Evening star., 1934-08-27
Committee Begins Prepara-
lions for Strike in All Indus
'ries, Stating Hour Will Be
Designated Thursday.
STRIKERS WILL BE FED,
HOPKINS ANNOUNCES
National Labor Board Ready for
Swift Intervention to Avert
Shut-down-Labor Leaders Say
Only Definite Settlement OF
Demands Will Bring Peace.
the Associated Press.

D the Associated Press.
The Strike Committee of the United
T xtile Workers, with plans completed
f.. a general strike in the cotton
tt title industry on September 4, today
b gan preparations for similar walk
o. in the silk, rayon and woolen
ir iustries.
Francis J. German, chairman of
g., Strike Committee, said it was
e ishly possible" that the walkout
o silk, wooden and rayon workers
y hlld be simultaneous with the cotton
st ike.
The committee said today it would
q nounce the exact strike hour on
7 iursday. Other sources, however,
d sclosed that secret instructions
q ready in the hands of regional lead
Tk at midnight Friday,
Inasmuch as the industry is operat-
4 s. on q five-day week, with mills
osed on Saturday, September /, and
\ onday Uabor day., September 8.
I e walkout will not become actually
Q fective until September 4.
win Affect 100000 Workers.
The projected walkouts will affect
early 100000 workers, of whom some
10000 are employed in the Nations
,tton mills. While the unions mem
aship represents an actual minority
this number, 1t includes the skilled
orkers performing key operations
htch, when suspended, will cripple
! ost of the mills.
President Thomas r. Mcmahon of
( he United Textile Workers has called
meeting of the entire executive
Mncil for tomorrow, at which rep
J sentatives Of the woolen and worst
!. silk, rayon and dyeing divisions
Ill be present.
The committee was cheered by the
announcement today by Harry l..
...iorkins, emergency relief director,
IA; the strikers would be fed, in ac-
ortiance with the relief policy, unless
ne Labor Department ruled the walk
tut unjustified.
Meanwhile, early intervention by
he National Labor Relations Board
tas expected. The strike chieftains
ave indicated they would prefer its
: 1ediation services to those of any
tn agency.
German indicated the union was
repaired for long conflict with the
adustry.
Thousands Wearing Rags.
Thousands of textile workers are
wearing rags while employers talk
bout overproduction and surplus
tock," he said. "The strike will re-
luce these surpluseS.
In the woolen and worsted CEN
ers-Philadelphia. Lawrence, Passaic
md Providence-thousands of work.
RS have walked the streets for months,
While those employed are forced to ac-
ept machine loads and stretch-outs
In the silk and rayon industry,
@rticularly in the South and some
sarts of Pennsylvania, employers are
tanding adamant against any adjust
aent of machine load"
He said statement by George A.
Sloan, chairman of the cotton textile
ode authority, that the strike was
inconceivable" would be answered
~ himself and William Green, presi-
lent of the American Federation of
Labor, in a Nationwide radio address
tomorrow night.
Board Ready to Intervene.
The National Labor Relations
5oard apparently is ready to inter-
sene swiftly to avert a convulsion in
The gigantic textile industry.
The board watched closely as strike
leaders in North and South. acting
on secret instructions from the
United Textile Workers here, per-
lected plans for national walkout
Authoritative information is that
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