The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 10, 1934, Page 3

Mass Hearing in _ Chicago Feb. 12 on Police Brutality :Public Trial of Police for Brutal Attacks Upon Negro Workers |* CHICAGO, Feb. 8.—A mass open hearing and public trial on police brutality against the Negro workers on the West Side, with jim-crow de-| nial of relief to unemployed Negroes, will take place this Monday evening, Feb. 12, at 7:30, at Alabama Hall, 1709 W. Lake St. Workers who witnessed the police attack on the mass funeral of Sam Williams, Negro worker, who died of ‘starvation last January after he had ‘been refused relief by the authori- Hes, will testify. Others will tell ‘their experiences in relief discrimina- tion. The hearing will be addressed speakers from the League of le for Ni Rights, which ar- it; speakers from the Com- munist Party, the Urban League, the Chi Civil Liberties’ Committee and other groups. ~ The alderman of the 28th Ward, and the captain of the local police district have been challenged to at- tend the meeting and answer the charges of the workers. Workers Oppose NewRest’rant Code Chicago Workers Ex- pected To Force Hotel Strike. (Special te the Daily Worker) GHICAGO, Ill, Feb, 9—Rank and Ge epposition to the new Hotel Restaurant Code is expected to force leaders of the Worker's Alliance local 23, with 3,500 members, and the Al- ied Hotel Restaurant Employees Union with 10,000 members, to call 2 general strike here, 24 hours after Presentation of the code on Feb. 16th, ‘The new code will be outlined by edward Fiore, president of the Al- lianee Union, at 4 mass meeting on Feb. 23, at the Garrick Theatre. The eld eode provided for a minimum Bie ig seale of $15.12 a week, but with luctions of $3 for meals, $2.50 for linen, and $2.50 for “sleeping quar- ters whether they sleep on the prem- ises or not,” bring the wages down to $7.12 weekly. : ‘The strike, if called, would affect Weiters, bartenders, cooks and mis- eellaneeus help, Fire CWA WORKERS OSHKOSH, Wisc-CWA projects ‘here are being shut down and thou- sands of workers are being thrown out of work. Those remaining on the job, have been handed a wage eut of 20 per cent by having their hours reduced from 30 to 24 weekly. Going te Russia? 1a nisin cx iad peek ay ARE DEAL 'Y and NAVY STORE 221 THIRD AVE. (8 doors South of lth Street) AURY¥, LARGE Meeting Rooms and Hall Suitable for Lectures and Dances in the Czechoslovak Workers House, Inc. ; 347 E.72nd St. New York an Russ Shop, Inc. 8T., N. ¥. C. te ane 6 pS, Blouses, Lamps, Shades, Shawis, Candy, Novelties and Tors from the SOVIET UNION 3 our special LBS ASSORTED : RUSSIAN CANDY KRAUS & SONS, Inc. Manufacturers of Badges - Banners - Buttons For Workers Clubs and Organizations Striking Miners Turn Against Boss-Press; Subscribe for “‘Daily’’ "Wilkes Barre, Pa. Daily Worker, 30°E. 13th St., New York, N. Y. Dear Comrades: I am enclosing money order for new subscriptions, all from miners on strike here. At the meeting of the local the miners spoke against the capitalist press because of its Nes about the strike. One miner got up and told them about the Daily Worker and how it fights for the workers. After his talk I got busy and had no trouble at all getting these new subs. & 8, P. WHAT’S ON Tom Mooney Br. J1.D., 333 FE. 18th &., 3 P.M, Admission tree, discussion. JOHN REED CLUB, 430 Sixth Ave, Sym- Posium pn “Recent Trends in the American and Liston Oak, $:30 PF. M. EDITH SEGAL, lecture “Prospects for the Development of the Revolutionsry Denes,” at 77 Fifth Ave., 3:30 P.M. Ausplees Youth Com, and Dance Group of N.T.W.LU, EUGENE BLONDELL lectures on Wal) Bt. Invades Cuba,” Dora Zucker lectures of the “Revolutionary Students in Cubs,” West Side Workers Forum, 2642 Broadway, near 100th St., 8 P.M.’ Admission 10c, Unem~ ployed free. : MOVIE SHOWING of ‘Potemkin’ and lec- turg on ‘The N.R.A, and War," under auspices of Ind. Smoking Pipe Makers Union of America, Carpenters Union, Sheet Metal Workers Union, 820 Broadway, at 2 P. M. MODERN CULTURE CLUB, Reunion Dance at Damagek Mansion, 12 St, Marks Place, between Second and Third Aves, 1:20 P.M. Professionsl entertaiament and dancing. Contribution 35¢, OAKLEY JOHNSON leads class in A.B.C. of Politiesl Economy, from 11 to 1 every Sunday, at 4046 Broadway, Room 2. LECTURE, “Gan Gepitalism Solve Unem- Also report of rank and file delegates to the Washington Unemploy: National Convention at Yorkville Workers Forum, Labor Temple, 248 K. Oth St. st $8 P. M. Admission 10¢, Unemployed free. LI WEI, of the Prien@s of the Chinese People, lectures on “‘Sovigh Ching and the Liberation of the Far Kast,” at Fordham Progressive Club, 305 B. Fordham Rd,, 8 P.M. DANCE at Prospect Workers Center, 1157 Southern Boulevard, Admission free for good standing members, MOVIE SHOWING of Maxim Gorkt's “Mother,” Tremont Progressive Club, 806 8. ‘Tremont Ave, 9 P. M, Subscription in advance: only ‘28e, LECTURE AND REPORT on National Un- employed Convention at Brighton Beach Workers Club, 3200 Coney Island Ave. P, M. Auspices Womens Council Ne. 1 Unemployed Council, Benjamin, speaker. Admission 13c. FORUM “Wi Roso Pastor ployment?” and Fasclsi Br. LLD., im,” ausptees 3042 waste St, Coney nd, $:30 FP. M. Comrade Peroy, speaks Admission free, MILTON HOWARD, Daily Worker staff, lectures on “Roosevelt's Policies in the Light of Leninism,"” at Brownsville Workers School, 1855 Pitkin Ave., 8:30 P.M, Admission ibe, RABBI BENJ. GOLDSTEIN lectures on “Fascism and Persecution ef Jewish Masses in Germany,” Brownsville Workers Culture Club, 1440 Bast New York Ave, 8:15 P, M. DANCE st Boro Park Workers Club, 18th Ave, and 4Tth t., Brooklyn, 8:30 P. M. Good jazs band. CONCERT AND ENTERTAINMENT by Werkers Laboratory Theatre at affair given by Womens Council No. 35 at Ave. Jamates, L. 2, 8:89 P. Providence, R. I. CLARENCE HATHAWAY, editor Daily Worker, lectures on ‘The Roosevelt Program -7A New Deal for Whom?” on Sunday, Feb. ge 3 P. M., a Swedish Hall, 59 Chestnut Contribution 28e. Worcester, Mass. BANQUET AND MUSICALE 5; Ameriean Workers Chorus on sored by Lith, at TP, M,, at 29 Endicott st, junday, Feb. Philadelphia, Pa. APPAIRS at Workers Qultural and Sports Club of Strawberry Mansion, 2014 N. Sand SATURDAY, FEB. 0th: Charter Affair with good entertainment starts aj 8 P. M. SUNDAY at 4 P. Mf: Forum. Speaker, Prof. Geo. E. Simpson of Temple University on “An American Negro,” SUNDAY, at 8 P. M.: Valentine Dance glare at 8 P.M. Good! music and lots of un. AFPAIR arran; N. 30th St. No admission; very good pro- om arranged. SCHOOL FORUM, Sunday, Feb. Ait 98 8 PMs ara i iate ‘Ave. i , Natl. . Unemployed Councils, w! be the main speaker, Pi si, FOURTH ANNUAL BAZAAR and flac oF onliee yg mization of hilade! je on at 895 N, Sth Admission Ne Keg pg SECOND ANNNUAL R of the United Worker Org. and ©. P. West Phila, Feb. 24th and 38th at 1187 N, dist st. Good program. Detroit, Mich. LORD MARLEY, International Ohairman of the Movement to Ald Victims of Hitier Fascism, will he speaker at a mass meeting at the Naval Armory, 7600 &. Jef- ferson Ave,, on Monday, Feb. i2, at 8 P. M. Admission 180 and 25c.’ A luncheon is also being arranged at the Statler Hotel en Monday afternoon, ’ (Continued on Page 9) Theatre,” with John Wesley, Albert Maltz| be 146-29 Lil rg iberty | UD. DAILY WURAEK, NbW LUKa, SATLRUAL, FEBRUARY 10, 1984 Hillman Schemes To. Drive Rochester, Tailors From Jobs| $200 Offered | from Fund| for Jobless to Get Out of Industry (By a Rochester Clothing Worker) ROCHESTER, N. Y¥.—Tailors of Rochester, men and women, flocked to Convention Hal! last July to hear Sidney Hillman, Amalgamated Cloth- ing Workers Union president, and Member of the National Advisory Board of the government. He told about the benefits we were going to get from the N.R.A. and how union officials were working as hard as Roosevelt is advertised to be, and seeing that we would get higher wages and at least 15,000 more jobs in Ro- chester alone. According to Hillman, the welfare Bureau would be automat- ieally eliminated because there's to no more unemployed! Six months later, how have these promises materialized? Take the fin- ishing section in Fashion Park, where 150 workers in normal times earned between $24 and §27 a week. During the year 1933, these workers averaged from $2.50 to $3.50 weekly, due to lower rates and scarcity of work. Instead of the 15,000 new jobs, the Hillman clique and the bosses are trying to buy the workers ont of jobs, They are asking us to get out of the industry, or at least out of Rochester! Two hundred dollars is the price they offer for our only means of livelihood and our long years of union membership and high dues payment. But who is to supply this money? None other but the elothing workers themselves. For months our unemployment in- ’4) surance has been held up. Although this