The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-04

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT VI q oSAlOOl QUINN W
several hundred children of steel
workers in the suburbs of Pittsburgh.
The strike broke out the day the
committee met, over the refusal Of
the school board to pay fares.
7. The election campaign. Frank
Borich, in his main report to the
committee, stated: "Our union is an
economic organization, barring no
one from membership because of his
political beliefs. But the union can
not remain unconcerned about any
thing which concerns the life of the
workers as much as the government
does.
1.-THE Republican party Is the party
Of Pinchot the party of the sheriffs
and county supervisors in Pennsyl-
vania. 1t is the party which met the
workers with clubs, bullets, Jail SEN
fences and every strike breaking art
that is known. We can not support
the candidates Of the party which
shoots us down on the picket lines.
"The Democratic party is the party
in power in the Ohio strike area. It's
terror against the strikers was, if
anything, more severe than the re-
publican terror in Pennsylvania. Bel
mont County appropriated $4,000 to
hire men to murder the strikers.
The jails are full Of pickets. All
meetings and picket lines were bru-
tally attacked by the police and dep
uties Of the Democratic party gov
eminent. We cannot vote for the
candidates of the Democratic party.
1.-THE Socialist party is the party
in power in Reading. When miners
came to Reading, the Socialist ad-
ministration sent its police to drive
them from the streets. In Milwau-
kee, the Socialist government clubs
and jails the jobless. The Socialists
use the same poisonous relief ges-
lures as does the United Mine Work
ers. We can not support the Social
list party.
"The Communist Party put every
force at its disposal into the strike
field to help win the strike. The
entire Communist Party press was
devoted to presenting the miners
side of the struggle. Without the
constant printing Of relief appeals
by the Communist press, particularly
the central organ Of the Communist
Party, the Daily Worker, hundreds
of miners would have starved in this
strike. Such appeals made possible
the collection Of what relief was OBJ
tainable.
I'VE can, and we must, support
the Communist Party in this election
campaign, not only support it among
our own members, but mobilize as
many other miners as possible for
the Communist candidates, who are
workers just like ourselves, many of
them men who were recognized lead
ers in the strike and militants on
the picket lines"
Cheers greeted these remarks by
Borich, and In the discussion which
followed not one voice was raised
in opposition.
The Central Rank and File Strike
Committee voted that the new phase
o fthe struggle, which throws the
main bulk Of the task of leadership
on the union apparatus and on the
local strike committees In certain
mines, requires a much smaller and
more easily convened district strike
leadership The committee voted to
discontinue its Wednesday meetings
until required again, and to leave the
powers Of district leadership Of the
strike in the hands of a committee
to be composed of the District Board
of the National Miners Union, meet
ing with the Executive Of the Cen
trail Rank and File Strike Committee.
The Executive of the G. r. & F. S. c.
is composed of three members from
each section. The first meeting of
this new body is Saturday, in Pitts
burgh.