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The Washington times., 1934-07-05
Diplomat Sails

The First Secretary of the
French Embassy, Mr.. Roger
Gaucheron, sailed aboard the
Lafayette to spend the remain
der of the summer in France.
He was accompanied by his Sis
ter, Mile. Madeleine Gaucheron,
with whom he will go to Paris.
There they will join Mile. ST.
none Gaucheron, who sailed the
middle Of last month, and after
Mr.. Gaucheron reports at the
foreign office they will all go
to the Riviera to spend several
weeks before returning to Wash.
ington in the early fall.
Capt. and Mrs. H. s. Bishop,
jr., are receiving congratula-
tionS on the birth Of a daughter,
Mary Louise, on Cune "a at Wal
ter Reed Hospital. The baby is
a granddaughter of Col. and
Mrs. Edwin Hickman, and of
the late Col. and Mrs. H. S.
Bishop.
The Washington times., 1934-07-05
Name Attendants
For Weddins

Miss Helen Elise Meushaw,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Conklin Meushaw, whose mar
rage to Mr.. NARROW Perry, son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. James Sydney
Perry, OF Nashville, Tenn, will
take place Monday evening,
has selected her attendants.
Miss Margaret Estey will be
the maid Of honor, and the
bridesmaids will include Miss
Betty Parker, Miss Phebe Gale,
Miss Mildred Sullivan, and
Miss Clara Belle Armstrong.
Mr.. Claiborne Durham will
act as best man for Mr.. Perry,
and the ushers will include Mr..
Edwin Hutchinson, Mr.. Henry
Whiting, Mr.. Dewitt Hyde,
and Mr.. Donald Bittinger, all
Of Washington; and Mr.. Ronald
Levy and Mr.. Lorne Guild, Of
Baltimore.
The ceremony will take place
at 8 o'clock at the Kenwood
Country Club, Rev. Michael J.
Riordan officiating, and a re-
ception will follow.
Mr.. Durham will entertain at
dinner Sunday evening in War
renton, Va, for the bride and
bridegroom-elect and the mem
bers Of the wedding party, fol-
lowing the rehearsal.
Rear Admiral Adolphus E.
Watson, U.S.N., and Mrs. Wat
son have arrived at the Marti-
nique to spend a few days.
Mrs. Mason Gulick, widow Of
General Gulick, is at the Fair
fax until she opens her home in
Nineteenth Street.
Mrs. Howard P. Jones, of
New York City, with her two
small children, is in Washing
ton to spend some time at the
Wardman Park Hotel.
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Miss Eta j. Wilson, of Will
mington, Del, is at Wardman
Park Hotel for few days.
X X
Mr.. and Mrs. R. C. Wheeler,
of Barre, VT, are at the Dodge
for a brief stay.
The Washington times., 1934-07-05

Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Glover
of Newark, N. j., are visiting for
several days at Wardman Park.
X X X
Mrs. J. w. Cults and Mrs. T.
F. Moody have sailed aboard
the S. S. Fairfax for Boston.
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Visiting in England

Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock, who
has been visiting her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Drummond Wolff, in
England, expects to return to
this country July Is, accom-
panied by Miss Dorothy Sellers.
They will go directly to Mrs.
Fahnestock's place, Harrison
House, at Newport, for the re-
mainder of the season.
Mrs, Claire johnson enter.
tanned a party at luncheon at
the Madrillon yesterday, the
group remaining later to play
bridge in the Spanish Room.
Lieut.. Comdr. Scott Umstead,
U. 8. N, and Mrs. Umstead
have arrived at the Martl-
nique from California for an
indefinite stay.
Mrs. Fernando Cun1berti Of
Paoullo di Modena, Italy, ac-
compaEied by her small daugh-
ter, is visiting Washington for
several days at Wardman Park
Hotel.
+ i X
Miss Aida M. France and
Miss Agnes Fenenga, of Mon
tesano, Washington, who are
spending some time in the
Eastern States, are at Wardman
Park Hotel during their stay
In the capital.
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MISS PATIENCE MCCORMICK -GOODHART, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. F. Hamilton Mccormick Goodhart
who is spending the Summer travelling in England.
Hessler-Henderson Photo)
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even with the reduction to 30
hours. This means an increase of
80 1 70 per cent, But to meet at
least in part the rise in the cost Of
living. an additional 70 per cent
should be demanded. This would
make the minimum scale Sl462la,
with a corresponding rise in the
higher categories.
There has been talk of a strike
OF 100000 textile workers in the
South. Strikes must be prepared,
and with the layoff in the silk in
dustry, it is obvious that the unem-
ployed (those who hare already been
laid Off must be lined up with
those being laid off, and those who
will remain out when and if the
mills resume work.
The broadcast united front of all
workers in the nlille-r.embers o.
the National Textile Workers Union,
independent and a. F. of L. unions,
and unorg2rized woTker5--il,ust be
formed. The support Of other or
CARNATIONS in each town and city
unions, unemployed, fratcrnal, vet
Grams, home-owners organizations
must be built. Unemployment Ccun-
ellis must he set M. Mrrchcs to the
factories, rc;iei butc2ua, city coan-
ellis, nust h, organized. Demonstra-
tions and s'~uygles in all forms mus.
be prepared
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Moss Lay-ON of Silk Workers in the Textile Industry

