The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 9, 1933, Page 3

Page Three |Sidelight of the A.F.L. Meet The Scabby Cancer in the Heart of the “Shrine of the Little Flower” By B. D. WASHINGTON, D. C.—The Reverend Charles E. Coughlin, of the Shrine of the Little Flower at Royal Oak, near Detroit, master of the Paulist fathers’ style of oratory (or is it the Jesuit?), purveyor of high sounding but meaningless phrases to hungry workers over a radio network, is now a DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1933 Socialists “Not Responsible” for Their Own Cops Coal and Steel Strikes Are Tearing Away he Illusions of NRA = Bicep AR SEN AC i RTE PEASE AT DEPTHS OR ESE | Hy | ) A Spirit of United Struggle Is Developing; Press Forced to Recognize Steel Workers Union As Leader of Strike By HARRY GANNES. PITTSBURGH, Pa.—“This strike is not only costing the Pittsburgh dis- trict millions of dollars, but it is breaking down the N.R.A. and violating the terms of the coal code and the union agreement.” Such is the tone of a front page editorial in the “Pittsburgh Press,” Wednesday, the day of the bloody battle in Ambridge when dum-dum were used against the strikers. “Thee Road to Disaster” is its ominous title. But the strike is doing much more. It is tearing out of the minds of hundreds of thousands of steel work- ers and coal miners their illusions about Roosevelt, Pinchot, Green and the A. F. of L. leadership. | The miners are expressing them- | selves openly against the coal code, Governor Pinchot .and Roosevelt. | Here are reports of personal conver-| sations with miners in widely separ-| ated coal districts. i “No Wage Increase” | A group of steel workers from the Greensburg, Pa. strike accosted min-/} ers of the Keystone mine in Wester-| moreland county carrying pails re- turning from the mines. One miner said the pit boss-called him up, told him the local voted to go to work. | He went to the mine and found it closed. He was on his way home. “What do you think of the coal code and wage agreement.” he was asked. “There is no wage increase, no strike allowed, That's no agreement, I will be damned if I go back before the} Frick Co. recognizes the union. I was| one of those guys three weeks ago) who thought that Roosevelt was try-| ing to do something for us. He does! what the coal companies want.” In New Kensington, Pa. after talk- ing to hundreds of miners, the dom- inant opinion of the men can” be| And we don’t give a damn what they call us. Maybe we should | the Communists in here. Let| ‘ow right now if we have a gov-| ent of the rich or a govern- cf the people, so we “can it.” Sarce miners had sent a tele- to R asking if they should return to work. But every! one who voted for the telegram said was @ move to gain time. Never in the field around | y so so.ic for strike to’ vic- Trucks are being sent all over| ize picket lines. this spirit of struggle, and) the consciousness that the workers are having the scales on their eyes shot away so that they can see Roo- Pinchot, Johnson ,and the in their real colors, that. is S consternation to the bosses. The struggle of the steel and coal workers is reaching a remarkable} high level. Leaders by the hundreds are springitg up from the ranks, young American workers who have not felt’ the corroding influenee of Green or Lewis before. A spirit of united struggle is developing; coal miners march on steel mills, with the idea of spreading the strike; steel workers ate participating in the coal strike. Bosses’ Grip Weakening The bosses feel their grip weaken- ing. They are finding out that ter- ror has the effect of stiffening the resistance of the workers as in Am- bridge, when after the armed attack by mill guard, a new spirit of sterner struggle could be seen on the picket lines and in the strike halls, The Pittsburgh coal and steel strike is of the greatest political and hig importance. io wonder the “Pittsburgh Press” in its editorial writes: me | “If in the face of written agree- | ments, in spite of the adoption of | the coal code, in defiance of their | own leaders and friends and in dis- | regard of the pleas of President | Roosevelt, and Governor Pinchot, the miners still insist on continu- ing the strike against operators who have met all their demands, chaos will surely result.” Yes, chaos for the bosses, chaos | for the slave codes and the NRA. but order, unity, organization for the workers—that is what is taking place. But this strike which is breaking down N.R.A. illusions and arousing the highest fighting spirit of the workers, spreading to the most pow- erful fortresses of capitalism in the chief war industries is throwing the employers into an even greater panic of fear because it threatens to tie up