The daily worker., 1926-08-17
MILLSTEIN GANG
SHOvES BOSSES
TERMS ON UNION
Gains Made in Settled
Shops Are Lost
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4O-hour week. During the slack very
few are at work.
Whatever gains were made thru the
militancy Of the rank and file of the
union we're wiped out by this agree
ment made between the Millstein con.
trolled local and the bosses associa-
tion.
Millstein, the business agent of the
union, acted as chairman of the meet
ing, and was the first to speak on the
agreement. His speech was that Of a
defeatist. He sought to discourage
and destroy the militant spirit of the
membership. He began by bewailing
the powers arrayed on the side of the
bosses against the union.
Defeatist Speech.
1--WE are now fighting the Illinois
Chamber of Commerce. We are fight
ing Gary, Morgan" declared this
leader"
"They have imported sluggers, gun
men. They are using injunctions
against men that have been brutally
beaten up. We are out Of funds"
He then urged the membership to
call off the strike and go back to
work.
President Samuel Goldberg ther
spoke. I'VE are all marked men, we
cannot picket" he bewailed 1--WE
have been in the detective bureau.
They have our fnger-prints. We can
not go on. Scabs were imported, we
fear more will be imported" His
speech was one leading up to the
announcement Of the terms Of sur
render.
International Vice-President Ida
Weinstein began by upbraiding the
membership Of the union for their
lack of faith in the officials and de-
clared because of the lack of faith
they were not able to win the strike
President Schachtman pointed out
that the rank and file of the union
was in no better position than now
to carry on battle and that the strike
was in excellent condition. He de-
clared that the agreement was not
satisfactory but was possibly the best
that could be gained unless the mem
bership continued their struggle.
AS soon as Schachtman finished
Millstein declared that now the frank
and file would be beaEd."
Hear other Side.
G. Findrik then took the floor and
declared that he would like to hear
the other side Of the story. Mill
stein ruled that four members of the
union opposing the agreement would
be heard.
Assall Bosses Terms.
What victory have you accomp-
lished? We will now be forced to
: return the gains we have made" de-
clared Robert Goldstein, the first
speaker against the agreement. I'VE
will again be forced to work A hours.
If we want to win this strike all the
shops must go out on strike. They
must all be closed down. Let US
show the bosses that we can afford
to be out longer period and go back
into the shops victorious and not los
ers and towards" AS he urged the
membership Of the union to continue
their struggle against the bosses, he
was wildly applauded and cheered.
Millstein took the gavel and raped
for order in an attempt to end the
demonstration for continuation of the
strike. His attempts were met by
loud booing all over the hall.
Threaten to Use Police.
Millstein angrily shouted that II the
disturbance keeps on I'll call the po-
lice and have you all removed from
the hall" A motion that the report
} of the conference committee to accept
the bosses terms be rejected was
made. This motion received many
seconds. This motion was not put by
Chairman Millstein to the mem
bership for vote. A second motion
was made that every shop be called
out on strike so that no struck work
could be turned out in settled shops.
Millstein refused to put the second
motion. He then beloved out that
no more speeches would be allowed
from the floor.
He then opened a vicious attack on
various militant members Of the un-
ion. He did everything he could to
villify and SANDER those that opposed
this scheme Of his to end the strike
and go back to work.
Israelson took the floor in the
midst of the turmoil deliberately ere.
ated by Millstein and pointed out that
II was easy for Millstein to spread
false statements about persons that
were absent and could not answer him
then and there. He then asked Mill
stein what happened to the $40, 900
war chest that was raised before and
during the strike. He was cut off in
the midst Of his argument.
steam-rolier In Action.
A motion to end the discussion was
made by the machine henchmen. This
motion was declared carried tho il
was not voted upon. The motion to