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Lage awe - Head of Thug |He’s Prepari | | Gangs sters for By HARRY RAYMOND t he has rk City uited at $8 a da an employed ‘three or four agency t and Tube. Company ips with s indicated by We have a ten he added, s has any large hich knows its Bergoff boasts a “Strike Preven- tion Department, i SoD of men accurate info: and contemplated of their fellow employees”; r op Labor Departiment,” tion Department,” and m Department,” com- “with mil- t ence.” In_ his nh the press, Bergoff w r as the New-York Post put it (June 8), on “his, plan to put down the strike.” Steel kers should be. on the| look-out for Bergdoff’s. rats. These scab-herder: which are ready to y while refusing ges of the workers— can be effectively resisted by proper organization. His Gangsters Disarmed In fact, in July 1915,.the majority >| under naw Agency Boasts ng to Supply Steel Bosses ulation of Bayonne, N. J. was aroused against Bergoff and his following the killing of a boy ree mén during the Tide: Oil Co. strike as a result o! ing by Bergoff’s gangsters from | The préssure of the work: So gréat that Shériff Eugén: Hudson County w their bludgeons and clubs The of r occasion Bergoff was lect of an attack by the New bor unions. This was in 1916 before he had his license revoked At this time a demand was made organized labor that the rela- bet ce Department be made public. The unions at that time issued a ment demanding that the “pri- @ understanding that permits the 2 Department to allow agencies instal dictaphones, nto offices, smash desks and copy private correspondence” be made public. The public should know,” said the statement, “to what extent thi SO-1 called Private detective agenc si e-breaking agencies are ahd what reports they ish of their activities. s a well known fact that em- ex- of these agencies are and people of such d moral standing in the com- munity that decent people will not acsotiate with them, and the people who employ them are not any bet- ter.’ cts he drive against Bergoff, against all strike-breaking detective agencies, against the Sherwood Bu- Teau of 1457 Broadway, must now be intensified. All trade unions, all workers organizations, should pass manding that Bergoff ae his clan of thugs be put out of Teachers Meet Against Fascism, War Tonight NEW YORK. — A sgainst fascism and tonight at 8 p. m., Crera House, nass meeting r will be held at the Central 205 East 67th St. the auspices of the New | York Teachers Anti-War Commit- | tee. | Speakers will be Leroy E. Bow- man. member of the Executive Board | of the Teachers’ Union and director Jef the Child Study Association; Dr. |S. Mareoshes, editor of “The Day ri “t, exiled Ger “man Horeld “Farmer of the Workers Industrial Union. ond Norman Tallentire of the Amer- ican League Against War and Fas- cism. rine ‘m thé gangsters, con- | veen Bergoff and the Po-| | | APES ATW VOR SATURDAY. TINE. 18..1924..* Socialist Editor in Hartford Resigns After Detroit Convention; Pledges ‘Support to C. P.' Active Worker Denoun- ces Policies of S. P. Leadership HARTFORD, Conn., June 15.— Denouncing the recent actions of the Socialist Party leadership at the Detroit Convention as leading to the same capitulation to fas- cism which marked the récont ac- | tions of the Social-Democratic | Parties in Germany and Austria, | the following statement from Dick | Farber, a leading worker in the ranks of the Socialist Party, here- | with presents his resignation from the Socialist Party and his sup- port of the Communist Party. The statement of Farber, de- neuncing the anti-working class policies and actions of the Social- ist Convention, follows similar statements recently printed in the Daily Worker frem Walter Hack- emer, former member of the Ex- | ecutive Committee of the Buffalo ist Party leeal, and Joe Za- of the State Ex- | | | Socialist Party and former ienal Organizer ef the Y. P. | Ss. L, These resignations from the S. P. and the coming over to the Communist Party indicates that a real dosire for revolutionary strug- | gle against capitalism exists among many henest class con- scious workers in the Socialist Part It ts to these workers, par- ticularly, that the Central Com- mittee of the C. P. addressed its manifesto for U: Ties ght By DICK FARBER Former Orzanizer, Y. P. S. L., Hart- ford; Chairmon Labor Committee, | Socialist Party of Hartford; editor | of “United Struggle”; chairman of the Hartford Association of Unem- Ployed, Npuch End Branch; delegate to ¥. P. S. L, conventions at Cleve- | land aad ‘Reading; also elected as alternate to the Socialist Party Con- vention in Detroit from Connecticut. 