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forced the German workers into the
fascist unions which are completely
under the control of the bosses.
The Toledo workers are fighting for
a living wage. In this magnificent
struggle the workers of Toledo are
also fighting for the right to strike
and picket and are dealing heavy
blow at the hypocritical system Of
compulsory arbitration which the
bosses now wish to make permanent
and universal through the Wagner
bill which is being rushed through
Congress.
After many months of promises
of the n. r. A. and the Labor
Boards the Toledo workers have
learned their lesson. They no
longer rely on the n. r. A.
promises. They Nc longer trust the
bosses schemes of arbitration.
They rely only upon their own
organized strength and the
weapon of strike.
The workers of Toledo are not
isolated in their fight. They are
fighting the same battles for the
same issues and in the same man
ner as the workers of Minneapolis,
the longshoremen of the Pacific
Coast, and the Southwest, the coal
and iron ore miners of Alabama,
as the countless tens of thousands
of workers everywhere.
The bosses have thrown down the
challenge. They refuse to recognize
the rights of labor. The workers,
true to the fighting traditions Of
their class, are answering the bosses
challenge. The lessons of the To-
ledo workers to rely only on their
own organized strength and soil
darity and support Of their class
brothers is the lesson the workers
everywhere are learning. Like the
Toledo workers, the workers in ever
larger numbers the country over are
growing impatient and see through
the N. r. A, swindle through which
the bosses pile up new hundreds of
millions in profits while the workers
starve through low wages, unem-
ployment and part time work.
For Whom Are the Military Fighting
The workers of Toledo are de-
manding the withdrawal of the Ma
tional Guard. The bosses are using
the sons of workers and farmers in
uniform to shoot down their
own brothers. The workers have
sensed and understood that these
military forces are there to help
the bosses and break the strike. So
are the police and special deputies,
the company police.
Who sent these armed forces to
break the strike? The government.
The government protects the bosses.
the rich, in their efforts to main
tain the workers in slavery. They
have already killed two strikers and
wounded hundreds in Toledo. Doz-
ems of workers were killed and
many more hundreds wounded in the
strikes of the last few weeks.
Why are workers killed and
maimed2 To protect the bosses
against union organization. To pro-
tect the profits of the rich while
the workers and their wives and
children starve. The government
is ready to kill, to poison with gas,
to bayonet, arrest and Jail the work
ers to protect and increase the prof
its Of the bosses. But they are not
arresting the bosses who live in
mansions, have everything that
money can buy, but pay starvation
wages and throw millions into the
streets to starve when they so de-
sire.
What Are Our Leaders" Doing?
What are The $4,000 a year lead
ers' of the A. F. L. Council and
the various International unions do
ing to help the workers in these
battles for the very existence of
the unions which we built through
so much sacrifice? Why don't they
mobilize the millions of members of
the A. F. of L. to answer he at
tacks of the bosses which are sup
ported by the Steel Trust, the Auto
mobile Chamber of Commerce, the
Manufacturers Associa tons, h e
Chambers Of Commerce. Why don't