The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-03
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Hold Firm the Strike! Build the Miners Union Spread and

| sibe. For this purpose forces shall be assigned
| as soon as possible, first giving the maximum
attention to the present strike area In Illinois
and the Anthracite the best weapon that we
can to develop the struggle is the relief cam
! paign At the same time we must try to de-
veop there the struggle on the basis of the local
| issues and demands of the miners. We must
| organize our opposition and fight for our pro-
gram inside the U.M.W.A locals no matter if
controlled by the open Lewis machine or by the
| various Musteite elments (Edmundson in Illinois,
Maloney in Anthracite, etc.. The Illinois Dis
trict of the Party must quickly correct the mis-
takes that were recognized by the D. G. and
embodied in the D. G. resolution. The Party in
Illinois must overcome the mistakes of under
estimation of the readiness of the Illinois miners
for struggle, and the opportunist mistakes that
were made by some of the comrades in the mine
field with regard to the struggle against the
Musteites (Edmundson, etc.. One of the prin-
cpal tasks of the Party organization in the min
ing fields in the preparation of the struggle there
is the building of the mine nuclei. The lessons
from the present strike must be learned by all
the Party organizations.
90 The scheduled Hoover conference, at
which the operators, the government and the
U. M. w. A. officials will attempt to carry
through program of classification and ration
alization at the expense of the miners must be
exposed and combatted. There is no doubt that
the whole program will be directed against the
miners causing more unemployment and wage
attacks on the miners. We must rally the min
ers against this program and present to the
miners our program as adopted by the National
Miners Conference. We shall not however, de-
nand our participation in this conference or
that the government deal with the National
Miners Union, but shall demonstrate against
the conference and demand that the operators
shall deal directly with the National Miners
Union and the Strike Committee
90 The Music groups in the various mine
fields and their allies are becoming more and
more threatening factor in the United Mine
Workers of America against the miners and the
National Miners Union. This becomes even
more serious as they bring forward in appa-
rent though false opposition to the Lewis
Hoover scheme of justification their slogan of
naturalization. We must fight against the
Music elements, above all, by exposing con-
cretely how each and all of their Slogans and
tactics especially that of Naturalization is an
integral part of the general capitalist scheme
of placing the burdens of the crisis generally,
and the chronic coal crisis in particular, upon
the shoulders of the miners.
"
National Relief Campaign The miners re-
lief campaign thus far has demonstrated on the
one hand, the undereStimation by the Party and
the T. U. U. L. of the Importance of this cam
paign and at the same time the excellent re-
Spouse and solidarity of the workers everywhere
with the struggle of the miners. The relief
activities have disclosed the growing radcaliza-
ton among the masses and growing mood for
struggle among the membership of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor and other reactionary
unions. Il is possible to multiply many times
4I,o oI,of
Already with the slight improvement that has
occurred the last three weeks has brought in
collections three times the total amount prior
to this period. The relief campaign must be
utilized to help the miners in their struggle and
at the same time can and must be utilized to
stimulate the struggle against wage-cutS in all
industries the crystallization of organizations
in the factories grievance committee) the build
ing of the T.UUL unions, and the building of
the left wing inside the reactionary controlled
unions. The c. C. shall mobilize the entire
Party organization and its fractions in the mass
organizations (TUUL. etc. for a mass ma
tional relief campaign Leading members must
be sent into the field to mobilize the Party,
the Party press must take up the campaign on
a much broader basis. Discussions should take
place in the Party organizations on the miners
strike and the relief campaign. We must take
steps to carry through the line of the Polbueau
to build the w l. R. as result of the miners
relief campaign. The comrades sent into the
field must prepare the ground so that at the
August 18th National w. 1. R. Conference in
Pittsburgh we can take steps to bring the w. L
r. more organicaly into the leadership of the
relief campaign of the miners.
While sharply calling attention TO the pres
ent situation in the strike and the weaknesses
that must be overcome, it must be said that the
Srike of the miners is the biggest strike struggle
ever conducted by the Party and t. U. U. L.,
and has resulted already in important gains
The strike of the miners more than any other
struggle has clearly demonstrated the correct
ness of the line of tn r. L L. U. and the Party
1t has shattered the right opportunist views
that no mass strikes can take place during the
crisis period. 1t has confirmed the correctness
of building the revolutionary unions, and the
line of the independent leadership in the strike
struggles. 1t has confirmed the strike breaking
role of the reformist unions and the socialist
party. 1t has demonstrated that the cleft" So
cal-reformists (Muste) are the greatest danger
to the working class in its struggles. The strike
of the miners has demonstrated the capacity of
the Party and the 7. U. U. L. to lead the masses
of workers in struggle.
The miners strike has already many achieve
ments to record First, there carried
through the elections of rank and file strike
committees. The unity of the employed and I'M
employed established The Negro workers
have been organized in full equality with their
white brothers Women and children have been
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