The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 19, 1933, Page 3

SaaS Miners and Steel Workers Elect Cleveland Conference Delegates Coming From Bitter Struggles, Basic Industry Workers to Help Forge Fight on NRA at Aug. 26-27 Conference PITTSBURGH, Pa., August 18.—Rebellion surging among the ranks of metal, mine and textile workers of Pennsylvania against the NRA, is expressing itself in a consistently growing support by such workers of the Trade Union Conference for United Action to be held in Cleveland, Ohio, | on August 26th and 27th, because this Conference is pledged to fight tooth | and nail the Slave Industrial “Re-© covery” Act. Delegates to the Conference will be sent by workers from a large num- ber of steel, metal mills and shops, including the followmg: Jones & Laughlin, Pittsburgh, Pa.; American Bridge Company, National Electric, Central Tube, Seamless Tube, Ambridge, Pa., and from metal shops in Greensburgh Pa., McKeesport, Pa., McKees Rock Pa., and others. ‘The Steel & Metal Workers In- dustrial Union, which gained 1,500 new members in the last few weeks in Pittsburgh alone, will hold a Dis- trict Conference on August 20th, in Pittsburgh, to elect delegates to the Conference. Coal miners’ delegations from Pennsylvania to the Cleveland gather- ‘ug will include representatives from miners on strike in the notorious Frick mines, the scene of historic struggle by workers against exploi- tation intensified by the NRA. The Naticnal Miners Union in this state is preparing to senu a sizeable dele- gation to Cleveland. Endorsement of the Cleveland Con- ference has been announced by in- dependent textile unions recently set up in the Leigh Valley, Allentown, Pa. In Northampton, Pa., a newly formed union of 900 cement workers, employed by a subsidiary of the United States’ Steel, are backing the Conference. The Conference will be held in the Brotherhood Engineers Auditorium, Cleveland, Ohio, which has a seat- ing capacity of 1,500. Fully 1,000 labor delegates are expected .to at- tend, the Provisional Committee ar- ranging the Conference, with offices at 70 Fifth Ave, New York City, announced through its secretary, Louis Weinstock. Striking Cleaners Vote Protest Over Lynchings PHILADELPHIA—Three hundred Negro and white members of the Cleaners and Dyers Union, now on strike here, voted to send a protest resolution denouncing the lynching of the two Negro boys in Tuscaloosa. This Union, an A-F.L. union, pass- ed the resolution at the suggestion of James W. 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Workers were asked to work 70 hours @ week and even more for the wage of 22 cents an hour. The bosses of the shop were never satisfied with the work and abused the workers, especially the girls. We were tired of working so many | hours at starvation wages and un-| willing to stand the continuous | abuses any longer. So the workers | began to revolt and speak about, strike in all departments of the shop. In less time than it can be imagined, more than 350 workers walked out, demanding the 40-hour week and the restoration of the wages which had | been cut more than 40 per cent. The | workers further demanded that all abuses cease, The bosses refused ‘to grant the demands. The workers would have felt dis- couraged and unwillingly forcefl to go back to work in the shop, had it not been for Anna Block of the Na- tional Textile Workers’ Union, who rallied the strikers and guided and assisted them, The workers thus re- sisted all ‘the bosses’ attempts to break the strike, and after a two-week fight the bosses were forced, in*view of, the militancy and determination of the strikers, to accept all their de- mands. So the workers returned to work with better conditions, and organized in the National Textile Workers’ Union. Weavers Not Paid for Full Yardage | Employees Called On to Organize By a Textile Worker Correspondent piece-work. They are paid so and so much for a cut of cloth—say 60 yards to a cut. But when measured by the Inspector, it has been found to have several more yards, which the company keeps mum about. But when an inspector once told the boss there is more than 60 yards in the cut, he only said that is to allow for shrinkage. But the funny part is that the same kinds of cuts vary in extra yards. There are several hundred work- ers in this mill. They must organize to stop this robbery. They should call at the Trade Union Unity Council, at 623 Second Street. 