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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-06
Solid, United Ranks VIII Win the Taxi
Strike! Build One Independent Union!
STATEMENT COMMITTEE COMMUNIST PARTY.

THE Communist Party organ, Daily Worker the
only English working daily newspaper
United States 100 for victory the
modifying all its readers all sympahzers
battle side by side with strikers.
Communist supports
every effort to help the strikers them
100 cent the n!ceIs
returned the
No
against Negroes; No settlement
committee without the approval
mited, independent hackmens
strengthen
the strike the organization
central meeting Of all strikers enlarge
the strike committee that nearly garages
representatives the strike committee meeting
the unity demands
giving the lie to ell the talk spread
confusion among the
ESPECIALLY sound the
boss political tr!ckery and the smooth CT
called mediator" This defended German
Fasts Nazi this country speak freely
the American destroy
unions many This Ernst
their
safeguarding interests the public is so
workers of thousands themselves strike
preparing increases conditions
and recognition interest
The public" the capitalist concerned about
parasites who hate dread workers.
especially repealed idea of
independent pckeng keep
sticking rejecting split your
forces but holding all together strike viii
full union established to safeguard interests
Support the compile
victory and strong, independent union!
Join the Communist Partyl
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-06
Cabmen Are Uniting
Their Forces Into
One Fighting Union
Pledge To Carry On Fight Until Demands Are Won;
Say Independents Must Get Off Streets

NEW YORK.-The Committee Of
10, representing the four taxicah
unions which are leading the great
taxi strike, agreed yesterday after
noon to merge their forces into one
independent fighting union. The
name of the new union is the Cab
Drivers Union Of Greater New York
Thousands of hackmen, now being
recruited into the ranks Of the union,
pledge that they will not return to
work until the cent levy is paid to
the drivers in full, and the union is
recognized.
At Hunts Point Palace, 4,50O strik-
ing drivers gathered and enthusiast
tically pledged to carry the strike to
victory
An attitude of lack Of confidence
to the LaGuardia- Ernst plan was ex-
pressed by all the rank and file driv-
ers in the hall.
Tremendous applause greeted the
remarks of Henry Pearlstein, an old
time cab driver, when he said, ave
will stay out until we win the nickel
100 per cent--yes, until we win recog-
milton of the union"
Another speaker, Alfred Most, rep
resenting the independent men was
howled down when he presented a
plan whereby the independent own
ers would be allowed to remain on
the streets providing they contributed
to the strike fund
This proposal was met with cries OF
mo good! No good"
The independent mems plan was
further rebuked when a rank and
file driver took the floor and said,
What are we-dogs? Wen have to
get the independents off the streets"
These remarks were met with loud
applause.
Tell Independents to Keep
Of Streets
When the independent men asked
what they were to do, they were
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-06

pY miancy
y City they Victory
within their the ranks remain solid and effort
to smash the unity of the strikers sunchy and fatty rejected
permit their united
ganized struggle working
politicians by
the demands They figure that trk back work win
break the morale Of the strike defeat the golden opportunity
powerful organized
only the immediate this strike their future
working conditions
by sticking depending organized
might and struggle the demands be
city government acting through mediator
interested
quickly without demands
is the talk OF a Strikereaker.
Lacuardia already raising
the most dire threats the strikers
cab If necessary get the cabs rollngt7
THE already rejected phony proposition
and sticking 100
The furthermore,
discrimination, individually
must lead to the organized ONE unified
achieving goal
spreading
order prepare public
sentiment for rikebreakng
able to break the strike through mediation"
The lies of the boss filthy
the parasites
be answered by the strikers through knitting
working in
Especially of the capitalist political
Of the IGuarda becoming
the butt Of political ploing struggles the
Guardia machine and the Tammany takers
The road victory the independent
and organization.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-06
''LGCuGrdiG Scheme
StinkS to Heaven, -
Says Strike Leader
Hackmen Reject Plan OF Mayor At Hunts Point
Palace Meeting