industries far flung from the strike center. As the same editorial puts it: “Coal shipments to the Great Lakes will soon cease and meanwhile the pate trade will be diverted to other The miners as well as the steel workers themselves have worked out the important strategy of tying .up decisive mines, decisive plants with the conscious objective of en! the strike and involving new hun- dreds of thousands. ‘The march on Clairton is an ex- cellent example, The Frick miners knew that the Carnegie Steel Corpo- ration plant at Clairton was a mill. It contains the largest plant in the United States sup} steel mills in Braddock and stead. With this plant ted States steel, deprived coke, with one of plants closed, is threat. It’s Ho they move rapidly to mills, with the objective down the leading steel s bullets Detroit March Is Abandoned After A. F..L. Treachery Reilly Brings N.LR.A. Head in Strike Meet, Enforces Gag Rule EDGEWATER, N. J., Oct. 8—The march to Detroit of the Ford strikers here has been treacherously called off, after the American of Federa- tion of Labor organizers brought the state chairman of the N. R. A., Tepper, into the strike meeting and railroaded through a strikebreaking motion against attempting to spread the strike to Detroit. The A. F. of L. organizers, headed by Hugh Reilly, have betrayed the Ford strikers at Edgewater to such an extent that the strike is in immediate danger of ending in defeat. Reilly’s Gag-Law The motion to “indefinitely” post- pone the march to Detroit was forced through the strike meeting after rank and file strikers were denied the floor and threatened with being beaten up. Gag law ruled at this meeting, Tep- per, brought in by Reilly, advising | the workers they would “get in bad” if they try to spread the strike to Detroit. Reilly spoke in the same vein. A rank and fije committee of ac- tion is being organized to fight against the stifling of the rank and file by the A. F. L. organizers and the N. R. A. representatives. The rank and file demands include, (1) rank and file control of the strike through. a broad elected strike com- mittee, (2) mass picketing, (3) the spreading of the strike by a march to Detroit, Reilly's Rotten Record Reilly, representing the New Jersey state Federation of Labor, and dic- tator in the strike, was formerly as- sociated with the Newark Ledger, a rabid anti-workingclass sheet, and Was editor of the “Labor Messenger,” which carries ads for the worst open shop employers of New Jersey. He tells the strikers every day that he has an agreement with the police to limit picket lines to ‘100, and mean- while the plant is rapidly filling with strike-breakers. Pickets are being arrested, but Reilly tries to prevent mass picketing. In spite of Reilly’s orders, there were 800 on the picket line Friday night, after the last picket line over the week end, when the factory does not work. Where Is the $3007 A leaflet was distributed by the Communist Party to the strikers, ex- posing the “red scare” raised by Reilly, and Reilly’s strike-breaking activity, and pledging full support of the strike by the Communist Party. Three hundred dollars was col- lected from among the strikers for the march to Detroit, and Reilly has been postponing the march from day to day for a full week. 150 Levee Workers in Cairo, Ill. Strike St. Louis Men Expected to Join Walkout CAIRO, Il, Oct. 8—One hundred and fifty levee workers on the Missis- sipp River went on strike yesterday. Work is completely shut down, ¥ William Westbrooks, marine union organizer of St. Louis, is leading the strike. Sixteen workers were arrested, but strikers forced authorities to re- lease them. Railroad workers are to move cars on the docks in solidarity with the men who walked out. Levee workers in St. Louis are ex- pected to walk out tomorrow in a sympathy strike. They refuse to un- ‘load barges sent to St. Louis from here. Detroit Welfare Acts As Scab Agency; Call Jobless to Solidarity DETROIT, Mich., Oct. 2—Exposing itself as a strikebreaking agency for the automobile manufacturers, the Detroit Welfare Department is trying to send relief applicants from the ranks of the unemployed, to scab at factories where workers are on strike. Th unemployed councils have dis- tributed leaflets in front of the wel- fare agencies, informing the workers Ge ae al ene Ss their Solidarity with the strikers, A number of meetings are being held to expose the Welfare Depart- ment as the strikebreaking agency. Elizabeth Unemployed Refuse Forced Labor ELIZABETH, N. J.