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ten food, insanitary quarters, ETC.,
upon which a whole crew may be raj
lied and committee chosen-in which
all workers, organized and morgan
lied, have a vote-to settle the griev-
ance. Such committees should have
permanency, distribute literature, col
lect union dues and nourish unionism
by bringing the unorganized into ac-
tivity. They become the job unit Of
the industrial union and are organs
of combat-but are useful alike in
normal times as in hours of revolu-
ton.
The NJ. T. w. is in better situation
to appreciate the need Of international
connection than are some other sec
tions of the l. w. w. The very nature
of the work compels the marine
worker to be an internationalist. But
in seeking international organization
there is, however, a choice as to
method. The logcal method is, Of
course, to affiliate with existing unions
in other lands. The "open Letter"
sent by eleven members Of the M. T..
w. protesting the authority and sup
port given Otto Rieger and his myth
ical Stettin Branch, is an illustration
of the results of what is politely
called ABSORPTION, the destruction
of European unions to build up the
l. W. w. with the wreckage. This
should teach the lesson that affiliation
is the way to international solidarity.
Afiliation for the M. t. w. No. $40,
must, of course, come about through
the afiliation of the l. W. w. as a
whole. 1t should be the purpose of
the NJ. T. W. No. $40, to bring the
question Of afiliation to the Red Inter
national Of Labor Unions before the
general organization OF the 1. w. w
and do its part to bring about its con-
Summation. But pending such result,
the NJ. T. w. will greatly profit by
establishing and maintaining friendly
connection with the International Pro
paganda Committee of the Revolution
airy Transport Workers affiliated with
the R. /. L. U. It should be clearly
understood, in view of much misre-
presentation, that affiliation to the r.
| T. L. U. involves no afiliation to poll
tical organizations, since the organic
connection between the Communist
International and the R. l. L. U.
was dissolved at the Second
Congress of the R. |. L. U. The r.
l. L. U. does, of course, believe that
a revolutionary political party, such
as are the sections of the Comintern,
| is necessary to a successful struggle
for overthrowal of capitalist dictator
ship and the establishment of the
dictatorship of the proletariat But
it is organically separate.
Fellow Workers. You meet a critic
al hour. The struggle of imperialist
forces acting through Chinese pup
pets threatens to flame across the
world in another war The conse-
quences of a naval conflict between
America and Japan at least, means
tragedy to all workers, but first of all
to seamen. The r. l. L. U. in May
1928 at Berlin, agreed with the Am
sterdam Transport Workers upon
establishment of Control Committees
to fight both Fascism and War. The
Amsterdam International, however,
sabotaged the united front 1t is pos
sible that the M. T. w. No. $40 may
disagree with the r. |. l.. U. on some
points. But If the NJ. T. w. under
stands that. as a force of revolution
airy workers, it should fight imperial
list war, upon that issue alone, and
putting aside all points Of dispute, the
r. |. L. U. invites you to immediate
conference to plan economic action
against the War Danger. Fellow work.
ersl You are either for or against
imperialist wars. There is no neutral
ground. We can fight against war
only when the transport workers join
the fight! What do you say?
With Revolutionary Greetings,
Red international Afflllation
Committee,
1914 w. Madison St., Chicago, NJ,