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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-30
MaIoney Would Betray Hard Coal
Strike to NRA; Opposes Picketing
And Unity, the Road to Victory

abolition of the check off-hated by
the miners-because the check-ofi
goes not to himself but to Boylan, Of
the U.M.WA.
In the face Of sweeping injunctions,
Maloney said: THE miners do not
need to picket" Maloney's attorneys
agreed to accept the permanent in
junction granted to the Hudson Co.,
without any protest.
Maloney said, in refusing TO vio-
late the injunction, 1T is not q union
issue" The miners carried out mass
picketing in violation Of Maloney's
instructions.
MaIoney Would "Arbitrate"
Maloney's latest move to end the
regardless of the outcome Of
the rank and file fight for their eco
nomic demands--was again bring
ing in Father Reverend CurTan to
the convention Of the union last Sun
day with the proposal to appeal TO
president Roosevelt to set up new
board to "arbitrate" and, Of course,
to call off the strike while this COM
pulsory arbitration" is going on.
Under Maloney's sponsorship, Cur
AN is now circulating a petition to
Roosevelt which states in part: 1--WE
earnestly and respectfully request
that you appoint a board of compe-
tent, honest and disinterested arbi-
traitors to investigate, adjudicate and
concilliate the abuses and griev-
ances prevailing i'll the coal mines
9or many years in the past; and
hat said board be authorized to rec
ognize the new Anthracite Miners
Union Of Pennsylvania, providing its
membership should exceed in num-
3ers that of the U.MWA. Upon as
surance of a favorable reply to this
request, we promise fullest cO-Opera-
ton in the settlement of the pres
ent tSirek, which threatens the down.
fall Of the anthracite coal industry
Of the state.
Maloney brought in Curran to helr
him trick the miners into calling of
the strike and putting it at the mercy
Of the strikebreaking Labor Board.
Maloney was even more slaviSh II
his appeal to the National Labor
Board to deal with him. Basing hi;
whole strategy, not on fighting
policy, but on that of petition" tc
the operators and their government
Maloney praises the MIRA, Presi-
dent Roosevelt, and the whole strike
breaking apparatus which has beer
the decisive factor In forcing wage
cuts upon the workers.
The National Labor Board, which
has broken every strike which it got
in its grasp, is "rnisled by Green anc
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-30
ORGANIZE THE UNEMPLOYED

At the same time we must react to
every partial grievance Of the work
ers in the mill against speed-up, for
clocks on looms, against lay-offs and
discriminatory firing, posting of piece
price list, etc) and connect these is
sues with the struggle over wages.
Without simultaneously organizing
the unemployed in the fight for Jobs,
improvements on Civil Works Ad-
ministration jobs or immediate cash
relief as the first step towards fed
eral unemployment insurance we
cannot succeed in our activities
among the employed textile workers.
The undertaking of these activities
should result In the sending of a
mass textile delegation to the Ma
tional Convention Against Unemploy-
ment to be held in Washington on
Feb. 8, 4 and 5.
OF the 100000 workers IN the
textile industry the Overwhelming
majority are inorganized. The U. T..
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-30

w. has succeeded with the help of
the employers and the N. R. A. in
increasing its membership, especially
in silk, hosiery and the South. Besides
the U.T.W. there has been growth of
independent unions (Salem, cotton;
Woonsocket, wool; Allentown. silk
and ribbon; Parkersburg, rayon). In
the past year the N.T.W.U. has also
succeeded in increasing its member
ship.
The question now before the textile
workers and in the first place before
the Communists is to prepare the
coming struggles in textile, to unite
the workers of the various unions
with the umorganized, to free the
textile workers from the Roosevelt
demagogy and the domination of the
labor bureaucrats. It will be impos-
sible to carry out this task without
Systematically organized work by the
Communists and militant workers in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-30

