The daily worker., 1924-12-01
UNITED front
CALL ISSUED BY
WORKERS PARTY
Big War OnExpIOitGtiOn
of Children Starts
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Of your school children; ~ Don't rely
upon the lobbying Of the legislative
committees Of the Gompers' machine;
(g) Don't rely upon the @. P. P. A.
and LaFoIlette; (h) Organize your
own strength in q united front Of
workers and poor farmers and fight
for your demands; (D Join and sup
port the Workers Party; Cd The child
labor amendment is meaningless with
out government maintenance of the
school children of workers and poor
farmers.
Organizing the United Front.
/. Local united front conferences
10 combat exploitation of child labor,
these conferences to consist of organ
izations of labor and poor farmers.
2. Special effort should be made to
draw into these conferences organiza-
tions Of working class women, youth
organizations, and especially organiza-
tons Of poor farmers.
8. The call for these conferences
should be issued by the local organiza-
ton Of the Workers Party in conjunc-
ton with sympathetic labor organiza-
tons.
4. The date Of issuing call for the
conferences will depend upon whether
sufficient agitation has been raised in
favor of such a campaign. We must
guard against premature calling of
such conferences.
5. The central executive commit
tee must be kept informed regularly,
by weekly reports, on the develop
ment Of the campaign in each locality.
Planning the Propaganda.
!. The Duty Of Press.
1. Start displaying every news item
bearing on child labor.
Z. Popularize our demands as out
lined In Policy" and criticize child la
Dor amendment in the light Of our
demands.
8. Urge the necessity Of united
front action by workers and poor farm
ers.
4. Emphasize futility Of relying up
on A. F. Of L. legislative committees
al d C. P. P A petty bourgeois poll
cies.
5. Urge the joining Of and support
to the Workers Party.
Pamphlets to Be Issued.
The following pamphlets should be
published:
/. A pamphlet describing the brutal
ity of child labor exploitation.
2. A pamphlet describing and prov
ing the effect Of child labor upon the
physical wellbeing of the working
class. Preferably written by doctor.
8. A pamphlet describing the effect
Of child labor upon wages, hours,
unions and general standard Of liv-
ing of the adults.
4. A pamphlet showing the criminal
negligence Of the Gompers and G. P.
P. A. crowds to fight child labor ex-
ploitation.
5. A special pamphlet to the poor
farmers showing how they must be
interested in combating child labor
and in securing government mainten-
ance Of their school children.
6. A pamphlet showing how child
labor is breaking up the working class
family. This especially for working
class women to be written preferably
by a woman.
7. The Research Department should
Immediately prepare the necessary
material for these pamphlets. The
educational committee viii assign the
writing Of these pamphlets
Put Labor on Record.
A resolution should be drafted CIV
ing expression to our policy in this
campaign and calling upon the work
ers and their organizations to go on
record as favoring united front cam
paign along the lines Of policy as
outlined above. This resolution is to
be introduced in all labor and poor
farmers organizations later on when
the ground win have been prepared
for such action by our agitation.