The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-07
NATIONAL MILL
UNION IN new
OFFICE IN SOUTH
Expose Gazette Relief
as Aid to Scabs Only

and the threat of terms in prison,
the mill owners and their agents are
now using now weapons to fight the
striking workers. They have estab-
lished through their paper, the
Gazette, a fake relief agency, which
will feed only those who go back to
work.
Mass eviction of the strikers
from the company-owned houses is
taking place. The strikers and their
families are being thrown on the
streets, the scanty furnishings being
smashed by the flunkies of the Man
ville-Jencke Co. The mill owners
hope that this will discourage the
strikers and bring them to terms.
But they are calculating wrongly.
After more than a month of strug-
gle on the picket line, the workers
will not be terrorized, will not give
up their struggles for more wages,
less hours and the recognition of the
militant National Textile Workers
Union.
A Lesson to Workers.
"They have learned during the
last few weeks, more about the class
struggle than they have in the en-
tire period prior to the calling of the
strike. They have seen the legal
authorities of the state, all the way
fom Governor Max Gardener, to
Mayor Rankin as open agents of the
mill barons. Likewise they have
seen the federal government also
come out against the workers, when
Commissioner Woods, of the United
States Labor Department issued
statements denouncing the striking
workers. Yes, the striking workers
have learned a great deal during the
last f.w weeks and have become mill
tant fighters in the working class
struggle.
Realizing that relief is one of the
most important phases of striking
activity, going hand in hand with
strong picket lines, the mill men
have started to confuse the strikers
in relation to this question.
Broke Up Store.
"The Workers International Re-
lief, which has always come to the
assistance of striking workers has
been furnishing food to the strikers
from it's relief store since the be-
| ginning of the strike. The flunkies
of the mill barons broke into the
relief store and destroyed the food
That meant that for "a hours the
strikers, their wives and children
went hungry. The store was re-
opened the next day and has since
then been distributing food to the
striking workers.
"The enemies of the workers have
now adopted new tactics in their
fight against the striking workers.
Unable to browbeat the workers they
have decided to use more polished,
yet sinister methods.
Gazette Fakery.
"The Gastonia (N.C.) Gazette, an
organ of the mill owners, which has
been assailing the striking textile
workers since the beginning of the
strike, suddenly changes it's attitude
somewhat. That is, while it con-
tinues to attack the National Textile
Workers Union, it specifically
changes its attitude towadrs the
strikers. Front page appeals be-
ginning May 1 appear in the Gazette,
which state that the Workers Inter-
national Relief is not able to feed
the striking workers, and therefore
they will do so. That was all that
was said in the first statement in
the May l issue of the mill owners
newspaper. They May 2 issue of the
Gazette exposes the entire plan.
at says, in referring to the dis
tribution of the food: The distribu-
ton of this fund has been placed in
the hands of the City Welfare De-
partment, head by Miss Mabel Potts,
who will be assisted by Joe S. Wray,
secretary of the Chamber of Com
merce, who has consented to act in
conjunction with her in carrying out
this important mission.
"'Miss Potts and Mr.. Wray will
Immediately investigate thoroughly
any cases presented to them. In
each instance where the family seek
ing aid manifests an honest spirit of
cooperation and the proper desire
to get work and thus get back on
their feet, assistance will be given.
None of this money will be used,
however, to feed or help in any way
people who continue to remain idle
from choice or who continue to have
part in disturbances of any kind.
The Gazette wishes that fact
thoroughly understood at the out
SET
"If there was ever an open state
ment of strike breaking, the above
quoted lines are. Only those strik-
ers who are willing to go back to
the mill and scab will be given food.
The others can starve in so far as
the Gazette is concerned. The Ga
zette is playing the game of the mill
owners and will not fool any Of the
striking workers, who will continue
OH strike until their demands are
met. They will ignore the strike
breaking relief agency Of the Ga
zette and continue to obtain food