The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-20
Renegades from Marine Union
Exposed
By BURCK

in an effective struggle to fight for immediate
relief we'll as for unemployment insurance,
have not developed self-crit1clsm on broad
scale, have not applied the united front tactic
from below in order to win over those workers
who still remain in the LILA, ISU, ETC., clearly
shows that the situation in the MWIU is I'M
satisfactory and that we must effect an imme-
date change in our methods of work If we are
to carry the line of the TUUL and the decl-
sions of our National Convention into practice
Instead OF helping to overcome the organlza-
tional weaknesses in our union and to make
sharp break with our past methods of work and
tactics, such as were employed in Philadelphia,
the correction of which is essential to the build
ing of our union, the opposition has gone over
to the camp of the renegades and have pro-
posed a program of action which would only
result in the open betrayal of the thousands of
organized and unorganized marine workers into
the hands of the A. F of L. bureaucrats. In
brief the opposition group proposes to split the
MWIU to liquidate the revolutionary unions and
to surrender the masses of organized and unor-
ganized marine workers to the class collabora-
ton policies of the old unions.
This program of Cannon and Lovestone which
is now brought forward in the MWIU through
Morgan, Golden and Anderson thus proposes
that our main task is to organize the morgan
give up the MWIU and the revolutionary unions
of the TUUL. 1t is policy aimed to split our
union and to enable Furuseth, Ryan and Polly
Baker to more effectively sell out the seamen,
longshoremen and harbor boatmen.
The line and program of the self-styled OPP
position would thus place our union as an aux
Hilary to the class collaboration unions affiliated
to the A. F. of L. and would mean that we
would be giving active support to maintaining
and extending the control OF the fascist bu-
reaucracy in the old unions which is an in
tegral part of the employers war and wage cut
ting and speed-up apparatus. 1t is a policy
which is not based on our perspective of sharp
ening struggles in which we must give indie
pendent leadership, mobilizing both the organ
lied and unorganized based on the united front
from below to lead them in struggle on clear
cut policy of class against class. In short, it
is policy which would mean revision and
reputation of the line of the Red International
of Labor Unions and in practice would result in
the separation of the MWIU from the 21s
million revolutionary marine workers who are
united under the fighting program of the RILU.
1t is thus clear that the actions of this So
called opposition places them definitely in the
camp of our enemies, for they have joined the
united front of the ship owners, stevedore bosses
and their government and agents, the fascist Of
ficialdom of the lila, ISU, ETC., and the social
fascist Lovestone, Cannon, Mustete elements;
in order to crush our union, the revolutionary
leader of the marine workers
In view of the seriousness of the disruptive
activities of Morgan, Golden and Anderson, the
National Bureau refers all disciplinary action to
the meeting of the national committee of the
MWIU in December In the meanwhile, the ma
tional Bureau calls upon the sincere class con-
scious elements who have been misled by this
renegade group to Immediately disassociate
themselves from Morgan g. Co. and their coun-
ter revolutionary line
The National Bureau feels confident that the
marine workers will repudiate the union-splitting
tactics of the renegades, and the members of
the M w. I. u. will instruct the National Com
mittee to take disciplinary action.
While the situation in the MWIU is at the
Bureau has full confidence in Tie correctness of
its program Which is based on the revolutionary
experience of the world trade union center of
class struggle the RILU. 1t has full confidence
in the fighting ability of the membership of
the union, and is as5ured thai with the in1me-
diate change in our methods of work. with the
development of self criticism and the correct
application of the revolutionary line of and
under the militant leadership of the Trade
Union Unity League we will give fighting lead
ership in the day to day struggle of the marine
transport workers and will build the Marine
Workers Industrial Union into a powerful sec
ton of the proletaran army Of red unions.
NATIONAL BUREAU OF THE MARINE