The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-19
BARROW URGES
LABOR TOA I'D
PASSAIC STRIKE
1000 Workers Hear
Noted Lawyer

-The cause of the strikers in New
Jersey is the cause of all the workers
in the United States" said Clarence
barrow, the noted attorney and friend
of labor, to the 1000 workers who
gathered last night at Ashland Audi
torium at the Passaic defense meet
ing arranged by International Labor
Defense.
There is nothing less that a worker
can do than to give great support to
this strike. He must give all he can
and use all of his influence to help
these workers. Remember, If they
can't strike, it means that sooner or
later no labor union in this country
will be allowed to strike. Here in
America we are going over the same
ground year after year that they went
over sixty years ago in England. The
workingmen can never win until they
stand together"
barrow was -introducgS BY James P.
Cannon, chairman of the meeting, and
was greeted with enthusiastic ap-
plause from all the workers who had
gathered.
Stanley J. Clark, who had just re-
turned from the Passaic strike sec
ton, related the story of the splendid
struggle which the thousands of tex
tile workers are carrying on. He de-
scribed wildly their picket lines, their
determination and solidarity and cour.
age. His appeal for money to aid in
the defense Of Albert Weisbord, the
strike leader, and the others arrested
with him, resulted in a collection of
close to $500.
Rebecca Grecht, sent here by the
strikers general relief committee to
organize the collection of funds for the
relief of the men on the picket lines
and their families at home, described
briefly the sufferings that were being
borne heroically by the Passaic work
ers. The relief that is being furnished
by the committee, she said, was not a
question of charity, but granted in the
spirit Of solidarity and working-class
cooperation which was the mark of
the entire strike. Announcement was
made that the Chicago branch Office of
the relief committee would be opened
at the headquarters of the Millinery
Workers Union, 166 w. Washington
boulevard. This local union, more
over, sent an official delegation to the
protest meeting.
Fred G. Biedenkapp. national secre-
tary Of the international Workers Aid,
pointed out very clearly the differ
ences existing in relief organizations
such as the charitable institutions I'M
der control Of big business, which are
ready to give relief to willing slaves.
but refuse relief to militant class-con-
scious workers, while relief work car.
ried on by workers, for workers, such
as the International Workers Aid, is
conducted on the basis of cooperation
and with the understanding that every
bottle of milk-every loaf of bread
not only feeds the strikers but also
makes for better fighters, and leads to
victory for the working class, as
against the exploiting class. Bieden-
kapp urged the fullest support of all
present at all times, not only for the
Passaic strikers, but also for those
militant fighters-the British coal
miners.
This Chicago meeting was one of
series being organized turnout the
country by International Labor De-
tense in behalf of the arrested Pas
sale strikers and strike sympathiers.
The enthusiastic feeling of the
audience was a sign of the wide SYM
patty and solidarity that has been
aroused by the Passaic strike.