'To keep up a six-page “Daily Work- er,” the circulation must be doubled. Do your share by getting new sub- seribers, TORGSIN orders enable Soviet Russia to of domestic or imported articles at low prices. For ordors on Torgsin to your local bank, cameaaias Usted below or thelr author- ined agents your relatives in purchase all sorts in Soviet Russia there are Torgsin stores in over 1,000 localities. Torgsin orders may be sent to anyone, in any quantity. . To cities that have no TORG- SIN stores, Torgsin mails your order by parcel post. GENERAL REPRESENTATIVE in. U.S.A. 261 Fifth Ave.i20% riowiNew YOrK.N.Y. i LARGEST PROLETARIAN GATHERING SEVENTH ANNUAL © DAILY WORKER © MORNING FREIHEIT © YOUNG WORKER BAZAAR FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY ‘ October 6,7, 8 at the MAIN HALL OF MADISON SQ. GARDEN FOR INFORMATION SEE OR WRITE TO: National Press Bazaar Committee New York City, (6th floor)” “ 50 E. a ‘18th St. Blue Eagle Cuts Workers’ Pay in Los Angeles, Cal. Owl Drug ‘Adds Man But Makes Workers Pay His Wages LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Here are | a few instances how the “NRA” is| operating against the workers in this city. The Owl Drug Store which flaunts a blue eagle in its windows cut down hours; added an extra worker and then reduced the pay of all employes to pay for the extra worker. The elevator men in a building on | 4th and Spring, have been told that for transport workers, the working week will be 48 hours instead of 40. In a Los Angeles restaurant, the workers, prior to NIRA, received $8 a week and free meals. Now they get $12 a week from which $5 is deducted for meals, making an actual reduc- tion in wages of $1 weekly. Thousands of workers here, selling on commission, are obsolutely out- side of the application of the reduc- tion of hours provided in the NRA; yet their firms, with limited clerks employed, are displaying the blue eagle signs. The salesmen are thus conscious of the whole hypocritical farce. Various “racket” organizations are selling NRA blue-eagle signs which are prominently displayed in windov These signs are “Consum- igns playing up the blue-eagle jingoism to fool workers into think- ing they are supporters of NRA, whereas investigation reveals that? the display of the signs simply means they are SELLING supposedly NRA products. In Hollywood, a large bakery with over 70 employes, dismissed many of | them prior to the NRA and then | rehired them on an 8 hour, 40 cents |an hour basis. The regular workers put in 11 hours daily for only $17 Refused Medical Aid, NY Boy Quits CC Camp for 15 Day Trip Home SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y.— Gerald T. Clark, 19, returned home here after 15 days spent “bumming” his way home from a forced labor camp in Idaho after camp officials had refused him money for trans- portation, | The group with which Clark was sent received a “training course” in military drill in Plattsburg and were then shipped to Idaho. The altitude of the camp affected the lungs of | many of the boys, When Clark asked medical treatment for his nose- bleeds caused by the change in air, the doctor told him that he had in- fected tonsils. The cémpany com- mander refused to let him stop work and be treated for this, and Clark quit the camp. | On the road, he reported, he met many who had quit the camps after being unable to stand the conditions there. He said that the freights were crowded with youth, among them some girls, who, unable to find a living at home, had “hit the road.” Frame “Bomb” Plot in Effort to Break Strike of Boston Dye House BOSTON, Mass., Aug. 18.—The dye bosses, unable to break the sttike of the 150 workers of the Boston Dye House in Malden, are now reverting to other means in an attempt to smash the militant strike and along with it the militant dye union, the Dye Workers’ Industrial Union. a i ‘The police report that a “bombing” | of the plant took place two days. ago | and that it had been traced to the strikers, a number of whom would be arrested and tried just as soon as evidence against them was com- pleted. The “bomb,” which was supposed to have exploded in the rear of the concern, was heard by neighbors, who called the police. Peculiarly, it was the neighbors and not the bosses who called the police, This provocative act has not suc- ceeded in terrorizing the strikers one bit. The strike goes on more mili- tantly than ever, the strikers being aetermined to win better conditions | weekly and higher wages for themselves. Ark, Miners. Ignore in Fight Against Fine (By a Worker Correspondent) FORT SMITH, Ark.