The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-19

OF Jne constitution, reports from
every textile section of the coun-
try to U.T.W. headquarters in the
Carpenters Building, describe the
unity and cementing of the mill
tant picket-line spirit.
THE lines are tight and growing
longer. More mills are closing and
the strike becomes stronger every
day. The workers are determined
not to go back to the mills until
their demands are met" Third
Vice-President John Peel. in
charge of Southern Division Head
quarters at Greenville, S. c., wired
Washington.
He reported also that "the spe-
cial guard situation IS terrible"
and that ct is my seasoned judg-
ment that if it were not for the
provocation purposely practiced by
this riff-raff force of so-called spe-
cial deputies, there would be no
trouble" Last nights scene" in
Danville, Va, he declared, was a
disgrace and outrage to any civil
lized town and America" The po-
lice, he explained, simply confis-
Gated the strikers cars. at was all
/ framed and our boys would have
been annihilated if one false move
had been made. The police
finger printed and photographed
them just on disorderly conduct
charges. In Greenville we have
been asked to vacste the hall we
have used since 1929. 1t is owned
by the Mayor"
Horace Riviere, fourth vice presi-
dent, reporting from the New Eng
land Division, said: Our lines are
/ in perfect condition. Yesterday
three more mills were closed in
Rhode Island and two in Maine,
one of them being the largest unit
of its kind in that state. There is
absolutely no indication of q break
of any kind in New England and
the workers are determined to see
it through to the end. This was
shown yesterday when in a down.
pour of rain we had the largest
picket lines of any day since the
! strike began. There are but few
mills in operation in New England
and we predict that before the end
of the week there won't be any in
operation.
press statements that claim
some mills have re-opened did not
tell all the facts in the case. 1t is
true that number of them at
tempted to open under so-called
protection of guards and militia,
but the workers did not go in to
work.
in New England the workers are
protesting the use of United States
Army equipment now being used by
| the militia as a strike breaking
agency. They believe the War De-
partment ought to take immediate
and thorough action to stop the
persecution of strikers with supplies
furnished by the Federal govern
ment."
German, however, has steadily re-
fused to support the workers pro-
tests against troop violence by
sparing President Roosevelt the
embarrassment of an official union
leadership protest against the
strike-breaking use of Federal
equipment by State militia. Also,
German is not anxious to ask
Roosevelt for an explanation as to
why the powerful Democratic ma
chine in the South hasn't sent word
to its vassaI governors to discon-
tinue the militia strike breaking
and stop the deputized thugs use
of gas and machine guns against
unarmed strikers.
The U. T. WA. F. of L. policy
of supporting the Roosevelt anti
strike arbitration program by at
tempting to drive the workers into
the arbitration folds of the en-
ployer-dominated Winant textile
inquiry board" and by requesting
the A. F. of L. chant of "have faith
in the President" manifested itself
concretely today when German re-
fused to reply to a reporters ques-
ton about the important problem
of Federal relief to strikers and
their families.
Observers and newspapermen
here expect the textile strike to land
shortly ION the Presidents door
step" after the latter returns with
Vincent Aston from the yacht races.
Few doubt that Roosevelt's open
intervention is what German is
hoping for and that is something
Roosevelt would like to avoid as
long as he can get his lieutenants
to take the straw-man whipping
from the N. R. A.-A. F. Of L. TOP
dogs. AS phrased gingerly today BY
the United Press, the press associa-
ton of the Scripps-H Howard news
paper chain Ca strong Roosevelt
backer), Tightening of textile
strike lines suggested today that
personal intervention by President
Roosevelt ultimately may be re-
quired to settle the deadlock.
The President is known to have
been hopeful that he would not BIZ
required to undertake the type Of
personal arbitration which was re-
quired to settle several previous
major strike threats" The threats
referred to were the auto, steel anc
marine strikes, the "tighteninf
strike lines" of which Roosevelt
personally" broke.
Expect Winant Report
The Winant Board is expected
to turn over its recommendation!
in few days to Secretary of La,
Dor Perkins, who will transmit
them 20 Roosevelt.
DEMONSTRATION POSTPONED
NEW YORK. The anti-fascis
demonstration against the arrival o
$50 Italian fascist students called b,