The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 3, 1934, Page 4

FEBRUARY 3, 1934 ILY WORKER, YOR yhere Picket Lines Make Parasites Uncomfortable Open Letter to All. aig Sere Workers of United Gas Improvement Co. | Bosses Frightened by Organization Moves of Em- | ployes, Take Steps to Fool Workers by Trickery | and Talk of a “Happy Family” TUR Page Four Vestern Union P Ip Huge Profits Vage Cuts, S h iles Sidelights By On the UMW i - Convention peec -Up WALDO! Lewis Tells the Miners’ Wives: “Stay Home,” But Invites Perkins By an Observer) ifficult Time to Fasten umpany Union Havir Wage Cut on ¥ ASSLd on't INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.—J. L. Lewis, NEW YORK.—A Union Tele- s Auxiliary, said thai | This letter is addressed to my fellow employees of the sph Company rep I > Commis- ace is et home and | United Gas Improvement Co., and the Philadelphia Electric ‘ fin pa HS Bed ci gra ota Co., to those white collar, sub-station, linemen, etc., who feel n on its finances 1933. The report s 205,346 in 1933 a a gain of over 400 p« The past year w @ worst of a series of “de- Nov. rs and was developing his masters’ theory, 'Mrs. Hanna ©. Lewis and Jean Stultz, personal secretaries of Thomas Hunter and Van A. Bittner, high | officials of the U. M. W. A. were present in the hall of the conven- | tion. On the platform were Mrs. | | John L, Lewis and her daughter, Many the need of the security which a strong independent union provides. The fear of being fi trous effects of the depression’ on the revenue of the utilities has caused a few of us to ask ourselves what are the facts con- red due to the so-called disas- by a fair net income and where does it go? These are the questions we must and will consider. Mr. Liversidge then told us of an ssion” r r tration delegates were’ wondering | United State : inp what was the mission of these dis- } cerning the utilities? ¥ attempt to organize the employees of iotic breakdown c tinguished. ladies who came from | I shall give you the status of the| the company. He held aloft a notice acial structure. € Springfield, TL, Coatenonty el? porey tad trier agate is eee setae te a meeting oA rp ewalarihins he and Washington, D, C.—not as dele- Presit , Mr. purpose, matically ee * oper ; stures are i _| gates, not as stenographers, but in sociates at a recent meeting of all of | related how after seeing this notice ain, thousands of bu ely the capacity of private secretaries— | the employees at the Convention Hall, | he could not sleep two nights. “Could nt into bankruptcy ly in an atte at the expense of the miners treasury. | ei. = I will point to the main reason for my employees do such « thing?” He did not think it possible. = the get-together of our big “Happy Family.” At the meeting we were told by President Taylor that revenue was decreasing—taxes increasing— ipite all, the Weste sph Company mad © eént. dinner s at which And as he thought and “hoped” not one employee showed up at the meet ing. He did not state, however, that | “How come that our wives are j advised to stay at home and Miss Perkins—who also happens to be aj This paradox of husc few drinks| woman an invited to speak at ou | Geran une vere inoteeane- did not state, however, a Pa pag s after meetings,| convention?” inquired one delegate. | ion NC ate a atone the main new thy would be spl on aay oreee Wo the te of the| “Well, brother,” said another, “Miss practi an an was reason depressed tones and @ very gloomy} why they stayed away. poem HONS. ean ere of the| Perkins is coming here to tell us of | Jan, he Abadia what aseinad 45 206 me period dropped over ¢ full time employees cent for part-tim wloyees of the W @ answer to this tr ie answer is in t laries, in their i id in the growing tm the December aliy Worker it was ited at the last co: ssociation of West (company of the Elks and Ma- le the healthy re- ank and is stifled. nd the company, how- way by a dinner and a h can hardly suffice for a t wage cut. The workers of surely industry, w employees. : The Daily Worker is glad publish news of the telegraph indus- try every Friday, as well as to as- d their hand. The/ ne workers cannot he} tern Union Telegraph Com-j wiped the hage away from| nd are stirring, cautiously} All workers of the tele-| answer the call of| y.5 readmitted. Why did Johny jthe ‘glorious N. R. A.” while our/ | wives, if here, may say something | about empty pay envelopes, raising | Prices, inereased house rents, etc. | | Wateh the next convention. Since |I know that Lewis is afraid of min- jers wives I will see to it that my District sends at least 26 of them as | delegates to help us clean the house | John Brophy, at one time “bitter” enemy of J, L. Lewis, applied for membership in the U. M. W. A. and join the U. M. W, A.? Maybe he in- {tends to ask for a job in the Gali- tzin