—When unem- ployed workers decline to be put to forced labor for which they receive their wages in groceries, the relief administrators of Elizabeth cut off the grocery rations, The Unemployed Council ts plan- Metal Workers Industrial Union. as _ the leader of the steel strike in Beaver Valley, the most important steel center in the United States, ning a huge demonstration to pro- Hed kag ty this aise of the less by the Relief Ad- ministrat . ia : Hold Anti-Faseists Hundreds of workers protested the arrival in “socialist” Milwaukee of Ambassador Hans Luther, bloody representa- tive of Nazi Germany. Socialist cops clubbed and jailed |: the arrests. When Luther Speaks. In Socialist City Judge Shocked When Workers Demand Right to Speak MILWAUKEE, Oct. 6—District | Judge George E. Page held seven anti-fascist workers in bail of $35 each, despite admission by Assistant City Attorney John Magna that the city had no case against the de- fendants, arrested when police at- tacked an anti-fascist demonstration before the fashionable Milwaukee Club, where Dr. Luther, fascist am- bassador, was bein banqueted by Wal- ter Kasten, president of the First Wisconsin National Bank. The seven defendants are charged with “unlawful assemblage.” In ad-} dition, three of the seven are charged with “resisting an offiger.” The| court room, heavily guarded by police, | was thronged with workers. Judge Page flew into a rage when | Megna indicated that the prose-| cutor's office could find no basis for | pressing the charges 5 “You mean that you will move for dismissal?” he angrily demanded, “Yes,” said Megna, “and I also have instructions that no bail is to be set.” “Do you mean that you will move for no bail?” Page demanded hyster- | ically. “Well, I refuse to take that} recommendation. Bail will be $35| each on the disorderly conduct charges.” The seven defandants are Fred Bassett Blair, Ivan Koss, Harry Yaris, Lillian Husa, Conrad Augustine, Thomas Gozdamovich and John Pia- secki, the three last also charged with “resisting an officer.” ‘ While Megna announced at the end of the hearing that he will again move for dismissal when the cases come up in the future, the U. S. im- migration authorities are taking a hand in the effort to crush the anti- fascist protests of Milwaukee work- ers and are threatening the, de- fendants with deportation. Herman R. Landon, immigration official, has started an inquiry into their “status as citizens.” The arrested workers were defended by attorney Samuel Berg of the In- ternational Labor Defense, New Haven Strike in Metal Shop Won Conditions in Win- chester Arms Inhuman NEW HAVEN, Conn.—Some local gains have already been registered by the workers in this city. Led by the Steel and Metal Workers Industrial Union, a victorious one-day strike in the Atlas-Ansonia Metal shop raised the worker's wages about 50 per cent, and time and a half for overtime. The bosses also granted recognition of the shop committees, i The workers of the Winchester Re- Peating Arms Co. report of inhuman conditions in the shop. The poisoned air in which the workers are com- Ppelled to work, for $10 a week and’ less, develops sores on the skin and clam great suffering te the body and jungs, The bosses have instituted a com- pany union, Under the threat of being fired, the appointed committee 4s compelled to vote in the bosses’ favor when disputes arise. The work- ers received with enthusiasm the shop bulletin which the Steel and Metal Workers issued uring the workers to organize to improve their lot, The most infernal working corldi- tions have so far been reported by the workers of the Goodyear Sundries Co., where, under cover of the N, R. A. the workers are sweated in the hot, steam-filled atmosphere, which is saturated with starch ammonia, and a sickening odor. The official Blue Eagle minimum of $13 a week has been clipped to $10. * Denver Charity Racket BacksDown onCharges on Unemployed Leader DENVER, Colo.— Dodging public exposure of their activity, the Denver charities called off their charges of disturbance and vagrancy against Harry I, Cohen, United Front sec- retary, and even paid costs to avoid getting their activities into an open court trial. Cohen had been fined seventy-five dollars and costs on dis- turbance and vagrancy charges, Cohen was arrested in July on or- ders from the Denver Chamber of Commerce and Eunice Robinson, sec- retary of Denver’s charities, and held for three days without charges being preferred. He was arrested by the Police at the headquarters of the United Front organization, * Utah Leader Left to Die in Desert Rush Telegrams Demanding Death to Known Lynchers and Release of Mine Strikers HELPER, Utah, Oct, &—Daniel Black, war veteran, has been seized | from the court room steps in Price, Utah, kidnapped by men identified as government employees of Salt Lake die in the desert. who was attending the hearings on Pa up on @ “rioting” charge, was tied’ to a tree by his own high