The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 9, 1925, Page 3

a — THIS : a) ers’ Government. PAGE “18 Devoted to the Activity and Interests’ of the Trade Union Educational League (T.U. B. L.) North American Section of the RED INTERNATIONAL OF LABOR UNIONS (R. 1. THE T.U.E.L. Represents the Left Wing of the Labor Movement. Purpose Is to Strengthen the Labor Unions by Amalgamation of Existing Unions, Organization of the Unorganized, and by Replacing Reactionary and Class Collaboration Policies with a Unified Program for the Transformation of the Unions Into Organs of Revolutionary Class Struggle for the Overthrowal of Capitalism and the Establishment of a Workers’ and Farm: LU.) Ite CONFERENCE OF MARINE UNIONS OF WESTERN HEMISPHERE CALLED FOR MONTEVIDEO, MARCH 19, 1926 It will be remembered that the First Conference of the Mariné Unions of the Western Hemisphere, held at. New Orleans last March, was but the beginning, small but certain, of a closer unity among the class conscious transport workers of the western hemisphere. A second conference was called and the following is the official announcement by the Marine Transport Workers’ Industrial Union No. 510 of the I. W. W. for its convocation at Montevideo, Uruguay. It promises to do much to unify the revolutionary mariners of the western world, whose present disorganized conditions makes them the victims of powerfui com- binations of capital. ae TO ALL MARITIME UNIONS OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE. Fellow Workers: We, the officials of the Marine Transport|role. Their conduct was that of open Workers’ Union No. 510 again appeal to you in the name of inter-|and shameless scabbing. national solidarity for the seamen of the world and hope that you will give this statement the careful consideration that i deserves and will co-operate with us to insure success for the Second International Conference of Marine Transport Workers, of the Western Hemisphere. THE DAKLY WORKER RED INTERNATIONAL GREETS, THE FRENCH STRIKERS WHO OPPOSED THE WAR IN MOROCC AND SYRIA When the French workers at the call of the Unitary Confederation of Labor (C. G. T. U.) and the Communist Party of France, on October 12, struck for 24 hours in a protest strike against the waging of imperialist wars in Morocco and Syria, the American capitalist press did all it could to belittle and conceal the scope and significance of the strike. Well the ruling class of America might fear the effect of the truth about that strike, for it, too, plans imperialist wars. the Trade Union Educational League, + gives to the American workers the story of that strike told by the fol- lowing greeting to the French work- ers by the executive bureau of the Red International of Labor Unions: see The executive bureau of the Red International of Labor Unions sends warm and fraternal greetings to all the workers of France who have taken part in the strike called in protest against the war in Morocco and Syria. This protest strike is a serious warn- ing to the ruling classes not only of France, but also of other countries; it signifies that 1914 has gone, never to return, The broad masses of the French proletariat, thanks to the Communist Party and the C. G. T. U. unions, have understood the character and _signi- ficance of the military undertakings of the ‘third republic. The 12th of October demonstrated this amply and in the eyes of all. “Democracy” Collapsed. This strike of protest bitterly op- posed by all strata of the bourgeoisie marks an important stage in the development of the French labor movement. During the strike bour- geois democracy showed its national fascist aspect and this will serve as an object lesson to those workers who still believed in the left bloc and in bourgeois democracy. All this time the socialist party and the reformist Confederation of Labor have played a particularly loathsome It is‘ difficult to say which have it acted most abnominably in their re- cent attack on the revolutionary work- ers—the fascists or the reformists. One thing is clear. That the Com- tunist Party and the Unitary Con- Due to the failure of the several marine unions, each actingjfederation of Labor had a united on its own initiative in matters of strikes, lockouts, boycotts, |+ront, from the monarchist Leon etc., with little or no harmony or co-operation amongst each | Paudet to the reformist Leon Jouhaux, other in the past and in order to solidify the ranks of the marine,| against them. workers on the economic battle ground, giving them an inter-}Scabbing Now a “Socialist” Principle. national aspect and increased strength in their battles against,|j; Blacklessing has always been count- the employing class, the Second Annual Convention of the Maring|.