The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-14
TEXTILE BOSSES
BACK GOV. ELY
Plan to Abolish Labor
Laws
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

present basis in order to compete
with the minority.
Massachusetts is trying to COM
pete with Southern mills which
have practically no limit on night
work for women and children.
States with SIS and 6-hour laws do
not enforce them and Alabama has
no limit at all. Massachusetts, Is
surrounded also by New England
states which allow what our laws
prohibit. The Bay State alone for
bids the work of women and min
ors in textiles after 6 o'clock while
permitting them 10 IaD-r N ali
other industries up TO 10 o'U,c9'5."
That the state labor commissioner
is fully behind this new attack is
known by the following quotation
from the editorial. He is only try
ing to put it over more smoothly:
Examination of the state
ment by The labor commissioner
would indicate that he and Mr..
Kendall are not far apart. The
commissioner fayors a conference
and 'parnaps experimentation by
means of a brief moratorium on
the o'clock law to determine
whether the policy at present pur-
sued by Massachusetts, is the wisest
course for the immediate future"
The line of the employers is being
developed in preparation for the ses-
sion Of the state legislature in jan
uary.
The editorial concludes by stating
that:
THE moratorium is proposed as
means of helping to solve the
ugly dilemma which now cOnfrOntS
our cotton textile industry"
The dilemma" is to be solved with
new wage cuts, re-establishing night
work for women, and bringing the
children into the Massachusetts mills
to increase the profits of tho power
full corporations in which Governor
Ely has large interests.
Already in the Wood mill in Law
renee attempts are being made to
force workers to work 6 and Z nights
Week instead OF i've.
The police forces are being pre-
pared for suppression of workers re-
sistance as evidenced by the recent
conference held in Boston by all dis
trict attorneys and local police COM
missioners to prepare ways and means
TO prevent organization and suppress
strike struggles.
The American Federation of Labor
officials are expressing indignation"
and foaming over this double cross
ing by the democratic governor
whom they worked so hard for at the
election. They are now searching
for a new messiah" among repub-
lican politicians.
The Boston Times published by the
Music influenced groups admit that
over SO local and State labor lead
ers' supported Governor Ely but are
now looking "for better men with
real integrity" etc.
The National Textile Workers Union
Is fighting to expose the Ely scheme.
1t sent a protest delegation to the
governor Immediately and published
its call to workers for unity in action
against the employers. The National
Textile Workers Industrial Union has
called upon members of the United
Textile Workers, and unorganized
workers to join in mass action to de-
feat the attack on social legislation.
The union is mobilizing workers in
the mills to prepare strikes against
any further lowering of their stand
ards of living.
The Needle Trades Workers Indus
trial Union in Boston has taken the
initiative in inviting all workers or
CARNATIONS in Boston to conference
January 20 to prepare united action.
This should be done in each textile
and shoe center in Massachusetts,.
A broad united front action mobil-
iz1ng the most determined mass re-
sistance will make 1t possible for the
workers to defeat this vicious scheme
OF Governor Ely and his bosses,