topped shoe-laces, beaten into unconscious- ness, his ankle broken, his mouth and jaw beaten to a pulp, and left alone,| where he lay many hours unconscious | in the desert. | Hours later, Black, after coming) to, crawled to the highway and sec- ured a ride into Price, where he was found by the mine strikers, who had been searching for him fruitless- ly all-night, Death Penalty Demanded | Black identifies two of the kidnap-) pers as Gibson and Howard. both| officially connected with the Relief and Family Service Offices of the city government of Salt Lake City. At- torney Metos, on behalf of the In- ternational Labor Defense, filed a complaint against the kidnappers to- day, demanding immediate prosecu- tion. Kidnapping in Utah calls for the death penalty. Black, now in Helper under a doc- tor’s care, has been threatened with death if he dares to tell his experi- ences. Black. was told by the kid-| nappers that Charles Guynn, Wether- | bee, Crouch, and Oscar Larson, of| the National Miners Union, strike leaders, are marked for death, that they will be taken for a ride from which they never will return. Kidnapper a Guardsman Black knows the third kidnapper by sight, although not his name. He, was wearing the special uniform) T.U.U.L. Sends Protest. NEW YORK, N. ¥., Oct. 8.—The Trade Union Unity League Execu- tive Board has sent a telegram of protest against the martial law and | brutal terror now in force against | the fighting miners of Gallup, New | Mexico. The telegram, sent to the Mayor of Gallup and Governor A. W. Hochenhall of Santa Fe, New Mexico, demands the immediate re- | Tease of all arrested strike leaders, and withdrawal of all troops. used by the national guardsmen here. The kidnappers told Black they will put an end to future trials of organ-| izers and will kill them. This outburst of lynch law’ by gov-| ernment employes, directed by the coal companies, is undoubtedly an attempt to influence the trials of the N.MU. organizers. The hearing on Crouch, charged with criminal syn- dicalism and inciting to riot, was ad- journed until Friday, when the judge will render a decision and the hear- ings of Weatherbee, Guynn and others oh similar charges will begin. _ Prosecutor “Disappears” Many patrolmen, deputies, national guardsmen and thugs were imported into the town to ensure the success of the kidnapping. The authorities are apparently making every effort to avoid prosecution of the kidnap- pers already definitely identified. County Prosecutor Guese has disap- peared for the obvious purpose of avolding action against the lynchers. ‘The N.M.U. and the ILD. have already arranged protest meetings in Salt Lake City, Helper and other towns. They call on all organiza- tions to rush protest telegrams and arrange protest meetings against the regime of terror and lynch law and demand the release of the strikers. Telegrams should be rushed to at- torney general Joseph Chez, Salt Lake City, demanding the death pen- alty for the kidnappers. Protest against the lynch attack of the coal mine owners. During the Crouch hearing defense witnesses were followed from court and searched by orders of the as- sistant district attorney, Horseley, in an effort to intimidate the workers who were present, Daily Worker Man Robbed’ of Film's Showing Kidnap Mob HELPER, Utah, Oct. 8—Just be- fore the kidnapping of Daniel Black from the court House steps at Paul Crouch’s hearing in Price, Utah, state patrolmen, plain clothesmen, and other officials surrounded the Daily Worker moving picture photographer, roughly handled him, and finally confiscated his films. One plain- clothesman, answering the descrip- tion of Gibson, was present. The Daily Worker photographer's films were taken out of the camera and confiscated. When he protested to Sheriff S. M. Bliss the photo- grapher, was threatened with arrest. The pictures had been taken outside the courthouse showing the large crowd of workers present and also Black, member of the Workers’ Ex-Servicemen’s League, | | closeted in Washington with White- | A. F. of L. has approved the $13 silk nesses, were Chased out of town. aie workers in the demonstration. A “Socialist” City Attorney disavowed responsibility of the “Socialist” administration for Kidnapped, City, ferociously beaten, and left to ul Crouch, mine strike leader, framed | Strikers Held in_ Gallup Stockade in Terror Reign GALLUP, N. M,, Oct. 8,—The six strike leaders arrested in the reign of terror carfied on by the national guard against the miners, together with C. Kaplan, district secretary of the International La~ bor Defense, have been held in a military stockade here since last Wednesday without any charges being placed against them. The six strike leaders are: Barto, relief organizer; Corres, a Mexican leader and N.M.U. organizer; Al- lender, youth organizer of the union, and W. Mentmore, local union president of the N.M.U. Paterson Strikers Refuse to Accept Silk Code of $13 Members of AFL Razz! Keller as Next UTW Sellout Nears By MARTIN RUSSAK PATERSON, Oct, 8—In the face of the 60,000 striking silk workers the $13 silk code has been signed by President. Roosevelt in Washington. MacMahon, Kelly, and Gorman, the chieftains of the U.