The daily worker., 1934-04-12
Post Daily Worker On
Wall of Union Strike
Headquarters
BY JIM WEST

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With three thousand pickets
and sympathizers lining the
length Of the road in front Of
the Curtiss Aircraft Plant, ef-
forts Of police Of Buffalo and Tona-
wanda and deputies Of Erie County
TO break up the militant picket line
fell fiat here Monday. Strikers, their
wives and children, as well as the
entire neighborhood, turned out In
a mighty demonstration Of the unity
in the ranks Of the strike, now en-
tering its third week.
The few scabs still working IN
the plant were being hustled out
of the shops in moving vans, under
police protection, while at the same
time, deputies were attempting to
divide and drive off the pickets. One
Of the deputies threatened a young
German American striker, in the
midst Of group Of German Amer
lean workers. Brushing aside the
swinging club. the young striker
shouted into the face Of the uni
formed thug: Think you're iron
fisted Hitler Ell? Want to smack
me, eh? Wen, Hitler, watch out,
you might get snackedl /" The
deputy retreated in q huff. These
same American strikers to-
day welcomed the Daily Worker and
Young Worker. distributed on the
picket line.
Yesterday morning there was .
notably less number Of Scab cars
/ in sight
Prints Rats Names
The strikers employed another
means Of defeating the company
and the scabs. A leaflet, with a
huge rat in the background, con-
| tanning the names Of scabs in a
certain neighborhood, was distrib-
uted in that neighborhoOd. Many
Of the scsbs named in the hand
bill came to the strikers, and on
bended knees begged for the neigh
bors to be informed that they would
not scsb any more. The strikers
have demanded Of the scabs who
have taken this action to picket on
the line with them.
The company has threatened to
take all the work of the Baltimore
plant which has not been operating
for some time. The strikers ask
Baltimore workers organizations TO
cooperate with them and to rally
support of the aero workers in Bal
! timore for the strike.
The plant manager, Mr.. Wright,
is calling for state troopers to come
in and break the strike, Evidently,
the strike is too much for the police
of two cities and one county to
handle. 1t is expected that tear
gas and increased police brutality
will be used against the strikers.
However, with the growing support
of the workers in the neighbrhood,
and in Buffalo as a whole. the
strikers are closing their ranks in
greater unity, the unity that brings
victory.
Pastes Up Daily Worker
Let's take a look at the strike
headquarters of the Curtiss strikers!
Plastered all over the wall are
copies of the Daily Worker. Articles
on the aero strike are crayon
marked. Here and there are sep
arate items, clipped from the Daily
Worker, dealing with the struggles
Of the unemployed, farmers, etc,
which shows the intense interest of
these strikers in the general strug-
giles Of the workers throughout the
country. Leaflets of the Commu-
mist Party in support of the strike
are stuck up all over the wall. And
in the midst Of all this activity, in
dicating the energetic activity Of
the Communists in support of the
strike, one sees a small green pls-
card with the words, Compliments
of the Socialist Partyl" Many Of
the strikers refer to the use of the
police and deputies as Hitler in
| America.
The Young Communist League,
which is on the picket line every
day, is issuing q leaflet to the young
WI Md VI oullhlO ChtOclllE blIc ,
M. G. A., which is harboring strike
breakers in the "Y" Mems" hotel.
This is another example of the
growing support rallying to the
strikers.
The Consolidated strike is solid
100 per cent and the plant remains
shut down tight.
Unity Of all workers in the strug-
gle to win their demands was urged
by John Gibbons, president of the
Steel and Metal Workers Industrial
Union Of the Buffalo District, who
spoke to the Curtiss strikers yes
terday. He pledged the support Of
all members of the union to the
strike. His speech was received with
the greatest enthusiasm, and his ap-
| peal for rank and file control of the
strike and the union was spplsuded
warmly.