The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 27, 1934, Page 3

mie DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, JU. Page Three “One United Union For Auto Workers’— OpenLetter of A.W.U. Militant Union Appeals to. A.F.L. Conference || Dickstein “Threatens Delegates DETROIT, Mich., June 26.—An |} —— open letter sent by the Auto Work-| ers Union to the delegates to the| National Conference of Federal Auto | Locals of the A. F. of L., calls on the delegates to take determined measures for a united industrial union of all the auto workers. The open letter exposes the role of the A. F. of L. officials in betraying the fight of the auto workers for their economic demands, that the Auto Labor Board has aimed its rulings against the unions. The Open letter signed by J. Wil- son, national organizer, and Phil Raymond, and the fact Workers Union, declares: “The no-strike policy of the A. F. of L. leadership has proven to be disastrous. secretary of the Auto In following their ad- vice—placing all dependence upon the NRA. upon arbitration, and upon, the good will of the employers —the auto workers were led from defeat to defeat. ‘wages, As a result low speed - up, discrimination against union members, unemploy- ment, the growth of company unions; still continues in the industry and 4s now being intensified. “WHO STOPPED THE GEN- ERAL STRIKE in the auto industry at.a time when production was high and the auto workers were in the best. position to force the employers to grant their demands? It was the A. F. of L. leaders and their pussy- footing policy of delay—delay—de- lay. “WHO PUT OVER THE WASH- INGTON AGREEMENT which ditched the wage demands and legalized and strengthened the com- pany unions—the agreement which was hailed by the auto manufactur- ers a8 a great victory for them and = i . a ss a ee the strike betrayal. hurt, two of them perhaps fatall: @ defeat for organized labor? It] Of workers into the union during ir w S Conditions of the workers are| A Week ago the day shift mem- y 4, perhaps ly. was William Green, William Collins,| working hours, thus leaving the| {elmbla, secured iy nag eae dey very bad in these mills, Some of | bers of the union took a strike vote, | hadi A, claims 100 per cent or-) | ‘The police intimidation and sian. field clear to the company unions.| showing “Dally” also be made on|the workers get only 16 hours| with 92 per cent of the workers | S00 jon in this plant, but the|der against the children followed Its later actions were all in the| to shopmates and 1) shops where| Work a week. A committee from | Voting for strike if the demands are |e etine payee habprinen.? a mass | immediately, and frantic mothers, 20. 50 DISCOUNT. Same spirit—to weaken and pre-| ‘riends. there are shop|the paper, The Lancaster Worker, refused. The night shift workers | 7 es ear into the Steel | desperately trying to locate their ed % vent any effective struggle against See ee vith the|took similar action. The under- | ches orkers Industrial|children, were brutally driven back = nuclei. Each ber of hop | offered to cooperate wit! i the employers and to crush strikes, | 2UCl¢l- ch member of a shop nion. Such a meeting was ar-|by the cops. specials. postage. @ SPECIALS All pamphlets are sold at 20% SALE ends Sat.,July 7 at all Workers’ Book Shops in New York City and at the Work- Vers’ Book Shop, 50 E. 13th Street Following are some of the many All orders must inelude DISCOUNT CAPITAL, Vols. 1, 2 Boonie 82.50 now . . $1.95 each POVERTY OF PHILOSOPRY— cS ae eS a ASS none G28 WOW ccc. Si focus $1.00 HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN Working Class . now . 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Milton Stone, who is chairman of the educational committee of the locals, was subpoenaed by Dick- stein when workers massed at the Congressman’s home last Saturday demanding that he act on the Workers Unemployment Insurance Bill. While Stone was being ques- tioned by the Dickstein Commit- tee, half a dozen agents of the Department of Justice were pre- sent, Questions were hurled to Stone such as: “Who is Joseph Brandt?” (section organizer of the Communist Party—Editor.) “What is the Gold Dust Action Committee?” “What is the Re- lief Workers League?” Greer, Dillon and other A. F. of L. officials. “WHO SNATCHED THE FULL FRUITS of Victory from our hands when workers struck despite the No-Strike order of Green, Collins and Co., and tied up the plants solid? Again it was the A. F. of L. leaders. “The Automobile Labor Board, set up with the stamp of approval of the A. F. of L. officials sup- posedly to guarantee against dis- crimination, acted from the very beginning against unionism. Its first act was to bar the recruiti r4 Byrd, the so-called labor man on the board, acted side by side with the others in giving a raw deal to the workers. The New Deal, the N. R. A. and its mediation and arbitration sys- tem, which was acclaimed by the top officials of the A. F. of L. as a New Day for Labor, has