The Washington times., 1934-08-18
ACTION BOOSTS
BARGAINING
POWER
WaIkout of $4,000 Is Voted
Unanimously at Farley;
Date Not Fixed

NEW YORK, Aug. 10 G.N.S0.
The executive council Of the
United Textile Workers of Amer
lea today was armed with a new
and powerful weapon to back up
the impending strike Of 100000
cotton textile workers, ordered
Thursday.
A strike of $4,000 workers in
the allied trades-the silk and
rayon, wooden and worsted and
synthetic rayon divisions - was
voted unanimously last night at
a special session of the annual
convention of the textile workers:
This new army of strikers, II
called, would reinforce the $780,
900 cotton textile workers. who
may be called on strike any time
before September l, authorized
by a vote OF the convention Thurs
day.
Power Extended
An amendment to the reSolu-
ton authorizing the extension OF
the cotton textile order to all
branches of textiles was approved,
placing power to determine the
dates of the walkout in the hands
of the unions executive council
and members of the Silk Work.
erS' Federation, the Synthetic
Yarn Association and the Wool
and WorSted Association.
1t was admitted, however, that
q strike call to the allied trades
might not be issued. The resolu-
ton was seen as a strategic move
establishing machinery for extern
sion of a strike in the cotton tex
tile division, to be ready if it is
necessary to order a Walkout Of all
textile workers in order to make a
call to cotton textile workers effec.
tive.
It also was admitted that last
nights action would not neces'
Sarily mean that the silk and
xayon and the wooden and worSted
workers would be called out at the
same time as the cotton textile
workers.
Dissolution Seen
The resolution for the strike
was proposed by Frank Schweit-
ger, of Paterson, N. j., secretary
treasurer of the Silk Workers
Federation. He declared that
failure of the silk workers to join
the walkout would result in disSo-
luton of their organization in
Paterson, center of the country's
silk industry.
Russell Wood. president Of the
silk workers federation OF eastern
Pennsylvania, said there were 1885,
600 workers in that industry, not
all of them union members. Other
representatives at the convention
estimated there are 100000 en-
ployed in the wooden and worsted
industry and $4,000 in the syn
thetic rayon division.
During the warm debate which
preceded the strike vote, Mr.. Wood
vainly sought to persuade the con.
vention to commit itself to def
mite date for a strike call in the
allied trades. He warned that "at
least a portion of the silk work
ers will strike whether the strike
is voted here or not"
Warns Of Danger
Emil Rieve. president of the
Full-Fashioned Hosiery Union of
Milwaukee, warned against ex-
tending the strike to silk workers
on the ground that there were
mot enough leaders and man.
power to handle a strike of such
gigantic proportions.'
Thomas F. Mcmahon, reelected
president yesterday, said:
president Roosevelt is the
only man on Gods green earth
who can stop the strike.
at is quite evident that the
textile workers are aroused and
unless the President intervenes
and use his powerful influence
with the employers on the sub
ject of hours, wages, differen-
tial and machine loads, nothing
is gOingtO stop the strike.
1--WE will tell Gen. Hugh 8.
johnson that we appreciate his
efforts but that he is not big
enough, and has not enough au.
thOrity, to help u.s."