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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-18
Ford Pickets Clash
With Scabs;; NRA in
Strikebreaking Act
One Scab Gets Broken
Leg; Wagner Plans
Mediation

CHESTER, Pa, Oct. 17-After a
severe tussle with scabs last night,
in which one strikebreaker received
a broken leg and others were bruised
and cut, representatives of the 5000
Ford strikers here are on their way
to Washington to attend a media
ton conference.
Senator Wagner, who engineered
the Weirton Steel Co. strikebreaking,
is endeavoring to apply similar
measures to the Ford strike.
Last night when group of sew
eral hundred scabs emerged from the
plant, under the protection Of police,
the strikers hooted and booed them,
finally claslling with them.
Ford is endeavoring to organize a
company union in Chester. The
strikers are fighting against a wage
cut and demand union recognition.
The A. F. Of L. United Automobile
Workers of America has organized
the workers, and the leaders are talk
ing up mediation strongly, telling the
workers to put their reliance in the
N. R. A. National Labor Board.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-18
Furniture Workers
Union Wins Gains
in Boston Strikes

BOSTON, Mass, Oct. ia strike
lasting five weeks has just been won
by the furniture workers here. Hours
of work were reduced and increases
in pay averaging Is to so per cent
were gained as result of the strike.
The upholsterers of the Torrey
Warren Furniture Co. are still out on
strike and are confident that they
will win. Skilled workers in the trade
here have been earning IS and $40 a
week.
The mattress workers are also on
strike after the employers refused to
recognize the Furniture Workers IN
dustrial Union, the closed shop and
the demand for a reduction of work.
ing hours. Four hundred and fifty
workers in IL shops answered the
strike call. During the first four days
ten shops settled with the union,
granting all demands including more
pay and shoter hours. The Furniture
Workers Industrial Union is leading
the strikes.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-18

than 20 on starving. To the Senator
it was tragic, tragic that workers
who have endured so patiently dur
ing years of unalloyed misfortune
should resort so largely to extreme
methods after revival has begun and
when further revival depends upon
the program for cooperation"
"Strong counsel" announced Wag-
ner to the A. F. of L. chieftains,
should be given to the striking tex
tile worker who refuses to accept the
starvation wage of $12 a week in
the South and SIS week in the
North; to the automobile striker who
is resisting the merit" clause, the
hire-and- fire-at- clause endorsed
by Green; to the brave coal miners,
their wives and children who are
defying the guns of the thug dep
uties" and the manoeuvreS of the
governmental and private spys
Those who tend to destroy the OPP
portunities for fruitful industrial re-
lations by quick and fanciful resorts
to strikes and other forms of war
fare must be given strong counsel"
Thus, when the American worker
inscribes the epitaph of Wagner he
need only quote Green's convention
introduction Of Roosevelt's chief
strike settler: There is no man in
public life held In greater esteem by
the A. F. of L. Qeadership-S. W.
than is Senator Wagner"
General Hugh S. Johnson, author
of the 1917 Draft Act, Wall Street
Barney Baruch's personal research
assistant" and now the Administra-
tor of the N. r. A., was chosen to
read the riot act to the A. F. of l..
moguls, the men who, in the words of
the snarling general, are "the prin-
cipal props against collapse"
His speech, broadcast over an in
ternational hookup contributed by
the Unsuitable radio monopolists, de-
scribed by him as "the basic prin-
ciples Of the N. r. A." is the deaths
head, the blood and iron Of the Ad-
ministration. "The plaIp stark truth
is that you cannot tolerate the
strike" barked johnson. The be-
ginning and the end Of the N. r. A,
the blunt challenge to militant labor,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-18
RECORD OF JOSEPH MCKEE,
BANKERS CANDIDATE, FOE
OF LABOR, REVEALS GRAFT

