The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-27
STRIKERS URGE
GARFIELD CITY
OFFICIALS ACT
Letter Follows Assur-
ance of Sympathy
Especial TO The Daily Worker,


PASsAIC, N. J., Feb. 25.-Clarence
Miller attended the council meeting in
Garfield on Friday and was given the
assurance that the city council was
entirely in agreement with the
strikers demands which they con-
sidered entirely fair and reasonable.
AS a result the following letter has
been addressed to the mayor and city
council:
ITO His Honor, the Mayor, and to
the Councilmen of the City of
Garfield.
"Sirs:-At the last meeting of the
councilmen Of Garfield held on Feb
10, there took place discussion on
the strike situation. The viewpoint of
the workers on the strike was present
ed by our fellow worker Clarence Mil
Ter and from his report we learn that
the councilmen of Garfield expressed
it as their opinion that the demands
presented to the mill owners by the
united front of textile workers on be-
half Of the strikers were entirely justi-
fed
This expression on the part of the
councilmen of the city of Garfield to
the effect that the demands of the
textile strikers were justified makes
US feel that we can expect full CO.
operation from the city council of Gar
field in pursuing our lawful tasks.
'The united front committee of tex
tile workers therefore calls upon the
responsible officials of Garfield:
Il. To take vigorous measures to
stop the interference of the police
with picketing and with the rights of
the people peaceably to assemble I'M
molested.
20. To take appropriate action
against those police officials who or
dered the monstrous acts of brutally
in the Alderman avenue bridge club
bling affair.
"The strike committee offers its full
cooperation to maintain order. We
shall even allow to be deputized as
many strikers as are necessary for
that purpose. We protest, however,
as citizens Of Garfield, the increase in
taxes incurred by the adding of many
new men to the police force. So far
the strikers have never been the ag-
gressors. They have been wonder
fully peaceful.
"We demand that the council put
an end once and for all to those hys-
terical cries of the bosses shrieking
for the militia. We demand that ap-
propriate action be taken to see that
Recorder Baker can no longer impose
his outrageous sentences Of 30 to 30
days for picketing peacefully nor ex-
act his extortionate sums of bail
money from his innocent prisoners.
Further we demand that Recorder
Baker give fair trial, including the
right to be represented by counsel to
all arrested strikers who appear be-
fore him.
%. Since our demands are justified
we call upon the officials Of Garfield
to endorse our Strikers Relief and to
appropriate an adequate fund for the
establishment of food kitchens in CO.
operation with the strikers relief
committee. We also call upon the Of
ficials Of Garfield to open in the pub
lie schools lunch centers to feed the
hungry children of the exploited tex
tile workers on strike.
"The officials of Garfield in carry
ing out these measures will show in
action that they are ready to support
the interests and rights of the major
ity of the population whose cause
they have considered to be just and by
whom they we're elected to office. we
trust that these matters will be acted
upon with the greatest dispatch.
very truly yours.
United Front Committee,
Of Textile Workers"