The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-07
EXPOSE BRITISH
RAIL BETRAYAL
Tom Mann Writes to
Daily Worker
Continued from Page One

bers of the Minority Movement.
The chairman undoubtedly was
hoping that one of the Minority
men would have struck him and
that he would have gone to public
meetings with the evidence of phys
ical combat on his features, which
would have been a good asset had
it so happened, but it did not. Such
struggle as there was took the form
of pulling and pushing, and so on,
but it was physical force all right,
deliberately resorted to by those
who are declared opponents of
physical force and say they will not
be identified with we revolutionar-
les as long as we favor realizing
our economic freedom by means of
force.
.Reformist Tactics. ::
The disturbance arose over the
fact that several Minority men had
been elected as delegates to the con-
ference from Scotland, but the old
official crowd in Scotland refused
to grant credentials to the men so
elected, but did issue credentials to
others who had not been elected as
delegates by the workers votes, so
when the properly elected men
turned up at the conference they
were refused admission to the con-
ference floor as they were without
credentials, so they made their way
into the gallery and commenced to
address the conference from that
position. A sequel to this and con-
tinuation of it took place yesterday
in Glasgow, when the Scottish
miners executive met and the Min
GRITTY delegates attended ard en-
deavored to participate as delegates
(Which they were by election), and
as a consequence the chairman, Bob
Smillie, sent for the police to come
and put the Minority Movement men
out of the hall. This was done. Of
course the matter will be fought
out, and whatever happens in re-
gard to this particular case the rev.
olutionaries will triumph, not with
the miners only, but in the other
industries also.
100000 Miners Jobless.
1t is we'll known that there are
three hundred thousand fewer men
working at the mines than was the
case few years ago. Then there
were 100000 working in and
about the mines. Now only 100000.
The output of coal is practically the
same as when the larger number
were at the mines. The explanation
is that machines have taken the
place of men, especially mechanical
coal cutters and coal conveyors.
The government themselves admit
that there are fully 100000 surplus
miners under existing conditions.
All they can suggest is migration
or emigration. The real remedy is,
of course, in reduced working hours;
therefore the six-hour day instead of
the eight.
Attack on Wages.
The difference between the atti-
tude of reformist trade unionists
and of Minority Movement men is
seen clearly in the case of the rail
ways. 1t is our constant attitude to
fight continuously for the raising
of the standard OF life, and there
fore never to consent to lowering
of the standard of life of the work
ers to make it easier for the bosses
Meetings have been held recently
between the officials of the Rail-
waymen's Unions and the compan'
les. The rank and file have moi
been consulted on details, but J. H
Thomas, the political secretary o.
the National Union of Railwaymen
asked the men to trust their off
cials in any negotiations. Now thu
companies have told the Officials
they must tell the men they mus
ell submit to serious reductions
Ever since the war the mer tav,
received war bonus to meet tn
Increased cost Of living. The com