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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-02
Steel Code Maneuvers 60 on Behind Closed Doors

shrinking from blue shirted, tireless
workers who sat patiently waiting TO
be heard
They had been assured of hear
ing and did not want TO interrupt
orderly procedure of the farce and
give johnson an opportunity to de-
nounce them as trouble makers.
William Green, President of the
A. F. OF L., played the part of q
serious comedian in the show. The
A. F. of L. officials had apparently
not learned until after their state
ment was Autographed that the
Lamont group had agreed TO throw
unionization open to then. The re-
suit was that Bill Green had pre-
pared a speech and had to recite it.
He did almost well enough to be pro-
NOTED to seventh grade, speaking
half to the Chairman and half to
John L. Lewis, who sat on the plat
form Lewis is the reputed power
behind the throne.
Green talked about the rights of
collective bargaining though he had
heard Lamont agree to let the A. f.
of L. come in. Lewis slouched in his
chair. watching his protege, and
periodically Billy turned TO Lewis as
If asking for approval.
The Chairman finally interrupted
Green and told him mildly that that
had already been settled Green
looked hurt, grunted and resumed
where he left off like nice little
boy who had been told to recite and
was going to recite.
Various A. F. of l.. officials and
iron and steel representatives were
called Most wanted TO prepare
briefs and asked until tomorrow,
when the fS'ce was expected to be
resumed while half million work
ers look hopefully toward Washing
ton expecting to find bread in the
New Deal.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-02
Fur Thug Victim in
Critical Condition

The Fur Department of the N. T.
w. I. U. states that Hyman Gottfried
furrier, who was one of the VIC
Tins during the April Oath gangster
attack, Is now in critical condition
He is In the hospital with the bullet
still in his body, on the verge of
death. He has been given six blood
transfusions. The fur department
calls upon the furriers to be on guard
and help to support the furriers and
all those victims of the gangster at
tacks.
All the shop chairmen and COM
nittees Of the associated fur shops
are called for a special meeting to-
night wednesday,. right after work
at the office of the Needle Trades
Workers Industrial Union, I31 W.
28th st., for the purpose of taking
up the latest developments in the
fur trade in connection with the Sec
ond injunction that the bosses, to-
gether with the scab agency, applied
for to the capitalist court, and to
make plans for increased activity for
July raises, against overtime, placing
additional unemployed on jobs, and
for support Of those furriers that are
still out on STRIP
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-02
BATHROBE STRIKE
VOTED BY 1000

NET YOR K.-An enthusiastic
meeting of 1900 bathrobe workers,
he'd on Monday night, voted unani-
mousiy to strike for higher wages,
shc-sser hours. unemployment insur-
ance and elimination of the sweat
shop A committee Of so was elected.
which, together with the Trade
Board, will constitute the strike COM
mittee
The strike committee was given
full power to call the strike when
ever it will find it necessary. The
committee was also authorized to
elect a subcommittee, which is to go
to Washington to present a workers
code as against the code presented
by the bosses. The demands include
recognition of the union, minimum
wage scales for every craft. week
work, a 35-hour week and unem-
ployment insurance. ~-
The meeting was addressed by
Gold, Pca5h, Stallman, Di Fazio and
Murgia. The spirit of the meeting
was excellent. Murgia, a rank and
file worker, made spirited appeal
10 the bathrobe workers, stating that
It is impossible to continue any
longer under the present miserable
conditions, and demanded that a
strike should be called as soon as
possible.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-02
STATE TROOPERS
BEAT AND CLUB
FARM STRIKERS
Estimated $4,000 In
Action Against the
Milk Control Board

