The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-17
Los Angeles
Seamen Hail
M.W.I.U. Head
General Strike Will
Force Concessions,
Hudson Points Out

DAN EEDfO, July lO.-CDeeIllg
and shouting which mounted as
loud as the boos that greeted Andy
Furuseth week before, 1000 strik-
ing seamen and longshoremen of
San Pedro greeted Roy Hudson, ma
tional secretary of the Marine
Workers Industrial Union, when he
spoke here at the Boxing Arena
last week. Naylor, local secretary
of the M.WI.U., was chairman of
the evening.
Hudson was preceded by Rolfe,
Australian seamen, who brought out
the need of general strike to sup
port the maritime strike. While
Role was speaking the red squad
skunk in, to be greeted by terrific
chorus of boos.
Hudson received close attention
for more than an hour. He de-
clared that the Importance of the
strike lies not only in the fact that
seamen and longshOremen stand
shoulder to shoulder for the first
time, but also because it expressed
a growing resistance of the work
ers to attempts of the bosses to
drive living conditions still lower.
Even after "Sellout Andy's" fake
proposal had been voted down
overwhelmingly by the rank and
file of the 1. s. u, Hudson pointed
out, Scharrenburg had the nerve
to put this same proposal forward
at the meeting with the shipowners
in Frisco.
Hits Glass Collaboration
In pointing out this and other
evidence of collaboration between
labor takers and the shipowners,
Hudson said. These takers in the
top leadership of the I.S.U. and
LILA. are exposing themselves
every day as tools of the shipown-
ers.
"Only the fact that the rank
and file of these organizations
have prevented all sellout efforts
and fought together with the
militant members of the Marine
Workers Industrial Union has
kept the strike as solid as ever
after 81 days of struggle
Hudson exposed the "red scare"
thrown particularly at the Marine
Workers Industrial Union. This
union, he declared, receives mem
bers of all political parties into its
ranks SO long as they are workers
and willing to struggle together
against the class enemy.
I'VE do say, however" he
added, that the Communist
Party is the only political party
that has consistently aIpported
our struggle since the beginning
of the strike. Although this is an
economic strike, the struggle for
higher wages and better condi-
tions is also linked up with the
political struggle"
THE M.WIU.," said Hudson, sis
the only union that since 1921 has
led seamen and longshoremen to-
gether in their fight against ship
owners and dock employers. 1t was
the first to call out the seamen in
support Of the longshoremen in the
West Coast strike. On the other
hand,'' Hudson continued, "the
IS.U. officials called out their mem
bership only after being forced by
the rank and file to do SO.
Calls for Strong Unity
"On the basis of its record" said
Hudson, I'VE ask you to join the
Marine Workers Industrial Union.
the only democratic rank and file
union in the marine industry. But
regardless, whether you Are an
IS.U. man or an LILA. man, we
will support you in a common
united front of struggle to defeat
the bosses and win better conditions
for ourselves and our families both
now and in the future"
Hudson pointed out that the call
for a general strike must go out
to the rank and file of all unions
in Los Angeles and vicinity, as is
being done in the North. THE
general strike, forced over the heads
of the takers in the A. F. of L.
unions, will force the bosses to give
us concessions in this strike"
A storm of applause followed the
speech. Another great cheer greet
ed the delegate of the Fishermen
and Cannery Workers Industrial
Union who announced that his
union was ready to join the gen.
eral strike. A committee was elected
to visit the Central Labor Coun-
Gil demanding a general strike call.
A defense committee of 900
sfonned the usual red squad ar