The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-26
HELP TO Give
THESE PASSAIC
TOTS A VACATION
Unions Asked to Aid
Strikers Children

PASSAIC, N. j., June 24.-The New
York Furriers' strike having ended In
victory for the workers, organized la
Dor is now turning its attention to the
Passaic textile strike area, where one
of the hardest struggles in the his
tory of the labor movement now en-
ters its twenty-second week. AS soon
as the Furriers' victory was achieved,
the slogan became Nov on to Pas
saic!"
One of the first results Of labor's
concentration on the Passaic front
is seen in the increased interest dis
played by the union in the delegate
conference called for June 25, al La
Dor Temple, 244 East 18th St., New
York City, for the purpose of organ
izing relief work in that city.
Garment Workers Have Already Sent
in Their Credentials.
The International Ladies' Garment
Union has supported the call to the
extent of sending out letter under
its own signature inviting its locals
to send delegates to this conference.
The International Ladies' Garment
Union has been among the biggest
financial supporters of the textile
strikers.
The International Workers Aid and
the Emergency Committee for Strik-
ers Relief have also extended invita-
tions to their Affiliations and are ex-
pecting to bring out a large number.
Police Reign Of Terror.
Andrew 10th, a striker, was drag
ged out of Hungarian Hall, taken to
the Botany mill by police Cossacks
and there given such savage beating
that he is not expected to live. The
police have beaten up several other
strikers during the past week.
So clearly are the police the initia-
tors in this new reign Of terror in the
strike area, that Councilman Joseph
2. Dvorschak, chairman of the Wall
ington finance committee, in voting
against an increase in the police force
of that town, declared 1T was his be-
lief that the addition of the marshalls
was responsible for the reign Of ter
ror,'" adding that he favored taking
the special officers off.
Within six days there have been
rs arrests of strikers and more than
twenty beatings as a result of the
new police reign of terror.
Courts Aid the Bosses.
Many Of the strikers arrested have
been held in exorbitant and Excess
sive bail by the courts. Others have
been given jail sentences ranging
from ninety days to six months
Strikers have been arrested for
merely singing working-class songs.
Many have been pulled In, without a
shred of violence, on the accusation
Of beating up scabs and strike-break-
ers. The courts have made Il clear
that the striking textile workers need
expect no justice of them. This is
not surprising as the bosses dominate
the entire state machinery of New
Jersey. Arrested strikers appear in
courts where judges are employees OF
the mills.
Strikers Are undaunted.
The striking textile workers are I'M
daunted by the new police offensive.
They recognize 1t for what II is:
symptom of the growing desperation
Of the bosses. The textile barons did
not believe the strikers could hold
out all this time. They thought they
could break the strike with police
violence and starvation. Realizing
that the starvation offensive Is a fail
ure because Of the ever-increasing
support Of labor TO the strikers relief
the bosses are aow returning to the
use Of violence.
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