The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-07
/. ". ". Marine
WORKERS AT new
ORLEANS MEETING
Agree to Bar Attacks on
Political Action
(Continued from page u

to have you sit in conference with the
membership of our organization TO de-
wise ways and means of cooperation
and unity Of action among the sew
eral unions of the western hemi-
sphere, attending this conference,
thru their delegation and hope that
we may be able to work out some def
mite plan of unified action amongst
us to the end of industrial solidarity
amongst the seamen of the western
hemisphere and the rest of the world.
Isolation Of Past Failure.
1.-THE fundamental cause of our fail
ures in the past has been the lack Of
unity amongst us, and instead OF CO.
operation we have been acting, each,
on our own initiative in matters of
strikes, boycotts, and other acts in
'urtherance of working class educa-
ton and advancement to a better 30
cial condition in life.
I'm the past our actions and efforts
have failed completely or were only
partly successful due to this policy of
isolation, and so we meet today in an
effort to come to some understanding
with you and your membership on
this fundamental policy of co-opera-
ton which is the only hope for the
working class in its battle with reac-
ton and oppression.
Death to solation-onward to Class
UnityI
1--WE plan the death of our former
policy of isolation in this conference,
and in it's place we plan action in our
struggles against our oppressors, the
capitalistic class. We are carrying
out this program based on the class
struggle of society.
"We have many times received COM
munications from you pertaining to
boycotts and strikes in the marine in
dustry. Many times. when you and
the membership of your respective or
CARNATIONS have been on strike or in
conflict with the employers, we have
been working and unconsciously help
ing the employers to defeat you and
your fellow workers in wage wars
against your employers, and vice YER
sa.
Face Capitalist international.
"If at those particular times we had
been working under some definite
plan of cooperation and unity OF ac-
ton, we believe that the final results
of these conflicts would have been in
evitable victory for the workers TAX
ing part in these strikes and demon
STATIONS.
1.-THE capitalistic ship owners are or
ganized on an International basis, and
the United Fruit company, Atlantic
Fruit company, Sinclair Oil company,
Standard Oil company, Ward Line,
Munsen Line, Morgan Line, Lucken-
bach Line and several others, Cypress
all of us in their campaign for profits
and industrial autocracy.
Workers Internationalism Imperative
at is up to us to combat them with
their own weapon, internationalism.
They have been able to Cypress US
in the past thru our Task of organ
ization on the international basis. and
as soon as were are able to show an
international aspect, they will be help
less to drive us as they have in the
past, as our numbers will overwhelm
the opposition that they may use
against us.
"We have many resolutions an sug-
gestions to offer for your earnest
consideration and approval, and hope
that we may be able to look back at
this date some time in the future and
know that this was the beginning of
an international understanding be-
tween the marine transport workers
for the advancement Of the working
class as a whole.
Strike Planned for Spring.
I'VE plan strike in the spring Of
this year to rectify the abominable
conditions prevailing, and hope that
the delegates to this conference will
consider this question and act favor
ably on it, so that we may have an
international strike if conditions war
rant 1t, and opportunity affords a sue
cessful termination of IT,
I'VE again wish you success in your
efforts and you can rest assured that
we and the membership of M. T. w.
$40, I. W. W., will cooperate with
you to the best of our ability for a
successfully termination of this con.
ference. and we will cooperate with
you in your economic actions in the
future. fele
Signed: Ed. Jeppon. general Or
ganization committee chairman;
Frank Patino. East Coast: Hector Nc
Rae, Gulf District; August Walquist,
West Coast; John Breeze. Great
Lakes; T. p. Sullivan, secretary
/ treasurer"
Excludes Antl-Polltlcal Attacks
The committee on resolutions then
presented the following which was
adontad.