insurance amounts to only a few dollars, the workers always depended on it to help catch up on their back dues during the crisis (when they were forced to pay $1.75 a month, whether they worked or not). So this “insurance” was never meant to benefit us, but just to in- sure the office of its dues robbery, ‘This year, 80 per cent of the Fash- ion Park workers couldn’t participate im the elections because they were so | Pehind in their dues. The unemploy- a}ment fund was deliberately held. up. Now this insurance is being offered to whatever worker will sell his job. He is to get $100 from the insurance fund. The other $100 is assessed on. the workers left in the section, who must sign a note to pay their per centage, In the pocket makers’ sec- tion, for instance, four workers have fallen for this sell-your job scheme, so that the other 19 workers will be left bound to a check-off from their pay envelopes totalling $400. But many workers are still so fooled by this union job racket that they use their last dollar of credit to pay 18 or 20 months’ back dues in order that their trade may not be taken from them. Others are fired regardless of their dues standing— simply because they are militant in yeicing protest against slavery—like Feldman, a pocket maker for 25 years, and Martin Yovaiska, who demanded time work, instead of plece rates, So President Hillman's words of six months ago have boiled down to a starvation diet for tailors. President Hillman makes the workers suffer in order to save capitalism its pains. That's why he was appointed a mem- ber of the National Labor Council under the N.R.A. These gentlemen are doing the bidding of the bosses as N.RA. ad- ministrators, wearing the union label of “labor.” We must oust these traitors from our ranks. We must organize in the shops and prepare to build a rank and file union to win ‘nase Petter conditions and higher wages, and to struggle for the Workers’ Un- employment Insurance Bill—guaran- tee! insurance equal to average wages, coming not from the workers but from the big corporations and Dance| their executive committee—the U. 5. government. Jobless. Registered CWA Workers to Meet Tues. NEW YORK— Workers who have registered and not recevied C.W.A, jobs will meet at 29 E. 20th St, at 9:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 13, and elect ® committee to demand work from the O.W.A. City Administrator. All registered and laid-off C.W.A, work- ers are invited to present their de- mands with the delegates, @ THIS IS WAR PREPARATION, TOO! Girl students at Drexel University get practice on the rifle team The rifles used are the heavy military type with the military breech. _, Minneapolis, Minn. | Demand Higher Wages, Better Conditions and Union Feb. 9. coal yard norning for working con- e been picketed gan. The strike is tk Minneapolis Genera] and Helpers Union, A. F. of all signs that the A. F. of & policy lead- ip to the sell-out of the strike, as e in the recent upholsterers press the NEW YORK.—February 12 will \e celebrated by Negro and white work- ers as Frederick Douglas Memorial Day with a mass meeting that evening at the Grace Congregational Church, 308 West 139th Street. The League of Struggle For Negro Rights has organized the celebration as a counter-demonstration to the Lincoln Day celebration by the im- perielists and their reformist allies. The League outlines its purpose in the following statement, issued yesterday: “The revolutionary teachings of this anti-slave leader constitute one of the underlying principles of the L, 8, N, R, On Feb, 12 the ruling class and Workers to Honor Memory of : Frederick Douglas, Feb. 12th: the strike have question of already wages. and the conditions as. unimportant aying the main emphasis on question .of recognition of the r of I. Deals with. the strike~ Regional Labor Board for end breaking of the strike ed by the A, F, of L. even e strike was called. yard workers can win if policy of militant strike nd united mass action of in Minneepolis, both em- nd unemployed and by tank 1 control of the strike. The 2 Union Unity League and the yed Council of Minneapolis already offered their full sup- t to the strike, ikers are urged to come.’o n 3rd Street Room 10 ‘or re and consultation in regards policy, their allies, such as the leadershiy the National Association for the vancement of Colored People other misleaders, will célebrate’ 1 coln’s