The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-12

The National and other commit
Tees will be responsible for state
ments and actions Of their members
only when these are specifically and
formally approved and authorized.
Adhereht organizations are ex-
pected to provide reasonable oppor-
tunity for a hearing to off1cial rep
reSentatives of National and other
Action Committees.
The work OF the National Action
Committees is TO be financed by
means Of an annual fee in amount
not less than $1,000 and not more
than one-half cent per member
whichever is more. Such payment to
be made in quarterly installments
by adhering organizations. Addi-
tional funds when required may be
raised by soliciting contributions
by the sale of publications and from
the proceeds OF special campaigns.
Local and other Action Committees
shall finance themselves in like
manner.
Immediate Steps
The National Action Committee
with the support Of all participating
organizations shall Immediately
launch a nationwide campaign
with the following detectives:
l. Secure Congressional hearings
on the Workers Bill and related
measures.
2. Secure discharge of the Work
ers' Bill from Committee and its
formal consideration in the u. S.
Senate and House Of Representa-
tiveS.
3. Mobilization Of the maximum
possible opposition to the spurious
plans and proposals offered as sub
stitutes for genuine unemployment
and social insurance.
4. Secure introduction of the
workers Bill in the Legislatures of
at least twenty states during the
present legislative session.
5. Launch a referendum on the
Workers Bill in as many states
where the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. is
provided for, as possible.
s. Secure endorsement and mem
orialization of Congress by the legis-
lative bodies Of every possible state,
county, city and town.
AS the means of achieving these
detectives the National Action Com
mittee with the support of partic-
iTNot iI,u O,.sro ,, iza tio,,c will i,1iEsotA
and develop and support the follow
ing and such other actions as may
be found necessary and practicable.
Mass Campaign
Broad mass-meetingS and demon
STATIONS; mass marches and mass
delegations to legislative bodies; col
lective r esolu tions to legislative
bodies and their members as we'll as
federal, state and other executives:
individual resolutions Tin the form
of postcards, letters, petition lists,
etc.. AS further means of exert
ing pressure and registering the
mass demand for genuine unemploy-
ment and social insurance, the Ma
tional and Local Action Committees
in consultation with the respective
trade union organizations may call
short strikes and stoppeges
In the course of all these activities
and campaigns we must be mindful
of the direct bearing that the mass
struggle for immediate partial de-
mands has upon our ultimate sue
cess. 1t shall be Our task and pur-
pose to stimulate and support in
every possible way, every struggle
for more adequate wages, and work
ing conditions, for higher amounts
and standards Of relief and every
struggle against the intolerable suf-
fering, deprivation and abuse to
which the masses are now subject.
BY this means we will cement the
unity which is required for effective
action in support of ever phase of
our program. Thus we will together
advance towards our basic common
objective - the greater economic
security of the great masses OF
workers In industry on land and in
the professions.