NEW YORK. - Tumultouslv re-
jecting tie strike sell-out proposed
by LaGuardia's mediator, Morris
Ernst, $500 taxicab strikers meet
ing Sunday night in Hunts Point
Palace voted TO establish picket
lines at all the garages.
The meeting started at midnight
ard lasted until six in the morning.
with the strikers constantly roar:ng
their disapproval Of the tactics Of
William Gandall Of the United Taxi
Drivers Union and Attorney Lew.
OF PanlIen and Levy, to prevent an
opposition vote.
Agreement Scored
The workers succeeded in placing
Sam Orner, militant rank and file
haclSman, onto the strike committee,
despite the objections Of Levy. Or
ner was later elected chairman OF
the committee.
In his speech Oyner scored the
agreement saying that 1T stinks to
the heavens" and that "LaGus -ciia
is the Mayor, and we'd like to have
him with US; but if we have to fght
him, then Wen fight him." The
strikers shouted their approval when
0rner proposed definite recognition
OF the union, that every penny Of
the nickel tax go to the hacllies and
that Unemployment Insurance be
paid for at the expense OF the gov
eminent.
Seeing the militant temper OF the
meeting, Levy sent out for Judge
Panken, to drag the meeting out
and dampen the fighting arior Of
the strikers.
Panlien crawled and lied in his
speech, saying that he never saw the
agreement before the meeting, and
that he did not agree with the pro-
9csals. Levy. his partner, had vo-k-
ed with the settlement committee
and constantly spoke in the name
of Panken at all the negotiations.
and certainly Panken was informed
of the proposals. He succeeded in
preventing vote on the agreement.
but the vote for extensive picketinc
made this unnecessary.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-06

the other unions and as outlined in
the program of the Railroad Brother
hoods Unity Movement, work for
unity and united action of all organ
izations on the railroads on the basis
of a program to clean house and
change the policies as pursued by
the present leadership of the stand
ard organizations in order to make
it possible for all railroad workers
to become united; to secure the re-
turn of the 10 per cent wage "deduc-
ton" and an increase in wages to
meet the rising cost of living due to
imitation; protect the workers against
lay-offs and speed-up resulting from
the coordination plans now being put
into effect on the railroads, and work
for the enactment by Congress OF the
Workers Unemployment Insurance
Bill and @ National Railroad Retire
ment Pension Bill. This is program
On which all railroad workers can
unite.
Fight Miller, Company Tool
For several years discomfort has
been smoulde-ing inside of the 500
Shop Association. Control Of the
dummy union has been u5urped by
System Secretary Miller and a small
clique of henchmen. He has succeeded
by hook or crook in getting re-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-06

told to take their car back TO the
garage and not bring them out until
the nickel Is won and the union is
recognized
In an attempt to swing the work
ers away from the main issues Of
the strike, Norman Thomas, the So
cialist leader, appeared at the Hunts
Point meeting and told the strikers
in a demagogic speech mot to worry
about a settlement"
1.-THE settlement will be made" de-
clared Thomas in his quaking
preacher voice, but failed to tell the
drivers that it is only through unity
Of all the strikers and militant ac-
ton that a successful agreement can
be reached.
"You have got to reckon with the
public" said Thomas. The public
which the reverend gentleman was
referring to Is obviously the cab
owners.
At another meeting held at Man
haitian Lycsum, strikers roared their
approval of the proposal of the pro-
visionaI strike committee Of IS to
carry on the strike until the nickel
is won.
Harry Cantor, 8 leader of the Taxi
Workers Union, reported for the COM
mittee. The workers hailed the
amalgamation move of the four
unions and pledged to build up a
mighty fighting union Of cabmen.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-06
To Fight Ban on
Workers Press by
Sing Sing Warden
NATL Committee Organ
ICES Writers Delegation
To Visit Lawes

NEW YORK-In a campaign to
force Sing Sing prison authorities to
withdraw the ban on working class
newspapers and magazines, the Ma
tional Committee for the Defense of
Political Prisoners has organized a
delegation of writer's to call upon
Warden Lewis e. Lawes at Sing Sing
prison,
The delegation will be headed by
Quincy Howe, editor Of Living Age"
and will include Herman Michaelson.
Managing Editor of the New
Masses" Sasha Small, editor of La
Dor Defender" and others.
THE National Committee has re-
Gently begun campaign for the
, recognition of the status of political
prisoners as SUCH" said Allan Taub,
Assistant Secretary of the Commit
tee, "and 1t intends to combat the
prison censorship of the labor press"
Malcolm Cowiey Joins Protest
Protests in the form Of kilograms.
lettNrs ard statements hava been sent
by Mr.. Howe, Malcolm Cowley, one
of the editors Of the New Republic,
the New Masses and the Labor De-
fender to Warden Lswes.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-06
Fur Workers to Hear
Report on NRA Hearing
at Cooper Union Meet

