The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 24, 1934, Page 4

———— Four Bike S Major In 1934 on Railroads Against Boss Attacks R. R. Magnates Have Bee n Sienenvaiiendle Slashing Pay, Undermining Living Standards, Reducing Forces, Breaking Agre ements Won by Fights By WALTER BOLT CLEVELAND, Ohio.—Thbe year 1934 promises to be of decisive import- imee in the history of railroad Ie wage ent has been tak “deduction.” Twice this c railway unions, altho enly temporar é talk of back wag > resto) Negotiations this scheduled for some tim: F June 30th, ment expir poned, due to intervention. in no way be rates of pay men, In many Wages are far decent living Maintenance o recently made pt wages as low were being paid trackmen earned the $10 a week wace mon. At the same are going up. The postponem: is aimed to clos tional airing of ¢ become so unb votes are occur most important ro to close the door of the zi 10 per is widespi sentiment, Break Union Agreements Tl) was oe ognized fact th question of .2 wag only question to- b next wage negoti have repeatedly they want aboy selves of ali pr the various wor! tween them and ti anions, The initiative in ions. Delaware & Hudson , the open shop sforee. Hayi eraft unions, Loree she eslls the “clastic d a combination of ‘)(3ffs under which the jobs by 5 per ce at the same time tion 25 per cer ohase. and use machinery. For who were able to itheip union organiz @ different schem ership accepted his proposal to ¢ lead basis of pay, abc half for overtime and ignore senior- aty, The En r admits “hat the D. & H an additional 20 The D. & H. plan has sxiended te the Lou %& Texas and more recently t 4ansas City Southern, a Loree road “Strike Votes Show Temper of Men During the yast y e lave been takon voads, in addition to Southern strike action. In “tance the President Gmergency Board to strike, On the Mobile & ©} gage cut has been in August 1932, in di yhe national w oad is in bank ot prevent the wankrupt road f Million dollars in vith which to ma‘ ‘rest Payments. A i) per cent wage ci gom the pay enve' ). workers for mor ried in November 1933 the President a Emergency Board and t oard | aie, @5 its opinion that ways and Must be found for paying the} tr Wage rate. Nothing was id about refunding wages alr era “st through the robbery of the ie Kansas Cit ey each 1a year, a creed on vote was final! Officials by the men, and w As stated | the| opped OQ. Naw the road has ‘nee a "ae i March 7th, 614 of| 3 “9 saa 10 per cent wage cut | ibe returned! What a sell ou | 194 per cent cut in the f or li Costs and a delib ale (inl f (0 per cent of th C fora year and a half " otherbood leadership have, Made no preparations for out the strike mandate of | ‘and file and will probably c elt and his Emergency | taking only an additiona! } from the men’s wages. | “Southern Pacific (Atlantic | ‘strike vote was taken and | earried, to force the | #f 108 grievances listed as | @m accumulation of over ‘President’s Eme mo basis for ac- | existed for other- sthese grievances. But | men’s The | of | a A ievant are still not setiled hot the sirike has been suc- sf u ed by the road, the and the government: Birike vote against ac- lances has been taken | @ Rio Grande and Weency Board has been © waylay organized ac- sent moment (Feb. Btrike ballot is being pthe Chicago & North- the growing in- men against fla- don the part of the of- toad for all union ery. of the 21 standard acceptance of the Dela~ & Hudson and Louisiana &| s plans, that they are not use the organized strength union membership to force | naintenance of their wages and | king standards. to ‘he passage of the Emergency ilroad Transportation. Act las June and the recent statements of Federal Coordinator of Railways Joseph B, Eastman, indicate clearly | enough what railroad workers can expect from this quarter. pose of the Coordinator Bill was to j make. possible greater railroad “eco- nomies” and jobs, What are our union leaders pro-| ng against the united attacks of | roads, the bankers and the gov- ment They are proposing that the government take over those roads which fail to live up to their agree- ments with the men. Wherever a strike ballot has been taken (re- gardless of the motive of the union chiefs in taking the strike vote), the men approval to direct organized action to settle their score with the roads. But the union officials do not want this method. They allow the at- tacks of the roads to go on... but th dissipate the strength of the anizations in futile dreams about paradise under government opera- tion. An Emergency for Railroad Labor A very real emergency exists for workers in the railroad industry, For those already out of service (over half a million in the past few years), there is little chance of a job. The roads have demonstrated that they can handle even a considerable in- crease in traffic with the same num- ber of men. Plans under way for at the expense of payrollé pe }| consolidation of terminals and track- age will cut thousands more off the boards, shops and clerical