The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-03

aggressive miners union by rallying
en- masse around the standard of the
Save-the- Union movement.
To put the U. NJ. w. A. into honest
hands we propose the following pro-
cedure: The Save-the-U Union move
ment in the various districts shall at
once through the local unions insist
upon the calling of special emergency
district conventions, carefully guard
ing against any packing methods by
the Lewis machine. In the event of
refusal or delay by the present dis
trict officials in calling such conven-
atoms, the respective Save-the- Union
movements shall themselves call the
conventions. At these emergency dis
trict conventions the offices of Lewis
machine supporters shall be declared
vacant and new officers, representa-.
tive of the membership, shall be
elected. In the local unions new Of
ficers shall be elected in place of the
proved Lewis supporters. After the
district conventions the national con-
vention Of the U. NJ. W. A. shall be
organized on the same principles.
To Win the Pennsylvania hio-West
Virginia Strike.
To win the present bituminous
strike is of the most fundamental i'm
portance. It's loss would be ire
mendous blow to all unionism in the
coal Industry. 1t can only be won by
modifying Systematically the great
masses of miners and drawing them
into the strike. 1t would be an il
fusion to hope for any remedy from
the senate investigation committee.
We can expect nothing but hostility
from all sections of the Coolidge gov
ernnent. The National Save-the-
Union Conference prnnosne tho folls7v-
ing measures to spread and win the
strike: II aJglI
TO the Striking Miners:
The National Save-the- Union Con-
ference greets you and extends it's,
heartiest support in your magnificent
and unprecedented struggle The rise
Of the Save-the- Union movement, with
its insisteuce upon militant strike ac-
tion and with it's perspective of an
honest leadership in the union, has
vastly strengthened the strike and
given it its first real prospect of sue
cess. The Save-the-U Union Committee
has long advocated mass picketing
and mass violation of iniunctions. The
Lewis machine has been bitterly OPP
POSING and sabotaging these policies.
But now, with the miners aroused to
the necessity of militant strike action,
the Fagans and other Lewis bench
men are trying to throw dust into
the eyes Of the miners by staging
fake arrests Of themselves.
The Save the-Union movement has
greatly strengthened the strike. It
will eventually win it. We call upon
the brave miners. in Pennsylvania, |
Ohio and West Virginia to stand firm.
This great strike, decisive in the life
of the labor movement, can and NIL
be won. The program of the Save
the-Union Committee points the way
for the winning IF tho etrita
TO the Miners of Illinois, Indiana and
Kansas:
You have been betrayed by Lewis
end his district representatives
Tho separate district agreements
were fatally against the interests Of
the workers. Tho onnrators in your
districts wanted 10 kill the strike by
isolating the strikers and then wreck
your district organizations at their
leisure. This is the meaning of their
present arrogant demands for the !
open shop, for wage cuts, and the
liquidation of the Jacksonville scale. |