The daily worker., 1934-09-04
AFL Chiefs Silent
On Specific Issues
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he has never insisted upon or ever
referred the press here to the cot
ton textile demands for "one ma
chine to each slasher tender" OF
"one helper to every two machines,
both specific items included in the
code "revisions" demanded by the
convention.
These imperative" demands m
clude also: 1.-TWO shifts of 80 hours
per week with no exemptions; diff
ferentials-the establishing of four
minimum wages; unskilled, $13 per
3O-hour week; Semi-skilled, $18 per
3O-hour week; skilled, $22.50 per 30
hour week; and highly skilled, $50
per 30-hour week.
The "loomfixers load" itemizes the
maximum square inches for the
various sections of the plain and
fancy sections of the mill 1t also
provides that "all charging over to
be done by spare men samples
to be taken care of by spare men.
Plan Mediation" Scheme
The virtual concealment of the
specific demands forecasts the prob
ability that strong effort will be
made to appoint a neutral" board
supposedly for the purpose of
studying the age-old evils of the
stretchout, the main purpose OF
which, of course, will most likely be
to mediate" and investigate" the
workers right back into the mills.
Other developments in the strike
situation today were:
German declared that 1--WE have
managed to sustain our members in
all of our strikes. We will do SO in
this one. There will be no settle
ment of this strike until the en-
ployers agree to permit the en-
ployees to bargain collectively and
to choose their own union.
mo conference with Garrison to-
day. None arranged" German an
nounced. There will be a confer
ence with the master weavers (em-
ployers)." !" he added. mo arrange
ment has been made with the silk
manufacturers. No hosiery contracts
will be abrogated," German an
swered in reply to reporters ques-
tions.
Plan to Break Silk Strike
After a conference between Cor
man and Kaminski, the latter an
nounced that German had sent
William F. Kelly, International U.
T. w. vice president, to take care
of the Paterson situation with full
power to act" Kaminski, who said
he would also leave for Paterson to-
day to meet Kelley, accused the
U. T. w. of breaking a contract
which, he said, carries a distinct
understanding that we operate dur
ing a general strike" In such an
event, Kaminski explained, the con-
tract declared: mo employer shall
do any weaving or manufacturing
for a person Of firm whose en-
ployees are on strike either
party may rescind this clause by
giving rs days notice" Were 60
ing back to try and get the five U
T. w. locals to stop workers from
going on strike" Kaminski said.
With Department of Justice agents
working in the field against militant
strikers and with the various Local
''red squads" preparing the usual
violence" for the employers, Cor
man, in his late afternoon radio
speech yesterday, repeated his red
bogey TRADE: Preserve order. Tol-
crate no Communist disruption
Stand together and victory is ours
He said this despite his own volun-
teered declaration that the only vio-
lence in the strike will come from
the employers. However, such
speeches are in line with the U. T
w. refusal to form a united front
with the militant National Textile
Workers Union and with the A. F
of L. policy to work with the police
and the employers against the N
T. w. U.
Will welcome Arbitration
Concerning the Berry proposal fol
an arbitration" board, German said
that "any attempt to arbitrate the
issued would be welcome after this
strike is on" He continued to in
sist, in yesterdays radio address
| that "OUr strike is against manage
ment and not against anything else
We are not striking against govern
ment, or against the code" EN-
phasizing his endorsement of the
code, formulated by the U. T. w
leadership and the employers and
operated by the management" Cor.
man accepted the s12 and 13 min
ina" admitted by him to be the
maximum). God knows the min
ina of $12 and s13 are low enough
:. =" he Grated. .---