The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-02
S. p. Leaders
Move tOBetray
Camden Strike
Philadelphia Striker
Aid n. Y. Shipyard
Co. Workers
By H. NJ. WICKS

PHILADELPHIA, April with
the strike of the New York Ship
building Co. in Camden winning
support of workers in other indus
tries, the employers and their
agents are trying to force the men
back to work. In this they have the
support of the local and national
Socialist leaders who have recently
betrayed number of strikes in
Philadelphia.
At a mass meeting called by the
officials Of the striking union, and
with the aid of Socialist leaders on
Thursday evening, Frances G. Hun
ter, president Of the union, pro-
posed to the more than 1000 in at
tendance that a resolution be sent
to the Camden City Council and
police force congratulating them
for their co-operation-which con-
sisted Of permitting the meeting to
be held on city property.
Then a Socialist lawyer Of Phila-
delphia, one Felix, talked, praised
the action of the evangelist who
opened the meeting with prayer for
victory after the audience had been
asked by the leaders to rise and
sing America" Felix, the Social
ist, who was active in betraying the
Philadelphia taxi strike and help
ing the Regional Labor Board i'm
pose a company union upon the
men, said: "This strike is led diff
ferently from the taxi strike. II
they had opened their meetings
with prayers the results might have
been different"
Norman Thomas, brought in fol-
the purpose of addressing the meet
ing, talked about the N. R. A., say
ing: 1T is clear now that the MIRA.
machinery is used only to keep
workers in line" and that in the
auto settlement the workers lost
through the legitimatizing of COM
pany unions. He did not mention
his own advice to the workers when
the N. R. A. was launched that
Now is not the time to strike. u
In speaking of the fact that the
strike is under the leadership of an
independent union, Thomas said
II do not like dual unions. I still
thik the A. F. of L. is the only
legitimate movement provided they
adopt the industrial unions"
In the midst of the meeting a
group Of so knitgoods strikers from
Philadelphia, led by their manager
Feingold, marched in, pledged sup
port to the shipyard workers, as
sailed the N. r. A., particularly the
Regional Labor Board, and exposed
the fact that Emil Reeve, president
Of the Full Fashioned Hosiery
Workers and a prominent Socialist
on the Regional Board, was even
more vicious than the open repre-
sentatives of the bosses. Thomas
face became livid at this unmask-
ing Of one of his principal aides ir
the Philadelphia section.
On Friday the meeting was quite
different, and the strikers, who hao
heard nothing from the Socialists
about extending the strike and win
ming support of other workers, lis
tened to Percy Bryant, member Of
the Federation Of Technicians, En-
gineers and Chemists, urge the
spreading Of the strike, the ques-
ton of rank and file leadership
and urge the unity of Negro and
white workers. He warned the
strikers that the bosses would try
every sort of trick to stampede them
back to slavery, including the rails
ing of the issue of the "red scare. y
D. Davis, of the Tool Makers
Union, spoke at that meeting urg-
ing the maintenance and strength
ening of the picket lines on land
and on water (the strikers are pick
citing the Delaware river in boats
to prevent scabs from entering the
yards that way. He also urged the
strikers to be on their guard against
attempts to compromise and betray
them and against the arbitration
scehmes of the Regional Labor
Board.