The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 8, 1934, Page 5

ASIC ISSUES FACE | COMING NATIONAL | AUTO CONFERENCE Fuccess of Rank and File Parley on Industrial Union Depends Primarily on Detroit Auto | | DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1934 Strike-Smashing Agreement of A. F. L. Heads Fought @, RECENT PACT SURRENDERS INTERE! simply take the agreement in ques- By Butte Local Unions TS, DUNNE SHOWS Page Five OHIO ONIO N PICKERS SEEK LEADERSHIP AMONG MILITANTS Savage Terror of L. of Growers and County and A. F, Betrayal Cause Growing 7 - By BILL DUNNE to carry on “the necessary main-|resentatives of the A. C. M. and Workers and on Role of Party BUTTE, Mont., Sept. 4 (By Mail),; tion and prove that it is not only | tenance.” one representing from each of Reseniment a Sa. eS —The issue in regard to the split-|@ Surrender of economic ady Let us remember that this is what |two A. F. of L. departme: a ELE Mcias fe : By JOHN SCHMIES : lting agreement signed over the | tages that can be won, but that it | is called an “international agree-| Metal and Building Trades. The By JOHN MARSHALL Nine local unions in the automobile plants in Cleveland | heads of the mechanics on strike iene or Minar piper ment.” This cade qeear ps instru- Sesion of this board is to be (Communist Candidate for Congressman at-Large in Ohio = 2 . " : gi S, - revious article we ment was invented many years ago | final. & y = Z J aden tg 4 local conference called by the Fisher Body SOMaeRee and casetcer ween: at pointed out the strikebreaking and | by Major George L. Berty of ae In other words, if the mechanics | [| RODE through the onion fields around McGuffy, Hardm pocal to discuss some of the outstanding problems facing | Butte, Mont., and in Anaconda and Legis halal ok Vee uray it Se rg Pressmen’s ue ese) a Butte, Anaconda and County, Ohio, last Friday, August 31st, a week after a {the automobile and auto parts workers. All the large plants, |Gte#t Falls is becoming sharper as | |” rs : : Pane ia daHiodan need ot ete Ohne ee b of vigilantes organized | heriff | taken Okey | the squad of international and na- The Agreement {the International Brotherhood of |with their immediate mob of vigilantes organized sheriff had taken Okey such as the Hupmobile, Fisher Body, Bender Body, White} tional union officials, headed by : 5 | Blectrical Workers. The member-| they can appeal to the Odel, rank and file leader of the onion strikers, from his Motor and others participated ac-@ ________.______|John P. Frey of the A. F. of L,| The writer has been privileged to | ship has nothing to say about its | Board composed of two hig house and given hi bere beating and left Wimia kigety. tik the -wurkune Ue toate | Jexecutive council and the Metal See @ copy of this agreement. It enforcement. If they quit work the | pany officials and—two high union house and given him a severe beating and left him out on ence. The resolution adopted at | 2lone will not be sufficient. In my|-Trades Department, continue their | W@S signed in Washington by two International Union heads heve the | officials who endorsed this com- the roadside to die. Every- = ¥ the conference not only surprised | Pinion in order to build a united maneuvers. representatives of the Anaconda authority to furnish union ;Pany union, strikebreaking agree- ,) . 2 : : Ses Z the A. F of L, officials, but even | 22dustrial Automobile Workers'| lectrical Workers Local No. 65 Copper Mining Company and one as Berry and McNulty did many | ment. thing was quiet and t scat ee surprised some of our own Party |™O0Vement the National Conference! and the Blacksmiths Union have TePresentative from both the Build-| times and as the heads of the| As to the economie features of was no evidence of a strike. him oe comradek. The conference was a| Must set its aim of working for ®/ voted down the agreement. The iné Trades and the Metal Trades | Brickiayers Union have done re-|this agreement it states thet no \, 1 teams of horse 48 ae real wofrking body made up of only | Constitutional Convention that will | Machinists Union has taken a secret | Departments of the American Fed- | cently. |methods of work, etc., established |“A@"2y teams of horses and a iar sia “ank ajnd file delegates who either | Pring into the movement all other/pallot. The results has not been | ration