°¢,the most disgraceful and abomin- Transport Workers’ Industrial Union No. 510 of the I. W. W. went-2""° 2¢t of treachery. This is realized on record to hold an national conference of marine transport workers during the Year of 1925. ye The First Conference. One of the first acts of the incoming general organization committee of 1925 was to issue a call to the mar- itime unions of the Western Hemis- phere, 87 in all, to sit in conference ‘at New Orleans on March Ist. 1925, for the purpose of coming to an un- derstanding and accomplishing co- \ operation and solidarity on an inter- ' mational scale. At the time the call | (was sent out by the main office, it was hoped that a successful strike could be pulled by the marine workers of the Western Hemisphere acting in harmony and conjunction with one and other. Mention of this phase was Made in the appeal sent to the vari- ) ous marine unions, Due to the limited time to perfect Plans for a success\ur strike, many of the unions appealed to were un- | able to send any delegates to the con- ' ference and most of the representa- 5 at the conference was from the ‘United States, Mexico and the West "Thdies with a few delegates from So, , rica. Altho the conference was not 100 “per cent perfect, and was not the "voice of the entire organized marine , rkers of the Western Hemisphere, many practical and progressive sug- estions were brought forth and many of them, such as co-operation in k ikes and boycotts are being prac- 24 by those unions who were re- + presented at New Orleans. 1 M. T. W. has Proved Itself, « "Proof of this co-operation by the Membership of the I. W. W. is proved ay the boycott of Norwegian ships at ‘the request of the Norwegian seamen, 4 Who were on strike during the past 7) summer, and also the many boycotts é originated by the workers of the West spate and Mexico. We.also wish to yall your attention to the co-operation Jot the I. W. W. during the “outlaw z Strike” of British seamen against a 1 eduction in wages. In this instance the I. W. W. took a strike vote which £ was overwhelming and tied up many 2 Ships flying the British flag as well Ae many ships of other nations. 1 ‘We realize the evergrowing power of the master class, and the utter im- P possibility of individual unions to with this power of the employ- class on the economic battle © ground. If the marine workers are a? Make any advancement they must act together : not as individuals, This battle by the seamen for eman- Ti cipation is a struggle for control of i the job by the seamen and other thinarine workers and as stated in the ™ first appeal for the New Orleans con- ference. 8C... “We plan the death of our former Policy of isolation in this if conference and in its place we plan action in our struggles against our We | oppressors, the capitalist clas: prcary! out this program 0 class struggle in society,’ he marine workers are unbeatable yh eet te harmony and the ship- inter-* by strikebreakers who, while accept- ‘iifhe ‘the pieces of silver given them, owners will remain supreme only s0/db their dirty work in secret, ‘afraid long as the marine workers are divid- ed using individual action instead oft), co-operation and solidarity. Planned for Nine Months, The delegates at the first confer- ence of Marine Transport Workers of the Western Hemisphere decided ‘un- animously to call a second conference to be held at Havana, Cuba, on Jan» nuary 15, 1926. Shortly after this de: cision was reached by the delegates: the main office of I. U. No, '510 sent out an appeal to the 87 unions in the, Western Hemisphere, to send dele- gates to the Havana conference, Many replies were received that showed a favorable attitude and a willingness’ of the membership of the various unions to discuss a plan for interna- tional solidarity by sending official delegates to the conference. The seamen of the world will make great strides forward if this confer- ence is successful and therefore it is up to all who have the interest of the seamen at heart to see that nothing that will mar or prevent a successful termination of this conference is al- lowed to happen, if it is in the power of those concerned to prevent it, Changed to Montevideo. Bearing this in mind, we find that it is absolutely necessary to postpone the conference until March 15, 1926, and that the place of holding such conference be changed from Havana, Cuba to Montevideo, Uruguay. The reason for this action on our ‘part is due to our inability to communi- cate with the various labor groups in Cuba, due to the recent persecu- tions and also to the immigration re- strictions at present existing there. Montevideo is an open port and delegates to the conference will have no trouble landing there. The post- ponement of the conference for a sixty-day period will enable the unions concerned more time to pre- pare for the conference and allow for their arrival at Montevideo. (Signed) Frank Patino, Acting Sec’y. M. T. W. No. 510 of the |. W. W, 5 owe Fix Printing Wages MELBOURNE, Australia—(FP) — Printing trade employes—compositors, pressmen, lithographers, bookbinders, stereotypers ahd electrotypers, paper rulers and paper cutters—employed throughout Australia are placed on a minimum rate of $27.50 per week by a new award, Proof-readers get $28.75 and machine compositors, $30.50 per week. Night shifts are to get $3 a week extra, 16 holidays a year are to be provided; overtime at time and half for the first three hours, then double time. Saturday afternoon and Sunday work must be paid at double- time rates. Hours are 44 per week. That worker next door to you may not have anything to do to- night. Hand him this copy of the DAILY WORKER, © tions of any fundament of principle.