The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-01
CONDEMNS RYAN.
STRIKE
OCT. 8
Standard Oil Plans to
Close Office; Fears
Rank and File

NEW YORK.-Evidence of the
growing upsurge in the ranks of the
International Longshoremen's Asso-
citation against the efforts of its Of
ficialS, with Joseph P. Ryan. its
president, at the lead, to spike
strike action through arbitration.
was again shown by the adoption
of motion rejecting arbitration by
the membership Of Local 8O8. 7. L.
A. at its meeting Saturday night,
Condemning the action of RYAN
and the delegates with him in aid
ing the shipping bosses in suspend
ing the negotiations for a new
agreement pending the decision Of
the Pacific coast arbitration board,
the membership of the local adopted
a motion to wire Ryan. demanding
an answer from him not later than
today, requesting the immediate
calling of general membership
meeting of all I. L. A. locals in the
port of New York to prepare for a
strike by Oct. 8.
Expose Officials Role
Rank and file members of the
local took the floor one after the
other denouncing the action Of the
officials. Exposing the role of the
officials in the west coast strike and
what arbitration did to the long,
shoremen on the Pacific coast, one
Of the members called upon the
men to prevent the repetition Of
such betrayal on the east coast.
While approving the demands for
81 an hour, $50 for overtime and
for a 30-hour week, another mem
Der of the local stressed the i'm
portance Of the conditions on the
docks, small gangs, etc, as being Of
greater Importance yet.
Urge Immediate Strike Action
One of the men proposed that if
no reply is received from Ryan to-
day, immediate strike action should
be taken. The attempts of Stew
pot Wilson, secretary Of the local,
to scare the men from action by
telling them that Ryan will take
the charter away from the local
fell on deaf ears.
Longshoremen along the Atlantis
and Gulf coasts are more than
skeptical about the terms of truce
accepted by Ryan, and the dele
gates with him, on the proposal Of
Oakley Wood, chairman of the New
York Shipping Association. The
terms Of the truce stipulate that
after the west coast arbitration board
renders is report, more long drawn
out negotiations are to take place
on the Atlantic coast and the re-
suits of such negotiations be retro
active to Oct. 1, mean very little to
longshoremen.
The casual nature of dock work
will make it very difficult for long
shoremen to get any increase in
pay, retroactive to Oct. /. even if
they waited until the decisions OF
the Pacific coast board (Which has
now completed its investigation
will be made public. There is a
possibility that the Pacific coast
lockers will not accept the deci-
sions Of the board and act Accord
ingly.
Urge Special Meetings
The rank and file opposition in
the l. L. A. has called on the mem
bership TO force special meetings
of their locals, which the officials
refuse to call, and to vote for Joint
strike action with the seamen by
Oct. s, unless the improvement of
conditions and the wage increases
demanded by the membership are
immediately granted.
The rank and file of the Inter
national Seamen's Union is very
suspicious over the fact that Victor
Olander. secretary of the l. S. u,
and Lloyd Garrison, chairman OF
the National Relations Board, have
spent two days here in secret nego-
tons with the American Steamship
Owners Association, keeping the
seamen ignorant of the negotia-
tons.
Speed Strike Preparations
The Joint Strike Preparation
Committee, 40 Broad Street, re-
por.s that preparations for the
srike on Oct. 8 are proceeding at
top speed. The receipt Of the fol-
lowing telegram from Baltimore IS
reported by the J. S. P. c.: Meet
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