The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-17
General Johnson WeePS

GENERAL JOHNSON, in a speech de-
u Iivered at Carnegie Hall, New York,
tells us that he is sad at heart over the
textile strike.
Mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters and
shop mates of the II dead textile strikers
are mourning their loss.
In the hospitals there are hundreds of textile
strikers bayonetted, dubbed gassed, wounded.
Hundreds of thousands of textile workers, suffer-
ing the pangs of hunger, are fighting against the
terrible conditions in the textile mills.
But over whom is General Johnson shedding
his crocodile tears? We have his own word for
it that this hard boiled general is actually weeping
"When | think of George Sloan" he declared, my
heart weeps" This Man Friday Of the Roosevelt
government is not in the least moved by the starv
ing hundreds of thousands of textile workers, He
weeps for Sloan. His heart melts into tears when
he thinks of the millionaire textile bosses
TEXTILE workers here is a man foremost in the
councils of the Roosevelt government, the man
who is charged with the most important task of
the Roosevelt regime putting over the N R. A.
When textile workers go out on strike, his only
thoueht is tears for the profit-grabbing Bosses
That is the real sentiment of the Roosevelt
government, which through its tears is ready to
send Federal troops against you. Johnson and
Roosevelt tell you to trust this government. They
affirm that it is a neutral government.
But ask yourselves How many textile workers
have been killed? Then, how many textile bosses
have been killed? How many of Mr. Sloan's pals,
for whom General Johnsons tears flow 50 copi-
ousy are hungry or are facing the guns of the
National Guard?
The militia, the armed thugs, the capitalist
state is on the side Of the class covered by General
Johnsons tears. To console Mr.. Sloan and the
other textile mill owners. the government is using
the militia to protect the strikebreskers.
One more point of General Johnsons tear
stained speech. He bemoans the fact that Tom
MacMahon and other labor leaders" we're unable
to stop the strike. General johnson declared that
the N. R. A. code was put over with the help of
Mac1Iahon b Co., who sat in on their arbitra-
lions and agreed with the results"
YES, these men did agree to the code and bear
the responsibility for the starvation results
General Johnson said: owe reached agreement
and that agreement the strike called off
The present strike is an absolute violation of that
understanding"
The Nacdahons, who sold out the workers
could not deliver the goods because the rank and
file forced the strike against the rotten conditions
The MacAIahons are not organized labor" as
johnson states. They are the organized takers
working hand and glove with the bosses They
try to misuse organized labor, and as Johnson
now so bitterly bewails they failed
General johnson may well weep for Sloan and
bsncan NIacNIahon's inability to stop the strike.
The workers are pushing forward and by con-
tnuing their actions to close the mills to keep
their ranks solid and united, carrying on their
fighting spirit. the strike will be won and johnson
and Sloan can have more cause to weep