The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-05
l. Work Among the Masses.


Recently, the comrades in the anthra.
cite region have ben able to appear
before bodies of the strikers and Sc
cure a favorable hearing. The slo-
gans Of the party in the anthracite
at the present time are: Against a
settlement without a wage increase.
No arbitration. A hundred per cent
strike. Call out the bituminous men
in a general strike of the coal indus
! try. Reject the Pinchot plan for set
Element of the strike.
THE issue of relief for the striking
\ miners was also raised by the
party but when it developed that this
slogan carried with it a tendency
toward decentralization among the
strikers, the party did not press it.
In answer to criticism within the
party of the policies pursued by the
political committee, a statement was
issued on this question and also in
relation to the excerpt from Comrade
Gitlow's article in the Workers
Monthly.
The record of the party in relation
to the anthracite strike is that of en-
ergetic participation in the struggle of
the workers to the extent of the re-
sources both in the form of money
and the extent of our membership in
the anthracite region. The party has
thus far achieved no great victory in
the anthracite strike, but compared
to the attitude of the striking miners
at the beginning of the strike and the
present situation, there has been an
increase of our influence.
SakIatVaIa Campaign.
THE exclusion Of Saklatvala from
the United States was made the
basis of an extensive campaign
against the government by our party.
Saklatvala was scheduled to attend
the nterparliamentary conference
and at the same time arrangements
had been made by the party to have
him speak under party auspices in the
major cities of the country. The ex-
clusion of Saklatvala because he was
a Communist was a direct blow by
the government, not only against SAX
latvala, but against the Communist
International and our party.
We were able to mobilize broad sup
port in the campaign of protest
against this action which is indicated
by the tremendous demonstrations
apd mass roaatip1r x,-biob x,,a-o hold
particularly in New York City, the
large number of local trade unions and
central bodies and other units of the
trade union movement which were
placed on record against the action of
Coolidge and Kellogg. In this cam
paign the party turned the blow
aimed at the Comintern and our party
into blow against the capitalist gov
eminent. AS part of the campaign
against the exclusion of Saklatvala,
the latter's speech in the British par
lament was printed in pamphlet form
and circulated during the campaign.
For Defense and Recognition Of the
Soviet Union.
L
l. the form of a capitalist mobiliza-
ton against the Soviet Union, created
new danger for the first workers
and peasants republic. This situation
required action by all Communist par
ties. Our party has taken up the is
sue of defense and recognition of the
Soviet Union. Instructions have been
sent to all party units to begin the
work of organizing united front dele
gated bodies on the basis of a cam
paign for defense and recognition Of
the Soviet Union. This situation de-
veloped before the November z cele-
bration and the instructions were sent
to the party units to endeavor to or
ganize the Nov celebrations on the
basis of united front celebrations and
then later to broaden these united
front bodies.
While the Nov. celebrations were
successful, large meetings being held
in most of the important cities, the
party has not yet theoretically taken
up the work Of organizing the united
front delegate bodies for the campaign
for defense and recognition OF the
Soviet Union.
This campaign must be taken up in
earnest. There is wide sympathy and
support Of the Soviet Union and thus
there is broad basis for drawing close
to us a large number of workers in
the campaign. Instructions for con
tinuance OF this work and for the ac
tual development of united front or
CARNATIONS have been sent to all the
units Of the party.
The Labor Party Campaign.
THERE are indications of a new
4 wave OF interest in the formation
OF labor party. The resolution In