The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-02
Green Halls Presidents Move
To Bind Labor Not to Struggle
Against Growing Boss attacks
Industrial Peace Plan
Is Step in Preparation
for New Price Rise
WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct.
1. - To stem the mounting
strike struggles against the
miserable wages of the Mr..
A. codes, President Roosevelt
in his "fireside' radio broad
cast Sunday night heartered
the big trusts by his proposal to
use the machinery Of government
to effect a truce" in all labor
struggles.
II propose to confer within the
coming month with small grours
Of those truly representative Of
large employers of labor and Of
large groups Of organized labor, in
order to seek their cooperation in
establishing what may describe as
a specific trial period Of industrial
peace"
Roosevelt in his speech, at The
same time, resorted to actual dis
tortion Of the facts when he de-
clared "the extent and severity Of
labor disputes during this period
has been far less than in any pre-
vious comparable period" In reality,
the period he discussed was marked
by some Of the largest strikes in
American labor history, particu-
larry the textile strike and the San
Francisco general strike
1t is precisely against these strike
struggles, and those threatening in
the marine industry on the East
Coast that Roosevelt made his
proposals for a truce" in order to
prevent the workers gaining their
demands through struggle.
Repeating his promises to the
workers utilized in all of his
strike-breaking arbitration propos-
ais in steel, auto, coal and textile,
Roosevelt declared:
Il shall seek assurances of the
making and maintenance og agree
ments which can be mutually relied
upon under which wages, hours
and working conditions may be
determined, and any later adjust
ments shall be made either by
agreement or in case of disagree
ment, through the mediation, or
arbitration of State or Federal
agencies"
In order to delude the workers
into the belief that their right Of
strike is not taken away, Roosevelt
stated:
Il shall not ask either employers
or employees permanently to lay
aside the weapons common to in
dustrial war"
In the meanwhile, however,
lower wages will be riveted on the
workers, the company unions will
be given added impetus, and the
fighting capacity of the unions will
be crippled long enough to aid
Roosevelt satisfy the wishes of the
big trusts and other employers.
He is concerned primarily now.
with the huge strike wave gripping
the country, to set the machinery
of government into motion to force
truce, so that the bosses profits
will not be interfered with by the
growing militancy of the workers
strike struggles.
RooSevelt's speech, carefully timed
with the strikebreaking conclusion
of the textile strike, and the OPEN
ing of the 54th annual convention
of the American Federation of La
Dor at San Francisco, is the un-
mistakaole indication that Roose-
welt is moving shrewdly and relent-
lessly toward the outlawry of strikes
as the major objective of the gov
eminent in its efforts to maintain
the again dwindling profits of the
Wall Street monopolies and as a
measure of militarizing the coun-
try's industry in preparation for
war.
Side by side with this preparation
for the outlawry of strikes was a
deliberate silence on the question Of
unemployment insurance.
Silent on Initiation
Roosevelt's speech was also note
worthy for its studied silence on
the question of initiation and the
sterilization of the dollar With the
tension growing sharper on the in
ternational exchanges. and the pres
sure of the competition OF British
and japanese imperialism taking in
creasing shares Of American busi-
ness. this silence signifies that the
Roosevelt government is planning
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