The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-13
ORGANIZATION
OF TEXTILE is
PLEA TO AT. OF |,
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WI hSISs
Open Shop Means Despotlsm.
"The open shop is designated not to
assure the freedom of the workers
but to safeguard the power of the un-
changeable masters. Open is a mis-
homer and delusion, for open has
something of the atmosphere and
conotation Of freedom. The open
shop is the open door to industrial
despotism.
Abandon ye all hope who enter
here might well be written over the
door OF the open shop. The ultimate
purpose Of the open shop is to destroy
the organization of the workers, and
the American republic, with its work
ers denied the right to organize and
smashed into submission, were not
worthy OF dts name and destiny.
Workers Courage Glorious.
THE Passaic mill workers have
dared to stand up and do battle with
the weapons Of the spirit with glori-
GUS courage and amid unbelievable
suffering, for something which is in
keeping with the traditions of Ameri-
can freedom. The mill owners, who
deny and would crush them, are bent
upon the destruction of organized
labor. Then let the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor accept the challenge.
If the mill owners, drunk with
nrOc naf-ifv and apfrannbo5 - ,o-
persist in their un-American refusal,
then Is the time come for the Amer
lean Federation of Labor to grant the
fullest measure of its support to the
undaunted workers in the Passaic
mills.
Duty of A. r. of L.
Victorious, these become the symbol
Of your strength; defeated and broken,
they may become the token of your
weakness. Upon you lies the duty to
organize the workers in the textile in
dustry turnout the land, thru the in
strumentality of the United Textile
Workers.
Remember that the American peo-
pie are deeply stirred over the Pas
sale struggle. Lawlessness and dis
order have been monopolized by the
mills and their police and judicial al
lies. Know that American men and
women do not wish to wear clothing
sweated out of underpa D workers"
Hits at Controlled Churches.
Rabbi Wise also hit at the attitude
Of the Detroit churches toward the A.
F. Of L. convention.
THE churches must not become the
Sunday clubs of the would-be destroy
ers of labor" he declared amidst great
applause.
I'VE must not allow the church and
the synagogue reduced to the level OF
scab agencies"
Wants Whole Industry Unionized.
Rabbi Wise declared the Passaic
strike had now developed into lock-
out under the Prussian despotism of
the mill owners.
Il am here to plead for the organi-
zation from top to bottom of the tex
tile industry" he repeated again in
concluding his talk.
When Rabbi Wise had finished Pres
ident Green pledged the support of
the A. F. of L. to the Passaic strikers.
Delegate Sarah Conboy, secretary of
the United Textile Workers Union,
also spoke, telling Of the eight months
struggle of the Passaic strikers, de-
claring:
IF the mill owners can win in Pas
sale, only God knows who will be their
next victims"
Must Fight Open shop.
1T seems that two organizations, the
United Mine Workers of America and
the United Textile Workers Fedora
ton. are the butt of the open shop at
tack. You must help the Passaic
strikers now. You must back them
up today. Their victory will be your
victory"
Altho 1t was known that Rabbi Wise
would appear before the convention on
behalf OF the Passaic strikers, the res
olutions committee had not prepared
to report out the Passaic resolution,
as 1t did In the case of the strike of
the International Ladies' Garment
Workers Union, unanimously en-
dorsed last week.
Convention Delays Action.
Thomas MacMahon, president of the
Textile Workers Union. was not in
the hall when Rabbi Wise made his
speech and did not appear later. Ellen
Dawson, an official Of the textile strik-
ers' union, was in the hall. but was
not given the floor. President Green
announced that the Passaic strike res.
olution would come up later, when
there would doubtless be other
speeches on the subject. Instead of
completing its action on the Passaic
strike, the convention was asked to
listen TO an address by Eugene T.
Lies OF the Playground and Recreation
Association.
The convention stood for n faw mn.