The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 29, 1933, Page 3

Cleveland Conference Adopts Plans for (all for 53rd APL) yews BRIEFS | Struggle Against Strike- Sends a. Delegation | Against Whalen Picket ‘Arrests Earl Browder Speaks On Tasks of the Conference (Special to the Daily Worker) By N. HONIG OLEVELAND, O., Aug. 28.— The United Action Conference closed here Sunday night after issuing a unani- mous call for united struggle against the NRA, and laying plans joining two leading organizations in the un- employed field, the Councils and Un- employed Leagues in a struggle for social insurance and relief. ‘There were present a total of 507 delegates; 146 were from Unemployed Councils, 242 from Trade Union Un- ity League unions, including textile 12, steel and metal 44, mining 365, food 30, needle 14, auto 25, marine 5, railroad 7, miscellaneous 7. The Un- employed Leagues had 34 present. From independent unions there were 47; A. F. of L. unions 30, railroads 6, youth organizations 3, and from frat- ernal organizations 64. The delegates represented 300,000 workers, A telegram was received from the Trade Union Unity Council in New York telling of Whalen’s threats against picketing and asking the conference for a delegation to Washington. The eonference decided to send a delegation. A. J. Muste was chairman of the Saturday night session. In the discussion, Mary Smith, mil- itant figure in the St. Lewis nut pick- ers strike, praised the Communist Party. Seiger, from a Philadelphia carpenter’s local exposed the A. F. of L. fakers. Participating in the discussion were Goldberg, a metal striker from New York, Sponseller, Musteite railroader, Nelson, Boston Negro dyehouse strik- er, He told how the TUUL organ- ized six shops and is now leading two strikes. Not Paper Unity Rubin, of the Food Workers In- dustrial Union said we should work * for unity, but not only on paper. He said the Musteite Amalgamated did nothing to send delegates. It did not eyen bring the conference to the at- tention of its members. Suchow, of the New York carpenters, brought greetings from three locals. Larry Cohen, Musteite delegate from the Brooklyn Edison falsely said that the left wing opposition states its job is to smash unions, and implied that we sabotaged the conference. He ad- mitted the Amalgamated leaders sup- port Muste, yet Cohen could not get elected from the Amalgamated to the conference “becaus two yars ago the 'TUUL split the union.” “T cannot understand why a young man like the last speaker,” said Mother Bloor, “is so pessimistic. It is time to stop this croaking.” A collection was taken of $66. Moore, a young auto worker of Grand Rapids reported on the victory at the Hayes body company against the bosses’ code. The workers won a 20 per cent increase and recognition. of their union. Heintz, from the Steel and Metal Workers Industrial Union in Am- bridge, reported a gain of 600 mem- bers in one month. Pussyfooting On Red Issue Jerry Allard of the PMA defended himself from the criticism of Stachel of the TUUL of having pussyfooted by raising the red issue against the NMU being too near the Communist Party. Onda of the Cleveland Unemployed Council told of the refusal of the Muste Unemployed: League to unify. ‘They say they “cannot discuss evic- tions.” Industrial conferences are still on today. The mining conference lasted 11 hours. A unanimous agreement on a unity program was reached. Frank Borich, secretary of the National Miners Union, told of the code hear- ings in Washington. Both the UM WA and the Progressive Miners of America, he said, presented codes giving what their particular operators desired. Lewis was for the $5 a day scale while. the NMU was for the $6 scale, for the right to strike, and the right of the workers to join any union of their own choosing. Miners from Fayette County re- ported the possibility of every mine striking in a few days against the NRA. Pearcy of the Progressives, he said, asks an eight hour day when the miners want and need a six hour day. PMA Officials and Lewis Cross of the Progressive Miners left - wing corroborated the betrayals of the progressive officials. Pearcy of the PMA is approaching John L, Lewis for an agreement, he said, Weissman said it was obvious from the start the course the PMA would take, but Allard and others did noth- ing about it. Muench told how the progressives at the convention wel- comed stool pigeons but barred mil- itant miners. Allard defended this stand of the PMA officials saying, “You repre- sented a paper