The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-09
mira" ShowsHer Teeth
BY EARL BROWDER

and discreded gave way to Nira" who expected to
revive the dropping faith of the American masses.
When we Communists declared saw the
face this jade that behind her painted lips were
the woffangs of vicious antsrke, antiabor offensive
when we declared that her should be Nsa instead
of Mira denounced again as "sanderers"
But the rouged lips of ra" have been forced to OPEN
The teeth exposed for the entire world to Already
the capitalist press is whipping war spirit against
the striking Miners and preparing for new attacks against
the Communist Party because is aunchy defending the
workers right to strike Our ISLANDERS OF few weeks
past already the commonplace truth of the day.
The National Industrial Recovery Act is openly estab
shed the Slavery Act the law which is designed to
away from the working class all rights of Independent
organization or action.
NIRA has been given several high priests, by appoint
IN ment of Roosevelt who will distribute her 'beneficence
to the workers Three of them represent the workers.
according to the cynical ritual of Mira they William
Green notorious for his previous bargain with Hoover
in 1929 which put the great wagecuttng campaign
John L. Lewis the criminal wrecker of the fomergreat
United Mine Workers Union and George Berry fascist head
Printing Pressmens Union for years leading strike
breaker in the printing trades These men represent the
workers than the open capitalists under whom they
the "War Labor BOard''
Already the new breaking machinery is at
trying force back to work the 10000 striking miners in
Pennsylvania, the 1900 shoe workers in MASSACHUSETTS, and
choke off the whole great movement of millions of work
er who are trying small beginning of improve
ment in wages hours, and working conditions
FLOOD of evidence rolling to show that the codes"
"A of Mira, and the whole 'New Deal dealing smash
ing blows against the conditions of the workers In the
Tennessee Coal and Iron Co., rollers have had their name
changed to nshers with the result that where formerly
they received $03 per thousand pounds they get 2
cents Textile mills north and SOUTH replacing expert
enced workers with Beginners who do not under
the Code Negro workers, being paid half the sarva
ton wages paid to white workers The Bethlehem Ship
building Corporation, which has just finished 10000 ton
cruiser get contract for at 40 per cent adj
in cost to the government but with wage cut to
the Individual workers of II per cent below that paid
the former The heralded minimum is already
showing its teeth as the maximum.
THE miners of Pennsylvania, by repudating the seout
of the truce contracted in their by John L.
Lewis have already demonstrated that the dscTeded lead
of the F. of L. cannot easily put to present
betrayal they did that of 1929 The workers already
in revolt.
But already Roosevelt is calling in his second line"
of helpers among the workers Norman Thomas has enter
ed the breach to do his part" for Mira
Speaking at the N Y. University, Mr. Thomas, in the
of Socialism issued the slogans of Mira America
has found faith and hope since the Roosevelt
Administrations "The President has worked wonders;
1--WE must wait and see Strikes inadvisable present.
Let worker be fooled by the fact that Thomas puts
forth these slogans under mask of Opposition to the
antistrke That is precisely his service to Roose
welt and Mira to for them the support the
workers who realize the treachery of Green Lewis and
Berry, but whose not yet open to the fact that Tho
stands for exactly the essential Roosevelt
needs Norman Thomas than now and will doubt
less bring him forward into active role Thomas
only apologies for the vulgar display of the long teeth of
Mira but to help Roosevelt accomplish the end
for which the teeth fashioned.
NOW than becomes clear the tremendous i'm
porance of the Trade Union Conference for United Ac
ton called for Cleveland Ohio for August 1921 work
out of struggle to protect the the
attacks now being made their living standards This
united front of struggle against the attacks of the New
DEAF has been called by preliminary committee of 80
leaders of all organizations of the unemployed by
whole series of trade unions of the A. F. of L. independent
unions and the militant unions Of the TU.U.L.
Every fighting economic organization of the workers.
no matter what its afaton must at all costs be repre-
scented in Cleveland August 1921 There will be worked
out united program of struggle single workers answer
to the attacks of Mira and the New Deal"
Mira has shown her teeth The workers must also DEM
onsrate that they without the workers
can Also fight.
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