The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-25
BY VIM. z. FOSTER.

THE NEB met in New York on March i4tl ano
/ 18th, Present in addition to the Board
uroper were a dozen members OF the National
Committee and the so students Of the National
Training School, and many TuuL acuVe WORK
ers. The three day meeting was crowded with
activities There were reports on the general
situation and the tasks Of the TUUh, including
a special report on Negro work (StacheD, I'M
EMPLOYMENT CWagenknecht), organization (Fos-
teri, Labor Unity (Honig), the South tMarnn),
the West (Foster), convention Foster). Special
reports were also made on the work OF the
National Miners Union and Metal Workers In
dustrial League (Borich and Overgaard).
The question of unemployment was the center
of discussion. The whole practice OF the TUUL
in this vital activity was carefully reviewed
Under the general report, the TUUL strike &C
tivities were thoroughly examined. The strikers
in Lawrence textile workers, Pittsburgh miners,
New York needle workers, etc. show that the
TUUL, despite many mistakes, is playing an
ever more active role as a strike leader In
next weeks issue of Labor Unity will be pub
lshed a resolution summing up the lessons OF
our past experiences and outlining the new tasks
we confront, in the development of the reYolu-
tionary struggles. Especially valuable are the
lessons of the Lawrence strike, which must be
popularized.
The report on organization caused an excellent
discussion on shop organization and how to build
it. The question of forming grievance commit
tees was placed in the center of our strategy Tor
the organization of the unorganized, and the de-
velopment of militant strike movements. The
Board provided for a committee to prepare a
thorough-going organization report to the COM
ing convention, as well as to draft proposed
amendments for the TUUL Constitution, and to
publish a handbook on organization work in the
industries.
The report on work among the Negroes re-
ceived much attention The National Buro cri-
ticized itself sharply for weakness of this work.
Steps we're taken to Immediately establish an &C
lively functioning Negro department and to in
tensify our field work, not only in general way,
but in a concentrated way in the respective
unions.
The discussion on Labor Unity was the best
ever made at any TUUL Board meeting. The
delegates evinced a determination to really build
Labor Unity to actively put into effect the pro-
gram for this purpose adopted at the Board.
The TUUL national Buro was sharply and cor
vectly criticized for failure to develop real work
among the Latin Americans in this country and
N support of the struggling revolutionary move
ments in Central and South America. The Latin
American department will be reorganized i'm
mediately and this work begins intensively.
The Board decided to hold the TUUL National
Convention in Chicago in the first week in Sep
TENDER, the exact date to be announced later.
The regular TUUIl convention which shall last
days, will be preceded by a 2 day mass con-
vention of the unemployed The printed material
for the convention (program, organization report,
etc., will be published in Labor Unity for gen.
eral discussion two months in advance of the
convention. The next Board meeting will work
out the final plans for the convention and issue
the convention CALL
The Board endorsed a general plan for the
concentration of the main efforts of the TUUL
in the textile, metal, mining and marine indus
tries, and also in the big industrial centers of
Chicago, Pittsburgh, Detroit and Cleveland, at
the same time the work of organization will be
pushed in other districts, primarily with the
local forces. Special programs of action will be
developed by the national Buro for the South