union.” DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1933 Break ing NRA pickers, Fruit Pickers Strike in California ‘The whole interior of California—the fruit district—is revolting against the starvation wages paid to Strikers at the Tagus Ranch, near Fresno, are shown picketing. Nearly 6,000 pickers are involved. Baltimore Seamen Act to Drive Scab Shipping Officers from Beach } a resolution to boycott the Larsen shipping office because of its action in supplying scabs for the striking ship S.S. Cornore. Larsen had pre- viously promised a committee that he would not ship any strikebreakers. This move by the seamen is the first step in the attempt to eliminate all shipping “crimps” and to estab- lish @ central shipping bureau. spoke on a plan of regional unity unite hundreds of independent unions. At the auto conference, John Schmies showed the effects of the NRA, and the A. F, of L. cooperating under the NRA. Muste appeared as a spokesman for the American In~ dustrial Association code, bearing a fake union controlled by stools. Muste was called in to explain this but he lamely said he did not know much about them. He never asked the Au- to Workers Union about them. The Auto Workers Union proposed a uni- ted auto conference soon, on the ba- sis of the code submitted by the Auto Workers Union, and to prepare an immediate struggle. . At the unemployed conference, Johnson, a Musteite of the Ohio Leagues, said that unemployment in- surance is not achievable under cap- italism. Answering him I. Amiter of the Unemployed Councils said this shows Jack of faith in the masses. It showed unwillingness to carry on the day-to-day struggles actually win- ning the masses for the struggle for unemployment insurance and against capitalism. Budenz of the Musteites, implied on the platform, that there was no democracy in the Unem- ployed Councils. This was his reply to the criticism of the failure of the Unemployed Leagues to unite. “We risked isolation from the masses”, he said, “to bring about unity”. Agree on Program. After this discussion all agreed to fight for the Workers’ Unemploy- ment Insurance Bill with the per- spective of a conference of the two organizations. Conferences were held of needle, packing house, and marine workers. At the Steel and Metal Conference the Musteites agreed to use the Steel code as a basis of struggle with some modifications, but refused to agree to a single other unity demand. John Meldon, secretary of the Steel and Metal Workers Industrial Union, reporting at the conference told how the union rapidly is advancing. “We won all six steel strikes we led since the NRA. We have broken into closed company towns, One solid union is needed with a clear pro- gram.” Shaky elements, he said, who cannot commit themselves to a fight- ing program should be regarded as disrupters. The Conference for Pro- gressive Labor Action, he said, vacil- lated at the conference, stating, “there is no guarantee the workers will accept your union. You better form independent groups, and may- be later on we can unite.” Evading United Front. “This is an evasion of the united front”, said Meldon. “We leave the door open to unity. The CPLA is opposed to our proposals to win the steel workers away from the A. F. of L, fakers, and also is opposed to our proposal for direct activity in the steel mills towards the building of one fighting steel union.” A Musteite speaker presented the issue that the Steel and Metal Work- ers Industrial Union was dominated by the Communist Party. At the railroad conference the Musteites obstructed. Sponseller, Musteite railroad delegate, opposed unemployed committees in the Broth-. erhood lodges, and the policy of unity groups. He delivered a minority re- port on the floor of the conference, Shaw presented a clear cut pro- gram of unity in the railroad industry demanding a return of the 10 per cent cut, for federal unemployment insurance, unemployed groups in the union lodges. Nine railroad delegates voted for the unity program, and two Musteite delegates voted against. Unity Textile Conferences At the textile conference Kahn and Weissman, strikers, spoke on the Na- tional Textile Workers Union code and on the bosses’ code now in effect in the textile industry. Our job, said Ann Burlak, secretary of the NT'WU, Earl Browder, as a member of the Trade Union Unity League Board said: “We see the tasks before us more clearly as a result of this con- ference. “I want to speak freely on some questions, The Communist Party supports the TUUL and the policy of industrial unions, and d this conference and all