The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-17
WORKERS HEAR
The DEMANDSFOR
MASS PICKETING
tombstone in Strike Plea
to Federation.

Nepty2af 6has The night against
the injunction must be carried on by
the Federation, IN an organized
way, and not by individuals, john
stone issued hla challenge to Fitz-
patrick and Nelson:
Why doesn't John Fitzpatrick
and Oscar Nelson, the heads of the
Federation, 60 on the picket line
themselves with an organized body
from the Federation. Individuals
cannot do much by themselves, they
must act in an organized manner"
Fitzpatrick Gets Agitated.
Fitzpatrick. greatly sgitated,
broke in and deoried Johnstone's de-
mand as bunk" and repeated his
previous assertion that the Fedora
ton had to be asked He said that
tombstone knew the trade union
movement as tAcroly as any one
there, and ought to know his demand
was wrong.
Alderman Nelson, the corpulent
lawyer, formerly a postal clerk,
came to Fitzpatrick's rescue with the
argument that the discussion was
"cut of order" Then forgetting his
own ruling he began TRADE against
tombstone.
''Fosterism,n he shouted, his big
body shaking. He charged tombstone
with being the lieutenant of Foster
and with playing into the hands Of
the bosses by going on the picket
line without authorization from the
union.
tombstone had earlier told of po-
lice hrutalities he had seen while on
the picket line, and Nelson seized
on his statement to make the point
that picketers who acted without
authorization from the union were
a descriptive force. He continued to
sheer at tombstone because he "had
not been arrested"
He alleged that the radicals had
disrupted the garment workers
union and cried out in rhetorical in
dignation, Don't scuttle the ship Of
the Ladies' Garment Workers Union
which is composed So per cent of de-
fenseless girls. Lay of"
Act Under UMson Orders.
tombstone did not have the eppor-
tunity to answer an OF these Hes for
Fitzpatrick, the presiding officer,
kept pounding his gavel and crying
in a loud voice that ne was out. Of
order, and Nelson continued his dis
orderly Interruptions.
fBut- 1ohAstone did succeed in get
ting before the house the fact that
the volunteer pockets who have Been
working with him were acting under
the orders Of the Ladies' Garment
WcrkcrS Union, and the strike com
mice, ene of whose members was
Dora LipshitE, one Of the expelled
left wipgers.
Silk Of Lawyers Dope.
NeIsen's noisy cries Of "FoSter-
ism" aroused the Disguised response
from Nils Kjar, q carpenters dele
gate, who took the floor ard said he
was sick Of having the issue side
tracked with this talk about "Fos-
terism." He challenged Lawyer
Nelson and the president of the Fed
Grafton to do something for the gar
ment workers by going on the picket
line. Wederberg, another carpenter,
said that this "Old Stuff as he
called Nelson's personalities, would
not get him anywhere.
Johnstone's original speech. calling
for militant mass action by the Fed
grafton led by It's officers. was the
feature of the session.
Cites Howat's Fight.
IF Alex Howat had onll- appealed
to the country, the Kansas slavs
laws would have been repeated all
- l..
led a militant strike against the
court and went to Jail for 16 months
and the court was killed"
The Ladies' Garment Workers
Union was facing battle for its life
hsre, he urged on the delegates, and
It must have militant support. The
union was not strong enough by it.
self to smash the injunction. the en-
tire labor movement must aid it.
Johnstone pointed out that the in
functions were coming more fire.
quently, that sooner or later the life
of the Chicago Labor movement al
r whole would depend on their mill
tant resistance TO these infamou,
writs and he declared that the Fed
Grafton had better begin now.
Even Gompers Says defy"
Samuel Gompers himself had in.
sisted that iniunctions must be dis.
obeyed and the authority Of Amer
lean Federation Of Labor was benfnc
that. He demanded that the Fedora
ton, led by its officials, go out t.
smash the injunction issued by tn,
notorious" Judge Sullivan.
The cheers which greeted his cal
for action gave enthusiasm to the
strikers who were present, tho they
nonplussed the do-nothing forces OF
the conservative side.
Volunteers on Picket Line.
Many volunteers from the Chicag,
labor movement will be on the pickle
line this morning and there Is res'
son to believe that the Federation
thru is Committee, may line up fol-
organized action for the strikers
where IL will do the most good, Of
~. ~gcLet live