The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-10
HaCkmen on Strike
Against Parmelee
Company Union
Continued from Page y

N.R.A. Maneuvers.
Mrs. Gilmore Herrick. chairman Of
the NR.A. Regional Labor Board,
naneuvered yesterday to get the
taxi strikers back to work by stat
ing that she would hold a poll for
the drivers to decide whether they
wanted a company union or the
Taxi Drivers Union, which is lead
! ing the strike.
Sam Orner, president of the union,
said that such poll was entirely
out Of the question. THE question
Of the union is settled so far as
the drivers are concerned" said
Orner, They have proven this by
their strike action and the fact that
We have now over 1900 members
of the union in Manhattan"
Must Elect Broad Committee.
1t should be clear now to all the
strikers that the present strike
committee of 9 is not broad enough
to cope with all the problems of
the strike The strike committee
must be broadened by drawing in
elected representatives from all
garages.
Must Isolate Panken.
The socialists, Judge Panken and
Lawyer Levy, are again attempting
to sit with the committee and steer
the proceedings, as they did in the
last strike. Their aim is to isolate
the committee of nine and put over
a new sellout plan. The union Of
flcials and strikers are urged to
beware Of this plan Of the Social
lists. To guarantee success in the
strike broad rank and file strike
committee must be elected at once.
The Socialist leaders must be iso-
lated and driven from the ranks of
the hackmen.
Hits Company Union.
The main demand of the strik-
ers is the abolition of the company
union and recognition of the Taxi
Drivers Union.
Sam Orner, president Of the
union, said, This is a fight against
the company union. The men don't
want q company union and don't
want to be coerced into joining one"
Orner pointed out that the Par
melee Company, which is paying
its drivers $40 and $40 week was
able to pay $4,000 year to f. H.
Miller, who recently resigned as
president Of the system.
To Go to City Hall.
The union announced today that
delegation Of drivers will go to
the City Hall to protest to the
mayor against police harrassing, as
saulting and interfering with the
pickets..
The company is especially active
trying to break the strike. Com
pany officials are broadcasting lying
statements that the union leaders
are a bunch of racketeers." Com
pany men were sent to the strike
meetings to issue appeals for the
company union and disrupt the
strike.
Cops Aid Bosses.
Mike Gentle, superintendent of
the CHRISTOPHER st. garage, threat
ened pickets with a piece of iron
pipe. He called the police and sta
toned them in front of the garage.
The cops and Gentle were trying
to force drivers to take cars out
into the street.
Early in the morning Superin-
tendent Holtz of the Goth Street
garage attacked union picket.
The company sent men to the
strike hall where the drivers had
parked their cars. These men put
the flag up on about thirty cabs so
that the meters would be cloclling
up charges while the men were at
the meeting. The company is
registering these charges against the
drivers.
To Picket Today.
Picketing is now going on at all
Parmelee garages in the city. The
union issued call yesterday for
drivers to picket garages at the fol-
lowing addresses: Christopher and
West Streets, 10Th and West 23rd
st. and Ave. A. First Ave. and 43th
St, 38th ST., between 9Th and 9th
Ave, 57th ST. and 18th Ave. Goth
St. and Ave. A, 140th st. and 5th
Ave, 155th st. and Bradhurst.
Brooklyn drivers will picket at
Crown St. and Franklin Ave. and
35th st. and 3rd Ave.
The strikers have set un head
quarters at Irving Plaza Hall, and
Rockland Palace.