equal pay for equal work for all work
ers; no discrimination against Ne
groeS.
The Communists among the textile
workers must take the most active
part in initiating the struggle against
the curtailment and for the imme-
diate demands OF the unemployed
workers. While we carry on a wide
spread agitation against any reduc-
ton in weekly earnings, $25 and 80
hours for silk weavers, etc., we should
set up the united front committees of
the workers in the mills to start i'm
mediate actions, stoppages, demon
STATIONS before city relief and c. w,
A. offices, with the demand that the
difference between the actual wages
received and the $18 minimum shall
be made up by additions from city
relief or G. w. A. funds.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-30

the N. T. W. U. must develop the
united front and take the lead in
the fight for one united silk workers
union.
In Rayon, which is also an i'm.
portant war industry, there is the
beginning of organization in the
Viscose plants involving 1000 work
ers, with a perspective OF strike which
we must strive to organize and lead.
We must connect this struggle with
the movement for one union in the
silk industry.
The silk dying industry is concen-
trated in and around Paterson, with
over 90 per cent of silk dying done
in this area giving it a strategic i'm
portance In the silk and rayon in
dustry. The building of united front
plant committees and the opposition
within the U r. W. in dye, leading
to one industrial union of dye work
ers, is specially important because of
the present tendency of the dye
workers to leave all organization.
The ability of the reformists and
left" reforInists to mislead large
sections Of textile workers, the vari-
GUS weaknesses Of the N. T. w. u.
was made possible to large extent
because Of the weakness OF the Party
base among the textile workers and
the failure Of the Communists among
the textile workers to carry out the
Party decisions regarding concentrs-
/ ton, etc.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-30
WORKERS CODE PROPOSED BY N.T.wU.

At the code hearings in Washing
ton the National Textile Workers
Union alone, with the full support of
the Communist Party, proposed a
real workers code for cotton. wool
and silk which already contained an
answer to these new attacks of the
employers. The salient features of
these workers codes were: A mini
mum of 80 hours per week and a
maximum Of 40 hours per week, guar
antee of 40 weeks work year with
minimum wage Of $720 per year
for the unskilled workers; unemploy-
ment insurance at the expense of the
government and the employers for
the unemployed and the bringing of
part-tin1e wages UP to the $72O mini
mum; no stretch-out and no
Speed-up; right to organize, picket.
strike and no compulsory arbitration;
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-30

set In following the boards ruling on
the ViscoSe rayon workers demands
opens the perspective Of sharp Strug-
gle in these branches Of the indus
try as well. At the same time the
increasing numbers Of unemployed in
the industry are more than ever ready
to take up the fight for the means to
live.
The task Of the Communists is to
Immediately prepare for these strug-
giles, on the basis OF taking up the
fight for the every day grievances of
the textile workers.
A central issue confronting the
workers of all branches Of the tex
tile industry is the drive Of the man
utacturers and the Roosevelt govern
ment to cut the weekly earnings OF
the employed textile workers by cur
failing production from per cent
in cotton to 40 per cent in hosiery.
The United Textile Workers bu-
reaucracy, under the cover OF dema-
gogic phrases for a 30-hour week. is
supporting this new attack of the
workers. The code authorities have
the power to extend this curtailment
beyond the four and five week periods
originally provided.
The shorter working week, result
ing in many cases from this curtail-
ment, will not increase employment
in the industry. On the contrary
unemployment will grow, because the
curtailment is being accompanied by
a new vicious wave of stretch-out
and speed-up.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-30
BUILD N.T.w.U. INTO MASS UNION

A primary task in cementing the
unity of the textile workers is the
building and strengthening of the
National Textile Workers Union, in
the first place among the morgan
lied workers. Only on the basis of
the class struggle program of the
National Textile Workers Union,
which strives to unite the workers
Of all unions and the unorganized,
can the textile workers successfully
struggle to improve their conditions.
In the recent strikes, ever larger
masses Of textile workers were in
fluenced by the program Of the N. T.
w. U. The slight gains which were
achieved by the workers in spite of
the U. T. W. betrayals were made
possible by the activity of the N. T.
w. U. and the Communists (Salem,
silk and dye strike, etc.. The Com
munists and militant workers inside
the N. T. w. U. must intensity their
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-30
Senators Squirm AS
Levin Attacks Slash
In Vet Compensation