birthday. In their n fool the Negro masses they Abraham Lincoln was emancipator. The L. S. N. R. needs|7 the support of every organization in y its campaign to disprove this false- heod.” ‘The role of Frederick Douglas wi be contrasted with that of Lincoln b prominent speakers, including Richard 'B. Moore, Executive Secretary of th L, §. N. R., and Herman McKawain, | assistant secretary. | © strik Many AFL Locals Send Delegates To Fight Injunctions Trving Plaza Meet on Sat- urday To Mobilize United Front NEW YORK-—Delegates from or- ganizations of varied affiliations will meet today at. 1 pm., at Irving Plaza Hall to plan steps in the fight to outlaw injunctions. Oredentials received by the United Shoe and Leather Workers’ Union indicate that many A. F, of L. and independent unions will respond to the call to organize united action of the work- ers against this rapidly increasing menace to the existence of workers’ organizations. Many shops are send- ing representatives to the meeting. The objective of the conference will be to establish a permanent com- mittee of representatives from trade unions, from the International Labor Defense, fraternal and liberal organ- izations which will organige united front struggles against injunctions and force the passage of @ bill to prohibit the issuance of injunctions against strikes, Among the unions which have re- sponded to the call to action against} injunctions are the Laundry Workers’ Industrial Union, Bakers’ local 140, Neckwear Workers local of the A, F, of L., Radio Telegraphers’ Associa- departments ef the Furniture Union, the fur department of the Needle Trades ‘Workers’ Industris! Union, All unions and shops are urged to arrange for representation at this important, conference, CWA Graft in Kentacky LOUISVILLE, Ky. —- Widespread charges of graft in the CWA ad- ministration In Kentucky have neces- sitated the formation of a committee of 12 traveling auditors to make a statewide survey of conditions. Hun- dreds of cases of irregularities are on file in the office of the state director. Every new subscriber gained for the “Daily” strengthens our revolu- tutionary movement. Ask your fel- low worker to subscribe. tion, Amalgamated Food Workers, all|’ —e ews Briefs | Of Civil Employees |Maneuver in Statement | for Political Support WHITE HOUSE, N. J., Feb. 9.—| Mr, and Mrs, George Stillwell, an aged couple, were found dead in a garage next to their home by their} p York nephew. The couple had hanged| cratic leaders, themselves side by side from a rafter {O'Connell have gathered the Albany in the garage, |County Legislature to oppose the Unemployment and “financial re-| LaGuardia Economy Bil! in its pres- verses” are cited as a cause of the| ent form. suicides, | The bill, according to Assembly- BR BARES |men Hayes, Cahill and McDermott LANZA KIN OUT OF COURT JOB) and Senator Byrne—all of the Al- NEW YORK, Feb. 9—Today Har-| (any rr preseniation — ought to, be ty Lanza, who is under indictment! teachers, police and firemen from its ees re brothers as Fulton Fish | jyisdiction “Market racketeers, quit as assistant|” |. 3 court clerk yesterday while his spon-| With these changes, Assemblyman sors were struggling for the honor | ° of being the first to repudiate him. . LACK OF FUNDS LEADS TO SUICIDE ALBANY, Feb, 9.—In its efforts to ure he support of dissatisfied a r will have sufficient power to { economies in New York City’s mment.” LINERS HALTED BY FOG le ef . ay | line-up seems all ready, after a divi- ase Pek sete meee Ae, a | slon of spoils agreement between: the A | Democratic and Fusion forces, to today. Among the ships held up was | the Bill's passage when it the Berengaria, which was racing to | atfert next before the State port. with $25,000,000 in gold as one | 1° of the bullion fleet on the way to the} United States to take advantage of the higher price here. | the institutions is prevalent in a ma- Condensing of the warmer waters | jority of the cases. of the bay in the chill air of 10 de- erne grees below zero caused the fog. * * . STORM BRINGS HAVOC TO NORTHERN EUROPE BERLIN, Febfi 9.—During the night and early in the morning sev eral persons were killed and many seriously injured when a near hur- rieane swept Germany and roared its | of the social affairs whith have been way across the Scandinavian coun- under student control, Tierney has tries. It is reported to have been | been chairman of various committees the worst storm in Northwest Hurope arranging student affairs. for years. | a 8 aha eed } Jobless Worker a Suicide * bi vd | PHOENIX, Ariz.