The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-07

The new administration Of Local
800 was elected into office on the
basis of support by the membership
Of the following demands included
in the Blue Ticket" program:
l. Immediate and unconditional
reinstatement of the Committee of
Fifteen and all others prosecuted
because of their struggle for local
autonomy.
2. Full and complete inner de-
mocracy in the union.
3. Rigid enforcement of union
wage scales on all engagements and
Improvements Of working conditions
for members of the union, and,
4. Cessation OF all threats, IN
Limitations, fines and explosions,
and all manner of prosecutions
against union members because of
political, social and economic Opin-
ion.
Following are the pledges made
by the United Membership Blue
Ticket in the prediction cam
paign:
l. To continue undated its fight
for complete local autonomy.
2. To extend to every member of
the union, regardless of race, color,
sex or creed, political, social or
economic opinion, full and complete
rights of free speech and free as
sembIage.
3. The maintenance of union
wage scales and improvement of
working conditions.
4. To furnish complete detailed
accounts of every penny of income
and expense.
5. To always regard the decision
of our membership as the highest
law in our local.
6. To submit to the membership
a new constitution and bylaws,
which, after full and complete dis
cusSion by the membership, shall be
adopted as its collective will and
desire, and to abide thereby.
7. To insure that all price lists
and working conditions shall be de-
determined by the membership and
not by the officials.
8. That none of the officials
elected under this ticket will, while
they are officials of the union. ever
act as contractors or leaders on
steady engagements nor will they
appoint contractors or place mem
bers on any engagements; with re-
gard to this we will always strictly
comply with the rules of the mem
bership.
8. To help the unemployed and
create work by engaging in drive
for unionization of the entire jur1s-
diction.
10. To seek unemployment relief
for unemployed members and use
the full strength of our organization
for that purpose, without placing
the burden therefor on the backs
of those employed; in line with
this pledge we will seek TO create
a fund which shall be administered
under the supervision of the mem
bership for the unemployed mem
bers in need, this fund to be created
by:
a. A drastic reduction of salaries
OF officers and board members,
b. Otherwise reducing overhead
expenses in the union wherever pos
Sible, and
G. Employing every legitimate
measure to raise funds.
IL. To work jointly with the Allied
Theatrical Trades toward the Gre
alton of uniformly dated contracts
with employers for the best protec-
ton of all concerned.
II, To devise ways and means
to prevent expulsion of members for
inability to pay dues.
While support to this program on
the part of the overwhelming ma
jority Of the members of Local 802
who partook in the election is a
great victory and constitutes an I'M
portant step forward for the rank
and file movement in the American
Federation OF Labor, the job as far
as Local 802 is concerned is by far
not completed.
Whether or not the entire mem
bership Of the local will be moved
in support Of the elected admins
tration and whether or not other
locals of the Federation will follow
the example set by 802, will largely
depend on how effectively the pro
gram of the Blue Ticket" will be
put into life.
The next step for the rank and
file Of 802 is the further struggle
for local autonomy, the effective
application Of the program they
were elected on by involving the
membership as whole in these
practical tasks and the winning over
Of the rest of the members of the
local and the entire Federation be-
hind their program.