ON THE WORKERS FRONT Rank and File Illinois Miners Ready for a In the New York Sabotages Class Defense New and Militant National Movement of Goodman and Morgenstern 00 00 00 10. 00 500 200 00 00 Anonymous 100 reported Ban «Class Struggle WAN the clo SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1931 THE MILITANT PAGE That the interest and devotion is still as high as ever is hest loven by the following report of funds received New York 2, 000 Expan. Pro. 21. 35 New York Cannon 00 710 of New York New York Ilow. aan 10. 00 New York (Continued from page 1)
the decisions of crazy, sucidal disorganContinued from page for a fight aaginst the notorious act, be Berman 00 foreign bori local and state leaders. This ivers is best illustrated by the expul It would be hurd to conceive of a in that connection. Our Phila inaugurated. The has consist. New York 500 will convince many of those who doubt sion from the party of Dan Winniger, more stagnant and completely bankrupt delphia district was from the beginning ently rejected our proposals. e.
the present sincerity of the rank and of Indians, because he supported the body of so called representatives of labor willing to handle the case, and were re 00 It the Left Opposition gave the New York file movement, for bitter opposition of line of the Left Opposition at the st. than the present Central Trades and minded of their responsibilities in the no chance to take part in their de Zarda 00 this kind 18 not directed at rake move Louis convention. Concrete cases where Labor Council of New York. The un matur, even though that was not neces rense. then at least let the bur. New York 900 ments. However, it must be pointed out scores of miners can be won to the left employment crisis had come and cousary.
exuerats answer: 30 that there is still a strony Lewis danger, wing cause are plentiful, only to be tinued unabuted, yet raised not rule The facts as presented to us are that who has prevented the Labor Defender Cleveland caused by several leading individuais destroyed by the irresponsible function in the cesspool of reaction in which float the two workers or their friends handled from mentioning a single word about the Broly who have not akkressively attacked the aries of the party who strut at large the vast majority of the delegates to the case entirely apart from the I, case in a single one of its fssues up to Los Angeles 1, 000 Lewis gang and have been shielding it with a self satistied attitude of Oh well, this clearing house of labor uction. and gave our organization no chance to now? lofsnert, under the pretense of majority rule. we have the support of the Russian When, after months of delay, the questake part in their defense.
Who has prevented the Daily Worker St. Louis The appointive power was completely working class to our cause. Fraternally yours, and the Freiheit from printing a word F, 81. 750 done away with tion of unemployment was finally brought Every officer and every While ut this time the Illinois miners up on the door, it was handled in the International Labor Defense about the arrests, the trials, or even Youngstown, Ohio committee of the convention was elected are still deliberating the issues before most shamelessly hypocritical manner George Maurer about the conviction?
II. 00 from the floor. Itay almondson of lethem, the relations of other district to Por example here is one of the resolu Assistant Secretary. Why did Engahl lie when he wrote Boston sier was elected president of the con Illinois, the present strikes throughout tions drawn up and passed to meet the What happened between March 11, to Gross that the has taken over Konikos vention. Willian keck of Belleville was the East, etc. are of special importance demands of the situation. when Engdahl claimed that the the defense of these two workers. South Africa elected secretary. Committees on Rules The movement in Ilinois suffers from whereas the present unemployment had already taken over the defense What did Engdahl mean hy saying that Lopez. 86 and order, kesolut. ons, constitution, and the lack of u solidly organized Left wins. is due to overproduction, wages it has and March 25, when it found ont that the Is giving them the same Kansas City br. 10. 00 peals and Grievances, etc. were elected. Tbe group of former party and league ing orking hours de it was give The convention was thrown luto hot de members that dropped out due to mapscreasel, in harmony with mechanical their defense. chance to take part in protection as all the other workers fac Toronto br.
Or even assuming the ing persecution. Green 00 bate over the question whether to in circumstances and cases, formed quite a progress, be it therefore latter contention, which is absolutely ab Is silence in the press, failure to let Toronto br.
vite Walker and Lewis to appear before large number of the delegates.
Fit Resolved, that the go on surd and false, did the stop its the defendants speak at Anti Flynn Act 50 con did not center on the question of members. substantial majority record in favor of increased wages and campaign for Sacco and Vanzetti because meetings, violent ejection as the presence Toronto hr.
of Engdahl of the defendants from supporting either of these two fakers of the delegates would follow a Laft wing keep fee with mechanical progress in Pendants sparious friends of the conferences, failure to provide even! Toronto br. Yolle Total 114. 01 but rather deviated to the minor argu group. The Muste forces that controlled production.
an attorney is this Engdahl protec R. Schwartz Boston Committee? Did the ID 00 ment of. 1) not being afraid to face the St. Louis convention were very much revionsly Just how waves are to be increased Toronto br.
the wreckers and to put them on trial weakened in the convention.
stop its movement for Alooney at the tion. Every Communist worker. every men.