| tovact openly and never endeavoring support their strikebreaking ac- ) All this has been changed by the French reformists, with Leon Jouhaux, first vice-president Of the Amsterdam International, at their head. They ‘came forward openly as strikebreakers and smashed the strike of protest Jointly with the police and fascist bands. Thus, step by step, the re- formists have sunk to open black- For that reason, precisely, BLACKJACKING UNION MEN THE BUSINESS OF THE INDUSTRIAL ASSOC, —_— (Special to The Daily Worker) SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Dec, 7° —Two hirelings employed by the industrial association, alias _ the “American plan,” alias the “open shop” to beat'Up and terrorize un- ion construction workers in the city of San Francisco, have confessed and made affidavits where are in the hands of tHe Bullding Trades Council and thé’San Francisco La- bor Council. The two hirelings, named Alex- ander Stirling and Ernest K. Ho- ward, have ai complete affida- vits involviny illiam de Jung, “head inspector” of the association in the Sante Fe building, and others of the criminal dutfit, including one R. B, Floethe and one Mr Patch. The gang waylaid and slugged a union carpenter with blackjacks. of Labor raised a protest against the predatory colonial wars and that hon- est workers, members of the reform- ist organizations, took part in the strike against the instructions of their own leaders, The Red International Versus—Scabs. Acting in conformity with the de- cisions of its international, the French section of the R. I. L, U. did its duty. Can it really be that in breaking this strike the French reformist Con- federation of Labor was acting in con- formity with the, principles of its in- ternational? It would be interesting to learn how the, Amsterdam Interna- tional views the conduct of its French section in regard,to the war in Moroc- co and Syria, ,; All honor to the strikers! Black shame*én the scabs! Executive Bureau, Red International of Labor Unions. — As Usual;-Farrington Counts the. Votes and SPRINGFL Il, Dee. 7.—The Farrington machine has announced how many voi they would admit were for compelling Frank to hold the regular district convention of district 12 as per the constitutidn of the Un- ited Mine Workers of Illinois. Far- rington says that only 12 locals with a membership of 6,193 voted against his proposal to postpone the conven- legging. Hundreds of Thoysands Struck. Despite the wild campaign of lies conducted by the radical, fascist and reformist press, in spite of the organ- ized blacklegging, hundreds of thou- sands of workers openly and daringly demonstrated their indignation, scorn and protest in the face of the bour- geois-fascist-reformist blot. Let the French bourgeoisie rage. Let French reformism, discredited at last, lie about you. Nothing, no one, will be able to suppress the his- toric fact that only the Communist tion until 197, while he says 78 locals voted to postpone it, and these have 20,655 members, , That Farrington is stealing votes as usual may be, expected in view of the fact that he is deadly afraid of a con- vention at this time. Also, indications are that a great many more miners’ locals are against the postponement than are reported. Local 705 and local 912 both have turned down the proposal to postpone, and it would be strange if Farrington could count straight at any time in his life, particuarly when he stands Party and the Unitary Confederation Editor's note: The sixth instalment of Labor in the Far East treats of Britain’s maneuvers to affect a com-/ promise with the Chinese workers and her agreement to offer concessions. Yesterday's instalment, article 5, told of the victory of the workers and the losses of the imperialists, ** 8 ARTICLE VI. By L. HELLER, ROM the very first and to the very last England has been pursuing a policy of threats and violence. How- ever, there are already signs to the effect that England, preparing with one hand for intervention, is ready to stretch out the other hand with an olive branch in it. This is indicated in the replacement of the Hongkong governor, Sir Reginald Stubb, notori- ous for having introduced corporal punishment for “agitators,” whose name fills with pride, the heart of every imperialist jingo, “but ‘has be- come hateful to the Chinese masses, as a symbol of British arrogance and of the most ruthless colonial oppres- sion, This arch imperialist with whom the representatives of labor would not think of dealing, has been remov- ed from Hongkong and transferred to Jamaica, Even the very tone of the British press, after three months of threats and provocation, has changed. It will suffice to compare several extracts from the leading British organs. The North China Daily News of Shanghai, a semi-official press organ of British imperialism, wrote as fol- lows in regards to the efforts of the Chinese chamber’ of; ¢ommerce in Shanghai to find "absent in the conflict: "ye tor’ ti merchants of ! to win by crooked counting, Shanghai, we appreciate their efforts to restore pedce ‘but. . . . we tell them frankly that théy are wasting their time. There is only one way in which peace can'We brought back, and that is by the uniéonditional surrender of the students"and: other agitators.” Such was the attitude of the British organ in June. dn July the paper de- ciphered the m@aning of the “sur- render of the “agitators” by openly and persistently’demanding capital punishment for’ them, Hongkong where Sir R. Stubbs, referred to above, did not hesitate at shooting the ac- tive workers, was offered as an exam- ple to Shanghai. : OWEVER, atthe end of August, when the front of the Shanghai and Hongkong {workers remained firm and unshaken, while Lancashire ing England and Hongkong on the Pacific were feeling more and more acutely the crushing blows coming from the Chinese strikers and the un- bated boycott of British goods, the British press found a new language: “While the diplomats are disputing and flittering away valuable time,” bitterly complains the London China Oxpress & Telegraph, a journal close- ly associated with the colonial depart ment, “the boycott has reduced the normal movement of British goods by 80%.” (Issue of August 6, 1926.) The diplomatic parleys really mate- rialized nothing of practical value, at, least from the standpoint of the inter ests of British ithpertalism, All the efforts to line up ‘America and France failed completely. Jupan, who at one time followed in the wake of England, finally compromiged and parted ways with that country taking up the path oft Tr apecaaaia at g, costly price to her- 8e PLUTE PRESS GIVES A NEW ANANIAS TALE |*Rassion Anthracite” Furnishes a Lie By A Worker Correspondent PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Dec. 7.— Philadelphia papers, and many of those in the anthracite region, have been running all sorts of yarns to frighten the striking anthracite min- ers back to work. They have recently hit upon a new one, designed to kill two birds with one stone. That is, to arouse hatred toward the workers of Soviet Russia an dthe Soviet government, and . to scare the hard coal diggers at one and the same time, Another “Bolshevik Atrocity.” A recent issue of a Philadelphia capitalist sheet, for example, features a story saying that 100,000 tons of “Russian anthracite” is already loaded at Riga on the Baltic for transporta- tion to Philadelphia and will land sometime in December. The paper carefully leaves all exact data on this alleged shipment com- pletely out. All it says is that “This shipment is being brought here by a syndicate of independent coal opera- tors whose mines have been closed by the strike.” No Facts Given. This does not tell anybody anything, either how it has been purchased, di- rect from the Soviet government—if at all,—or thru re-purchase from some third party, what boats are bringing it, who is the responsible persons connected with this alleged “syndicate of operators” or any other supposed facts. The reason these data are not told is clear—there is no such coal being shipped from Soviet Russia! Coal dealers might import coal, but hardly ever are operators, mythically “inde- pendent,” going to do such things. Neither is the Soviet government going to part with “100,000 tons of anthracite” to any unknown destina- tion where there is a coal strike on in foreign parts, Moreover, the Russian miners have something to say about this sort of thing. Finally, any coal from Soviet Russia comes out, if ‘it comes at all, chru the south by way of Black ‘Sea ports, not north thru Riga, If anyone still believes the lie they can watch the coal pier at Philadel- phia and starve to death. waiting for, that imaginary fleet of coal _ ships loaded with “Russian anthracite.” Class Collaboration Stated as a Religion by Head of A. F. of L. NEW YORK CITY, Dec. 7.—Scarce- ly ever has the corruption of class collaboration been more flaunting dis- played than in the speech of William Green, president of the American Fed- eration of Labor in an address here last Thursday night. He said: “The marvelous expansion and growth of American industry are due to’ the stimulating influence of private enterprise and personal initiative, “The success of management means the success of labor., For that reason labor is willing to make its contribu- tion to assist management and to bring about the right solution of prob- lems dealt with by management.” LABOR IN THE FAR EAST HERE once had been a time in the happy days of Lord Palmerstone, when Britain was deliberately striv- ing for “splended isolation.” To-day this isolation is a fact, established against her will, and it is far from splendid, and the latest articles of the same London weekly reflects this blue blood of sobered imperialism, while the conservative government finds it necessary to prepare the “public opinion,” but more particular- ly the arrogant Hongkong bankers and shipping interests, the Shanghai municipal council, the British cham- ber of commerce, which represent the most die-hatd elements of British im- perialism in China, of