The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-11
SOME DANGERS AND
IMMEDIATE STEPS

less they come out on strike. In another mine
a still larger number was refused membership.
In all the mines there is a laXty in recruiting
new members from among the working miners.
The position of the district leadership on this
question is: ONLY KNOWN COAL COMPANY
STOOL PIGEONS AND THE LOCAL TAKERS
OF THE U. M. w. A. AND PROFESSIONAL
SCABS CANNOT BECOME MEMBERS OF THE
N. M. U.-ALL OTHER MINERS ARE ELIGI-
BILE FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE NATIONAL
MINERS UNION!
The members of the District Board know that
we are not in a position to force any lasting
concessions from the coal companies unless we
bring into our ranks all the miners employed in
the mines The 10000 miners still out on strike
in the Ohio, Panhandle Section of West Virginia
and Western Pennsylvania field will not be able
to carry on struggle for the most elementary de-
mands unless they gain the support OF the
miners back at work Without bringing these
miners who are working into the struggle for
the general demand of SIS cents ton and S555
a day we shall not be in a position to renew
the struggle for these demands
The question of the National Strike cannot be
discussed without considering these important
fields as leaders and supporters of a national
strike movement. In other words, the whole
program of action adopted at the National Con-
ference held July 18th and 18th depends upon
the reorganization of these fields where our
union was born three years ago.
The whole strike leadership agreed that one
of the main weaknesses of the strike was Or
ganizational We did not have trained union
forces in the locals, and no locals in many of
the mines. In this situation the stool pigeons
of the bosses and the u NJ. w. A. takers came
forward into leading position in the local strike
and relief committees only to use these positions
to knife the strike il the back by all kinds of
lies and by spreading the rumors of the bosses.
These organizational weaknesses cannot and
must not be repeated. To avoid them in the
future must organize now.
The policy of the Central Rank and File Strike
Committee is to reorganize the whole front on
the basis of the local demands In this policy
of reorganization the main task is the strength
ening of the locals Of the National Miners
Union and the united front Mine Committees,
which are mainly responsible to develop strug-
giles for these demands and the spreading of
these local struggles into sectional district and
national strikes.
In line with these policies the District Board
made the following main decisions: CA) Provi-
sional conferences in the former sections and
definite establishment Of 4 sub-districts. The
reorganization of the sectional and local strike
committees, placing main responsibility upon
the union for carrying out the strike and Or
ganzational activities. (B) Holding of mass
sub-district conventions on Sept. 9th to estab-
lish definite union leadership composed of
strikers and those who are working, with full
time sub district secretary in charge Of the work
(C) Mass mobilization of all forces for mass
recruiting drive that will bring into the union
the miners who returned to work. CD Imrne
date setting-up of United Front Mine Commit
4oo- ,,,F ~ he er,IN ef~i0
The methods to be used in moblzing all the
miners for mass recruiting shall be as follows:
AT the sectional conferences setting up of
organizational committees for each mine COM
posed of the best comrades. These committees
must visit every local and group in their sub
district, hold special meetings and mobilize the
whole membership of the local, Womens Aux
iliary and the Miners Chdren's Clubs for
activities.
1.-The membership in turn shall be divided
into groups Of 3 or 5 and the groups shall be
assigned certain streets in town or blocks in the
company patch. They must visit every miner,
ask him to join our union. Those who are ready
to join must be told where the local meets and
when; their membership cards must be filled
with exempt and dues stamps up to date. In
visiting the miners we must register their
working places (the West, East Main, Flat ETC..
Butt and Room so that on the basis of the
registration we can Immediately begin to
ganize mine committees in line with the organ
rational program of our union
Unless this program Of organization is car
ried out and the miners brought into our ranks
the struggles renewed and intensified, we will
isolate union from the masses, make it a
union of unemployed and backlisted miners
that will not be in position to help them or to
give leadership to the miners working under the
starvation wages forced upon them by the bosses
and the U. M. w. A
Miners, employed and strikers Miners wives
and children! Activize your local union, wom-
ems auxiliary and the children's clubs. Assign
work to every member. Make them a part of
the organizational force that will bring into the
National Miners Union the miners who re-
turned to work Build the union! Carry on
the struggle for the local demands! Prepare for
the national struggled