positions, The most. recent government policy of loaning public works funds to the roads so that they can purchase the most modern labor saving equipment an only mean increased production ith fewer forces, less maintenance requirements, smaller crews on stream-lined high speed trains, Even if traffic should increase te a new ion high, (because of war parations), the present forces will able to take care of the situation - according to the plans of the , 2s has heen shown in this depend on the violation of ing agreements and schedules and on the continued passive attitude of the union leadership in spite of these violations. ‘To prevent mass action on the part of the railroad workers the roads now count on legalizing these viola- | tions through decisions of govern- | Ment Emergency Boards as-on the Kansas City Southern or through direct collaboration with union offi- cials as was accomplished on the Delaware & Hudson. How the rank and file in the 21 standard railway unions can defeat the plans of the roads through using the power of their own organiza- tions will be discussed in another article soon to be published, FROM 18- YEAR-1 OLD READER ‘Newton, Mass, Dear Comrades: I am renewing my subscription for ® year. The Daily Worker is im- proved both in general news and its make-up. Mike Gold’s column ‘is t| settlement, We should demand rank| The pur- | haye given almost unanimous | Strt gales re Reais pre on C and NW Strike Ballot Maneuver Should Prepare to Do for Ourselves What Paid | Officials Fail to Do By @ Railroad Worker Correspondent | CHICAGO, Ill—I read with inter- est the article in Saturday's (Feb. 10th) Daily Worker, on the Chicago jand North Western so-called strike ballot. Your correspondent correctly points out that this ballot does not ber. For two and a half years a 10 per cent | call for a strike, but calis for giving; n from the railroad worker’s pay envelope as a|O0Ur officials additional authority to was extended by the officials of the 21 standard |™onkey with agreements and settle h the men were led to believe that the cut was |0UF Srievances to suit thelr purposes. | But there are one or two points which |the writer or the article failed to | brine out clearly enough. | "Your correspondent proposes that | | we vote “for” strike on the ballot and | then makes the following proposals. | “But in addition we should go into our lodges and raise the demand for |an amendment to the strike ballot |ealling for a lodge or ballot referen- | Gum of the membership before any and file representation in all future | | negotiations. And we should demand | real preparation for a strike if these |grievances are not settled immedi- ately. Purther, we should see that | open meetings of both members and non-members be called by every lodge | and organization, to discuss the ballot | and negotiations.” | All these Proposals are good and | necessary, but while the ballot is be-| ing circulated, counted and negoti-! S| ated, the company is continuing to| break our agreements and grievances | continue to pile up. The writer of the | Feb. 10th article, in criticizing the) Brotherhood officials, indirectly points the way to what we should do, He| says, “Never once have they (the offi- cials) tried to rally the rank and file for militant action on the job. Partial | stoppages of work, slow down or mass | rank and file committees would have) forced the company to restore condi~} tions.” These truths which are here stated | negatively should be taken as positive guides to action, We should prepare to do for ourselves what our paid offi- | efals fail to do, Side by side with the} effort to have our say in negotiations | should go the effort to settle griev- ances by direct action on the job, One | little example of strike action on the job would do us more good in the| strike vote negotiations than any number of high powered Grand Lodge representatives or lawyers, | Split Unity Your correspondent also slides over | the fact that three of the organiza~- tions, Brotherhood of Locomotive En- gineers, Order of Railway Conductors jand Order of Railway Telegraphers, are not included in this so-called strike vote, This point is of great im- portance, and the rank and file of | the whole 16 organizations should de- mand explanation from our officials— why when they bring up the question of strike, they fail to secure a united front of all the crafts. Some of the Brothers on the Job | try to explain this by saying that it | is because of personal differences be- tween Al Whitney of the Trainmen and Johnson and Barry of the En- gineers and Conductors. If that is the answer, it is a hell of a state of af- | fairs that allows the personal dislikes lof our would-be leaders to split our | | ranks. | But I don’t think that 1s all there| is to it, for the Grand Chiefs were able to get together on accepting the 10 per cent cut and they haye un- animously agreed on its extension. Rather this looks like a definite plan to lessen the chance of a strike even | While raising the question of strike. In