.gainst labor, the small and poor
farmers, women, etc, by those who
live Of profit and interest and Their
political representatives.
For Social Insurance
THE veterans support the growing
demands for social and unemploy-
ment insurance at the expense Of the
Government and the employer. Pen
sions systems are not benefits which
other citizens do not receive, but
rather they are the forerunner Of
special insurance legislation which
the masses are now organizing TO OBJ
tain for themselves"
One personal" question, another
Senator interjected, what political
Affiliations have your membership
1T is well known that I am 8
Communist" Levin answered, but
the W. z. S. L. is primarily concerned
with veterans. Even though one Of
its groups may endorse a political
candidate, each member votes his
free, individual choice"
Hits Economy Act
Levin protested against the Com
mittee's excluding him and other
veterans representatives except dur
ing the time each was testifying. The
proceeding was open to the press and
not to the public. Full investigation
Of the effects Of the economy act
said Levin, is imperative 10 determine
the real needs of veterans now. Fig
ureS not available from official
sources show that the economy act
has accomplished the following:
IA decrease Of 7O7, 206 cases in
physical examinations given to dis
abled veterans; a decrease Of 65,1S3
in treatments furnished; the drop
ping of 10.046 hospital cases; the
dropping of II, 1877 from domiciliary
care, and a monthly drop Of 10000
in admissions Of veterans to hos
pitfalls.
"A loss Of seal, 11S,4s2 in pen
sion reductions.
Levin called attention TO the fac,
that while the economy act was
passed ito maintain the credit of the
United States Government by the
simple method OF cutting veterans
benefits" the Government today hag
an l-billion-dollar budget and the
first Offering Of Government bonds
was oversubscribed 31z times.
Therefore the w. E. S. L. proposed
that funds for its recommendation
should be obtained from budget items
now set up for war purposes and for
the relief of big business and the
banks"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-30

4ewis,7 he says; in other words Ma
loney would hide from the workers
the strike breaking role Of the fed
eraI government, It's fascist attacks
on all strikers, and that it functions
in the interests Of the coal operators.
MaIoney said, THE National La
Dor Board, supposed to represent
the high ideals and official policy
of our great President, was swerTed
from its noble purpose by two per-
SONS, John L. Lewis and William
Green"
Maloney characterized Judge Nc
Lean, of the MIRA. as an eminent
iurist, outstanding patriotic citizen
and civic leader" He said of the
priest, who is Maloney's right-hand
man in throwing cold water on all
militant strike action, THE miner:
owe z debt Of gratitude to Monsig-
nor CurTan."
MaI0Dey continued, Not even
the agencies named by a great ex-
ecutive (ROOsevelt) are beyond
selfish and sinister influences, not
fully imbued with the spirit of the
N.R.A., a spirit which he has in
voked TO meet one Of the greatest
calamitieS ever to befall nation
or its people"
Maloney heaps praise on the gov
eminent, which has declared the
strike outlawed.
Maloney went TO great lengths 10
make it clear to the operators that
he wanted compulsory arbitration
He said: THE executive Board OF
the new union was not opposed to
the creation Of another board tc
make a thorough investigation of
the affairs in District One and COM
plete the incompleted work Of the
first fact finding commission ever
though it would require three months
to finish the job. Friends the
U.A.M. grasped at every opportu-
nifty, every straw, that gave am
promise of averting open warfare"
THE STRENGTHENING
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
Maloney is now devoting his
major energies to the selling ont Of
the strike by means Of setting up
government board which 1t is a
fOregone conclusion will represent
the coal operators. 1t was the ma
4ioDal government which, one day
before the strike was called, declared
| the strike outlawed throu~h the Ma
tionaI Labor Board, and gave the
signal for all Of the strike breaking
activity by ordering the miners to
remain at work, characterizing the
struggle for decent wages and con-
] ditions as an Obstacle to the gov
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-30
HOW U.T.w. HELPED BREAK STRIKE

