The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-02

aeIs"iJn SUBMIT for your considera-
lion and acceptance the following
!. We recommend to the conven-
tlon, In lieu of all resolutions relat-
ing 70 wages and working conditions
rhat nave been presented, that the
properly accredited representatives
OF the organization be authorized
and instructed to secure the best
agreement obtainable from the OBJ
orators in the Central Competitive
I Field on the basis of no reduction
IN wages and that any agreement
so secured be submitted to a ref
erendum vote of the membership
for ratification.
z. We recommend that the next
wage scale cover a period Of four
years, beginning April /, 1924 and
ending March 81, 1928.
Policy.
l. For the purpose of meeting in
practical and constructive way all
unforeseen emergencies which may
arise Policy Committee composed
OF the Scale Committee of the Cen
tral Competitive Field, three repre-
sentatlves from each outlying dis
trlct, the members of the Interna-
tional Executive Board and the In
ternational Officers, be authorized
to take such action for the protec-
ton Of our best interests as cir
cumstances may require and to adj
wise the membership on Unexpected
developments which NAV arise and
1 which rqnnnf l..
z. The Committee recommends
that the outlying districts be author
lzed to enter into wage scale nego-
tlations with their respective opera
tors when the opportunity presents
itself, 1t being understood, however,
that no outlying district will con-
GUIDE an agreement until after an
agreement for the Central COMPETE
tive Field has been secured, or per-
mission to do so has been granted
by the Policy Committee.
3. The Committee recommends that
all contracts in the bituminous dis
tricts run concurrently and expire
on the same date.
Respectfully submitted: Frank
harrington, Chairman, District ~:
John Hessler, Secretary. District II:
Klna!do Cappellini, District /; John
trophy, District 2; William Feeney.
District i; P. T. Tagan, District s:
Lee Hall, District s; Thomas Ken
needy, District z; James Foster, Dis
trict 8; John J. Mates. District 9:
Martin j. Flyzik, District 10: ]. H.
Morris, District 10; VIM. Bogartz,
District ID; A. j. Mcclure, District
70; Francis j. Drum, District 16;
w. A. Sherman, District 18; VIM.
Turnblazer, District 10; Geo. Har-
grove, District 20; Andrew McCarry.
District 81; Martin Cahill District
p; Lonnie Jackson, District %;
George B. Toskey, District "a: Arch
Helm, District rs; Joe Bosone, Dis
trict 81; Samuel Pascoe. District 80.
Delegate Hindmarsh demanded the
right To move an amendment includ-
ing the six hous day but the chair
denied him that right Hindmarsh
then spoke in opposition to the COM
mittee's report. He declared that
in England where nature did not
shower so many favors on the coun-
try as in America the miners in
Northumberland thirty years ago
won the seven hour day. The min
ers were interested in better condi-
lions and shorter hours as well as
more pay. One would imagine from
the speeches made by the officials
defending the report that the work.
ers who produce the wealth of Amer
lea had no right to have a share in
its bounty; that being the privilege
of the capitalist class alone.
Vice-president Murray boosted Of
the aggressiveness of the officials
Of the United Mine Workers and der
clared that Frank Hodges, secretary
of the British miners, in speech
delivered in England since his re-
turn from the A. F. of L. conven-
ton urged the miners Of that coun-
try to follow the example of their
brothers IN the United States.
Perhaps, but the record of Frank
Hodges is little better than that of
Mr.. Murray himself, with the excep-
ton that Frank Hodges knows some-
thing Of economics and sociology and
is thus able to pose as a revolu-
zionist, while Murray glories in his
AOoSeASAs ~ murray was ocilouo4y
intent on securing better working
conditions for the American miners
he would point to the shorter work
day in England as goal toward
which the United States miners
would strive. Mr.. Murray pleaded
for a system whereby intermittent
strikes would be eliminated. Would
you discard the strike weapon, Mr..
Murray? OF course you do not say
so in so many words but the impli-
cation is there. Why not abolish
the class struggle, too? It would
then be easy sailing for the Murrays
and Lewiscs and Greens, but tho
these gentlemen have made their
peace with the capitalists the rank
and file have not. The officials do
not feel the pinch as the coal Dig
gers do. They are not the ones
who are exploited down in the bow
els Of the earth and the exactions
OF The CAPITALISTS in their drive for