-T. W., were side, N. A.A. Administrator in charge of the textile codes, just before the code was signed. Press dispatches from Washington also’ state that the code. Revolt is sweeping the ranks of the Associated-U. T. W. union here. A majority of members of the Associated strike committee have demanded that its affiliation with the U. T. W. be broken off. Immediate decision on this was only forestalled on the plea | of non action on this during the) strike. Speaking at the large daily) mass meeting of the Associated in Roseland ballroom, Keller opposed a/ demand from the workers that ac- tion be taken aSainst the! shutting off of gas and electricity of strikers. Keller’s speech was interrupted by protests from the entire audience. Mother Bloor, the famous labor leader, was given tremendous ova- tions at twq overflow mass meetings of strikers ‘here, one of broadsilk strikers in the afternoon and a second of dye strikers in the evening. The halls were full and the streets were blocked. Elections of a mass delegation to the hearing in Washington on Mon- day have taken place. Masses of strikers gathered at N. T. W. U. head- quarters Sunday, 10 a. m., to give a rousing send-off to the delegation, which will travel on busses and trucks provided by the city, and will be headed by John J, Ballam, Ann Burlak, and Moe Brown. Minneapolis Negro Faces Trial Today for Self-Defense MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Oct. 8— Trial of Wilber Hardiman, 22-year~- old Negro, charged with mufder in the second degree for defending him- self against a lynch mob, opens here Monday before Judge Paul W. Guil- ford. Hardiman was one of four or five Negroes who were belng chased by a lynch gang, following a friendly wrestling match. A shot was fired and one of the whites in the front of the pursuing mob was Killed, Many Negroes were attacked on the streets that evel and five ar- rested, but not a single white man was arrested. Another Negro, James Johnson, is charged with assault in the first de- gree. One of the arrested men was given a 30-day work farm sentence, and the others, vital defense wit- Protests against the action of Judge Guilford in refusing to give the In- ternational Labor Defense time to properly prepare for trial, involving a murder charge, should be sent to Judge Guilford, City Hall Building, Minneapolis, Minn, The protests should demand the dismissal of the the troops and police, which probably cases against Wilber Hardiman and included the actual kidnappers, James Johnson, Grape Pickers Held at Gun Point After Vigilante Attack : Renewing Efforts to| Deport California | Strike Pickets LODI, Calif., Oct. 6—At least five hundred of 2,000 grape pickers on; strike were being held here today | under the guns of vigilantes of the | Grape Pickers Association, in ‘a city park, after an Association thug was shot and killed in an attack upon | pickets. | The vigilantes are expected to at- tempt to renew their effort, foiled a| few days ago, to load the strikers into freight cars and deport them from the area. Militant resistance by the} strikers prevented their previous at- tempt. , Terror is raging throughout the | agricultural areas of California, with grape and cotton pickers out on strike | in several centers, and hundreds of gangsters under arms attempting to} drive them back to work. Attempts are being made by the authorities and rich ranchers, assisted by the American Legion officials, to provoke a “race riot,” and incite the white workers to massacre the Fili- pino workers on strike. So far these efforts have failed in so far as the rank and file of striking workers is concerned. ‘Arrests occur hourly throughout the | strike areas, the International Labor | Defense reports, High bail is being | set on charges of criminal conspiracy, vagrancy, rioting and obstructing law | enforcement. Louise Todd, Communist candidate for Supervisor in San Francisco, was arrested and charged with failure to disperse at command in Lodi. A worker who attempted to protect her from the police attack was also arrested. Bail was set at $500 and $1,000 respectively for each. Striking workers all over the fruit and cotton areas are being evicted | daily from their camp homes. A delegation of the California Com- | mittee for the Defense