The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-31
LaF Toilette Wages
Big Fight to Get
Strike Investigation
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from each side in the dispute the
moment the meeting opened. He
stipulated that arguments would be
made in a closed secret session. Nc
Lean, big business representative
from Connecticut and lackey of the
textile interests of that state, fought
McNary's proposal.
"Will Settle Strike"
Edwards than made his protests
against federal interference and when
he saw that this argument was not
sufficient to justify a refusal of the
customary senate privilege to LaFol-
lette to present reasons for the pre-
liminary investigation and his intro
duction Of the measure in the senate,
he made the offer of settling the
strike. He declared that he would
settle the strike" and would refuse to
deal with any Of the present strike
leadership.
Big Business Against Investigation.
Senator Weller OF Maryland, who
voted against the preliminary in4
vestigation, is an administration re-
publican lined up with the big bust
ness interests. Metcalf Of Rhode
Island is a wooden manufacturer and
is aiding Edwards to sti1e the in
vestigation as he fears the investiga-
ton might spread into Rhode Island
and thus expose him and his treatment
Of the workers employed in the mills
run by him. Metcalf at all times
speaks for the Rhode Island textile
manufacturers in the senate.
Smith of South Carolina is demo
crat and has posed as a friend Of
labor" He represents the textile in
terests of his state.
Tyson of Tennessee is a traction mil
lionaire and was at one time presi-
dent of the American Cotton Associa-
ton Of mill owners.
Reed of Missouri was not present at
the meeting as he was ill.
Reaetionaries JubiIant.
Tyson and Metcalf are just as
jubilant as Edwards over the outcome
Of the meeting. They realize that
since the committee decided that Ed
wards and an official Of the depart
ment of labor were to report on con-
ditions IN Passaic inside of a week
that this report will be conservative
and will find conditions the best in
the industry" and that they can then
report to the senate there is no need
Of an investigation and this move
would also keep LaFollette from tell
ing the stories of the strikers before
the senate committee.
After the meeting several of tbs
senators declared that the strike
would end soon as the manufacturers
were eager to settle the strike and
would grant the strikers concessions
in order to forestall a probe into the
textile industry.
Green Aids Textile 5arons.
President Green of the American
Federation of Labor, who since he
took the place Of Sam Gompers has
been trying to put over one class
collaboration scheme after another,
declared in an interview that he was
not going to help the 10000 Passaic
textile strikers in getting an in
vestigation into the conditions in the
textile Industry. Many of the union
members here In Washington are
wondering whether the paid ads that
now appear in the American FEEDER
ationist, which is edited by Green, of
the Botany Worsted Mills of Passaic
and Of the United Piece Dye Works
In Lodi are responsible for the at
titude of this labor head.
The United Textile Workers Union
heads have declared that tho the Pas
sale strikers had asked them to come
to Passaic to organize them, they
would not do so as they were not
prepared to absorb 10000 new re-
cruits into the union at once"