The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-07-27

n in two days were
M forced to admit their
n failure. Governor Mer-
riam, Mayor r o s 81
and other officials,
strongly b "a C k I'd by
public opinion, were
Harry Bridges determined that San
Francisco and the surrounding com.
munities should not be deprived of
the necessities of life, that the en-
barge on food shipments should be
broken and that transportation should
not be stopped. Nearly 5000 members
of the National Guard were modified
to aid the police, and their efforts
were seconded by hastily formed bands
of vigilantes which raided the head
quarters and gathering places Of the
Communists. The central committee
in charge of the strike soon realized
the movement was collapsing and the
conservative members, regaining con-
troll, relaxed the restrictions, and made
an offer of arbitration under certain
conditions.
On Thursday the general strike was
formally called off and the men or
dered back to work. ...
General johnson, NRA administra-
tor, acting as spokesman for the fed
eral maritime dispute board there, was
on hand determined to bring about a
peaceful settlement. The Pacific coast
maritime strike, on behalf of which
the mass walkout was called, re-
manned a difficult problem, for the
longshoremen and maritime workers
were insistent that the main dispute
in their case, control of the hiring
halls" should not be subjected to ar
bitration.
To the average person the whole
thing looked unreasonable and unnec-
essary. The longshoremen, like their
fellow workers all along the west
coast, have been on strike for changed
working conditions, and were Joined
by the marine workers and teamsters.
Then Joseph P. Ryan, national presi-
dent of the longshoremen, signed an
agreement that the men would return
to work pending arbitration and a
labor disputes board was appointed
by President Roosevelt. But Harry
Bridges, an Australian radical who is
head of the local maritime workers,
gained control of the situation and
absolutely blocked the move for arbi-
tration, persuading the men to repudi-
ate the Ryan agreement. In the unions
of the San Francisco metropolitan
area it is said the conservatives out
number the radicals, but the latter
are trained in the tactics of intimida-
ton and are seeking to wreck the
trades unions for the benefit Of the
cause of Communism.
Mayor Angelo J. Rossi announced
pledge to run every "Communistic ag.
itator" out of San Francisco. The
pledge, announced through an emer-
gency citizens committee, said:
Il pledge to you that /, as chief ex-
ecutive in San Francisco, to the full
extent Of my authority, will run out
of San Francisco every Communistic
agitator, and this is going to be con-
tinuing policy in San Francisco"
THERE was disQuieting strike news
4 from many parts of the country.
The unions Of Portland, Ore, were
pushing their plans for a general
strike, and their officials said nothing
could now be done to prevent it. The
truck drivers Of Minneapolis and their
helpers voted for a renewal Of their
strike which in May tied up trans
portation and resulted in fatal riots.
Representatives of 40 out of AZ
locals Of the United Textile Workers
in Alabama decided on a statewide
strike which will affect $4,000 opera
tives. The date was not announced.
Demands made to the employers in
clude: Thirty hour week with So min
imum pay, abolition of the stretch
out" system, reinstatement Of all jobs
abolished under the stretchout sys-
tenn; Unemployment Of all workers
discharged for union activity and rec
ignition of the textile workers union
for collective bargaining under provi-
sions of the NRA.
Employees Of Walter ]. Kohler In
Kohler village, Wisconsin. are out on
strike and began picketing the plant,
though 1t has been closed down since
July A. These workers for whom Koh.
Ter built and maintained an ideal"
industrial town and who have been
treated with remarkable generosity by
the company, demand recognition Of
their union, minimum wage Of 65
cents an hour and 30-hour week.
The company has its own employees
union, a minimum wage Of 40 cents
an hour, and 40-hour week.
CONSTITUTIONALITY of the Bank
~ head cotton act is to be tested in
the federal courts. CASTOR Therrell of
Columbus. Miss. has served notice
that he will bring the suit in the