vented an impending collapse of the
market"
During the past months the
wages Of both skilled and unskilled
workers have been miserable. Part
time has cut into the wages. and
when one considers the stretch-out
and the increase in the cost of
living, which amounts to at least
30 per cent, it is obvious that even
the code scales today represent a
cut of 80 per cent in real wages
compared with last year.
Facing this situation, the silk
workers must draw up a program of
action for the layofT, and for the
time when they return to work. The
workers of Easton and Allentown
have adopted the following:
l. A demand for cash relief equal
to wages, to be paid by the city and
the employers for the full period oe
the layoff. No evictions of une,u-
ployed silk workers.
g. Use of public grounds and build
ings for meetings of the workers.
Let us look into these demands.
The silk corporations, like all ether
COMPANIES, pretend that they too
rave suffered and suffer from the
crisis. The following partial list O.
ret r~c6ts for the year 1888. as re-
ported 'v the American Wool and
Gotten Reporter. organ CT the wool
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The demand for the return of all
workers on the 30-hour week and
an increase of so per cent is per-
fectly realizable and justified. A
30-hour week on the present mini
mum scale, which is almost the max
imum, would allow only So.75
week. The American Federation of
Silk Workers CA. p. of L. proposes
the 30-hour week and 10 per cent
wage increase. This would make
$1o.721a a week. This the A. T. of
L. proposes in advance, thus putting
forward a direct wage cut of S2.271@.
In order to put it across in Allen
town, on May ID they are holding a
big meeting with Mrs. Pinchot %,
wife of the Governor of Pennsyl-
vania who, like Roosevelt, is
friend of the wo-kers'). Holder
man of the An1algamated Clothing
Workers, Rieve of the Full-Fash-
toned Hosiery Workers (who does
the same thing in his own union ),
and others as speakers.
The wage of $13 is far below any
living minimum. The demand of
the N. T. w. U. for a minimum wage
OF S25 is correct When the mini
mum wage of S13 was adopted last
year the workers rebelled against
il. Sine that time the cost Of living
has risen tremendously. Therefore
the WORKERS must demand thst the
minimum be no lever than last year
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-19
Mass Protest, Picket
Groups, Are Two
Essentials
By JIM WEST