BE United Textile Workers bureau
Is (McMahon, German, Keller
etc. spread illusions among the 65 ,o0C
silk strikers that q national settle.
lent could be secured through the
IRA. which would give a s27 weekly
vsye to silk weavers and then pro-
ceeded to break this splendid national
strike piece meal.
In Paterson and Pawtucket they
tied the silk workers down to an
agreement preventing strikes and to
actual weekly wages which now aver
age SIS for silk weavers. Beginning
with the 40 per cent wage cut en-
gineered by the Socialist Party lead
ers OF the hosiery union (A.FFFH
w.U) in 1881, they have now helped
the manufacturers not only to put
across the low wage rates of the
hosiery code. but also a three-day
week with its lower weekly earnings.
The fruits of the non-strike. class
collaboration policy Of these bureau
Gratis can now be seen in the ruling
Of the National Labor Board offering
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-30
CONCENTRATION ON DECISIVE MILLS

The Party must make every effort
to carry out the concentration tasks.
Such important concentration cen
tiers as Lawrence and New Bedford
are given insufficient attention.
Where we have seriously undertaken
our concentration task, as in the
Weidemann dye plant in Paterson.
we succeeded in building the National
Textile Workers Union and in
spreading the silk strike to the big
dye plants Of Paterson and Lodi. In
Lawrence and New Bedford we have
not yet succeeded in carrying out the
most elementary tasks for breaking
through our isolation. insufficient
attention has been paid to these GEN.
tiers by the Communist Party leader
ship. The Lawrence and New Bed
ford mills are in no exceptional posi-
ton. Here, too, We must use the
forces that we now have to strengthen
the Communist Party, build grievance
committees inside the mills and COM
nittees among the unemployed 10
launch struggles for partial demands
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-30

the hosiery workers measly 5 per
cent raise in their wage rate. The
United Textile Workers bureaucrat
Kelly is at present trying to defeat
the struggle Of the Viscose Rayon
workers for 40 per cent increase In
wages by the compulsory arbitration
OF the National Labor Board.
In the wooden section of the in
dustry the workers have experienced
repeated betrayals by the Union Tex
tile Workers bureaucrats Lawrence,
Passaic). The same bureaucracy has
broken cotton workers strikes In
Manchester, New Bedford, and in the
South.
The Salem cotton strikers of the
United Textile Workers, aided by the
organizers of the National Textile
Workers Union and the Communists.
took the strike into their own hands
last summer, won a complete victory
and then broke away from the United
Textile Workers.
The Communist Party throughout
these struggles carried on an exposure
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-30
Rank and File Vets to
Meet in Capitol to
Present Demands

DAILY Worker Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Jan. %. "A call
for another rank and file war vet
Grams convention here while Con-
gress is in session was issued Sat
urday by Emanuel Levin, Chairman
Of The Workers Ex-Servicemen's
League, before an electrified sub
Committee Of the U. S. Senate.
The Leagues central demands -
repeal Of the Roosevelt Economy act
which cut of millions OF dollars
worth Of veterans benefits; i'm
mediate cashing Of world war ad-
justed service (Bonus) certificates;
and immediate relief for the unem-
ployed and impoverished farmers 49,
were presented by Levin at the close
Of the ub-Comnlittee's hearing on
a bill carrying slashed appropriations
for veterans.
With dramatic calm, Levin told the
Senators:
For your information, we are
carrying on activities to gain mass
support for these demands and
other points perta ming to veterans
legislation. We viii lend every
effort TO unite all veterans, regard
less of their political Affiliations,
membership in veterans organ
izations, race or creed, TO again
come to Washington in the sup
port OF the three point program of
the Veterans National Rank and
File Committee"
The Rank and File Committee was
elected at q convention here last
May.
Only Spokesman for Bonus
The only veterans spokesman ap-
pearing before the subcommittee
who demanded payments on the
bonus, the w. E. S. L. chairman
took occasion answer a recent de-
claration by President Roosevelt that
mo person, because he wore a uni
form, must thereafter be placed In a
special class of benehciaries."
THE veteran does not consider
himself in a class over and above
all other citizens" Levin said. "Our
whole present day society is made up
Of classes and groups. The N. r. A
with It's various codes for industry is
a recognition Of this fact.
This same charge of special
classes has always been raised
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-30

