The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-25

needs and interests of the unem-
ployed are the same regardless of
the organization to which they may
happen to belong. We note that
all organizations are agreed on all
basic questions Of program. We
know that the membership of all
the organizations in the field are
eager to achieve unity. We con-
slider that those who fail to support
efforts to realize unity are seriously
injuring the interests of all the I'M
employed. Likewise we believe that
! it would be a most serious mistake
to try to arbitrarily exclude any in
fluential organization Of unemployed
from the unificstion process. Such
a policy could only lead to sharpen
ing conflict and antagonism be-
tween the unemployed organizations
rather than to eliminate this.
Propose Unity Convention
The National Board OF the Ma
tional Unemployment ouncil,
meeting in Chicago, accordingly de-
cided to call upon the other I'M
employed organizations to take
steps together with the National
Unemployment Council to call
Unity Convention of all unemployed
organizations, both those organized
on a national and state scale as we'll
as the local independent orgsniza-
tons. The aim should be to es-
tablish one mighty organization rep
ployed in the United States.
Unity of the existing Organiza-
tions will not merely mean the
adding together of the member
ship Of these organizations. 1t will
become a magnet that will attract
large numbers of isolated organ
izatiOns and at the same time help
In the organization of the mass
of unemployed still outside all or
CARNATIONS.
The National Board of the Ma
| tional Unemployment Council lays
down no conditions for this unity,
except that it shall be carried
through on the brOadest democratic
basis and that the program adopted
shall be of a fighting character
based on class lines. Since prac-
ticaly all organizations have en-
dorsed the Workers Unemployment
and Social Insurance Bill which was
initiated by the National Unemploy-
ment Council and otherwise act on
identical issues and demands, there
is assurance OF a genuine basis for
unity of the masses in the unem-
ployed organizations.
A number of organizations have
set November "a as a day of dem
onstration of the unemployed. We
propose that the program of de-
mands and actions for this day be
worked out on the brOadest united
front basis possible, with full par
ticipation of the local, county and
state organizations of the National
Unemployment Council and that
this day of struggle shall be con-
sidered step in the direction of
unificatiOn of the unemployed or
| CARNATIONS.
Our further proposal is that the
Unity Convention shall take place
in Washington early in January
and Immediately after the National
Congress for Unemployment and
Social Insurance, to which, we I'M
derstand, your organization has been
invited. We wish to emphasize that
the earlier the unification takes
place, the stronger the unemployed
will be in the coming struggles.
The National Board decided to
allow two weeks time for your de-
cision and reply. If you are as
deeply concerned with the question
of unificstion of the unemployed as
is the National Board of the Ma
tional Unemployment Council, then
your reply will not be delayed.
In order to arrange q. meeting at
which the manner of bringing about
unity may be discussed more fully,
we recommend that you designate
two representatives of your organ
ization and that you fill out the
attached reply blank so that we may
arrange the meeting accordingly. In
addition, we would like to have any
suggestions that you care to make.