mine? Oh, no, they say he ex- pects to be appointed to a job that NEW YORK —How hoiel owners set up organizations inside the big New York hotels to speed up the workers, to cut their wages and) break strikes is plainly revealed in the minutes of a meeting of depart- ment heads of the Hotel Lexington | held in the Florentine Room of that | hotel January 4, At this meeting, to which no work- er was allowed, the understrappers of the millionaire owners worked out Minutes of Hotel Managers’ Meet Show Many Schemes Used to Trim Workers By HARRY RAYMOND “During the next two weeks,” said Miller, “when the house will be very busy, the maids should walk up- stairs from their locker rooms to the linen rooms instead of using the elevators, thereby giving the room service waiters access to the ele- vators during the breakfast time.” For Better Ties La There was also talk by Miss Bunce of establishing a new “tie” telephone | owners became frightened. They saw During the Clevelarid strike in 1929 leaders of the Geneya Association sent scabs to work in the struck res- taurants;’ they also sent strike-break- ers to the Atlantic City strike last year. But seeing the developing militancy N.R.A. starvation codes, the hotel that the hotel and restaurant work- ers were organizing into a union of their own choosing—the Food Work- conditions so bad, that I thought, with everyone else, that he was going to announce a wage-cut, or urge us to sell lamps, appliances, lighting, anything to inerease the revenue of the company. But no, this was the first step in a Planned program to block any move on the part of the employees to unionize. The next and final steps will make this move obvious. Mr, Taylor then announced that by eut- ting operating expenses he was thus able to show # fair net profit. What he did not tell us was that this meant firing men and women, reducing line- men to 2 or 3 days a week, and even wiping out ‘entire departments. Mr. Liversidge then presented two arguments against unions: 1—That you cannot serve two bosses at the same time, 2—That the employees are treated fairly and there is no need of a union. In answer to argument 1 it"ean be said that once an employer is com- pelled to recognize a union, he is forc- ed to give in the just demands and rights of the group. The group in this way can improve its standard of liv- ing and make secure their jobs. In answer to the second argument, are we treated fairly? President Taylor admitted that the stockholders are their first consideration. In our company the executives are the con- sist the workers to better their ean- | carries $300 a month plus uncon- ‘ A i A surprise Step itic é , plans of how to blackjack more|jine with the Hotel New Yorker,|¢'S Industrial Union—and were pre- tockho! ir Don't Rescind Pay Cut aibene and moire. Soeke prcbleme, | tolled axpanms. _» {money out of the workers’ paltry | which is part of the policy of estab- | Pating to fight for better conditions| The second step took the entire ge Aa Sek Gee Hah ee oe Been though it was voven| Daily Work ee e | Johny has a swell chance. Wasn't | pay; they cooked up new schemes |tishing closer unity between the ho- | Something had to be done. The old | audience by surprise. Mr, Taylor an-| if ote’ dividends despite the de- ee “Dialed nt Deh at i er. Ray Edmundson at one time “bitter |to ‘speed up and intensify~labor,|tels in order to “better deal with |Geneva Association alone could no| nounced a 10 per cent increase to depression. ‘These same men have what Werene Knows) that the com- San enemy” of Lewis? And wasn't Ray | worked out a secret spying system | strikers” in case of a general walk- | longer sidetrack the fighting spirit of | those employees that were working 1 ‘thtentete in Alen to) any was earni: e recently appointed by Lewis as an|anq made arrangements to improve | out, the workers, So the Hotel Owners | part-time, A step which was intended | “#0 | they cai Fis ie readg te rising gost ae N.R.A.) was furthe ne already low wages, t 10 per ent cut was net rescinded. On the C.W.A. Workers sat cut wae oat recinces on ive Hager to Get ‘Daily’ warned” that there were many more| —— urdens which they should bear | By s Worker Correspondent he behalf of the company. T) wasg BOSTON, Mass. — Yesterday a mphatieally stated by R: nite,| worker came in from one of the O, wesident of the compar n he| V jobs in Massachusetts and asked aid that the emp: “fake | for some old Daily Workers (he wish- he brunt” becaus for;ed to get the news from previous z down must the revenue he forthcoming year corild not be weeks when he was not able to} = of the waiters back to work for 50. wi wheels of the utili ettuined, The brunt, consi n). He counted out very|,crecting the U. MW. A. Con-|and means to skin the workers. | cents a day, says nothing about Bribery and Coercion Gare introduce @, reeollitlon nerening pls Pls te a ner contin 1 of the uly the numbe: jvention, the Barbers Union of In-| ‘*ppe cashiers must be better! the terrific speed-up existing i ; to pay the 50 cents per capita to 1 the number of papers hej qj i d the ct B | 3 speed-up e: ig in all Bribery and coercion are the meth- they to | of income. But the man whose sur- ‘orced furloughs for th r em-| could be sure would be read and as| Tepepous, Teguested the convention | dressed,” sald Mr. Gastinger, one of) hotels, nor does it provide that the | cds used by the leaders of the Gulld | ote gee wore Prepared 10) ius is diverted to stocks ts in a bet“ sores penne pew oper sare hired ie said renee by other workers, The| institutions “unfair to labor.” Among ee ue shots among the department otek oaners and ba a ae {to put over thelr - strike-breaking Other Betrayers ., [ter position to sand decreased rev- pole ree aalere ota epee ae pporens to es helthe institutions “unfair to labor” ‘But Mr. Gastingér said nothing pcton fp, spec! iB; ae ae en tah - But side by side with these ene- pacer by oe stockholders ana let po E gave tint & oem enane aee Histed the Claypool Hotel, one of | bout paying ttie cashigrs more Wages | ‘The Hotel and Restaurant “Work- | Guild Sieh soe pe Seapita, | mies of the strikers in the Guild, who | Pee cmplorsier bs Weta Mr. White, in is subtle anaiysis of told me he was not a tember of the| After "Thots Kennoay seed the (29 cbeY Would be able to buy Deter lexs Union, Local 119 of the Food| your members ean have ‘no. ope” | 320, une every manna to break the | ute organise to. protest Our Hants *% he situation, found thatthe n: y | organization, but that “a member of nntoa oie Mangia Bist = sate. = aa eves sven Wenge ot Workers Industrial Union, in warn-| ‘That's the way the leaders of the facies, Cane wane tae» enaeee | o Tt is our labor that earns the divi- for keeping the company in a the organization” had been through| the Executive Board, made special|tisteyement provide. special clothes | g,,tne Workers against the sellout /Guild put the proposition te the| ana the Amalgamated Union, dends for the stockholders, ‘This com~ Ps financial conditiog falls on the we ers, that they should be the or bear the burden of kee “mm Union running well. deed interesting to the wor: the camp and that they had promised that whenever they could they would come in and get the Daily Worker, and now he said, “the fellows can't wait to get the news,” so whoever can come in makes ft part of his is in- Ts, whose leprivations and sufferings are to go International Board Member? John L. knows his onions. He smells a big opposition of the miners against {his corrupted machine. Brophys and Edmundsons might come in handy one of these days to step for- ward and lead the reyolting miners |—back to Lewis. | But, Johnny, did you ever stop and | think for a moment that the miners jare Planning to defeat the appointive power? ee ce appeal to the delegates not to pat- jTonize the institutions mentioned in the barber's greetings, Without even @ pause Mr. Lewis then announced that & special reception committee will meet Mr. Green, president of the A. F. of L., Monday morning, in | contact with other hotels, as part of a united hotel owners’ strike- breaking scheme. After a general discussion regard- ing the advisability of allowing guests to register regardless of whefher or not the ‘hotel has rooms to accommodate them, the depart~ ment heads of the Lexington pro- ceeded to more “important and burn- ing” questions. The little get-to- gether, indeed, was called for no other reason than to discuss ways for’ the cashiers, No. Gastinger would allow for no such ideas. He advised that the “new smocks for the cash- jers had been received,” for which they will have to contribute a sum out of their low wages. Were Tt is against this scab-herding ap- paratus, which exists not only in the Hotel Lexington but can be found in one form or another ‘in eyery large hotel in New York City, that the striking workers are fighting, But nothing is said about get- ting rid of these organizations in. the sellout agreement of the Amal- gamated officials. Indeed, this agreement, which would send many policy of the Amalgamated officials, has advised the workers to permit no settlements without the approval of all the strikers, to demand in- creases in pay, the abolition of speed-up, * recognition of the hotel committee, and that all special cloth- | Association decided if must imme- diately federate all the cooks’ and waiters’ fraternal organizations into one big company union federation. This was accomplished following the first code hearings. Heading this new company union federation are such worthies as Mr. Oscar Boomer, head of the Waldorf Corporation, Mr. Hitz, leading exec- utive of the New Yorker, Walther, Englehardt, Schata