The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-19

Workers Center on Fillmore St.
Workers Neighborhood House on
Valencia ST., MWIU. Hall, Ex-
Servicemen's Headquarters on
Howard St., the home of Don A
Mckee on Linden st. A raid was
also made on the LILA. feeding
station and the homes of two
workers named Prater and Moore
in Richmond, across the Bay, were
wrecked. The local press plays all
this up as the work of union men
enraged by Communist activities.
The facts are that it was de-
liberately organized reign of ter
ror by the various middle-class,
employers and employees domi-
mated by fascist and semi-fascist
fraternal organizations.
The strike-breaking resolution
was railroaded through the Labor
Councils general strike committee
last night by methods so raw that
even conservative union leaders like
Mallen of the Longshoremen's
Union were moved to protest. The
maritime unions, the decisive part
of the general strike, voted Solidly
against the arbitration resolution,
which dropped even the demand
for union hiring halls, the cruX of
the present strike. Frank Ryan,
secretary of the local International
Seamen's Union; Mallen, of the To-
cal longshoremen; Harry Bridges,
district 1. L. A. secretary, and other
leaders of the maritime trades, have
all issued statements against the
proposal.
1t was adopted by vote of 207
to 100.
This narrow margin was secured
by mastering delegates from small
and indecisive unions not connected
directly with the waterfront. The
passage of the resolution, however,
has laid the basis for further strike
breaking maneuvering among the
uptown crafts.
The resolution is interpreted by
the industrial association as a sign
of the weakening Of the general
strike, and Boynton, its managing
director, this morning is demand
ing unconditional surrender. This
statement says: "Let the unions
20 back to work, then talk about
arbitration" and T. G. Plant, head
of the Waterfront Employers As
ISOLATION, also now repudiates the
former stand of his organization
for arbitration-the stand taken
when it seemed good tactics for
the employers. Plant says this
morning that, There can be no
arbitration from the shippers as
whole until the National Long
shoremen's Board determines who
are the bona f1de representatives
of the various maritime unions,
excluding the lila" Vandeleur,
president of the Strike Committee,
Kidwell, secretary, and Casey of
the teamsters, are the union off,
Gals mainly responsible for the
latest strikebreaking action. This
is a great victory for conservatism
and sanity" said Casey. 1T means
success for labor and the whole
strike situation in very short
time"
This is the theory of reSpecta-
bility regardless of wages, hours and
working conditions which the press
has been urging upon unionized
labor before and during the strike.
Needless to say that the M.WI.U.
and the joint strike committee are
against the purpose of the resolu-
ton. This was one of the main
reasons for the raid on the destruc-
ton of the interior of their hall.
The cue for the mass raids and
arrests was given by General john
son in his Berkeley University
speech accepting Phi Beta Kappa
key. Defining the general strike
as an instruction, Johnson put the
seal of his approval on all the fas-
cist measures taken against workeri
and their organizations and gave a
political basis for the retreat of the
reactionary leaders last night. The
Division of Labor among the heads
Of the Roosevelt Administration
now concentrated on the Coast is
truly remarkable. Senator Wagner
pauses in Portland long enough to
get the general strike movement
there postponed until the action OF
the strike committee here is known
johnson gives the line for the
procedure here, while Ed. McGrady
works closely with the local reac-
tionary union officials. To all of
this, Archbishop Hanna gives his
episcopal blessing. Secretary Per
kins has sent another representa-
tive, one Donohue, to take care OF
any small details. There never was
a truer word said than that the
chief activity of Roosevelt's N.R.A
is strikebreaking.
1t can be said with considerable
confidence, even in the face of such
powerful opposition, that the mari
time trades, longshoremen, seamen
ETC., are going to continue their
own section of the general strike
no matter what the other unions
do. Hhe maritime unions can sur
render the demand of union hiring
halls only by accepting the oper
shop.
In this sense they are fighting
the cause of the whole labor move
ment, and in this light the desertior
of the maritime trades by the lead
ers Of the other unions is a piece
of f1rst-class skull-duggery. From
this standpoint, also, the question
OF extending the waterfront strike
to all Atlantic ports assumes major
Importance.