of Labor. Z api. |,, There 1s a clause which provides | by custom shall be changed. Every- Dumber of men were at work on} steer dy ot Eaten nore ted by the locals or ap- | #uto locals which are not affiliated | announced but it is reported that it| The unions affected by this that there shall be no lockout by thing is to remain as before the |the fields of the Sciota Land Com-|y 0+ ‘he was stil ae 4 ing by the leading committees | With the A. F. of L. is also against this agreement. It S@reement are: Bricklayers, Paint= | the company during the life of the | strike. holdings. The onion crop W8S| Telis of Onion Workers’ Slavery Se ages In this connection the auto work-|seems certain that regardless of |€¥S, Iron Workers, Machinists, Boll-| agreement. This is one of those| Provisions for overtime pay at harvested. On Saturday night Diess, vices The strike-breaking cooperation | ers in Detroit have a special role|which way the votes of the craft ermakers, Electrical Workers, Truck | “fair, give and take” propositions|the rate of time and one-half are| The strike to all intents and pur- president of the union, an’ onion licy of Green and Collins not only | to play. We have to raise the ques- | unions go on the agreement proper, pees enter , Mold sea dial which reminds one of Anatole| practically wiped out by other pro- poses had been broken. No pickets | worker, rmer town marshall hiled to solve any of the basic| tion whether we should have a per-|that they will not return to work 'n& ioe pean eae real ®r- | France's satiric statement that | visions in regard to changing shifts, | Were on the highways. No armed lage) spoke roblems confronting the workers| spective to make this rank and file| until the miners and smelter | Penters, Plumbers and Steamfltters. “both rich and poor have the same | “continuous operation,” etc, for|guards were at the gates t Medien aene ut it is solely responsible and| movement among the auto workers | Workers do. | After a few introductory remarks, rigt to sleep under bridges. |which no overtime is to be paid.| I talked to a number of former He told of how a re has created the following| Within the A. F. of L. part of the This agreement deserves special it is stated in the fourth whereas’ The curtailment of operations The basic rate of pay is set at | strikers, luding Okey Od and is knees and fon movement for the building of an in- | Consideration in view of the tre- | that one of the purposes of the and the discharge and lay-off of \$5 per shift. There is a sliding | Vi ident Wiess. Most of those iles weed The A. F. of L. localg are very | dependent Federation of Labor. In mendous wave of organization and agreement is . to insure the most workers are to be carried out, ac- scale based on the price of copper to whom I talked seemed disheart- at once for apidly declining in membership. | My opinion, it cannot be otherwise. | Strike movements and because of efficient operation of the company’s cording to the agreement, at “the|at nine cents per pound. Copper |ened—wondering what to do next He told of t 2—The company unions are grow- Some very important question: the importance of this strike situa- mines, mills, smelters and refineries | sole discretion” of the company. has been selling at or below nine | From statements the abso- 3 being e ng and increasing their offensive are already coming up. For instance, | 102 into which the agreement was at Butte, Anaconda and Great Certainly no further proof is|cents for five years so the wage lute betrayal by the A. F. of L. Or-|even deported. pa nat the Workace aimitina is it possible to develop this move-_| ‘rust as a weapon against all the Falls.” This brazen declaration is needed to show that this is a strike-| scael is really $5 ganizer Rizer and the terror other cot S--Many wage CULE ate Being fae | patois ter an Taduaitial Olins wih- workers involved. not even modified vy the customary breaking agreement. _ |. All that needs to be said about character of the county adminis- meeting was held the aus- ced antl itis ee ane. ous gattion. tiie thats dlaak ets It deserves special consideration mention of safe operation. Now as to its company union!this wage scale as evidence of thet! was ealed. pices of the Unemployed Cot sib disehenthand pro ise) tied (a yi eae rc ache ae also in view of the recent an-| Here, in