considering strike, the “Big Four’ of the operating department are the most important organizations. Be- cause of lay-offs many engineers (members of the B. of L. E.) are firing engines and many conductors (mem- bers of the O.R.C.) are working ag freight brakemen. That leaves the opening in case of strike for the lead- ers of the O.R.C. and B. of L. E. to| demand that their members scab on brakemen and firemen, The company is reported to be preparing for just this by reinstating several discharged Sentiment to Resist Pay Cuts Grows Among R.R. Workers Kick Them Out; Full Il Speed Ahead! Railroad Storm Center IN TODAY'S Daily Worker we publish articles of the highest importance | for all workers from railroad workers. For two years now the Railroad Brotherhood officials have been working with might and main, aided by the Hoover and Roosevelt govern- ments, to keep the railroad workers from struggle. In the meantime, blow against the living standards of the railroad men, Now there are rising symptoms of struggle. Roosevelt has stepped in to help extend the 10 per cent wage cut. But from all parts,of the country the news shows the rank and file are forcing strike votes, and moving with definite and tremendous steps towards struggles that may shake the whole country. Just as determinedly, the Wall Street government, larded thick with its New Deal phrases, is moving heaven and earth in an effort to spike the development of any strike moves. There is no doubt that the railroad workers, organized 400,000 strong in 21 standard unions, with. a history of the most militant struggles in the American labor movement, are stirred to their very depths against the mounting grievances, against growing unemployment, and against direct, wage cuts. Whether these workers move into action, mobilize their forces for struggle, are able to defeat the maneuvers of their betraying officialdom, depends on how well the rank and file can be organized. . . oO Party must now realize that it is up to us to plunge into this | struggle, to mobilize all our forces for concentration on the railroads, in order to lead and direct this rising mass discontent among the railroad workers, and help to forge it into a mighty cuts, Every railroad worker should take some definite part in the forth- coming struggles. The lodges must become beehives of criticism of the officialdom. Every moye of the bosses and of the Railroad Brotherhood officialdom must be put to the most searching criticism. Their past betrayals must be brought out. They count on the inactivity, the lack of initiative, of the rank and file. They count on their trust In the officialdom and their slowness to organize. But all this must be changed now. There must be organization of the rank and file, In the forefront of all these struggles, as the best organizers, must be the Communists in the railroad industry. The Communist Party Districts, Sections and Units who are situated in railroad centers or near railroad terminals, round-houses, railroad lodge meeting places, freight yards, or wherever railroad workers congregate, must make it their specific task to concentrate on these places. They must talk with railroad workers. Leaflets must be prepared and distributed. Lodge meetings should be covered. Organization of the rank and file set up. Particularly, we urge all railroad workers to write to the Daily Worker about their problems and struggles, and urge their fellow workers to do likewise, T= Daily Worker will in the future carry more articles and letters from railroad workers dealing with every phase of the railroad industry, and particularly the struggles of the rank and file to defeat the wage cuts and win the fight on grievances. ‘We cannot too greatly emphasize the importance of greater attention of the whole Party to work among railroad workers. Heretofore our work in this field has lagged woefully. Now we must not let this work tail behind the development of the mood for struggle on the part of the railroad workers, conductors on the Wisconsin Division | Movement, 208 N, Wells St., Chicago, | out of Chicago. Il, has a program of united rank and This should not be allowed to| file action of all crafts to overcome spread a sense of defeatism in our | the Splitting and dilly-dallying tac- ranks—as no doubt the company and | tics of the Grand Lodge officialdom. Grand Chiefs want—but should rather | Its supporters on the C. & N. W. are the railroad parasites have directed blow atter | Use Anti Soviet ' Poison to Weaken Ranks of Workers |Railroad Worker Doing His Best To Combat | Prejudices | By a Railroad Worker Correspondent | CALUMET CITY, Ill—I sat down know what kind of culture some railroad workers have had poured into them, I am a railroad worker myself and a member of the Broth- erhood of Locomotive Engineers, |Lodge No, 302, Chicago, Ill, and I | well understand that the Communist Party is the only party that is doing | excellent work for all workers in the | United States of America, As I go along reading the Daily | Worker and talking