The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-27
The Next Step of the MIRA.

TODA4 In WASHINGTON begins series of hear
ings that are Of the greatest Importance to every
worker in the country. They forecast new develop
ment in the NRA development which had its origin
n the smashing Of strikes in the widespread foisting
OF company unions the workers and in the original
establishment Of the slave codes
In order to shield the more open control of t1a
MA by the bosses eliminating all pretenses at aco1
ec1rve bargaining and workers rights General john
son begins the staging Of vast public hearing ant
me real work is to be done after this hearing is closes
Aeh representatives OF 500 industrial concerns (ero
poy1ng 80 per cent Of the workers under NA codes,
VIII meet in secret to lay down the real tactics and
policies Of the NRA
the Communist Party has demanded the right to
DC heard at the widely advertised public hearings in
oruer 70 expose the whole purpose Of the NRA and
Le intent OF the capitalists in their subsequent secret
meetings after the public hearings are concluded
Militant rank and file groups Of the A. F. of l. and
delegations Of the revolutionary trade unions will also
make their voice heard and present their demands.
While utilizing every means to bring before the
workers the wage cutting, company union Strka
breaking policy OF the NRA. at the Washington hear
lngs the Communist Party points out that General
johnson and other NRA. officials d6 not propose IN
change or disturb the whole chain of codes binding
and crushing the American workers This can he sone
only by the action and organization OF the workers
themselves in the shops and factories through their
trade unions through united action of all workers
70 the A. F. OF L. or any other trade union.
The whole NRA, as the Communists pointed o,,t
u us inception is an attack against the workers living
standards their struggles and organization and onb
~ The harpesC offensive against the whole act against
the whole program, the working class defeat the
oppressive program concentrated in the NRA.
General johnson has made 1t clear that while for
appearances sake few Of the codes might be fecked
acre and there Of their most vicious features the bulk
viii remain as they are In his public announcement
he said:
Il don't mean, by any means to say that there
Is anything so much the matter with the codes "A
they stand that they all have to be reOpened and
turned inside out"
WITH ROOsEYELTs imitation program. nr,css ar.
shooting up. The codes were established before the
os-cent dollar was thrust on the American workers
and now General johnson reveals the fact that what
ever happens in the way of skyrocketing prices the
eoueS Should remain as they were fixed, so that the
posses can profit by low wages and rising prices
But why were the hearings called at thfs ti,ss ,rp
Roosevelt government from its faithful supporters in
the a F. Of L. othcialdom, well as from Wall Street
mas learned Enthusiastically Of the tremendous disiIlu
aonnent among the workers with the riotous dema
sogic promises They know that there is deep
going ferment and preparation for struggle among the
whole working class From the auto industry they
learn Of increasing strikes. The workers who uara
nrst led to believe that the NRA through Section Ia
granted them the right to belong to union of their
own choice found that the only choice given them
was company union. Tens OF thousands Of workers
nave had the oitterest experience Of having the Ma
uonal Labor Board break their strikes
Against all Of this, the workers are moving to
struggle 1t is the purpose of the MIRA officials
working hand in glove with the A. F. of L. ofdeiaIdoro
70 stem this rising storm, to direct it into the safe
channels of Washington hearings
Nor are they counting on this alone After tbaz,
20 gagged as to keep these down to the minimum and
70 play up the A. F, of L. officials like Green Hill
man and Lewis the real critics) the bosses them
selves will meet and with the government officials work
out their strategy Of defeating the new wave of strikes
that they expect to break their heads in the i'm
mediate future.
IT is for this reason that Washington bureaucrats
termed the bosses conference to take place on March
as "The First Fascist Congress"
These lackeys, who know General Johnson's pur-
in calling the 500 industralists together most
OF whom have established company unions are aware
that the main order Of business will be keeping the
workers from revolving against the Codes and prenar
ing srikebreakng action. It is for this reason thew
terra the gathering fascist congress" It will not
be fascist congress- though it will without the
slightest question. prepare fascist steps against the
wl4ole working class Among those present will be
representatives Of the Jones s. Laughlin Co.. whose
fascist bands shot down steel workers in Anbridge
Pa there will be representatives Of the Werton steel
united States Steel, DUPONT de Nemoms Co. who
glgh the help Of the NR.A. fastened company union
"a their workers All of the corporations that had
skes directed against them last year will be present
With suggestions" for the government on how to de-
feat the strike wave
Not little will be said about the tremendous help
afforded the capitalists by Messrs. Green VOL Hill
man. Berry and Lewis.
All of these facts will be brought out by Robert
Minor, spokesman for the Communist Party who win
asyear at the so-caled public hearings in Washing
sn that before the congress" of the EMPLOYERS
The rank and file trade union delegation will tell Of
MA strikebreakng and the miserable conditions in
Ma factories.
But the final word will be said by the workers in
the steel mills in the coal pits on the railroads In
all the factories II is here that the decisions Of the
500 capitalists will be brought back to harrass the work
ers. 8nd it is here the fight will be decided
1t is up to every Communist and every militant
worker to make these facts clear in the shops to warn
the workers beforehand what to expect and to hold