The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-31
Man Behind Strike
 Has Picked Slogan,
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Approximately 80 per cent o1 Fall Rivers mill workers belong to the American Federation of Tex. tile Operatives, the local head oi which is James Tansey, veteran la Dor leader. The other 20 per cent belong to the UTWA, comprising about five locals.
 May Go to Work If most of the so per cent go tt work Tuesday in the 15 Fall River mills which intend to open as usual, 1t will be bad blow to the UTWA. By the same token should most of the so per cent stay out this would be interpreted as sign of real strength by the UTWA among New England's morgan ized operatives. Tansey has played possum and has not revealed his sentiment, but some osbcrVers believed to-day thai the members of his old -estahlfshed ed union, not affiliated with the Amer. ican Federation of Labor, would report for work Tuesday.
 Horace A. Riviere, strike direc- tor for Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, and liaison officer be- tween the New England area and national headquarters, was eX- pected here from Washington th!s afternoon with instructions.
 Man Behind the Strike The man behind the strike in New England. Joseph Sylvia, pre- sents a strange contrast to the typi' cal old time labor leader. Mild hammered, he favors the appllca' | tions of com mon sense rather than direct action to labor's problems He is Al years old, sixfooter oi athletic build, with pleasant handsome face, and genial per sonality. He lives with si wife and four children in Warren. Since 1916 he has been identified with organized labor though he did not come into prominence until nc was named recently as New Eng land strike director.
 Communist Threat Washington, Aug 31-(UP)- Threats of communisitc strife en tered the cotton textile strike 10 day while union leaders fought |, hold their lines on "Amerlcan principles.
 In New England textiles centers | Anne Burlak, 23-year-old "Rec Flame" was urging workers te "throw tomatos at the cops if they try to interfere with the picke lines."
 Many cities and states in nortl and south took heavy police anc trooper precautions against vio lence.
 In Washington. Francis J. Cor man, chieftain of the waikout, oe clared No communistic elemen is going to get into this strike,
 At the same time, he revealed that he sought conferences witt silk and wooden industrialists, in dicating strikes in both these in dustries were imminent. Gormar said there was a possibility Of walkout being called Immediate ] ly."
 1 The strike leaders declaration on communists followed questions as to whether he would try to uni fy the program of his United Tex tile Workers with that of the radi' cal National Textile union. | German called the National Tex tile union communistic organiz' ation and refused to qualify his charge.
 GOrllNn BfitlSn BOfh
 The British born German was one of the busiest men in Wash ington today as he whipped hM forces into strike formtaion fol | 11:30 D. m. tomorrow.
 He planned to leave tonight fol Charlotte, N. C., to lead u rally there Sunday, while ather strike chiefs started in other directions tC direct weekend mass meetings | Reports from textile centers were conflicting. Some seemed unanimous for the strike. Some were apathetic. Some demanded that the mills stay open.
 New England police rushed al. most unprecedented preparations off the walkout. They feared vio' lence if a large group of mill own. CTS persisted in keeping theii plants open. Boston officers hat information that communistic agi' tators, acting on instructions from their New York headquarters, in tended to picket the factoies.
 POssibrle silk Stlkc | Connecticut and New Hampshire workers were worried over the pos sible silk strike. Some wanted it Others didn't. Most of these work. CTS apparently were content to re- main on their jobs.
 Confusion reigned among tht outhern workers. There were some scattered votes of mill hand. against the strike but it was be. lieved that the walkout woult empty the majority of the spin ming and weaving plants 1T Georgia, Alabama. and the Caro- linas.
 Other leaders besides GormaI who pepared to direct rallies in cluded John H. Powers, vice president, who arranged to go tt Worcester. Mass. Abraham Binn was delegated for New Bedford and Fall River.
 Some Sidelights
 Washington Aug. 31 = (UP) - Labor's demands in the textile strike: A 30-hour week; no wag' reductions frosa the present 40 hour week.
 Recognition of union textile workers as representatives of al workers in collective bargaining.