—The coal mines of the Arkansas valley have resumed operations after a year’s | shut-down since the strike here last summer. i One thousand men are reported back in the pits, while some papers estimate 2,500. Wage scales were as of 1932, $3.75 per day for laborers, and 58 cents per ton for loaders, at Melton Coal Company of Alix, while around Paris and Greenwood it is less, Midland miners recently walked out 200 strong at the discharge of a fellow worker. When they returned to work they were handed a dollar a day fine. Again they struck, nfili- tantly protesting this action. After being cut several weeks, the UMW of A officials stepped in with their compromising policy, but were dis- regarded by the rank and file. At the Hackett coal mining com- pany 30 miners are still holding out against the coal operators and the Lewis officialdom, R. R. Stewart, commissioner of the Arkansas-Okla- homa Coal Operators’ Association, sent a wire to Washington appealing to John L. Lewis to end the strike. Miners Fight Misleaders é Bony Struggle for Demands |\UMWA Yellow Policy | and UMW CallYouRed By a Mine Worker Correspondent UNIONTOWN, Pa—This motion brought up during the strike by Mar- tin Ryan: To send a wire to Presi- dent Roosevelt, That we are willing to go back to work after the scales are installed, and the coal weighed. Recognition of a Committee of Three and recognition of the United Mine Workers of America. To elect a checkweighman and have a check- off through the office and also vote by the union. I, myself, Secretary of U.M.W.A. Local 6292 of Thompson, Pa., Dist. No, 2, was prevented from entering the hall August 8, 1933, because I voted on this motion. The president of our local said I was a Red. If Iam a Red, everybody that belongs to the United Mine Workers are Reds. It looks to me as though the union leaders were trying to do the same as in 1922, Frank Terrace, (Signature authorized.) should follow the example of Utah where 1,200 joined the militant Na- tional Miners Union. The recent betrayals of Lewis in the anthracite region should serve as a lesson that nothing can be ac- complished under UMW leadership. Lewis is now the. leading strike breaker for the bosses, and the gov- ernment, under the NRA codes. Only by organizing under rank and) file union, controlled by the membership, can we expect to win our demands, We can organize committees of ac- tion on the basis of these demands: (1) Increased wages to meet higher cost of living; (2) shorter hours; (3) elect. our own checkweighman; (4) right to organize into union of our own choosing; (5) abolish fines; (6) Members of the UMW in the locals of Hackett, Excelsior, Jenny Lind, Bonanza, this spring voted to stop paying dues. The rank and file are in a belligerent mood. They want a change. Sebastian county miners pay for dead work; (7) better work- ing conditions, enforce safety mea- sures; (8) no discrimination because of race, color, nationality or political opinions. H. FREDRICKS. EW YORK, SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1933 Philadelphia Shoe Union Wins Strike After Long Fight 500 Repair Men Gain Better Conditions, Recognition PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 18—The| Franklin Shoe Repair Co. of Phila-| delphia was compelled today to sign an agreement granting union condi- tions and full recognition to the Shoe and Leather Workers’ Indus- | trial Union. | In the shoe repairers’ strike, which | took place in Philadelphia over three months ago, the strike lasted for over two months, and the workers settled on the basis of the recognition | of their shop committee. The struggle, however, for the rec- | ognition of the union continued, and | now this biggest chain store in this | city was compelled to sign on the dotted line. 2: 500 Workers Involved This victory of the shoe repairers follows the successful strike of some 500 shoe workers under the leader- ship of the Shoe and Leather Work- | ers’ Industrial Union. While some 14 shops were involved, 12 of them, in- cluding the largest employing some 150 workers, were compelled to set- tle, granting increases in wages | ranging from 30 to 45 per cent in| others, with