The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-19
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on the strike, committee last Tues
day to defeat the strikers through
bringing in fake arbitrator and in
shutting hypocritical unity schemes,
these officials Friday announced
that the regular Saturday strike
meeting would not take place. At
the same time local papers carried
a similar announcement intended to
demoralize the strikers.
Responding to the situation mem
bers of the strike committee got the
floor at the Friday meeting and an
nounced the call for the Saturday
morning strike gathering. In one
of the most stirring and enthusiasts
tic gatherings in which nearly 40(
strikers participated, the left wing
strike committee took over the Sat
urday meeting and reestablished al
least for the time being, the ranl
and file cpotrol of the strike.
Dunn Supports Strike Committee.
Speaking at this meeting Robert
w. Dunn, well known labor organ.
izer, whose activities among the
silk strikers date back many years
called upon the workers to rally
around their regular strike commit.
tee and it's militant policies.
"There are two main issues be.
fore you,' Dunn declared to the
workers, "the first is to win the
strike, the, second is to build q
strong union. You can win the strike
by uniting your forces behind the
militant and honest leadership Of
your own strike committee and the
left wing. You can build a strong
union only through joining with
the militant, left wing national
union in your industry, the Nationa
Textile Workers Union" Dunn
further pointed out that the meth.
DDS of gangsterism and terrorism
being adopted by the officials woulc
lead only to their own demoraliza-
ton. Such methods will not anc
cannot drive back the workers, he
said.
"My experience and study of the
labor movement has shown me-" he
said, "that it is the militants anc
the left wingers alone who can now
carry on a successful strike anc
build a strong national union" He
warned the strikers not to be in.
fluerced by such names as "red' OF
radicals" and especially empha-
sized the need of protecting the
militant girl leaders in the unior
and uniting to protest against any
expulsion methods which may be
adopted by the officials.
Before this on Friday night the
officials had already shown just
how far they irterd to cr~~v = :,
present methods by locking the
strike committee cut ftoM
Hall. When the committee arrived
to hold its regular session, the
workers found the door locked
against them and a new lock sub.
stituted for the old one.
Accept Helping Hand.
The strike committee was forced
to find another hall at which its
regular business was carried out
chief of which was the acceptance
of the recent offer of cooperation
made by the National Textile Work
ers' Union to help win the strike
Immediately after this step was
taken, officers of the N. T. w. an
nounced that Tom De Fazio, Italian
organizer, would be sent in. De
Fazio, it was learned, had already
begun active work without COM
pensation due to the fact that Hoel-
sher and the Joint Board is with
holding funds from the strike com
Big Relief Drive.
The Strike Committee FRIDAY
evening also adopted the plan to or
ganize countrywide relief drive
which the union officials have thus
far prevented The Workers Inter
national Relief will be asked to
come into the situation. A station
VII be opened up Immediately, it is
understood.
At this meeting . worker from a