unity conferences. It is the bunk when they say the SMIU is controlled by the Communist Party. There are not enough Com- munists in it. There should be more. ‘The CPLA must face criticism on the united front, There is no amnesty on criticism, We want it and accept it too.” Unanimous resolutions on the Mooney ‘and Scottsboro cases were passed, as well as on deportations and against the Whalen threats, and is to expose the ballyhoo codes, She to unite all unemployed organiza- tions, BALTIMORE, Md., Aug. 28—Bal-| timore seamen voted unanimously for | conferences in all textile centers to} and Metal Workers Industrial Union | | National Events Tuscaloosa Memorial. PHILADELPHIA, Allan Taub, driven out of Tuscaloosa when he attempted to defend the framed Nego boys who were later lynched, will be the chief speaker at a Tuscaloosa protest meeting at the Labor Institute, 810 Locust St. August 31, at 8 p. m. Scottsboro Meeting. CHICAGO.—Ruby Bates and Mrs. Wright, mother of one of the Scottsboro boys, will be the speak- ers at a meeting Sept. 5.at Eagles Hall, 98rd and Houston Ave, at Pp. m 7:30 Adopt Telephone, Light Co. Code Provide $12 to $15 Minimum Pay WASHINGTON, D. C., 28.—Although public utilities com- panies are piling up millions in profits and are being dubbed “de- pression-proof” even by _ official investigating ‘committees, they are offering a code to the NRA calling for a $12 to $15 minimum wage for the workers in the industry according to the size of a com- munity. The work week is set for 40 hours. The power trust has proposed that its own organization, the Ed- ison Electric Institute administer the electric power and litht code, and makes no provision for work- ers’ representaton. The code also calls for the pay- ment of 80 per cent of the mini- mum for learners which allows the companies a loophole for lowering wages even more, General Hugh Johnson: {s_ re- ported as having accepted the new schedule proposed in the place of the blanket code thus enabling these powerful exploiters to lower the $14.40 wage level supposed to Strikes Win Gains for Knitgoods Workers NEW YORK.—The Knitgoods Department of the Needle Trades Workers’ Industrial Union which recently led three strikes reports substantial increases in wages for the workers as a result of recent settlements. In the Jay Sports- wear, 512 7th Ave., Trinity Knit- ting Mills, 2404 Atlantic Ave. ani the Dushin Knitting Mills, 2402 Atlantic Ave. in Brooklyn wage increases ranging from 10 to 50 per cent, the 40 hour week and recognition of shop committees were won. Workers in the following shops are reported out on_ strike: Star Knittii Mills, 184 Null St., Re- blic Knitting Mills, 2494 Walla- ut St., Brooklyn and the Bela- cer Knitting Mills, 141 Ryder Ave., Bronx. On Saturday the Daily Worker has 8 pages. Increase your bundle order for Saturday! August | be allowed by the blanket code. | |Workers’ Pressure Forces Release of Wickwire Striker BUFFALO, dred Wickwire strikers and other workers who packed the court- room forced the release Pas! Wisnevsky, Wickwire striker. A huge mass-meeting Friday night adopted a resolurion dea... the release of the worker. Before discharging Wisnevsky, Judge Tower read the telegram sent by the meeting and. declared that “it was entirely uncalled for.” Workers in the courtroom saw, | however, that it was pressure from the workers that forced the judge to_release the striker. Many Wickwire strikers are ex- pected to join the International Labor Defense which led the mass protest of workers. Police Lynch Terror Breaks Cigar Strike; Negroes Are Beaten |Party Workers ‘Taken for Ride’; Others Driven Out mashes | of lynch law and terror helped brea’ |the general strike of cigar makers | here. The police within the last 10 ; days have invaded four houses, ar- rested 18 and beaten up eight others. Several Negro workers were among those more severely beaten. One had an_ear chopped off. In a ferocious attempt to force the reactionary A. F. of L. leader- ship on the cigar makers who, led by the Tobacco Workers Industrial Union, have pe up a militant strug- gle against the slavery provisions of the Roosevelt code, the police broke linto the home of a union executive, destroyed a union car, and arrested |the entire executive of the Unem. |ployed Council. Comrade Homer |Barton and four other organizers | were “taken for a ride” and badly | beaten. Two Party members were forced to leave the cicy. A regular man-hunt is on for those prominent in the strike. And, las usual, the southern lynchers are ;most savage in their treatment of Negroes. Having thus terrorized the work- ers, the bosses were able to impose their “code.” A minimum wage scale wes adopted, but there was ro in- crease in the piece work rate; and |the speed up and the introduction of new machinery has added to the number “of unemployed. The demands of the Industrial Union included a $20 mirimum wage, an eight hour day, 40 hour week, a minimum of 40 weeks work a year, the right of the workers to organize and the recognition of shop committees. Shipyard Welders on Strike for Higher Pay CHESTER, Pa., Aug. 28.