The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-06
.IOrman Prepares NetV
BetrayalS

GRANCIS GORMAN, who sold out the
general, textile strike, is preparing
new betrayals for the textile workers
German has just written a letter to
George Sloan, chairman of the Cotton
Textile Institute offering the services of his union
to the employers in helping to increase their bust
ness.
German proposes ito create joint employer
union machinery for the expansion and extension
of the textile market" He specifically refers to
Japan and declares that the United Textile Work
ers Union can help the textile employers to com
pete with japanese industry, stating labor in this
industry can be of service in relation to the export
market"
HORMAN is attempting to turn the United Tex
u tile Workers Union into a company union. His
program is a complete class cooperation program.
He states that the interests of the union and Of
the employers are the same
What the interests of the employers? They
were stated by Sloan in the general strike when
Sloan directed the srikebreaking forces of the en-
ployers Sloan sent thousands of armed gangsters
against the strikers He had the troops called out
by the willing government. He blacklisted thou
sands at the end of the strike. Sloan, spokesman
of the employers, declared that they would never
recognize the union would give in to the de-
mands of the workers against the speedup, for the
thirty hour week and wage increases. He evicted
thousands from their homes. Sloan and his fellow
employers are responsible for the murder of twenty
strikers during the general strike.
The program of the employers was made clear
in the recent joint statement Of the National As
ISOLATION of Cotton Manufacturers and the Amer
lean Cotton Manufacturers Association This ten
point program called for outlawing of picketing no
recognition of the union, continuation of the
stretchout, making strikes Illegal no government
relief to strikers and all rights vested in the en-
ployer without union interference"
DIRECTLY opposed to this program is the pro-
gram of the textile workers, of fight for all the
elementary rights of the textile workers-the right
to strike, to organize, to picket The program of
the workers is a program of the fight against the
killing stretchout for shorter hours and for higher
minimum wage rates.
German, in the face of the wage cutting cam
paign of Sloan and his fellow employers, comes
forward advocating the complete program of the
employers.
German has the full support of the Socialist
Party leaders in this treachery
How does German propose to aid the textile en-
ployers to capture markets from Japan German
Ailo"S IhaU Inc meChoo OF winning markets from
lower paid japanese labor, is the reduction of the
standard of living of the American Textile Workers
and helping the war propaganda of the Bosses
The strikebreaking statements of the cotton
manufacturers and the Cotton Institute remain
unanswered by German. The speedup wage cut
ting campaign now going on against the textile
workers is not objected to by German
The textile workers will repudiate such com
Ssny union policies. The rank and file in the
United Textile Workers Union must act against
Germans policy of cooperation with the mill owners
In every local union, the rank and file should
pass resolutions condemning Germans treacherous
dealings with the mill owners
Build rank and file oppositions in every local
union.
The rank and file must control the u T w and
lead the light against the no-strike wage cut, union
smashing drive of the mill owners