959. 40 Joe Roth leaflet and the working day shortened, what time when the reaction controlled com before the convention, or. the arvu pointing out its policies and good tights means are to be used, remains a deep mittee denounced the and the ber of the party and the must Toronto hr.
ment against, that this was a rank and by several of its delegates was about a mystery. But, of course, all the dele communists? Of course not! And, we raise his volce immediately to demana ar opper 00 Total ile convention and that those that the that they did. Sluste personalizates voted heartily in favor of the repeut, assuming that the left opposition that this black statu be erased from the Toronto hr.
to date 1, 103, 41 mluers were opwsed to had no place appeared before the convention and spoke resolution.
within the miners affairs.
in the name of the West Virginia Miners would not give Engdahl and Maurer a shield of the The Engdahls Another sample: The question of supporting the luter Union that was calling a strike for the chance to take part in the defense want to destroy the organization by addnational union or not, came before the same day the convention opened. The against the company union. The hereby goes on record can that explain or justify the treacherying to its slogan of Defend the Victims of the officials?
of the Criminal Nyndientist Laws the convention in a resolution foran This line presented in the last issue of Labor most important immediate mat Age was the line pursued by Muste. One of u in class collaboration into consider Taking the past record of the But this assumption exuctly 100 words Except the Victims belonging to ter to come up before the rank and slothing that is incomprehensible is the ation, this resolution can only mean that their arrest, Morgenstern und Goodman a crime against the working class and ice authorities upon the Revoluttonary percent unfounded. Immediately upon the Left Opposition. Such conduct in Following the attacks ly the Instor.
ed a bitter fight against the district gang conferences and conventions refused to maintain a monopoly in the collection of put off with evasive answers. They call.
movement. Those in charge had launcle fact that the Juste followers in many the of fakers would like to sought the aid of the They were its revolutionary movement.
We have proposed the initiation of Age, run of the Lovestone group, the but they had failed to take a definite accept any kind of responsibility in any ques.
step against the international organiza sort of work. The Illinois miners that ed upon the to initiate a move united front movement to defend all the Spanish Communist paper, Vida Obrera, ment for the. They were on. The cry of unity was the unaut, led the Juste St. Louis convention are closed numerous breweries and therebs buffed. They appealed for Tegal aid. Ryder and others as well as the two Lengue, Young Worker on what she these victims of the blynn Act Lawrence, and the gruan of the Young Communist mous opinion of the winers; since the away from the light at the present time increased the unemployment army, we but no attorney ever appeared at Oppositionists. re organized vs regular (Daech, Johnston, etc. The program favor light wines and beer so that ali flyht, the miners of Illinois proposed by the Musteites was very cleur brewery workers may get back thely had to obtain their legal aid from the ranks to change their despicable course ran of the Weisbord group, the Class any stage in the case! The two workers are compelled by the militants in the the most recutit victim of the anti Com had been torn into two factions. These and, being better strategists than the jobs.
two factions never had any deep political average two by four Stalinist organizer, disagreement, merely a personal fight the Musteltes were able to form the only the men enguged in soft drink manufactake over the defense Our proposal with lon Goodman as temporary chalr: that the paper did not have a nuttelent The question of what is to become of viven every opportunity was urged to mitte has been set up in Philadelphia Struggle. In the last case, the author To see who was going to continue to rob detinite group around them in this conture, when the slump of trade is shifted was, and still is, that the case of the two man and Whitten as secretary number of suberiers to warrant grant the miners, was the real issue involved. vention.
However, the locis miners for a period with the West Virginia miners pre concern to the framers of the resolu the other communist workers tu enus belp the defense movement and should net of the matter of course, that it of two years had foolishly let these sent response to a strike call issued by tion.