'HE Socialist Party Convention in Detroit showed the bankruptcy and confusion within the ranks of the 8. P. The S. P. of America, in Spite of its outer cloak of revolu- tionary phrases and the defeat of the “Old Guard,” the Waldmans, the Pankens, the Abe Cahans and the Algernon Lees, is destined to Play the role of the Social Democ- racies of Germany and Austria. Many of the rank and file of the §. P. may have beén fooled by the demagogy of Norman Thomas and Daniel Hoan, who “suddenly” be- came the leaders of the “Militants,” t y have been fooled by the i ’ of the typ§ of Max Del- | Katherine Follak, Maynard uger and A: Most, who with i their p! ongering were part and parcel of the conserva'ive party machinery both at the Milwaukee and the Detroit conventions. They ic | in the | Left | cress | Champion of Municipal JASPER McLEVY SOCIALIST MAYOFS DANIEL W, HOAN in order to make themselves “New Leadership” of the x One example is Kruger. who) talk so “left” at Paris, but took the lead in expelling the Chicazo} Wingers. The Revolutionary} Policies Group,” under the leader-} ship of J. B. Matthews, Ruth Shall-) and Francis Henson, after flirting around with the renegades | J. Lovestone and Joe Cannon and| their reactionary sects, capitulated to “N. R. A.” Thomas and the} Socialism, groups Dan Hoan. No Program of Struggle i The Socialist Party convention) did not adopt a program of revolu- | tionary struggle, but spread con-| fusion among the rank and file.| The important question of the} United Front was pushed in the | background and referred to the Ne- | tional Executive Committee. The officialdom of the S. P. feared the rank and file would press for unity in struggle of Communist and So- cialist workers in the American/ League Against War and Fascism and the Unemployed Movement, | etc, and thereby they would lose their influencé over the rank and} file wor! In this way they aid the capitalists by splitting the | workers in the Aght agains: fascist terror and imperialist war. The Workers Unemployment and | Social Insurance Bill which was in- dorsed by the Socialist administra-| tions of Bridgeport and Milwaukee and many Socialist locals through the pressure of the rank and file, | was not even introduced by the R.) P. C, This betrayal, the unemployed will not forget so easily, Surport A, F. of L. Rénactionary | Leaders The fourteen million Negroes in | the United States were of no im-! | with manvufact | allied themselves with other leading, portance to the S.P. leadership who | have not even one representative on | the N.E.C. of the S.P. This is due to the “Jim Crow” policy of the S.P. which expressed itself by totally ignoring the Negro question a5 a special problem. Take, for example, the “Jim Crow” locals of the S.P. in the South, The C.P. on the other hand took up this problem seriously | and with deliberation. The cless collaboration policy of the S.P. in supporting the bureau- cratic A. F. of L. leadership of the Greens, Wolls, and Lewis's betrayed | the organized workers, The failure | of the S.P. to point out the strike- | breaking policies of the A. F. of L. and its cooptration with the capi- talist machine shows clearly the role of the leadership. Leo Kraycki, chairman of the N.E.C., and Gra ham, N.E.C. member, who admitted keeping workers from strike strug- gle, as both A. F. of L. fakers differ- ing very little from the Greens, the Wolls, and the Lewis's. They live in Juxury on dues for which the rank and file sweat. These union offi- cials of the S.P. fear losing their fat salaries through the building of broad revolutionary industrial unions controlled by the rank and! file. Resolutions for the freedom.of the Scottsboro boys, Angelo Herndon, Tom Mooney and other political prisoners, for the freedom of Ernst Thaelmann and other victims of; the fascist terror were of small sig- nificance to the S.P. convention and were not taken up. A resolution on the Soviet Union was referred to the N.E.C. which called for the ig up of cour volutionary ies in the 80 Union. dasper MeLevy, who fraternized and other busi- ness men, smashed unemployed and anti-faseist demonstrations and Disillusioned at ‘‘Mili- tants” and Sabotage of United Front welcomed fascist leaders in Bridge- ; Joe Shsrts, champion of pa- and natiotalism, Abe Cehan, Algernon Lée, and Wald- man, bitter enemies of the Soviet Union; Socialist sheriffs, who evict workers families; businessmen, cler- gymen, lawyers, opportunists, and careerists dominate the S8.P. with a sprinkling of sinesre workers who have the illusion that the S.P. will lead them to Socialism. As a member of the S, P. and the Y. P. S. L., T had the illusion that the S. P. would become a | revelutionary patty, After con- sistently fighting for unity be- | tween the workers of the S. P. and C, P. for ever