ALBANY, Aug. State troop
ers, under orders of Governor Leh-
man, attacked with clubs and night
s. cks farme.s vino are engaged in
the milk strike which went into
effect today. Attempts are being
made to dispense the farmers who
are picketing gle highways a. Con-
stablevllle and Glenfeld in Lewis
County. Special troop reinforce
mants were rushed 10 Holland Pat
en5 in Cncioa County, where it is
reported at the state capitol there
are serious disturbances"
Thousands of Farmers ir Act on
Tens of thousands OF farmers are
Withholding their milk from thu
market in q fight against the Milk
Control Board, which refuses to pay
them 40 per cent Of the retail price
of m X.
Tnc Dairymen's League, controlled
by the dairy trust, is trying to col
lect milk and supply the big trusti-
fed units of the industry, which ara
dominated by Wall Street concerns,
such as Sheffield and Borden.
In a statement, the president Of
the Sheffield Farms Co. claimed that
most dairy farmers were members
of the Dairymen's League and they
would not strike. Borden's made
similar claim, but it is estimated
that not less than $4,000 farmers are
involved in the strike action on the
first day and that the strike will
spread perhaps into neighboring
states.
Try To Trustify Industry
That the Borden and Sheffield con-
Germs are trying to drive out of the
industry thousands of farmers vino
object to selling their produce below
the cost Of production is seen in the
Borden statement, which said that
the strikers are made up of "inde-
pendent farmers who have lost their
milk market" The Dairymen's
League consists of big farmers who
have improved mechanical equipment
which enables them to undersell the
poor and middle farmers. The Milk
Board, besides paying low prices %
the farmers, charges the city con-
sumner high monopoly prices, try
ing to build up a gigantic milk trust
that will enable the bondholders of
the big concerns to realize huge
dividends.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-02
RHODE ISLAND
STRIKERS REBUFF
A.F.L. MISLEADERS
Silk Spinning Workers
A C ept Militant
Unions Program

PROVIDENCE, II. l., Aug. l.
The newly organized local of the
National Textile Workers Union in
the Colored Worsted Mill will hold
its first regular meeting on Satur-
DAY. Over 800 out of the $50 work.
ers in the mill joined the union,
which helped them win a smashing
victory in their eleven-day strike.
The American Silk Spinning Co.
strikers, who numbered over LOO
workers. have accepted the leader
snip of the n. T. W. |. U. organizer.
The attempt of the A. F. of L. bu-
reaucTats to take over tlis strike
and mislead it was dec;sively de-
feated on Friday, when the workers
booed McMahon's agents sent in
front of the mill. Over 1000 at the
strikers meeting on Friday voted to
continue Nat Kaplan as the adviser
of their strike committee.
The company has alreauy given IN
on the following demands: 40 hour
week with same pay as for 81 hours,
no discrimination and recognition Of
the workers committee. The strikers
are now fighting for a S14 minimum
wage, 80 per cent increase III wages
for all getting more than the mini
mum, same number of machines as
under the old conditions.
Ann Burlak, national secretary OF
the N. T. W. I. u, was heartily
greeted by workers at the Royal
Mill yesterday, when she appeared
at their picket line. A stool-pigeon,
who worked with the bosses in the
General Fabrics strike in 1881 and
is now used by the U. T. W. officials
as their picket captain, rushed to
the police and had Burlak removed
from the line. The workers of this
mill decided to strike again when
Joseph OFT, the owner, announced
that he would lay off all two-loom
weavers and retain only the four
loom weavers, thus firing about half
of the workers in the mill.
Twenty workers struck at the Con-
cordia Manufacturing plant in Cen
trail Falls, while the workers at the
Blackstone Plush in Pawtucket are
preparing to turn their lockout into
real strike for better conditions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-02
MILL STRIKERS
TELL HOW CODE
REDUCES WAGES
King Philip Weavefs
Describe New Form
of Stagger Plan

FALL RIVER, Mass, August t.
The 200 weavers of the King Philip
mill, who walked out on strike yes
terday as soon as they had received
their first pay checks on the cotton
recovery code, described the new re-
covery code scheme by which their
wages were lowered.
On certain looms they we're forced
by the mill owners to share wages
with those employed on the second
of the two shifts used in the mill
This enforced division Of pay with
workers less skilled than themselves
the workers said, considerably re-
duced their own wages.
The King Philip strike follows a
similar one several days ago at the
Massasoit Mfg. Co. In the latter mill
officials refused to grant demands OF
workers that the differential above
the minimum $13 wage scale be main
tanned and raised, for skilled workers
The mill owners claim to be holding
off until the Cotton Manufacturers
Association, adopts a policy on this
matter.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-02
Hearings Are Stage Play to Fool 100000 Steel
Workers AS Green and Perkins Help Steel
Trust Starvation Plan