BUFFALO, N. YIN a desperate
effort to crush the strike of 1900
aeronautical workers for higher
wages at the Curtiss and Consoli-
dater Aircrafts, the largest mobiliza-
ton of uniformed thugs, police and
deputies were called out to enforce
the orders of the Buffalo City Po-
lice Department that mass picketing
be stopped at the Curtiss Plant,
Tonawanda
Whereas, before the aero strike,
workers had been successful in or
ganizing picket lines of thousands,
today the picksts are kept 2. dis
tanccs of SO yards from the plant
and only so at time. ten feet
apart are allowed to picket. A de-
termined militant fight must be
put up by the strikers for the ele-
mentary right to mass piicketing.
Fight for Right to Strike
The Buffalo Bulls and their dep
uty and sheriff cronies, have be-
come extremely vicious and provoc-
ative and intimidation has been
added to their orders. The increased
attacks against the aero strikers
come at the same time that a
veritable wave of fascist attacks
and suppression of workers strug-
giles is sweeping the country; it
comes at the same time that the
National Labor Board broadcasts a
decision" on the strike to send the
workers back. Both, the increased
police terror and the Labor Board
Decision are designed to send the
strikers back to work as quickly as
possible without winning their de-
mands, and to finish up the war or
ders.
Not only is the right to picket be-
ing taken from the aero Strikers,
but the very right to strike itself
is being threatened to aircraft and
all workers in this country Com
menting on why Congress should
pass his bill, Senator Wagner points
to the Aircraft strike declaring "it
is an outstanding example" of why
his bill should be passed ito put
teeth in the Labor Board" making
their decisions enforceable by plac-
ing under their jurisdiction all the
power of the state and federal
courts, enabling them to force all
strikers to submit to the decisions
of the impartial" Labor Board I'M
der penalty of a year in jail or a
thousand dollars fine.
This fascist measure must not be
allowed to pass and come into effect.
The way to fight it is through i'm
mediate organized mass protest,
stronger organization in the shops,
and organization of workers self
defense groups against the on
slaughts Of the armed forces. The
tremendous wave of protest, nation
wide in scope, which has already
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mine 2, 3, 4 and 8.
A short time ago the min
ers decided to strike on the
job, by going into the nine
and only loading one car of
coal. This was doe because the
weight Of the cars was very bad
and the miners decided to inspect
the scales. The pit committee and
their militant local president were
sent to do this.
The coal company refuses to let
the local president inspect the
scales. He was told to get back
into the mine. Mike Balya, presi-
dent refused and said as he was
elected to inspect the scales he
would do so.
After the company refused this
request, a special meeting of the
local was called. The meeting de-
cided that all of the miners were
to go into the mine-but load only
enc car of coal. This was done.
The first day the company closed
the mine at II a. M, after the men
refused to load more than one car
Of coal. The company asked the
local president to call the strike off
He refused, pointing out that the
strike was called by the local union
and that only the local had this
right, furthermore that the miners
have the right TO inspect the scales
The company then fired" the
local president. The men had an
other meeting and decided to con-
tinue the strike. And also to de-
mand that Mike Balya be given his
job back.
The company and union Off
Gals then called the N. r. A. coal
board. They met and notified tbs
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an equal committee from our union
for the purpose Of working out of
plans for joint development of the
struggle along the lines of policy
indicated above. In order to faci-
litate the carrying through of this
whole policy of the united front, we
should try to meet with all our
sympathizers of the A. A. to explain
to them our policy and organize
them to fight for it.
6. We shall develop special &C
tivity to scquaint the workers with
the presentation of the demands
to the companies, utilizing this for
our organizational drive to build
cur union and for the development
of united front action with the
locals of the A. A. In this con-
nection we warn the workers against
the attempt of the A. A. officials
and perhaps some of the leaders of
the so-called insurgent movement
to limit the presentation of de-
mands to merely demands for rec
ignition Of the A. A. emphasizing
in the first place the economic de-
mands- Such position of bring
ing forward only recognition would
be defeat of the strike from the
very beginning.
In connection with May 21st, we
shall aim to develop mass meetings
parades, wherever possible on a
united front basis and everywhere
including the banners of the S. M
W. I. U. and its slogans.
Mass Delegations
Where demands can be presented
jointly by both locals, this should
be done. Where the A. A. locals
exist and our organization is not
strong enough to send a committee
by itself, this shall be done through
presentation Of demands by the
union organizers, through sending
in written demands, and popular
izing the presentation of these de-
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mands and rallying the workers
around them Finally, wherever
there will be attempts on the part
Of the a. A. leaders to develop
negotiations on their part in the
name of the workers with l4ational
or regional labor boards or with
any government officials, there it
shall be our policy to organize and
lead mass delegations of steel
workers to such conferences, urging
the A. A. workers to elect similar
delegation in unity with us, against
the A. A. bureaucrats.
We must demand an open stand
from the committee of ten on all
basic questions such as the fight
for the economic demands, the
united front with the S. NJ. w. I, u,
the rank and file strike and negotia-
tons committees, etc. On the basis
of the stand of each member of the
committee of ten, of each one who
claims to be in opposition to the
Tighe machine, we shall keep the
workers fully informed and warn
oppositionists.
7. Special attempts should be
made by the union to win the large
numbers of youth in the steel mills,
especially the newly hired youth
through establishing youth COM
mittees of the union in every local
which shall work out special
methods of approach for winning
the young workers.
8. The board inStructs all its
local organizations, district boards,
and every individual organizer to
undertake the widest activity to win
the Negro steel workers to the union
and mobilize them for the struggle
This necessitates that all documents,
appeals shall stress this question
In assignment of organizers in
election of committees of action
Negro steel workers must be in
cluded.
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Police, Wagner, Seek To OutIaw
AircrGft Strike; Men Fight On