and fighting for | betterment, there are a few around |me on this railroad that don’t know | which is the right or the wrong side, |It woulé be gratefully appreciated if |the Daily Worker would get some {German element to teach these workers here different. I have been passing out my Daily Workers to the workers or. this rail- road. | These are the insults that are | «written with chalk on the 12th St. | Viaduct pier in Chicago where I | Work, Some of them are as follows: “You can always make fertilizer |out of horse felt but you can never make anything out of a God damn | pollock that agitates the Russian | Communist propaganda to us.” “Don’t bite the hand that’s feed- ing you, if you don’t like the U, 8. A, go back to the land you came from |in other words you. never donated any service for tne freedom of this country go back to the land that. uses the red flag for riots and blood sheds and fought for centuries | without a cause or shut your God damn Pollack mouth forever in the U. 8. A."—signed W. F. P | And this worker named William F. | Planer, 5609 Sohl Ave,, Hammond, |Ind., belongs to I, H. B, Ry. Lodge No, 685, Brotherhood of Locomotive, | Firemen Hard to get any place with | | gele that will stop wage | | te negottations. ? such workers as this when it comes Bats | Ed, Note:—The bosses’ poisonous propaganda fed every minute into the workers’ minds has for its pur- pose the weakening of the workers’ ranks in the struggle for better conditions. Especially is this true f Anti-Soviet propaganda We must conduct a day-to-day cam- paign against this poison, through increased circulation of the Daily Worker, “The Arbeiter,” 35 East lath St. N. ¥,, official German organ of the Communist Party and through magazines and pamphlets | that tell the truth about the Soviet Union. Every Railroad Worker Should Read ‘Railroad Unity News’, Feb, Issue CHICAGO, IlJ.—The February, 1934, issue of “Railroad Unity News,” rank and file organ of the railroad workers, has just been published with impor- tant articles and editorials on the proposed extension of the 10 per cent. Wage cut. The leading articles deal with “Eastman Asks Power to Speed Up Economies,” and “Managements Decide Against Return of 10 Per Cent.” “Railroad Unity News” is published by the Railroad Brotherhood Unity Commitee at 2003 North California Aye., Chicago, Ill. Every railroad worker should help distribute this valuable organ. Write for sample copies or bundles. Do not miss this important issue. FROM THE SHOE SECTION New Bedford, Mass. Dear Comrades: Please transfer one dollar as a fi- nancial help to the illegal German Communist Party in Germany, I am sending my warmest greet- increase our determination to secure | leading the fight against the phoney|ings to the heroic Gerinan Commn- solidarity of all crafts to fight for the| strike ballot and for the immediate common settlement of all grievances. | settlement of our grievances. The Railroad Brotherhoods Unity’ —A. C, AND N. W. EMPLOYE, nist leaders and all working class for their heroic fight and solidarity. —J. D. to the table to let the Daily Worker} Win Railroad Labor For Workers’ Jobless, Social Insurance Bill {Lpdemeaiins Engineers’ Convention Last Year Waa’ Forced to OK Federal Jobless Insurance, But Leaders Try to Hold Back Action By a Railroad Worker CHICAGO, Il.—When the wage cut agreement was signed in Janusry, 1932, taking 10 per cent from our pay envelopes for a period of one year, the 1,091,000 workers still holding jobs on the roads at that time, as well as the half million men who had been laid off during the two years pre~ ceding the signing of the agreement, were led to believe that the money, taken through the wage cut would be: used te put men back to work. No sooner, however, was the ink dry on the agreement, which by the way, was made without a referendum | of the men whose pockets were be- | ing picked, than new layoffs started. The average number of railroad workers employed for 1931 was 1,261,~ 000, For 1932 it was 1,030,000, a drop of over’-a quarter of a million. Estimates for 1933, although the of- ficial average has not yet been re- leased by the Interstate Commerce Commission, show s further drop of about 60,000 workers. More Layoffs Coming Joseph - Eastman, Federal Co- ordinator of Railroads, under the Railway Emergency Act, passed June 16, 1933, now proposes to cancel all limitations placed on railroad dis~ The only mention of financial as- sistance to the men slated for whole- | sale dismissal under the consolida- | tions to be carried out by the roads! with the approval of Eastman, is a | veiled statement that “where changes in methods of operation or adminis- tration are made, not because of lack of business, but for the primary pur-| pose of performing work more effi- ciently, salvage of the employe should within reasonable limits.” There is no guarantee whatever in this slip-| Pery statement that one railroad) worker would ever collect $1 of re- lief when he is laid off. Not one of the 800,000 men already laid off during