The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-17
The Affajr at stayhght Park

Inc Analr at SasylSht Park
The wo-kefsof Nef York will have
occasion to give some real support
to the convention b5 attending and
bring others. to t1soyAnti-War Fes-
tivaI at STARLIGHT Ts1ff1 on Sunday
Afternoon the 25th Of June at which
in adoitions-tt0 many Important feat
ures Comrade Earl Browder will
speak on Inc Situation in Germany
and the PteseIit War Situation. To a
certain extent the success of this af-
fair will determine the success of the
coming convention of the union. To
really make this convention national
in character Che union is confronted
with Transporting to and from the
convention the delegates from the
: Coast, the Gulf New Or
! s, weston, etc. and other in
termediate points.
But not only the workers of New
York but the workers all over the
country and in the first place the
TUUL uniorls3 and other sections of
the revolutionary labor movement
must support the union in bringing
the problems of the union before the
workers, III "G1elping the union fin
ancially in order to organize the con-
vention and carry on the increasing
tasks of the union in the fight for
the improvement of the conditions
CT the marine workers,
Only Union Fighting for Marine
80 Workers
Althoug bsae Marine Workers In
dustriaI Untcl has not yet become a
big mass organization it is the only
organization of the marine workers
that defends their daily interests,
that organizes the marine workers in
struggle against the shipowners.
Since its organization in the sum-
mer of 1890 the union has carried
on many important struggles. Es-
pecially in fhe past months the union
has shown greater activity in fight
ing for the. unemployed seamen
that are thrown on the beaches and
denied any relief from the city and
state governments. The union has led
many militant demonstrations of the
unemployed in all parts of the coun-
try. 1t has championed the cause of
the unemployed seamen before the
federal government, before the Labor
Department.. in Washington. 1t led
demonstrations at the various sea-
mems institutes and won relief for
the unemployed. In these struggles
the union has especially fought
against the discrimination of Negro
seamen and foreign born.
Led Important Ship Struggles
One of the@most encouraging signs
in the work sof the union are the
beginnings .~of the development of
strikes on the ships. Many ship
struggles were led by the union in
the past months In many cases the
demands of 1.-THE Seamen were won.
This, of course, has had its repercus-
sions among the seamen on other
ships. One of the most important
struggles was conducted on the Point
Gorda. This-struggle lasted for many
weeks and was continued thru many
ports. The. union has especially
been successful in gaining some foot
hold on the ships Of the Munson line
with the perspective ob developing
mass strikes on this line. In the past
8 months about a dozen struggles
were developed on the Munson Line.
The union while it has not yet sue
ceeded in developing independent
struggles of the longshoremen has
participated in many of the strikes
of the workers organized in the In
ternational Longshoremen's Assn.
These strikes were for the most part
organized over the heads Of the lead
ers Our union stimulated the OPP
position to the bureaucrats, and gave
the lead to the workers. The work
among he@slongshoremen remain
however as yet the weakest phase Of
the work of the union.
Fight Against Impcrialist War
The Marine Workers Industrial
Union has been in the forefront in
the struggle against imperialist war
and for the defense of the Soviet