tne necessity to seek a compromise, to agree to con- cessions. “,...The British govern- ment recognizes,” the London weekly writes in an evidently inspired editor- ial on Aug. 27, “the real grievances from which China suffers and is anx- ious to remove these with the least possible delay.” “Tt is admitted,” continues the edi- torial even more outspokenly, “that the treaties are out of date and must be revised, and it is obvious that the principle of extra-territoriality must be modified in face of the new China.” (China Express and Telegraph, Aug. 27th). * So that is how the influential Lon- don circles began to see light, And this tremendous work of “en- lightening” has been carried out—of- fensive as this may seem to the “en- lightened seafarers"—by the plain, il- literate Chinese;cooties, by the Shang- hai and Ho: strikers, by the dockers, rai ex workers un- der/ the lead of the Shanghai ‘Trades Council ani the All-Chinese Federation i; rage Three N. Y. CARPENTERS FORM A-LEFT BLOC. TO DEFEAT THE HUTCHESON DISTRICT COUNCIL MACHINE MEN By MIKE ROSS, Worker Correspondent. NEW YORK OITY, Dec. 7.—All the progressive elements among the carpenters have united and formed a progressive bloc in order to fight the reactionary and corrupt Halkett administration of the New York district council of carpenters. The first concrete step has been taken by the pro- gressives in uniting on a certain minimum program for the election of of- ficers for the New York district council of carpenters, with candidates rep- _ resenting the dijeffrent groups, Progressive Program. 1, Election of district council of- ficials every year by a referendum of the membership. 2, Election of every year. 3. A five-day week of forty hours, and a twelve dollar per day wage. ° 4. Each local union shall be sole judge as to its representation in the district council. 5. Freedom of expression within the union. 6. All amendments indorsed by five locals to be sent out for a referendum of the membership. 7, Job control so that the workers can put an end to the “hire-and-fire” sytem, ¥e business agents The Candidates, James McAdam, Local Union| 585, for president. Mortimer McGrath, Local Union 787, fof first vice-president. Waldemar Lihzis, Local Union 2090, for second vice-president. Michal Kavanagh, Local Union 2725, for secretary-treasurer. The Officials’ Method. The officers are elected by local un- ion delegates to the D, C. and in a leaflet that is signed by the United Progressive Carpenters the locals are urged to instruct their delegates to yote for these candidates, before Dec: 23 when elections will be held. The formation of this left bloc is a result and reaction against the actions of the present corrupt administration headed by John Halkett successor to Brindell, The method used to defeat the will of the membership was to fight one group at a time, stamping each as a group of reds, T. U. H. L. members or disrupters thereby divid- ing the opposition and giving them the chance to defeat one local group at a time. Two Allies in the Left Bloc, The two main groups are: 1. The group that supported Rosen as general president of the carpenters union in the last general election and is composed of real left wing fighters for the interest of the membership upon a concrete program. 2. The other is the group that sup- ported Brown for president. It has no program and is composed of liber- als, conservative honest trade union- ists, and others that are mainly inter- ested in fighting corruption or ousting the present officials. Nature of the Alliance. The fact that for the first time this latter group was forced to unite with the former upon a written program based on the interests of the rank and file is a result of sound left wing tactics, in the last campaign for pres- ident of the carpenters’ union and is of great significance for the labor move- ment and a forruner of great fights yet to develop. It is of course ex- pected that the latter group will not at present accept the entire left wing amendment to the district council by- laws that all D. C. officials should be elected every year by a referendum vote instead of every three years by delegates to the district council. This }. was indorsed by eleven locals but the reactionaries suppressed it by ruling it out of order and not allowing the district countil to send it out for a referendum vote. r Blocked by Officials. The demand for a 5-day week and a $12 per day wage was raised by the left wing and the membership brought so much pressure that the D. C, was forced to send it out for a referendum vote. Local after local voted 90% for it, so overwhelming was the vote that the officers of the D. ©, refused to make the tally public satisfying them- selves by saying that it did not get the required 55% vote of the member- ship» A motion in the D, C, was carried requesting the building trades council to give their approval to this carpenters demand but John Halkett who is czar of the building trades council and also of the carpenters district council, ruled it out of order, A good method by which the corrupt officers of the D. C. perpetuated them- selves