The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-28

/ u Wall blIeIS, ana william Green,
I head Of the Strikebreaking A. 2. of
L. ofBcialdom, led the new Roosevelt
drive designed to corral new popular
/ -upPcrt for the administrations poll
cies.
Calling for constructive criticism,
/ Johnson and his colleagues attempted.
in an obvious manner, to set the
limits Of the week Of discussion, clear
[ y desiring it to range from the openly
: reactionary Houston on the right to
I the demagogue Green on The left"
johnson, wasting very little time on
/ cOnclliaJing the dissatisfied. an
! nomced that we are about on q new
Blue Eagle campaign and g. new and
much tighter drive for compliance.
/ These meetings are the first move in
a closing up of our ranks for a new
forward roovement by NR.A." After
significantly warning that by criticism
( is meant constructive criticism" and
( that the purpose OF this meeting is
1 to make a roundup of every kind of
| helpful comment, - Johnson listed as
one of the things that need "imme-
date attention" something which. in
principle, fits nicely into the second
/ Swope plan, a fascist measure in
( the formulation Of which Johnson
| Boosted of coauthorship - adequate
labor and consumer representation in
an advisory capacity on code author
ties" And, also, to make the strike
breaking program Of the NR-A. more
7 effective, wider use of mechanism
4 for settling labor disputes in connec-
ton with code administration"
johnson was applauded heartily by
an audience consisting, for the most
part, of employers, the priesthood. N.
RIA. subordinates mustered into ac-
ton like a regular opera claque, and
most important Of all, the host Of
| industrialiSts and labor faltirs who
massage the wings of the Blue Eagle.
Myron Taylor. President of the Board
Of the United States Steel Corpora
ton (the keystone Of American cap
! italiSn and an outright murderer Of
workers. and a member of the In
dustrial Advisory Board Of the NR.A.,
adorned the platform thanked by
Pierre du Pont, munitions king, also
a member Of the lab, and w. Tyer-
! i'll Hartman, banker industrialist
and MIRA. functionary.
Among those representing the
/ strikebreaEng national labor beard on
the speakers platform were; John L.
Lewis, head of the United Mine
Workers and co-signer with Green of
the vicious automobile code; Sidney
Hillman, of the Amalgamated Cloth
ing Workers; George L. Berry, avowed
strikebreaker, and father Haas, who
/ helps to nruvtSa the eDiitual coat
g for the New Deal starvation oper-
atoms.
Other New Dealers included: Ed
ward McGrady, enemy Of the Mill
5ant FurrierS and Assistant Secretary
of Labor, Mary Hartman Rumsey,
millionaire head Of the Consumers
Board, Clarence barrow, liberal law
yer and little business representative,
and Robert Lund, Of the National
Manufacturers Association.
Ballyhoo for President
Green, in piously and demagogic-
ally seconding johnson, reiterated the
latter's remark that the NR.A. is an
attempt. TO make definite the
rights Of labor" endorsed the thinly
yelled demand for only constructive
criticism, called on labor TO stand
behind the President and the ADJ
ninistrator Of the MIRA. in the fur
Their execution of this great economic
problem" frankly announced that
there is no intention on the part of
labor "a. F. of IL to abandon the
policy we are now pursuing" called
for an 'intensification of the spread
the-work plan, the amount Of work
available must be "equitsbly divided
among all willing to work, and in
toned that the return on the invest
ment to the business man must be
protected" His amen to JohnSon's
guiding speech was: Il hope that out
Of this will come renewed deter
mination that we're going through
with our program and that we're de-
ternined to win"
All this from Green despite his own
recent announcement that, for the
fifth successive month, industrial lln-
employment increased again in Janu-
aryi" 1921 ,000) ard that workers are
steadily losing by price increases"
Richberg supplied the fIowery DEM
agogy. I'VE cannot expect the adj
vocates of special or particular in-
terestS to be impartial" he said, ridi-
culously intimating that the MIRA.
is impartial" Even the conservative
reporters laughed at him. Warning
those who thought they were invited
to criticize the specific codes. Rich
berg declared that "the hearings
are for the purpose Of discussing
principles rather than the individual
provisions in the separate codes"
He also uttered the refrain OF the
denlagogue par excellence; ut would
be most helpful OF witnesses to bear
in mind that there are usually two
sides TO q question and sometimes
three or four" Speaking as the phi
losophic oracle of the New Deal, Rich
berg revealed that IAN economic revo-
luton is in progress but that is quite
different from saying that a political
revolution is in progress"
Denying the brutal attacks of the
MIRA. on the standard Of living, the
long-standing existence of the class
struggle, Richberg said:
we ere not engaged in perpetual
ing Or bringing about a class strug-
Jul in serving the people Of the
U. S." and then his finale: Though
We may not all be marching in step
all 0ur hearts are beating in tune :"
Houston, speaking in the name of
the industry" was quick to acknowI-
edge the brotherhood Of the big in
d1StriqliStS with fbn N p t'Tt7due-