The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-06

'dl IlgnC ever nelQ.
Proposed programs of strug-
gle drawn up by II different
industrial conferences and later
reported on the convention floor,
were especially talked about "Now
we've decided on our demands and
the line-to work." was the sub
stance of thousand comments made
as the convention adjourned, en-
route home, and in the shops and
mills.
The agricultural workers went
home satisfied that at last -he Job
Of organizing and fighting for toeir
demands on national scale was be.
gun. Their section Will include har-
vest workers, particularly important
since the introduction of combined
harvesters, reapers and binders,
dairy workers who comprise perhaps
the most mechanical of all agricul-
tural industry because of COW milk
ing machines-cream separators,
aerators, and the introduction of
fleets of delivery trucks), fruit pick
ers predominantly of the South and
West who find themselves terribly
exploited by enormous capitalist en-
terprises, operating complicated cul-
tivation machinery, disinfectants,
irrigation apparatus.
Now that definite campaign of
action to amalgamate the q craft
railway unions into one industrial
union has been decided upon. dele
~ates are returning to rally their
iellow-workers for the job. At the
railway workers conference detailed
strategy and nationa; committee
elected, to direct the drive, great
optimism was apparent.
In the metal conference, especial
ly, everybody was struck with the
determined business-like manner of
procedure. Few delegates went off
on tangent. what is your pro-
posal?" recurred frequently from
the floor. The program presented
by Andrew Overgard was discussed
in detail, and on the basis OF dis
cussion, greatly expanded.
The tremendous Negro, youth and
women's delegation was noteo with
much qualification and discussed by
delegates and visitors standing in
knots in corridors and outside the
hall. In the busses going home 1e-
ference to the leading role played
by them recurred frequently
Copies of Labor Until bearing the
proposed program and constitution
were carefully preserved for careful
study.
Over the signature of b. A.
Siqueiros, general secretary of the
Confederation Sindical Unitaria de
Mexico, came long letter of greet
ing and pledge of solidarity.
"Due to the economic conditions
in which our organization is placed,
it has not been possible for us to
have a fraternal delegate in your
Convention" it stated. "But, of
course, we cannot be silent when a
Convention of the magnitude of the
Trade Union Unity Convention is
taking place."
"We are absolutely sure that un-
der the leadership of the T. U. E.
l.. your Convention will be a success
and will mark turning point in
the history of the American labor
movement. We feel that it will
mean the development to the utmost
Of the Revolutionary center in the
United States only way of conduct
ing the struggle against American
and for the coordination
of the work between the newly es-
tablished left-wing unions and the
movements in the old
unions and for the organization of
the unorganized. That is why we
hail the Trade Union Unity Conven-
tion as the preliminary step for the
creation of the most powerful
weapon that will shake American
imperialism down to ITS base and
will end by completing the historical
task of the Pioletariat,' the letter
declares.
Again stressing that, although
they were unable to send fraternal
delegate, the desire to coordinate the
of Mexico and the United
States is strong, the latter points
out that in Mexico, 1--WE are desper-
ately fighting against the reaction
ary Portes Gil government which
completely sold out to the Yankee
interests and anxious to get the best
reward does not hesitate to carry
out wholesale murders of workers
and agarians all over the country"
Every day, the letter continues,
word comes of additional incarcera-
ion OF the best militants, of scores |
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