The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-07
MARINE WORKER
OF I.W.W. URGES
R.I.L. u. PLAN
One of An Increasing
Number, He Says

CLEVELAND, Ohio.-Being d dele
gate and member of the Marine Trans
port Workers Industrial Union $40,
of the l, w. w. for two years, having
been jailed and deported froEi Hav-
ana, Cuba, during longshoremen's
strike, because l distributed /. W. w.
literature in Spanish calling for the
unity of all toiling bond slaves Of
Cuba, beg leave to state my view Of,
the l. w. w. affliating with the Red
International of Labor Unions.
Knowing that there are an increas.
ing number of wobblies reading con
the side'O, am sure that the more
they read the DAILY WORKER, the
more they are convinced that we, as
workers, must carry out the program
of Marx put into effect and given the
acid test by Lenin.
The l. w. w. theory of revolution,
as distinct from the structure of in
dustrial unionism, which is accepted
| by all revolutionists and upon which
the l. w. w. nor anyone else has a
patent, is that solely by organizing
such unions to get control of produc-
ton, thus capitalism will be over
thrown. Simple, isn't it?
| We do not seem to know the pur-
pose and role-and there surely must
be purpose and role-of the strike
breaking army and revolution-crush-
ing navy, nor the whole function Of
the vast machine Of state power
which, surely, is a real torce.
What benefit will it be to the strug-
gle If group Of revolutionary work
ers should get control of the means
Of production, when the masses not
directly engaged are ignorant OF the
aims and purposes and act as crush
ing weight against the struggle, fur
nishing scabs and soldiers. These
masses must be educated in the simp-
lest way on issues which teach them
to regard the capitalist state as an en-.
envy and the revolutionists as friends,
and they must be united on the broad
est scale possible to fight on that
basis.
Since 1905 the l. W. w. has been
calling for industrial union solidarity
against bourgeois rule. But we have
y neither affiliated nor entered a united
iront with the R. 1. L. u, 4 purpose
which commands the attention of
every true fellow worker. This should
be taken up by we revolutionary mem
bers within the l. w. w.
A branch secretary told me that il
the I. w. W. affiliated with the Red
international of Labor Unions, the
miracle of squaring the circle would
be performed. If that is so, then such
a miracle is going to happen, for the
revolutionary labor unions of the
world simply must be united. and it is
in this respect that the r. /. L. U. is
taking the leading part.
We must not be forever glued TO q
constitution written twenty years
back, the immediate tasks which con
front the l. w. w. today should be
met without sectarian blindness IN
stead of continuing to play the role Of
a stubborn child.
The recent and continuing crisis
which has nearly wrecked the I. w
W., when there was no particular
pressure from the outside, convinces
many wobbly that the l. w. W
could not lead the workers, because
its leadership cannot be united itself
Capitalism knows no boundaries
when it comes to putting down dis
contented seamen. Neither do theil
ships, for vessels of one nation are
welcome to another. Capitalists know
the need of a united front, thus theil
power.
We of the l. w. w. should and car
show the power of the working class
by affiliating, or at least working II
close harmony with the revolutionary
unions of the r. !. L. U.-and thus
demonstrate our power.
Fellow workers. at your next meet
ing, those of you who are not afrait
to let the other members know yot
can think, and see for yourself, de
mand that they acquaint themselves