Institute, representing 80 per cent
of the ingot capacity of the nation,
presented their code.
1t was apparent from the moment
the hearing opened that Section
of Article of the Steel Code would
be the crux of the whole fight be-
tween capital and labor This sec
ton read
That no employee and no one
seeking employment shall be required
as condition of employment to join
any company union or to refrain
from joining, organizing or assisting
labor organization Of his own
choosing"
Lamont insisted that the steel men
would not give up the company union
clause and added that it was impos-
sible to work the steel mills on a
40-hour week basis, asking for q
minimum 48-hour week.
Chairman, Administrator K NJ.
Simpson, asked whether the conf
pany union clause could not be
dropped from their requirements.
Lamont then asked for ten-minute
recess to consult the Board Of Direc-
tors of the Steel Institute. In ten
minutes he returned and announced
that the board unanimously agreed
to dispense with Section 2, Article L.
That the whole thing was stage
play for the benefit Of the public
and the press was obvious, for while
they were in the recess meeting Per-
kins' address was passed around the
press tables, mimeographed and
bound, and already contained the an
nouncement of their agreement to
d'-@2ns7 nth the company union
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-02
By JOHN L. sPIvAK

WASHINGTON Aug. Heart
breaking tragedy to 100000 iron and
steel workers throughout the coun-
try was turned into farce by the
National Recovery Administration in
the hearings on the steel code, held
in the large auditorium of the De-
partment Of Commerce Building.
One by one leaders of the steel
industry and the A. F. of L. got up,
said their pieces and sat down.
Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor,
hailed as one Of the liberals in the
country on the rights of labor, said
her piece and also sat down
But what the audience of 1900
steel magnates, secretaries, labor Of
ficials and statisticiars did not know
was that the Secretary of Labor at
the last minute radically changed her
plea for abolition of the spy system
in the steel industry and opposition
to the company union.
The whole hearing reeked of bitter
tragedy to the workers, enacted with
a great fanfare of publicity. 1t was
quite obvious that everything had
been settled behind closed doors be-
fore the meeting was even called to
order. The show that the National
Recovery Administrator, Hugh s.
Johnson, put on had been well re-
hearsed in advance, and the workers,
apparently with approval of the steel
baronS. had been turned over to the
A. F. of L., for company Unions were
crumbling and steel men were afraid
radical organizers might take hold.
The hearing might well be entitled,
"The New Deal-Behind Closed
Doors--a Farce Produced by the
N. r. A."
The show opened with Gen. john
son giving patriotic spiel on Co
operation Then Robert P. Lamont,
former Secretary Of Commerce and
now President of the Iron sd st Ell
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-02
WhitegoodS Shops
Strikers Hold Out
ForTheir Demands
Dress Union Drive of
Industrial y n i o n
Enters Open Shops

