The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-13
Officials of Both PIMA.
and UNI. WA. Oppose
Miners Demands

there are approximately $4,000 black
listed miners who are members of
the PIMA, who responded to the
strike call issued by the PIMA. Nine
teen months have passed since the
beginning Of the strike. The leaders
Of the PIMA adopted policy, in
stead Of militant mess struggles, Of
"Stay at Home ard Victory is As
sured."
They advised the miners against
mass picksting. They spent money
gotten from the miners to go to
courts to get decisions from the
courts against the PEABODY Coal Co.,
foster ng Illusions among the miners
regarding the capitalist courts The
capitalist courts cid not even con-
slider the plea OF the leaders Of the
PIMA. The courts are an instrument
Of the class oppression and are def
nately On the side CT the bosses and
on the side OF the Peabody Coal Com
pany, against the miners.
Strike IS Months Old
The problem confronting the black
listed unemployed miners, as a result
Of the wrong policv and tactics Of the
leaders Of the PIMA, IS to organize
these mines in struggle for immsdi-
ate relief, for Jobs. fer shorter work
ing hourG-that is. for the six-lour
day and five-dsy week. TIE miners
should not be misled by new pro-
posals OF the leaders of the PIMA.
who come out in favor Of mass picket
ing, etc. After 10 months Of strike,
when the mines are batng operated
by miners who returned to work, and
imported scaoc, it is impossible to
continue on such basis.
This policy OF the leaders OF the
PIMA. is not in the interests of the
miners who are blaclllisted and UNI
employed. The Communists in par
ticulsr must bring this question very
forcefully to the forefront and explain
TO the masses Of miners how iueor-
rect the policies of the PIMA lead
ers are in connection with the prob
lens Of the $4,000 blacklisted miners.
Iusteite Sabotage
The miners Of Illinois, whose most
class conscious and revolutionary ele-
merits are entering on the correct
path of class struggle and activity,
must not be misled by the Musteites
who have already sabotaged the
Cleveland Unity resolution on the
tasks in the mining industry. On
the very same day that they voted
for the resolution, they betrayed it
and now they are attempting to form
what they call the American Miners
Educational League" and in the whole
program proposed by that organiza-
ton, there is not single proposal
for developing united action of the
miners as has been proposed in the
Cleveland resolution.
Although they copy some of the
demands Of the Cleveland resolution
it is only done for the purpose OF
misleading the miners into thinking
that they are still adherents of the
Cleveland resolution. But, already
long ago, they disregarded that reso-
luton.
The basic problem confronting the
Illinois miners are stated in the
Cleveland Resolution, which says: ct
is necessary to organize the unity Of
all miners throughout the country in
the struggles against the operators
and those who support them.
This unity to be established in
every name and every mining field
in every district through the election
Of miners committees Of the rank
and file to lead these struggles"
Mr.. Allard, and his leader, Reve-
rend A. J. Music, are Offering to the
miners, not solution to the prob
lem, but further confusion for the
miners. Instead Of a clear-cut pro-
gram of class struggle, they substi-
tute 1t with generalites. covered with
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