Evening star., 1934-09-15
STR|KELEADERS
CALL ON JOHNSON
FOR RESIGNATION
German Charges "Untruth"
as N. R. A. Chief Says
Labor Broke Faith.
PRESIDENT SEES RACES
AS RIOTING SUBSIDIES
Massachusetts Mills Begin to Of
fer Concessions to Unions.
Carolina Plant Bombed.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Strike Committee of the United
Textile Workers of America today in a
statement demanded the resignation
of Hugh s. johnson, national recovery
administrator.
The strike leaders asSailed Johnson
for his charge last night that the
textile walkout violated an agree
ment made last June.
Francis J. German, chairman Of
the Strike Committee. asserted that
Johnson himself had violated the
agreement of June and declared
at least, I think, he has demonstrated
his utter unfitness to hold public
office. We demand that he resign
forthwith"
Charges Untruth.
German accused Johnson Of making
frequent attacks upon organized labor
and called his address of last night
"a despicable piece Of business"
Il don't like to say" German added,
that Gen. johnson lied last night in
his attack on the United Textile
Workers. but I will say he did not tell
the truth"
German said the agreement Of June
by which a general strike was called
OF contained as it's first clause a
stipulation that the agreement did
not prejudice the right to strike.
The agreement" German said,
covered hours, wages and differ
entails"
Cites Authority Link.
Now. remember, that Gen. Johnson
Is member OF the cotton textile code
authority. So far as we know he has
never attended q meeting of that
body. But he is responsible. as n
member as well as N. r. A. admins
traitor. In any event he has sat
ioiy by while the textile workers were
being slowly strangled to death. Pre-
sumably, he feels that he must stand
by the employers, who are his asso-
ciates on the code authority, but that
Is not our conception of the duties of
a public official.
Gen. johnson attacked President
Thomas F. McMahon of the United
Textile Workers. charging that Presi-
dent Mcmahon did not keep his word
PRESIDENT Mcmahon kept his word and
ne battled for the textile workers. not
against them as johnson has done.
Gen. johnson is an employer. He
mas the employer mind and the Army
mind. He thinks in terms of troops.
OF regiments, of subordinates and
robots. Now, as to the agreement of
June 2, what want to make clear is
that johnson himself was the violator
OF that agreement"
Sees Freedom CurtaiIed.
The strike leader said the Cotton
Textile Code Authority had no budget
and that its bills were paid by the
Cotton Textile Institute.
This means" German said. chat
actually it has no freedom as a code
authority"
Meanwhile, President Roosevelt de-
cided after conference in Newport
Haroor with Secretary Dern today
tnat the Rhode Island strike situation
was quiet enough to permit him to
attend the America Cup races.
The President talked over the situa-
ton with Dern and Maj. Gen. Fox
Connor, commander of the lSt Corps
Area. In post breakfast conference
aboard the Nourmahal Dern and
Connor remained on the yacht with
the President.
The information given the Presi-
dent conceded with the reports and
advice from Gov. Theodore F. Green.
The President had no comment to
make on the speech last night in
New York by Johnson.
Charges Violation.
Speaking in New York to various
code authorities, johnson called the
textile strike, involving 10000 work.
ers, an absolute violation" of an un-
derstanding between himself and the
United Textile Workers president.
Thomas Mcmahon.
johnson said his heart weeps" for
George A. Sloan, president of the
Cotton Textile Institute and spokes-
man for the mill owners in the pres
ent labor dispute. II know what kind
of opposition he went up against"
johnson said
Sloan, johnson went on, "got con-
cesSions for labor which were opposed
by practically the whole industry. 1t
Is a pity that he now has to take the
rap in the dissension between labor
and management of the whole PROPOSE
tion.'
Matthew Woll vice president of the
American Federation of Labor, who
attended the New York meeting at
which johnson spoke last night. an
swered it with a statement that the
speech was ''unwarrantable" and an
attack upon organized labor"
Police made 13 arrests after break
ing up Worcester, Mass, meeting
called to protest the shooting of
textile workers in Rhode Island.
In Burlington. N. c., dynamite
bomb was thrown at mill and shook
the town. Little damage was done.
National Guardsmen pitched camp
at Atco Ga, to protect workers at the
Goodyear Clearwater plant, where Gov.
Eugene Talmadge had been informed
there was grave situation"
Troops remained on duty in Rhode
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