recognition of either the | shop committee or the Shoe and Leather Workers’ Industrial Union. Only two shops, the Standard and | Quality, are still on strike, and the | workers are determined to stay out/ until, all their demands are granted. These strikers have decided to attend | in a body the picnic given by the Trade Union Unity League and Un- employed Councils of Philadelphia. This picnic, which will be held Sun- day, Aug. 20, at Burholme Park, is a send-off to the delegates from Phila- delphia to the Cleveland Convention. All workers’ organizations are urged to support them. 2.000 Now Out As More Shops Join Metal Strike Strike Meet Today at Manhattan Lyceum EW YORK.—The ranks of the Metal strikers have swelled to 2,000 as more workers are joining the gen- eral strike called by the Steel and Metal Workers Industrial Union and the Metal Spinners Union, On Sat- urday the three biggest shops in the silver and holloware trade, the Nel- kin Plating Co., the Sievering Co., and the Tillman Plating Co. came out on strike. The Sheffield Co., the Metropolitan Columbia Co., the An- chor Co. and a number of other shops are completely tied up in addition to the shops which came out on the first day of the general strike call. Many bosses who only a few days ago declared they would have noth- ing to do with a “red” union are now looking for settlements and are will- ingly consenting to the demand for recognition, as a result of the in- fluence of the strikers. An enthusiastic strike meeting held Thursday at Manhattan Lyceum, with more than 1,500 strikers present expressed the strikers’ determination to carry on the fight to win better conditions and build their union. Jack Stachel, Assistant Secretary of the Trade Union Unity League and James Lustig, district organizer of the Steel and Metal Workers Union addressed the strikers. Another mass meeting of the strikers will take place today at 10 a. m.. at Manhattan Lyceum, 66 East 4th St. All workers, organizations are called upon to support the struggle of the metal workers. Don’t forget the International Labor De- fense Excursion, “All day on the Hudson,” on September 3rd. Be there with all your friends! confidence in was expressed at the ge ers today where the * rage Three BUFALO, N., Y., Aug. 18 winning th ing of more than 300 Wi Steel and Metal Workers U: presented amidst much en’ The strikers voted Thu the company make the f negotiations for settlemer There are 19 workers committee, representing 4 ments. The police do n pickets to talk to the few worker entering the gates. The foremen are visiting the homes of the strikers making threats of 800 Textile Workers. Strike for More Pay Join National Textile Union; Plant Tied Up NEW YORK. — Eight hundred workers of the Cahan Feldham Tex- tile mills, 860 Suydam St., Brooklyn came out on strike Thursday ¢ manding higher wages. The shop} was unorganized before the walk ov but the workers are signing up ¥ the National Textile Workers’ Un and are planning to form a 1 the factory. All departme out of all 3 shifts and mi: continues in front of the though police have been tr terrorize the strikers. to} Yesterday a strike committee -was elected to work out and present the demands of the workers. Recogni- tion of the union will be one of the} main demands of the strikers. Furniture Bosses Call NRA Again | to Break Strike NEW YORK.—Colonel Phillips of the New York N. R. A. Bureau inter- vened in the strike of the furniture workers again yesterday when he an- nounced that the Furniture Dealers’ | Association have asked that negotia- tions with the strikers be reor d. According to the strikers, the em- ployers are maneuvering to sign an agreement with a few workers who are confused about the situation on the basis of ah arbitration plan and to declare this settlement to be the wish of the mass of strikers. Strikers are warned against this move, in which Colonel Phillips will aid the | bosses. The Furniture Workers Industrial | Union reports that the upholsterers | strike is stil growing, with the work- | line. The branches of the International Workers Order are requested fo aid the furniture workers strike fund. Kitchens which the Industrial Union established to feed the strikers need supplies and help. A at Middle Village, L. I. Celluloid Workers | Strike to Reinstate | 20 Fired Wo cers | NEW YORK.