NEW YORK.-The two shops, J, &
S. Millberg and Lipman, underwear
company, now on strike under the
leadership Of the Needle Trades
Workers Industrial Union, have
brought sufficient results to give en-
couragement to the strikers to con-
tinue the fight until complete VIC
tory is achieved. In the shop of Lip
man, the firm was willing to grant
the demands with the exception of
the recognition Of the union, but the
strikers rejected this and decided to
fight it out until full recognition is
granted. Also the shop Of J. g. 8.
Millberg, the firm, although unwill-
ing on the first day of the strike
to listen to any committee, was forced
to negotiate with the strike commit
tee elected by the workers. The firm
was willing to grant some increases
to the cutters, but not to the girls.
The ranks of the strikers are solid
to force the bosses to concede to their
demands.
The news about the j. & S. Mill
berg and Lipman shops spread like
wild-fire among the white-goods
workers, and particularly among
those who are members of Local 60
of the International Ladies' Garment
Workers Union. and in every shop
the workers are talking struggle.
New committees are coming up to
the office of the Industrial Union,
asking for help and assistance in a
fight against the speed-up system
and against their miserable condi-
tons. A mass meeting of white
goods workers is being arranged for
next week, where the whitegoods
workers will act upon a workers code
prepared by the White-goods De-
partment Of the Needle Trades Work
ers' Industrial Union as against tie
code of the bosses, which provides
for starvation wages and 40-hour
week. At this meeting the whites
goods workers will also be called upon
to lay the basis for broad shop
conference, at which the question OF
initiating broad campaign against
the check-off system will be taken
up. In the meantime, the white
goods workers are called upon tc
hying their complaints to the union
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-02
BLANKET CODE
Wells NATIONAL
WAGE CUT DRIVE
To Reduce Pay for All
Above 5000 Class
in Lowering Hours

WASHINGTON, August 1.-Wage
cuts for workers receiving above the
5000 weekly minimum level Of the
blanket slave code are being pre-
pared here under the guise of cut
ting hours, according to statements
Of The leading bosses comforting with
administrators of the industrial re-
covery act.
Clarence L. Linz, Washington cor
respondent of the journal Of Com
merce," in a special story to his
paper last week said
Downward revision Of wage
scale-, when materially above the
minimum proposed to be fixed by
Industries In agreement with the
National Industrial Recovery Ad-
n1inistration, Of necessity may have
to be approved by the Government
1t is the aim of the bosses, as
expressed by many similar organs OF
the exploiters, through general
stagger plan, to cut the wages OF
ell workers receiving above the 60
cant an hour minimum.
In order to give the appearance Of
a flood of signatures to the special
agreement with the president I'M
der the Blanket code, the admins
traitors are allowing bosses to sigr
the agreement and continue long
hours and lower wages under the ex-
cuse Of prior contracts
Mr. Linz says that the bosses will
"be permitted to operate under thos:
exceptions pending final determine
ton
William Green. president Of the A
F. Of L., is hard put explaining this
to the workers, especially where the
blanket code cuts wages below the
previous A. F. Of L. union agree
nients. Having told the workers the
industrial recovery act and the
blanket code YVES the most forward
looking piece OF legislation ever pas
ssd," he has to go through the mo-
ticns CT objecting to this new method
Of Wage-cutting.
HIS very objection, which tbs
bosses do not take seriously as they
know it means nothing, is proof thai
the Roosevelt blanket code is de-
signed to cut wages and lower the
payrolls for the bosses by the in
production of stagger plan in al
industries and stores.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-02
Sheet Metal Workers Meet Tonight
1000 FUR OVERS
GO OUT ON STRIKE

NEW YORK.-The general strike
declared in the fur dyeing industry
brought about almost complete par
alysis of the industry. Most Of the
1000 workers walked out Monday at
10 am, involving some of the big
gest open shops which have not been
touched UP to now. Among those
that joined the strike is the Great
Northern Of Long Island, which was
an outstanding open shop in the in
dustry. The strikers at the meeting
yesterday, which was addressed by
the leaders of the Industrial Union,
pledged themselves to strike until
every demand is given in to by the
bosses.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-02
Hold Meeting of Dress
Department Tomorrow

NEW YORK.-The campaign ini-
tiated by the Dress Department of
the Needle Trades Workers Industrial
Union last week for immediate in
creases in wages, and resettling OF
prices. is spreading more and more
to the open shops. Ten more shops
were stopped yesterday.
Membership meeting of Dress De-
partment of the Needle Trades Work
ers Industrial Union will be held
tomorrow, Thursday, at $50 pm, at
Irving Plaza, 18th Steet and Irving
Place, where report on the accom-
plishments Of the drive will be given,
as well as the preparations for the
general strike, which is expected very
soon.
At this meeting the Trade Board
will also report on the latest propos-
ais made by the Industrial Union in
answer to the statement of Local %
executive, in which Mr.. Zimmerman
placed an ultimatum that either the
Industrial Union gives up or else
there will be no unity.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-02
Scabs For Clothing
Strike Shipped From
New York By Agency

