The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-29
Toledo Unity Meet
Today Taking Up
Spread of Strike
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the militant testimony of Kenneth
Ostheimer, 23-vear-cld worker, OF
canizer for the Unemployment
Council, which has played an i'm
portant role in the strike situa-
ton. Brushing aside legalistic OBJ
structions placed by Attorney Har-
rington for the Auto-Lite Co. and
despite efforts Of Judge Stuart to
squelch him, he presented the pro-
gram Of the Unemployment Coun-
Gil and showed how its efforts
were designed to organize the
joint struggle Of unemployed and
employed to raise the living stan
dards of all workers. Ostheimer.
repeating the speech he made on
the picket line, said.
The N. r. A. is the Injunction
of the capitalist class against the
workers. Section IA is not intended
to give the workers the right to or
ganize, but is an open offensive of
the bosses to smash the unions. The
N. R. A. is a move to introduce
Fascism, and injunctions are a part
and parcel of its machinery. The
Unemployment Council calls fer
mass piCketing and violation of the
injunction"
Ramsey Caused Workers Arrest
Osth0' nler revealed it was Thomas
Ramsey, business agent of the A.
F, Of L. Federal Union leading the
Auto-Lite strike, who pointed him
out to Sheriff Krieger on the picket
line, thus causing his arrest.
President of Auto-Lite SubpOenaed
Arthur Garfield Hays, attorney
for the Civil Liberties Union, here
to defend Louis F. Budenz, Secre-
tary of American Workers Party,
one of those up for trial, agreed
to collaborate with Attorney Lamb
of the International Labor Defense
in joint defense.
Hays has subpoenaed c. o. Mi
niger President of the Auto-Lite,
and j. A. Minch. Vice President, as
witnesses to prove the company
was paying wages even below the
open shop Automo,ive Parts N. r,
A. code and was using the injunc-
TONS weapon to prevent workers
from organizing in unions of their
own choice,
Police Terror Brought Ont
Harrington, company lawyer,
fought bitterly to prevent testimony
from being introduced to show
police have been invading workers
homes and rounding up anybody
suspected of radical tendencies. bu5
this was finally allowed Ostheimer
declared members of the Unemploy-
ment Council have been thrown
into Jail for venturing within sew
eral blocks of Auto-Lite plant.
"The company has hired dep
uties," 0stheimer said, "WhO
have thrown gas bombs and
beaten workers: they have brought
in National Guards who have
killed and wounded workers, using
dum-dum bullets, and created
general state of terror against
the Toledo working class"
Two other defendants, Budenz
and Sam Pollock, Educational Di-
rector of the Lucas County Unem-
ployed League, also testified. Blu
denz, repeating speech he made to
the workers on the picket line.
based his opposition to the iniunc-
ton entirely on legalistic grounds,
that the injunction violates the
law.
Both, he and Pollock told of
events leading up to the attack on
the picket line last Wednesday by
company paid deputies using gas
bombs and steel slugs, which re-
suited in arousing the entire work
ing class and calling in of the Ma
tlonal Guards to NOV them down.
Minor Speaking
During the noon recess a meeting
was called by the Unemployment
Council, the l. L. D. and Commu-
mist Party, in Court House Square
meeting now going on with Robert
Minor representing the Central
Committee Of the Communist Party,
/ speaking. A militant spirit prevails.
Others who have spoken are A.
Onda, State Secretary, Unemploy-
ment Councils, and Sam Stein,
State Secretary of the I. L. D. I. o.
Ford, Communist candidate for
Governor, also is slated to speak.
Eddie Blakely, Young Communist
League Section Organizer, is sched-
uled to come up for trial this after
noon. This afternoon about SC
workers, who we're arrested after
the National Guards attack Satur-
day night, also come up for triaI
in police court. Among them is
Greenberg, member of the Nationa.