The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-18
Workers of America!
Give $5,OOO,OOO to
British Coal Strikers
BY ]. LOUIS ENoDAHL.

AMERICAN labor must send 100000 in financial aid
n help the British coal miners continue their struggle
against the British mine supported by the Baldwin
tory government.
American labor must leave no stone unturned to stop
the shipment of scab coal to Great Britain from this coun
try.
Here major tasks for the workers In the United
States to accomplish the immediate present Action is
needed
The spirit the rank and file of labor this country
well displayed the last meeting of the Chicago Fed
GRAFTON of Labor, when the British strike endorsed
unanimously steps taken by unanimous vote to give nan
cia aid, and unanimous declaration made in favor of
embargo scab coal to England But it is the ofcaldom
of labor that must lead in the accomplishment of these
The upsurge from the ranks be great that
this official leadership will be pushed into action
Some contributions have already been sent across. But
it drop in the bucket Not single American labor
organization has, yet done its share least of all the Unit
ed Nine Workers, the American coal miners union
The United Mine Workers of America must show their
solidarity with the British coal miners by contributing at
least 81 100000 has raised much for local strikes
In this country One million dollars two dollars from each
member is much send the Atlantic Ocean
to relieve the suffering among the million striking coal
out of the international and various district treasures and
s s s s ons sep ss john tSS
will not do it unless he is forced to do it.
This is testing time for the great railroad brother
hoods the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Fremen and Engnemen the Broth
erhood of Railroad Tranmen and the Order of Railway Con-
ductors show whether they tie OF knshp to
organized labor whether they charged merely job
trusts protect the economic interests of their
bers the expense of the of the working class.
Let the railroad shipments organizations aItho still
sorey weakened by their last great strike challenge the
railroad brotherhoods contest in the raising of relief
funds for the British strikers.
The unions in the building trades, we'll paid in COMPARE
with other branches of American labor give the
utmost which in not less than 100000 each for
these international unions. Organizations like the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joners with mtancy
among their hundreds of thousands of members should adj
vance close to the quarter million mark.
During the great general strike that broke Eng
land May first the printing trades stopped the publication
of the great capitalist newspapers Perhaps this display of
mitancy will inspire of the printing trades in this
country dip into their treasures which we'll filled,
into the pockets of their members and make good show
ing before their fellow craftsmen turnout the world.
The metal trades can be expected to do their share.
Huge could certainly be collected if the American
Federation of Labor would up machinery for the
gathering of relief funds among the millions of unorganzed
workers. the industry the rubber industry the steel
industry the unorganzed sections of the shoe textile
many other industries. This of the ability of
the organized labor movement to get in touch with the
unorganized workers.
The workers of the Union of Soviet Republics have
thrown gauntlet American labor thru the
tributon of $2540000 the striking British coal up
to July 2st. The collections still going within the
Soviet Union Will American labor accept the challenge of
Soviet labor and serious effort make good
challenge? The days Immediately ahead will that