ITGES SODORUSSIYOSI 12In connection with the report on Cuba and Mexico and on the other countries, you probably have more material. do not now that estimates are made of the developments. But we discussed this matter with the Mexican corrades. There is a great reduction in the mumber of workers, mach unemployment, a layoff of 15 to 20 per cent. The last time was in Mexico there were many strikes breaking out everywhere, but we not only could not lead them, but we could not even catch up with registering them. But now, while conditions are much worse there are no striles. The same situation is in Cuba, Where se were in a position to do it we brought forth stries, but small strikes. For instance, the metal workers in Havane declared a strike against piece work and they won the strile, only two or three small enterprises refused to sign the agreement. This is very cher acteristic, but talcen all in all there are no strile movements.
We have a strike of fishermen. 900 morders. believe could speak for hours in discussing all the aspects of how this strike was transformed into a political strike, a strile against the government. The strie was onrried out in a courageous, brave manner.
In connection with this strike the comrades have discovered the Farbor. Te held open meetings, and on the 4th of February we organized a soll darity strike. Naturally it is possible to find in this strike a whole series of negative features. It has not developed as we conceived it, but it isfact that about 3, 000 workers have gone out on strike. In a nearby tow to Fayans the whole population was on strike, including the papers es, about 2, 000 people were on strilce. The whole bourgeois press was stopped, even ilachado press. The Herald of Cuba published a declaration that our workers are not organized with the other workers, but since we do not want a split we have to decided to stop our paper also. It was wypocracy but they imew that the comrades were prepared to break up the print shop, and therefore they decided to have the strice. All of the piers of the United Fruit Company are enclosed, and none of our speakers could get into them.
You need a credential to get into their piers, and there no one struck. Nevertheless the strike st111 contimes. Machado has improved upon sh, and the marines are guarding the slips, so the worloers cannot tale them. Under these conditions the strike is de veloping. We have written to the United States that the comrades in the United States should Internationalize the strike, and although believe the comrades here are familier with the resolution how to internationalize striles, in this struggle they have given us no help at al1. One letter from the TUUL would have given a great impulse to the continuation of the struggle. believe this also must be considered a typographical error, as well as the decision to assume patronato. sent a Etter to the United States that we call upon the workers here to fight against the import of fish. There was great entirasism among the worloers there, and the stools immediately went to the police telling them that it is against the law, and therefore the union should be declared illegal. Our enemies were more active than our friends. The grocers have stopped credit to the strildg workers. The workers live on the other side of the canal, and the ferries which used to carry the worlders across have stopped doing so. The goverment is sending its people to negotiate with them, but the fishermen declared 11lce one men that they are fighting against capital and they do not want any interference from the government. Three strike committees have been arrested, and they will be deported because all of them are Spanish.
Another strike we had was a textile strike in an American enterprise. On the basis of these strilces we were developing solidarity meetings. As said before the Cuban workers, and many of our members have tradition of this united front from above, and think that you can do nothing unless the leaders of all of the organizations are in it. On the basis of concrete conditions we have broken this tradition.
In connection with the notices that have been sent out for wage cuts in the verious industries, we organized a conference. He sent 25 comyades to the various factories and shops, not from the telephone book this time, but to factories, inviting representatives from these shops for a conference for a common struale against the declared wage cuts.
We prepared a resolution which wax was very clear, and free from too many commanist slogans, written in a popular manner. This wg to be voted on in the various factories.
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