proven to be the chief instrument of the employers for hog-tying the work- ers. Greer As Bad As Collins Within the official machine, a struggle is going on for the con- trol of the Federal locals. Greer is trying to capitalize on the discon- tent of the rank and file to build his own machine. But Greer and his clique are no more deserving of rank and file support than Collins. He was one of the three men that saw the President during the March hearings and asked the President for a new emancipation proclama- tion. The workers surely got one in the Washington sell out—the emancipation proclamation for the company unions. RANK AND FILE DELEGATES —steer clear of the whole pack of scheming, sell-out officials. Unite your ranks against the disruptive Policies of the officials and for a program of united struggle against the employers, the company unions, and the A. F. of L. officials in the auto industry! The demand of the hour is a united fight of the rank and file of all unions in the industry for the improvement of conditions. The demand of the hour is a united industrial union of all auto workers, including the members of all unions and crafts in the auto industry, with control lodged in the hands of the workers in the shops. We propose for your earnest con- sideration, the adoption of a policy for united action, nationally and locally, of all local unions in the auto industry: For the 30-hour week with no reduction in pay; for in- creased wages; against the inhuman speed-up system; against all cheat- ing bonus schemes, for adequate aid to the unemployed, for the Workers’ Unemployment Insurance Bill; against the Arbitration Boards and the menace of compulsory arbitra- tion; for the right to organize and strike; and against company unions. Philadelphia Announces Its! “Daily” Drive Committees ane Named; | Prizes and Check-Up Arranged PHILADELPHIA, Pa. June 26— On June 17, the Philadelphia dis- trict officially swung into the cam- paign to double the “Daily’s” cir- culation. A Section Daily Worker Cam- paign Commit- tee is to be elec- ted. This Com- mittee will head section Daily Worker Com- mittees, each consisting of a Daily Worker agent, a member of a mass or- ganization and an active mem- ber of the sec- tion. It was planned to have each Section Daily Worker Committee hold one meeting a month, but in view of the quota set by the Central Com- mittee for 1,000 new readers in the next two months, these com- mittees should meet at least twice a month and every week if pos- sible, Unit Daily Worker Committees are also to be established, consisting of a Daily Worker agent and two comrades from mass organizations. x These will meet once a week, In addition, a Dis- > trict Daily Worker Committee is to ibe established. A member of this committee will visit one out of town section each week, § ThoroughCheckup Letters are be- ing sent to each section to check The Best Thing To Keep One's Head Out of the Clouds and One’s Feet on the Ground Is the “Daily Worker.” (sketch by Fer- stadt). N. Brown, Phila- nucleus will be responsible for the sale of the “Daily” at his shop. In line with this, leaflets on the Daily Worker will be issued to concentra- tion factories. Three new Daily Worker Carriers are to be added to each Section. The District Office plans to give these new carriers free papers for one month and a training course will be developed to assist these com- rades in improving their efforts. Offer Prize Other points in the Philadelphia District’s circulation plan include a quota of three new readers to be secured by every present reader of the “Daily.” A radio set will be of- fered as a prize to the reader who secures the most new readers, with 15 as the minimum. Work will be conducted among language organi- zations and publicized in the lan- guage press. eae You Must Have Style, says Lichtenstein “The Red Builders must pay at- tention to their style of sell- ing Daily Workers. hardly let the public know that § they are seliing the paper. Instead of shouting slo- } gans, these stand on street corners Many of them like statues, as though waiting for people to come around and place wreaths on them. | “But the new “Arise Ye Slaves, No More In Red Builders, I Sy"Perstedt must say, are — showing the proper spirit. This is perhaps because they are young; but they have a revolutionary gusto. They move about, shout, make the paper sound as it should sound — impressive—to workers. This is the type of Red Builder who will be in- valuable in doubling our circulation and in getting the 20,000 new read- ers within the next two months.” This is the tenor of the statement by Harry Lichtenstein, District Daily Worker agent, on the program of building and improving the Red Builders. Comrade Lichtenstein is a person with a background on this matter. He is one who rose from Welcome “‘Putzy;’’ Pe q versity commencement exercises rec or “Putzy,” as he is sometimes kn and students. ‘Silk Workers Out ‘On Strike in Four) Pennsylvania Mills Bedford Weavers Win Reduction in Looms |New (Special to the Daily Worker) LANCASTER, Pa., June 26.