Evening star., 1934-09-17

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ments to open mills tomorrow" he
said.
IT serve notice here and now that
If they attempt to reopen the mills
they will be responsible for what
happens"
German charged Governors Of
textile States had organized into "a
strike breaking union" and added that
to-day they have hundreds Of our
pickets in jail"
combination of "monied interests" had
been formed to combat the strike and
said Il have never seen such vicious
campaign against the workers"
Asserting that the strike numbers
were greater today than on Saturday,
German said:
Gen. johnson cannot break this
strike. Neither can the whole array
of plutocratic forces now being drawn
into compact formation against us,
including Secretary Ropers Business
Advisory and Planning Council.
state militia and deputies began an
effort to establish reign of terror
this morning, but reports from every
section show the strike more success
full than ever. We have the same
word from North and South. I have
had telephone reports from division
headquarters at all points this morn
ing and the lines hold and grow"
While German was denonuncing
use of National Guardsmen and arrest
of strike pickets, the Presidents
board of inquiry worked on the prepa-
ration Of its report which is expected
to be delivered to the Chief Executive
within two or three days.
There Is yet no word as to whether
President Roosevelt is planning fur
ther steps. He conferred yesterday
on the textile situation with Gov.
Green of Rhode Island on the yacht
Nourmahal of Newport.
In a radio address, German last
night told New England textile
workers:
we know management is weaken
ing. What we have to do is hold our
lines tight and we shall win this
strike. Every mill not now closed
must be closed. I look to New Eng
land to stand fast, as New England
always does"
We do not" he said, "underesti-
mate the strength of forces opposed
to the workers in this strike. With
Gen. johnson evidently trying to
march at their head, the big bankers,
the National Association of Manufac-
turerS and Chambers of Commerce
in many cities are helping the mill
owners"
German rejected suggestion by
Peter Van Horn, chairman of the Silk
Code Authority, that issues between
the union and silk mill operators be
aired at public N. r. A. hearing.
German suggested arbitration through
| the Winant Board.
Van Horns Statement.
Il shall point out to the members
| of the Code Authority" Van Horn
said, that Mr.. German and his asso-
ciates in rejecting our offer to submit
our differences to legal public hear
ing, are repudiating the President oil
the United States and the machinery
he has set up under the national
industrial recovery act.
If they refuse an opportunity tc
| prove through facts and figures that
labor conditions in our industry should
be improved If they scorn the lega
machinery set up to right their real
or fancied wrongs, why should the in
| dustry continue to be handicapped BY
living up to the wage and hour pro-
| visions of the code?"
German said I'VE will not join in
/ submitting any issue to N. R. A. as
long as Gen. johnson is administrator.
Thirty-flve labor organizations II
and around Philadelphia drafted .
demand yesterday that johnson resign
because of his charges that Unitec
Textile Workers leaders broke ar
agreement in calling the strike. Tht
labor leaders called his charges false.
Reports from the South today saie
the problem Of relief was growing
acute. with hundreds Of strikers fami.
lies in distress.