◆ SpookStack

NY 100-18676 " ...In the tradition of all great Commnist thinkers, recognizing that the fight against women's inoquelitics is connected with the fight against cap- italist proporty rclations, FOSTER was the first in our Party to call for a sharp turn in what he charactcr- ized a3 a widespread tundcrestimtion and general ‘neglect! of work among womcen. Typical of his unflag- ging interest in all phases of our Perty's thoorctical and practical work, dospite his busy schodule and i111 health, was his cmphatic statement in his basic article, %On Improving the Party's Work Among HWomen,'t "tone of the gravest weaknesses of the Com- munist movoment in the various capitalist countries, including our own, is its relative failure to win the active support of the dccisive masses of women, It is a fact that we dare not ignoro thet tho forces of ro- action still have a strong hold on womankind, includ- ing prolctarian women....This shortcoming of tho Communist Parties becomes cvon moro manifest today in view of the huge and increasing pert that women are taking in all welks of life. This shortcoming mst bo quickly overcome, inasmich as the partics spcarhcading the drive to fascism and war hold the affiltation of large masses of women, Obviously, therefore, a drastic improvemont in their work among womon is very much on the ordcr of business for the Commimist Partics of the capitalist world, cspecially our Party here in the United States,! "POSTER'S porsonal attontion and intorcst in the work of the National Woments Commission was invalu- able to whatever progrcss was mado in our work. It wos his discussions with us, prior to finalization of the aforementioned article, that helped to lend confi- deneoa to our Commission to fight for such an approach in our Party. In ovor nine Party districts, confcronces on work among women, participated in by district loader- ships, followed; and there was a goncral -improvement in tho organization of classcs on tho woman's question by stato oducational departments as woll as its intogra- tion in general Party school. ~ 48