— Silk workers in four mills belong- ing to the Balidon Company walked out on strike at 5 a. m. today. The strikers are demand- mg recognition of the union. Six hundred of the strikers are from Athens, where the company fired 25 men for union activity; 900 are out in two mills in Co- lumia and 200 are out in Marietta. } strikers and urged that they carry on the fight for higher wages and | the 30-hour week. The strikers have been urged to elect a rank and file committee to lead the strike and mobilize the workers for picket duty. ihe we NEW BEDFORD, Mass., June 25. | —As a result of the militancy of 60 weavers working in the Old Colony Silk Mill, the mill owners were forced to take off the two extra |looms that were imposed unon the | men last week, on their 4 loom jobs. Last week, as soon as the men found out that the boss was pre- paring some looms for six loom jobs, the National Textile Workers Union issued a typewritten leaflet which was circulated inside of the mill on \both shifts. This leaflet stimulated the men into talking | strike action against the six-loom system. On Saturday of last week the United Textile Workers Union (A. F. of L.) called a meeting of these workers. The decision of the rank and file, in snite of the U.T.W. leaders, wes for strike action, which | was called for Tuesday. Today the men were informed. through the U. T. W. leaders, that the boss gave in to their demands for four-loom jobs. The only way to insure this vic- | tory in this mill is through the or- | ganization of a rank and file mill committee, representative of all unions and of unorganized workers which must look after the interests of the workers and be ready for any action against the victimization of any of the most acti workers. The Daily Worker gives you the} truth about conditions in the Soviet | Union, the truth about workingclass strikes in the United States and abroad. | the ranks, having once been a Red | Builder himself, and one of the} mightiest of the lot. “Tt must be the task of every | Party member,” continues Comrade Lichtenstein, “to locate the jobless worker and see that he makes con- tact with the section Daily Worker heads. If each Party member does his duty, then we will have Red Builders on every important inter- section in New York. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Anti-fascist students against Ernst Hanfstaengl, Nazi publicity agent, at the Harvard Uni- Boston police against the wrath of the aroused anti-fascist workers /3,000 Vote for Strike; Arrest Anti-Fascists Opposition in ‘A. F. of L. Steel ‘UnionGrowing Monnesson Toilers Had Started Picketing Before Betrayal | PITTSBURGH, Pa |The rank and fi ited Asso gh District ing the real le opposi- tion against -Green be- trayal. It is reported that a meeting was held in McKeesport with repr tatives from many of {the Pittsburgh Di. Jover 50 A. A. ra: bers were present. T1 his program and or; tions in each local sentme: of the | toward |their part in the betrayal was ex- who demonstrated ently, were arrested. Hanfstaengl, own, was given protection by the ers from McKeesport Tin Plate surrounded Forbeck, chairman of the Committee of Ten, when he was leaving the mill and called him a double-crosser and other names which steel workers use to express their resentment against such be- trayers. Packing House Men Prepare Strike in ; Indiana Plants Several hundred workers present at this time and though only two or three took an active part in this and threatened Forbeck with phy: ical violence, the workers in plant all looked on and gtinned with approval at Forbeck’s precarious po- sition. Monessen Picket Line A. F. L. Leader OK’s | which | pressed this week when a group of | the | Chicago Kids Chalk Slogans Near Luther Street Building Crash Demand Hospital Fees Be Met by City; Cops’ Cars Cruise Section (Daily Worker Midwest Bureau) CHICAGO, June 26.—“Pay Vin- cent’s Hospital Bill.” “Tear Down All Old Buildings.” “Pay Jenny's Hospital Bill.” se sh and similar ones 11 on Luther St., where children were |crushed Friday in the collapse of 5: | condemned building. The re Ment of the neighb is so great ti cops that have patrolled the district hourly si the crash have been unable to prevent the chalking of slogans. In spite of the slanders of the police, who claimed it was the chil- dren’s fault, feeling among the res- idents is very high. Families, try- {ing to catch a breath of air on their steps Saturday and Sunday night talked of nothing but the fall of the building and the rotten s; tem that caused the injury to seven. | The building, which was deserted, | had been condemned and ordered repaired or destroyed in May. The | |owner, Albert Macho, a wealthy | | building and loan shark, refused to| |do anything about it. He is a} |brother of an Assistant State At-) squ Seabby Agreement INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., June 26— Over three thousand packinghouse workers