The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-22
PASSAIC PARADE, MEETING AND
SPEECHES REVEAL CONTRAST OF
PRES. MAC MAHON AND STRIKERS


ers, must publicly pay tribute to the
splendid devotion and leadership of
our former organizer, Albert Weis-
bord. tremendous cheering, lasting
five minutes.)
For seven months he led the strike
and the fact that we are able to join
the United Textile Workers of Amer
lea with unbroken spirit and united
ranks is a monument to him, and in
his withdrawal we have additional
proof of Albert Weisbords unselfsh
devotion to our cause and to the
cause OF organized labor. (Storm of
applanse.)
Rights Are Won only BY Power.
"The mill owners, who have tramp
led upon all the rights OF their work
ers, must now realize that If indus
trial peace and well-being is to come
to Passaic they must recognize the
right of their workers to organize and
to settle grievances thru the Amer
lean method of collective bargaining
I'm Philadelphia we as a nation are
celebrating the 150th anniversary Of
the adoption of the principle of pol
itical democracy.
In 1917 our country entered the
world war to abolish the kaiser and
kaiserism among nations.
To-day, here in Passaic we textile
workers are ghting for industrial
democracy and to abolish the auto
crazy, and kaiserism of the mill own
ers on the industrial field.
No Company Fake Union.
Against our demand for a real
workers union, the mill owners want
to give us their own company union.
I'VE reject this subterfuge of the
bosses-the company union-as a
menace not only to us but to the
whole american labor movement. In
this struggle against the company
union we feel sure of the support of
every International and local union
within the great American Federation
of Labor.
I'VE greet our brothers-in-arms in
the noble army of labor that we have
joined.
Pledge Loyalty To Union.
1--WE pledge our wnoIe-hearted de-
votion to the United Textile Workers
of America.
1--WE have publicly promised to live
up to its constitution and its bylaws.
1--WE here publicly pledge ourselves
to support the regularly elected Of
fcers of the U. 7. w. OF A. in carry
ing out decisions of our International.
81 speak now in the name of all the
members of Local 1903 of the United
Textile Workers of America.
Strike Is Still On.
IT must call attention Of all those
gathered here today to the fact that
the Passaic strike is still on.
"Our spirit is high, our determine
ton to win is greater than ever. We
are on strike for the recognition of
our union.
I'VE have suffered and bled in the
cause Of labor and our union.
1--WE here announce that we Will
never go back to the mills without
our union.
Let Mill 5arons Note.
Let the mill owners take notice.
We want settlement. We want
peace. But we refuse longer to be
slaves and we want a peace between
equals. Wa want an honorable set
tlement between our union and our
employers.
"In this settlement we will want to
have the final word and vote like free
men upon all it's terms.
"Fellow-workers, today we pay our
respects to our President, Tom Nc
Mahon, and to the leaders of the A.
F. OF L.
I'VE urge them to lead Us on 10
victory. We will do our part as we
have done in the past.
1--WE will man the picket lines; we
will stand shoulder to shoulder and
fight on let come what may.
Ready To Die For Our Cause.
1--WE are ready to die in this cause
and we will win.
let no man think that we can ever
accept defeat; because the health and
safety of our people and the prosper
ity Of this community depend upon
our victory.
Long live our Local Union Number
1908 OF the United Textile Workers
Of America.
Long live the great American La
Dor Movement-the American Fedora
,tion OF Labor
Long live the United Textile Work
ers Of America.
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