two years, I have | found the S. P. leadership reac- ticnary and bureancratic and agains? revointionary struggls. The Socialist Party is the bulwark of capitalism, Despite the revolu- tienary crisis, despite the reso!u- tions and demands of the “United Struggle” Group, the real “left wing” of the S. P. and Y. P..S. L., for the united front for the Soviet Union as the only real Workers’ and Farmers’ Govern- ment, for participation in the struggles of the workers not only in words, but in deeds; despite all these things the Soctal- ist Party with its criminal po'- iey of div s the workers has opened our eyes to the fact that there is but one revointionary party of the masses, the Commu- nist Party. Only under the leadership of the C. P. of the U. &. A., which is part of the Communist International, which follows a strict revolutionary policy of class struggle, the Party of Mars, Enge's, Lenin and Stalin Will the workers of the U. 8. A., and all revolutionary Socialists and trade unionists as a part of the Interna- tional Proletariat be able to win the final and decisive victory over capi- talism. Communists do not hide their aims. The Proletarian Revolution cannot teke place without the forcible destruction of the State mechine, then the setting up of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, toward a Soviet America, to So- cialism. Comradely yours, DICK FARBER. P. S—Resigned from Socialist Party, Thursday, June 7, 1934, JAPANESE IN IRAK BASRA, Irak, June 15.—Fourteen Japanese industrialists arrived here via India today to conclude com- mercial agresments with Irak mer- in csite of England's pre- ferred position in the protectorate {and in the face of ths English dec- | Jaration of a state of trade war wich Japan, | Home Relief Bureau Drops 7,500 Families, 2,292 Cut NEW YORK-—In its drive against the unemployed, the LaGuardia ad- ministration, with the intended pur- pose of slashing all supplementary relief to larzé families, has “discov- ered” 2,202 “chiselers” on the relief lists. Edward Corsi, director of Home Relief, in a préliminary check of 45,271 families on the relief lists, announced that he had found 2,292 families were réectiving both home relief and work relief, the total from both, in no cas¢ amounting to more then $30 a month. On work relief, a family receives $12 a week. In the cas® of large families this is less than Home Re- lief budgets for foed, rent, gas and electricity. In many cas¢s, families won the right ‘to both forms of re- lief, one supplementing the other. Attempt To Slash All Relief That Corsi’s “ditcovery” is just enother barefaced attempt to slasn the relief standards of the uném- ployed is indicated by the manner in which his startling discovery was announced—an jnquiry, and 2.232 families ere simply “dropped” from supplementary relief. In the past, the LaGuardia ad- ministration has heralded attacks upon the unemployed by similar name calling. As thousands were being fired from C.W.A., Mr. Moses, A LaGuardia appointee, slandered the C.W.A. workers with the term “loafers.” Two weeks ago, La- Guarda shouted “yellow dogs.” Yes- terday Corsi's “chiselers” saw the light of day from the front pages of the press. In each instance, dras- unemployed. Drop 7,500 Families Corsi_also pmnounced that the Home Relief Bureaus had dropyet 7,500 families from the rélief rolls during the past month because it was found that they were “no long- er in need.” At the same time, case loads reached a new high of 168,800 from about 157,000 for the preced- ing month. In statements during the.course of the month, he said that new applications for relict were coming into the Relief Bursaus the rate of 1.500 a day. Fifteen hi dred new tases daily would bring the total to around 200,000. The Home Relief Bureau is “dropping” old clients as fast as new applica- tions are received. A “typical budget” for a family of five has just been worked out by the Department of Public Welfare. It is below the standards previously c4t by the Welfare Department, yet a family on Home Relief by this “work relief.” It allows a total. of $49.30 a month—$30.91 fot food, $14.09 for rent, $1.41 for electricity, $1.73 for gas, and $1.09 for houst- hold supplies. Undér work relief, tic attacks have been made on the! yA. FP. of L, | country, 32 budget would receive more than on) Off Suplementary Relief | this same family of five would ré- ceive only $48 a month. While declaring this to be a “typie cal budget,” the averaze family bud= gét actually amounts to only $36.91 per month. Harlem Councils Wis New Relief Bureaus, Corsi’ an- nounced, would be opened in ths city, oné on 155th St., Harlem, where the Harlem Unémploymént Coun¢il has demanded a bureau. one on 150th St., and one near Rivingten St. New investigators would be added to the Home Relief staff, Corsi de- clared, adding, “This would mean an end of plumbers and carpenters or néedy applicants being appointed to the investigating staff.” This can only mean that selection will be in direct proportion to the reliance which the LaGuardia administra- tion feels that it can place in those appointeid to carry out the starvae tion orders bed LeGuardia. New York A. F. L. Meet on Social Bill HR 7598 June 28th To Decide on. Plans for Presentation to A. F. L. Nat'l Convention NEW YORK.