The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-26
On Preparation for the
Strike Oct. 8

I 0NGSHOREMEN and sesmen in every
IL dock along the Atlantic coast are talk
ing striks. Mass meetings indoor and out
door are being held daily on the water
front Of the eastern coaSt4ine. Gauging
the sentiment Of the men on tbs ships and docks
by their response to the calls for strike set for
Oct g. issued by the International sesmens Union
and the Marine Workers Industrial Onion, in
evitab4y leads TO the conclusion that a marine
strike OF unprecedented proportions is the order
OF the day.
Proper preparation for the strike, in advance
Is the first and most important step the seamen
and longshoremen are confronted with No stone
should be left untwned in effort to prevent the
top officials Of the International Longshoremen's
Association and the Is.U. from going through with
their plans to engineer repetition Of the West
Coast treacheries on the Atlantic coastline
To best guarantee the success OF the strike
Joint strike preparation committees Of seamen and
longshoremen, regardless Of what union they belong
to, together with the unorsani3ed men, should be
set up without delay.
United action of all Seamen and longshoremen
under the leadership Of rank and file united action
committees Is the first prerequisite for the
Of the strike
LongShoremen and seamen, further delay may
mean defeat Of your struggle for the improvement
Oh your cOnulUOnS, larger crews ana gangs lot
better wages and for the victory OF your strike Set
up united front strike preparation committees dock
committees and ship committees at once.
Take the leadership OF the strike out Of the
hands of those who have by their action in the
past, shown that they do not have your interests
at heart Conduct your struggle and negotiations
yourself through Joint rank and file committees
Lead the strike yourself and It's success will be as
sured
THE preparation of the marine strike on the At
lantic coast presents special problems to every
Communist Party member and sympathizer con-
nected in any way with the marine industry in
volved in marine concentration work and TO the
Party whole.
The Party organizations along the entire eastern
and gulf coastlne, districts sections and units as
we'll all other organizations they can mobilize
should be welded into action to get behind the
sesTnen and longshoremen in preparation for the
strike. Not single Party force is to remain with
out task.
The Daily Worker is taking every step possible
to the waterfront It Is the task Of the Party
membership to get the Daily Worker to the sea-
men and longshoremen. To increase the crcula-
ton Of the Daily Worker among the marine workers
means increase the influence of the Party among
them The role Of the Daily Worker in the marine
strike and in the preparation of it will exceed its
Inluence III LIE UeHIlle SUIlhe Wnen the MEMBER
ship Of the Party will take this task seriously
From now on the Daily Worker will print daily
reports on the development of the marine strike
movement. 1t is of utmost Importance to each
Party unit section and district, as well as to the
Daily Worker that the Daily" be spread in in
creased numbers among the marine workers Each
unit, section and district of the Party on the At
lantic waterfront should send in their orders imme
diatey.
The attempts that will be made, in an effort to
defeat the strike, by the officials of the ISU and
LILA, to divide the men by raising the red scare
can be best defeated by meeting the issue from the
very start. Bringing the Daily Worker to the
marine workers is step in this direction
The success of the strike preparations and the
strike Itself rest largely the shoulders Of every
Party member. All the waterfront sections and
units Of the Party should throw themselves into the
work without minutes delay