The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-28
Cab-OwnerS Reject
Plebiscite, Fear
Strikers Victory
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system, Terminal and the Taxicah
Board of Trade will each have one
member. The Brotherhood of Taxi
cab Drivers, Parmelee Chapter, the
Association of Terminal System
Drivers (both company unions) and
the Taxi Drivers Union of Greater
New York would have one vote each.
The remaining three would be ap-
pointed by the Mayor This set
up would give the employers five
sure votes in any controversy with
the union against the unions one
vote
The Taxi Drivers Union indi-
Gated that it would reject the pro-
posal.
THE companies have dropped out
OF their agreement and the Mayor
is not forcing the issue said Joseph
Gilbert. in commenting on the new
situation. I'VE must force the
Mayor to act"
One of the most important prob
lens of the strike is the question
of relief. All workers organizations
we're urged yesterday to intensity
their activities in gathering and
bringing relief and funds to the
strike halls.
Today at 6 D. m. mass meeting
will be held under the auspices of
the Labor Committee to Support
the Taxi Strike, at Cooper Union.
All workers organizations and trade
unions are urged to send delegates
to this meeting Money collected
for the strikers should be brought
to Germania Hall or to the Cooper
Union meeting today.
All throughout the day pickets
patrolled the struck garages. Pick
citing was intensified at $50 in the
afternoon when strikers left Ger
mania Hall in BODY for the picket
lines.
Heavy mobilization of extra po-
lice, equipped for riot duty, re-
manned in force in the midtown
area throughout the day in an at
tempt to terrorize the strikers.
The capitalist press, in a move to
provoke violence against the strik-
ers, published scurrilous statements
today purporting to prove that the
strikers were involved in a series of
bomb plots.
Samuel Orner, president of the
union, pointed out that the struggle
of the taxi drivers is also a fight
against segregation and Jim Crow
ing of Negro drivers. The Negro
drivers of the Parmelee system, Or
ner said, are forced to drive light
brown cabs. These cabs are known
among the drivers as Jim-Crow
cabs. Negro drivers are only al
lowed to work in the 140th st. and
Fifth Ave. garage.
The Parmelee Jim-Crow system
does not only exist in New York,
but extends throughout the country
to Pittsburgh, Cleveland and
Chicago. At the railroad station in
Pittsburgh Negroes are forced to
ride in the Parmelee Jim-Crow
cabs.
The League of Struggle for Ne
gro Rights yesterday issued call
to all New York workers to sup
port the taxi strike and to aid the
struggle against the discrimination
of Negroes by the Parmelee COM
panies.
The American Federation of La
Dor officials are working hand in
glove with company union officials
and the feet owners in an attempt
to break the strike. The strike
breaking role of the A. F. of L.
leaders was revealed clearly Mon
day night when q delegation of
taxi drivers went to Irving Plaza
Hall, where the Refrigerator Work
ers Union of the A. F. of L., was
meeting. Leaders of the union took
credentials from the committee
and kept them waiting until the
meeting was over. After the meet
ing was over the union officials
tore up the credentials.
The rank and file of the union,
however, contributed $1.73 to the
strike and wished the drivers vic
tory in their struggle.
Delegations from the Taxi Driv-
ers Union were not permitted by
A. F. of L. officials to take the
floor at any of the A. F. of L.
meetings which were held in the
Labor Temple, 241 E. Bath ST., on
Thursday and Friday. The COM
mittees were told by union leaders
that the A. F. of L. does not recog-
rlize the union.
Taxi drivers from Chicago sent
greetings to the strikers yesterday
in a letter to the Daily Worker,
with donation of S. for the strike
fund.
I'VE realize that our best act OF
solidarity with you would be to do
exactly what you have DONE" said
the letter sent to the strikers by
the Chicago drivers.