—Because of fail- PRISON POPULATION TOPS §&,2i3 | ure to find employment, ©. W. Pfrem- MARK | mer, electrician, killed ‘himself in an ALBANY, Feb, 9.—New York's} 2U'° camp cabin, prison population has reached such | proportions that should the present | INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.—Charles rate of commitments continue a new snellenberger, 37, a salesman, and penal institution will be necessary,| jijs >, Verna, 38, were burned, according to Correction Commission-| the e children narrowly: escaping er Walter N, Thayre, Jr. . |death when fire swept the truck in Commission officials in their re-| which they lived here. The family's ports declare that overcrowding of’ entire possessions were’ destroyed. | SENIOR LEADER DROPPED AT COLUMBIA. NEW YORK, Feb, 9,—Robert M. Tierney, a senior at Columbia Uni- ty, has been requested not to due to certain irregularities n the financial management of some eee Two Die as Home in Truck Burns rt ded | ‘Democrats Seek Aid’ | | | ity workers, the Demo- | Daniel and Edward ayes declared, “we believe that the | trom. this. statement, .'the | | | ter for the spring term at the! | clude 900 Coal Drivers, RR Brotherho« Yard Men Strike im Send Fake Strike Vote Ballot to 2 Rank and File Should Demand Voice in All Negotiations (By a Chicago and Northwestern Employee) CHICAGO, Ill, Feb. 9.—On {strike ballots: were sent out of the 26,000 employees of and Northwestern Rai strike yote will take in the member- ship of 13 of the 16 unions holding contracts with the road. The dis- content of the membership because P of failure to settle grievances, forced the Brotherhood officials to send out this strike ballot. i Grievances have been piling up for @ perlod of over four years, and in-| all kinds of working rules and agreements by the company, the disregard of sen: in tie laying off and rehiri Kenosha Furniture Men Vote to Strike for More Pay, Union| Picketing Keeps Seabs | Out; Officialdom Fought Strike KENOSHA, Wis., lieb. 9-—The A. F.| ot L.. Federal Union. 18,846 .of the Vincent-McCall Bed Factory, located here, voted to go on strike last Fri-| day for higher wages and recognition | of the union. Approximately 85 men are empolyed at the plant, whieh is almost 100 per cent unionized, The strike took effect Monday morning. The union elected a strike commit- | tee of five and arranged for picketing at all hours; with each mah having an eight hour shift. No scabs have as yet tried to get ifite the plant. After Monday morning, even the fore- | men were “kept from entering the| building, On Monday morning, how- ever, one of the foremen jumped over the back fence in order to get in to work, In @ previous meeting called to take @ strike vote, where the men were all in favor of striking; ‘the A. F. of L. officials who came in from outside attempted to irighten.the men with stories abotit how. their families would Suffer in case of a strike, about how cold it was to be outside picketing, and even went'so far in their efforts to prevent the strike, as to say that such a small concern as this, really could not afford to pay any higher Wages than they were paying—d4c an hour. On top of this they claimed that the. by-laws, of the A, F. of L. called. for. a . three-fourths. vote in fayor of striking before a strike could be. called. “Tie result. of the-vote in this meeting was 41 to 17 in favor of going on strike! And because 41 was not three-fourths of the total vote the strike couldn’t be called, ac- cording to these officials! The state seeretary of the A. F. of L., Hadley, was called in to give a talk, and in- stedd of telling how to win their demands, how to successfully conduct the strike, ete, he did nothing but try to scare thei into passively ac- cepting their miserable. wages, so low that they couldn't live on them. The Communist Party of Kenosha fully supports the efforts of, these workers to gain decent wages and recognition of their union. It points out to them, however, the danger of arbitration, calling..upon them to re- fuse to return to work. upon a.