The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-14

waterfront. Main responsibility for
this rests upon the concentration
units and Section Committees in
Sections 1, 3 and 7, and upon the
Communist longhoremen and sea-
men. But the whole Party appara-
tus, from the District Committee
down, all of the revolutionary
unions and mass organizations,
must now give marine work the ut
most support, politically, organiza-
ttonally and financially, must as
sumo their share of responsibility
in the realization of the tremendous
political Importance for the whole
working class movement of the
struggle Of the longshoremen Of
New York.
Defeat the betrayal maneuvers
Of Ryan in connection with the new
working agreement!
For new agreement on the
basis of the rank and file demands!
Forward to militant struggles
and victories of the New York and
Atlantic Coast lOngshoremen and
seamen!
Forward to a Bolshevik tempo
of concentration work in the marine
industry"
Committee of Action
Militant longshoremen in the
rank and file committee of action
in the I. L. A. are distributing the
following leaflet up and down the
leading ports in the East:
Brothers: We all know that
Ryan is only throwing sand in our
eyes when he comes out for 81 an
hour and $3.50 for overtime. This
is why he talks! But when it comes
to action he will try to put over
another sell-out agreement for IS
or 80 cents an hour and the same
rotten conditions we have now.
IF we remain quiet, if we do
nothing, Ryan will get away with
it. And we will have another year
of speed-up, big drafts and small
gangs, discrimination, etc. With
prices up 30 per cent (and still 60
ing up) how will we feed and clothe
our families this winter on one or
two days pay a week? How will
we pay our rent, our gas, our doc
tor bills? OF course, Ryan and the
ship owners don't worry about this.
They've got plenty themselves
Frisco Strike Example
Some longshoremen say: What's
the use? The men won't stick to-
gether. You can't do anything
against Ryan But the great West
Coast strike proved that this is not
true The Frisco longshorsmen
stuck together like glue. They
chased Ryan off the Pacific Coast
when he tried to sell them out. In
spite of treachery and betrayal by
A. F. of L. and I. S. U. officials, in
spite of Ryan's keeping us from
striking in sympathy, the Pacific
Coast men fought the shipowners
to a standstill. They did this under
rank and file leadership! And to-
day the Frisco longshoremen are
more solidly united than ever
ready to carry on to finish the
courageous fight which won them
many gains already.
Follow Frisco Example
1.-THE basis of our struggle is pro-
vided in the program and demands
worked out at the North Atlantic
Unity Conference held at Baltimore
on Sept. l and 2. This conference
included delegates from I. L. A.
locals and rank and file groups from
the American Radio Telegraph
ers' Association and the Marine
Workers Industrial Union-all Of
whom pledged their support for our
struggle. A complete program for
longshoremen was worked out, Of
which the three demands at the
top of this leaflet are the main
beams.
Brothers! Our only protection
against new sell-out agreement by
Ryan is rank and file control of the
negotiations.
Demand special local union
meetings to discuss the agreement
and to elect rank and file negotia-
TOMS committees.
"Send letters, resolutions and
petitions to Ryan demanding that
no agreement be signed unless rati-
fled by conference of elected rank
and file delegates!
prepare to back up the demands
with work-stoppages and strike
actions!
Forward to unity, struggle and
victory of the Atlantic Coast long
shcremen."
RANK AND FILE ACTION
COMMITTEE OF THE lila,
Room $40, 1 Union Square,
New York N Y