—More than one hun- | dred workers of the Werner Cellu-| loid Manufacturing Co. struck last | Wednesday after they learned that the company had fired 20 gir workers. On the picket line on Wed. nesday, police at the instigation of the bosses arrested 24 picketers and tore up their strike signs. The} strikers were released in court on| the following day. Picketing was resumed Thursday, | and although the police attempted to | intimidate the strikers by searching | them for concealed weapons, Be strikers are more determined than ever to win their demands he | strike is led by the Celluloid Work- | ers Industrial Union, | union ers reporting daily on the picket |. share of this work has been taken | § by the Women’s Council No. 14, of |} n ack e fabric mill struck Monda 1 followed on Tues- r , who are rt- These depa: ipa proportion to ll previous to keen interest 1ong the workers 1 there are rumors of in support of the Wickwire Dockers Defy Boss; 400 Attend Meeting In response to a call Industrial to pr bor. a direct outcome ateen dockers on z, after one worker psed on the job. gh an attempt was made by ‘0 break up the meeting, ved to ig con- Italian fons of lal , the majority of whom are and only slightly familiar Nevertheless their sen- ont was excellent, and they ap- plauded each speaker loudly. Italian with English, A mass meeting of longshoremen will be held in the Red Hook District yn to acquaint the marine Ss with the aims and tasks of W. I. U. and to prepare for meeting to be held at the , 140 Broad Street, , Where delegates this ngton. Plumbers’ Union Wins Strike in Big East Side Alteration Shop strike of plum- and helpers at berg Co., one of the teration plumbing shops on 1 won this week, s of the workers owners. The recognition of their von $1 -per day for The strike was led ion Plumbers, Steam- Ipers Union. s strike is in- kers in the trade to gain improvements in their con- ditions and build the union. ng of the newly oard of the Union nds was drawn up 5 hour day and 5 day r mechanics to be and for helpers $1 an tee of 26 weeks work , the balance at 50 per yyment insurance to be the employer and the fed- eral government and other important demar 400 Out at Kimball Piano Co., in Chicago Ask for Strike Relief CHICAGO, Ill., Aug. 18.—Four hun- dred wi , Men and women, of the Kim Piano Co, went out on r esterday against speed-up and ation wages. Funds food are needed to carry on the strike, and the Workers national Relief appeals to all workingtlass org: this strike by rushing food and funds 2 West Division Street. Don’t forget the International Labor De- fense Exeursion, “All day on the Hudson,” on September Srd. Be there with all your friends! and an all the x itive nde of der hich include wages Shows. Perkins, Sec’y of Labor, Lied About ‘No Proof’ NEW YORK.—Evidence that a widespread spy system exists in the steel industry and has existed prac- tically every year for the last fifteen years, was broadcast over Station WRNY at New York, Thursday by Frank L, Palmer, eastern bureau manager of Federated Press, as re- ports from Washington said a code was about to be adopted for the in- dustry. Frank Palmer was called as a wit- ness by the Steel and Metal Work- ers’ Industrial Union at the Wash- ington steel code hearings to prove widespread spy activities of the steel bosses. The administrators refused to hear his evidence. “Secretary of Labor Frances Per- kins told the steel hearing in Wash- ington recently that it is impossible to prove the existence of a spy sys- tem,” he said. “Therefore I took to General Counsel Donald Richberg of the N. R. A. the definite proof of a thorough-going espionage over a long period of years. I presented to him not statements that there were spies in some steel companies, but the original spy reports, signed by their numbers. I told him who those spies were, for what companies they Mining Company. ist Presidential campaign 8/5/20. Active sympathizer of Social- 4/17/21? worked—all subsidiaries of U. S. Steel —and I stand ready to swear to the truth of my statements. “If original spy reports prove the ene of spying, we have proved it, “Spy reports such as these are summarized and classified in the headquarters of the spy system over a period of years, until gradually the labor records of individuals are col- lected. I submitted a summary of the activities, over the period from 1908 to 1925, of four men at Ely, Min- nesota, as collected by the Oliver Iron The notations after the name of J. Jenko are typical, I quote: ‘Donated 50 cents to ear fun ist Party. Laid off by company _ “In 1928 I went personally to Du- luth and saw the spy system in op- eration. I talked with spies, I saw their reports collected from the post office and taken to the spy head- quarters. This was told in the book- let, ‘Spies In Steel.’ 