The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-06

u Jne SJeel workers Tor Strike
action as the only way TO win
better wages and union rec
ognition for the steel workers
in Ohio and Michigan. The 200
delegates at this Convention, the
majority from Monroe, all demanded
action and condemned the "hesitat-
ing and waiting" policy as expressed
by the A. F. Of L. bureaucrats in
the auto industry Especially mil
liant delegations came from Cleve-
land, Canton and the Lower Lakes
region Of Michigan. The Cleveland
delegation from Otis Steel will pre-
sent demands for union recognition
on Monday. The Michigan dele
gates stated that unless their union
is recognized by the steel companies
and wages raised they will take
strike action.
Wild Cat Miller, national VICE
president Of the A. A.. so-called BY
the rank and file of the A. A. for
his betrayal and condemnation Of
the heroic strike Of the Weirton
steel workers as a wild cat strike,
tried to squash every move and de-
mand Of the delegates at this con-
vention for militant action. He con-
tinued his ISLANDERS against the
Weirton steel workers that they
had no business" to go on strike
without the Okay Of the A. A.
bureaucrsts. Miller continuously
quoted the A. A. constitution until
the delegates became so tired and
angry at the constitution Of the AA.
as an obstacle in their way 10 gain
improved conditions that a delegate
named Erwin of Canton, Ohio, led
a fight against the constitution and
moved that it be scrapped. He
showed brilliantly how the constitu-
ton was "out of date" and put 10
shame Miller by knowing the con-
stitution better than the national
president. The motion to re-
wise the constitution was carried
unanimously and will be referred
to the National Convention Of the
A. A. which meets in Pittsburgh, Pa,
on April 18th.
Delegates Demand Action
Miller tried his best to sidetrack
the issue of wages. But delegate
after delegate demanded immediate
action by the Union to present de-
mands for more pay to meet the
constantly rising cost Of living. At
ter much maneuvering a motion
was passed to instruct Mike Tighe,
the national president, to send a
letter to the Steel Institute for
satisfactory reply regarding wages
before June &c." It is quite evident
that this delay is the same game
that the A. F. of L. bureaucrats
played on the auto. workers to de-
feat and betray their demands for
wage increases and union recogni-
ton. Undoubtedly by June 30 thou
sands Of steel workers will be laid
off as already indicated by a de-
cline in steel production.
Frank x Martell, representing
the Detroit Federation of Labor,
was given the task to attack the
mihtants at the Convention and IN
the union. He stated that those
who do not obey the orders and
commands of the AA. leaders are
greater enemies that the steel trust.
Must Fight Bureaucrats
At the Pittsburgh A.A. National
Convention on April II the rank and
file delegates must raise sharply
and fight not only for the revision
Of the "A. constitution to permit
rank and file democracy in the
Union, but must fight to kick out
the bureauerats Miller, Tighe & Co.
who have a record of betrayal since
the 1919 steel strike. The delegates
must repudiate the official mo
strike policy of the "A. (as ex-
pressed by Miller, Tighe, etc. and
to go on record for strike action
as the main weapon in the fight TO
raise the living standards of the
steel workers and to win union con-
ditions in the mills. The delegates
must fight for the endorsement and
enactment of the Workers Unem-
ployment Insurance Bill CHR. 7598)
by all lodges.
For effective and successful strug-
giles against the steel trust, the dele
gates must demand and go on rec
ord for the broadcast united front
actions of all steel workers for
higher wages and Union conditions
The Steel and Metal Workers In
dustrial Union pledges the fullest
support to the rank and file Of the
"A. in their fight against the "A
bureaucrats and for militant strike
action to improve the conditions Of
all the workers in the steel industry