NEW YORK.-The recent action Of
the National Labor Board which pre-
vented the recently concluded agree
ment between the fur bosses and the
A. F. of L. from going into effect
will be discussed at an important
meeting of fur workers called by the
Needle Trades Workers Industrial
Union at Cooper Union Wednesday,
Feb. Z, at S p. m. A full report of
the hearings will be given at the
meeting.
OF especial importance to the fur
workers are the questions regarding
the referendum proposed to the Ma
tionel Labor Board by the Industrial
Union. the relations with the bosses in
the present situation and the steps
necessary to maintain union condi-
tons in the shops. These and other
important questions will be considered
at the meeting.
Members OF the National Labor
Board have been invited to attend
the meeting to obtain a first hand
view of the fur workers attitude to-
ward the A. F. L.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-06
Order Company to Stop
Deduction of Dues
for Yellow Dog
BY O. H. wANGERIN

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.-Rising al
most en- maSse against the hated
Shop Association "a company union)
and the domination of System Sec
rotary Arthur Miller, in the past
week over 500 shopmen employed at
the Shoreham Shop of the 500 Line,
in Minneapolis signed cancellation
slips serving notice on the company
to discontinue deducting further as
ISOLATION dues from their pay checks,
thus delivering staggering blow to
the company union on this railroad
The Minneapolis shop employs in
the neighborhood of TOO men, rs per
cent Of whom have already signed
cancellation slips and handed them
in to the time.zeeper. The newly
elected Shoreham Shop Reorganiza-
ton Committee expects to bring the
remaining few stragglers in line with
In the next few days. Cancellation
slips have been forwarded to Fond
Du Lac, Wis, Superior, Enderlin, N.
D., and other outside shop points on
the system. Shoreham Is the largest
chop on the 500 and it is expected
that outlying shops will follow its
lead in the revolt against Miller and
the company association.
Discuss Reorganization
At mass meeting held at Good
Templers Hall in Northeast Mime
apolis Friday evening, jan Goth, at
which H. Shaw, editor of Unity News,
and Organizer Wangerin of the Rail-
road Brotherhoods Unity Movement,
were the principal speakers, the
question Of reorganization of the
shopmen into an independent bona
fde railway labor organization was
discussed. Altho most CT the men en-
p,oyed at the Shoreham shop had
previously turned in cancellation
slips, after the meeting "a workers
signed up in the hall.
The sentiment o. the shopmen at
Shoreham, as indicated by the hun
dreds of cancellation slips sent in,
and of the workers in attendance at
the meeting, was overwhelmingly in
favor Of ousting the company union,
but at the same time there is strong
opposition among large section of
the men against going back into the
A. F. of L. Federated Shop Crafts.
because of the betrayal of the 1912
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-06
500 Minneapolis R.R. Shopmen Organize
TO Gust Company Union on 500 Line

strike by the leaders of those organi-
cations and the high initiation fees,
dues and assessments. The speakers
stressed the Importance of action on
the part of the Shopmen themselves
in this reorganization move. In spite
Of the guarantees supposedly granted
by the Emergency Railway Trans
portation Act and Coordinator East
mans letters, the company unions
are still in existence and many COM
panies are still deducting dues and
defending them. The high-paid off,
Gals of the associations are also
strenuously opposing any reorganiza-
ton. The right of the railroad shop
men to belong to any union they see
fit and to select representatives Of
their own choice will only be guar
anteed to the extent that the shop
men themselves take the situation
into their own hands and organize
their own union. They can rely only
upon a concerted movement inside
the shop to throw out the company
union.
Unity With Standard Organizations
The speakers at the meeting point
ed out that, While recognizing them
selves into an independent union, it
was necessary for the shopmen TO
join hands with the rank and file of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-06
Coll Meeting
To End Hard
Coal Strike
Rank and File Urg es
Men to Reject
Sell-Out
Especial to the Daily Wogaer)