the health and lives of thousands of
working class children.
In 1925 the faulty and dangerous
construction of the schools was called
to the attention of Mckee and
Walker. Both of these faithful Tam
many officials completely ignored the
complaints. But two years later when
the contract work was about to
develop into scandal, Mckee an
nounced that he would make q
thorough investigation Of the stu
alton. Mckee then, as now, put on
the pose that he was working in the
interests of good government.
Mckee has now taken up with John
F.. Hylan, whom he fought in 1925.
Although Mckee is supposed to be
fighting Tammany, Hylan, a Tam
many Judge of the Children's Court,
is one of his strongest hackers.
AS the candidate Of Postmaster
General Farley and Bronx Boss
Flynn, Mckee is merely a puppet of
a clique that is seeking to wrest con-
troll of the city's Democratic organi-
cation from John F. Curry and John
H. McCooey. Should Mckee lose the
election he will probably go back to
banking. His contract as President
of the Title, Guarantee and Trust
Company has still more than two
years to run. 1t has not been can
celled by the directors.
AS head of the Brooklyn institution,
Mckee is in business with several
nanceers closely associated with
Rockefeller and Morgan. These men
include James A, Post, director of
the National City Bank, and A. G.
Milbank, director of the Chase Ma
tional Bank.
The Wall Street bankers have taken
very kindly to McKee's candidacy.
They have no objection to control of
the city's Democratic machine by
Farley and Flynn as against Curry
and McCooey.
AS for fusion, LaGuardia and his
gang of Republican crooks are Just
as acceptable to finance capital. And
the bankers have many pleasant
words for the Socialist leaders, who
in this campaign as in past ones dis
tort the issues and seek to confuse
the masses of the workers.
Against this whole band, fighting
Bob Minor and his fellow-candidates
carry on and present all the issues
affecting the toiling masses as en-
bodied in the Communist Party pro-
gram.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-18
1lkins, Liberal Ornament, Gives Voice to
Fascist Aims Against Labor of the
Roosevelt Wall St. Regime

(for) the lion
IT am one of those" said the ben
evolent Secretary, fifteen years ago
a member Of the Socialist Party,
who believe that orderly and sys-
tematic relations between the en-
ployers and their workers is to the
advantage not only Of the workers
but to the permanent advantage of
the employers" In other words, an
orderly" worker, one who, for in
stance, accepts the starvation wages
OF the proposed textile code, is the
apple Of Madame Secretary's eye.
With such workers, Indignation"
indeed, would be a simple process.
For labor's contribution, which is
spiritual and intellectual, will be for
the benefit of all the people of the
United States of America" declared
the Secretary, even for the banker
and the investor and those who look
to see some profits returned to them
from the investment of the savings
which they made in the industries
from time to time"
AS Green remarked at the con-
clusion of the Secretary's speech,
"she could not have selected :.
more sympathetic audience to
speak to-" Decidedly not.
On october Z, two days after the
Pennsylvania coal operators thugs,
both professional and amateur ("citi-
zen deputies"), shot miners who re-
fused to allow John l.. Lewis and
William Green to sell them out again,
President Roosevelt warned the mill
tant worker to beware. Just as in
1917, we are seeking to pull in har-
ness; just as in 1917, horses that kick
over the traces will have to be put in
corral" This unequivocal threat of
repressive measures, delivered, with
historical appropriateness, at the
A. F. of L. dedication of the Samuel
Gompers memorial monument, was
so clear that even the Scripps-
Howard Washington Daily News, one
of the Presidents fervent supporters,
headlined it, Labor Gets Warning
from Roosevelt at Gompers' Cere-
mony." OF course, the New York
Times, true to its tradition Of casting
the most favorable light on the man
in the saddle, narrated the fable
Roosevelt Warns CAPITAL and labor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-18