these last half dozen years have gotten $1 of relief, although the government manages to find millions for every bankrupt road. Plenty of Money for Railroad Bankers Tt should be remembered by un- employed railroad workers, and those still on the seniority waiting for a possible days work here and there, that the Hoover administration through the Reconstruction Finance Corporation loaned the railroads $296,251,430, most of which went to pay interest and dividends. Roose- velt, of course, is carrying out the same policy having increased R. F. C. loans to $40,000,000, And the very Emergency Railroad Act which laid the basis for wholesale consoli~ dations and more layoffs, gave back to the roads $400,000,000 due the government under the Recapture Clause of the Railway Labor Act. The Roosevelt, government is now loan- ing the roads hundreds of millions more (interest free for the first year) with which to buy rails and new Work can be done with fewer men, There is money for everything but unemployment insurance. Easy Money, Wage Cuts, Produce Profits ‘Yes, there is plenty of money for unemployment insurance, but it goes into interest and dividends instead. Although revenue freight increased only 1.7 per cent in 1933 over 1932, railroad income rose 45.4 per cent! Some idea of what owners of rail- road stocks are getting can be seen from the following examples: The Queen & Crescent declared a divi- dend of $8 a share (double the May 1932 payment); the St. Joseph & Grand Island paid $5 on its first preferred and $4 on the second; the Sante Fe increased its dividend from $2.50 to $3.50 a share; the Burling- ton distributed $3 a share swelling the income of Northern Pacific and Great Northern stockholders by $2,- 400,000 each. ‘ Railroad Workers Want Unemploy- ment Insurance ‘The rank and file in the railroad unions want Unemployment Insur- How R. R. Brotherhood Misleaders Betrayed Workers During Past Year Made Promises to End| Wage Cuts While Preparing More DETROIT, Jan. 7, 1983. — A, F. Whitney informed about 300 railroad- ers at a mass meeting “that we will not let them take one more red cent from you.” He also informed the ‘workers present “that the sentiment of the rank and file forced the brotherhood chiefs to acept the ten per ceht cut at Chicago,” OHICAGO, May 1, 1933.—Oapitalist papers quote A. F. Whitney as saying “IT have no doub: but what 90 per cent of the roads will be patriotic enough to return the ten per cent this coming November.” CLEVELAND, June 24, 1933,—Al- yanely Johnston, chief of the B. of L. _E., informs the delegates to the BLE. Convention that the Labor Chiefs have negotiated an extension of the ten per cent deduction to duly, 1934. This was done without any authority of the membership and the pay was thereby set to remain stationary although the Labor Chiefs knew that the N, R. A, ET, A. A. A. A, and the President's gold program was to raise the cost of liv- ing. MICHIGAN.—During the year the shown to the roads Myphigan rail employees were widely | after the Chiefs had practically fin- propagandized to support and become | interested in the Michigan Railway Employees and Citizens League, It is now established that this is a rail- road propaganda bureau, guided by the Michigan Railway Association | under the leadership of a Col Van- dercook, formerly chief legislative lobbyst, for Michigan Ratlroads. i eros CLEVELAND. — Disclosed at the B, L. E. Convention that Grand Chief Johnston actually instigated the Jan- uary, 1932, ten per cent cut in order to remain in the good graces of his fellow financial crooks, the bankers of New York, Pittsburgh and Cleve- land, Feb. 10, 1934—Grand Chief Johns- ton convicted of bank wrecking and stealing the funds of the pensioners and widows and the membership, Sentence carries fines totalling $90,000 and eggregate penitentiary sentence of 270 years (which the ma- jority of railway workers hope will be at hard labor). If Johnston is jailed he will be succeeded by T. J. Bissett who was also directly con- nected with the wrecking of the bank, ° * * CHICAGO, Feb,, 1934—The usual fake ballot has been handed down to the men of the C. N. W. by the mis- leaders at the top, In January, 1932, ished their wage eutting conference a fake ballot was sent to the mem- bership asking them “if they would give the chiefs authority to negotiate to a successful conclusion.” This could only be voted “yes” especially in view of the fact that local chair- men could vote for the entire lodge. Today's strike ballot is a more open sell-out, a you vote FOR a strike UNLESS A SETTLEMENT Cee aa the men have not even the chance expressed above, The ballot gives blanket erica to the Labor Chiefs to settle in any way they like, namely, “I hereby appoint the above named officers to settle the dispute for me in wha‘ever Manner seems proper to them,” -|Now Work W With Roose- yelt in Effort to Extend. 