The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-20
REDS DID NOT FIRE REICHSTAG SAY INTERNATIONAL URISTS
The Silk Strike


BETWEEN and silk strike
Jersey Most strikes the
character The workers defeated one center and
Today workers truly national
strike
national strike time industry
industry textile without doubt
strikes other industries represents the
development of the class struggle to a higher phase
against application the cotton code the silk industry
decided the NATIONAL LABOR BOARD
showed the
first strike which being continued despite the actions OF the
NATIONAL LABOR BOARD.
significance
indicates that the workers will not accept conditions even
handed down with the blessings the NA The workers Will hght against
the attacks being made upon them
THE third feature of the important
strike the heads of the skebreakng officials of the American
Federation The national Office the United Textile Workers
Mcmahon the president
the UTW from the beginning conspd with ne employers ana he
off the strike Conferences arranged
in New York and Washington.
National Textile Union the independent unions also
their representatives to the hearings They heard but fol-
lowing open hearings the the MIRA
officials behind closed doors THEY ANNOUNCED TIE FAMOUS FIVE
WITHOUT CONSULTING THE WORKERS Mcmahon
promised to send the workers back to the mills
delegation joined
send the workers back work without winning
their demands.
WHAT WAS THE RESULT REPUDIATED 100
PERCENT MASS OF THE STRIKERS BUT ALSO
by MEMBERSHIP OF THE UT.w ITSELF
The silk workers have demonstrated
speak officials what by
the represented by representatives of their choosing They
the the govrnnt that the labor bureaucrats
the The workers
on their right to decide matters themselves
Similarly in the dye strike the
and the
meet the representatives Of the National and
they formal appca
ton made Such application has already been made
THE fourth important feature progress being
developing belong different
striking UTW
which the Independent Silk
Workers Union of Allentown is the largest already having enrolled more
At this conference the delegates unanimously
attempt
They demand that the bosses grant
living and improved working conditions
Allentown conference elected national strike committee and
with and the MIRA
settlement of the strike
however all the
the officials headed by Schweitzer
the maintaining their position and to be
the membership and deny that they had first agreed to the truce
these leaders better
The membership of the
strengthen their strike committee
conditions So
gentlemen the leadership the strike is danger
rFTLY position OF the Music adheren
the Paterson strike Of 1881
separated the big strike What happened
his followers? The leaders the Of Brooks the tools OF
the militant policy Of the National Textile
workers Union, either in the UTw or in the NrwU
the the strike There They
cannot all be recoed here One OF the problems that still
the
still too
of the work of the NTwU and the work inside the UrW oaniza-
tons A QUESTION
actual unity the picket line and in the street demonstrations
mngn the workers the halls We must break
the barriers the scwetzers and Keers and Kees
establish unity of action the strikers
AS working
building the the strikers
impossible to lead the strike successfully without the Party And this
bring forward the Party the strikers explain the role
strike members organize
mitancy solidarity discipline
postponed"
that the individual Communists the
fight. The Party must also act Party
Daily Worker must be utilized strengthen the strike
COMMUNISTS MUST DO ALL THEIR POWER TO
THE STRIKE CONVINCE THE WORKERS OF CORRECT
METHODS OF STRUGGLE
Party dissolved" period Party S
experiences the guidance
revou4oni1ng
their immediate
TIE struggle making
dealt hek
fight enemies win sin tricks
Mcmahon with They WIN the
They the police force if need be-
these attempts break their
establishing strengthening the united