in office and defeated the will of the membership is by disfranchis- ing locals that elected progressive. delegates, by refusing to seat them. Would Not Seat Progressives. A recent example is the refusal of the D. C. to seat Morris Rosen former left wing candidate for general pres- ident as a delegate from Local 376. The local sent a letter and resolution to all the locals in the district con- demning this and demanding that Rosen be seated immediately. This was indorsed by a number of locals. Ahother is the refusal to seat A.” Kivowitz of Local 2717 who was dis- criminated against because he is a liberal. In his place the D. ©, re cognized Goldberg as delegate, he was at one time accused in court of asking for $2,500 gr: by the ‘layers’ union in o1 charter from Goldberg was 1 parquet floor give them a ters’ union, electéd and his program. They will only learn the need as the fight developes. Some of the recent local events that lead to this progressive bloc are in- teresting. Local 2163 adopted . an lta tii i a SPO sn Si tt rE NTE ca AR Rs ARI RR Toi ks ALE OI elected another liberal Raskin, He was also not seated. He Sent “Somebody.” Finally the local asked Hutcheson to send somebody to straighten the matter out. He sent general executive board member Guerin. This worthy decided that neither Raskin nor Kivo- witz nor Goldberg shall be delegate but that Beren who has a record as a scab shall be a delegate and for punishment he threw out the chair- man of the local who was duly elected and put Goldberg in his place. This is his reward for stuffing the ballot box with nearly 500 votes for Hutcheson in the last general election, Many members of Local 2717 openly state this, Hutcheson and Halkett thus have their best friends a grafter, or would be grafter, and a scab to run the local. The membership of Local 2717 repu- diate this and refuse to recognize the non-elected officers. They hold meet- ings of their own without having in their possession the charter or books and they have taken their case into the capitalist courts expecting to get more justice than from the misleaders of the union, All these events are hammering the opposition groups into unity of action which will eventually force the corrupt officialdom from power. BRITISH UNIONS BEGIN FORMING DEFENSE CORPS Fight Left Split in Labor Party How things are going in England may be seen from the following culled from the Sunday Worker: “There are still some curious people in the labor movement who pretend that the government and the law courts are above all classes, and re- fuse to admit that the state is simply the machinery by which the bosses safeguard their hold on the factories, railways, mines, and other places where the workers are exploited... A long list of the British govern- ment’s acts as a_ strikebreaking agency is given with the observation— “The bosses are many sided, but they have a single purpose—that is to smash the working class, by fair means or foul.” Workers’ Defense Corps Forming. “When the workers realize this, we shall have moved a long step forward. That is why we welcome the decisive action taken this week by the Isling- ton Trades Council, which has cir- cularized the affiliated bodies asking for lists of trade unionists who will enroll to defend their own organiza- tions.” “The response has been excellent. It could be the same all over the country. The only way to protect the trade unions against the fascisti and the government-aided strikebreakers in the coming industrial fights is to organize a Workers’ Defense Corps.” Another significant item in the same issue is the editorial advising against the tendency to split the labor party because of the reactionary actions of the Liverpool conference. In Part the editorial say: For Real Work in Unions, “This is not time for splits, nor ig there neéd for them. No ‘Left Wing Labor Party’ will be real unless it is based on thé trade unions, But real militant work in the trade unions will win the labor party for the left wing.” “Consultation and organized co-oper- ation of all left wingers in the I. L, P, the trade unions, Plebs Leaguers, Com- munists; hard dogged work in the labor party, fighting to re-equip it for @ fight against capitalism; no despair. ing or faint-hearted collapses or splits.” Utica Textile Workers to Go on Strike Again UTICA, N. Y., Dec. 7.—A second strike of the 1,200 employes of the Utica Steam & Mohawk Valley Cotton Mills impends, following the 4 to 1 strike vote of the members of the weavers, spinners, carders and loom- fixers unions affiliated with the Un ited Textile Workers Union. Joseph Vga ene ce Says the date w @ set by the o: bias Micers of the four The United Textile Workers de- mands the old wage scale cut 10% earlier in the year. After a long strike the workers returned on a compromise but with the Promise of arbitrators appointed by the mayor that the company’s profits would be investigated to find whether the com: Pany’s wage cut was justified. Time has passed and no definite cost data has been given ont and the union is resorting to 1 aay pressure, ee y's Bait th WORK i 8 ‘ - DAILY mpeg a. Ogata