10 P. C, Slash is making the same identical eppeal of no action that Hoover made in October, 1931, just before the 10 per cent eut, We also remember Roose- velt's only campaign statement in re- gard to railway workers which was to the effect that he would help to put the railroads on a Paying basis, missals under Section 7 of this Act. | be a charge on the savings effected, | labor saving equipment so that more, Ago ance. The delegates to the last con~ | vention of the Locomotive Engineers | forced through a vote in favor of Federal Unemployment Insurance, | but the leaders of that organization refuse to carry out the will of the | Convention. Convention after Con- vention of the Railway Clerks have come out for Unemployment Insur= ance. Hundreds of Lodges of fire« men, carmen, machinists, maintene ance of waymen have passed resolu | tions for Unemployment Insurance, But there the fight began and ended, Railroad workers represent a pow- erful and strategic section of the American working class. There are almost a million men still employed in the industry. Another million men can be found in ‘the ranks of the unemployed, but they are and always will be railroad workers, in close contact to their brothers in the shops, yards and terminals. They must be reached through our masa organizations, particularly the unem-= | ployed councils. Many thousands | are already in the unemployed coun- cils and could be used to carry the fight for our Social Insurance Bill | into the railroad lodges. | Over 400,000 railroad workers are | organized into the 21 standard labor, organizations, To win even a part [oF this trade union membership to support the Unemployment Insure ance campaign would greatly | strengthen the fight for Social In- | surance inthe other unions. This | should be one of the main tasks of | the growing oppositions in the rail- | Way organizations. Lodges should also be urged to appoint relief com- mittees to assist members in distress, both those totally unemployed and those earning less than a living wage, by mo means an uncommon thing where the stagger plan is in opera~ tic., These committees, by uniting in local councils with other unem- ployed organizations will be brought into the general mass agitation for local, state and. national relief, Local Grievances Many local grievances of railroad workers are tied up with the question of the unemployed. The unions are daily losing thousands of members because the unemployed and part time railroad workers cannot con- tinue to pay the high dues and ase sessments charged to maintain the Grand Lodge apparatus. Employed and unemployed still in the unions can strengthen the strug- gles of the unions against wage cuts and violation of working agreements by keeping the unemployed where they belong, inside the unions. This means a struggle for carrying the unemployed dues free, but with full rights and privileges, reducing dues and assessments for part time and lower paid workers, and cutting down salaries and general expenses of the Grand Lodge apparatus all along the line. A campaign in’ the lodges against the practice of the railroads to force workers to contribute to their charity campaigns is another issue to win the workers in the lodges, The question. of hours of work is directly related to unemployment-and starvation wages. The voluntary stag~ ger system has been introduced on the rialroads to the point where men are forced to accept two or three days work a week in addition to wage cuts. The fight for the six hour day and 30 hour week is a necessity for railroad workers, but only when a monthly minimum. is. guaranteed which will ensure a decent standard of living. There are many features in the Workers Social Insurance Bill which appeal especially to railroad labor. Ong of fhe most important of these is a nation] provision to compensate worke ers injured on the job, Railroad workers, because they are engaged im, interstate commerce are excluded in most instances from the provisions of state compensation laws. On thig issue alone there is a splendid chance to get the support of railroad labor for our Social Insurance campaign, | | _ Dance and Entertainment Pierre DeGeyter Orch. Musical Program Sat, Feb. 24th, 8:30 P. ML CLARTE, 304 West 58th St. Contribution 250. Make Merry in CLARTE ae ted | CHICAGO, Feb., 1934—It may he just a coincidence but the railway managers request for further wage cuts, and President Roosevelt's re- quest for “no disturbing labor action” | were almost simultaneous. The fin- aneial paper of Detroit, The Free Press, makes the following observ- ance, “The only surprise is that the railroad labor unions did not beat the employers to the first bow by an- nouncing their intention to discon. tinue the ten per cent deduction.” Of course, this was no surprise to the rank and file of the brotherhoods, who are also aware Boosevelt R Friday March 2nd 8:30 P. M. b B at IRVING PLAZA 1 IRVING PLACE Admission 35e—25e in Advance Auspices of the Workers School, 35 East 12th Street CLARENCE HATHAWAY EDITOR OF THE DAILY WORKER KNOCKS EVOLUTION TRS OOR UROPE i All Proceeds to the NATIONAL TRAINING SCHOOL of the OF. 1 , @art Browder Speaks Here March 9th) | -—“S wary