in this city, “The Cross- Roads of the Nation,” are preparing |for struggle and strike action for higher wages and improved work. ing conditions. | Approximat 2,600 are employed at Kingan’s, large, independent packers, and about 500 at Armours. The work- ers are organizing in the A. F. of L., Amalgamated Meat Cutters’ Union. | torney, and naturally, no steps were | | taken to enforce the order. | | On the strike day, before word |had reached Monessen that the| strike had been called off, without |a menace to the safcty of neighbor- | jany leadership, the workers began | hood children, for over a month. | to form in front of the mill and|Lack of playground facilities and picketed the mill a whole night,|the desperate need of the impover- juntil definite proof was given to|ished families (you don’t live on jthem that the strike had been of-|Luther St. if you have any money) ficially called off. Over 300 work-|for fuel, made a double reason for ers participated in this. They came/the children to play and seek wood to the gate with their lunch buckets |in the abandoned structure. | and stopd there the whole night in| ‘The final crash followed a heavvy | a virtual picket line, expressing}rain which weakened the sfructure. | their desire to strike and were much| Almost a dozen children were} disappointed when they heard of|trapped, and seven of these were| The building remained, unguarded, | _ standing is that the workers will| vanged for Friday, but the Mayor strike if the demands are refused. at the last minute maneuvered ant Last week the international offi- prevented the distribution of leaf- cials of the union were down here,| lets for the meeting. Plans are be- and wrote up a proposed agreement | ing made to hold a meeting within which was accepted by Galloway,|a few days. the local leader. Galloway, inciden-| The work of the Steel and Metal tally, has previously been kicked| Workers Industrial Union in taking out of several unions by the/advantage of a very favorable sit- aroused workers for his misleading} uation to build the union into a tactics. mass organization in the steel in- This prqposed agreement is| dustry is seriously hampered by the typical, calling for the infamous|1@ck of funds to carry through the “merit” clause. The only mention |®eCcessary organizational work. This of wages runs as follows: “Wages are to be increased if there is a similar increase in the packing houses in the rest of the country.” This will actually mean no wage increase at all, The Communist Party of In- dianapolis, in a leaflet issued to the packinghouse workers, called upon them to prepare for struggle, and | pledged its support to the workers. | National Secretar The ©, P. warned the workers against the strikebreaking N. R. A. boards, such as those which broke the Real Silk strike here, and against the splitting tactics of Galloway, who has repeatedly raised the “red scare” The leaflet further calls upon the workers, Negro and white, to unite around a real pro- gram of demands, calling first for: 1. At least 20 per cent increase in pay, minimum rate to be 50 cents an hour for common labor. 2. Guarantee of at least 32 hours’ work per week. 3. Recognition of department and shop committees, | choice. | and the union of your 4. No discrimination on account of union membership, race or color, equal pay for equal work. 5. Against the speed-up. It is of particular importance, also, to stress the unity of Negro and white, for this is Jim-Crow In- dianapolis, and there are hundreds of Negro workers in the plant. Terre Haute Meat Strike TERRE HAUTE, Ind., June 26— There are 500 workers employed in the Home Packing Co., Valentine Packing Co. and Rowe & Sons Packing Co., who have been on strike since Tuesday, June 19. Skilled workers have been working 48 to 53 hours per week for $14, while the wages of the unskilled workers have been much lower. The must be immediately overcome. The | $2,000 drive so far has been shame- | fully neglected. The good wishes | of the sympathizers of the left wing | |labor movement is not sufficient to jrealize organizational results from | the present very favorable situation. Such sympathies must be in the| material form. Funds should be | sent to the Steel and Metal Work- | {ers Industrial Union, James Egan, | Room 511, 929} | Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. | The Daily Worker gives you full news about the struggle for unem- ployment insurance. Buy the Daily | | Worker at the newsstands. Three | cents a copy. | | strikers are demanding 20 per cent increase in their wages, with time] and one-half for overtime, 40-hour week, and recogniton of their} | union. Weekly workers are de-| |manding 45 hours per week and time and one-half for overtime. | From the start, Fred Galloway, | National Organizer for the Amal-| gamated Butchers and Meat Cut- ters of North America, affiliated to} |the A. F. of L., assumed control | j of the strike. This leader has pur- | sued the same line as the A. B. M. C. N. A. in New