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the judge. But his decision to de-
lay obviously was also prompted by
a desire to give the shippers, truck
ing companies and the government
more time to prepare a strikebreak-
ing machinery and a move to halt
the swinging start that the workers
made.
Meanwhile, the higher officials in
the Brotherhood of Transfers and
International Longshoremen's Asso-
citation are already taking steps to
direct the struggle of the workers
into purely legal channels, and app
peals to higher court. Michael j.
Casual, vice-president of the team
sters, issued the following statement
yesterday:
Members have told their grew
ances to US. They pointed out that
hundreds of union chauffeurs have
been discharged for refusal to ac-
cept wage cuts since Judge Hum
phrey's opinion was given out. This
condition, they felt, was spreading.
They believed that Judge Humphrey
was about to put them under an
injunction which would force them
to work with non-union men and
that this would cause more dis
charges and wage cuts They now
realize that no injunction has been
issued against them yet.
I'VE will do our utmost to pre-
vent any recurrence of a strike, but
we are very much afraid that if
anyone tries to force them to work
with non-union men, the situation
may start all over asain."
During the months while the
hearings on the injunction we're
conducted. Joseph P. Ryan, presi-
dent of the LILA. and the officials
of the teamsters have been doing
everything in their power to arouse
a drive against reds" in the union.
This was aimed chiefly against
those militants who demanded a
mass struggle against the move to
issue an Injunction Now they claim
that technically the injunction is
not in force yet, since it wasn't
signed But during the weeks since
the decision was made by Judge
Humphrey, hundreds of workers
have been fired. and wholesale
wage-cuts have been attempted.
Pointing out that the extension
of the strike to every allied trade
on the waterfront is Of prime inn
portance. the Rank and File Com
mittee of the LILA. in a leaflet is
sued during the strike, called upon
the LILA members to elect rank
and file committees on every dock
to lead the fight against the in
junction. The workers are called
upon to demand that RYAN as head
of the New York Central Trades
and Labor Council call an emer-
gencv conference to organize the
backing of the entire labor move
ment in the fight against the in
junction.
Thousands of the Monday issue
of the Daily Worker was distributed
among the strikers, and virtually
all cases tie workers accepted them
with friendly attitude. All team
sters reached by active militants
and Communist Party members dis
tributing leaflets, and selling Daily
Workers among them, have ex-
pressed determination to s+~i'Se
next week. if necessary, consider
ing the strike Monday as only a
preliminary demonstration.
While activity hummed at all
piers Yesterday morning, the United
Fruit Docks still unorganized. and
being picketed daily, were picketed
with still greater intensity. The
Orizaba could not sail on that &C
count.
Raises Revolt Bogey
Taking an example from the pol
icy of the San Francisco Chamber
of Commerce during the West
Coast strike, Percy Magnus, presi-
dent of the New York Board of
Trade in a letter to Mayor La
Guardia yesterday, characterized
the strike of the truckmen as Gin
cipient revolution" and demands
greater police mobilization other
wise troops will be requested.
Gan open, brazen and highly publi-
cized effort has been made to intimi-
date the Supreme Court of the state"
he said. THE economic aspect Of
yesterdays strike is insignificant in
comparison with the direct thrust
at the foundations of American
government. A strike against a de-
cision of a court is revolution"