The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-22
The Revolutionary Unions in the
Pittsburgh District

1t is necessary to make use of the campaigns
of the working class, to further the united strug
gle of the employed and unemployed miners and
steel workers. 1t is especially important to
blze the miners and steel workers in the defense
campaign-for the leaders of the NMU, Myers
cough, Getto Giambattista, Young, Leo Thomp-
son, and scores of other active and leading fig
ltres in the NMU, > The union must put up g
stronger fight for these leaders of the working
class, and on the basis of the defense campaign
enlist broad masses of employed and unemployed
miners and steel workers to support the union.
The same is true of the unemployed campaign,
the relief work, etc.-better coordination is ne
ceSsary. 1t is necessary to carry on more edu-
cational work among the miners and steel work
ers. A bigger agtationaI campaign against social
faScism, Of the UNIV q campaign of the unions
against the war danger, q campaign against the
denagogy of Pinchot, against the fake programs
of Hoover and his Unemployment Committee
a campaign directly conducted by the unions, in
defense of the Soviet Union, and explanation by
the union leaders of the role of the Communist
Party, inside of the unons-adirect struggle by
the unions against the policy OF the socialist
party in the mine and steel towns, struggle
against white chauvnism, etc. .- =.
At the same time, the unions, the Nk6U, the
Metal League must be directly modified for
these campaigns, through their entire apparatus
V. Organization
Many plans and resolutions have been worked
out giving the activity necessary for the NMU
and the Metal League. More systematic work.
more planned work. better concentration, more
drawing in of local forces is necessary. There
still exists, to great extent, separation of the
mass work" from the organization work. 1t Is
necessary, at once, In the beginning Of every
campaign, to begin Immediately the work of
securing organizationsl results and giving the To-
cal forces concrete directives for the day to day
and step by step work of how to secure these
results
VI. Perspectivee
The perspective in the mining and steel in
dustries must be for every Communist per-
spective for the development of immediate strug-
ges-local struggles based on local demands In
the individual mine and steel mill, and the local
grievances of the unemployed and bigger strug-
giles which will undoubtedly develop from them
in the near future, If we strengthen our organi-
cation sufficiently. Six months ago when there
were only few hundred members Of the Ma
honal Miners Union in the Tn-State area, when
there was pessimism in the ranks Of the Party
and the union, when only one or two small local
struggle were to be seen, the State Hunger March
to Harrisburg took place.. One hundred twenty
delegates from the steel mills and coal mines of
Western Pennsylvania, East Ohio and Northern
West Virginia took part in this march from the
Pittsburgh District. This Hunger March and the
organization work that was carried on in the
course of the Hunger March had great influ-
ence on the subsequent course of the miners
struggle and was one Of the most important
steps leading to the strike Of the 10000 miners,
which was not foreseen on such large scale
by our Party
I predict that the National Hunger March will
have similar effect in preparing the struggles
of the workers in the steel mills and coal mines
in this District. Starvation has increased
Workers, their wives and children are dying of
starvation in increasing numbers. There can
be only one perspective Of our Party and unions
in this District. The workers cannot accept the
perspective Of the bosses for the solution OF the