The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-18
Government Works
To Break Strike
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manitarian pretext, War, Navy and
Relief officials maintained tn
strictest silence. All replied to per-
sistent questioning only, I'VE don't
know anything about it, We don't
know where the suggestions came
from"
Plan Strategy
Secretary of Labor Frances Per
kins, still constantly in communi-
cation with President Roosevelt and
the Pacific Coast, cancelled her
regular press conference, her
spokesman giving notice that she
was too busy to talk to newspaper
men.
This was in line with a visible
clamp down on possible leaks of the
governments strategy. The Ma
tional Labor Relations Board re-
ferred all press inquiries to the La
Dor Department, saying it was tenn
porarily without a publicity Spokes-
man.
In fact, the absence of the head
Of the Boards publicity staff has
been seized as an opportunity to
take a whack at the several press
employees who made the mistake
of releasing too BADLY accurate in
formation on some Of the anti-labor
actions of the old national labor
board headed by Senator Wagner.
The news that General Hugh S.
johnson, union busting administra-
tor of the N. R. A, had landed in
Frisco brought from many close to
official circles here gasps of fear
that he will queer the governments
strike breaking effort by charac-
teristically frank braying of his
anti-union, anti-labor attitude. 1t
didn't comfort anybody official that,
while Johnson talks of negotiations
in Frisco if he is needed" his own
employees in N. R. A. headquarters
here sent a delegation of their
union representatives to the new
national labor relations board to-
day to make another protest against
Johnson's personally firing the
union president for his organizing
activities. The union president, John
Donovan, was dismissed by Johnson
two hours after Donovan led a dele
cation to protest against the GUST
ing of another union member for
union activities. johnson then
threatened to "box the ears" of an
other NJ r. A. union representative.
Roosevelt Heads Strike Breaking
The whole policy of the Roose-
welt government thus far is to main
tain a fiction that it is keeping
hands off" the strike-while means
of breaking the strike are fran
tically relayed to Roosevelt.
One distinct possibility is that
Senator Wagner may try to put
over the disqualification plan.
This plan to decasualize long
shore labor, produced by the De-
partment of Labor for incorpora-
ton in the N. r. A. Shipping Code,
would increase the effectiveness of
blacklists against militant men. 1t
would set up an authoritative and
impartial agency to register all
longshore labor. Through this
agency all longshore labor would be
| hired.
Send Govt Strike Breakers
Two more Federal strike breaking
lieutenants were speeding West to-
day to join Senator Wagner and
the other government forces there
One of them, P. A. Donahue, of the
Labor Relations Board, is the same
official who was sent to try to break
the street Garments strike.
To inquiries about reports that
the Department of Justice has sent
additional agents into the San
Francisco Bay area to rout "agita-
tors" the Department spokesman
would say nothing. The War De-
partment likewise refused to COM
ment upon the reported mobilizine
of troops in the area, one official
declaring, I'VE won't turn wheel
without the President"
Federal relief officials still main
tanned they would supply food to
all, including strikers. Their spokes-
man said they received several tele-
grams from R. G. Brandon, Califor-
MIA State Relief Administrator, who
is distributing supplies financed by
the Federal Agency, reporting con-
ditions are very much improved
Asked to explain this, they replied
it referred to food conditions.