The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-11
FOSTER SPEAKS
TOR.R. WORKERS
CHICAGO, AUG. II
Iational United Front
Conference Opens

CHICAGO, Aug. 1o.-Present in
dications are that the North Hall OF
the Chicago Coliseum will be jarhmed
to the doors when William z. Eos
ter, general secretary of the Trade
Union Unity League, speaks here on
Friday evening, Aug. IA. Foster~will
have as his subject, "a United Front
Against Wage Cuts and for the Six
Hour Day With Eight Hours Pay"
The Foster meeting will welcome
the delegates TO the National United
Front Conference of the National
Railroad Industrial League, which
opens in Chicago at Walters Hall,
5212 South Halstead ST., Saturday,
Aug. Is.
Coming directly from the Penn
sylvania coal fields, where he is lead
ing the strike Of the coal miners,
Foster will tell about the struggle
of these workers against starvation
and the necessity for the railroad
men to support them. He led the
great steel strike of 1919 and many
of the bigger labor battles in this
country.
National Conference Aug. 1916.
The United Front Conference of
the National Railroad Industrial
League will draw delegates from
nearly every railroad town and city
in America. Already hundreds of
credentials have been received at the
national offices here and the dele
gates are expected to arrive in plenty
of time for the big Foster meeting
in the Chicago Coliseum. Friday
night. Thousands of leaflets, plug
gers and programs have been dis
tributed to railroad workers at
yards, shops and, roundhouses and
the response and enthusiasm dis
played is greater than at any time
since the crisis began.
The conditions Of the railroad
workers have been growing steadily
worse each day, while the bosses
have put into effect the most ter
rifle speed-up system in the history
of the railroad industry. On nearly
every road in the country long lay
offs have taken place frequently and
the Hoover Stagger System" OF
wage-cutting installed when the
workers went back to the job II
this program of the bosses the fax
ers of the Railroad Mems Depart
ment of the American Federation Of
Labor have given their support anc
cooperation.
The double-dealing and sell-outS
of this Shiny crew has been enough
to convince the vast majority o.
railroad workers that their craft or.
CARNATIONS ae but company unions,
utilized by the parasite railroad
bosses to slash wages, tear down
working conditions and force thu
workers to accept only what thu
companies condescend to give them
Program for All Railroad Workers.
The National United Front Con
ference of the National Railroad In
dustrial League will have as its mali
task the organization of a defens
against the onslaught of the railroad
bosses and their lackeys-the A.
of L. takers. The National Railroad
Industrial League proposes a ma
ton wide united front Of all work
, ers in the industry for the following
program:
l. Organize and strike agains
wage-cuts.
2. The establishment of the six
hour day with eight hours pay.
8. Thirty days pay for the 26-da;
T month.
4. Unemployment Insurance an
immediate relief for the men laid Of.
5. Abolition OF the speed-up. en-
} forcement OF recognized workin
rules and improvement of condi
tons on the job.