—Welders of the Sun shipyard struck last Fri- day for a $6 increase in wages. The workers, who had been getting $24 a week, complained that with the rapid rise of the cost of living, the old scale was insufficient. ‘It is reported that workers in other factories are discontented and that more strikes seem imminent. Beaten by Tam NEW YORK.—A Young Com- munist League member, Sam Katz was clubbed over the head during a demonstration at City Hall. This clubbing brought on a mental con- dition, and to cure it he applied to the Jewish Social Service to be sent somewhere for treatment. He was put into Craig Colony, a camp for epileptics, He found the place which is at Sonyea, N. Y. is conducted by the State. The inmates are forced to work in the fields, brickyards or kitchen from about 5:30 in the morning to 6 in the evening. The keepers instead of treating the pa- tients when they have fits, give them a beating. If any of them refuse to work they are given a jail senience ranging from a week many Cop, Sent to Epileptic Camp for “Cure” for their labor, and the proceeds go to the State. Katz tried to escape from the colony, after he had entered it vol- untarily. He was captured and thrown into jail. Inside and out- side the jail the food served prac- tically amounted to bread and water. Most of the people there have had their mental condition aggravated from the treatment re- ceived. “There are people there,” he said, “who have been working in the colony without pay all their lives. They haven’t any money; they aren’t cured of their ills, They have to sleep on the floors, and the cockroaches crawl all over the pillows and the whole building is lousy.” Hé was able to escape after being three weeks in the to three months, No one gets paid colony. we j the A. F. 0: | spirtd to hope and trust that the | primary purpose of the NRA to | he -—Three hun- | Convention Is NRA Mobilization Drive loaned to J r i | pedition the U. 8. Shipping . 7 ino Héard,-arrived at the Boston } Set for W ashington Yatd, day to be conditioned for to Be Near Hand Antarctic, Pacific Prepare Ship for / BOSTOD } 7 ; | Richard E. Byrd ¥ of Gov't expected at the Yard See hug. expedition will le WASHINGTON, (Aug In | MObeH is eall for the 53rd annupal con-| | i tion of an Federa-| Coast Guard Stations Burn tion of sued, to be} CHICAGO.—The Coast Guar held in| W October 2nt,| Station on the mouth of the Ch nnounces that it is | seiking to rally whole organiza- tion behind the NRO and the Roose- velt prt S dy _show- | f the national con- New York and Mas- achusitis state A. F. of L. annual gatherings were used to help the bosses beat back organization and st for higher wag: | “All classese of work are in- reduce unemployment and increase | purchasing power through — in- creases in wage rates will be fully realized,” says the call, On the ‘y day that Will Green, president of the A. F. of signed the open shop auto code, | also signed the call for the| A. F. of I. convention reading: | “Employers are forbidden to |make membership in a company | | union a condition of employment.” | The auto code provides that the, ses can reject or azcept indi-| ua] workers or any ground. | Government officials will be mo- ‘bilized to appear at the conven-| | tion to ballyhoo the workers into | | Supporting the NRA. The A. F. of L. officials pur-| |posely set the convention | | Washing’ o that it will be near the Roos regime, and so that| General Johnson, and other bosses can help Green and | | in their strategy on behalf of th | Indiana AFL Head Balks on Questions in Speech for N.R.A., ELKHART, Ind.