The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-10
The Meaning of the Nationa
Recovery Act'
Chief Aim Is to Attack Living Standards Of
the Workers

by impoverished starving masses.
Specific provisions in the Act show
clearly how the working class will be
compelled to accept these attacks.
Section of the Act declares mo en-
ploye and no one seeking employment
shall be required as a condition of
employment to join any organization
or refrain from Dining a labor or
ganiZatiOn of his own choosing" In
der the guise Of outlawing the yellow
dog contract this clause actually OUT
laws the closed union shop, and de-
priyes unions Of the power to enforce
their standards since they cannot
make membership in the union for
the entire shop compulsory. 1t out
laws the power Of the unions to dc
tae conditions under which the work
ers shall be employed. It prevents the
organization of the unorganized. In
strike situations this clause will serve
to give legal protection to scabbing,
But the bill goes further. It aims
to prevent and head off strikes by
establishing arbitration machinery.
When the management and the
workers do not agree on working
standards the President has the final
authority to prescribe a code fixing
maximum hours and minimum rates
of pay and other working conditions"
Industries will determine the con-
ditions Of the workers, the govern
ment will WELD its weapons of force
over the workers to make them &C
cept Only the company union COM
pletely under the employers DONNA
ton will be recognized.
The spokesman for the garment in
terests reveals clearly what the act
will mean to the workers: The
terms of the new Industrial Recovery
Bill does not mean that labor will
dictate its own terms to the employ
er. =. 1t simply means that if labor
wants to organize it has the right
to do so and employers have no right
to stand in the way. If they can't
agree things will be just as in the
past except that you the employers
may have the added advantage under
the bill that the government may step
in and help both sides to a proper
agreement, factor we have not had
in the past"
Smashing the Militant Unions
The law declares that worker will
not be required to refrain from join
ing labor organization Of his own
choosing, but he will be coerced into
io;yoiy0 tha concentrations rybinL ooI
laborate with the governments pro-
gram, the reformist and reactionary
unions. Militant unions will not &C
cept the starvation standards imposed
by the government and industry
They will fight against wage cuts,
against the stagger system and high
er prices. The militant unions will be
the special target of attack of the
bosses and the government for Shey
are loyal to the interests of the work
ing class. All the forces Of the bosses
and the government will be unleashed
to outlaw the militant unions, to
break strikes and to halt developing
struggles. The army, navy and courts
will be used more than ever by the
government against the fighters for
the working class.
No more able assistance in smash
ing the militant unions will be given
the government and the employers
than that Of the leaders Of the re-
formist and reactionary unions, the
Hillmans, Greens, and VOLS.
TO Be Continued)