The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-02
Men are TerrOrized
by Steel Trust, Says.
Pat CuSh of SMWIU.
(COntiaaed from Page u


guaranteeing an open field for in
dependent labor organization, would
hogtie labor under the regime typi-
ned by today's Weirton decision.
The new Wagner proposal would
set up a permanent Labor Board
composed of seven (instead of nine
as at PRESENT. members-tWo repre-
senting labor" two from the en-
ployers and three representing "the
public" This board Guld enforce
compulsory arbitration ''if both sides
agree" This compulsory arbitration
would be enforced by the courts.
Although the bill declares: "Noth-
ing In this act shall be interpreted
or construed so as TO interfere with
or impede or diminish in any way
the right to strike" it fatty revokes
this by the compulsory arbitration
provision and by another clause de-
claring that the Board can act in
any dispute" On the very face Of
the proposed Board, Wagner hereby
lines up two Labor members
against five public" and employer
representatives! The fact that the
public" representatives would defend
the employers interests against labor
has been demonstrated by the per-
Torrance Of public" REPRESENTATIVES
in every existing MIRA. agency.
Daily" Forecast Confirmed
AS forecast more than week ago
by the Daily Worker, the Labor
Board today virtually told the Weir
ton workers, Nov that you've gone
back to work on our election prom
Use, and taken our promise Of a poll
to-determine- whe ther-you-want an
election so nicely, we won't lift a
finger to enforce collective bargain
ing"
The 6I2ision declared: Mr.. Weir,
(E. T, Weir, President of the COM
panyl, has not only refused any CO.
operation, but has made it plain to
the Boards representatives that he
will not deal with any representatives
chosen at an election under the
Boards supervision"
Nothing to Say"
Therefore, the decision said, the
Labor Board refers the case to the
Department of Justice with q request
for immediate action" First, the La
Dor Board said, in handing out the
decision, that an announcement OF
the justice Department action would
be made today, but then the Labor
Board counsel conferred with the JUS
tiee Department, and it was an
nounced that there was nothing to
say" This simply means the end of
all pretense in the Weirten case. The
first time the Labor Board referred
it to the Justice Department, it asked
specifically for an injunction to in
sure an election. The department
sounded out three Federal judges, and
was bluntly informed none of them
would grant an injunction against the
Weirton Steel Corporation. So this
time the Labor Board doesn't even
ask for an injunction; 1t just refers
the ease-to the graveyard of the Jus
tice department.
Does Not surprise Workers
"This action is more than mere &C
quieseenee in the demands and de-
flanee of the Weirton Steel Com
pany," Cush commented at is q
complete and cowardly, open capitu-
lation to the steel corporation, Of
course. it is no surprise to the rank
and file in the Weirton plants, nor
to any Of the fighting local union off,
GERS In those plants, nor to the IN
dustriaI Union (SMWIU) members
and their leaders. It is proof positive
that the boards actions from the be-
ginning were only shabby pretense
OF forcing Weir to accede to the work
ers' demands
The e6-year-old Industrial Union
leader who has been in virtually ev-
cry major strike since that OF 1899.
smiled bitterly. He was in the Ameri-
can Federation Of Labor for 43 years
before he was expelled by the Elk
eeutiye Committee of the Amalga-
mated Association while he was in
jail for having spoken at the first
red anti-war day celebration in Pitts
burgh in 1929-expelled without be-
ing allowed to appear at his trial.
New Strike in Offing
I asked Cush whether he thought
there's to be another strike at Weir
ton.
ooh, yes,"-his blue eyes bIazed
though his words were ealm-''the
brutal betrayals by the Officials of the
A. A., especially by President Ed
Miller, who has been dubbed Wildcat
Miller by the workers at Weirton and
other steel mills, have only served to
arouse those workers against the A. A.
ofdeialdom. When the proper season
rolls around for strikes in the rolling
mills, when the hot weather arrives,
these workers in all probability will
declare another strike
"Do you think they are considering
strike action MOVE"
yes, they are" Cush replied imme-
diately ''And it gets without saying
that workers throughout the coun-
try will support them. Weirton has
been an eye-opener to US, both in the
rolling mills and elsewhere in indus
try Weirton, Budd. Chester and Ford.
They'll go down in history as out
standing examples of the tyranny of
the masters"
NOTICE, SECTION 2
Section 2 funetionaries meeting will