The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-25

etc. The aim of this united front shall be to
organize the miners for common struggle on
all fronts against the operators, the government
terror and the Lewis clique.
To bring about unity directly in the Mines
broad mine committees shall be set up, elected
by all the workers in the given mine, regardless
of their union affiliations. During strikes rank
and file strike committees, baseC upon the same
principles shall be organized. Such united front
mine and strike committees are to af1liate to
the corresponding local Miners Unity Commit
tees Of Action.
LOCAL PROGRAM OF STRUGGLE.
This conference, on the basis of its joint de-
mands and united front organization, adopts the
following program of local and district struggle
and activity:
1. The spreading and Strengthening of the
present strikes in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Yir-
gnia, Illinois and Kentucky.
2. The initiation of new strikes upon the basis
of partial demands to be formulated locally
these strikes to be conducted by broad rank and
file strike committees.
3. The development Of local and district re-
lief committees to support the strikes of the min
ers.
4. Support of the National Miners Union in
the building of the organization and the active
building of minority groups in the U. NJ. w. A.
and the West Virginia M. w. U.
5. The establishment OF unemployed councils
in the various mining centers.
6. The organization of broad mine committees
on the basis of local demands.
7. The linking together of all these organiza-
tions into local Miners Unity Committees of
Action.
8. The organization of hunger marches of I'M
employed and employed miners in all sections
T.. il
velopment of the struggle for unemployment in
surance and relief.
9. The holding at once of whole series of
local and district conferences and mass meetings
to popularize the program of this national con-
ference and to organize the miners for struggle
in support Of it.
10. Development of system of volunteer or
ganizers.
IL. Mobilization and organization of the women
for the struggle.
DEVELOP THE NATIONAL STRUGGLE.
This conference proposes the development of
a general strike in the coal industry against the
coal operators and their Lewis U. M w. A.
Iackeys The broad way to such strike move
ment is the intensifcation of the local strikes
and organization activities and their linking up
nationally The miners are ready to fight in
every district. 1t is necessary to develop ma
tional program and organization.
We fight for the establishment of uniform
conditions and national agreement to cover
the whole coal industry But meanwhile, pend
ing the time when our organization has grown
strong enough to enforce such national condi-
lions, it will be necessary to make settlements
with separate mines and groups of mines with
uniform dates of expiration
The conference endorses and supports the
strikes of the miners in Kentucky, Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Northern and Southern West Virginia, and
Illinois. We call upon the miners everywhere to
apply the program outlined above. In this way
we will lay the foundations for the Fundamentally
necessary national strike movement. In october
(the exact date to be set later national con-
ference of the Miners Unity Committee of Ac-
ton will meet to decide the next steps to be
taken in the development of the national strug-
gle to end the intoerable slavery conditions in
the mining industry
Miners, unite and fight 1t is high time to put
stop to the starvation of ourselves and our
families Fight for the right to livel Fight
for milk for our babies! Fight against starva-
ton and slaveryl
National Miners Union.
Central Rank and File Strike Committee Of
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wst Virginia.
National Miners Union Delegation from Ken
lucky.
Rank and File Miners Opposition of the U.
NJ. w. A., Anthracite District.
Rank and File Miners Opposition OF the U. M
w. A., Illinois District.
Rank and File Committee Alabama
| Miners National Unity Committee of Action.
TOM MYERSCOUGH, Secretary,
GIL Penn Avenue--Room 204-Pittsburgh, Pa.
Send all relief to the Penn Ohio-W. Va.-Ken-
| lucky Miners Relief Committee, Gil Penn Ave,
| Pittsburgh, Pa.