The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-29
AFL Clique
Mediation
N.T.W. Calls Executive
Meeting to Develop
United Action
BY SEYMOUR WALDMAN
DAILY Worker Washington Bureau)

WASHINGTON, d., Aug.
%. - Adjustment" is the
name Of the compulsory ar
bitration formula announced
today by the German CA. F.
of ~ textile strike leader
ship which, with government
cooperation, has been desperately
seeking some manner of evading
with IMMUNITY the demand of more
than 100000 cotton textile workers
for a national strike "on or before
September l."
The German A. F. of L. leader
ship is going ahead with its "medi-
alton" program despite the wave of
rank and file pressure rolling into
Washington from all sections of
the country. A telegram, signed by
C. w. Bolick, the Southern repre-
sentative of the United Textile
Workers, is representative of the
sentiment in the mills. 1t declared
about 10000 textile workers in
Columbus, Georgia, are ready for
strike action at any time, because
of much unrest and discrimination
by the management of these mills"
Many other messages from all
sections of the country told the
strike leadership to go ahead"
with the strike. Others called for
action"
w. B. Watson, Secretary of the
U. T. w. special strike commit
tee, returned here with report
covering the South.
II attended mass meetings and
conferences in a dozen cities and
mitteeman German that the South
is ready to strike, solidly and on
the hour the strike order takes
effect. ]. The spirit of the work
ers everywhere is that the action
of our convention is the only ac-
ton that can save the situation
for them. They are back of the
officers in carrying out those in
structions. They will not tolerate
any further delay and If anyone
should attempt to bring about de-
lay / do not believe the workers
would remain in the mills"
Meanwhile the National Textile
Workers Union, in a statement
signed by Anna Burlak, secretary,
called meeting Of the National
Executive Board of the union, to
take place Thursday, Aug. 80, at
Room 326, 80 East 18th Street.
New York. The call states, in part:
"The National Board will consider
the following two points: 1) Mo
biliZation of all forces of the
National Textile Workers Union
for full support and active par
ticipation in the impending tex
tile strike; ~ To consider WAYS
and means for developing united
action by all textile workers, for
united strike, and the creation
of possibilities for establishing one
union in the textile industry"
German accepted last nights in
vitation of Lloyd Garrison, chair
man of the National Labor Relations
Board, to meet tomorrow or Thurs
day with the Board head and with
George Sloan, president of the En-
ployers' Cotton Textile Institute. to
discuss "the issues and explore the
possibilities of arriving at some set
tlement."
Garrison's invitation was made
in response to repeated pleas made
to him by the German leadership
to get into the situation" and help
prepare some formula designed to
head off the strike and at the same
time shield German from the mill
tant general membership under the
impression that their strike commit
tee head is really snorting fire and
birthstone in the direction of the
textile barons and the government.
Sloan is organizing committee
to be present at the conference.
The proposal for an arbitration
board" whose decisions will be
binding and final upon both par
ties" by man who has been bus
tering strike and issuing blistering
ultimatums foreshadows the efforts
which will be made by the open
lineup of employers, the Govern
ment and the German A F. of l..
crew to repulse the deep rank and
file strike sentiment voiced en-
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