The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-08
MONDAY. OCTOBER 8. 1884
Stand Solid With the
Marine Workers

VHE strike of the seamen has already be-
gun. Marine workers and licensed Of
ficers on the Atlantic and Gulf Ports have
voted to walk out this morning. The s. S.
Texas Ranger is already tied up in New
York Norfolk crews are out on strike. Shipping
halls have been closed down.
The immediate task now is to tie up the whole
shipping industry along the Atlantic coast and in
the Gulf Ports
The strike is led by the Joint Strike Prepara-
tons Committee uniting all forces ready to go into
action to win the demands Of the seamen. The
Marine Workers Industrial Union, the Radio Teleg-
raphsts Association the rank and file groups Of
the International Seamen's Union and International
Longshoremen's Association have united for the
successful carrying through of this strike.
During all the weeks of preparing for this strug
gle the leaders of the L S. U. and I. L. A. did sb
solutely nothing to mobilize for fight to win the
seamen's demands. On the contrary, they moved
heaven and earth to prevent a strike, going to the
length of betraying the workers demands through
arbitration boards and conferences with the ship
owners and the government
The seamen are going out on strike for wage in
creases for shorter hours, for improved living con-
d1tions.
Just when the workers were ready to go into
leaders tried their hardest to head off the strike.
They accepted the truce" with the National Indus
trial Labor Relations Board, completely abandoning
the demands for which the seamen we're set to
strike Posters were plastered over the waterfront
trying to stave off the walkout There will be no
strike on Oct 81" declared these misleaders.
The seamen have learned some bitter lessons
from arbitration" boards in the steel, auto and
textile industry. All of the workers demands were
defeated and betrayed by the arbitration" negoti
atons of the A F. of L. leaders in these industries.
In the face of the rising sentiment and action
for strike the role of the l. S. U. and L I. A. lead
ers becomes an out-and-out strikebreaking role.
The Joint Strike Preparations Committee, be-
hind which the seamen lallying for an effective
and victorious strike points out that the seamens
demands can be gained only by rejecting the ne
gotiations" proposed by the National Industrial Re-
lations Board and the I. S. U. leadership and
plunging their forces into decisive action today
THE very threat of strike, the very beginning of
action, has shown the power of the walkout. The
New York Times of Saturday declared when it
appeared the orders of the ISU. officials would
not be obeyed: TT appeared likely yesterday that
some of the lines would hasten to announce wage
increases this week to strengthen the against
the Communist agitators'
Seamen, here you see the power and effective
ness Of what the employers call Communist agta
tors" The threat of strike has brought talk of
actual wage increases. Strike action, with the united
forces of all seamen behind it, will win wage in
creases shorter hours, better conditions union
recognition for all seamen.
The immediate task is to spread the strike by
the action of the rank and file Every ship, every
dock should be drawn into the strike. The de-
mands can be won and they can be won by the
action of the rank and file
Make the strike 100 per cent effective. Close
down all shipping halls, and shipping sharks.
Spread the strike to every dock and every ship.
Defeat the strke-breaking truce of the IS.U. lead
ers
All marine workers! Out on strike today for your
demands
Every worker in the port cities should rally
their forces behind the marine strike. Especially
in New York the hub of strike activities, must the
solidarity of the entire labor movement be given
to the marine workers.
Aid the marine strike by every means!
Forward to the victory Of the strike demands!