The daily worker., 1933-11-23

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to work, in addition to the Jacquard
workers, the Wrappers and the ribbon
workers, as well as sending the work.
ers back in Scranton, Wilkes Barre
and Allentown. But even in this
weakened condition, the strikers re-
sisted the brazen attempt of Frank
Schweitzer, his Lovestoneite co-or-
ganizer, Eli Keller, ETC., to get the
men back to work this week with
out any gains.
Strikers Again Reject Sell-Out
On Saturday Schweitzer had prac-
ttcally openly agreed that the strik-
ers would go back to work at the
manufacturers terms of 50 per 100,-
600 picks, q complete defeat for the
strikers, which average $40 week
or less, a proposal which the strikers
have several times rejected in the
course of the strike. 1t had already
become clear last week that the de-
cision OF the N. r. A. advisory board
issued by Senator Wagner, ordering
the men back to work and setting a
minimum wage of $25, was not put
forward for any other reason than
as a strikebreaking proposal. The
only provision in this decision taken
seriously, either by the U. T. w.
leaders or the manufacturers, was
the order to return to work. The
decision" for $25 minimum rate was
Immediately rejected by the manu-
lecturers, with the silent consent of
Senator Wagner and the U. T. w.
leaders.
The height of betrayal was reached
when Frank Schweitzer, MacMahon's
representative and secretary of the
Associated, through the capitalist
press on Sunday told the workers
that they must choose whether or
not they will return to work Mon
day at the bosses terms. "It is up
to the workers." he said This was,
in effect, an order to the workers
to return to work at the employers
own terms.
Schweitzer Suppresses Leaflet
Meanwhile, the Associated strike
committee had repudiated Schweitzer
and printed leaflet with ringing
appeal to reject the manufacturers
proposal of So per 100000 picks and
II hold out for the $25 minimum
Tsta. Schweitzer withheld this leaf
let from circulation and repudiated
it, stating that he did not know who
wrote the leaflet and that it was not
the line Of the U. T. w. It was not
l'afii- Monday that the Associated
strike committee was able to force
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oves SHhWeitzer's head.
ON Monday, when the manufac-
turars opened the mills, the workers
refused to return to work, the strike
committee having rejected Schweit-
SeN'5 sell-out at Mondays meeting.
Schweit2er, to further weaken the
strike, issued an official statement
on Monday, in which he did not
-tlention the wages, and made only
one demand, recognition Of the o. T.
w. Schweitzer openly stated his
willingness to settle If this one de-
mand was satisfied, deserting ell the
workers wage and other demands.
This was a betrayal of his own strike
committee, which had demanded the
SIS minimum rate.
The National Textile Workers
Union issued leaflet to the strikers
on Monday, exposing Schweitzer's
sell-out. The N. T. w. U. declares:
ITO win victory in this strike, the
workers must set up their own rank
and file settlement committee and
enter into direct negotiations with
the manufacturers without any ar
bitration committees) for a victori-
OTIS settlement. Without this rank