The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-07
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The Unity Committee, it was re-
ported. will propose to Sundays con
ference, that the rank and file of
both the U. NJ. w A. and the P.
NJ. A. form united action commit
tees in all mines, and strike for
restoration of the S610-a-day basic
scale and the seven-hour day.
The Illinois Coal Operators ASso-
citation has locked out the miners as
step toward reducing the wages Of
10000 soft coal miners.
Last night the eight commissions
set up by the Convention held meet
ings and discussed their specific
problems in detail. These meetings
included the following commissions:
Negro, Women's, Literature, Vet
Grams, Agrarian, etc.
The report today Of Comrade
tombstone. showed the improvement
of the work in the Pittsburgh Dis
trict during the past period with the
Party membership more than dou-
bled, with 1850 Party members at
present, with 265 steel workers in
the Party and 10 steel nuclei. There
are now 1000 members in the S. M.
w. I. U. after recent losses in that
union. There are 10000 members in
over 100 branches of the Unem-
ployed Counils Of which 1000 are
Negroes. The Party has succeeded
in taking leadership of the unem-
ployed movement away from the So
cial Fascist leaders. The campaign
for the Workers Unemployment In
surance Bill has progressed.
TN the mining industry" Com
rade Johnstone said. there is a
situation of continuous struggles.
The strikes we're at first for en-
forcement Of the n. r. A. but the
miners are now disillUsioned, the
twenty strikes this year being
definitely against the N. r. A. In
spite of the sell-out features of the
agreements signed by the U. M. w.
A. leadership, the rank and file
under our leadership have played
big part in forcing the substan-
! tial concessions which are given in
these agreements. The seven hour
day and five day week is a victory.
But this only represents ten per
cent Of the miners, the rest work
ing on tonnage rates. The miners
are being robbed of these cOnees-
siOns locally and have many local
grievances"
The Party has not yet been able
to carry out its control tasks, said
Comrade tombstone, for example,
the task of recruiting 300 employed
miners has not been carried through.
The Y. G. L. still has only TO mem
bers in the district
Problems of Concentration
Comrade tombstone concluded his
report by dealing with the problems
of concentration. The Party does
not yet fully understand he said
that concentration In the city of
Pittsburgh means concentration Of
every Party and mass organization
in the City Of Steel, especially in
Jones and Laughlin, from without
in addition to the Psrty's work
within the mills. Comrade John
stone emphasized the necessity OF
building department organization
inside the mills.
The experiences In the Chicago
District, Comrade Gebert said in his
report, showed the correctness OF
the Party's incorporating fight
against Social Fascisn.
ut was only when we opened
fire ON the Social fascists in South
ern Illinois," Comrade Gebart said,
especially on the Musteites, that
we made the first inroads among
the miners. Now we have over 800
members there, six mine nuclei, 2
mine papers and Y. @. L. of IS
members" The reason advances
were not made In Chicago in the
A. f. Of J.. locals was an INSULT
Gent fight against Social Faseism.
"Only by an unc0mpromising flght
5 for the line Of the Party can we
become mass party and lead the
workers struggles. The Party
{ members must he ideOlogically
} convinced" he said, "of the neces-
. sity of work in the A. r. Of L. and
? this exposure Of the Social fascists
l there"
Comrade Gebert declared that tn'
fight against war and the defens'
= of the Soviet Union had not beer
t sufficiently brought forward in tn
e discussion. Especially has this worl
: been neglected in the shops.
I Since the open letter. Conn
rade Gebert continued, the Party
: has led strikes, and was an active
}. force in the Centralia, ILL.,, gem
eral strike, where it gained the
support of the Socialist workers.
The Party above all increased
shop nuclei in paste industries
from IL to 28, of which five are in
i steel, six In mining, and four In
+ metal. The total number of shop
nuclei has been increased from
II TO Az. There are now I,U3S
e Negroes in the Party in the dis
= trict, which Is rs per cent OF the
4 membership, in district where
= per cent Of the population is
S Negro"
e Check-Up of Decisions
t Comrade Gebert dwelt on tn
necessity of better control of decl
sions and check up. He read tn
control tasks of the district, show
: ing what portions had been carrie
= out. He stated that in spite c
t progress, the plan has not yet bee
n carried through and that the en-
4 tire Party, from the district leader
: ship down, must have daily con
seriousness of control tasks and con
: centration points in spite of a
r other tasks. The Chicago Part
S pledges to establish 7 Y.CL. sno
n units nv August ba Soid WORK