The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-13
Tool and Die Mems
Ultimatum Ends as
TheyVOte OnStrike
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cedes part Of the demands voted
by the rank and file even before
the strike takes place. In the pres
ent situation, with the press bomb
/ srding the workers against strike,
fighting militant leadership is
necessary to rally the workers Of
the tool and die shops. in the small
as well as the big companies. unite
the fight of the tool and die makers
with the production workers in the
! big plants. and rally all working
class forces to back up the striking
workers. In that way they can meet
the challenge of the tool and die
manufacturers and the big COM
panies that back them by solid,
| fighting front which can unionize
the industry and win the demands
Of the workers.
Smiths Betraying Policy
But the whole policy Of Smith Is
directed against such victorious
policy There can be no objection
to individual settlements Of the tool
and die shops But Smith is mar
rowing the fight before it is even
begun. Real fighting leadership
would bring out all the tool and die
makers and demonstrate the full
power of the workers, and then sign
up the individual employers.
The A. F. of L. officialdom is a
factor that must be considered in
the tool and die situation, even
though they have no organization
among these men, because the A.
F. Of L, officials will do everything
to prevent the strike affecting the
production workers. Instead, they
will try to penetrate the ranks of
the tool and die workers with their
strikebreaking activities.
Instead of taking up the fight
against the A. F. of L. officials and
trying to paralyze their activity by
exposing them, Smith, as quoted by
the Detroit News, denies that any
struggle exists between him and the
A. F. Of L. Organizer Collins. He
says that the two organizations do
not clash because they are trying to
organize different sections Of the in
dustry This is said in the face of
/ the efforts of the M. E. S. A. to
organize the production workers. 1t
is clear that Smith is trying to
come to an understanding with the
A. F. of L. officialdom whom he
whitewashed at meeting at
Deutsches Haus last Tuesday night.
when he said that Collins was all
right but he was in with a bad
bunch in Washington.
Preparing the Blacklist
The press here again carries the
news that the M E. S. A. is turn
ing over its membership rolls to
the Ternstedt Manufacturing Co.
and to Edward M. Fisher, general
manager of the Fisher Body Co.
This has not been denied by Smith.
BY taking this action, Smith is ex-
posing the membership to the black
list of the scab manufacturers.
Once again, this phrase monger-
ing reformist is trying to outdo the
A. F. Of L. officials in meeting the
manufacturers demands. On Tues
day night at Deutches Haus, Smith
said that no roll would be turned
over and that if the manufacturers
wanted to see the members of the
M, E. S. A, they could count them
in the picket line Later the press
quoted him as saying that he was
willing to turn it over to an i'm
partial person and no sooner was
this published when a further an
nouncement came from Smith that
the lists were being turned over
directly to the manufacturers. Such
is the turning and twisting maneu-
verS of this Socialist official.
A real fight on the part of the
MESA. can be made only if the
rank and file organize themselves
into militant group that will expose
and combat the reactionary policies
of the Smith leadership. Inside the
M. E. S. A, sentiment grows for
militant policies, but strong fight
is necessary to show up the two
faced, deceitful methods of Smith
and the group working with him.
The Auto Workers Union is call
ing up the production workers to
act in solidarity and in their own
interests with the tool and die
makers, and back them up when
they strike. They urge the spread
ing of the struggle and the estab-
lishment of a real united front.