4 “The spy system of the Carnegie Steel Company has headquarters in rooms 1006-1007-1008-1009-1010 of the Carnegie Building in Pittsburgh. When I interviewed Charles W. Tut- tle, the head of the system, on July 2, the most obvious fact was the elab- orate filing arrangements he has. His own private office is practicaliy lined Frank Palmer Gives Specific Facts on Steel Spies in with files. Two of the other officers have several files each. Another is said to contain one of the most elab- orate files of labor publications in the country, and the fifth is a library. “One thing I should add: Spies lose their effectiveness when workers flock into the unions as they are doing now. A powerful, aggressive labor movement need fear no stool-pigeons any more than a cyclone fears straws.” “I presented proof that from the time of the steel strike of 1919 until Saturday, July 29, 1933, large corpor- ations in the iron and steel industry, and especially the United States Steel Corporation, have carried on systematic espionage upon workers and workers’ organizations. This espionage has included the bribery of trade union and other labor or- ganization officials and members to give the employers information prop- erly regarded as confidential; the ob- taining of the names of new members of such organizations, so that they may be discharged by the employers; the spreading of dissension in the organizations so that they may be destroyed; the receiving of advance information on_ organization efforts, so that those efforts may be blocked. “T testified that spying on workers existed in the steel industry on July 29, 1933, because on that day I inter |tion on that date. William Mahoney, viewed Mr. C, W. Tuttle, chief of the spy system of the Carnegie Steel Company, a subsidiary of the United | States Steel Corporation, and saw in | his possession a spy report, photo- | static copies of membership cards of the Amalganiated Association of Iron, | Steel and Tin Workers, a summary of American Federation of Labor or- ganizational activities, and releases from the organization of which I am a part, Federated Press, which te- leases could only have been obtained through undercover methods. “I submitted a report of spy No. 16, dated at Virginia, Minnesota, Janu- ary 6, 1919, showing his activities in blocking the organization efforts of the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers. In this report he expressed regret that he was able to give the name of only one new member of that union, because his job interfered with his getting the necessary information. “Therefore, he adds, ‘this morning 1} give up my position and I will look | elsewhere for a position which will allow me more time so as to work my plan satisfactory.” Spy No. 16 of | the Oliver Iron Mining Company, | who reported to Vice-President Chas. P. Pray, was Fulvio Pettinelli, a mem- ber and frequently an officer of the union the United States Steel Cor- poration bribed him to betray. I submitted a report by spy No. 14, dated July 18, 1920, giving an account of the Farmer-Labor Party conven- now mayor of St, Paul, was chairman of that meeting. No. 14 was A. J. Radio Speech Gives Names of Heads of Steel Companies’ Spy Systems Valley, a former member of thé Mine, Mill & Smelter Workers Union and later of the Teamsters, Truck Drivers | and Chauffeurs Union and of the Barbers Union. I submitted a report dated Novem- ber 1, 1922, from spy No. 10 of the Oliver Iron Mining Company, giving three pages of details of his effort in opposition to the political activity of the Farmer-Labor Party in the Duluth district, and especially in opposition to W. L. Carss, who after- ward bécame United States Congress- man. Spy No. 10 was-Virgillio Ber- tone, a letter carrier, president of the Musicians’ Union, and a_ leader among the Italian. workers. “All these reports were originals, in the spies’ handwriting. “To change the kind of evidence somewhat, I submitted an official re- ceipt from the Duluth, Minnesota, post office for the rent of Box No. 194, under the fictitious name of ‘A. J. Hewitt,’ and I pointed out inciden- tally that the renting of this box under an assumed name was contrary to the United States Postal Laws and Regulations, and that it is scarcely possible for this whole spy system to exist without the knowledge of post- masters and postoffice inspectors that the postal laws are being broken, Strikes Against NIRA Slavery Spreading to Many Cities and Industries 300 Buffalo Metal Strikers Out Call General Strike to Win; Get Union Charter of Tobacco Workers | for Monday Noon |Mass Meet Tonight for Final Strike Plans NEW YORK.