The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-26
Canton City Govt
AidSBank Against
Strike of Bus Men

CANTON, Ohio, Feb. 20-The local
citv goTernnent 'Inder the leader
shin OF Navor TTrrbull is using
every possible method to break the
strikn Of the bus drivers. who have
str'ck against the abstraction boards
failure to act. except to mora1lv de-
fend the position of the bus COM
PAW.
To date few small concessions
have been offered by the company,
nl't these have not been accented hy
tie workers, who demand 6214 and 60
cents an hour. That the etrike could
be successful is beyond question,
providing certain weaknesses are
eliminated, as follows: 1. The strike
! committee must become responsible
to all the bus drivers, call daily meet
1ngs, if necessary, to smash the
rumors in the press and city gov
eminent. The strike committee must
be TIE spokesmen, end not individu-
ais, surh as Oliver Wynkoop, presi-
dent - the local.
2. The bus drivers must reuudiate
"peaceable" conferences and "peace-
eh,c" picketing. as an only solution.
Thew NUT understand thot it Is their
or~aniZed STRENGTH that has forced
a few small concessions, and Eat
onlv this viii win Others. It IS the
pee ceab,n conoho~a tin Which Il ->~--r
eating ct the vitals of the strike. and
lc"ding tn retreat, in the form &C con
ces~' chs hetn9 mad by union Gift
Gals (offer to work for SIS and 50
cents an hour durinr another period
Of truce. Every bu7 driver muSt be
no0bilized On picket lines.
3. An answer must be made to the
poison in the press, which mobilizes
the people against the strikers. The
Central Labor Union. while having
given lip service to the strike. must
be compelled to carry this issue into
every A. F. Of L. local, as a first point
on their agendas. for moral and ma
terial support. Other organizations,
wherever workers are found, must be
approached. The bus drivers must
understand that the strike belonos
to ali Canton workers, and that a
victory here will aid us all
4. A break must be made with city
officials, who SUSPEND all laws to
break the strike. allowing cabs to We
imported from other towns and TO
operate without licenses, also now
Inviting all car owners to turn their
cars into taxis. to charge ANYTHING
thew please to haul passengers, and
under no obli1etion to these passen-
rers in case of accidents. This must
be emphasized, since this government
enfcrces drivers licenses against bus
and truck drivers,
5. But drivers must be on guard
against any ATTEMPT to use this strike
as a rrete,-t for telyinr awav tho bus
franchise. Recent rumors tell of huge
transportation CORPORATIONS dickering
for the city's franchise, but these cor
oorations want higher fares. This
strike must not result in higher fares,
but must result in lower charges by
banking CAPITAL, and higher weoes 10
the ernp'oyes. The National Bank
would like to unload this bus CON-
PAW stock. due to so much IN frozen
assets. That something Is being
hstched behind the scenes, Is proven
by the Re~oritory of Feb. II. where
the Canton Refill Merchants Board
calls upon the Mayor to take steps
to lease or set UP municipal trans
portation system. 1t begins to appear
that the strike IS being used to fur
ther this end, that the city govern
ment, expert wage cutters, shall be-
come directly responsible to the bank
ers in enforcing wage cuts on the bus
drivers, as they have done with all
city employees.