The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-16
Unions Mobilize
To Support Taxi
Drivers Strike
Continued from Page u

kCOnChtRed from rage
breaking methods Of the Regional
and National Labor Board. It is a
fight for the right to be organized
in an organization Of the workers
own choosing. Shoe workers sup
port the Sunday mass conference
in defense Of the taxi drivers. Elect
delegates in your shops"
The Needle Trades Workers In
dustrial Union issued call to all
its members to elect delegates from
the shops for the conference, which
said, in part:
The taxi drivers are putting up
a militant battle for the right to
belong to a union Of their own
choice, and for the right to earn
decent livelihood Through Mayor
LaGuardia, the Socialist Panken
and Mrs. Herrick of the Regional
Labor Board, their last strike was
betrayed. The companies, with the
aid OF the LaGusrdia police, are at
tempting to break the present strike
and thereby also break the union
representing the workers which the
taxi drivers have succeeded in
building. Company unions are
what the bosses want, in order to
continue unhindered their brutal
exploitation of the taxi drivers. The
taxi drivers strike is the strike of
all workers. We must defeat the
attempts to company unionize the
taxi driving industry, by giving all
possible support to the strikers"
A. F. Of L. Members Support Drivers
In statement issued by the A. F.
of L. Committee for Unemployment
Insurance and Relief, Union So,
in support Of the striking taxi
drivers, the Committee called on all
its affiliated locals to Immediately
elect delegates TO the conference.
The A. F. of L. Committee also calls
upon all other A. F. Of L. locals
not affiliated with the Committee, to
elect delegates.
Women to Send Delegates
The United Councils of Working
Women, with headquarters at 80 E.
18th St, notified all branches to
elect delegates to the anti-company
union conference. THE Womens'
Councils are vitality interested in the
victory of the taxi strike because
many of the members of our or
ganization are wives of hackmen,"
said Clara Bodien, secretary Of the
councils.
At mass strike meeting held
wednesday night at the strike head
quarters at Germania Hall, 18th st.
and Third Ave. strikers spiked as
lies the rumors spread by Irving
Robbins, head of the company
union, that so per cent Of the cabs
are running.
1t was pointed out by Harry Can
tor that the company had hired
men to drive one car around the
block several times to give the i'm
preston that many Parmelee cabs
are in operation
A Daily Worker reporter stood on
the corner of And St. and Broad
way for 20 minutes during the thea
tire hour Wednesday night and only
saw one Parnelee cab-snd this one
was running without passengers.
Greet Negro Driver
A tumultuous ovation greeted
Eddy Rumph, a Negro driver, who
came to the strike meeting pledging
the support of the Negro hackmen
at the 140th st. and Fifth Avenue
garage.
Samuel Orner, president of the
Taxi Drivers Union, reported last
night the strike is still just as effec-
tive as ever.
I'VE are strengthening our picket
lines" said Joseph Gilbert, organizer
of the union. With stronger pick
citing and the mass support that
we are getting from trade unions
and labor organizations all over the
city we are in a stronger position
today than we were at the begin
ming of the strike"