The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-01

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strongest, doubt whether the
officials will not once more call
off the strike as was the case
IN three occasions in the past few
aonthS. Bat the National Textile
Workers Union is calling upon the
yorkers to strike and there is every
disability that a mass strike OF the
ilk workers of Paterson, Allentown
nd New England will be developed.
he key question in the development
+ this fight is the development of
ne united front of the silk workers
this unorganized industry in
hitch there are almost dozen diff
srent unions.
ST the Cleveland Trade Union Con-
4 ference for United Action there
as adopted a unanimous manifesto
the workers of the U. S. This
lanifeSto called for the development
{ the united front of struggle
gainst the capitalist attack against
lie living standards of the workers
trough the operation Of the. Ma
onal Recovery Act. Voting for this
lanifesto were elements of diverse
official opinions including the ele-
lents around the Conference for
progressive Labor Action Of which
&. j. Music is the head.
True, there were some questions
pom which not all the delegates
ould agree. The outstanding diff
2rence Of opinion was on the question
giving support to the building Of
ne Steel and Metal Workers Indus
rial Union, which alone is now lead
1g the struggle Of the workers in
ne steel and metal industry. 1t
Mould be remembered that the AFL
inion in this industry even now,
fter some recruitment has mem
1ership not larger than the member
hip of the Steel and Metal Workers
Industrial Union. Certain delegates
dhering to the CPLA refused to
AXE position in favor of support
ng the building of this union.
A. j. Music in his summary re-
marks Just before the close of the
conference while not taking a posi-
ion on this important question made
Iuite a sharp attack on some of the
policies Of the Trade Union Unity
league. He especially singled out
or attack the National Textile
Workers Union in Paterson. He ex-
used the desertion of one of the
Conference for Progressive Labor
action adherents and signers of the
Cleveland Call by the name of
Brooks on the ground that the Ma
ional Textile Workers Union in Pa
Ierson was not really fighting for the
united front in the past. This he
aid created suspicious that can not
oe so easily removed.
A. J. Music while talking about
Paterson also stated that he had
been invited by the NTWU to speak
in Paterson on Wednesday evening
the night before the calling of the
strike and that he would without
doubt be there. Music gave this as
proof of his genuine fight for the
united front. On the strength Of this
statement he was advertised thru
the press and thru leaflets as one
of the speakers at the meeting! A
few hours before the meeting the
office Of Music was called remind
ing him Of the meeting. One Of his
assistants answered that he will be
there. But he vas not at the meet
ing.
TO understand what this failure to
L appear at the meeting means we
must give some facts about the situa-
ton in Paterson. We need not go
far into the past. We consider only
the developments of the last few
months. The conditions of the silk
workers in Paterson have become in
tolerable. Experienced workers make
on average Of $500 a week for a
fill weeks work. In 1929 these same
workers received $50 and more per
week. The cotton code with its min
lmum wage of $13 has been imposed
upon the silk workers. The workers
gre solidly against this code.
The AFL textile union of Paterson
Known as the Associated Silk Work
,rs has in the past few months called
0nd announced a general strike in
Paterson on three different occasions
and each time called it off the last
The National Textile Work
ers Union has made numerous ap-
peals for the united front of the
workers of both organizations. It
sent letter to the local organiza-
ton on numerous occasions. Dele
appeared before the execu-
tive board. In each case the united
front proposal Of the National Tex
tile Workers Union was rejected.
Among those who rejected this pro-