gotten under way throughout tn;
country can defeat the anti-work-
ing class fascist attacks and prevent
the passage of the Wagner dis
putes" Bill
Mass Protest
How shall this mass protest be
organized?
Protest demonstrat lions with
delegations seeing the Mayor and
city officials.
2-Raliying the widest number
of organizations, unions, lodges,
etc, in active protest, calling for
protest resolutions, kilograms, etc.,
to Congress, the President, the
Mayer Of Buffalo, against use of
armed forces against the strikers,
and against the Wagner Bill.
3-hoiding series Of open air
meetings in ali sections Of the
city, rousing mass indignation
against police brutality and
the Fascist Wagner Bill. At these
open air meetings, the clearest
explanation Of the anti-working
class character of this Fill should
be given.
4-The utilization to the fullest
extent Of the columns of the
Daily Worker by setting up among
the strikers a corps of correspon-
dents writing regularly daily re-
ports, and establishing a commit
tee for the distribution Of the
Daily Worker so that it can be-
come an additional weapon in the
hands of the strikers and linking
up LEGAL struggle against the fas-
cist terror and the Wagner Bill
with those of all workers on
national scale.
Organize Groups
What Must Be Done to Insure
Victory?
1.-The pickets should be organ
lied in groups of seven to ten, each
led by captain, who is under tn;
direction of the shift captain,-in'
stead of the present form of on'
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1nlS SCflke OF lOngSnOfe-
men in all Texas ports para
lived all shipping. Not only
did the men working deep sea
cargo quit work, but the over
whelming majority of the coastwise
men as well. The strikers, it seems
all realized the Importance Of a gen
eral strike of all men in the in
dustry, regardless Of craft divisions
and they swept aside all the arti-
fetal barriers Of wages as well as
color lines.
After four years Of downward
trends of the wages and conditions
of the dock workers. they all came
to realize the need of struggle for
better conditions and a standard
wage scale not only for one port, but
all those ports which we're in the
past used as means to break
strikes by diverting traffic there in
case of strikes. The strikers put
forth the following demands:
/. 85c an hour and $1.25 for
overtime.
2. 75c an hour and $1.OO coast
wise.
3. zoe per bale of cotton instead
Of 13c before.
4. The 44-hour week. overtime
to start after pm. and IL m. on
Saturday.
5. One contract for all Texas
ports, including Lake Charles, La,
to expire in September.
These, plus a number of smaller
demands were put forward by the
men, who had been suffering for
four years from the crisis and I'M
employment and the attacks upon
their living and working conditions
by the shipowners.
Unlike other strikes in the past
an overwhelming majority of the
strikers, both Negro and white, par
ticipated in militant picketing and
in the prevention of scabs getting
on the docks. In the past the men
were told to go home and the Dis
trict and National officials would
take care Of matters for them.
This time the rank and file real
lied the need of their active par
ticipation in the struggle. They held
meetings where the lines were Or
ganized. A feet of cars was mobi-
lized to be used as scouts in pre-
venting scabs in several wards of
the city of Houston. The same went
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L ay ifs, Speed-up to
Continue After
May 81
Ely !. AMTER

