The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-24

and said:
I'VE had pleasing and most in
teresting conference with the Presi-
dent and in my judgment substan-
tial progress is being made toward
settling the dispute between the
automobile manufacturers and their
employees"
The automobile bosses recognized
their new victories. They issued a
statement declaring:
Confronted with the plain truth
that the threatened strike is for
union domination of the automobile
industry, Mr.. Green has now shift
ed his ground.
He says recognition of the A.
F, of L. is not an issue and has
not been raised MIR. Green
now states that the workers have
merely asked that the manufac-
turers deal with representatives
of their own choosing What
Mr.. Green now says he wants is
exactly what the manufacturers
have done and are doing"
Even the phrases uttered by
Green and the automobile manu-
facturers are narrowing down to
their common interests - that of
stopping a strike at all costs.
Having won all these victories
made possible because no strike
is in progress), the automobile
can afford to become
The New York Herald
Washington correspondent
reports their offer to the workers
say they have pointed out that
elections would have to be held
when the present officers of the
unions reached the end Of
their one-year elective terms in Au-
gust, September and October. The
manufacturers were said to have
told the President that they would
consider National Labor Board
supervised elections at that time"
When automobile production is
at its deadest point. when they
would want to precipitate a strike
to draw the teeth of the workers,
when the whole ground has been
prepared through relentless dis
then the auto bosses
are ready for elections"
The Communist Party has pointed
out that the policy Of the Roose-
welt government from it's very in
ception has been to attempt to
solve the crisis in the interest of
the trusts and against the workers.
The automobile workers now are
experiencing the most criminal ac-
tons of the government in pursu-
ing this policy The National Au-
tomobile Chamber of Commerce has
moved to Washington, and it has
two sets Of spokesman, the Roose-
welt regime, and the A. p. of L. Off
cialdom.
Betrsy 100000.
The Roosevelt government has
used the National Labor Board to
break strikes of over 5000 work.
ers. 1t is now preparing new anti
strike bill, the Wagner Bill. But in
the present automobile crisis it does
not have to wait for this bill to pass.
Green and Collins who
favor the Wagner strikebreaking bill
help Roosevelt put its provisions
into action without even the formal
ity of having the bill passed by
Congress.
Only the Auto Workers Union,
for decisive and victor
lous strike by the united action of
all auto workers regardless of union |
or non-union affiliation, warned of |
these betrayals, 1t is the Auto Work
ers Union now that is rallying the
workers for struggle and for victory
on the basis of united front action.
All workers, especially members
Of the A F. of L., must draw lessons
from their leaders treachery in this
situation. The rank and file of the
A. F. of L, should organize in their
unions to make impossible such
actions against their membership
in the future, in the pending strug-
giles in other industries.
Every automobile worker should
make up his mind now. without any
further question, that the Roosevelt
is determined to delay
a strike indefinitely, without in the
slightest injuring the profits or the
company unions of the automobile
bosses. Whatever comes out of
Washington vii be to the injury of
the workers.
Strike is their only weapon to win
higher wages and union recognition.
Every day, every moment that strike
is delayed, works against the auto
men. There must be no more delays.
Action, the power of 100000 auto
workers united in the nightiest
struggle in their history, will change
the whole face of things. The Roose-
welt government will talk differ
emily. The automobile bosses will
be forced to negotiate with the
workers. The workers can then talk.
not through the treachery tongues
of Green and Collins, but through
their own elected strike committees.