unmistakable language, | character: |hercic defense of the economic| IL.D. Supplies Defense Lawyer Ohio Farmers League and the I.L.D. - discrimination is being applie e A. F. of L, officials? e an | nouricement by President Green of | is the proof that the chief officials | The agreement states specifically | standards of American worker by| Early in the strike an inj The A. F. of L. leaders in Toledo gainst the most militant and ac-| swer to this question must be that| the drive agai: the Communists | of the A. F. of L., and the heads of | that on all questions of grievances,|the A. F. of L. leaders, is that in| Was issued forbidding more for the first time in 11 ive workers in the shop. _ |@ clash will take place, in fact is!as the major :e for the labor | its affiliated unions, after five yeaTs | interpretation of the agreement,|1907—27 veers ago—the wage two pickets to assemble at one holding a Labor Day celebration 4—The workers are losing cons taking place already, especiaily here| movement. In .12 course of his |of the worst economic crisis in the | etc. in wage negotiations and other | of electrical workers employed by |Place. Many arrests were made. No With onion strikers and O in Cleveland. The success of this movement will | depend upon all our capabilities of | | developing in the course of the| movement now, the united front fidence in the Automobile N. R. A. Labor Board. 5—The policy of Green and Col- ins further opens the field for all he company dicks and N. R, A. erence called by Mr. Green did not trom the auto center will reflect a L, locals held in Detroit and the present set up of the National Council, did not solve our prob- lems.” Plenum. T have already mentioned that) Major attention in the District e conference held in Cleveland! plenum was given to shop and| | my opinion, the Parity’s work within | |the A. F. of L, unions was the | outstanding point at the District lution adopted at this conference | ecute the many decisions and res- | nd in the decision that was! olutions made calling upon the dopted to the effect that no paid! Party members who are eligible to ficial is allowed to participate in| join a union and to build shop or- he conference. | ganizations in the factory. Here, statement calling for this second drive (the first one was launched almost exactly eleven years ago with the expulsion of the writer from the Portland A. F. of L. convention in long list of class battles — strikes, ers is that the A. F. of L. officials do défend the economic rights of their union members and those of the working class as a whole, will ‘Bootleg history of American capitalism, with its millions upon millions of per- manently unemployed, are _ still clinging to and trying to shove down the throats of their members, the state: “During the life of this agree- which states that in the event of a stoppage of work occurring in spite of the foregoing provision, enough men shall be left on the job | four sitting im New York—two rep-' American workers matters customarily the routine work of union committees in Butte, Anaconda and Great Falls, Mont. only employes of the company shall represent the men. blacklist as much as possible, can t and e he Montana Power Company in around Butte was $5 per ight-hour day. It is practically certain that as a result of the solid and. stubborn attempt to split them away from tions locally between the workers |Green’s claim that this leadership, and executive of the A. C. M., they|as against the Communist Party shall be considered by a board of | works for the economic interests of Coal. Miners Organize; Join the Unem ployment Councils lawyers could be found courageous enough to defend them. The court appointed a weak-kneed ind! formerly prosecuting attorney, defend (?) the prisoners. to But this Seat of Hardin County). Hamilton Hoge, president of the Kenton Bank, and the triumvirate of the big onion growers, Allen Ed- | wards, President of the Sciota Land Company and of the Alger Bank; J. B, Stambaugh and Mr. McGuffy. |land in the area. | J. B. Stambaugh, known as the political boss of Hardin County, has openly boasted that they have the political power and would break the leading. But this will not. A. F. of L. betrayals with glory, strik are looking elsewhere new leadership. A committee senting the Unemployed Coun- The for re] trike-breaking