The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-05
By JACK TOMBSTONE.
Article No. V.

IN all strikes mass pcketing and the organ
izing of defense corps are of major impor-
lance, the very success of the strike depending
upon the ability of the strike committee Of
organize mass picket lines and defense corps
to meet the attacks of the gangsters, the fas-
csts and the employers. The propaganda for
mass picketing must be pressed forward as
part of strike preparation and mass picket
line organized ON the very first day of the
strike.
Every striker should be drawn in for picket
duty, organized under leading pickets who
should be carefully chosen as a leading cadre,
organized in such manner so that eXper-
fenced comrades will work together with in
experienced, previously unorganized workers,
the youth should be utilized to the full in
this work of leading the pickets, developing
them into strike leaders. The women work
ers play an important leading role on picket
duty; especially must the wives of the strikers
be drawn into strike activity on the picket
line. Picketing should by decree of the strikers
be obligatory.
Ups and Downs.
There are high points and low GIBBS in all
strikes even before as we'll as after the strike
has reached it's peak. The strike committee
an the picket leaders are responsible for the
continuous activity of mass picketng. There
is nothing, mysterious about a Monday, but
experience shows that Monday is day that
vented if the nations continued TO prepare
for war. He and the socialist" party support
the Kellogg peace pact (the anniversary of
signing which was being celebrated) Ramsay
Macdonald supports it, too, he does the
naval reduction" treaty. Yet the Macdonald
io1i
on the Indian workers and peasants, is pre-
pairing to shoot down the revolutionary work
ers and peasants of China, who are being led
by the Chinese SovietS. The executive COM
mittee of the Socialist" Labor international,
which has just met, approved the action Of It's
leading member, the British Labor Party
and Morris Hilquit, member of the executive,
gave his approval for the American Socialist"
party Broun is against war" in words, so
is MacDonald-but they make war in deeds.
Malone says 'the only ones who want war
hose who get chevrons." Then why is the
L. S. government spending 81 .50O,0O0O0O on
the navy alone? Why has the government
adopted plans for general CONSUMPTION in case
of war? Why is the Industrial War Board
on the job? Why are American gunboats
and marines in China, and Nicaragua? Only
the war-mongers behind it? No, the Social
ISIS" may mouth swords of peace" but they
are imperialists.
Why This Preparedness?
Strasburger advocated a Campaign of
peace education" Then, why are the citizens
military training camps larger than ever be-
fore? Why Boy and Girl Scouts? Why a.
free hand to the superpatriotic American Lee
gion and Veterans of Foreign Wars? Yes,
words of peace" but deeds Of war!
Broun is in excellent company--with Hoover,
Roosevelt. Wagner, Waldman, Malone. Sras-
burger and the Womens Peace Society. The
workers may starve-but wars will be made.
The workers won't starve--they will fight.
Under the leadership of the Communist Pa,
and the revolutionary unions they will fight
for unemployment insurance now against the
bosses and the government an their tools,
the Socialist" party and the A. f. of L. lead
ers and against The, mperiaist war that is
being prepared especially against the Soviet
Union, which these imperialiss hate and fear.
(Written at !!arte Telan'I