Especial to the Daily WOracr)
WILKES BARRE, Pa, Fss. s. a
special convention Of the United
Anthracite Miners of Pennsylvania
to discuss the possibility Of rescind-
ing the general strike call Of Jan.
18th, will be held in Y.M.C.A. eadi-
forum on Tuesday morning, Sch.
9th. After three weeks Of str.ke,
Maloney is preparing to hand the
miners grievances over to the UNI
pire of the Anthracite Cancellation
Board, James German, as the sole
authority to settle miners grew
ances, the other members Of the
Board to act only in an advisory
capacity, the umpire to cast the sole
vote.
The Executive Board of the new
union is meeting today to determine
whether they will endorse the latest
proposal Of the N.R.A. Maloney has
already endorsed it. He says it IS
very pleasing TO him. MarianelE.
Chief Council for the new union,
states that this gives the miners all
they have been fighting for. This
is the same lawyer that agreed with,
the company lawyers to issue an
injunction against the miners
picketing, and was until last summer
chief council for the UNIV. of A.,
District l. This move is the result
Of Father Curran's trip to Wash
ington with one hundred thousand
signatures on a petition asking the
President to give the miners rev
arbitration board.
Father Curran said he believes
this latest plan was drawn up bv
Father Haas of the National Labol
Board. Any officers Of the new union
who endorse this plan, are following
the same policy as j. Lewis and
Boylan, of the UNIV. of A., who
have for years used this same I'm
pire plan to let the coal operators
put over their program, and should
be exposed by the rank and file
miners. The rank and file Commit
tee of Action calls on the miners to
use this convention to smash these
arbitration plans, and prepare to
tight the operators code that is
about ready, TO prepare for action
by uniting the miners of the new
union AMI the old union on q pro-
gram based on the needs and griev-
ances Of the miners and their FAM
lies, and not on a demand for an
impartial arbitration board.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-06

hey could go back to work. Where
upon Ernst exposed his true role in
The strike negotiations.
eyes" replied Ernst, you can go
back. New York has enough police
to pnt one policeman on each car
and keep every cab rclling."
Ernst, in a short speech to this
group. mwittingly revealed the real
nature of the LaGuardia strikebreak-
ing scheme.
"You are cutting each others
threats" declared Ernst. when the
boss makes no money, you make no
money. You guys are starving. A
lot of companies have no money;
many have gone broke; others will
not give you the tax money. / want
to give the public back something
through the Consumers Mon lay, If
you and the bosses are smart, you
will cash in on it."
Ernst would give the men only
50 per cent of the back tax due and
40 per cent Of the tax from the day
Of settlement. They will have to
wait for this fund until the case
is settled in court,
The Concumers Monday would cut
the fares by one-third on Mondays,
and the drivers would get 40 per
cent of the gross.
Ernst ATTEMPTED to point out to
the drivers that this would increase
the number of fares and that "the
riders would no doubt, in view Of
the plight of the drivers, give them
the full fare. third of which they
could keep for themselves.
Settlement Flatly Refused
1t is this form of settlement that
the haclSmen fatty refused to ac-
cept.
The outstanding demand now put
forward by the strikers is the de-
mand for recognition OF the union.
Ernst attempted to point out that
there "is no union" but the majority
have decided that they will not 90
back to work without an organiza-
ton. This organization will be the
unified forces Of the four taxi unions
amalgamated into one indepen lent
eayicab union.
The proposal for the uniting of
the unions was first put forward by
Gilbert, organizer of the Taxi Work
ers Union.
Till He'll Freezes Over
Stating the opinion of the strike
committee, Samuel Orner, chairman.
said; "The compromise proposal
does not meet with the approval of
80 per cent of the men. 1t is en-
tirely too vague. 1t says nothing
about recognition of the union, min
imum hours or minimum wages. We
will stay out until hell freezes over
if necessary"
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elected year after year and is run
ming the organization to serve his
own interests and those of the 500
Line Railroad. Like all company as
sociations, it has never functioned i'll
the interests of the workers and is
a weapon in the hands of Miller and
the company to terrorize the workers
and defeat their efforts to improve
conditions. During the past few years
many important rules of the agree
ment have been revised against the
workers. Grievance committees in
the association are unable to do any
thing for the men because of the in
timidation and threats held over
them by Miller when a serious effort
is made to adjust grievances.
Feathering His Nest
Since the inception of this fake
organization in 1923, monthly dues
of SOC for mechanics and Csc for
laborers have been deducted by the
company from the pay checks of the
Shopmen and turned over to Miller.
Some idea of how this gentleman is
taking the hard earned money of the
shopmen to feather his own nest is
indicated by the fact that he receives
s2,70o,oo year salary, plus expenses,
which ordinarily is no small item. AS
a move to conserve the funds of the
association, the System Board some
time ago, ordered the downtown office
closed and removed to Miller's home.
Since then he has been collecting
$4,000 a month from the association
for office space" in his basement.
and has employed his daughter as
stenographer at $4,000 per month.
Miller's salary and expense account"
totals UP to about $350.00 month,
while the men he is supposed to rep
resent get bare subsistence wage.
The 500 Line shopmen are all fed
up on Miller and the company union.
They nov realize that the whole out
fit must be b,a1tcd wide upon and
thrc7'n ca TIE scrap heap. They fur
the- rea-.=e that in order to sa5u.e
.scc3n.G.cn fce:.l the company, restore
working rules and improve conditions
on the Job, it is necessary to reor-
ganize themselves into a bona fide
union, controlled by the rank and
file and carry out the program OF
The Railroad B-otherhoods Unity
Movement to build united front OF
all railroad unions to secure the re-
turn of the 10 per cent cut and gen
eral improvement OF conditions in
the railroad indus.ry.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-06
~ all St. MonopoIies
S ct Highest Dividend
Record Since '29 High