tackled Norfolk because it was weak"
meaning that the leadership was
unable to hold in check the rank
and file, who have elected the lead
ership from the hall, adopted their
own code and elected rank and file
committee to appear at the formal
code hearings.
He also stated that he had letter
from Norfolk presumably the lead
ers), expressing their faith in the
leadership and willingness to follow
the actions of New York.
mo Need to Strike"
He concluded MS speech by urgint
the Iongshoremen to have faith in
the Nov 4 negotiations, but the mill
fancy of the longshoremen forced
him to say: I'VE must try everything
before a strike. If there is strike
want to lead it. But don't think
there need be strike"
Ryan's statement that the ship
owners had offered five cents in
crease in wages (when there was not
even a threat Of militant action
proves that the demands Of the
longshoremen could have been won
if a militant policy had been pursued
and that the extension was unneces-
sary.
Ryan's speech was received with
no applause. When the floor was
thrown open for discussion he imme-
diately met opposition from the rank
and file.
The first speaker wanted to know
why he never saw Ryan around ex-
cept Just before trouble Of wage
cut. The next speaker criticized Ry-
ans statement that union meetings
were held. pointing out that the ma
1ority of locals never call meeting.
This statement received applause.
Another longshoremen told Ryan that
he spoke and worried too much about
the shipowners. One longshoreman
stated that he wanted to ask Mr..
Ryan some questions because the
landlord was asking his wife and
three kids questions. 500
A Iongshoreman stated that no
meetings were held, no local knew
what the other was doing, and made
a motion demanding that central
mass meeting for all locals be called
in order to decide upon definite ac-
ton. This motion received ire
mendous applause from every long
shoreman present and created
panic amongst Ryan and his gang
ster delegates, who started COM
motion, and the motion was not
taken to a vote. The takers then
sidetracked the next motion calling
for mass meeting on Nov. 4, the
day scheduled for the negotiations.
Finally the rank and file forced a
motion calling for a general meet
ing In the same hall on Nov. 9 to
hear report Of the District Cotn-
ell on the negotiations. u.s..
The Marine Workers Industrial
Union is urging the 1. L. A. long,
shoremen in all ports to protest
against the secret temporary hear
ingS in Washington called without
notifying the locals: to demand i'm
mediate reports in all locals; TO elect
large rank and file delegations to be
added to the present negotiation
committees, and to prepare for strike
action under rank and file leader
ship If the demands are not granted
or against further delays.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-18
Neev Dealers Po, Praise A. F. eadersbs Fascist Deeds

Even as in the old days-when ]
was in the Navy Department, Mr.
Gompers and the Federation were at
all times on footing of friendship
and cooperation with me-even SO
today President Green and his asso-
ciates are working with my admins
tration toward the attainment of our
national purposes"
And William Murphy, the Wash
ington Police Department RED
Squad" spy who officiated as SER
geant-atarnls at the A. F. of L. con-
vention, ejecting the A. F. of L. rank
and file workers who wished to ad-
dress the convention, wore on his
lapel, on that day, the button and
ribbon of the Gompers Memorial
fund.
1t is fully realized by the chief
Blue Eaglers that the MIRA structure
is tottering. But until something else
is ready, until the "corrals" are
built, "the horses" must be kept in
line by threats and buster 1t is
hoped that the "corrals" will be
ready before the collapse. Then
threats will be dispensed with, the
mask will be dropped and finance
capital will stand in the sunlight,
bold and raucously bestial.
THE second warning to those mill
l tant workers ("horses" to Presi-
dent Roosevelt) who are striking
against the vicious starvation and
strikebreaking codes of the N. R. A.,
came from Senator Wagner of New
York, the chairman of the National
Labor Board and the most illustrious
graduate of Tammany Hall. Though
using subtler phrases than Roosevelt,
Wagner also called for the cessation
of strikes in speech eXhorting the
Federation leaders to more effective
strikebreaking efforts.
In the teeth Of his own startling
admissions-"payrolls are still 48
per cent below the 1926 level" :.
"as matter of fact, during the past
60 days, we have had to adjust pro-
duction downward to meet purchas-
ing power there have not
been appreciable changes in rates Of
pay and consequently the improve
ments have not been general and all
inclusive. Due to the rise in
prices, there have been some actual
reductions in real wages" in
the teeth OF all these admissions
Wagner considered it tragic" that
workers should prefer to fight rather
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-18
Detroit Furriers
Voted to Join the
Industrial Union