AMONG the alleged aims of the
IA National Recovery Act were the
organization of production, employ
ment of more workers, raising of
wages. Today we face the following
The silk industry has closed down
for ore week, beginning May IA.
The cotton manufacturers are de-
handing that they be allowed to
curtail production rs per cent for
period of so to 80 days. This
means the layof of tens of thou
sands Of textile workers. This, how
ever, is only a bare manifestation
Of the fruitful results OF the
N. r. A.
Let us examine the situation in
silk. Already for several weeks some
of the mills have closed down or
have been working on curtailed
schedule. But production continues
to mount. The situation on April 30,
according 70 Peter Van Horn, ch7ir-
nan OF the code suthcritv Of tho
rilk textile i'7@"-tlv'. YES th7t tre
rcr'-- i--ir~ y -hc ~ p. 4. to shut
down Tn. industry for a week pre-
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miners that they we're wrong and
that they must at once go back
into the mines and load all Of the
cars they could get.
The N. r. A. board further prom
ised to give the miners "a new deal"
This was done. Everything was
given to the company and nothing
to the coal miners. They decided
that the miners should pay s4 each
for striking four days and that
Mike Balya the local president
should be fired.
The miners had been in the mine
for one day now, and another
meeting was held and a strike
against the N r. A. decision was
called. The miners also demanded
the rehiring Of the president.
Mike Balya was then called to
Windber to a meeting Of the U. NJ.
w. A. officials, and coal company
and N r. A. labor board. They
wanted Bslya to sign a statement
with the following, that he shall
resign as president and that he will
not hold any office or be president
for two years" Also that trc strike
shall be called off and that he will
then be put back to work. This
he refused to Go.
Another meeting Of Local 6410
was called. After President Balya
reported a motion was made to
strike. This was unanimous and
the mine is again shut down. But
the miners Of the No 2 mine we're
told that everything was o. K. and
they reported for work. A picket
line composed of all of the striking
miners, the Unemployed Council
and the men, women and children
of the camps closed this down. After
this there were meetings of soil
darity in this coal camp.
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Strikers Must Keep Out
Collins, A. F. L.
Misleader

captain to shift of fifty or sixty
or even hundreds of pickets.
2-All strikers should be organ
lied on a department basis. This is
done by electing department com
nittees, and having each depart
ment elect is representatives on the
general strike committee.
This will give broader leadership,
facilitate the check-up on the &C
tivity Of every striker and on those
who returned to the shop before
the strike is settled. This form of
organizai ion is especially needed to
prevent the splitting of the ranks
of the strikers by the company
which has been inducing individuals
and department groups to return
to work with bride of wage increase
Of SIC an hour.
Organize Youths
3-The young strikers must be
organized as a group to carry
through certain youth activity,
which will help the strike tremen-
dously,-such as, picketing Of the
YMCA Mems Hotel, trailing of
scabs and rousing of neighbors
against scabs, visiting and contact
ing of youth organizations for the
coming support the strike" Con-
ference, Sunday at 2 p. m. at
Orioles Hall. The plans for the or
ganization of special women's ac-
tivity, too, must be pushed ahead.
The strike has been strong partly
because of the militant, mass picket
lines. There most be continued
mass picketing, which offers the
best expression of the support Of
masses of sympathetic workers,
their wives, as we'll as organiza-
lions.
Tendencies on the part of one
or two strike leaders to laud A.
F. Of L. Bur0crat Collins who is
already in Buffalo preparing to
enter the aircraft strike, and TO
overlook" the recent selI-out of
the Detroit Auto workers by Col
Inns, can be noticed all around.
Collins ordered workers who we're
waiting to strike, to submit to the
decisions of the National Labor
Board. Failing this, to prevent the
outbreak of the recent strike wave
in the auto industry, he has be-
come, hand in glove with Bill Green,
one of the most active supporters of
the Wagner Bill. Aircraft strikers!
Beware of double dealing A. F. of
L. burocrats!
A very important point, vital to
the maintenance of the spirit of
the strikers, to the consolidation of
the organization, is the matter of
continued discussion of strategy and
questions Of policy with the whole
membership, which must not be
confined to the leading committee.
Full faith in the nilitancy and de-
termination to win, of the rank and
file, must be maintained.
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Shutdown Ordered by
N.R.A. Silk Code
Authority

In connection with this struggle,
the fight for the Workers Unein-
rloynent and Social Insurance Bill
II. r. 1898 must be intensified. This
is the only assurance that I'll work
ers will be protected and that the
employers will not be able to reduce
the working class to a lower hunger
level, as they are plotting today.
Finally, the silk workers, like the
workers in all industries, must learn
the lesson that the n. r. A. is a
fraud, that it is not planning pro-
duction, that it is not providing
higher wages, but that it is raising
prices ard profits, and that with the
aid OF TIE A. F. of L. leaders and
other agents within the working
class the employers and the govern
ment hope to put across their star
vation program.
A real struggle faces the silk
workers, which they must immedi-
ately prepare to meet.