The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-25
Green Calls for Breaking Strikes
BY N r. A. To SAGE Capitalism,

Economic emancipation, is how
John L. Lewis characterized the n.
R. A. on the very day it was adopted.
Roosevelt the great emanciPatorw
beloved Lewis again at the U. NJ.
W. A. convention which opened in
Indianapolis on Jan. %.
Hardly in any industry has the N.
r. A. shown its slave and oppressive
functions so clearly as in the coal
fields.
Between the two emancipation"
speeches the miners had been en-
shaved as never before. Every one
of their strikes had been smashed
through the direct intervention of the
great emancipation" mo strike"
codes and starvation wage agree
ments are the lot Of the miners. To
help further their emancipation
under the N. r. A. they have the
privilege Of paying fine Of 81 to 81
a day for every day they do strike.
The check-off chains now tie the
miners to their strikebreaking bu-
reaucrats and help the operators
lower the starvation pay.
When Lewis speaks now on the
N. r. a. before the 1900 mine dele
gates in Indianapolis, the miners
should remember that he is attempt
ing in the open light OF day to carry
out what was concocted between the
coal operators, John L. Lewis and
William Green in secret in the home
of Bernard Baruch soon otter the
N. r. A. was adopted.
For example, Black Diamond,
mouthpiece Of the coal operators,
back in July, 1888, when John l..
Lewis began his activity to achieve
economic emancipation" declared:
General Johnson, speaking be-
fore a committee of 10 operators
representing 80 per cent Of the soft
coal industry who were working on
code, stated his repeated Geclara-
ton that organized labor would not
be permitted to use the labor pro-
visions to unionize industry was a
source of assurance to the indus
try.
The same issue Of the coal opera
tors journal said that John L. Lewis
was present at the home Of Bernard
Baruch, Wall Street gambler and
financier, working out plans for a
coal code preliminary to the code
hearings.
Break Miners Strike
When the miners went on strike in
Pennsylvania, John L. Lewis and
william Green helped break the
strike. Philip Murray, vice-president
Of the UM.WA., conspired with
President Moses Of the H. G. Prick
Coke Co., subsidiary Of the U. S.
Steel Corporation, to smash the
strike of the captive" mine workers.
The A. F. of L. officials, in every
one of their acts, worked consciously
to prevent struggles, especially strikes,
while the codes we're being put into
effect smashing down living stand
ards.
This is clearly seen in William
Green's editorial on 1.-THE Right to
Strike" in the September, 1888, issue
of the ''Federationist' when last
years huge strike wave was gaining
momentum
1.-THE spirit of the Recovery agen-
cies as provided by law" wrote Green,
sis that of collective bargaining;
presentation of facts and mutual
agreement on conclusions in the light
of discussion and factual evidence.
When a decision has been reached,
it should be put into effect. If work
ers or employers wish to file protest,
they should have that right, but
work should be resumed pending
further action.
1--WE are facing q crisis in our eff
fort to save our national institu-
tions and it is wise TO avoid inter
ference with work if possible"
Once codes were concocted through
the help of the A. F. of L. official
dom, working with the bosses, Green
declared there should be no strikes.
The A. F. of L. officials worked
furiously to carry out this strike
breaking policy.
The National Labor Board
The National Labor Board was
formed. Steel workers were driven
back to work with promises. Four
teen thousand Weirton Steel Co.
workers, on the verge Of victory, were
ordered back to work by William
Green when decision had been
reached"
Once the strike was broken, the
bosses just laughed at any decision
on workers elections.
The same thing happened in the
Ford, Budd and Philadelphia Rapid
Transit Co strikes. Every strike was
knitted and betrayed by the A. F. of
L. leaders.
The workers, In many instances