The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-01-29

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Union with the fullest assistance of
the TUUL and the support Of the
Party is making sharp turn. Never
before were the shortcomings of the
Union brought out so sharply as in
the recent German seamen's strike
First of all the greatest shotrcoming
is that it is purely a sealnen's organ
;zation and would remain SO If dras-
tic steps had not been to depart
mentalize the Union, along the long
shore department has only been
fIlnctioning one week in the port Of
New York q longshoremen's group
has been established, something we
were never able to do before.
The program Of work for this port
which has been carefully worked out
with the assistance of the TUUC and
fully discussed with the membership
is as follows:
Seamen's Department.
We shall concentrate on certain
ships where we already have some
members and we shall try to
strengthen our organization in order
to promote job action in answer to
wage cuts. All members must try
their utmost to get aboard the ships.
The ship delegates must be closely
checked up on and the secretarty and
organizer Of the seamen's branch
must keep at all times the ships
delegates informed as to what is
going on and special attention must
be given to the education of the
ships delegate.
Longshore Department.
in Brooklyn the work must be
tied up with the Unemployed Council.
One of the basic tasks Of the long
Shoremen's department shall be to
call membership meeting of the
LID Where we can put forward our
demands on unemployment, utilizing
THE situation for the building up Of
an opposition within the lila We
shall Immediately draw in five work
ers from the contacts which we have
between the members of the lila
into a committee and train them for
the giving Of leadership to the op-
position. Agitational work must be
carried on condemning the New
York agreement. Our concentration
points in Manhattan shall be two
specific docks. On these docks the
first step shall be to organize a
grievance committee and several
small groups which will be able to
give leadership to a mass movement
among the unorganized longshore-
men. One organizer shall be as
signed the task of this work.
Towboatment.
A meeting of the towboatrner shall
be organized within one. month to
formulate the sprogram Of action and
carry on oppositional work within
he United Marine Workers Assn. We
shall get together Immediately all
those towboatmen who are members
OF our Union.
Hsrbormen.
A committee to be called together
Of barge captains to work out pro-
gram of activity.
Unemployed Work.
The Unemployed Council to move
Immediately from headquarters Of
the Union. A committee of five shall
be formed to organize committees to
work in the Institute where demands
shall be raised. To work on board
ships with lists containing demands
to be presented to the federal gov
eminent at the same time when the
lists for Unemployed Insurance are
presented. Furthermore committees
should be formed within the Ship
ping Board and other shipping off,
ces to mobilize the seamen to put
forward our unemployment demands
concerning those organizations.
Educational.
Open Forums shall be held regu-
larly once a week. Membership
shall always spend one hour on some
subject of TUUL work. Glasses shall
be held regularly twice week. New
members are to be supplied with lit
erature to educate themselves when
going to sea and special attention
shall be given by the secretary to the
ships delegates and by the longshore
organizer to longshore job delegates