The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-13
By MARCEL SCHERER.


THE WIR, was organized in 1921 as the eX
preston of working class solidarity for the
struggles of the workers. The work of the
WI.R. has been the bringing of solidarity from
all sections of the working class to the mill
tant strikers in every country. The important
strike struggles in which the W.IR. has
brought relief for the militant fighters have
been Passaic strike, miners strikes New Bed
ford Gastonia. Also the miners strikes in
England, miners in Ruhr Germany, coal strike
in Rumana, textile strike in Lodz, Poland, and
many others. Besides Japanese earthquake and
Chinese famine victims were helped by the ".
l. R.
The WIR has worked to strengthen every
struggle of the workers, to make these strikers
feel that their strike is not of local Importance
but is struggle of the whole working class.
Therefore the W.I.R. has modified workers to
support such strikes and to make possible fur
Their successes for the working class.
At the present period the forces of capital
ism are solidly united to defeat every struggle
that takes place. They have prepared their
agents and stCol-pigeons in the ranks of the
labor movement to divide the workers and 10
keep them from real struggle. They have mobil.
lied their government agents for savage and
bloody attacks upon the militant leaders and
fighters in every struggle.
In this period of capitalist crisis, every strike
struggle, every demand for an improved econ
omic condition turns Immediately into a poll
teal fight against the growing fascist govern
ments of the BOSSES At this time the estab-
fishing of greater unity between all sections
of the working class, the strengthening of the
solidarity movement of the workers, is vital for
the success of every battle put up by the work
ers.
As every economic movement of the workers
+Lo Of +bo ,t,IO1o toll
system, the capitalists the state, and the re-
formists, this brings the workers into direct
collision with the whole capitalist world To
prepare more energetcally for such struggles
it becomes our task to mobilize all sections of
the working cass for the support Of every
group of workers who fight for improved econ
omic conditions.
Struggle of All Workers.
The struggle of the unemployed workers is
the struggle of the working class The unity
of employed and unemployed workers for the
demands OF the unemployed is the prerequisite
for successful struggle. The demands of the
unemployed for the 5-day week, for the 7-hour
day, for the abolition of speed-up, can only be
achieved when the masses of employed workers
support these demands and take Fart in these
struggles. The W.IR. must therefore start
pioneer work in the factories and industrial
centers to draw the attention of the workers
to the struggle of their unemployed fellow
workers and Solidarity in Deeds" is the slogan
of the W.I.R. appeal. In addition it is our task
to educate the employed workers to the realiza-
ton that in the present capitalist crisis there
is no steady employment-thcr is no security
of jobs. The dumping of hundreds of thou
sands into the army Of unemployed gives the
bosses another whip to use over their workers
and such growing unemployment comes hand
in hand with further wage cuts, more speed-up
for those still at work. Shorter hours, increased
pay, abolition of speed-up, will give the unem-
ployed workers jobs, and at the same time
prevent the increased exploitation Of the other
workers still on the job.
The WIR. in this campaign will go to the
unions, the A. F. of L., and workshops where
the workers have been regularly contributing
to the W.IR. campaigns for the struggles of
the South, textile workers. miners etc. These
workers have already demonstrated their soli-
darity with militant fighters and must
again be drawn into the campaign for the