“prom~- ise” of settlement by arbitration. It was. in this way that the Nash work- ers were tricked into returning to work without winning any of their demands. Only a militant and deter- mined struggle will win for the Vin- cent-McCall strikers. To depend on the “Regional -Laber Board, or any other governmental agency to do something for them, when every ex- perience of striking workers, not only here in Kenosha, but throughout the country, has proven these agencies act only in the interests of the manu- facturers—this would be suicide, (Continued from Page 1) By JOHN L. SPIVAK ductions which iow make ible the manufacture of any le shoe at competitive price lists. Ast Dy ¥ ', N.Y.C, si ELANCE STREET ree - GRAND OPENING Introductory Sale Nalf So'es & Rubber Hee!s Good Solid Oak Leather Expert Workmanship DONE WHILE ¥OU WAIT — 49e, . CARSON’S SHOE REPAIR DEPT. Sth AVE, and 14th ST, ne Hanechiter contemplating removal to Brock’ assured of labor costs which will permi Brockton Chamber of Commerce Invites Industry Wi h ‘Cheap Labor’ Promises ployment the rule in the industry, the living standards have dropped tremendously. “No Real Increase in Pay” “Paper wages have inereased since the industry was codified,” John F. Reilly, secretary of the Chamber of the wage scale. No extra people have been put to work since the N. R. A. has gone into effect because there was an abundance of labor in the shoe in- q2 Ras. ze ats iu ice » &3 4 F 2 i # to earn any d of wage. Even the erhcod of Shoe and Allied » the new union Were |$35 a week and unskilled some $10 in the long run |less—if they worked a full week."* Per cent increase} (*Note: Manufacturers and the shoes are | Chamber of Commerce, in trying to (SoA labor | ontieatte Big eels aa shoe, | Murphy seve—J. be So é izes { “But they rarcly work = fat week, out, | working conditions — a resentment There :| Which has left its effect upon both jand when you reduce the wage dur-|sell his stock, a great deal of which ing the slack period when there is|h t speculatively in hopes of ne work, and add to that the los ¢ in prices, and thé manufac- by the stagger system, the average cannot sell to retailers who shoe Worker is lucky if he gets $15 a week during the busy season.” Workers Bludgeoned By Crisis Most of the shoe workers walk turer cannot move what stock they have. |The. result is a smouldering resent~- ment which seems to be directed more because of the disappointment about as they have been so|to their hopes than’ because condi: bludgeoned by Years of depres-|tions have not bettered) = unempl: it and wage re-| According to John - Murphy. shise that are completely at | factories even under the-eéde-are-in a@ number of instances net paying the sea, Most of them » their hopes ‘union sro og as the ce theirs now in For years the minimym wage. > “One factory,” ‘he: said, “madethe workers sign cards before-they were paid. The cards gave the number ef hours the workers were supposed te have worked. According to these hours the minimum wage was béing paid, but actually the workers put in more hours than they were compelled to sign for: We have skilled work~- though it {s a new union, but eel is a smouldering resentment ap- parent when you pierce the fog in which they view their living and ers who are not getting the minimum wage, “irected particularly against the N. R. A. “We eall the N. R. A. Not Reclly Anything,” one m‘dle aged sho> worker sitting in e@ brotherhood Deadquarters said. “It ein’t cone a ¢camn thing for us except reduce weges more than before.” 4s psycholovic factor here We complained to the State ce Becrd in Beston, but ev did a thing about it.” “Whot ¢o you intend to do about ‘$2” I esked. ey} pive them a little more time and then we'll do what we cid with one factory. In. that case the manufacturer told me bluntly that he did not intend to pay the minimum T couldn't see any sense in to the Compliance that if the worker, retail dealer and manufac- turer. The great hullaballoo raised about the N. R. A. before and im- wage. complaining again Board so I told week we would I didn’t say so, we'd call out the mum wage was hi EF piece work basis and.in some fac- tories where they are busy, a speed- up system is employed to make up for the lost hours, that almost ex- | hausts the worker. “Some 25 miles from here in Millis, » there is the Hermann Shoe Co.," said’ Murphy:- “They are work- ing day and night shifts making shoes for the War Depatiment and shoe industry older men are being Teplaced by younger. and -faster infractions of} | authority to the Grand Ledge. workers despite the new union. On