and other hotel owners and stockholders. fraternal organizations which later came into the ranks of the company union federation. f The Guild organizeré had access # to all hotels and were able to fire whom they pleased. Workers were in many cases forced to join the Guild of workers who were affected by it, This can easily be seen by what happened next. Vice- President, Mr, Liversidge, the next speaker, described us, “One Big Happy Family,” He told us how contented we were. He told us how well we put over the selling campign—and how much this was appreciated by the bosses. All of which is fine, But what is meant The New York M'rror openly stated that the A. F. of L, officials are fill- the jobs of the strikers. Amalgamated leaders are far more clever, however. as Commi Cannon, Gitlow and Lovestone, who were expelled from competitive bidding. Nevertheless, Mr. John E, Zimmerman, advises the util- ity stockholders to organize to protect themselves, From what? From whom? From the large stockholders, I would say, who by juggling utility money into other companies in which they own or hold large stock. Why should not the employee be considered first? It is he who is the mainspring, in fact, the entire force pany is not keeping you out of kind~ ness of heart. You have a job to per~ form. Do not think that you are lucky to have a job, as you are told. The threat is often made, “If you are not satisfied with your job—there are plenty who would jump at the chance toward the building of a four and aj duty to get the old and present is- i man: alf million dollars proft for the com-| sue of the Delly Worker the Claypool Hotel. "Eternal Vigilance” tng De Paid for by the hotel owners. |by the Hotel management. It is re-| the communist Party for their op-|to take it.” We can only fight this fon The organization is what they cait| For the first time tn the history} Mr, Dunn, another department The Guild ported that the hotel owners donated | portuntst Policies, and for trying 0 threat by uniting to protect our Jot Stop Discussion of Decisions | US and this worker said: That fellow|f the U. M. W. A. ® coal operator | head, thereupon took the floor and| Other forces utilized by the hotel | $25,000 to the Guild’s organizational | spit the ranks of the assisted |and our salaries. The emplaint of that went through who was a mem-|SP0ke to the miners at their inter-|read what is known as Bulletin No. | bosses to beat down the living stan- | fund. working up the frightful sellout|one is easily squelched. The bosses Ti the meantime the well paid com- dahy union officials showed their sol-| BeY Of the organization said all of you national convention. According to this blood-sucker of the miners, the 2, entitled “Eternal Vigilance,” which. deals with new means of speeding dards of the hotel workers and break the strike are the leaders of the re- Tried to Break Strike One of the first acts of the Guild in it agreement of the Amalgamated which calls for no increase in pay and no would be forced to listen and remedy the complaints and rights of ten thou- idarity with the » by tak-| Will be in the organization pretty o f i 3 y tak-| soon, so you had i = coal operators and the miners have|up the workers and warns the de- | cently organized Federation of Hotel | leaders at the beginning of the hotel | shortening of ho This agreement realize i ing no steps whatsc ecover the -F als Aste tee eee | become friends uhder the N. R. A.| partment heads to be on the alert | and Restaurant Workers Guilds, with | strike was to send the following tele- | they, with other leaders of the Amal- sand wailed et ea he ast Wade cut of the workers and by | ye. ya) f Now the operators and the miners, |against any attempt of the workers| headquarters in the Paramount |gram to its members, gamated, have tried to put over be- | ur wn it ner te emand ad signing away\the econo | "You will be interested in the report | URdeF the N. R. A., have one common | to organize. Building. “Strike is broken, Your job iw | hind the backs of the workers, | ¢blaln oun righ a pro Bley employees. In additio |from Portland, Me. where pala enemy: other fuel competing with| Whereupon Mr. Sutton, a very ef-| Some of the organizations affil-| at stake, Report te work, Fall ‘The should not allow their Neves “Mint be. ia eveting. wa 2 ‘¢ ipayal, the A.W.UE. officials ac , Me. ; coal. And this 1s the enemy the | ficient fellow, up and made a clever |inted with the Federation have been| protection,” strike to he betrayed by these back-|WhY does. he fear unionization? A contacts on the two or three jobs mong the granite works that are still running there: “The Saturday bundle ts being in- We got three new subs. The y Worker is also being sold on stand. We hope to increase = “Daily” bundle. The Daily Work- er is being spread on the C.W.A. of | jobs,” istered a “slap in the : membership of the Associgtion by r even bringing back cussion and ratifi reached at the conf ere! is it is a direct violation of the con: i dec tion which claims tt to be brought bac! for discussion, ons nb differences that miners must fight, declared Lewis, in thanking the operator for his wonderful speech, So, the miners, in order to improve their conditions, must fight not the operators, but the oil, gas, water power and other fuel workers. This April Ist, will tell who are the min- suggestion. “I think that some thought should be given to the matter of speeding up room service during the period of the Automobile and Motor Boat Shows,” Sutton said. Sutton had no concrete proposals to make further than this one, so ers enemies and whom they will fight. Mr. Miller, a more efficient gentle- in existence since 1912; others sprung up in 1918. Included in the Guild are such organizations as the Chef de Cuisine Association, the Vatel Club, Interna- tional Cooks Association, Elite Head Waiters Association, International Geneva Association, Helvetia Associa~ tion, Manhattan Waiters Association, man, came to his rescue, ete. These appeals, however, did not work so well. For at a recent meet~ ing of the Vatel Club, the cook's’ sec- tion of the Guild, the striking work- ers chased the president out Likewise, at @ meeting of the In- ternational Geneva Association held about two weeks ago, the rank’ and file opposition put up such a fight on the floor that the officials did not, door maneuvers of Field, Gitlow, Cannon and Co. Wage increases can be won, also shorter hours. ‘United in ON e mall But Militant Fight on Lewis at By JACK STACHEL ° strike in the electric power plants is @ powerful weapon. Our bosses know this. Why do we let them blind us with their propaganda? Unite, and let our program be: 1—No more firing; 2—-No more cutting of time and salaries. A WORKER OF THE U. G. I. CO, UMW. A. Convention Shows Need of Organized Opposition ‘ GROUP INFLUENCED BY COMMUNISTS LEAD REAL FIGHT ON LEWIS; LEWIS PACKED CON VENTION TO PUT OVER N. R. A. PAY CUT PLANS é Wee thirty-third international con- watds the Lewis machine it was in-/six hour day without reduction in| the existence of the other miners or-; or to the scale.committee. On the; It is true, howeve miners | were beginning to open their prepare- vention of the United Mine Workers) U@ted in the resolutions, that were| pay, improved working conditions, the| ganizations, of the refusal of the cap-| question of unemployment insuranee,| were not pErebpab th it og Out of} the Po lg the patie hel aga hae egal as come to a close. We can now| *doPted by the local unions and sent! unconditional right to strike, demid-| tive mines to recognize the U.M.W.A.| the convention went on record to} some 3,000 locals of the U.M.W.A, only | lacking contact with them before the to be estimate the work of the convention, | 0 the convention, These resolutions | eracy in the organization, an end to|To have dealt with these questions| favor the proposals adopted by the| about half of the locals were repre-| convention, could very Teseune, (8 be Pepraet the decisions that it adopted and see| Were Overwhelmingly aiiti-administra-| the fat salaries of the officials, the| would have been to expose the whole | A. F. of L. Cincinnati Convention and| sented at the convention, The Lewis| little, Ty ts no exaggeration to state that hhow they meet the needs of the min-| 408; There were some 1,200 or more| election of all officials and many other’ strike-breaking activity of Lewis andj against federal unemployment insur-| machine thru its agents in the field had all these weaknesses over- ets; whether or not these decisions, ig | TSutions demanding ‘the - shorter| guarantees for the rights of the mem-| company. ance. It emasculated the resolutions| did everything possible to prevent and e few hundred dele-| come in the preparations, the left Gagried thru, would be of ‘denen’ to| Workday, Increased wages and other| bership. ‘These are the demands that Rush Through Report demanding the freedom of Tom) discourage those locals that they were {eaves Who Were to the Tewis| wing even with its present strength See ciiciers te still more n theix| "provements in the conditions, All) the left wing in the U. M, W. A. has| In the discussion of this report 1t| Mooney and the Scottsboro boys, the| not sure of from electing and oltcles, who know the record of Lewls\|could have come to the convention — ~ nilgerable lot. | those resolutions were referred to the | put forward before the miners in the| was already evident that the Lewis| resolution of fascism, and flatly voted | delegates. Some locals were actually But. they also did not: before con-|with at least 100 organized and con- Let us say at the outset that the| Seale committee without even being] course of the recent strikes and in the| machine would use the old steam-|down the resolution for the formation| prevented from sending delegates for] Vention have any organizational con-| sciously fighting delegates. Were this convention decisions in no wey ex-| Printed in the convention reeords.