The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-22

man in the conference between the
administration, the labor" execu-
tives and the railroad owners. The
purpose of the Eastman conference
is to see If the administration can't
get six months extension of the
10 per cent wage reduction beyond
June 30, 1884, said Roosevelt.
Accept Eastman.
A. r Whitney. Chairman Of the
Railway Labor Executives Associ-
alton, today wrote w. F. Thiehoff,
the chairman of the owners con-
ference committee Of managers, that
I'VE have accepted the preferred
services of the Federal Co-ordinator
of transportation" His communi-
cation to Thiehof however, said
absolutely nothing about strike
nor did it reiterate yesterdays de
mand' for the restoration of the
basic 10 per cent wage cut. In
other words, the Whitney crowd,
after lot Of clustering and feinting
which fooled no one, least of all the
rank and file, has fallen in line
with the Roosevelt owner strategy
of forestalling the workers strike
for wage increases to meet the great
rise in the cost Of living.
When informed that Federal Re
lief and C. w A, Director Harry
L. Hopkins had told newspapermen
that he would give relief to strikers
unless the Department of Labor or
the National Labor Board declares
a strike "unwarranted" or unjust, q"
Roosevelt declared that the simple
rule is to try to keep the people
from starving. When told that
Hopkins office revealed that it
has given relief in only one case,
during the Pennsylvania coal strike
last August, and that it withdrew
relief in that one case when the
employers bituminous board termed
the strike "unwarranted, Roosevelt
hesitated a moment or two and then
repeated his statement about pre-
venting starvation.
Cringing Collins
William Collins, National repre-
sentative of the A. F. of L. in De-
troit, again clearly set the cringing
tenor of the Federation forces which
are working desperately in support
of the administration, to keep the
auto workers from outwitting the
automobile manufacturers. In his
telegram to Roosevelt, which was
read this morning by the latter to
the press, Collins declared his com
plete sympathy with your efforts to
bring the country out of the de-
preston. We speak for the en-
ployees in the automobile industry
in expressing our sincere admira-
ton of your high leadership in the
pr 6lems that face the country
THE strike is held in allegiance
pending the outcome of your con-
ference at Washington, and we fur
Their ask your indulgence in grant
ing the conference that in addi-
ton to william Green, President,
American Federation of Labor; Will
liam Collins, National Representa-
tive, Arthur Greer and John Bailey,
that you give each chosen repre-
sentative of the 10 unions an op-
po-tunity to attend the conference. .
Roosevelt's reply to this sub
servient strike breaking oath prom
ised absolutely nothing. With pom
tifical brevity Roosevelt wired Col
Inns, 81 greatly appreciate your de-
cision and will be glad to receive
representatives Of the thirteen
unions as suggested. I appreciate
the good spirit of your telegram and
am looking forward to seeing you
on Thursday"
William j. Long, chairman of the
Weirton Steel Corporation workers
"a. F. Of L. delegation who yes
terday announced that he would
Try to keep the Weirton workers
rem striking pending the receipt
If assurances that the Wagner COM