NEW YORK, Feb. 5.-AS a re-
suit of the Roosevelt infiationary
N.R.A. program, an examination
of Wall Street profits reveals that
more Wall Street stocks resumed
dividend payments during the
month of January than in any
previous year since 1929, the peak
year, it was reported today.
During the last four weeks,
there were dividend assumptions
on IS stocks, dividend increases
on Is stocks, the highest number
since 1929.
These dividends followed upon
q $50 per cent increase in profits
compared with last year reported
by 400 of the largest Wall Street
monopolies.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-06
HACKMEN'S STRIKE
DEMANDS

~ One hundred per cent of the
nicke,s collected by feet owners to
be returned to the haehmen.
t2) The extra nickel on the clock
be turned over TO the hacl.men.
t3) Garage Committees Of hack
men be elected to distribute the
money.
a. No settlement to be made by
the United Strike Committee with
cut the approval of the men.
81 Recognition Of a united in
dependent Hackmer's Union.
(6) No discrimination against
Negroes.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-06
TO ALL CABMEN

All cabmen, wishing in
formation regarding strike,
can get same by CALI -
the headquarters Of the
Taxi Workers Union, 80 E.
18th ST., 9Th floor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-06
Calls on Telephone
Workers To Join
Communist Party
(By a Worker Correspondent

NEW YORK; read with great
interest the letter by telephone
worker that appeared in the Jan. IL
issue of the Daily Worker.
The worker gave a very clear pic
ture of the definite class interests
and class policy of the N. Y. Tele-
phone Co.
Yet, in spite of all the understand
ing and class-consciousness of this
worker as evidenced by his exceeding
". well-written letter, he states, at
the very beginning, that he is neither
"a Communist nor a member of any
organization for that matter"
f, 1t seems to me that, having been
a reader Of the D. w. for long time
Gas he states) this worker should
have become convinced of the nsces-
sity of joining some organization.
1t has been the consi~tent aim and
policy Of the D. w. to bring forward
the class struggle and to show how
important and how necessary organ
.zed sce.o1 is. in order to fight for
ard win or demands.
v--v F-~'-
Gus mict.eiic, if he continues to neglect
joining an organization. Nor is he
getting, fSor his reading, the full
benefit Of instruction the D. w.
offers
IF. X.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-06
Return Tag Day Boxes
for Natl Contention

NEW YO2K.A number of co.,
lection boxes from the tag days
held for the National Convention
Against Unemployment have not
yet been turned in to the Special
Fund Committee. This money is
urgently needed in order to carry
through the National Convention
without a huge deficit to the Ma
tional Committee of the Unem-
ployed Councils.
All collection boxes must be i'm
mediately returned to the Fund
Committee at 90 z. goth st.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-06
WALK rs MET.-s a DAY SELLING
'DAILFTS"
T.coina, Wash.

IHcoina, Wash.
am writing this in case you did
rot get my last letter. Sales of the
Daily are inc-eaeing fast here.
I sometimes walk IS niles IN day
but I enjoy the battle. For 80 years
I have fought the bosses and if live
30 more years, I will give them all
have.
With kindest regards.
c. D. D.