—At_a meeting held in Elkhart at the Elkhart La- bor Temple on August 17, led by H. W. Brown, International Vice Pres- | ident of the*Machinist Union from} Cleveland, O, called for the support of the N.R.A, Bill and President Roosevelt. _ The meeting was opened for ques- tions and discussion. A question was asked how inflation would af- fect the workers. The question was | evaded. Another question was} asked, “What is meant by class| struggle.” The speaker asked the questioner if he was a Communist and he admitted he was. Ignoring} the question completely, he entered | into a tirade against the Commu- nists as disruptors of the labor movement and being against all or- ganized labor. He demanded that jthe questioner leave the hall be- cause he was “an enemy of organ- ized labor.” He said he would al- low only questions favorable to the NRA Bill. He then asked $5 initiation fee and nobody responded, so he asked | the crowd to show their good inten. tion to sign and pay $1 down. This | shows how the fakers of the A. F. jot L. work. It should be a lesson to all ciass-conscious _ workers. | Wherever there is a meeting, there workers should turn out in masses and expose these fakers which are tools for the capitalist society. Reaches 13 Billions. | Annually, Says Report | —The crime bill for the United States totals $13,- 000,000,000 annually, it is reported here by the National Council of ’76. The Council sets the primary re- | sponsibility for this gigantic waste |at the door of “the alliance of cov rupt judges, crooked politicia grafting police officers and unprin. cipled judges.’ | Every year the average murder | jtoll x nes 12,000; kidnapping, |8,000 assault, 100,000; robberies, | 50,000, Every year there are about} 40,000 homes and stores robbed. Every year an average of $100,000,- 000 is lost in incendiary fires. Information collected by the Coun. cil lays the blame on the corrupt system dominating the country. 5 Per Cent Pay “Rise” DenouncedAs New Cut by Cleveland Carmen CLEVELAND, Aug. 28.—More than 1,000 carmen protested a re- duction in wages instituted under the provisions of the NRA by the Cleveland Railway Co. Although the bosses voted for an apparent 5 per cent pay rise, the reduction in working hours actually resulted in an additional pay slash of $2 a month. This follows a previous wage cut of 27 per cent on salaried employees and 25 per cent on motormen and conductors. The men are demand. ing a flat increase of 25 per cent in hourly wages, and recognition of their union. Judge Gives Six Cent Award in Suit Against Los Angeles Red Squad LOS ANGELES, Calif.— Inter- ference with meetings on “probable cause” that there would be viola- tions of the law was declared by Municipal Seg Benjamin Schein- man of Los Angeles an infringe- ment of constitutional rights, in granting a small money judgment of 6 cents and costs to Leo Galla- gher, Lawrence Ross and Ezra Chase in their suit against Ex- Mayor Porter, Capt. Hynes and the Red Squad. ~ The case grew out of the break- ing up of a meeting scheduled at Cooperative Center on March 11, 1933, during the election campaign. | | | | Statement he was arrested. r was seriously damaged rdiay. Coast Guards- Jives saving the boats from the fire which demol ished p ically all of the pier structure. Epidemic Blamed on Tsetse Fly. he African T. r of sleeping ness Ww! already 39 lives, according to a theo local heal officals. Two hu e seventy-five cases have been re- ported, William Godin, former | of Borneo, report ofthe flies. Th ever reporte! i Ifish Win In Kraut Champion- ship. HENDERSON, Minn. — Michael Smith; Ifeh = far consumed | 8 3-4. pounds | won the He yesterday were on runners-up compared lo_ Smith. The local favorite, Whitford, at- tributed his defeat to the fact that he ate several pounds of kraut before the match to please news reel camermen. Tammany judge Dies. | NEW YORK.—Judge Max 8. Lev- | ¢, Tammany political and muni many favorite, holding tions through his political connéc- tions. His death was attributed to a stomach ailment meny Arrest Speakers Who Attack Plan to Bury Cotto HOUSTON, Tex.—For explaining to workers at an open air meeting that the plan to plow under the cotton will make rich landlords and specu- laters richer and the poor croppers and farmer laborers poorer, Bob/| Pierce end Marvin Lendrum, mem-| bers of t | Councils, | | public park, was not disturbed until | Piere2 showed how the plan to vlow| under the cton will throw thou-| sends of Toxas farm laborers out of work, As soon as he had made this| A. C. Winborn, assistant city | orney, demanding a verdict of guilty | gainst Pierce, told the jury: “Thes2/ people have no right to get a group of ignorant peop‘e together to har- angue them Free sveech! These peodie give me a pain I can’t loca‘ | | It is bzd enough to go down and| © hese ignorant Negroes. War Vets Greet Speech ofU.S, PensionD'rector | = With Booing, Catecalls| LOS ANGELES, Cal., Aug. intrrupted E. W. Morgen, Acting Federal Director of Pen- sions, as he addressed 1,200 dele- gatés to the annual convention of the United Spanish - American War Veterans Thursday. The assembly burst forth with boos and catealls when Mr. Mor- 23 LL.D. Picnic Youngstown Churches ’ YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio.— Many chutches were forced to close down here, Sunday, as their con- gregation went en masse to the rst. International Labor Defense pienic held- here. “More than 600 white and Negro workers packed into Third Baptist Church the following night how- ever, to attend a mass meeting addressed by Mrs. Ada Wright, mother of two of the Scottsboro boys, Ruby Bates, A. B, Lewis of\ the. local ILD, I. Amter, national secretary of the Action Committee. | | | in the face of the opposition | local N.R.A. board _ Page Three 200,000 THREATEN STRIKE _AS LEWIS PAVES WAY FOR OPEN SHOP COAL INDUSTRY Coal Barons Follow Auto Code Open Shop OK’d By Green and Lewis for Coal Code, To Attack All Union Miners WASHINGTON, Aug. 28.—Frem the coal fields comes a threat of a gen- eral strike involving 200,000 soft coal of the coal operators on w John L. Lew William Green, president of the A. F. 1000 Gallup Miners Now Members of nd mine joined the of d the U. M. 2 already been sect are A. Six locals hi being organi: thorities tried to as a Oommrsiist joined all ganization the he more rapidl e made appli- cation for membershi It is illustrative of the new of the mi that w’ a the U. M. A. opened here 12 men including a State Sen- and two “scabs,” joined. Also, when the N. R. A. board crlled for a large mass meeting, four wo. sent ky the N. M. U., were the on | “ o Simall Retailers See Extinction by Big | ChainsUnder Codes. S. . 23,—Speak- embied to Y d retail codes, ‘al Johnson of the NRA Ad- tried to comfort smell retail bust ted that odes would put m hundr men re would not. tolerate any boy “violence” against mercha: lato: In line with Johnson’s speech. the Federal Government issued a warn- at-| ing that the consumers had no right | to judge the actions of the retail merchants, that only the government authorities had that power. The proposed ecéss s imum wage of $14 a in la-t2 and $12 in smmailer In ern states a further reduction of $1 is permitted. Wage increases of 20 per cent are ordered wherever it is necessary to bring the wage up to;the required um of $10 in the towns. But in th m 1 Government has al- ready re d thousands of com- s, These to Church, Terrified by Threats, Refuses to Let Patterson Speak CHARLOTTE, N. C.—A_ second meeting for William L. Patterson, who is touring the country for the Scottsboro boys, was refused yes- terday by deacons of the Negro church where his first meeting was held Tuesday. Threatening phone-calls have been received by church officials who declined to take the risk of another meeting. A permit for Patterson's first meeting was refused by the local District Attorney and police. The Unemployed | Negro church offered its hall for | the meeting, which was held. Yakima Continental Congress Favors Joble ss Insurance YAKIMA, Wash.—The Northwest Congress, a continuation of the Continental Congress, adjourned af- ter @ndorsing the Workers’ Unem- ployment Insurance Bill and the formation of committees of action for. demonstrations, marches and strikes to achieve the demands of the workers. This fighting program was adopted despite bitter opposition from the Socialist officials in charge of the conference. The ma~- jority of the delegates were rank and file socialists. Conference cre- dentials “had not been issued to any organizations affiliated with the State Committee of Action. But Bradley of the Action Committee and Harrington of the Citizen's Leagues were able to get in. A resolution was passed calling for joint united action of the militant farmers and workers. When the leadership took the floor on the resolution they definitely expressed the view that no united front of the militant organizations would be at- tempted, even though this policy splits the working class. Trial for Jordan, ‘Framed for Murder, Postponed a Month Aug. 22.