DETROIT, Mich.-At meeting
of fur workers held in Detroit,
Tuesday, October 3, almost the en-
tire membership voted for affilia-
ton with the Fur Workers Industrial
Union.
The 800 Detroit fur workers were
never organized. The feeble attempt
of the right wing leadership in 1918
failed almost at the outset and the
movement was soon abandoned.
This year, with wage-cuts con-
tinuing unabated, the furriers finally
began a mobilization around the In
dustrial Union, preparing to raise
their wages and to improve their
conditions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-18

smouldering finder Of sentiment that
has been prevalent since the adoption
of the coal code, when a truck loaded
with scabs and purportedly driven
by the superintendent ran a gaunt-
let of pickets surrounding the Star
|. burn mine, crushing to death Frank
Stalder, one of the striking miners.
Four companies of nilitiamen,
augmented by national guard planes,
are in the field. Governor McNutt,
who could not spare time from
American Legion affairs to aid the
starving relief workers, fastened to
the side of the coal barons to pro-
tect their property. Absolute martial
rule has been declared in the strike
zone. Here is an eXanpleof RooSe-
velt's right of collective bargaining,
choice of union, ETC., as interpreted
by the military proclamation posted
+ throughout Sullivan County Thurs
day: "No assemblage o. lettering al
lowed in the distriet--all crowds and
other assemblies of persons will i'm
mediately disperse-all citizens are
cautioned to halt Immediately upon
order of military authorities - any
lodge, church or civic organization
desiring to hold special meetings will
apply to the commanding general for
such permission"-these with many
more equally stringent restrictions
have placed the suffering workers
here at the mercy of the murderous,
avaricious profit lords by huge mine
owning corporations.
Some Guardsnien Balk
Several guardsmen of the local
contingent refused to respond to the
call to duty in the strife torn dis
trict, some because they have close
relatives active in the struggle, others
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-18

because of personal sympathy with
the strikers. These men are granted
exemption from service by the COM
handing officer.
The U.MW.A. officials are playing
their usual reactionary role in an
attempt to stem the mounting wrath
of the rank and file workers at mass
meetings. At Shelburn and Clinton,
Joe Tinko, president of District No.
II, attempted to dominate and per-
suade the men to remain on their
jobs. He was told to sit down and
shut up, that the rank and file is in
control of their own situation. When
he insisted that the strike at Sulli-
van was soon to be settled satisfac-
torily, he was called a damn liar and
accused of collision with the Gov
ernor in ordering out the troops, a
charge both he and the Governor
hastily denied.
The sympathy of the officials of
the Lewis machine for the brow
beaten starving workers is clearly
outlined by quotations by them taken
from the capitalist operators press,
I'VE have no desire for general
strike. We are opposed to any &C
ton that will keep our members
away from work Our representa-
tives will be at the mass meetings
to try and persuade the men to stay
on the job" says Charles Furcan-
non, president of District No,
II. And, states president Timko, 81
am asking the membership not to
heed those trying to start agitation
to defeat the MIRA. The president
has asked the cooperation of all
members to help bring this country
out of the depression. The district
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-18
Governor Talks of
Federal Troops for
New Mexico Strike
Walkout Solid After 8
Weeks and With Out
side Aid Will Win

GALLUP, N. M, Oct. IA con-
ference in the Governors Office in
Santa Fe, scheduled between the op-
orators and miners representatives,
to take place Oct. II, was attended
by miners representatives only, the
Governor granting the operators per-
mission for a private conference.
Regarding the demand of the
strikers that all striking miners be
returned to the jobs they left pre-
vious to the strike, the Governor
asked the miners to agree to replac-
ing only 80 per cent of the strikers.
The miners fatty refused this, point
ing out that the operators would use
this to victimize union leaders, max
ing it impossible for them to get a
job, not only in Gallup, but through
out the entire state.
The Governor proposed that the
miners elect one representative on a
board to settle the strike. Charles
Guynn, union representative, stated
that any union representative elected
by the miners could negotiate. but
that was as far as his powers would
go. The rank and file membership,
who called the strike, had the final
decision about settlement.
The conference between the oper-
ators and the Governor, held Oct. 10,
revealed that Federal troops may be
sent in to replace the National
Guardsmen. Troops were necessary
in Gallup, the Governor said, to
keep the peace"
The eighth week of the strike opens
with the strikers ranks las solid as
the day when they went out. A sur
vey Of the amount OF coal produced
daily proved that the production scale
is less than rs per cent of what it
was before the strike. Considering
the fact that this is the time of the
year when production is usually
higher, the production figures prove
the effectiveness Of the strike.
inexperienced miners in the mines
have done millions of dollars worth
Of damage to the property.
If supplies and funds can be gotten
from the outside, there is no question
but that the strike will be successful.
Support the heroic fight of the
Gallup miners! Send funds or food
at once to the Relief Committee, Box
21S, Gallup, New Mexico.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-18