of Political Prisoners is in the Lodi strike region today to investigate conditions and expose the terror. Protests against the terror condi- | tions in California should be sent to Governor James Rolph at Sacra- mento, Calif., demanding recognition of the right of workers to organize, strike and picket, and the disarming of the Grape Growers Association's | private army of gunmen, including | deputy sheriffs. Welders of Mack Plant on Strike | For Higher Wages. May Spread to 3,000 as Auto Workers Union Is Organized ALLENTOWN, Pa., Oct, A strike began in the Mack truck plant| when 65 workers in the welding de- | partment walked out making the strike 100 per cent in the welding department. A meeting was held of the day shift workers and other ,de- partments, attended by 118 workers. H. M. Wicks, of the Trade Union Unity League spoke. The workers all joined the Auto Workers Union and decided to build committees in every department to enforce the demands, as well as a plant committee. The Mack company already agrees to 15 per cent increase, fearing spread of the strike. Tobin, A. F. of L. or- ganizer, and other A. F. of L. or ganizers are trying to horn into the situation, but were denied the floor at the meeting. The welders voted to stay out until their demands are granted. The plant employs 3,000 and is likely to be completely tied up. Bathrobe Union 8, Elects Officers | NEW YORK—Members of the Bathrobe Workers Union, recently or- ganized by the Needle Trades Work- ers Industrial Union are to elect an executive board and organizers at elections to take place today, Can- didates for organizers are Ben Stall- man and Montell. ‘The bathrobe union had Jed some successful strikes and has succeeded in improving conditions gaining in- creases of from 75 to 100 per cent and establishing the 40 hour week. Elections take place at Union head- quarters, 131 W. 28th St. Two strikes are beige conducted by the bathrobe union at D. Brown and Sons, 305 7th Ave., and at the Robecraft, 40 W. 25th St. Write to the Daily Worker about every event of interest to workers po your Lorna neighborhood or ._ BEC A WORKER COR- RESPONDENT a victim of the iron law which dictates that eeonomic issues shall cut straight jest sections of the farmers. —————-—@ across the line of religious beliefs and Farmers Conference to Fight Inflation; Seek Cancellation Abolition of Debts Alone Will Help Small Farmers WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct AS 6. of large cotton pl visit infla- small ot untry ar ation, Inflation,” the National Cor here reported today. The Cc e is at work prepar- for the Second National Farm- ers’ Conference, to be held’ at Chi- cago Nov. 15-18. Preliminary reports indicate that the prograr cellation, Not Inflation,” will be fa~ vorably acted upon by the farm dele- gates who will come to Chicago from all over the count ing At Aberdeen, Soyth Dakota, the first state conference of t United Farmers’ League came forward Oct. 3 with a resolution demanding the can- cellation of all back taxes, mortgaged debts, and feed and seed loans. Alfred Tiala, national secretary o! the U. F. L., has already announced that this militant organization stands behind the slogan “Cancellation, not inflation,” and will bring this slogan forward at the conference. In its issue of Oct. 2, the Farmers’ National Weekly, organ of the Farm ers National Committee for Action and some 20 militant farm organiza- made a vigorous attack on inflation, as a method of relieving the rich at the expense of the workers and farmers and placed against this in- flationary program the poor farmers’ program of debt cancellation. Harry Lux, state organizer of the Farmers’ Nebraska Holiday Associa- tion, has been organizing for the con- ference on the basis of this slogan and has reported that it meets with genuine popularity among the poor- “These are the kind of farmers that are com- ing to the conference, and it is these poorest farmers that are going to fight for it,” Lux stated. Buffalo Mayor Spurns Demands of Jeobless for Adequate Relief BUFFALO, N. Y.