Ivania who huve been and are being per be forwarded immediately to comrade was hanned because it was a revolution inisleaders split them into two hostile the West Va. Miners Union, the strike One more gem: secuted under the Plynn Act, that a un Whitten at 2041 Appletree st. Philadelcamps. Rows that ended in flerce fights of lennsylvania and Ohio is greatly for Resolved, that the go on ited front movement in their defense and phia, Pa.
ary a part and gunplay were often the case. Yet Hifled. Never has the situation been a record as leaving the question of unemof the general esmpaign revived for the when preesure came about, the court favorable as now for a national strike. ployment Insurance in the hands of the first time since the end of the warinjunctions subsided and the notorious The party at present pursues an errone P. of Executive Council.
against all the communist prensThe compromise was enacted, leaving the oux policy in an attempt to unite the This resolution was the only one that selection of the Communist press for the miners of Illinois once more to bite the American coal miners. The policy of the really roused the delegates to the point Arxt victims of a new wave of Burlesdust. The whole struele has now cut party is not one of convincing the min of discussion on the general question of tonism is not accidential but premediminated in a powerful rank and file move erx who follow various tendencies to unemployment, its causes and its cure.
ateil. The hourgeoisie aims to pay the mouth of the militant section of the ment. By decision of the convention, realize the ability of the party to lead But alas! after listen lug to the various Ne YORK With a new branch ex by the local members working class as part of its task of the miners of Illinois recorded themsel them successfully, but rather is a polley lines of argument and provosals from ecutive recently elected efforts are bevex solidly against the International and that tends to impress the miners of the the floor, the writer was forced to come systematize better its activities. One by mittee has been organized with several whole.
ing made by the New York branch to Morgenstern Goodman defense com strangling the labor movement ay a of Illinois to refrain from sending dues any morement of the sort unless it lins the smallest unit of matter after all qual member work, such as each tak is only the complete sabotage by the Regardless of the fact that Veisboni to these two branches of the organiza complete hegemony. Illinois and West the brains of most of the delegates must in his place in a workers mass or of this case which forced us to raper has since been suspended, it is tion. Looking at itite same time to the Virginia stand prepared through a cor be smaller stin. Ilowever, after a pro nanization and thus dolug bis part mors take steps to organize such a committee imperative that the siurpest protest he for convention where the many different ate the present forces throughout the shed and the sweat of intellectual con effectively in the class struggle Kaca independently. But of course all of rained everywhere ainst the hizh hand.
hor camere dine tamerican coal miners may nation under one centralized leadership. wiped off the tattuces of the delegated member is also being required to take forts will be continued to make it sed despotism of the pastal authroite Speaker after speaker at the Illinois the resolution was duly passed and the pose of. With the Militant umearing act, of watch this case is a part, and to the regime of Burleston and Mitchell The Policies of the Stalinists rank and file convention pointed out regular order of business resumel.
The policy of the Stalinists relative the immediate need of forming national At this point we may ask ourselves to the National Miners Union has been unity with the rank and the miners of pertinent question: How many common by the members to place the paper there to take this case up as a general united ment to a frie press, uncontrolled by In this conven the nation. The Pennsylvania, Ohlo sadists and left wingers of the labor moveing enrolled in the regular list which Act and for the defense of all of its talist koernment, must le aruently de tion, after having officially and publicly West Virginia miners strike were cor ment in New York were present at this denounced the rank and file movement, rectly pointed out as of supreme impor performance? Answer: is now supplied by the militant branch victims. The present defense attorneys tenderl. It is not the communist press Exactly one, the National Miners Union, entered as tance to the miners of Illinois at the and he a member of the agent. And, of course, on a whole this furnished by the Civil Liberties Union, Alone but the whole labor prom which Ardeckton within the convention. The present time. Due to the provocative Lengue, not the Communist Purty. Now branch holds the record of most Iltera are now preparing the appeal for a new in vel vedas was shown during the trial. Nie is acation and repressions of the world war. This dan first step of not wanting to win over measures of the Stalinists, powerful why is it that the Communists are conLast Sunday a very successful picnic it is not yet known when the arguments ger must le met hy a compact uitect out attacking the convention and has self around a class struggle program nt. one holding sway over at netting a little financial surplus for futhe miners was the circular they put Left wing that had firmly developed it tent to leave an important body like the was held bringing out attendance and for a new trial will be heard. Nean front movement of all the oranizations while the defense committee is prepararectly or indirectly involved. The fail delegates took affront at the position of vention was blown to smithereens. When tirely in the hands of the labor fakers and joined the membership in greeting this case.
