The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-08
Local Elections in the Pittsburgh
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mills. The program draws the lessons from the
strike of the 10000 coal miners in District S.
pointing out the role of the capitalist govern
ment in this strike, and the necessity of strug-
gle against the bosses government. The program
points out the role not only of the Pinchot state
government and the county government and To-
cal government against the strikers, and for the
coal bosses, but also central point In the pro-
gram is the role played by the socialist party
in its support of the coal bosses in the strike and
the attack of the socialists on the unemployed
councils and the demands of the unemployed
workers. The program points out the fact that
the Pittsburgh District is basic war industry
center, the necessity Of struggle, especially III
this district against the war danger, and in the
defense of the Soviet Union The program calls
for the support of the demands of the National
Miners Union, the necessity of building mass
National Miners Union, and the struggle for the
demands of the miners. A section of the pro-
gram deals with the demands of the unemployed
and the struggle against unemployment show
ing how the county governments have repeatedly
refused the demands. of the strikers and the I'M
employed workers for immediate relief, showing
the role Of the United Mine Workers of America,
in betraying the unemployed workers. well as
the strikers, and gives the demands of the Party
for the unemployed workers.
The program calls for a struggle against the
10 per cent wage cut in the steel industry for
the organization of the workers into the Metal
Workers Industrial League, the building of
mass union in the steel industry, the struggle
against the strikebreakng betrayals of the
Amalgamated Association, and the socialist"
party, the struggle against Hoovers stagger sys-
tenn and above all the organization of strikes
against the wage cut.
The program calls for struggle for full equal
ity for the Negroes against the jim crow, which
is very bad in the Pittsburgh District-for strug-
gle for the demands of the foreign born workers
and youth and women workers. The program
points OUT THE Communist Party is running
workers as candidates in the present election,
miners who lead the struggles of the N.M.U,
against starvation, steel workers who are taking
an active part in the present struggles of the
steel workers against wage-cuts, unemployed
workers representing the demands of the I'M
employed"
The program calls for the destruction of the
capitalist system and the setting up of Work
ers and Farmers Government
The election campaign in this county, Of
course faces tremendous difficulties, the diff
Guilty of lack of forces, no finances for the dis
tribution of leaflets the fact that the laws OF
the state require the payment Of an election tax
which has dsfranchised thousands Of workers
the fact that thousands more are foreign-born
not citizens and cannot vote. However it is I'M
doubtedly true that never before has the Party
sunk such deep roots in the masses, never be-
fore has the Party had such mass Influence
among the coal miners and steel workers never
before has the Party had such influence in the
coal fields and steel towns as 1t has today. The
election ratification conferences so far held are
one example of this Organized within few
days time and with tremendous difficulties, such
as lack of transportation, ETC., there were 300
delegates to the Washington County Ratifca-
ton Conference, held in Washington, and 300
delegates to the Allegheny County Ratification
Conference. The Allegheny County Ratification
Conference had at least so steel worker dele
gates, mostly from the McKeesport Homestead
section In both conferences, from 80 per cent
to so per cent we're Negroes. At the conference
called by the Metal Workers Industrial League
to fight against the wage cut, the tremendous
response of the delegates to the Party speaker
especially to the mention of the necessity OF vot-
ing Communist, is another indication that the
steel workers becoming very rapidly radical
lied and that they recognize the Communist
Party as result Of its leadership OF the strike
of 10000 miners in this district, has established
tremendous influence, not only among the min
ers but among the steel workers although the
strikers did not win their demands they recos-