systematic recruiting of new men,
bers and build the N. T. w. U. mill
locals. They must stop the fluctua-
ton in union membership by perfect
ing the inner life Of the locals,
quickly reacting to partial grievances
in the mill, and organizing the
struggle against them.
The extension of the mass agita-
ton and propaganda of the National
Textile Workers Union is an i'm
portant prerequisite for carrying ON
the united front struggle and build
ing the N. T. w. U. A union press
should be built i'll the textile indus
try. The immediate need exists for
q national paper OF the National
Textile Workers Union, local bullet
ms for work inside the United Tex
tile Workers and other unions and
the regular issuance OF leaflets and
pamphlets.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-30

and Systematically recruit new work.
ers into the N. T. w. U. and the
Communist Party. For the various
branches of the industry we are con-
fronted with the following prob
lens:
1. COTTON. The recent strike
wave in the South opens the per-
spective of intensive organization re-
quiring special attention and forces.
In New Bedford, our Northern con-
centration center, we must carry out
the tasks already indicated and sim
ultaneously build up an opposition
inside the U. T. w. against the Batty-
Binns dictatorship.
2. WOOL. Our concentration point
remains Lawrence. Both here and
i'll Passaic we must crystalline the
discomfort against the Gloon system
into definite struggle and organiza-
ton.
8. HOSIERY. This section Of the
industry is mainly organized (U.TW)
and hence our main task is to build
e strong opposition movement inside
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-30
CURTAILMENT MEANS WAGE CUTS

The low minimum wage of s13 and
ia established by the codes now tend
20 become the maximum wage. The
manufacturers have taken steps to
Increase their profits, by securing
greater production under the shorter
working week, by making each worker
operate more machines, by increasing
The speed OF the machines and by in
sailing new labor saving" methods
and machinery. This attack of the
manufacturers is tearing down the
health of the employed workers more
than ever before, while simultaneously
it expels large masses Of workers from
the mills into the ranks Of the I'M
employed. The army Of permanently
unemployed is STEADILY increasing in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-30
U.Tw. HEADS SUPPORT WAGE CUT CODES

The textile workers, although re-
naming mainly unorganized, and be-
rayed by the United Textile Workers
eaders, carried on bitter struggle
in defense Of their interests through
out the period Of the economic crisis
eliminating in national strike wave
IN 1888 effecting over 25o,0Oo workers.
The cotton textile code was the first
ldopted under the MIRA. and set the
ow living standard for all other codes.
The U. t. W. bureaucrats cooperated
With the manufacturers in drafting
and executing the codes.
After the codes were enacted the
U.TW. breaucrats, including the So
cislist Party, officialdom Of the Amer
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-30

ernments recovery program" The
national government showed itself
the chief strike breaking agency,
giving inspiration to all the other
strike breaking moves
MaIoney Silent On Pinchot
Troopers Murder
While Governor Pinchot'S wife is
in New York, marching on the laun-
dry picket line against the sweat
shop" he husbands state troopers
fatally shoot down a sixteen year old
boy, beat up and jail scores Of min
ers and women and children, and
spread reign Of terror against pick
citing.
But Msloney says not one word
against the strikebreaking activities
OF the Piuchot state government, not
word against the stringent martial
law imposed by the Iegions under the
personal orders of Pinchot. The rank
and file miners have staged mass
marches and mass picketing in direct
violation OF Maloney's instructions, in
the face Of the guns and clubs Of the
murderous state troopers.
Rank and File Gain Ground
The Rank and File Opposition in
both unions, still organizationally
weak, has not yet succeeded in tax
ing organized leadership over the rank
and file demands for the continuation
and spreading Of the strike along
militant lines. However, in some local
unions the Rank and File Opposition
is gaining in strength and influence.
The local unions are picketing and
defying the injunction in spite Of
Maloney. Local unions are passing
resolutions demanding that Maloney