The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-13
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lary of Labor Doak sent an invita-
ton to John L. Lewis, president Of
the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea, to send representatives of his
scab outfit to Washington to confer
on the best means of breaking the
strike of 10000 Pennsylvania, Ohio
and West Virginia miners striking
against starvation. The conference
between the government and the scab
union leaders takes place on Monday.
This is the second conference called
by order of Hoover on the mine stu
alton. The first, consisting of the OPP
orators broke down when differences
developed on how to break the strike
and on details of the classification Of
the coal industry
The present conference is called on
the suggestion of John L. Lewis, in q
letter to Hoover, and will result in
stronger efforts by the UMWA to
smash the strike.
Miners Hit Confab.
Exposing the purpose Of this Wash
ington conference, the National Min
ers Union, over the signature of
Frank Borich, secretary, and Vincent
Kemenovic, secretary of the Central
Rank and File Strike Committee, is
sued the following statement:
John Lewis, international presi-
dent of the United Mine Workers Of
America, and other UNIV. officials
have been called by Secretary Of La
Dor Doak to meet with him in Wash
ington, June IS.
But Lewis and his henchmen can
not speak in the name of the coal
miners, because the UNIV. is a tool
of the operators used to break the
miners strikes and wosen their con-
ditions. The UNIV. has engaged in
such open and fragrant strike break
ing that even the Associated Press
recognizes this in its news wires
printed July S. 1881.
"The masses of miners throughout
the coal fields repudiate the UNI,
WA. and are in open revolt against
ii, as is proved by the Glen Alden
ard Shenandoah strikes in the An
thracite, by the Harlan county, Ken
lucky, strike, by the strikes in Orient
mines of the Peabody Coal Co. in
Illinois, and by the strike of 10000
miners. led by the Central Rank and
File Strike Committee of the Ma
fonal Miners Union in Pennsylvania,
Ohio and West Virginia.
ANY attempt by the government
pr the operators or both to force the
UM.W.A. and its wage cutting,
strike breaking contracts on the min
ers viii be met with increased organ
ization and resistance by these min
ers.
only the National Miners Union
and similar rank and file movements
can speak in the name Of the coal
miners, and these movements will
formulate and announce their Joint
demands and program at the United
Front National Conference of Miners
in Pittsburgh, July Is and 49,
What Hoover Wants.
What the Hoover-Doak-Ls Lamont
preliminary conference Of mine op-
orators sought to accomplish IS set
out in the following statement by the
National Miners Union:
THE collapse of the Hoover-Mel-
lon national conference OF coal op-
orators called by Secretary Lamont
and with Secretary Doak present is
an admission by the operators of
hopeless failure of any attempt to
plan their production. 1t indicates
that the coal companies are deter
mined to continue their present star
Walton program based on part tirne
work. unemployment, wage cuts, and
cheating the miners at the scales. 1t
shows they intend to continue the
company towns with their own police,
scrip, their own jails in many cases,
and a constant terrorization Of the
miners.
The breakup OF the Lamont con-
ference, which was called at the re-
quest OF the United Mine Workers of
America, indicates that the coal COM
panies recognize that the miners
have such hatred for the UNIV.
that it is not advisable at this time
to make general scab contract with
the Lewis machine, but 1t does not
mean that the operators have aban-
doned their intention to use the
UNIV. as their chief strike breaking
tool. It only means that the scheme
worked out by Governor Pincl1ot for
the Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Co.,
the scheme Of making strike break
ing contracts one company at time.
and trying to enforce these contracts
by police terror, viii be continued.
Our delegation to Washington
recognized that the operators ma
tional conference was called by the
Hoover administration, and therefore
went to the White House TO present
our statement containing the miners
own proposals for resnedying the In
toleYable condition OF the coal min
ers These proposals include: general
increase in wages throughout the coal
industry, recognition Of real check