agencies such aS’ policy, 1923), President Green took occasion old effictency unionism doctrine of | This clause wipes out many sem- | three and one-half month's strike | W@S Not altogether acceptable to cil, Marine Workers Industrial yrd, a member of the Labor Board The Task of the Party to charge Communists with com- the days of prosperity. blance of a union agreement. In|the miners and smelter workers |Me Men who secured Edward Lamb, Union, IL.D.; Steel and Metal nd Greer, president of the Hudson peas | plete lack of interest in the im-| It was to enable this doctrine to | localities where the blacklist has|will get at least an increase of 30 Mtermational Labor Defense At- Workers Industrial Union and some Local; all of whom are doing their] The Party faces a big task and| provement of the economic condi-| be put into practice that the “anti- | been used so cffectively for years to 75 cents per day, recomition of | tOtRey of Toledo, who tried to battle liberals are to visit the strikers best. to smash up whatever is left must feel great responsibility for| tions of the working class; they, ac- | Red” drive was started in 1923 and | as it has in these three cities bv the|the union and no’ discrimination |£0T them and even tried to get some Tuesday. It is expected that a pro- h the local unions. the success of this movement. Es- | cording to Green, being concerned | the unions whittled down to their, A. C. M., the provisions that | against strikers, mass defense. However, Lamb was gram of struggle for relief and de- National Conference a Failure | Pécially the Party in Detroit musi | only with turning every strike into lowest point since the beginning of | local officers, paid by the union for| Putting forward this agreement |‘reatened in court by the sheriff fense for the strikers now in jail The National Automobile Con- realize that. A National Confer-| revolution, ete. the world war. the purpose of representing the|at this critical time for the craft soa by ie es, President of the | will be developed out of this visit. aston ence without a proper delegation This is not the place to cite the| Point No. 3 of this agreement) membership and avoiding the|wnions involved in the strike in an Kenton Bank (Kenton is the county All workers’ and farmers’ or- ganizations are urged to send pro- lolve any of | z oe s eae i Sere at aie ca. | Nomen political weakness in| hunger marches, demonstrations for ment, the departments agree that not represent the membership, is|the International Union of Mine atte tam. went - jail tests to Sheriff Mitchel, Judge efence’ taulised thle Ape mas Garl this movement. We ,,,|telief and against evictions etc., or- | there shall be no collective cessa~ complete surrender to the company. | Mill and Smelter Workers, as well |Kicked out bodily peal 3 nh Hamilton, J. Hage, and Milton @ seen in the call that is now being | pret’, Cleveland District Party| ganized and led by Communists | tion of work by members of either/ It is a company union agree-|as the character of the agreement |ana one of then krewn ay seputies | Kalor, County Prosecutor of Ken- 2 tty the feel oe Plenum not only took note of the! since the start of the present crisis or both departments.” ment. |itself—the most recent achievement |. oa ists as "Popgun ton, Ohio, protesting the further oe aes Oleveland: | esponsibility and the, tasks facing |in 1929, Here the writer, since the| This is a clean and categorical] ‘There is further provision which|of the A. F. of L. officialdom in | Millie incarceration of the 11 former ice a the Oyo pe me jus, but is taking organizational) inference from Giteen’s wordy anti-strike clause. But even this! only strengthens this conclusion: | cooperation with the Roosevelt ad- | The Real Powers strikers now in jail at Kenton and Uninc ‘ae Fr ¥ : measures to develop and execute the| proclamation of war against the was not considered sufficiently It is that, in the event the grie | ministration —furnishes in most| All power in Hardin County is being held in spite of the fact recent conference of the A. F. of | task that we are undertaking. In| Communists and all militant work-j| binding. There is another clause | ances cannot be settled by negotia-| concrete form the refniation of concentrated in the hands of Judge that the grand jury has met and failed to act on