Officially QraWn onto Cae LABOR al
visory Board Of the N. R. A. and
that a preliminary" hearing will be
held on the longshore conditions
on Oct. Is in Washington. In re-
Spouse to a leaflet issued by the Ma
rine Workers Industrial Union many
lougshoremen in the North Atlantic
ports have been raising the demand
of action on the longshoremen's own
code by Oct. 10.
It is also reported that semi-offi-
cial hearings will be held in New
York shortly, at which labor will
state its case in the presence Of the
shipowners," and Oakley Wood OF
the Barber SIS. Co. and Ryan Of the
I. L. A. have been appointed to rep
resent the employers and employees
respectively. The purpose of this
meeting undoubtedly will be to try
and give some a thority to the
takers Of the I. S. L, L. A. and
other organizations prior to the Of
fetal hearings.
The preliminary hearing on the
longshore problem was decided upon
overnight as a means of preventing
rank and file delegates being sent to
present their demands. kilograms
of protest are being sent from the
various ports and steps are being
taken to ensure that the rank and
file will be represented at all future
T,anntiotiOyNS
Opposition to Ryan
Joseph P. Ryan met considerable
opposition from the rank and file
in the first general meeting he has
dared to appear at in the past year
in New York. Seven hundred men,
bers of Locals 8O8 and 975 and other
locals attended meeting called in
Brooklyn, where Ryan reported on
the wage agreement.
Ryan told the Iongshoremen that
the shipowners refused to increase
wages until they were able to get an
increase in rates which they expect
under the N. r. A., and therefore he
had agreed to extend the agreement
until a code was applied. Ryan then
spoke at length about the hardships
of the shipowners, stating: st am not
talking through my hat. I know
they are not making money"
Ryan spent considerable time SIAN
dering the outside locals, especially
Norfolk and Baltimore. He was par
ticularly angry at Baltimore because
the men had gone on record In favor
of 81 an hour and a 6-hour day, which
he stated, was ridiculous. He at
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-18
1T Is Fitting" to Praise War Service of Samuel
Gompers, Says Roosevelt, to Justify War
Measures Against Labor Today

the side of the bread holding butter
for the A. F. Of l.. bureaucracy!
For the rest, we're all one great
family. "Our government is govern
ment by the whole people" The
President personally watches over us
Not one single code has been ap-
proved without his personal and
searching scrutiny :" Is he still
watching over the $1,000 striking tex
tile workers who are ordered TO live
on $12 and $13 week?
1--WE cannot stand another collapse
You are the principal props against
collapse. You cannot escape your
responsibility. :"
John L. Lewis against whose
order the coal miners went out on
Strikes. W. is living up to his
contract 100 per cent. :"
Labor does not need to strike
under the Roosevelt plan. 1t has a
disinterested forum"
THE N. r. A. Advisory Boards boast
1 such disinterested people as Wal
ter c. Teagle, head Of the Standard
Oil Company of New Jersey, the
author of the share-the-work plan;
Mary Hartman Rumsey of the Har-
riman railroad interests; and the
ubiquitous professor, DR.. Leo VOL
man, the liberal camouflage for the
united front Of financiers, indus
trialists and labor chieftains.
And what is striking2 Striking to
the General, is economic sabotage"
If you A. F. Of l.. leaders permit
or countenance this economic sabo-
tage public confidence and
opinion chat is, the bosses, their
satellites and flunkies-S. W. will
turn against you and, as Eddie
McGrady said to you the other night,
the turn will be either to the extreme
right or to the extreme left, and
either would result in your destruc-
ton, as you know better than I can
tell you"
Thus spoke the Blue Eagle, a
ravenous bird irrespective of its
color.
The workers answer Is being
given on the picket lines.