—Calls for a New York Conference for the Workers Unemployment Insurance Bill (H. R. 7588) have been issued to every local of the Americen Federation of Labor in New York City by the A. F. of L. Trade Union Committee for Unemployment Insurance and Re- Nef. The conference will be held Saturday. July 28, at 1 p.m., at Ir- ving Plaza, 15th St. and Irving Place. Attached to the call are listed the 75 A. F. of L. unions in New York City which have endorsed the Work- ers’ Bill. Already moré than 2,000 locals throughout the Central Labor Unions and four state federatiéns of labor have endorsed the Workers Bill’ (H, R. 7598). Endorsements are not enough. For this reason this conference of all A. F. of L. locals is being con- vened. The conference will adopt plans of action on. the neéds of the unemployed in the A. F. of i. Tn sending out the call, especial attention has heen given to enlisting the support of A. F. of L. workérs in organized shops and Negro workers in the A, F. of L, unions. Represen- tation to the conference will be on the basis of two delegates from each local, orch of Mass Struggle Blazes Forth in the Marine Industry Marine Workers Industrial Union Calls Men in , rvolutionary movement in the West No. Atlantic Ports to Stop Intercoastal Shipping | By ROY HUDSON HE torch of mass struggle is beginning to blaze forth The | ciation longshoremen in New York in the marine industry. general mood of the workers | is best revealed in discussions | i s recently held with unorgan- ized workers. In one form or another they all raised one major | question: When are we going to.| have a national strike?” No doubt on many other ships and docks workers are already ning to think in terms of major struggles. Talk of national action has been stimulated by a whole series of recent strikes; by the movement of the unemployed in many ports; by the recent gulf strike of longshoremen which also involved a number of ships crews; and by the present tremendous struggle of 25,000 seamen and long- shoremen on the Pacific Coast. More fuel must be added to the torch of. struggle —more workers must gather more force through rallying the marine workers of the North Atlantic to prevent the Ieading, discharging and sailing of all intercoastal ships to or from the ‘West Coast. The first steps in this to your FRIENDS ed RELATIVES TORGSIN STORES carry an extensive line of high quality sults, dresses, coats, shoes; cotton, silk and woolen tuts, housshold tobaccos, sweets other articles; id domestic), All can b TORGSIN by your relatives, i YOU SEND THEM A TORGE! ornber. Tz2 Dollar buys now more tran ever inthe Soviet Union. For Torgsin orders visit your “lece! bank or authorized agent begin- | direction have already been taken with the strike of the S. 8. Texan and the five-hour walk-off of the International Longshoremen’s Asso- jon the Lena Luckenback and the | President Cleveland. These actions, ired by the militant West Coast | strikes, as well as by the slogans | put forward here by the Marine | Workers Industrial Union, will also {serve to arouse and inspire the other workers in the North Atlantic | into action, Making the West Coast | strike effective on all intercoastal chips on a national scale is of the most. vital importance. Officials of the International International Seamen’s Union have done everything possible to prévent the extension of the Pacific coast Strike on a national scale. The Marine Workers Industrial Union, which alone has fought for action | in the East, must accept the major | responsibiilty for even greater ef-/| forts to rally the seamen and long- | Shoremen in he North Atlantic for | the complete stoppage of all Inter- coastal shipping—which at the pres- | ent time is of vital importance to the striking west coast men who, also, must continue to reject all fake arbitration schemes and individual settlements; to redouble their mass Picket lines; keep the strike firmly and file strike committee, and be even more on guard against the Ryans and Scharrenbergs; and to weld even firmer the united front of seamen and longshoremen with- out regard to organizational affi- Hiation, strengthening the strike