— PORTLAND, Ore., |Hearing of a motion for a new); trial before the state Supreme Court in tly case of Theodore Jor- dan, Negro worker framed on mur- der charges at Klamath Falls, will not be heard until October or Nov- ember, it was learned by the In- ternational Labor Defense, which is leading the campaign for Jor- dan’s release’ today. The delay was obtained by the Klamath prosecutor, who wanted more time to prepare his brief. -|signed the open who had never heard of the | 1 -lused as the! miners as a result of the insistence } ting an open shop clause into the coal code. , president of the United Mine Workers of America, and of L. opened the way for the inclusion of the open shop in the coal indus- by approving an open shop e in the auto code which Presi- Roose signed last night. sions in the auto code, dent The prov on admissions from A. F, of L, lead- ers, completely wipes out the phras- es about the right of the workers to organize in unions of their own choosing and to bargain collectively. Roosevelt sent the 70,000 striking miners back into the pits on the promise that their demand of recog- 100 | nition of the UMWA would be fa- *| vorably consi dered, The men went mines determined to or- union to win better con- is and Green have been secretly with the coal oper- ators for the past week. Then they shop code for the The coal bosses, back to jauto industry. b auto bosses, took the te an open shop clause for their code. The new clause included by coal operators reads: “Believing that the best interests of employes, as well as of industry, are promoted by the recognition of ability and efficie: the members lof this code may exercise their right {to hire, discharge, promote and de- mote employes on the basis of in- dividual merit, without regard to their membership or non-membership in any organization. This statement of policy is made without attempt- ing to qualify or change by inter- pretation the requirements of the National Industrial Recovery Act.” The wording follows the open op section in the auto code ved by Green and Lewis. A. F. of L. leaders now in Wash- ington admitted that this clause giv- ing the bosses the right to hire and fire workers individually under the |NRA meant that workers who join- }ed unions would be fired. It also |means that workers who object to slave codes, and organize to de- mand higher wages and improved °| conditions, can be fired under this clause. | In approving the open shop for | the auto code, Green and Lewis said that “special conditions” demanded their assent. But they added they were not in favor of the same thing |fo~ other industries. In order to hide their crime be- ‘ove the workers, Green and Lewis said t the open shop policy for industry should not be ‘a precedent.” | Immediately after Roosevelt | signed the auto code, the coal oper- ators copied the open shop wording, | and on the ground that the A. F. of |L. leaders had approved a similar |provision in the auto code insisted that it be allowed in their code, | John L. Lewis, rarticularly, is try- ling to cover up his part in helping |the bosses use the NRA to fasten |the open shop on the workers by |“nrotesting” against the inclusion |of the very words in the coal code |he approved for the auto code, Lewis knows that the 70,000 min- ers who struck for recognition of the UMWA were sent back to work | with the promise that they would be | given the right to organize, | It is stated in Washington by of- |ficials of the NRA that the new |wording of the auto code, even auto | | plaints from small retailers who can | though it is not included in the steel, |no longer meet the competition of | oil, lumber and other codes, can be | the biz chain stores as a result of|taken advantage of by these oper- ators Under who this provision workers can been active in organizing e unions, or leading strikes, be cailed in by the bosses, and on the basis of individual “merit” can be fired for some cause which the boss does not have to state. In the same way, workers who do ot join the company unions can be cked off individually and victim- William Green and John L. Lewis, caught in a tight hole, are telling the workers they signed the auto code “reluctantly.” Nevertheless, they signed it. The bosses are now putting a completely new intenyeieleclsaay on Section 7 (a) of the NRA. Origin- ally this section provided that the workers had the right to join any union of their own choosing and should not be Hen nae: to join company unions. With the latest formulation OK’d by the A. F. of L. officials, all of this becomes meaningless, The outstanding fact | becomes the right of the boss to fire any worker who joins a union, giving some other pretext for it,..- ( Brooklyn ) |n | | BENSONHURS? WORKERS Patronize GORGEOU’S CAFETERIA 2211 86th Street Near Bay Parkway Fresh Food st Proletarian Williamsburgh Comrades Weleome De Luxe Cafeteria FOR BROWNSVILLE PROLETARIANS. SOKAL CAFETERIA 1689 PITKIN AVENUE peer WORKERS—EAT AT THE Parkway Cafeteria 1638 PITKIN AVENUE Noar Hopkinson Ave. Brooklyn, M.