The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-23
SILK WORKERS
IN BIG PATERSON
Meeting TODAY
National Textile Union
Rallies Unorganized

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meeting stated that the Saturday
membership meeting had been post
poned till Monday evening because
of the inability to obtain a suitable
hall. The meeting will be held in
the East Side High School on Mar
ket st.
The special language meetings
called by the Strike Committee be-
gin tonight, when the Lithuanian
Polish, Armenian and Jewish work
ers will meet in three separate halls
The Lithuanian and Polish meeting
opens at s o'clock in the Lithuanian
Hall, Lafayette St.; the Armenian
injecting at 81 Washington St.; and
! the Jewish workers gather at
Governor St. Both start at s
O'Clock.
The Italian silk workers meet.
ing is to be held also at 8 O'Clock
in Carpenters Hall, Sc Van Houter
ST., while the Syrian mass meeting
is called for Saturday afternoon al
2:30 o'clock.
Incompetent Officials.
At the strike mass meeting this
morning, the officialdom' of the
union and the Joint Board repre-
sentatives to the meeting, who to-
gether are now running" the strike
since they tried to dissolve the left
wing strike committee, gave an ex
tremely woeful exhibition of incom.
potency in knowing how to conduct
a struggle of the workers. Although
the meeting was marked thruout BY
derisive laughter aimed at the quar-.
reling officials by the assembled
, strikers, it's sinister after effects
showed that such displays of in
competency would quickly democrat
ize the ranks of the unionists.
Although at the beginning of the
meeting the Joint Boards appointed
chairman announced that all would
be granted the floor, the meeting
was adjourned before the CHIEF
speakers of the left wing were Civ.
en- the opportunity to speak.
Why No Speakers.
Louis Stein, right wing spokes
man, and former chairman of the
strike committee, in reporting fol-
the speakers bureau, apologetically
answered the question of why there
have been no speakers at strik,
meetings for a number of days by
announcing that many speakers hat
promised to come, and that he
Stein-is sorely puzzled at thei1
non-appearance. When this wa
greeted by remarks that the lief
wing always managed to get suffi
cient speakers, Stein expressed re
sentiment at this ingratitude in ap
probation of his efforts by asking
What do we need speakers for any
how"
The real betrayal of total lack O.
capacity for labor leadership wa.
not brought out, however, till Steil
began to speculate on the value O.
picketing in the strike and on tn,
strike as whole. "Mass picketinl
is the bunk" said Mr.. Stein, adding
frankly that he thought the de
mands the union had made in tn,
strike as far too radical. These de
mands were: Union pay, an 8-hou
day and union recognition.
Right Disagreed.
Here Maori, recently appointed t,
replace the left winger as pickle
leader, disagreed with his RICH
wing colleague. ''We gotta have
lotta pickets," said he, only to Sc
Organizer Yanerelli, who acted a
chairman, interrupt to say that h
disagreed with both. "Let then
picket the nearest shop to thei
homes, even if they never worke'
there" Yanerelli opined.
Despite the seriousness of sucl
laundering incompetency, the strik
ers at the meeting found it impos
sible to refrain from outbursts o
iooS uISi Willie bIllS was SOlIlR vi
But when Yanerelli adjourned tn
meeting by saying wistfully, "Nov
let's all go picketing," (even thougl
it was several hours too early) tn
gravity of the situation PRESENTS
itself in the sharpest form. AS tn
workers were leaving the hall the,
discussed with resentment the fac
that, after a meeting as depressin,
as this, not very effective picketinl
could be carried on.
The leader Of the officialdom him
self, Hoelscher, in addressing tn
meeting, limited himself to severa
announcements instead of instillin,
some spirit into the fight agains
the silk bosses. In speaking abou
the coming membership meeting
which is now holding the attention
of every member Of the union be
cause of the Importance of the is
sues involved, Hoelscher could fin
nothing more to say than that tn
meeting hall is very nice one an
!, that no smoking will be allowed.