Edmondson, the chairman. Many of the the beginning of the rank and Ale con the labor unions of the metropolis, en ture work. Many sympathixers came ing its appeal to all workers to support ure of the party to initiate and organize such a movement is not only reacted the official party and demanded that these the question came up of sending dele The reason can only be: the idiotic polthe weekly Militant. Street meetings tothed advantage oft he struele against statements be withdrawn. After a re sates to the national conference of the icy of the party leaders, the criminal with large attendances have been hela ST. LOUIS. From this city we now suppression, but has given the Right convention and its chairman the of the left wingers voted against the the ranks of the conesrvativo unions. Ten per week. Efforts are now being made ing of our small branch. publie meer tablish a spurious unity with discreditel Convention went on record against the proposal. The proposal to send dele years of Communists activity in New to increase it to three weekly meetings ing is being arranged at which comrade and anti Communist elements National Miners Union and refused to rates was defeated.
York and only one Communist in the on the basis of the branch membership Debler from Chicago will be the speak dom of the press.
sive aid to the striking Pennsylvania und Ohio miners, although they did ilImmediate Task of the Left Wing are the 50 60 Communist delegates of to combat the fakers. Where being divided into three groups eacher. The branch started out by increasow the floor to a striker of the National take the immediate, necessary steps to The Left wing miners of Illinois must few years ago?
taking care of a meeting. With the fall sug its bundle sales of the weekly 11Aliners Union from the Allegany fields approaching preparations are mader way tant. Comments from there as well as of Pennsylvania. The provocative, dis guide properly the rank and Ale move of Left wing work in the open forum and study classes.
When one thinks of the possibilities for more effective conduct of the regular elsewhere on the weekly in its new forin have been unanimously favorable and rupting cocksure tactics of a group of ment toward correct lines. Only through and how they are being ignored by the should speak well for the future.
self styled little Lenins has driven an uncompromising struggles alust, the Communist party leaders in the follow. CLEVELAND Our two New York comscores of the best fighters of the Illinois two thieving wings of the United Mineing out of a blind and stupul policy of rades who are working in Cleveland for by Leon Trotsky miners temporarily away from the Lett Workers of America, will unit be possia isolation, one is forced to the conclusion the time being, report continued success THE EXPANSION PROGRAM THE DRAFT PROGRAM OF THE wing.
COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL and party members that were ready to miners of Illinois must immediately close amentul principles of Marx and Lenin, of the local Stalinists to create a hostile CAMPAIGN Criticism of Fundamentals support the line of the party became disIntroduction hy Cannon usted by the system used in clealing the coal bosses. The strike of the case, the first duty of every sincere com attending the meetings are becoming We are on the way to the reallyution 140 pages hard paper cover Bie vith plain and simple trade unionist Franklin county miers, appearing at a munist in the party ought to be to seize more interested as some of the questions of the third step in our Expansion ro THE STRATEGY OF THE WORLD ind reformist followers. To give exact time when the Eastern miners are con a broom and do his part toward sweep of dispute within the Communist move gram the second national conference of REVOLUTION letall would require a special article ducting a sweeping strike, assumes treat these misleaders of workers into the ent become clearer to them. This is the League. There has been no slacken 86 pages, two colored paper cover 27 Flowever, the strongest Stalinist sup mendous importance. The attack of the political rubbish can.
best expressed in the increasing distri ing in support by the branches and hy Introduction by Max Shachtman porter, Mike Rukavinia, a member of Chicago, Wilmington and Franklin Coal GADFLY. bution of our literature. Our comrades our supporters so far, and we do not THE SPANISH REVOLUTION iny local union told me and the entirel Company against the miners of the two have so far held two such meetings look for any even if there may be some 30 pages, paper cover No. Orient delegation that he was large Orient mines is an attack of the variation from week to week. Several COMMUNISM AND SYNDICALISM not in agreement Illinois Operators Association pacity. To fail to realize the necessity of weekly.
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The Trade Union Question zhultz, the signer of the official circular, against the present rank and nle mere rank and Ale unity at this time means PHILADELPHIA. George Saul has recomrades in various parts of the country Introduction by James Canon said that he also was not in sympathyment. The answer of the Illinois min. the starring into defeat of the herole turned from a busy week in Philadel have notified us that they will be pre64 pages. jper cover with the tone of the attack against the throughout the state. The strike muntl continue an erroneous suleldal sectarian steps for the defense of our two com ward to a real gathering in addition to ers must be a GENERAL STRIKE efforts of the Pennsylvania miners. To phia, helping in the first organization sent at the conference and we look for THE PERMANENT REVOLUTION 208 page hookcloth hound 1, 00 The harshners of the party against work. xation conditions existing in the indus tion of the miners movement for years things, he spoke at street meetings best way to make sure that it will be paper bound ers who do not.
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