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labor, Minnesota, told the strikers
at Sundays meeting that " II Gov
Cross doesn't play along with you
boys, when he runs for reelection
put him on the cross.
America doesn't belong to Amer
icans," he shouted. I'VE are IN the
hands Of Morgans, the Rockefellers,
and the Melons.
But we are organizing from the
Canadian border to the Gulf OF
Mexico. Get all your Judasas and
false labor leaders off the throne"
4 DR.. Emily Pierson, Portland, &C.
cused the governor Of "using the
state police as strike-bre ng
agency" and Prof. David Heaoiy, q
Yale English reader and representa-
tive of the American Federation Of
Teachers. called the state police
that gang Of real thugs"
Labor, Egan, Assailed
Failure Of the Connecticut FEEDER
alton Of Labor to recognize the
"Elbo" strike, brought a denuncia-
ton from former President Nicholas
Danz.
II want to know where Mr.. Egan
(secretary Of the federation) and the
organization he represents has been
hiding for the past three years"
Danz declared.
He said the federation refused to
indorse the strike because you are
Go men--this Is a John L. Lewis
movement"
mr.. Egan says the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor does not recognize
this strike. Maybe Mr.. Egan and Mr..
Green don't, but the president Of
every union In New London does"
kilograms were sent to Connecti-
cut representatives in congress and
to President Roosevelt, protesting
the ousting Of 108 sit-downers when
the strike started last Tuesday.
Address At PIainvilis
Francis A. Henson. representing
President Homer Martin of the
United Automobile Workers OF
America, addressed a meeting OF
steel workers at Plainville Saturday
night and declared "the sit-down
strike will be used In Connecticut II
necessary"
Gov. Cross had better comply
with the union In cases Of Connec-
ticut strikes or he will be plowed UNI
der politically with the rest Of his
political machine"
The governor told Go organizers
last week there will be no sitdown
strikes In Connecticut"
W00lw0rth Girls
Detroit, March 1.--(UP) .--One
hundred and fifty "five-and-t
employees, mostly girls, halted bust
ness In this citys largest r. w.
Woolworth store today while union
leaders debated whether to extend
their sit-down to 80 other units in
he company s metropolitan chain.
The workers spent their second
night In the assembly room Of the
big store. which they closed at the
height of Saturdays rush hour.
A. j.. Dahlquist, district superin-
te.ldent Of the chain, announced
that business would continue as
usual In all other units.
A strike was ordered by r. A.
Lowe, organizer for the Walters and
Wsitresses Union. who declared that
the shutdown would continue until
the company agreed to demands for
a dat wage increase Of 10 cents an
hour and q 48-h0ur work week. A
few men employed IN the stores
bakery and kitchen demanded q
E4-hour week.
Pay They Receive
Counter girls now are paid mini
mum OF $14 q week.
Others receive an average OF Is
centc an hour (4i2 for 48~hour
wec.:).
a 40. hour week was declared nec-
airy by the union to place all
sales girls o. an even basis. Lowe
Sc: hours now were irregular; that
some girls work picre than 20 hours.
others less than SO hours. He de-
clare. that the average wage Of Of
sales girls was elO.44 q week.
The girls announced yesterday
that six OF their colleagues had de-
serted during the vss''t through .
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