The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-24
Taximen'S Fight for Bread
Met With Terror
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the taxi drivers. The capitalist press, of its own
accord takes up the howl against the taxi drivers
The bosses in their paid advertisement "a vir-
tual instruction to the willing LaGuardia) declare:
1--WE call upon you to instruct the police de-
partment to bring them to end. If you and
the police department find that the riot situation
is beyond your control you should call upon the
governor of the state for military aid.
They do not want the strike to be To
achieve the end of breaking the strike Mayor La
Gusrdia is ready to go to any lengths.
In order to crush the strike, the bosses appeal
for every suppressve force of the capitalist gov
ernment-police, the courts and even the army!
The taxi drivers should not allow themselves to
be provoked or terrorized by the bloody fangs OF
the LaGuardia regime. The tremendous howl Of
the capitalist press crying like dogs at bay for the
blood of workers fighting for better living condi-
TONS for recognition of union, should not ter
rorize the men. 1t is tribute to their solidarity,
to the effectiveness of their strike.
Taxi drvers The workers of New York. the
great majority of the people Of this city are be-
hind you. They have felt this same terror in their
strikes
Their strength, their support together with your
heroic miltancy is the guarantee of your victory.
MAYOR LAGUARDIA, at the behest of the power
vi full General Motors Co. owner of large fleets,
flies into a rage and orders wholesale reign Of
terror against the taxi strikers.
BY every means the Roosevelt government, of
which the LaGuardia regime Is smaller and
pettier edition, is trying to hold back the rising
wave of strikes threatening in auto manufacture,
on the railroads and in steel
The workers everywhere are in a strike mood.
They will understand your fight taxi drivers! There
are millions in this country who are ready to take
the steps you have so brilliantly begun Over
$50 900 auto workers are held back by their betray
ing leaders, ready to fight against the masters
you are struggling against for better living con-
dtions and for union recognition
Taxi driversl Hold your ranks firm. Victory
is in the oflng. Do not let LaGuardia and his
police provoke you. Do not be terrorized by the
mad yeping of the capitalist press If you able
to beat back the terror to keep your ranks intact,
it will not be long now when the taxi owners will
be forced to discuss your just demands. Stick TO
your demands.
LaGuardias proposals that you should go back
and then vote" is effort to split your ranks and
to pull the teeth of your militant strike. When
they have you back in the garages they know it
will be easier for them to divide you and conquer.
Do not let them get away with this. Do not go
back without having first granted your demands,
without direct negotiations with the bosses and
ratification by the strikers at their meetings.
Stand solid against any sneaky, betraying moves
of LaGuardia with his slave code. Keep your fight
strong for union recognition and for improved
wages.
The fight you have begun, if continued without
let-up, will bring your vctorywi be a victory for
all workers in their fight against company unions
and for real union recognition as well as for i'm
proved working conditions