The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-14
GOAL. Miners join
THE COMMUNISTS

Recent years have seen the work
ers engaged in one historic strug-
gle after the other with the bosses.
April, 1927, saw the beginning Of
the coal miners last great national
struggle, betrayed by Lewis. I'M
mediately after that came the Colo
RADIO strike. In quick succession
followed the New Bedford textile
struggle, the needle trades struggle
in New York City, and then the
wave of struggle in the South
Elizabethtown, Gastonia, Marion,
Marion, New Orleans and now
Leaksville.
In all of these struggles the work
ers fought not only against the coal
barons, the textile magnates and
the bosses, but also faced the mill
tia, the national guards and the
courts. An additional enemy of the
workers in their struggles have
been the A. f. L. fakers-the Lewis,
the Greens, the Fishwicks, the
Schlesingers, McMahons, etc.
Then came the famous "Hoover
Conferences" with the participation
of Green & Co., pledging to the
bosses and their man, Hoover, that
the workers will not strike against
the increased speed-up Of the bosses
will be loyal and work hard for
the bosses, regardless of how much
their wages are cut and their living
standards lowered. The miners
strike in Illinois IS the answer of the
workers of the entire United States
to Hoover, Green and Co.
Where Communists Stand.
In all of these struggles the
bosses and their labor" flunkeys
raise the hue and cry of "Commu-
nism." By this they think they will
scare the workers. But the workers
of the mining, textile, automobile
and needle industry know that the
Communists are not their enemies,
but, on the contrary, that it is the
Communists who are the best fight
ers with them against the bosses,
the militia, the courts and the A.
F. L. betrayals. They know that the
Communist Party is the only work
ers' party. In Gastonia the Com
munists gave leadership in the
struggles and fought the murder
Gus attack of the police, and went
to trial together with the other
workers and face 20 years in jail
together with them. But in Marion,
N. c., Hoffman, the A. F. L. organ
izer, deserts the other textile work.
ers and has himself released, while
the rank and file workers go to trial
separately. Such examples are well
known in all strike battles today.
The workers in all these struggles
see in the Communist Party a fight
ing leader and organizer, the party
of the working class.
The Unifying Force.
Illinois Coal Miners! You must
build a powerful National Miners
/ Union. You must also have
strong, powerful political party,
which organizes and unites the
forces of all workers of the whole
working class. The Communist
Party is the unifying force of all
workers OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, CO.
Operatives, relief organizations, de-
Tense organizations, etc.
Because the Communist Party is
the fighting leader of the working
class, the bosses and the govern
ment are constantly attacking the
Communist Party. The coal miners
of Illinois in their present struggle
can fight more effectively if they
will at the same time baild up
strong Communist Party in South
ern Illinois.
Illinois Coal Miners! Workers!
Comrades! Your place is in the
ranks of the Communist Party. At
the present time the Communist
Party is conducting a national
RECRUITING DRIVE for new
members for workers from the
shop, for miners from the pit.
Your place is in the ranks of the
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