The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-26
WORKERS CHEER
TALES OF STRIKE
Applaud Speeches at
Textile Meet

Utterances that were received by
the assembled delegates and visitors
by spontaneous cheers and enthusi-
astic applause were plentiful at the
two days convention sessions that
resulted in the formation of the new
National Textile Workers Union of
America. Some of them follow:
"a. ]. Music, former minister of
the gospel, but now head of the
Brookwood Labor College," said
Jim Reid, the union president, "was
in at the burial ceremonies of the
MaMahon's U. T. w, when that
took place at their last convention .
Takes Care of Family.
In enumerating the. decaying
hulks left of some of the so-called
textile unions still extant, Reid fur
Their remarked, "Tansey, president
of the American Federation of Tex
tile Operatives, has done well with
his family. His son is now assistant
treasurer of Fall River mill. Not
only that" continued Reid, "but in
vestigation will reveal that all the
caretakers of the public water
closets are former officials of the
A. F. T. o."
Samuel Bramhall, veteran leader
of the Lawrence textile strike of
1919, declared his experience showed
that "all notions that a union can
be built or a strike won without a
real scrap, where the workers al
low no one to tell them where they
get off at, not even the cops, is
nonsense" This was received with
applause.
Strike Against Betrayers.
workers know they are striking
against the scab officials of the U
T. w. and the A. F. T. o., as well
as against the BOSSES" declared
William T. Murdoch, New BEDFORD
strike leader, and third vice-presi-
dent, who was received with great
enthusiasm. He made the reporter
for the Socialist" weekly, New
Leader" squirm by saying, Social
lists, A. F. of l.. takers and bosses
all unite in supporting tho scab re-
lief agency of the politicians and
in fighting ours"
Eli Keller, the Passaic unior
leader who now acts as organizer
for the New Bedford strike commit
tee. declared that "Batty's own mer
will align themselves with us wher
he tries to sell out the strike"
More Dirty Work.
"McMahon had such great fear
of the fighting character of the Pas
sale locals that he conspired in
agreements with the bosses to dis
miss mill workers who show them
selves to be staunch unionists." This
expose was made by Gus Deak, lat
er to become first vice president OF
the new union, in his discussion OF
the corruption of the U. T. W.
Philip Lifschitz, representing the
Knit Goods Union, formerly affil-
lated with the U. T. W., aroused the
interest of the delegates by enum-
Grating the differences between the
personnel of the delegation at this
convention and the fat-bellied, cigar.
putting, bureaucrats attending the
convention of the U. T. w.
Takers Lose Membership.
Jesse Troy, of the Fall River dele.
cation, stated that "the A. F. T. o
to which he had belonged for six
years had LOO members before the
advent of the T. M. C. and that now
the takers can show only $50 mem.
bers."
Elizabeth Donnelley, the youth
full New Bedford organizer, who ha;
organized hundreds of children int
strike clubs, declared: eve mus
counterfeit the labor hating poiso,
instilled into the minds of the chill
dren by organizing them to partici
pate in the struggles Of their work
er parents"
Walter Burke, addressing the con
vention for the Labor Sports Union
drew excited, enthusiastic approva
from the young delegates by call
ing on them to organize labor sports
organizations to compete with tn
bosses sport clubs and welfar
schemes.
Fred E. Beal, New Bedford Tex
tile Union organizer, told Of the sue
cess of the organizers in rallyinl
the strikers and getting them to ig
more the advice Of Batty that tn,
workers "sleep instead of picket"
Ellen Dawson, elected as secont
vice president, after reporting OF
work among women, declared, "Al
that is necessary is to see the rol,
played by the women strikers i,
Passaic and New Bedford to realiz,
that strike action is doomed unles,