvitle, Fla PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Sept. 29.— 41e-—Recheste: Y Even the foremen are finding the N.Y Jarea stevedoring company a hard f boss. Four foremen refused to g0 to rs work yesterday because the company Wi 5—Paterson, N. J. swindled them out of a half day’s 46 | 02—San Diego, Calif. pay. These foremen have had theif tor 5.08 | 192-—Miam!, Fla. | wages cut, first from $30 a week to 68 8.00 : State ia eateater te $20, and then were put on the day 196 7.00 53 7.06 | 5ae—Warren, Ohio and a half basis. On Jarea jobs & te SG; Gee. Genkenss 898) #—Monticetio, N. 00| foreman is assigned to each hold, a 00 | 644—Jack: 4 09} Hot red us 8.50 Wmsbe Sehute 4.00| Dist, Com.—Bosion, Mase. not to work, but just to speed up the 5 hee gal 15 4.06 | 148—Portemouth, Ne i ns £.¢0] Men. ¢ 4 410—Philadelphia, Pa, - - - 5.00 ‘leeeanreenipetianies 6 B31 Bt Ure ore are ‘ 5.00 | SELL CHILDREN bd a 6.00 | 18—Philsdelphia, Pa. 32.00! BLUEFIELD, W. Va—A man and Lg 38 y 90.00 | phita, Sehule—Philadelphia, Pa, — 12.09 his wife here were forced by hunger 6 9 :03 | ie-Phitsdelphia, Pa. ~~ $9 | to sell their three children to private $ H | Gi—So. Norwalk, Conn. 35 | families. aC. ry 36 ~ UPI URE TE 7 87 ot FOR NEWS OF THE CLASS STRUGGLE IN THE UNITED STATES AND ALL OVER WORLD EVERY DAY! 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