The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-24
Buffalo Aero
Strike Goes
IntO4thW eek
Y.M.C.A. Exposed as a
Scab-Herding Outfit by
Young Communists
BY JIM WEST

BUFFALO, N. Y-The strike Of
1000 aircraft workers at the Curtis
and Consolidated plants remains
solid as it now enters its fourth
week. The men are striking for
higher wages to meet the rising cost
of living. The strikers have forced
the shutdown of Consolidated.
Mass pioketing goes on daily at
the Curtis, while pickets are posted
at the plant all night long. The
picket line, stretching for quarter
Of a mile in front of the plant, with
two and three abreast, is the pride
of the strike and the thorn in the
side of the Curtis employers. The
police, deputies and thugs of two
towns, a city and a county have
answered the call of the employers
in an effort to break the strike.
Footmen. horsecops and motorcycle
cops gather like bees, armed with
tear gas, gas guns, riot sticks, etc.
The Curtis employers, in an eff
fort to break the strike, have i'm
ported scabs from out Of town.
These strikebreakers are sleeping
and eating at the Y. M. c. A. Mems
Hotel. This has evoked the anger
Of large sections of Buffalo workers.
The ''Y" recently completed a re-
cruiting drive under the demagogic
slogan Of Get Ready for a New
Day" Many young workers, think
ing that the "Y" might really help
the youth prepare for a new day
Of no unemployment, misery and
hunger, joined up. They now see
that the "Y" meant in the first
place New Day" of strikebreak-
ing. Some Curtis young strikers,
who had recently Joined the ~"
went to the "Y" and turned in their
cards.
The Young Communist League
units in Buffalo were on the job
Immediately. First a statement
was sent to and printed in the
press calling for the eviction OF
the scabs from the "Y" Hotel
Then 1000 leaflets were dis
tribUted to Buffalo youth and in
front of the "Y," exposing the
strikebreaking act of the "Y."
An open-air meeting was held by
the William st. Unit in support of
the strike, at which q resolution on
the ~ was adopted. Two young
Negro workers at this meeting
joined the Y. G. L.
Another Ieaflet was issued,
which was distributed on a picket
line in front of the Y. NJ. c. A.
Young Communists. strikers and
Y. G. L. sympathizers took part
in picketing the "Y." This had a
tremendous effect. Strikers have
pledged themselves to "black the
eye of the 'Y'" at all times and
everywhere.
The Y, c. L. is active on the
picket line every day Scores of
young worker and youth literature
have been sold and distributed, On
the picket line there are large num-
bers of young workers, unemployed,
from the immediate vicinity Of
the strike. The Y. c. l.. is calling
meetings in that neighborhood, in
support of the strike, with the per
spective of building a Y. G. L. unit
there.
The young strikers are very ac-
tive in the strike. One in particu-
lar has spent IL hours and more
day on end to win the strike. Many
time his fellow strikers have been
forced to drive him home to get
some rest. The Y. c. l.. is begin
ming to recruit young strikers into
the Y. G. L.
Young Communist League units
and youth organizations in other
cities are urged to rally to the sup
port of the airplane strikers and
send resolutions of protest to the
Y. M. c. A. Mems Hotel, Genessee
and Pearl SITS, Buffalo, demanding
the immediate eviction Of the
strikebreakers.