| period immediately following the | roller method to get thru all its pro-| of Women’s auxiliaries with the state- | lack of funds. The reason for it is that weit He left ing iia rte the case Lewis would not have had press the interests of the miners or| ere were hundreds of other resolue | strikes, especially in the convention! posals, Some dozen speakers for the|ment by Lewis that the “women’s| now that the district leaders instead | W05 that at the convention ine such an easy time in putting thru his ‘their mood for struggle, Lewis was| OMS that were not printed because | preparations. ‘The miners, tho not al-| report were catied upon in succession, | Place is in the home.” of the locals receive the check-off, the| Position” could not be rallied. They’ policies. Here lies a great lesson that able at this conventior ry thru| ‘ey were similar to those printed. Of | ways fully, in the main accepted this | and the report was adopted. One dele-| _ Even the resolution to go on record| officials, by withhol the local’s scattered, in the| must be leamed. Not to depend on policies designed tow ngthen-|e more than 400 resolutions that program of struggle against the oper-| gate of the left wing opposition who| for the 6 hour day was adopted with| share, made it impossible for them to| {20° of the great intimidation that! miracles, but to organize. Here it ing the class collaboration policies of | ¥et* Printed nearly 100 were against) ators and the corrupt and bureau-| syeceeded somehow to get the floor| the understanding that it will take a| send delegates, Then, again, man prevailed thruout the convention. The| should be stated, however, that on the the UMWA, that have sapped the| te appointive powers of the ofcials.| cratic Lewis machine. and criticize the report for the failure | long time to carry it into effect, with! the locals were fooled into giving organized left wing forces were not/ whole it is not yet for the left wing | energies from the organization and| Do%ns of resolutions demanded elec) And what policies did Lewis propose to mention the strikes was later on| Lewis making a special plea for pa-| credentials to the officials “in order | more than twenly at the most, and in! merely a question of organization. The ths the resistance of the min-| Hous of all officials, against appoint- to the convention? ‘in the very report, rewarded by being unseated by the| tience and caution, 7 to save money from the treasury,"| She midst of such p large body of| lett Sink brates as tot st pas 7 | @f. We shall now provide proof for! Ment of-defeated officials. Some 50) of the officers it was already clear,| Lewis appointed credential committee.| All the demands for democracy, for| Thus some of the officials came rep delegates they could not overcome etrated the mass of the miners, 4 "this statement. resolutions demanded a reduction 1n| that the whole policy of tht leader-| The whole line of the Lewis policies | curbing the power of the officials, for| resenting as high as a doaen locals, | 8°K of connections prior to the con-/is true, espectally of the newly organ i ethan once the miners] te salaries of the officials. Many res-| snip was to further strengthen itself|of more close collaboration with the |Teducing their salaries, were either| Qf the 1,600 delegates at the con~|Yention with the delegates or ized fields, and was revealed ax i defeated John L. Lewis for re-| “lutions alled for reduction in dues! on the basis of the N.R.A., a closer| operators, of trying to convert the |-Voted down or rpferred. vention, good number, perhaps some | {008} organizations, Tt was becatse Of for all miners on the discussion of ‘d . election only to be robbed of their yie-| 84.@ greater share to the local or-| collaboration with the operators, and| U.MLW.A. more and more into a gov- Decision Against Miners 200 were old.die-hard paid officials of | ‘RS that the machine found i® pes. such 85 government owner ye! by the Lewis machine, which | €-niestions, Still other resolutions de-) the robbing of the rank and file of! ernment-controlled union,wad later on| 14 is therefore clear that while the| the union, There was without doubt ge fo ee Jon ere eee the| ship, the Labor Party, etc. 2% alone did the counting manded a financial accounting to the) the last vestiges of trade union dem-| further emphasized by the fact that| miners wish to fight for higher wages| an equal number of “machine” men| {2¢t, that these were, cnposed) However, it must be stated that the have in many ways and on numerous|"@nk and