the other hand, in some operations where men whose “years have been given to a factory and who, with advaneing-age cannot keep up the pace, have appealed to. the. union, the factory and the Department of Lebor, to be allowed to stay on the job even though they cannot, in piece work, meke the minimum wage. These requests have usually been gronted. Wort: in the shoe Industry ts con- trolled’ more or less by the union so that none have been discharged since the N. R. A; has gone into ef- fect to be rehired at minimum wage rates. But: in- other industries and particularly in stores and resaurents, workers Who were getting the minimum have frequently been fired and others rehired at the mini~ mum wage. Within recent weeks the A. & P. here fired 1 is where “the open shop prevails in all but. the shoe industry.” more than | and od Heads 6,000 Men ndred twelve the official sted a5 mes tha burden of the v Dodge Railway Act Walliser and Sargent are to settle th ese grievances at ablish line or syste as called fo r Act of 19: composed of izatior 1g to ment deciding factor. At boards are slow moving ai render a decision favorat’ Some time ago the ma the C, & N. W. did ay board by withdrawing the sentatives and since have 1 as the | do anything at all about g: Under these circumstan General Chairmen and Lodg taries have held up their } despair. Never once haye th to rally the rank and file for action on the job, Partial of wi slow down or ma: file committees would h. the company to restore c The membership has lost fa Grand Chiefs and the orga and along with this has com: iscontent. and the dwind membership. The loss of d caused the official pie cards up, hence the strike vote. Results Not in Doubt There is not much doubt as result of the strike vote, it w doubtedly carry, But that mean that there will be a str nor does it mean that oyr gr will be settled. There is man between the cup and the 1i the railroads there is many of negotiations between a s' and the calling of a strike. The Railway Labor’ Act, pa 1926, with the enthusiast tion of the Grand Chiefs, t strike action up in miles and m of red tape and our Brotherhood offi- cials know how to use that red tay to delay action. While the official statements do not Say so, the Brotherhood officials hay stated in lodge meetings and else- where that all they want is to force government interference and the re- establishment of the line “boards o adjustment. This will again them a basis to stall and manet and oceasionally get some pett; grievance settled to keep us pacified. The fact that they have not rallied the rank and file to fight against in- fractions of working rules and for the settlement of grievances when the: arose makes it certain that these ge~ called leaders of ours will not My the kind of militant unionism whieh would force favorable decisions from @ mediation board. Strike Ballot ‘The following ballet, the one issued to the members of the 13 organize tions, speaks for itself and is a f example of the brazen taking of all power in the unions by off “BALLOT “I have earefully read the fr statement and vote for or 7 “Vote by placing X in « posite For or Against a strii a settlement satisfactory to ti. Lodge officers and General Cl ean be obtained; and I hen point the above named officers . attorneys in fact and autéorize ua to settle the dispute set forth in th statement, attached for me and my name in whatever manner that 1% ¥ 00) them seems proper. “Signature .. “Oxcupation % ‘This ballot follows an official lette: threatening expulsion for -failure to vote. The ballot does not call strike, it calls for the giving sentatives—the best it can be. is a “vote of confidence” in cials by the membership, g membership is far from t confidence. Unity Movement. This lack of confidence” { Brotherhood officialdom hag in the build ment with offices at 208 N, ra on the C. & N. nity Groups are calling supporters to vote oe trike this ballot. If we fail vote 51 it means that both our Walliser will disregard all gr in the future. p But in addition, we should our lodges and raise the an amendment to the Peng. Bees a lodge or b lum of the membership | y settlement. We should om and file represen‘ation in futur negotiations. And we Such action the fur building of the Ul Paces carry on Yank er activity where and-when the fail: to protect Our interests. (Action is expegted in sever en the shove Wate editiws for news.”