The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-30
THE LAWRENCE STRIKE

ting approval of their proposal % meet with the
strike breaking citizens committee. 1t is for this
reason that the bosses through their Lawrence
Sunday News ask who appointed Watt, Cor
man, Riviere and other leaders of the mass Of
% 900 mill workers of Lawrence!" Indeed very
good question But the bosses know the an
swer. They, the bosses and their police, ap
pointed these labor takers the LEADERS" OF
the Lawrence workers. Surely the workers had
little to do with it. But things did not work out
as the mill owners thought they would. The
Lawrence workers even though mised into
ceptng to an extent leadership of the U.T.W.
did so on the basis of fake promises that the
UT.W. had to make to stop the workers from
organizing under the leadership of the NTWU.
And every step that the U.T.W. leaders take
against the workers only weakens their hold on
these workers and thus makes the U.T,W. rank
and file membership organization not a very re-
liable means to break the strike. The rank and
file members of the .U.TW and the American
Union are against the wage cut. And this fact
will bring them closer to the United Front Strike
Committee if we succeed in reaching them on
the basis OF our united front policy,
United Front
The United Front Strike Committee elected
through the initiative of the National Textile
Workers Union is growing in authority among
the workers 1t is the only rank and file strike
committee in existence in Lawrence. 1t is being
organized through the election of workers from
the various mills and departments. But as yet it
does not embrace the ma jority of the workers
though its influence is growing among all sec
tons of the textile workers. The N.TW U. mill
tant policy of rank and file control, mass picket
ing, no arbitration, etc, is growing among the
workers. What is necessary is that the work in
this direction be speeded up. The bosses and the
UTW. will find that the Rank and File Strike
Committee organized on the basis of the united
front of all workers in the mill irrespective of
union utilization will block every attempt to force
the workers back to work. with wage cut Al
ready this strike committee is the main force
leading the militant struggle
All Workers Must Support Lawrence.
The workers throughout the country, textile
workers and workers in all other industries must
rally to the support of the Lawrence strikers. This
fight of nearly 5000 textile workers against the
latest wage cut in this and most of the other
industries is the concern of every worker Work
ers everywhere must support the strike. In all
local unions of the ALL. we must get the work
ers to support the strike over the heads of the
union officials We must endorse the fight for
the unity of the workers in Lawrence as against
the strike-breaking policy of the U!T.W. Off
Gals. We must send funds to the Relief Com
mittee of the Lawrence United Front Rank and
File Strike Committee.
Workers everywhere in the shops, in the work
ers organizations must rally to the support of the
strike Send relief Make the struggle of the
Lawrence workers a turning point in the fight
against wage cuts. BY defeating the wage cut in
Lawrence we can take big step forward to halt
the wage cutting drive in all industries