file, , __ | Qcracy, ‘The report was a wholesale | for the first time in the history of the|and the six hour day, for improved| from the local unions, the trusted boys|%,th® mass of the miners, ‘This de- | ier, wing led oy the Communists was | O¢easions shown th a ion) All these resolutions clearly show | praise of the Roosevelt administration, | union a representative of the oper-| working conditions, for democracy in| Of the officials, But even all ad oplta the fect that the miners are the only opposition at this conven- with the Lewis poli and a lack of | the lack of confidence of the rank and| the N.R.A. and the kind hearted coal| ators addressed the convention as the| the organization, all the conyention| ot yet constitute a ty for overwhelmingly antt-administration tion, Bre conventions the inner * confidence in the Lev in the Lewis machine and without| operators. The report did not even| invited guest of John L. Lewis, decisions were contrary. to these de-| Lewis. ‘The largest factor of all wag ie Heeplon Se, es Mah Aas Pear fartly fa ts of the Howatts, Walkers Tn the recent 1a oubt also reflect a dissatisfaction| with one word mention the big strikes| he Lewis machine utilized every sires and fighting moods of the miners, ae coming to the convention of a ‘wes composed & malority and jonsons played the ro"? cf rp- miners to the U.M.W. h the Lewis policies carried out| that involved throuout the country | possible opening for singing praise for} How was it possible that the con-| large number-of delegates who were| Hones! afd sincere fighting miners. | Locition, ‘This time Lewis faced « entered the union under tt against the interests of the miners as| hundreds of thousands of miners. the N.R.A., decided that the N.R.A. be} vention can so ignore and override | to a conyention for the first time, and| The its at the convention small but conscious and determined “let us build the U.M.W.A embodied in the coal codes, In addi-| ‘The existence of other miners or-| made permanent. the wishes of the rank and file? Was| of these a large number for the first reflected the fact that the left . opposition, truly representjng the in- out the officials.” In the rece: jon to these resolutions, there were| ganizations, such as the Progressive) The appearance of Bill Green, the| the convention composed of officials] time organized in the UM.W.A, is only beginning to carry on system-| terests of the miners. There were no » and militant strikes the miners defied resolutions demanding unemployment | Miners of Mlinols, the Anthracite Mine | President-of the A. PF. of L., and Fran-| and their henchmen only? Why did atic work within the U.M./cther oppositions. If there were any the NRA., the operators and the insurance, the unconditional right to| Workers Union, the National Miners|ces Perkins, the Secretary of Labor,| not the minerselect as delegates those| Tacked Contest = | W.A. It also emphasized once more|Muste followers at the convention, “Lewis machine. The miners showed strike, the freedom of the Scottsboro} Union was almost completely ignored.| furnished another opportunity of|who stand for and fight for their! A case in point was some 300 dele-|the mistake of some comrades of|they never spoke but supported ‘ their. dissatisfaction with the code the freedom of Tom Mooney,| Lewis painted a picture of peace with-| balyhooing about the blessings of the| policies? These are. questions ich| gates from the southern part of West | placing reliance too much only on the| the Lewis micmaine, Chace sere a few ‘that was forced upon them. The vawal of the clause barring Com-| in the organization, and the non-ex-| N.R.A. will undoubtedly arise in the mind of| Virginia. These delegates do not know| spontaneous revolt of the miners, ft| Socialists and they had only one i know that Lewis once .more betrayed) munists from membership, ete. istence of any other organizations) The convention refused to carry a|the reader. Let us answer by saying| of the record of of the Lewis ust be gaid furthermore that the left posal which they brought to the Phas the miners in the “captive” mines. Demand Higher Pay outside the U.M.W.A. It shoud not be| resolution for the unconditional right first that the convention was com-| treachery and entirely, unac- frat be q| 0! the convention and supported, And ‘If any further proof was needed to I short, it can be seen that the| difficult to guess why the officialdom| to strike, referred most of the impor-| posed of @ majority of honest and sin-|quainted with the left wing and its| Wing forces began quite late and did — ya show the attitude of the miners to-| miners demand “increased wages, the! avoided all mention of the strikes, of| tant questions to the executive board! cere miners, - program. Many of thess delegates| not with sufficient corey carry thru, > on Page ®