The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-14
CONFERENCE OF
ACTION RALLIES
BRITISH WORKERS
$4,000 Represented at
Battersea
BY GEORGE HARDY.

ASting General Secretary National
Minority Movement Of Great Britain.
LONDON, March IL -(By MaiD-
The special conference Of action held
last March at Battersea is another
milestone in the progress Of the Ma
tional Minority Movement. 1t testi-
fes to our organizations correct an
alysis of the industrial situation, and
the tactical measures proposed. At
the last annual conference Of the Ma
tional Minority Movement, in Au-
gust, 1925, we sounded the slogan,
prepare for the Coming Fight"
The period intervening between that
conference and the conference of &C
ton has amply indicated the sound
ness Of our Judgment, and the con,
ference Of action has yet further con-
firmed It.
$4,000 Represented.
In spite of the organized boycott
by the newspaper proprietors, who
endeavored, by means of conspir-
acy of silence, to keep from the
workers the news that the confer
ence was to take place, there we're
SS3 delegates present, from SAT or.
CARNATIONS. Fifty-two trades coun-
ellis, including important centers like
Manchester, Sheffield, Coventry and
Leeds, were represented by "a dele
gates. There were 275 provincial
delegates. The number of workers
represented was $4,000.
Progress Made.
1t is interesting to compare he
above figures with those of previous
conferences. At our first conference
in August, 1924, there were 271 dele
gates, representing 100000 trade
unionists and co-operators. At our
first annual conference in August.
1925, there were SsS delegates repre-
senting $4,000 workers. The above
shows striking progress for our young
movement. This splendid advance can
only be attributed to the devoted and
untiring efforts of our adherents and
members turnout the country.
Press Attitude.
The correctness of the tactics adj
vocated by the Minority Movement is
nowhere more forcibly demonstrated
than by the attitude of the capitalist
press. One may roughly divide the
press attitude towards the National
Minority Movement, into three Pc
RODS, namely: firstly, contempt and
ridicule; secondly, sheer lying; and,
thirdly, silence. 1t may here be men,
toned that the method Of silence is
one which the capitalist press likes
least-they much prefer SANDER or
lies. Their resort to this last weapon.
therefore, is a tribute to the growth
of our movement, and to the fact that
our tactics against the employers are
the right tactics, inasmuch as the en-
ployers' press shows it.
Workers Defense.
The resolutions passed at the con-
ference, as will be seen, were def
nitely practical-as is fitting at con-
ference Of action. The first, dealing
with the defense and maintenance
of trade union rights, comes most fit
tingly at this period, when the govern
iment, in a more or less open alliance
with the fascist o. NJ. s., is perfecting
nationwide strikebreaking appara-
tus, and when some of the most active
militant leaders of British labor are
Lying in prison.
When we come to the economic at
tack of the capitalist class, as dis
tinguished from the attack upon our
liberties-altho the two are only diff
ferent aspects of one great onslaught
we see this well defined in the
resolution on the capitalist offens-
i've. There we have measures out
lined which can, and must, be immedi-
ately undertaken by labor organize
tons. In the midst of the crisis In
the engineering trades, which may, at
any moment, precipitate a national
strike OF lockout, and the crisis in
the mining industry, this resolution 10
most timely. It is essential that our
members and supporters everywhere
proceed to secure the adoption Of the
measures described, by their local or
CARNATIONS.
World Unity.
The resolution on International
Trade Union Unity seeks to speed up
the somewhat dilatory advance to-
wards unity. While not ignoring or
deprecating the splendid work done
by the Anglo-Russian joint advisory
committee, the resolution seeks TO pre-
vent any apathy creeping in, among
our trade union leaders, and to urge
them TO pursue the path towards unity
with increasing vigor.
The resolution contains several prao-
teal proposals which will bring us yet
nearer to unity. There is the demand
that the general council take the
workers more into its confidence, and
inform them OF the various steps it