The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-30
Wrote Gary He Opposed
Strikes; Licked
Boots of Trust

representatives Of the Amslga-
mated Association Of Iron. Steel
and Tin Workers. is Of vital i'm
portance to the Corporation you
have the honor n represent and
10 the An1algamated Association.
las you no doubt are aware,
there is a serious disturbing ele-
ment In the industrial world at
the present time; a great spirit Of
unrest has spread over our COM
mon country. It is becoming more
and more acute, and there is no
telling when or where the storm
clouds viii break. It is the judge
ment Of the representatives of the
Amalgam2ted Association that it is
is the patriotic duty Of all good
citizens to use their every efforts
to stem the tide Of unrest, if pos
sible.
The Amalgamated Association
Of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
have admitted many thousands
of the employees of the United
States steel Corporation into their
organization; these members are
asking that they be given cOnsid-
Grafton by the Corporation you
are the Honorable Chairman Of,
in their respective crafts and
callings, and also that as law
abiding citizens who desire the
privilege Of having their represen-
tatives meet with the chosen rep
resentatives Of the Corporation
you represent to jointly confer on
questions that mutually concern
both.
Sincerely believing that the
granting of their request on your
part will not only be the means
of alIaying that unrest, but will
also promote and insure that har-
mOny and cooperation that
should at all times exist between
employer and employee to the end
that al will share in the glorious
triumphS so lately achieved in the
war, and thereby add still more
to the Iustre and glory of our
common country.
Trusting that you will give this
request on the part of the afore-
said employees of your Corpora
ton your most earnest cOnsidera-
ton, l await your pleasure.
IN. F. TIGHE,
International President
Not being able to head of the
strike, Tighe Immediately entered
into the activities Of the National
Committee representing the "a
striking unions) and proceeded to
sabotage every move TO win the
strike. Professor H. B. Davis, an
authority on the steel industry and
the history Of labor in the in
dustry, has this to say regarding
Tighe in his book, Labor and
Steel international Publishers
ut is an open question whether
the heads of the Amalgamated AS
ISOLATION Of Iron, Steel and Tin
Workers in the A. F. of L. really
desired TO win the strike 1.-THE great
steel strike of 1871. Nj. The
writer has satisfied himself by per-
sonal interviews with two officials
of the Amalgamated Association. =
Tighe and Vice-President
D. j. Davis [who wrought such havoc
in the National Committee that
neither put his full efforts into
winning the strike, that neither ex-
pected it to succeed, and that both
had firmly made up their minds be-
fore the strike that they would or
ganize in the plants Of the U. S,
Steel Corp. only If they we're literal
ly forced into it, The Amalgamated
Association officials took an open
stand against the strike.
They withheld necessary financial
and made an open bid 10
Gary for separate agreement and
settlement on the eve of the strike,
they completely withdrew
from the National Committee after
the strike" my emphasis. NJ
Note A second article on
Tighe's unsavory record will APP
pear tomorrow