The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-08
Cabmen Ignore Plan
Of Mayor LaGuSr lila
As Strike Goes On
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-, which was meeting in the ANAL
( gamated Bank Building, that accord
/ ing TO the Mayors plan the drivers
I share of the tax could not be col
/ lecteo until after the tax law was
( repealed in court. This court action
( can be unanswered to suit the Mayer
and the cab owners. Also, the draft
/ Of the agreement which was sent in
to the committee late yesterday said
nothing about recognition of the
union by the operators, notwiJh-
I standing that this clause was in the
/ first agreement signed.
CilNert Spu-s Men On
/ joseph Gilbert tc'i strikers yes
( tsrdav not to allow themselves to be
| forced back tt t'-a ayes without
tlo7 nickel or the union.
''TQ view CT thu fact t'-st the hack
men were Hoodwinked ~ P"n';cn,
Ernst, Mrs. Gilbert and other under
handel Representative Of the taxi
owners, we must now carry on our
struggle more firmly than ever be-
fore; we must build IN our union on
/ tho tcsis of garage committees rep
'-------'-,~r atl 80 t,~o'-'>'--1. qof f~~ce
/ the bosses to pay the five-ceot tex
! and recognize our organization, de-
clsrad Gilbert.
"rToo'rr t~~iman should Under
stand" said Gilbert, that the bosses
"~a attempting to use fraud and
trickery,"
For Unity
! The committee of IS was meeting
/ yesterday afternoon to establish
/ unitv, reject TIE agreement and con-
solidata their forces to carry on the
struggle and bui'd strong FIGHTING
/ union Of I'll tire h-cHron.
! --'~--- S-'---~'' l'--~.l 'o'--'uq the Taxi
Drivers Union pays 50 cents for in
/ itiat.ou fees and the first months
du~~.
/ The personnel Of tbA com~-ittee
/ Of 1S are: Jc~erh Gilbert, Henry
( Cantor, Adol~h Patin. Lee Jab'on,
I VIM. Per'-nen. YIN. GardeH Jo-
/ semi F~~ckei, Ir~-ing Kr-usS, Harry
/ Ellis. FEy-~an G~tdzt~in. George
Newman, Samuel Smith, Max Lam
/ ger.
/ While the Socialist leaders, aiono
v'i'' t'-a Pe7ional Labor Board N.
r. A. Chairman, Mrs. EleaQo- Hec-
/ RI. I'd Ernst. were worl;inr out
! the seLlout scheme with tho Mayor
and making plans to herd the men
/ into company unions, the fleet own
/ &C. With f',s ed of a Hroup of stool
| pigeons, were taking steps to eetab-
| lish a nucleus of these company Or
! carnations in various gcrages.
/ Company Union Scheme
/ The company union came to the
! surface when w. j. Morrison, official
Of the Parnelee Co., called meeting
! Of TOO men IN unit 5 GARAGE. Tuesday.
Here Morrison promised the men q
nice company union with company
men to run IT, 1t was this group Of
Parmelee men that was thrown in be-
tween the strikers as wedge to split
their ranks and make the sellout
easier.
Meanwhile the big companies were
sending kilograms advising the men
to report to work at once.
The following telegram was received
Yesterday by a driver OF the Capitol
Gem Transportation Co..
Strike settled. Report for work
at once"
The smaller fleet owners sent sim
liar messages to their drivers by post
card.
Men Cautions
The men, however, refused to re-
turn to work. They were suspicious
Of the whole maneuver. In the Brook
/ Ign meeting, held at Miller Hall, the
men only agreed to go to work pro-
viding the Bronx men would go with
them. Judge Panken, who spoke first
at the BROOKLYN meeting, told the
Bronx drivers that the strike was set
tied, but failed to report the true at
titude Of the Brooklyn men.
The Parmelee men, under the In
fuence Of company stool pigeons, at
tempted to bring their cabs on the
streets. Masses of pickets suro-I ou'
! Of the strike headquarters at 325 w
z1st ST.. and stopped cab in frcnt
of the Hotel Astor. Another cab was
/ topped at Sixth Ave, near Forty
Third st. Along Ninth and Tenth
Avenues passengers were made to get
cut Of the cars and walk during the
early part Of the day.
a few of the Keystone Cabs at
tempted to operate late in the day
but were stopped by pickets. Some of
the drivers went to the garage. but
walked away, seeing the ma 'ority of
the cabs were still packed into the
| garage.
4 Although Mayor LaGuardia says
that the strike is "ssttled to all in
tents and purposes, the strike is still
on.
"Our fight now is for the full nickel
and solid fighting union rooted in
every garage in New York City, said
Joseph Gilbert yesterday afternoon.
/ The fight for the nickel, higher
wages and shorter hours for the
haciunen has just begun. We win win
these demands by our organized
might"
FOLLOWING the false reports that
the selI-out agreement was &C.
cepted, and that the men had re-
turned to work, Norman Thomas
Socialist leader, not knowing that
the men had repudiated the City
Hall swindle, told Morris Ernst that
considering the previous chaotic
situation in the taxi industry, that
the men have done wonders"
audience with the representative of
the Hitler butchers in this country
They left the convention resolution