their cases. Jamestown Furnifure Men Win All Demands as a genuine conference of rank! trade union work, The Plenum These three large growers and their “OW. I ¥ tom nd file delegates. This is dem-| adopted a decision that during the 5 |tamailtes control about 6000 acres| , “AMESTOWN, N. ¥—Sept. 1— Instrated by the nature of the res-| | lot te {otal of 177000! acres O€ antick A complete victory including higher y month of September we must ex- | | ian has I te ale i CK wages, better working conditions and recognition of the union was won by the workers of the Union Furniture Company after a strike under the leadership of the Na- tional Furniture Workers Industrial Now as to the resolution adopted | to9, I want ti as strike. He evidently knows his) it the conference: Here I want to! tion bs Coa caleere a) a begs onions. Seventy-one deputies were | Union, Local 34. 4 tional measures are being developed te ii Mas: icketi und nilitant vise some questions. | that will insure the execution of y yas Tae seats En an Bie net een aes es Ne ae ___| placed at his disposal by the county. i rhe ea a aa er militant 1—The resolution calls for an in- | hale’ ‘ Re i Odel was arrested and kept ten leadership had forced a complete | these decisions and the tempo that) SHAMOKIN, Pa.—One of the Program The standard price shall be, ganization and a copy of this d When the strikers spoke to stoppage of work in the plant and 1strial union. | i in | sntaries | ; ~ 1 eae p Theceanlution: farieticadiAdor! ae We Seta Tae te tae BAG MLE eater te it New| 1, This organization shall be| worked out by the Executive Com seal be placed on all coal holes, |Rizer, A. F. of L. representative,|had compelled the management to ning the A # at bo Alito and | facing Red Ay out the key S| LaAT OEP Old iben En’ ace nee dil governed by the following prin- | mittee according to seasonable mar- | thereby showing their affilia~ he told thém, “This is your strike,| submit to every demand of the uto Parts Local into such an In- Tacit responsibility on the|the problem of the so-called “boot- caer full contro} by ti price Camaey Ae Oe cetera fon on ane ani, not mine.” When Okey got out/ strikers. k ; aed y ie i i y the rank and | the rank and file for adoption. 5. That ne wish to start ustrial Union within the A. F. of L. part of the Party members; bolshe- |1€& coal miners.” These are simply file. a) anyone Wishing vO svar The question therefore arises: | 1; q m dd miners who individual- | | a) Any truck coming to the coal a new coal hole, must see the dis- q vik activity by the Party commit-| Unemployed mi b) Majority rul y sub: i i ‘ - fy | jority rule, minority submit hole for the first time, be|trict committee in which it is to What sort of an Industrial Union| tees Party fracti in shi a|Jy, in pairs or in small groups, dig d hes of | | THE SPIRIT OF THE u $ $ R |}il that develop into? For instance, teas eh atenaeanry aun oe coal out of the nearby hills and sell| ity. ONT, CU a AED ici | measured for tonnage and|be started and that he or they be @ de 36 od ? . i o | _& | ye | capacity. |asked to join this Association. | ill it be such a union as the| come the hourly task for the mem-|it- It is, of course, bitterly fought! 4) Chairman be elected by the} ntited Mine Workers, which also] pers, 4 by the Jarge coal operators, since| "rank and file each meeting. Be Seen Re ibe ao NOs 2a) That all coal holes started I$ CONCENTRATED IN MOSCOW lis itself an industrial union? Or| “Execution of the policy of concen- |;ro oom eggers compete with) d) Committees and officials be| stitute a ton, in case of was Meee caath are pt us say, the Amalgamated Iron, | tration, systematic venta up of aie Cpa elected by majority vote and| an allowance of ena tub a Baap eee Staten | tee] and Tin Workers? work started by the units, Seas The “bootleggers,” however, are not appointed by the chair- given extra, “| 6. We insist upon our right, that Question Before Conference | district and fractions in shop and |Grey jpoNt the Whole situation. man. : Ue ihe venh Or ony Gt oun Members a | d _ ‘ Pp They have organized their own In-} e) Officials and committees who| 4: The territory be divided into | being injured or accidentally killed The other question: Is it pos-| trade union work will be the further | dependent Coal Association, with | do Hob catry cout the. wishes | cusiricts. or disabled, that compensation be | ble within the framework of the, guarantee for bolshevizing the |headquarters at 716 N. Shamokin of the aa oe ar he cs Ot AD teach -disteier felactis al trict | given by the State without discrim-| Perbaps no one symbol of the U.S.S.R. is more forceful than . F. of L, to organize an indus-| Party. Fundamental change in the| st. in this town and while fighting attend 4 OU tise mare He Sominl tee, eo “acetate ne ‘one | ination, | the tremendous parade through Moscow's Red Square which jal union based upon the principle | language work in accordance with |to maintain their own conditions nade atne ria eel smet ae a 3 . Be _ | marks each anniversary of the Soviet Union. It is an immense pt P ip , rei wer . | * : ings, shall be recalled at any | worker, as a delegate, from) 7. In order to strengthen this the class struggle? the resolution of the Party will be |see full well that their present sit- time, when two-thirds of the Gackiiconl hale: | snovemnen ts Wes-ahalbc garni ean! and inspiring review of achievements, Moscow and the ‘These are some of the important | a tremendous help in building the uation cannot last forever. The or-| membership present desire to| b) The district committee be em-| with the locals of the Unemploy.| USS: st all times etter scenes of ‘unusual ritality to men iestions that have to be discussed | Party among the masses in the fac- | ganization is, therefore, fighting for do so and new officials or powered to enforce the pro-| ment Councils, United Mine we aed acetal a dre A are Ad Hae: Montey: Ind properly answered at the Na-| tories. All this is decisive in order | the passage of the Workers Unem- committees be elected in their | gram of this organization in|ers, and -other ose organiza-| | ° Nevember 7 prevents an intense concentration, You may onal Conference that is called for that we build independent action | ployment Insurance Bill, introduced place. | its particular boundary tions in Northumberland and| ‘ist Moscow and Leningrad for as little as $6 a day ot. 16 in Cleveland. in the reformist unions and to build |into the last session of Congress : 1 th ibe“ cont | Sel i ‘i e special class, and $8 a day tourist class, Meals, hotels, lev 2. This organization shall hold| c) All the district committees| Schuylkill Counties and fight col- : ‘The delegates at the local con-| the National Automobile Conference | nd known as H. R. 7598 at that! its meetings once a week and that consist of an Executive Com-|lectively for the right to live in a| ‘“\#hisceing and transportation on tour in the U.8.8.R. in- ernce of few weeks ago, at least| into a powerful movement uniting | Session. The Independent Coal Op-| at these meetings provisions be mittee Board. Jcountry of plenty. cluded, The Soviet Union is one country where the travel me of them, are eannaiow of the ah and mae i? a ered the” Videnipine ene cocaine ote made to hear the grievances and| d) That all coal holes show some; g) we draw up a petition with| te is meee par. Round trip Senay ie ct that if we are to build an/| under the leadership of our Party. eT complaints of the members and sign of affiliation. <3 rom New York to Leningrad are as low as $176, Consul program, which urges unity with | frareact then: our demands and back it UP| Jour jocal travel agent or write fer Folder 56, to al union that will defend the |the employed workers in the United | | ©) A seal be bought for this or- with a signature campaign. terest of the Automobile workers, | xs * . ri | i : Be Meas: COV preemies | exrure tae > COPSreRN N= | aoe ee = ss b) We send delegates, with peti- | bm rt hati in iegeEeERS AR pied ee Ae adi izations, follows: = tions, to the County Sheriff | IN TOURIST, Inc. erent both i ind in ttac elegation from pu! 2 and to the State Governor de- ® organizations) structure than : Preamble Jobless Council Demands Ginna hah 95 bacaee |" og dapamiscry oy Tee Oh a other so-called Industrial) Unemployment Councils! Realizing that the reason why terfered with by the Coal and beeen re cel obtes or Moti edited within the arreea a we must resort to the present form t t i r. et i Iron Police nor the State) a a — e resolution; NEW YORK.