The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-20
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/ several thousand buildings repre-
F.. sented by the Real Estate Board
and approximately 1000 buildings
whose owners signed contracts with
the union. There will be no strike
I Of the employees of those buildings, -
he said, though he did not
say what increases the workers
got. He said his arbitration
/ agreement with the Mayor would
not expect the union Ito refrain
from continuing organization activi-
ties in buildings which have no con-
tract"
Bambrick said the victory" Won
was because Of classification, though
he does not point out how con-
cretely this would increase the
wages of the workers involved. He
/ praised highly the Strikebreeker
LaGuardia and the Roosevelt's scab
assistant, Edward c. McGrady.
When the question about Commu-
nists came up, Mr.. Bambrick said:
Il want to say this, that valuable
assistance was given us in building
the Union by the Communists"
In conversation with reporters,
one asked Mr.. Bambrick what the
Daily Worker building is doin, he
/ replied: II can say this much for
the Daily Worker Building, that
they pay more wages than the Daily
News does"
/ When asked how he will answer
the men on not calling the general
strike in spite Of the fact that the
vote was in favor of the strike, he
said: THE President and the union
heads dissented on this general
strike because it did not take into
consideration the fact that the
classification we had been fighting
for had been granted"
Sentiment for Strike
Sentiment Of the union member
ship for strike is seen in the state
ments of district leaders of the
union who feel that the men will
not swallow the LaGuardia truce"
signed by Bambrick.
George Troy, Brooklyn leader of
the union, declared, Il am afraid
Of strike without warning. We
are making every effort to prevent
such an occurrence. We want no
radicals to take advantage of the
| psychology of our members at the
present time"
Louis Cooper, president of the
Bronx local, said, he was afraid of
a big walkout in the Bronx before
the weekend.
David Richey, executive board
member of the union, at the main
headquarters of the union at 1850
Broadway, stated that the union
has the right to strike 1900 to 1000
buildings which do not come under
| the provisions of the truce" signed
with LaGuardia.
Clifford Mcleod, chairman of the
unions Harlem Council, declared.
that he has temporarily suspended
| all connections with our main body"
He said he would call out 40 Harlem
buildings on strike.
Big Fight Looms
The dissatisfaction of the men
with the calling off of the strike
just as it was showing it's strength.
is expected to come to head at
the mass membership meetings be-
ing held throughout the city. There
is a good possibility that Mondays
tie-up will prove a mere skirnish
compared to what may happen if
the will of the rank and file has its
way.
In the garment district the men
were ordered back to work this
morning by Dave Sullivan, union
official. The men expressed resent
ment at being sent back without
even being informed Of the terms
Of the agreement.
Matthew Fiore, organizer Of Local
51B, Brooklyn, announced that the
Brooklyn strike, scheduled for
Thursday, had been put off at the
request of the realty owners until
after settlement of the Manhattan
strike, but the deadline was now
set for 10 o'clock Friday morning.
Unless the owners agreed to a closed
shop by that time, Fiore said, the
10000 mEmbers of the Brooklyn
section would be called out. The
Brooklyn membership meeting will
be held tonight at $50 Atlantic Ave.
A union mass meeting was called
for Monday night in the Bronx
where the local numbers $4,000
/ members. Louis Cooper, president Of
the local, asserted that the Bronx
real estate board had even refused
all requests for a conference.
Sick Of Conferences
eve are sick and tired of con-
/ ferences and we are not taking
orders from the union president or
anybody else" was the statement
of Thomas j. Shortman, chairman
Of the Manhattan section of the
union, echoing the mood Of the
rank and file.
The Manhattan mass meeting is
to be called for Monday night at the
New Star Casino, 1O5 E. 10Th st.
Although the majority of the
strikers in Harlem were sent back
to work Monday afternoon, five
buildings were still being struck
Yesterday, heads of the Harlem
Council of the union announced
last night.
Macleod, president Of the Har-
lem Council Of the union, yesterday
told the Daily Worker that most of
/ the agreement signed with realty
owners provided that the question
of wages and hours be left to later
arbitration. All agreements, how
ever, require the realty bosses to
employ only members of Local 32B.