The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-31

Allentown, July Is, 1881.
THE July Is issue of the Pennsylvania Herald
admits that the silk weavers OF Allentown al
most took control of the strike into their own
hands. AS usual this sheet which Is the Off
cial organ of the Lehigh Valley American Fed
Grafton of Labor, raises the cry of Communism
when the rank and file see through the mis-
leadership Of the A. F. of L. and tries to take
things into It's own hands. cat one time" says
this sheet within the past week, 1t looked very
much as though the Communists would get con-
troll of the situation" This In refernce to an
incident at an open air strikers mass meeting
which took place in Copley about two weeks
ago. In response to appeals from the Allentown
strikers which sent several delegations to Pat
terson the United Front Committee of Silk
Strikers Of Patterson sent a delegation of 90
Paterson silk workers to Allentown pledging
their support to Allentown and bring the news
that Paterson would come out on strike the fol-
lowing week.
Mcdonald, organizer OF the U.TW, Moser of
the American Federation of Labor, and Stiner
attempted to prevent this delegation from ad-
dressing the strikers. The Allentown strikers
ers of the delegation and placed them on the
platform against the will of the officials
few minutes later all the officials of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor disappeared and the
meeting continued for over hour until it
began to rain. Continuous bursts of applause
and cheers on the part of the several thousand
strikers assembled proved their agreement with
the Paterson delegates that only unity of the
silk workers Of Allentown and Paterson and
rank and file control will prevent the U.TW
officials from putting over a sell out in Allen
town. June Croll, Pace and Rubin, represent
ing the United Front Committee of Silk Work
ers of Paterson were admitted to the shop chair
man committee the next day as result Of
which the committee passed motion to send a
mass delegation to the mass meeting in Pater-
son where the unanimous vote was taken to
strike silk and dye houses in Paterson. Almost
200 Allentown delegates were present at
this meeting in Turn Hall. A motion was also
passed at this shop chairmen meeting to send
delegates to the National United Front Confer
ence. Eight Of these delegates were elected to
represent Allentown on the National Committee
to spread the strike nationally and work out
common platform, program Of action and de-
nands If possible.
Raising the cry Of Communism the UT.W
and American Federation of Labor officials to-
gether with the assistance of Rev. Weber, repre-
senting the socialist party have since driven out,
terrori2ed and corrupted the fighting shop
charmen and majority Of the remaining 80
shop charmen into reversing their decision to
join with the United Front Committee Of silk
Workers. The rank and file still stands solid
for unity having sent another delegation I'M
officially, to greet Paterson on Thursday, Sec
ond day of the strike.
Socialist Party Tries to Fill Treasury at Expense
of Allentown Silk Strikers
For three months the socialists have been
pedding their ideas of peace with the bosses
through their representatives In the Allentown
silk strike embracing 1000 silk workers fighting
against starvation. Rev. Weber representing the
socialist party and leading number of the
shop chairmen who have recently Joined this
vote catching ant-labor organization, have been
in leadership of the strike since its beginning
three months ago But only now just prior to
elections the socialist party enters into So
called relief campaign. So far only $21 has been
contributed by the socialist party. Many strik-
ers feel that the rest of the money being COL
lected In the name Of the starving strikers will