—Five workers were |Of digging coal, is due to the fact Th Ss k ; G R | of Troopers. {ae Bar Seay ES BS RE ‘opted at the conference is a very| arrested and two badly eaten. by | that we, as workers and coal miners, a r ers eue c) We be allowed to mine the) ort one and it starts in part: police yesterday when Katherine |#re hit by this terrific unemploy- _ coal in order to make condi- | “1—That the conference goes on | Burke, supervisor of the Highteenth |Ment and depression, and that the} NEW YORK.—In a letter to the |to starve the workers into submis- | tions more bearable. | ecord for the. formation of an | precinct relief bureau at 519 West |2mount of relief given us by the|Qverseers of the Poor of Water- sion, It is their sentiments that| 8. The Executive Board shall/ ternational Union consisting of ll workers in the Auto and Parts industries based on the principle 45th Street, ordered police to attack a delegation from the Unemploy- State agencies is NOT ENOUGH to keep our families in decent food, clothing and shelter, ville, Maine, who, declaring that \“anyone who strikes in these times |deserves to starve,” denied all forms jyou express when you arrogantly|make provisions to keep roads in| jdecree that ‘Any one who strikes | repair by assessing each coal hole | jin these times deserves to starve.’ | with one worker to repair the roads | | We say to the contrary, only those |not more than one day a month. deserve to starve who fail to offer} 9. A night watchman to be hired ment Councils who were demanding relief for a number of jobless. Burke, the supervisor, who was We must dig the coal out of these { Industrial Unionism and rank mountains as a means of suppli- nd file control.” lof relief to the striking textile workers, the National Unemploy- I have been informed that some he connected with the printing of e-resolution left out part of the 11 which says, “and rank and file trol.” This, of course, must con- nee the delegates that other forces also at work, The third part the resolution states what in my binion is the first step and is ying a base for what these del- ates have in mind, that is, for e building of a genuine Industrial inion: “That in order to carry out the the preliminary lowing points for consideration: “|—That a temporary interna- jonal Board be elected at this onference which shail call a na~ ional constitutionaal Convention . early as possible to be decided the body at the preliminary No company official The exact outcome of the Na- nal Conference depends largely the extent that the Party is Je to guide in the rank and file lovement. ‘or a Constitutional Convention ‘Another question I want to raise to build an industrial union based 7 the class struggle from the esent existing A, F. of L. locai | police and guards to eject them. formerly with a Harlem relief bu- reau, is known for her discrimina- tion against Negro and Jewish workers, While at the Harlem bureau, it was reliably reported to the Daily Worker yesterday, she was instrumental in firing Negro and Jewish workers at the relief station, She has also discriminated against the Home Relief Bureau Employees Association. She is frankly opposed to the Councils. When the delegation of three from the Councils, one of whom is a Negro, appeared, she ordered the As the workers were going down- stairs, a guard lunged a vicious kick at one of the workers. As other workers sprung to their de- fense, the police, now reinforced by additional patrolmen, attacked the workers with clubs and black- jacks. The five arrested workers, all charged with “disorderly conduct” are: Mattie Haresonoff, Vera Tracy, Crawford Morgan, Barney Oster and Charles Anderson. Our Readers Must Spread the Daily Worker Among the Members of All Mass and Fraternal Organ- izations As a Political Task of First Importance! Join the Red Unemployed? menting our measly income that in order to keep the wolf away trom our doorsteps. Knowing that the coal, which is in these mountains, was put there wealth was stolen away from us by the greedy rich class, the coal op- erators and the bankers, ‘We, as the workers and members of this Association do hereby agree, that we will uphold our interests as workers and will use our or- ganized strength, jointly and col- lectively, to fight and maintain the right for us to dig this coal and make the lot of our members more bearable. We are undertaking an obligation, that we will protect the rights of our members, through mass action and mass pressure