The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-23
TEXTILE UNION
MAPS STRUGGLE
Calls to Build Union in
the Shops

SAAS ANotRO4ldl lCAOllC NOL OlllOll
was held in Boston July to with
80 delegates from such important
textile centers as Lawrence, New Bed
ford, Providence, Pawtucket, Center
Falls, Salem, Patterson and Allen
town were present.
The main report of the convention
was given by Martin Russak, Secre-
tary of the Union. This report sharp
ly pointed out the weak organiza-
tional status of the union during this
time OF tremendous mass unemploy-
ment and sweeping general wage cuts.
1t further stressed the lessons of our
strike struggles, laying down a clear
line of preparing for struggle today
through struggles for partial demands
in the different mills and depart
ments, among the unemployed.
Must Build in Shop.
Ann Burlak reported on work in
side the mills and the United Front.
This report clearly showed how the
success of every struggle conducted
by our Union depends on building
our Union inside the mill, at the ma
chimes, organizing the workers into
small active groups which will take
up and struggle for every grievance
of the workers, no matter how minute
that grievance might seem. The ne
cessity of building the United Front
of al workers for struggle, not only
during strikes, but at all times, was
stressed.
The unemployment report was
made by Bill Siroka, who stressed
particularly the necessity of our I'm
ion taking the initiative in organizing
and leading struggles of unemployed
workers around their day to day
grievances.
Fight Against War.
James Conroy made report on the
War Danger and tasks of our Union.
He stressed the necessity for our Un-
ion to mobilize the masses of textile
workers for relentless struggle
against the preparations for war on
the Soviet Union. He further pointed
out that in the dye houses and rayon
plants which are war industries for
the manufacture of war chemicals,
the N. T. w. has the special task of
modifying these workers to struggle
in their mills against imperialist war.
On July Bird Wooden Conference
and Silk Conference took place. The
Wooden Conference was the first step
toward organizing a broad United
Front Wooden Conference in Law
renee especially based on delegates
from American Wooden Mills in New
England. This conference, which is
to be held in few months, is to
work toward the coordination of our
struggle in different centers against
the American Wooden Co.
The Silk Conference also decided
to work toward Conference of Silk
Workers to be held in three or four
months in Paterson to work toward
uniform wage scales and coordination
in support of struggles in the differ
ent silk centers. Committees are to
be organized to prepare these con-
ferences.
TIL Convention adjourned July 4th
with great enthusiasm to begin our
task of organizing struggles in the
different localities. Immediately af-
ter adjournment the newly elected
National Executive Board met and
elected National Bureau of nine
which is to function between Board
meetings. James U. Reid was elected
President and Ann Burlak as Secre-
tary of the National Executive Board.
On instruction from the National
Convention, the National Board de-
cided to prepare Immediately the
first issue of the National Textile
Worker will carry all the main reports
and resolutions of the Third National
Convention.