The daily worker., 1927-03-26
BrOphy> and HapgOod
Tell Need of Contracts
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anthracite men will be working while
their brothers are in a struggle for
living wage"
Excepts Partial Strike.
Asked whether he thot a strike
would surely occur, Brophy stated
that from present indications he be-
lieved that, some of the companies
would sign the old agreement, leav-
ing part of the mines operating, and
only part on strike.
Brophy was loath to comment from
any personal angle on his election
campaign Of last fall but in response
to questions, he said:
"Well, according to our union con-
stitution there should be a tabulated
report on the election published on
January 1P; but up to date no such
report has been issued, and doubt
whether it ever will be-"
Bucking The Machine.
The dinner guests were particular
ly interested in hearing Powers Hap
good tell, from his own experience,
what happens to those who try to
buck the Lewis machine or prod it
into action on some of the plans for
mulated at the various conventions
such as naturalization Of mines, and
organization of the unorganized.
Hapgood recounted. very modestly,
how he became target at the last
convention for the reactionary slug
gers and was beaten up so that he
might not be able to appear at the
session. He told of the steam roller
methods which throttled every voice
of opposition, and the final vote to
bar all Communists from membership
in the union.
"Of course this will be used against
non-Communists too, said Hapgood.
"Anyone who is active against those
in power in the union will be run
out on this charge"
BY representative of The DAILY
WORKER, Brophy and Hapgood
were asked about expenditures in
connection with the anthracite strike,
in view of President William Green's
repeated contrast of the economy of
this strike with the extravaganza of
the furriers strike.
No Detailed Statements.
"Figures are hard to get", said
Brophy. "There is no detailed state
ment of expenditures. But for one
thing they had no scabs, so no pick
eting was necessary and therefore
there were no arrests and expenses
for legal defense.
No Benefits.
"Then Of course the miners did not
pay any regular benefits. There
would be small amounts paid for re-
lief in needy cases, but no regular
weekly benefits as the furriers and
cloakmakers had"
This is an interesting item to bear
in mind when Mr.. Green or his
friends make accusations of extrava-
gance again; for in the furriers strike
over 100000 of the $S00,0OG was re-
turned to the workers in weekly bene-
fits, and large part of the balanc,
was used for legal expenses.
For Democracy.
The Democracy in Trade Unlors
Dinner Committee" which arran. .,ed
last nights dinner for Brophy and
Hapgood is a group of labor car
toonists and writers and other friends
of the progressive forces in the trade
unions. Two months ago it held a
dinner at which speakers from the
cloak and dressmakers' unions told of
the left wing fight against the reac-
tionary Sigman machine in the Inter-
national Ladies' Garment Workers
Union.
The committee include Art Young,
Michael Gold, Paxten Hibben, Ann
Washington Grafton, hugo GelIert,
William Gropper, Col. G. f. S. Wood
and Robert w. Dunn.
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