The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-18
Editors Organ Admits
Plotting With Mayor
against Truck Driuers

Food, Fuel and Newspaper an
nOuncement."
"The Police Department was then
instructed to cooperate with Mr..
Annenberg and others who were
trying to end the controversy, to see
that the Food, Fuel and Newspaper
edict was carried out" Emphasis
mine-S.W.G.1
The strikebreaking was then
worked out in all its details. John
Broderick, a detective known thru
out the city for his strong-arm
methods. a worthy with many under
world friends. was assigned to the
case along with Chief Of Staff Jay
j. Mcdonald by Police Commits
sioner Valentine. They were to work
with Max Annenberg. Says Editor
and Publisher:
"a survey conducted by Mr. An
nenberg showed that rs trucks and
100 truckmen would be necessary to
handle all newspaper supplies. and
Mr.. Annenberg and Detective Brod-
erick were able to obtain these with
the assurance that they would keep
moving regardless Of any trouble
that might develop. These truck
men would be union men. 1t was
necessary then to reach an agree
lment with the longsho-emen's
union. and Joseph Ryan was called
into conference and said that the
promise he had made the Mayor
would be kept"
Their Real Purpose
But Mr.. Annenberg and the Mayor
we're not satisfied with the assur-
ances of the so-called union leaders
that newsprint would be moved
They wanted much more, precisely
as the Daily Worker stated
They wanted to break the strike.
The flood, fuel and newspaper"
slogan was just deceptive slogan
by which to turn public sympathy
against the strikers. 1t was more
than newsprint they wanted moved.
They wanted everything moved and
nothing stopped Here it is in the
black and white of Editor and Pub
Usher:
THE object Of Mr.. Annenberg'S
efforts at this time was to get a
guarantee from the unions that
they would not strike regardless of
whether or not Justice Humphreys
signed the injunction This assur-
ance was given by the longsho-e-
mems union, Tread: Joseph p Ryan
S. w. G.7 temporarily at any rate.
Similar assurance was given by the
teamsters, through their counsel
Edward Mcguire, who is also
lawyer for the building service union
and is trying desperately to help
Mayor LaGuardia to break this
strike, too-S. w. G.1. In attempt
ing to negotiate this truce the union
leaders were urged to maintain the
status quo while the Injunction was
being tested in the courts, and it
was on this basis that on agree
mnt was reached"
1.-THE next step was to get Justice
Humphreys to agree to issue stay
Of execution along with the injunc-
ton. The injunction was subse-
quently signed with the stay
What followed is now common
knowledge. The signing of the in
junction has given the employers
weapon against the teamsters
union. A wide, immediate strike,
on the other hand, would have de-
feated the injunction, warded off
the attacks of the employers and
have unionized virtually the entire
industry, This, in turn, would have
aided greatly in improving the
wages and working conditions of
the bitterly exploited teamsters and
longshoremen. It would have had
an excellent effect on the entire
labor movement of the city-and,
for that matter, of the country.
Organization drives in other indus
tries would have been speeded up.
The responsibility for the defeat
is then plain. Let every worker
know it: Mayor LaGuardia, the
police department, the publishers
and Joseph p. Ryan helped break
that splendid movement. The Fu-
sion-Republican Mayor worked to-
gether with the Tammany lights,
Detective John Broderick and j. P.
Ryan. Openly reactionary papers
like the Herald-Tribune and the
New York Times worked together
with so-called liberal papers like
the World-Telegram and the N. Y.