The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-02

struggles, These conditions do not mean that we
must now abandon the hard work of organigs-
ton and rely more on the spontanety of the
masses. Just the opposite. When we confront the
truStified steel industry we must pay even more
attention to the organization of the struggle than
we have given in the mining and textile indus
tries. If we ask the question now a month after
the announcement of the u. S. Steel wage cut
why there have been no struggles in the steel
industry TO date we must give as the first and
primary reason the lack of organization and the
lack of contact even in most of the steel mills
on the part of our organizations. Only through
the development of the organization inside the
mills Will be able to transform the moods OF
struggle of the steel workers into definite action
At the same time the National Committee was
confronted with the tendency on the part of
some comrades to view the development of the
strike in the steel industry only from the view
point OF q national strike. These comrades tend
ed to minimize the possibility and even the adj
visibility of the development of local and sec
tional strikes. This tendency is not new 1t
has its roots in the development Of the labor
movement and the role of betrayal Of the Anert-
can Federation of Labor in past struggles thru
the division of the workers and defeating them
section by section In the mining industry We
were confronted with the same tendency in the
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this tendency and the development OF a series
Of local strikes that the National Miners Union
was able to organize and lead the struggle OF
10000 miners subsequently.
The recognition of the broadening OF the basis
for the development of the struggles of the work
erS and the necessity of more rapid tempo led
the National Committee directly to the consid-
Grafton of the important questions we must take
up in order to prepare ourselves and lead the
struggles. The work in the factories, the devel-
opment of the basis of our organization in the
shops, the application of the united front policy
the development of work inside the reformist
union, the development of joint action of the
employed and unemployed, the Importance of
special attention to the various categories OF
workers (Negro women, youth, etc0, the inner
life of our organizations, the development of
new cadres of leaders from the ranks OF the
workers, these were the questions that occupied
the attention OF the National Committee.
In these columns we hope to take up these
questions for discussion and development of their
application to the concrete industries and fac
tories Many articles and experiences will be
contributed by the members of the National
Committee and the leaders of the various unions.
But most important of all is that the rank and
file membership the local leaders in the va
rious unions, shall participate in the discus
sions The resolution of the Trade Union Unity
League adopted at the meeting of the National
Committee has been printed. 1t furnishes the
basis for our discussions. But the resolution has
not answered all questions. 1t is not formula
by which we can solve all questions. 1t is only
a guide to the solution of our problems based on
our experience and the experience of the RI.L.U.
and all its sections Only by testing the resolution
in the light of already existing experience OF
our comrades engaged in the daily work, in the
experiences that are accommodating daily in the
course of the work we are carrying on vii
we be able to master the various problems that
face us in the development of the struggle and
the building of our unions.
We invite all workers to participate IN the
discussions Send your contributions either dl-
rectly to the Daily Worker or to the Trade IN
ion Unity League.