The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-19

went away and did nothing. Many
other little bureaucrats behaved like
wise. Finally the workers lost all
faith in the local authorities, and
struck, to the number of 700
From Samarcand and Tashkent there
came down highly authoritative
commission. It was enough for them
to come to the construction camp, to
hear the complaints of the workers,
to satisfy them within reason, to set
up court of arbitration-and literal
ly within few hours the strike was
over and the workers resumed work
ing
Like Wobbly Incident.
So far, except perhaps for the last
sentence, one might be reading the
complaint of an IesW w. construc-
ton gang in the sands of the Mohave
desert. Construction gangs reclaim
ing wildernesses are much alike and
have much the same problems. Even
the race problem recurs; just as a
construction gang on the Rio Grande
would have a large majority of Next
cans, unorganized, ignorant of the
laws of America, so this gang of
casual laborers on the edge of At
ghanistan was not Russian, but made
up of the backward unorganized
tribes of central Asia, probably large
ly illiterate, peculiarly unprotected.
AS for the problems Of the manage
ment, technical and financial, no
doubt these also existed, but the Sow
let journalist does not mention them.
60 far, then, it might have been any
~ where. But now comes the differ
ence. Who was punished for this
strike? The Soviet placing OF respon-
sibility, and the various relations be-
tween various OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ment, unions, Communist Party Is
strikingly shown by the resolution
adopted by the Central Asiatic Blu
reau of the Communist Party:
THE bureau entrusts to the depart
ment of labor government and to
the Asiatic section of the Central
Trade Unions--the legal prosecution
of the technical and administrative
personnel, who engaged and sent out
workers under such conditions.
I'VE remind the Communist Party
of Usbekistan 1.-THE minor nationality
under which this occurred) that they
have failed to carry out the orders of
the party regarding work among cas-
ual construction workers We
call attention also TO the absence OF
any kind of work among these work
ers on the part OF the construction
workers union.
Drastic Action.
"The facts OF such neglect towards
workers conditions, the facts OF such
criminally bureaucratic attitude by
the construction workers union to-
wards the needs OF these casual work
ers, form grounds for a special re-
election. In the organizations OF the
nearby local union there will be car
ried out new elections of the con-
trolling committees. Thereafter, in
the nearest future there will be held
a special regional congress Of con-
strucuon workers. In the trade union
from the bottom and up thru to the
top there viii take place a thoro
shake.up.
''The county committee OF the Com
muuist Party In this region of the
strike, is herewith dismissed, and its
members called to account before the
party. and there Ii ordered q special
party conference for the election OF
a new county compittee (for
having failed In nheir duty Of pro-
tecting the workeWfD
U. s. Compared.
A NY worker usast to American con.
"A ditions will have to read this re-
olution two or three times to get lie
lavor and meaninA so utterly differ.