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employment and intensification Of
government terror against the work
ers. This means further mass starva-
ton and misery.
1.-THE workers resent this deeply
and want to fight. The basis is be-
ing laid for a sharpening Of the class
struggle on every front. The coming
months will register still greater and
more militant strikes and unemploy-
ment struggles.
"To Lead Effectively"
"It is the great task of the TU.UL
to lead effectively these growing mass
struggles, in spite of the attempts Of
the government, the bosses, and their
ALL. -Musteite agents to defeat
them. The A.F.L. is about to meet
in convention with program Of sup
porting the bosses wage-cutting,
starvation, war-making policy, as the
T.U.U.L. National Committee, the
revolutionary trade union center
meets to mobilize the masses to fight
against this entire program of en-
slavement." n
With improvement in It's, methods
of work, in accordance with the line
of the Red international of Trade
Union, the T.U.UL. win, in the COM
ing period Of growing class struggle,
make real progress through the revo-
lutionary unions. The unions will
build themselves into mass organiza-
tions."
The tendency has BEEN" Foster
reported, 'to underestimate the ex-
tent of rehabilitation Of the workers"
Foster cited the strike of the hosiery
workers as an example, and warned
that such underestiination should be
carefully guarded against.
voluntary Wage Cuts"
Foster showed how the ALL. and
its more dangerous wing, the Music
ties, were now being used by the
bosses as an open agency for strike
breaking and strike prevention DUR
ing the wage cutting program. He
cited the development Of new strike
breaking tactics, one Of which is the
voluntary wage cut used in the Colo
RADIO coal mines, and against the hos
iery workers and West Virginia min
ers. The Musteites originated this
tactic.
1.-THE bosses realize they must have
the ALL. and the Musteites in Or
der to prevent the growth Of the
T.U.U.L. unions" said Foster. I'VE
can expect from the A,FL. conyen-
ton a fight against unemployment
insurance and against real relief. We
can expect their official endorse
ment of the Hoover stagger plan as
solution" for unemployment; they
will express their support Of the
wage cutting program, either directly
or indirectly; they will prepare war
against the Soviet Union"
A most relentless struggle against
the Musteites must be waged, said
Foster. He pointed out that the T.U.
U.L. has become the only factor in
organizing the workers for struggle.
1t lead one third of the strikes in
the recent period. Nevertheless. he
pointed out, the T.U.U.L. strike lead
ership in no way conforms to the de-
gree of rehabilitation Of the workers.
One Of the greatest weaknesses Of the
T.U.UL. has been its feeble partici-
patton in strikes led by the ALL.
and it's Musteite wing.
swim Strikes"
eve must fight to win strikes, not
merely to lead them" Foster said.
In speaking Of the lessons Of the
strike Of the 10000 miners led BY the
National Miners Union, Foster stated
that although the demands were not
won, the strike YVES not lost, because
it gave the miners a new ray Of hope
and laid the basis for the N.M.U. in
the coal industry
THE measure Of success we have
had in our strike struggles corre-
spends to the extent to which the
RIL.U. policies have been put into
practice" Foster stated. He pointed
out the growth Of the T.U.U.L. in
membership from 5000 to- $4,000
members in the recent struggles it
has led, particularly in mining and
textile industries "The T.U.UL. is
now orientated toward the heavy in
dustries; the bulk Of its membership
is in the basic industries" Foster
said. 1.-THE basic weaknesses are: in
sufficient orisptatlop n the shops;