and extending it to the East coast in- | tercoastal |task that requires the greatest ef-| forts upon our part. | Workers Ready To Fight Certainly the present mass struggles show the willingness of | the workers to struggle. It is also correct for us in connection with our main and immediate task to estimate our influence and strength and the possibilities that exist in the present struggles for us to rally | Struggle in even larger class battles. | What are the facts, and the per- | Spective in this connection? During the past year there has been an ever increasing number of Struggles. Practically without ex- ception these struggles were or- ganized and led by the Marine Workers Industrial Union. There have inspired and paved the way fo: the recent struggles, especially the présent one on the West Coast, which is outstanding because of its militancy in the face of sharp po- lice terror; for its determination— the str and because of action cf the thoremon. the united seamen and long- ships. as an immediate | and prepare the workers for united | can be no doubt that these struggles | ike is now entering the fifth | Longshoremen. Association and the | in the hands of their’ elected: rank | Shoremen and for recognition of the {of supporters of the rank and file ‘also are in these committees, play- | Coast strike? The strike was initiated by the |longshoremen organized in the Ir ternational Longshoremen’s Associ tion. ‘Che vast majority of these, longshoremen (at least. 15,000) | joined the I. L. A. during the past! year when illusions about the| N.R.A. were at ‘ir highest. “Wait | for the code” was the main argu- ment used by the fakers in pre-| venting. A rank and fil? group strug- ling. A rank add file group among the longshoremen rapidly crystal- | d, partievlarly around a bulletin ed by rank and filers called the | “Waterfront Worker,” which car- ried on A s t the policy | of the officia It was largely the activities of this group which forced | the calling of a coastwise rank and file conference where many pr¢vious | decisions of the officials were over- ruled and plans for a coastwise strike laid. Although the officials sabotaged the carrying out of the decisions of this conference and with the help ‘of President Roosevelt prevented | the calling of an immediate strike jthe presistent work of the opposi- |tion movement mobilized the long— |Shoremen for strike action in spite lof Rocstvelt’s no-strike order which had been accepted by the officiais. The demands of the workers also reflect the influence of the revolu- tionary movement. They are for $1 an hour; the six-hour day; for hir- ing halls controlled by the long- LL A Workers Defezt Schemes Until recently every effort of the | shipowners to end the strike through terror and fake arbitration schemes introduced by the N.R.A. and the I. L. A, officials haye been defeated by the workers, led by the rank and file strike committees. | These strike committees were set up \in nearly every port; in some of the ports they are composed mostly group—although this group func- tioned well, prior to the strike, in one port. Communit longshoremen ing an active and leading role. While we have weak contact in a few ports with the longshoremen and their strike committees, we can say that in the major and strategic ports (where systematic opposition work has b3en carried on) we are a major factcr and the strike is in the hands of workers opposed to the reactionary policy of the offi- cials and that these workers are determined to carry out a militant class struggle program. Finally the extent of our infiusnce is reflected in the fact that the I. L. A. long- shoremen in San Francisco hi: madé the western organ of the Communist Party, the Western Worker, their official strike bul-} What has been the role of thalfoee it strit letin, In. regar Marine We diréctiy initiated the r oclidartiy wit the end raised th SEAMEN! LO NGSHOREMEN! Unite Behind the NATIONAL UNITY CONFERENCE Baltimore, Md, Sept. Ist and 2nd TO ORGANIZE AND PREPARE TO STR SEAMEN a) 1929 Shipping Board Wage Scale as minimum low wage; for 2096 increase on ali ships paying higher. b) For the 8 hour day for ALL departments. Overtime pay after 8 hours. c) A 33% increase in manning scale. d) For a Centralized Shipping Buro in every port, controlled by elected committees of seamen. The front page of a four-page IKE ONE NATIONAL WAGE SCALE, LONGSHOREMEN a) For the demands of the West Coast strike; $1 hour; the 6 hour day; time and half for overtime. b) Against the speed-up. For fagger gatigs and smaller loads. d)_ For a central hiring hall in every pert to be controlled by elected committees of longshore- men, FOR PASSAGE WORKERS UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANOM BILL, H.R, 7898 For recognition of Unions of out own choosing and right to strife, (The above demands are merely proposals, subject to changes or ndditions by action of the Conference.) SR SSNPS 9 A A call for a National Unity Confer- encod, issued by the Naticnal Committee of the Marine Workers Indus- tris] Union, emphasized that at this time there was no mass organization existing amongst the seamen, The response to our call was so great that it compelled the International Sea- men’s Union also to issue one or suffer isolation. Majority for United Front The movement for United Front strike committees of the I. S. U. and M. W. I. U. wes sabotaged by the officials—but in most of the ports the majority of the stamon followed the leadership of the United Front commictoes established through the initiative cf the M. W. 1. U. In San Pedro we were able to force an official united front. In San Fran- cisco Jargs“numbers of 1. S. U. mém- bers pre ctronsly influsticéd by the united front strike committee—in spite of their officials. One other point should be em- phasizsd in réegazds to the seamen. Although the strike was initiated by workera_orgenized in a reformisi union; although the reformist union of seamen was also drawn into the struggle; although cur union was extremely weak organizationally amongst the seamen and much pressure is being brought to bear against the followers of our union— Despite these facts the revolution- ary Marine Workers Industrial Union has exerted tremendous in- fluence; in some ports has played the leading roie against the sta- meh; and is mecting with success in récruiting new members. Accord- ing to reports approximately 1,500 have jcined during the strike. In connection with this strike we have mertly indicated certain posi-+ | tive factors which we believe reflect | genérally our influence and possi- bilities both amongst the seamen and longshoremen—including those organized in the A. F. of L. Lacking sufficient details and reports we have not attempted to estimate the whole results of the strike or to its shortcomings—a number ch are now becoming ap- While these will be dealt | perent. with later it is necessary now to jsay a word about the North At- llantic ports. Here cur efforts to rally the workers have been too }much of an agftational character; insufficient efforts were made and jour weak position amongst the ‘Iongshoremen make it difficult to develop struggle in spite of the 1 |L. A, Officials. The strike of the is. S. Texah under our leadership, which also inspired the unorganized | five-hour walkout of the I. L. A. |longshoremen on two docks in sup- | port of the west cozst, mercly show | the possibilities that éxist for utiliz- ing the West Coast strike for get- | ting the mass ox workers into ac- tion. It is necessary that more ef- |fctts be made to utilize these pos- sibilities thus making sure that every possible effort will be made to win the West Coast demands. About the Betrayals One other question must be raised and answered. Some say that the ‘betrayal of the Gulf strike by Ryan and the confusing role of thie I. W. W., there amongst thé seamen will | Gemoralize the workers; will exhaust their energy and their willingness to undertake further struggle—par- ticularly upon a nationel ceale. We must say no to this ques ion—in the betrayals and yreakness of these strikes will compel the workers to the question of National The lack of common detiands for atl the strikes; the lack of program ;and organization which makes it difficult to develop joint action in the North Atlantic; that prevented joint action of the seamen on a mess scale in the Gulf; the ability of the officials in some place to maneuver because there is no cen- tral strike committee of rank and file workers who would command the confidsnce and leadership of the mass of workers—all thes> faé- tors, commen in all struggles, make the need for preparations for Na- tional Action mots spparent to all workers. Also the West Coast strike must. be cartiad through in such a mah- ner as to win the demands put for- ward by the workers and as a stepping sténe toward even larger struggles for the purpose of gaining greater vidtories or of maintaining ths standards that can and must be won in the present strikes. There- fore in this respect we must raise the question of cur National Unity Confciencs even to the workers now engoged in historic fights. Of course, all thee things will not b& auto- | matically citas to the workérs. But. we ifuct work tmonest them and heip them to draw the proper les- sons from all their strugeies. > Longshoremen for Jo Not only that but all the recent Shoremen who = hi drawn into the strusgle. This is ro