—A general strike call was issued today by the To- | bacco Workers’ Industrial Union jand the organization committee for the tobacco industry urges all to- bacco workers to come out on strike on Monday, August 21 at 1 p.m. The strike is being called to de- feat the manufacturers’ code which provides a minimum wage scale of $12 a week for skilled workers, while unskilled workers will be paid even less. Demands of the gen- eral strike are for an immediate increase of $8 per thousand in every shape for cigarmakers and wage increases for all other work- Jers engaged in the industry. The general strike call says in part: “The bosses are united against jus. The Recovery Act protects them. We must protect ourselves and fight for higher wages and im.~ proved conditions.” A mass meeting of tobacco works \ers will be held tonight at Harlem Terrace, 210-12 East 104th Street, where final arrangements for the walk out will be made. ‘San Antonio A.F.L3 the coming “code” } an and shop committee! | City Act to Break Finck Cigar Strike |Shield Seab Work by Promising Girls a Bazaar | | SAN ANTONIO, Texas.—In the face of rank and file opposition, the | American Federation of Labor, ~co- | operating with the city authorities | and gangsters, is attempting to break the strike at the Finck Cigar Com- pany. When the girls rejected the A. F. of L. leadership, the politicians | resorted to the device of printing | “benefit tickets” to feed the strikers, | and have promised them # bazaar, | Paul ©. Jones and Pat Viola, spokes- | men for the A. F. of L., have told the | girls not to Worry about wages, but to trust in President Roosevelt. Jones is employed at the city hall. | Viola is a business man and fascist | misleader of the veterans. Three girls who denounced Viola | and Jones as spies were ejected from |the last meeting of the strikers. Thus, the A. F. of L. is beggars out of the striking girls, with |the ultimate object of sending the girls back to starvation, and finally preventing them from striking under any circumstances. } Viola’s daughter is handling the strike funds by appointment of her father. YoungWorker Jailed in Strike Against ' Bronx Home News |Flying NRA Flag, Lo- ‘cal Paper Sets Scabs ‘and Police on Carriers | NEW YORK, Aug. 18.—As a re- sult of frame-up charges growing | out of a newS carriers’ strike against | the Bronx Home News, a local newspaper, Philip Mandelblatt, 23, jis in jail awaiting trial on trumped jup charges of assault and larceny, it was revealed today by his fellow | strikers. Mandelblatt was attacked durihg the strike, and severely beaten by scab carriers. Because he defended himself and beat one of the scabs, Bill Slater, the frame-up charges are being pressed against him. | Three other news carriers have also been summoned to appear on charges of larceny for refisal to turn over to the Bronx Home News their own private lists of their cus- tomers. The Bronx Home News, which exploits the news carriers, was the | scene of a strike two months ago. The carriers won partial victories in the lowering of the price they | had to pay for the paper, a reduc- tion in the number of samples they | had to deliver, and the abolition of fines. The union, however, was not recognized. At the recent strike, the Bronx Home News met the young strikers | with police terrorism, and with hys- | terical anti-red leaflets. The Bronx Home News Flies a NRA Flag The News has a large circulation, and in order to help defeat the frame-up charges inst the young worker, Mandelblatt, protests should be sent at once to the Cir~ culation Department of the Bronx Home News, 373 East 148 Street, charges against him, To keep up a six-page “Daily Work- er,” the circulation must be doubled, Do your share by seftin~- new gube scribers, DOP REP TR War eS demanding the quashing of the ©