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plans in bringing about an early
settlement of the controversy"
The United Front Rank and File
Strike Committee is now issuing 20
thousand leaflets in English, Italian,
Polish and French in the form of a
signed open letter to members of all
unions and unorganized strikers
pointing out the arbitration trickery
to put over ten per cent cut in the
proposal and showing that the United
Textile Union leaders have been
working for settlement with wage
cut from the beginning.
Unity of All orces
The letter proposes unity of all the
forces against the strike breaking
wage cutting proposal outlined above.
The letter proposes unity Of all strik-
ers on the picket lines under the lead
ership of the United Front Rank and
File Strike Committee which is built
up of representatives of all mills and
departments elected without regard to
union membership. The letter pro-
poses united campaign to spread the
strike to all the mills, particularly
those Of the American Woolen Com
pany in this region.
The letter proposes . joint rank
and file relief committee with one
campaign for relief and condemns
the policy of the United Textile
| Workers Union and the American
Textile leaders who set up separate
stations and feed their own mem
hers only, whereas United Front Rank
and File Strike Committee relief is
for all the needy strikers.
The letter calls for one united front
defense committee and scores police
terror. The letter makes a special
point against arbitration and the
fact that the proposal outlined by Ely
and others leaves the ten per cent
wage cut still standing. The letter
demands negotiations to be in the
hands Of the elected United Front
Rank and File Strike Committee and
settlements to be voted on by the
mass of strikers.
The first meeting since the an
nouncement of the Governors pro-
posal was the spinners of the Wood
Mill with seventy-five present and
we're unanimous in a condemnation
Of the Governors proposal. There is
every prospect that the masses of
strikers will overwhelmingly reject
the strikebreaking proposal and re-
ject the United Textile Workers
Union leadership,
LAWRENCE, Mass, Oct. ga
thousand workers heard Bill Dunno
speak at Lincoln Court lot Wednes-
day afternoon and marched directly
to the Wood Mill picket line after
wards. The day was rather raw, a
rain that had lasted nearly all the
morning had stopped and left the
sky cloudy and threatening more
storms. But the textile strikers
wanted to hear the spokesman of the
Trade Union Unity League.
"T'here is tradition OF struggle in
Lawrence" said Dunno, "but this
strike, for its solidarity and deter
mination, challenges the admiration
of the whole working class. 1t is a
splendid fight against the lowering of
standards Of living. But a passive
refusal to accept wage-cut must be
turned into an offensive to build an
Industrial union that will make wage
cuts impossible again.
I'VE can not depend any longer on
only casual leadership" said Dunno,
urging organization to block "the
whole force OF the billionaire bosses
who are mobilized to put over one
wage-cut after another until the liv-
ing conditions Of the workers here
reach the level of the laberers in
China an dIndia."
"The fourth week OF the strike
brings signs that hunger and cold
are stalking through the homes Of
the workers." he said, and urged
broadening Of the relief apparatus,
until masses Of strikers and their
families are taking part in collection
Of relief"
Dunno described how the police