especially emongst the seamen in the North Atlantic and Gulf and the members of the International Lengshoremien’s Association whose fAgrecment expires in September, Amongst. these longshoremen the demands put forward by the West Coast longshoremen, as well as the mass revolt against Ryan and com- pany, will have a tremendous effect in inspiring them to similar action. Toward Unity Conference All of these events show that the decisions boldly made by the Na- tional Commiitee meeting of the Marine Workers Industrial Union last April for the celling of a Na- tional Unity Conference to prepare for National strike action was cor- rect. The possibilities are even more favorable now. We must make use of the situation. While we can have no gurantee that there will bo a National strike (and must guard against any mechanical con- ception that there must be one in September) we must also recognize that the organizational preparations for the conference in September are of the greatest importance and to a great extent will determine whether the possibilities will be utilized for the development of even greater struggles The force of our union in every port must work out conere’e plans of work for the coming three months, Especially must these plans result in strious effort to reach all refermist organizations for endorse- ment of the confecence. Amongst the seamon in the North Atlantic and Gulf we should en- desyor to organize partial and com- pany struggles; an even widér pop- warizetion of our cotie must Be carried through; and most im- portant of all we must concentrate upon organizing and consolidating action committzes in support of thé conferénee on every ship. Work amongst the longshoremen must “be intensif amongst the I. L. A. jongsh in the North Atlantic. Through systematic work we must endcavor to secure at least a few endorse- ‘|ments of the ccnfsrence from I. L, A. locals. The main slogans in connection with the expiratién of the agrosment should be: For a Netional uniform agrectient based on the West Crast demands—for joint action with the seamen—to Organize conference action com- mittees, The West Coast and Gulf Con- ferenc’s being called during ths coming month must he utilizad for consolidating our position thase and for intensifyint th? prepara- tions for the conference in these districts. The main thing in all ports, es- struggles will have a tremendous | effect. upon the seamen and long- ve not yet bech) September Unity Conference Must Rally Seamen, int Action in All Ports pecially the North Atlantic, must be @ close and systematic check-up on all phases of the work by the leading committees who must assume’ the fullést_ responsibility for the execu. tion of the plans. The recruiting campaign for 5,900 nett members is already beginning to produce fairly good results. We must utilize the campaign in prene aration for the conference in order to successfully carry it through. In this connection we must redouble our efforts in exposing and isolating the leaders of the I. S. U. and I, W. W. and winning the mass of seamen, as tvell as the unorganized Jongshoremen, directly for the Marine Workers Industrial Union. In carrying through the work oute lined finances will be urgently nesded. A real drive for a confer- once fighting fund should be pert and parcel of the organizational preparaticns for the conference. AS @ means of popularizing the con- fererice there should be a wide sale of the conference buttons and a special conference assessment stamp should be taken out by every mem- ber. Local ‘conference and fighting fund drives should be inStiated amongst’ the seamen and longshore- men. Additional help will also be needed to carty through the prep. arations and therefore all sym- pathizers are urged to give the fullest cooperation to the local cam+ peigns in the various ports or to send donations directly to the Na- tional Office of the M. W. I. U. at aie St., Room 701, New York City. Hudson to Make Tour Of Ports to Prepare for Nat'l Conference NEW YORK—In preparation for the National Unity Confer- ence of seamen and longshors-— men to be held in Baltimore, Sept. 1-2, R. B. Hudson, National Becretary of the Marine Work- ers Industrial Union, will make & nationel tour of the Great Lakes, Pacific Coast, Gulf of New Mexico and Atlentic ports. Dur- ing the month of July, district conferences will be held in Cleve- lend, Portland, OR and New Orleans. Hudson will ipa in the fol- lowing porta: Buffalo and Cleveland, June Chicago, June 21. ‘Duluth, Minn., Juad 22. Meetings are bting arranged for Hudson's tour in Seattie and other Northwert ports frem June 25 to July 3. Ports in California will be visited by Hudson July 4 | to 14. Gulf ports: July 15 to 24, a mene