The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-07
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outlook for a settlement without
granting the strikers their demands
was every discour2ging.
The first act of Mrs. Herrick, after
leaving the city hall conference, was
to declare: "If I had nv own Wv.
I would have the committee Of Is
thrown out Of the window"
THE strike is not settled" said an
official statement of the strike com
mittee. we are ready to meet the
employers today to meet terms Of
settlement, which must include rec
ignition of the union.
There viii be a meeting Of all In
dependent Owner drivers at PM.
tonight, (Tuosday), at P. S. 81" con-
tinued the statement, "42nd Street
and Third Ave, for the purpose of
meeting the strikers committee of the
union.
There will be meeting of all taxi
drivers of the United Taxi Drivers
Union of Greater New York at Pro-
spect Hall, Prospect Ave, between
Fifth and Sixth AYES. in Brooklyn at
9 pm. tonight (Tlesday).
"The Brooklyn organ'zational head
quarters of the United Taxi Drivers
Union, have been opened for enroll
ment of all drivers at $50 Atlantic
Ave. Rroo.,'vn"
Bosses Bui!d COmpony Union
A man, Goodtody, speaking for the
group, said thaS the men wanted to
go back to work, and would accept
the Mayors plan. Irving Robin,
another conrany man, said that they
were from the Parmelee Co., ami that
they would accept the union, but a
union such as proposed by c. j. SIN
mott, president OF the company.
"Sinnott,'' he said. "prcrni~od us a
company union, and men to help us
run it,"
The Parmelee officials, knowing
the tactics Of the N. r. A. in at
tempting to foist company unions en-
the men, to crush their der'"'1ds end
bind them hand and foot to the COM
pany, have taken t'Ne"e steps in an
effort to break the strike.
Mrs. Herrick the N. r. A. repre-
sentative, speaking TO the GROUP of
four. let them know that she would
consider their PROPOSAL favorah'v.
Concerning the committee Of 10,
which is 1eadinq the strike, Mrs. Her
rick said: eff I had nov Wv word
throw the committee Of Is out Of the
window"
The company union issue was in
iected into the strike by the row.
erful Parmelee Co, whose official. w
J. Morrison. called TOO men together
of garaqe Unit No. 3 yesterday. One
cE ~ n~---->0-''T '""0'l DENOUNCED the
strike and called for q march to City
Hall to ask for en- end to the strike
Another grouD of union men, l'c"rino
of it, planned to 20 down and meet
them. Thu roarch was called off. and
instead few chosen comnenv stool
nioeons were Kicked out "to talk fol
the men" and propose the breaking
Of the strike.
Refuse to Meet Committee
The cab ow- IS refuse to meet taf
committee of 10 recregentin0 y
ctrike~g, hiding beo'nd the SIX g n
N~avcr LaGuardia's mediator, Mr.
Ernst.
The strike committee Of 10. upor
hsari0T that the operators he'd re-
fused to see them and would nego.
tiats only through ire Ma~cr's rnedi.
ator. told Ernst if he did not qui
otalling they would walk out o
Ernst's office in a body.
Joseph Gilbert. organizer of tn
Taxi Workers Union, and mercbe,
| of the committee Of 10, said thet TIL
! question Of settlement would b
taken to this striking men.
sfWe wsli not acce-t erv MANS to
rele~~te the question of full nay
rnent Of the nickel to the hack
ground. We will win tN-e st~"-e If
we c~rtirue our struggle with our
forces united"
The full payment Of the nickel !
still the major iseua in the STRIKE
LoCsuardia's liberal s'll--glove polio
of bondwink'1g the strikers be"k t
worl; without paying the nickel We
9urp' cme nted To-Day with moile
fict policv which all reDre-entatiVe
Of caritalism use to drive down tn
living conditions ct the wcr,-''lg elias
when hypocriticel words fail.
This was revealed yesterday when
few independent cabs were seen cp
PARTY MEETING IN PHILADELPHIA
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