The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-27

NEW YORK-"On the eve Of
spreading the big Waldorf Astoria
strike to all other hotels. the imme-
diato necessity for waging a victori-
ou5 general strike is the unity Of the
rank Cnd iile in the three unions in
The industry. the A. F. Of L., the
Amalsamated Food Workers and the
Hotel ana Restaurant Industrial
Union william Albertson, organizer
Of the Hotel Workers Industrial
Union, told the Daily Worker yester-
day.
Albertson pointed out that the
strike at the Waldorf Hotel is the
first revolt Of the walters in this
Important industry since 1918 and
show how militant and deeply
resentful the hotel workers are
against the starvation code Of the
NR.A. and the blows they have re-
cesved during the crisis.
Last September the bosses sensed
the resentment of the walters to-
wards the virtual forced labor con-
ditions existing in the hotels when
they saw the stiff battle of the work
crs at Washington against the pro-
visions Of the restaurant code. They
proceeded to build q company union.
the Hotel Guild, to counterfeit union
organization.
The fake threat Of q general strike
made by the A. F. Of L. officials at
New Years. which failed to material
iAe when the officials revealed their
open alliance with the hotel bosses
and the N.R.A. showed the workers
that the only means of winning any
gains was through militant strug-
Sic.
The strike at the Waldorf Hotel
must be won It will inspire the
thousands Of hotel workers in the
United States to organize ard to
struggle. It's defeat will mean q set
back to organization for many wears, IS
Said Albertson.
The strike, to be effective. Albert
son stressed, must be spread within
the Waldorf Hotel itself, among
chambermaids, engineers, laundry
workers and Office help and to all
ether hotels in the city.
The rank and file walters in the
three unions have no differences
They want q united militant lead
crship for struggle to win better con-
ditions. If they can be brought to-
gether under one strike leadership
the waldorf strike and the general
strike VIII be effective"
AZ the present moment the waldorf
strike and the general strike is in
danger because the leadership of the
Amalgamated has refused O united
front with the Industrial Union,
said Albertson. Although a commit
tee Of more than $50 members of
the Amalgamated, among them many
Waldorf strikers, came to the office
OF the AIn2lgamated Thursday night
and asked that q united strike call
be issued and united strike COM
lnittee be formed. The officials re-
jected the Industrial Unions pro-
posal, Nearly 1000 workers at a
special meeting called by the Indus
trial Union approved a united strike
and steps towards forming one big
union in the industry.
For months. Albertson stated, the
Industrial Union has proposed one
union in the industry to the Anlalga-
mated,
"On January q we finally heard
from the Amalgamated officials. They
sent us q resolution adopted at an
educational meeting of the union
which declared the members in favor
Of one union in the industry but
proposed that this be accomplished by
the Industrial Unions merger with
the Amalgamated and the severing
Of our connection with the T.U.UL."
said Albertson.
We answered this letter by declar-
ing that the decision on which union
the workers want to join should be
left to the members of the respective
unions and that it is our objective to
establish joint committee to plan
for one union and have the members
vote on which policy they wish to