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the old UE locals, Hotel and Restaurant Workers. However, on their own, these unions cannot do the job. The CTLC must more and more assume the centralization and guidance of this work. Our party can make a number of direct contributions in this field, such as distributing material and working in the Puerto Rican communities, explaining and educating on the merits of unionism and helping direct people to the legitimate unions. Basing ourselves on the special features of exploitation of the Puerto Ricans, which are different from the Negroes. In this regard the perlo study in this field is being edited into a pamphlet form. To help guarantee the coming into being of the Negro Labor Councils proposed by Randolph. Whenever possible to shift the center of gravity for the struggle for Negro and Puerto Rican rights to the white workers based on their own self-interests. In this regard a big issue in the election of a Negro to the CTLC which presently lily-white. In other words, what do the white workers have to gains by Negro liberation and Puerto Rican equality. Finally, in this respect, to fight through for our policy of concentration in garment. Garment being central to this question. 

Another key goal would be to see how to transfer the positive achievements of the New York Labor movement such as hospital organization to other parts of the state and country. Particularly in local unions belonging to various internationals, and also through the top leaders of the city trade union movement to the higher labor bodies. Also along these lines to develop a more systematic conscious approach to inffluence directly and indirectly the CTLC in New York. This body obviously being of key importance. 

New York city being a transportation center raises a whole series of important concepts for us to deal with. Firstly they are all basic industries, which are tied in one way or another to the rational labor movement. The three main questions that arise here are the defense of working conditions, stability of employment, and various forms of unity. The present negotiations in the railroad industry are of vital concern to the entire labor movement. Consequently any aspects of our work here is transfer developments of unity and militancy in this area and to the national scene and vice versa. The railroad workers in Chicago have already had a large mass contract meeting. Developments on that score here would be welcome. Relationships between the various local railroads and the CTLC would be another effective development. National developments of unity between maritime and longshore and teamsters are also significant aspects of our work locally. In the longshore strike situations, statements of unity and support by Hall-Curran-Hoffa were significant. In New York City an outlook of transferring positive aspects of Hoffa's program of political action and the fight against Landrum-Griffin to our local teamster units and spreading it locally if affected would be good. In the city the Teamster double standard for Negro and Puerto Rican workers in terms of pay, conditions and non-unionism is notorious. These practices should be thoroughly exposed. Our party could make a direct contribution here. Because of the over-all importance of the transportation industry it should be a major concentration. 

The oppressive political situation in the state and in the city, coupled with the attacks against the labor movement, continued fierce exploitation of Negroes and Puerto Ricans, and in view of Rockefeller's call for continued bomb testing, raises the need for intensified independent or working class political action. Any and all forms of support should be given to Van Arsdale, Quill, etc., to develop specific forms of electoral work. Unity of purpose and action should be striven for amongst the Lehman-Roosevelt-Powell-Quill and Van Arsdale people. Inherent in this line-up are opportunities and forces around the three key issues of the day -- peace, labor, Negro rights. To the extent that this develops will it determine political forms for 1960. We should swim in all three currents, advocating vigorously positions on these issues. Any and all attempts should be made to retrieve COPE committees, if this cannot be done all should attempt to work politically in elective working class areas in the Democratic Party-Liberal Party, depending on the particulars. Not only should we ourselves as elements