The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-28
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years in the labor movement" "honest
service" these were the phrases with
which the traction workers were be-
guiled and the incompetency, coward
ice and reaction of the leaders" COW
cred up.
Hugh Frayne-Strikebre
Hugh Frayne, pot-bellied, gray
haired and suave, his very presence
in the situation guarantee for the
bosses that the traction workers
would be swindled, the strike sabot-
aged and the organization campaign
demoralized, played the chief role.
He was the official apologist. Fresh
from his task of smashing the La
dies Garment Workers union and
the Furriers' union, Frayne Tuesday
night performed another service for
the bosses.
Frayne sounded not one single note
of struggle. Instead, he urged the
traction workers to trust the very per-
sons who had betrayed them, ''to give
dollars worth of work for a dol
lars worth of pay" and, above all,
to have always the interests of the
public at heart.
In effect, he inferred that it was
the public" which had grievances,
and not the traction workers.
Plenty of Advice.
This indeed was the whole tone of
the meeting. Obscene subserviency
to capitalist party politicians, glori-
fication of conservatism, the duty
of the worker to his employer-a
whole stream of poison was poured
out upon the audience of 300 traction
workers who had to be made to be-
lieve that victory had been won by
an ignominious retreat.
Listen to your officials conserva-
lively and with an open mind, give
service at all times, be sober and
stand by" said one speaker. He did
not say how this would defeat the
company union but the officials who
were to be listened to applauded
wildly.
The Men Might Strike.
In the back of the mind of every
labor leader who was a party to the
surrender was the fear that the sit
uation might have got out of hand.
that the men might strike in spite
of the fake settlement. This fear
shown by the "jumpy" department
Of the conspirators.
The slightest unusual noise, a mo-
torman reading the Daily Worker,
the entry of late Corners, the popping
of the flashlights of the cameramen,
would almost throw the officials into
a panic.
AS the time to take a vote on the
recommendations to accept the "set-
Element" and call off the strike ap-
preached, the nervousness increased.
Accepting" the Settlement"
Shea put the question.
A henchman in the front row moved
to accept.
Jim Walsh, one of the leaders of
the strike last year, arose and moved
that the terms be not accepted and
the strike be not called off until the
I. r. T. officials and the Amalga-
mated Association officials had
signed a document embodying the
terms with the signature Of the
mayor as witness.
Walsh was created with tremend-
Gus applause when he arose and his
motion got similar reception.
There was panic on the platform.
Frayne consulted with Shea.
Shea refused to entertain Walsh's
motion. There was another motion
before the meeting.
Someone offered Walsh's motion
as an amendment.
Shea refused to accept it. at is
contrary to the spirit of the previous
notion" he said.
The audience was by this time suf-
ficiently confused, the question was
put, % per cent of the audience voted
faye" and Shea declared the motion
carried.
AS if moved by one lever, the plat
form full Of "labor leaders" wiped
their perspiring foreheads and leaned
back with a sigh of relief.
Breaking the Spirit.
The biggest part of the job has