against the coal companies and all their agencies, and that we will continually fight, side by side, with the rest of the unemployed workers, for ‘an in- crease in relief, rent and shelter to be paid to the unemployed workers, by the State in the form of cash relief. Also, knowing that we will not be able to continue these opera- tions indefinitely, and that this source of income is insecure and only for a period of time, we will fight for security against starva- tion, by fighting for the Workers we receive, in the form of relief, | by nature, and that this mineral | |ment Councils has demanded full relief be given to the strikers. The Councils, in line with their fixed policy of supporting every struggle of the employed workers, call upon all unemployed organiza- | tions everywhere to rally in support of the textile strikers The Council's letter follows: “As the foremost nationwide or- ganization of the unemployed, with which hundreds of thousands of employed and unemployed workers in forty-one states are affiliated, we vigorously protest against your refusal to extend relief to needy workers of Waterville, because these exercise their right to strike against intolerable working conditions. “You seem to forget that the re- lief funds which you administer are public funds that have been raised by general taxation. By what right do you propose to de- prive those who have labored and produced all wealth and those who have been taxed, of their due share of relief? Who gives you the au- thority to pass a sentence of suffer- ing and death from starvation upon the men, women and children with whose conduct you may be dis- pleased? Surely such authority is not given to you by the majority of the people of your city and state! “Tt is evident that your action is Unemployment and Social Insur- Builders! ance Bill dictated by the interests and wishes of the employers who hope lers to permanent existence | starvation levels. | “Every self-respecting textile |worker who is mindful of his duty |to himself and his dependents will unhesitatingly jjoin the strike which is now being waged in all jthe textile centers of the country. | We of the National Unemployment |Council will lend our every possible \aid to this struggle. “As one means to that end, we add ours to the protest of all other lorganizations against your infam- ous hunger decree. We demand that the needy of Waterville shall be provided with relief without dis- crimination because of their acti- vity as strikers. on |to the Governor of your state and to our local organizations in the vicinity. liated organizatoins everywhere to of the unemployed and the strik- ing textile workers for militant struggle to smash your arbitrary, \strike-breaking policy and to force cent existence. National Unemployment Council “I, AMTER, “National Secretary.” i “We are addressing a copy of this | We call upon our affi- | form an unbreakable united front | {you and your masters — the mill- | | lowners — to afford to all workers 1¢. Also volunteer buttons for 2'c | the opportunity and right to de- |! | resistance to you and your kind| through volunteer assessments, pro- |when you attempt to reduce work- | V ing two-thirds of the referendum vote. a) The watchman's responsibility | is to prevent from stealing the | coal and tools while he is on| duty. b) The watchman shall timber up properly. miner refuses to do so, district committee, which will visit and take action by closing | the hole if it would be neces- | sary to do so. c the roads in shape, the coa can be sold at the standard | price right at the coal hole. | The Independent Coal Miners As- | sociation of Shamokin is affiliated | to the Unemployment Councils of the United States, 80 BE. 11th St. New York, N. Y., which provides | In-| itiation fee and the due books for | 244c, and monthly due stamps for a State Charter for 50 cents. nd 5c as wholesale price. COUNTY BOARD OF THE UNEMPLOYMENT COUN- CILS OF SCHUYLKILL COUNTY. 503 N, Center St., Pottsville, Pa. member- | hip express their desire through a | inspect every coal hole at least once | a week and if it is found that | working conditions are unsafe, | he shall warn the miner who is in charge of the hole to| In case a) the | watchman shall report to the By having the watchman and 1 1) General Representative « USA. at AMTORG, 261 Fifth Ave, AT. \