The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-05

the 80 delegates elected from the unit
the number Of members in good stand
ing, Bert Miller, who made the prin-
cipal address representing the dis
trict. outlined the work before us. He
pointed out that we may expect in the
near future an even more severe
crisis than the one now facing Amer
lean industries.
Bowery and Wall st.
Section One has many peculiar prob
lens. Besides being an industrial and
residential section it contains the
Bowery in which congregate the I'M
employed from other sections of the
country in search of jobs, and Wall
Street which is the greatest financial
stronghold in the world. The Bowery
offers opportunity for agitation
among workers who come and are
later diffused among all industries
and all parts of the country, for you
may find miners, textile workers,
agricultural slaves-all looking for
work, ready to go anywheres to serve
master In Wall Street are the Of
fees of all the financiers, the Morgans
and the Rockefellers. A demonstra-
ton in front of Rockefeller's office is
news which spreads around the world
and is excellent publicity.
We may look for new and greater
attacks on the unions in an effort to
further lower the living standards Of
the workers. An increase of class col
Elaboration may be expected on the
part of union officials. To answer
these attacks will mean struggle and
in every struggle relief is vital fac
tor. Therefore, strong and perma-
nent relief organization must be built
Relief for the miners is Of utmost
Importance and that work must be
pushed vigorously.
America, which is so much behind
all other industrial countries in the
matter of social legislation, needs an
unemployment bill. Such a bill has
been offered by the Council of I'm
Iemployed and it is the task Of the
Party to bring this bill before the
workers so that its adoption may be
pressed by the millions Of working
and unemployed masses.
Distribute Paper.
In outlining more definitely the i'm
mediate task of the Section, Comrade
Miller stressed the Importance of
concentrating on particular shops for
the distribution of The DAILY
WORKER and for support of the
Miners Relief. A feature which must
not be overlooked is that a metal
worker is a valuable contact since all
the metal industries become key in
dustries in time of war. There are a
good many metal workers as well as
needle trades workers, paper box
makers, printers, traction workers,
and seamen in Section One.
Section One is also the stronghold
of the socialist" party and the effort
to hold it up to the workers in its
true light is task especially for this
section. The light emanating from
torch is intended only to deceive work
ers and the hand bearing the torch
belongs to a body devoted to a pro-
gram which serves Capital by con-
fusing Labor.
The Section will be modified 1000
for the election campaign. The first
task Of obtaining necessary signatures
will be a test for the energy of which
the largest section in the district is
capable.
Literature Distribution.
Comrade Hofbauer, the section or
ganizer stressed tho Importance ol
literature distribution. Since the es-
tablishment Of section Headquarters,
the sale and distribution of literature
has been notably improved, but there
is room for much greater improve
ment in that field. The need for open
forums and speakers for open air
meetings was brought out in the
course of his speech. Educational
meetings, which are now regularly
held in the units, should include shop
talks and industrial reports.
In order to carry on more effective
ly the work in the shops, re-organ-
ization of Section One is necessary.
For this purpose the section was d.
yided into nine factory districts with
a street nucleus in each factory dis
trict. In addition, there win be a
Printers Unit, and a Seamen's Unit,
also two International Branches and
the Night Workers Branch. The or
ganization plans are all completed and
the section will commence working
on the new basis very shortly.
Comrade A. Gusakoff. the Section
Agitprop director, who also presided
at the conference said, 'the Party's
face must be towards the factories,
seamen and Wall Street" The cleo
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