The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-19

on the work in the old fractional style, using
the old fractional methods in the inner life of
the NMU. At no time in the "Save the Union
Committee" or in the beginning of the life Of
the N.M.U. was there attempt to build the
N.M.U. into class struggle union, with struc-
ture, constitution, methods of work, etc., that
would. make it possible to mobilize all the forces
in the mining industry, to build it into mass
union, and into an instrument of the struggles
of the miners. The NM.U. was made into a
replica of the U.M.W.A. in it's organization,
its structure, it's organizational methods. The
leadership was old line U.MW.A. leadership
which could not build the N.MU.
This leadership was bankrupt from the firstt1
day, and when the Party line was changed byi
the decision of the Communist International
and the Party leadership attempted to change
the situation in the NM U. this leadership re-
sisted. This was done on local, district and
national scale. The bankruptcy of the lelA-
ershp necessitated reorganization in many Of
the districts and nationally.
The New Leadership Makes Mistakes.
The new leadership being inexperienced, has
faced many difficulties has made many mis-
takes, but at least it has not offered resist
ance to the Party line. However the new lead.
ershp has been very very slow in acting on
many occasions, both politically and organiza.
tonally, and has not carried on vigorous
campaign against the various deviations in the
mining fields; such as legalistic approach to
the questions of wage cuts, evictions, halls,
etc, and especially-a sharp struggle against
the right danger, which is expressed in the
resistance to form local unions, mine commit
tees and committees of action which must as
sumo responsibility for work In the mines. To.
broaden and systematically build the N.M.U.
leadership. To develop the line on local SCALE
coordnating it to the general line of the n.
M TT The 1aadarshir in NJ M nd
the Party in the mining fields is faced with /
the problem of overcoming the past mistakes,
the past right line, the past alliances, and
the work to build the Party and the N.M.U.
must be intensified or else the danger Of the
Muste-sociaist Howat harrington Peabody I
controlled U.MW.A. taking advantage of the
situation to again betray the miners, becomes i
a real danger. The experience in Illinois must /
not be repeated again. How can we best over
come all these difficultes2
Build Communist Fractions.
The building Of the Communist fraottons In ]
the locals of the N.M.U. is the first prerequi- |
site for the building of the Party and the
N.M.U. The new leadership has been very
slow to take up this basic problem and work |
out minute details of ways and means to estab-
fish fractions. It must correct this mistake.
The Communist fractions must be organized
on the. local scale and linked up on the seo- !
tional district and national scale. The fracs
lions must be responsible for the work IN !
their local unions, sub-distrfcts, districts and !
national committees. The fractions nust gives
full support to the Party line in every day
work, and must translate this line into the !
every day life of the miners, in order bo mali
the miners feel the Party every moment 81
their lives, in the mines, in the local unione4
in struggle against the takers, ia the political
elections, etc. And thus will become an IN !;
tegral part of their life and not sonsthing !
that has its headquarters in New York City,
and issues leaflets now and then
The fractions must assume responsibility for
the establishment Of mine committees Ii tho
mines and be the guiding hand in the work
of these committees. The fractions must de-
mand that the mine committees carry on per-
sstent struggles against wage cuts, speed up,
naturalization, penalizing, frightening of the
working hours, etc. The fractions must see
that campaigns of the Party such as @Work
or Wages" Defend the Soviet Unions HClass
Against Glass;" etc.. are raised to political
level, by applying these slogans to the situa- |
ton in the mines. This can be done and must
be done through issuance of local bulletins, !,
notices, open local meetings, mass meetings,
etc. The fractions must find ways and means |
to have the bulletins, notices and leaflets dis |
tributed in the mines.
Through the proper application Of the Fa1tNl
line we will gain support-not through. organ |
national control, but through actual accepts
ance of the line; and on the basis Of this acy
ceptance, we will be able to gain membership
for the Party, that will help to change tho
bad composition Of the Party. And with tho
changed composition Of the Party we will Be
able to Systematically develop the best ele- |
ments for responsible leading positions, then
the present crisis in the leadership of the N. I
M.U. will be liquidated
Through the fractions we will be able 10
carry on the struggle against the right line
of the Lovestonites in the Anthracite, and the
Trotskyites in Illinois. Through the mine COM
mittees we will be able to carry on Q fight
against the Peabody controlled Muste-social.
fascist-Howat-F Harrington outfit, and the fas-
cst Lewis outfit. Through the steady develop
ment and rise in the political level Of the
miners and the Party membership, we will be
able to give full cooperation and support too
the general Party campaigns, and the T.U.U.L.,u
RI.L.U. campaigns and raise these campaignsI
not as mechanical decisions of the centers, -.
as real live issues, indispensable in the life
of the N.M.U. The establishment of the Com
munist fractions will be the best guarantee
against the repeating of the past mistakes;
the best instrument in the fight upon the right
elements in the ranks of the Party and the
N.M.U. will be real check upon the adven-
turist tendencies expressed in some sections;
will make it possible for the Party and the
NMU. to uncover any bureaucratism in the
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