The daily worker., 1931-10-30

raid workers homes and trump up
charges against their leaders. ut is
no crime to belong to the National
Textile Workers Union, no crime to
strike, no crime to be born in Italy,
Poland or Lithuania or some other
country. no crime to belong to the
Communist Party" he said, and
called for building of mass defense
organization,
"All the industries Of Lawrence
we're built out of the toll of the work
ers," Dunno pointed out, "and it is
the right of all the workers on strike
or unemployed to go to the city and
demand that it feed the starving"
Meaning of United Front.
Dunno described the united front,
all the strikers picketing together,
all holding their mill meetings with
out regard to union membership and
electing their delegates to the strike
leadership, the United Front Rank
and File Strike Committee. The
united front means that all unite in
defense of arrested strikers, and all
cooperate in gathering relief for the
strikers. The relief committee estab-
lished through the activity of the
United Front Rank and File Strike
Committee does not make eating a
matter of membership. All active
strikers who need relief have a right
to it, and food and money must be
collected SO that they can be fed. On
the other hand, the United Textile
Workers Union gives relief only to
it's own members.
The United Textile Workers Union
leadership, the speaker showed, has
a record of betrayal. I'm every mill
town they have entered they have
always tried, sometimes successfully
and sometimes not, but have always
made the attempt to sell out the
strikers" he shouted. On the other
hand, Dunno pointed out, the Ma
tier,al Textile Workers Union has led
every strike for real gain for the
strikers since it has been formed,
Scores "Arbitration."
Dunno scored the arbitration and
investigating committee plans Of the
u. T. w. and the mill companies and
the governor and citizens alliance.
He showed that the mill companies,
whose owners are fat, fed by mil
lions of dollars of profits during the
last ten years, can well afford not
only to get along without the 10 per
cent cut, but can afford to give
wage increases of so per cent or more.
Dunno closed with the assurance
to the strikers that they would not
always have to fight these bitter bat
ties against the robber class. "a little
more organization and you can take
away the power of the bosses who
starve you, and set up the power OF
the workers." he declared. "The ex-
ample of the workers of Russia shows
that can be done"
The crowd. despite the rather bad
day, was attentive and responsive.
Dunne's speech was preceded by
speeches by Lithuanian, Italian, La
Dor Sports and other organizers, and
by Pizer, the general picket captain.
Raids and Terrorism.
LAWRENCE, Mass, Oct. 29,-A
workers house, in which the police
suspected Sam Reed, arrested on the
line Wednesday morning, had been
living, was twice raided and ram
sacked ON the day Of Reeds arrest.
The second time was sheer attempt
to terrorize strikers into having moth
ing to do with the organizers. The
workers home was absolutely smashed
and ruined. Mattresses were ripped
up, the door broken, the furniture
taken apart and general mess made
of everything.