NEW YARK-Scabs to break the
strike of the workers in the Eisner
uniform shops are being supplied
from New York by the P L. Bergoff
Detective Agency located at the
Hearst Building at 2 Columbus Circle.
In addition to supplying the scags
for this work, professional sluggers
and strong-arm men are being pro-
vided by this agency to smash the
picket line and protect the scabs
These thugs receive S. day and free
room and board.
A commissary to feed the scabs
and the sluggers has also been set
up by the agency in Red Bank.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-02
Lamont Says ''That's
Good, AS Perkins
Soft Pedals Union

During Secretary of Labor Per
kins' address Robert p. Lamont,
President of the Iron and Steel In
stitute. sat cycling her with a
poker face. He was surrounded by
steel magnates who watched her
anxiously. When she omitted the
section regarding unionization and
only casually mentioned steel spies
a faint flash spread across his face
and he exchanged gIances with
several magnates.
When she finished he was
among the heartiest appIauders,
smiling and nodding, saying 'gThat
was good"
In contrast was Lamont's attit-
ude while William Green was talk
ing. Lamont and his associates
looked bored, and once Lamont
and John L. Lewis exchanged
glances, both of them smiling
family.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-02
2 Canadian Workers Killed;
499 Arrested in 6 Months

TORONTO, Can.-Two workers
were murdered by police and a total
of 499 workers were arrested for TAX
ing part in strikes and unemployed
demonstrations in the first six
months Of 1898, the annual conven-
ton Of the Canadian Labor Defense
League, sister organization of the
LID reported.
The two workers were killed, one
as he left 2 freight train in Hc-ne-
payne, the other in an eviction dem
onstration in Montreal. A total CT
54 years of sentences and suspended
sentences was imposed on the ar
rested workers.
In addition, over 100 were beaten
by police, AZ deported for labor &C.
tivity and thousands deported for be-
ing unemployed. SiSty-five workers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-02
Draw Up Sheepskin
and Leather Code

BOSTON, Mass.-The Sheepskin
and Leathercoat Department of the
Needle Trades Workers Industrial
Union of Boston has sent to Wash
ington a code for the establishment
of the maximum number of working
hours and minimum wage scales for
the sheepskin and leathsrcoat trade
The code includes demands for a
4o-hour week, no overtime, $40 mini
mum for stitchers and cutters, So
for button hole makers, $40 Tor e.
aminsrs and S18 for trimmers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-02
F'arlOr Frame Strike
Picketing Goes On

NEW YORK.-The general strike
Of several hundred parlor frame
workers is carrying on. The strikers
are picketing their shops and are
militant in their stand to remain on
strike until their demands are
granted. vg
The bosses are devising new
schemes and plans to break the ranks
of the strikers. The strikers, how
ever, are answering their attacks with
more intensified picketing.
Tuesday morning 90 workers from
the Progressive Table Co. went out on
strike, under the leadership Of the
Furniture Workers Industrial Union.
The conditions Of the workers in this
shop are unbearable.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-02

meetings were broken up by police
and 40 workers homes, offices and
halls we're raided. One hundred and
six workers are in Canadian jails for
working class offenses.
The Young Communist League is
threatened with being outlawed un-
der the notorious Section SO Of the
Criminal Code, as the Communist
Parry has already been while Joe
Derry, youth leader, faces possible
20-year sentence under this Section.
The CLDL. pledged itself to fight
the ruthless campaign Of terror
against the workers in Canada and
pledged that the membership Of 12o,-
600 would exert every effort to fight
this campaign Of terror with the
strongest mas pressure of the work.
er5.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-02
JAMAICA MEET ATTACKED

JAMAICA, L. l., Aug. Police at
tempted to break up the Anti-War
demonstration in Jamaica.
More than 600 workers defended
the speakers and the meeting con-
tinued for an hour more, proving
the growing solidarity of the workers
in response to the anti-war demon
stratlon.