—Having first thrown a cordon of police and detec- tives around City Hall, Mayor Ro- esch ignored the appeals of a delega- tion of unemployed Negro and white workers to institute an adequate sys- tem of relief for the unemployed. He stated brazenly that there is no hardship in Buffalo. When told of discriminations against Negroes, he refused to even hear the complaints. When the delegation demanded that action should be taken on the Relief Ordinance which had been adopted by. the Buffalo Unemployed Federation, the mayor told them that the city cannot embark on relief measures and that the workers should seek’ relief from the Federal govern- ment. DR. JULIUS LITTINSKY 107 BRISTOL STREET Bet, Pitkin and Sutter Aves., Brooklyn PHONE: DICKENS 2-3012 Office Hours: 6-8 P.M. 8-10 AM, 1-2, Cc. K. TABACK, M.D. Lady Physician Linden Bivd. cor. E, 52nd St., Brooklyn ffice Hours 8-10 A.M.,6-8 P.M. one Minnesota 9-5549 Intern] Workers Order DENTAL DEPARTMENT 80 FIFTH AVENUE 1TH FLOOR All Work Done Under Personal Oare of Dr. C. Weissman Hospital and Oculist Prescriptions Filled At One-Half Price G White Gold Filled Frames______ 51.50 ZXL Shell: Frames —__—___, . $1.00 Lenses not included COHEN’S, 117 Orchard St. First Door Off Delancey St Telephone: ORchard 4-4520 WORKERS—EAT AT THE Parkway Cafeteria 1638 PITKIN AVENUE Nese Hopkinson Ay Brooklyn, N. Y. of “Can-| tions and local committees of action, | affiliations, The International Typographical Union has introduced a resolution in the A. F. of L. Convention asking that the Reverend Father and his building enterprises be declared n= fair to organized labor. The indict- ment contained in the resolution is convincing. It accuses the head of the “Shrine of the Little Father” of being an employer of non-union la- bor, a militant defender of the open |shop and a hypocrite. | ‘phereare many thousand Cath- olics among the membership of A. F, of L. unions and many thousand Catholic workers have listened to Father Coughlin’s radio dissertation, always delivered in a cultured accent |reminiscent of that of Dublin Trin- ity College alumni. These listeners lare now to be informed that the Reverend Father Coughlin, in the language of the I. T. U. resolution, “has persisted in the policy of secur- ing the publishing of his weekly radio talk and other printed matter in non-union printing offices.” The resolution does not stop with this damaging accusation. It pro- ceeds to prove that the Reverend Father is an enemy of the building | trades workers as well as of the Al- |Hed Printing Trades! | “He is engaged at the present time in the erection of a new edifice at Royal Oak, in which he has publicly announced that the so-called ‘open | shop’ will prevail and whereon build- ing trades mechanics are being em- | ployed as skilled labor at unskilled |labor wages.” The resolution then ‘proceeds to |put the finger on the, hypocritical |pretensions of friendship for organ- zed labor which are one of the chief tocks in trade of the Reverend | Charles Emmet Coughlin! “Contrary to Precepts” “This manifest hostility to organ~ l\ized labor and union wages mani- | fested-by Reverend Coughlin in his own activities as an employer are |eontrary to the precepts he has preached in his weekly sermons.” The resolution concludes by urging the convention to declare “that the Reverend Charles E, Coughlin is un- | fair to organized labor and is no jlonger entitled to financial support |from any trade unionists who sin- |cerely believe in the right of labor | to organize, to deal collectively, and | to an adequate union wage.” | The Communist Party and its of- | ficial organ, the “Daily Worker,” find few matters which they can agree with in the policies of the American |Federation of Labor and the Inter- |national Typographical Union. But |this proposal, which contributes: to the debunking of the Shrine of the Little Flower, and its spokesman, who smells like many things but not like a little flower, and to the ex- posure and disarming of one of the many chiefs of propaganda opera- tions against the interests of the working class as a whole, includes tasks which can be nothing but a labor of love for Communism in De- troit and wherever, the radio voice of this anti-union singer of pie in the sky songs reaches. We are quite sure that few if any daily papers other than the Daily Worker will record the indictment of the Reverend Father, based on his. anti-union and open shop activity, We are glad to be of service in this necessary campaign—even though the motives of all of its’ sponsors may not be as pure and lofty as the prin- ciples voiced in the I. T. U. resolu- tion. If this campaign is prosecuted with the same ardor with which the reso- | lution is written we may expect that very soon the Shrine of the Little Flower will be surrounded only by wilted and drying blossoms. Au Comrades Meet at BRONSTEIN’S Vegetarian Health Restaurant 558 Claremont Parkway, Bronx Garment Section Workers Navarr Cafeteria 333 1th AVENUE Corner 28th Mt. TRADE UNION DIRECTORY <<; FOOD WORKERS INDUSTRIAL UNION 4 West 18th Street, New York City Chelsea 38-0505 FURNITURE WORKERS INDUSTRIAL UNION 818 Brosdway, New York Clty Gramercy, 5-8056 METAL WORKERS INDUSTRIAL UNION 85 East 19th Street, New York City Gramercy 17-7842 INDUSTRIAL UNIO! 131 West 28th Street, New York City Lackawanna 4-4010 CULTURAL Plains Road. 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