York and Los An- geles strikes. In spite of the mili-| tancy of the workers there has been no attempt to broaden the strike.) The workers would like to see a general strike called, and it is only| ment. He did not state what the} settlement was. When the strikers | found out that all their demands} were not granted they turned the offer down. |their militancy that forces the| informed of the world-wide strug- |fakers to keep them out. The | gles by the working class against |Home Packers had offered what| unemployment, hunger. fascism | Galloway called a decent settle-| and war. The Daily Worker for Gouging hospital officials forced the almost penniless families to raise $7 to pay for X-ray fees. Investigators from the Young Pio- neers were on the scene a few hours |after the accident, and on Saturday | |the Ruthenberg troop of the Y. P. A. draw up a leaflet at a special meeting called during a picnic in |Douglas Park, which was read to jand approved by over a hundred people present. This leaflet was | distributed Sunday to the children |in the neighborhood. Demands that are being raised in connection with the case are: 1. Free hospital care for the in- jured. 2. Removal of the wreckage which is still a menace to the safety of children on the street. 3. Roping off of the street, to keep out the rush of sightseers’ autos which have made the neigh- borhood unsafe for children. To Hear Reports on LL.G.W.U. Convention in New York Tomorrow NEW YORK.—Reports on the re- cent Chicago Convention of the In- ternational Ladies Garment Work- ers Union will be given at eight sec- tion meetings to be held Thursday night under the auspices of the Left Wing Group of Local 22. The meetings will be held at the following places: Bronx — Ambassador Hall, 3875 Third Ave.; Labor Center, 802 West- chester Ave. Harlem—New Harlem Casino, 100 W, 116th St.; St. Lukes Hall, 130th St, and Lenox Ave. Downtown — Stuyvesant 140 Second Ave. Brooklyn—Amalgamated Temple, 11 Union Pl.; Brownsville Labor Ly- ceurfi, 219 Sackman St.; Borough Park Labor Lyceum, 1377 42d St. Casino, | The Daily Worker keeps you one month daily or six months of the Saturday edition costs only 75 cents. Send your sub to the Daily Worker, 50 E,. 13th St., New York City. Delegation in Capital Demands Dispersal of Armed Forces The delegation of the Steel and Metal Workers’ Industrial Union, which included James Eagan and Pat Cush, secretary and president of the S. M. W. I. U.; William P. Dunne, of the National Committee of the Trade Union Unity League, anda number of steel workers from. the mills, yesterday presented to the Department of Labor in Wash- ington the following proposals for the carrying through of elections in the steel industry. These proposals cover the question of the necessary guarantees to establish the right of workers to organize into unions of their own choice and elect union representatives. 1, Basic guarantees shall be set up so that all iron, steel and tin workers shall have the full and un- restricted right to vote for what union and for such union represen- tatives as they choose. The purpose of these guarantees is to give to workers the same un- restricted right to vote for the form and kind of union organization and the representatives they want as is WASHINGTON, D.C., June 26.—! Steel Union Demands Guarantee of Workers’ oS ie supposed to prevail in election for city, county, state and federal gov- ernment officials. Such guarantees must include: (a) The unqualified opening up of ail company towns, steel industry communities, plants, mills and all auxiliary enterprises for full and free discussion of the issues involved, i. e,, the right of workers to organize in unions of their choice, the right to deal with the companes through ther chosen representatives, the question of the difference between genuine union- ism and company unionism, the right to strike and picket, etc. Dispersal of Armed Forces 2, The immediate disarming, dis- charge and dispersal of all armed forces maintained by the companies whether or not they have been given a nominal legal standing by being sworn in by sheriffs, police chiefs, county attorneys or other local, state or federal officials. 3. The immediate abolition of the company spy systems. A list of all employes or others serving in this capacity shall be published with identifying photographs oppo- site each name. 4. The abolition of the practice of blacklisting. No worker shall be discharged or refused employment because of political opinions or union activity. (a) be set up to prevent discrimination against Negro workers and foreign- | born. workers. 5, All workers, employed and un- employed, who were employds of | any concern in the industry in the | years 1928-29 shall be eligible to vote in the elections. | (a) The office staffs of the vari- | ous companies shall have their | votes tabulated separately. These votes shall not be included in the total vote, but the result of the total vote of this category of em- Ployes shall apply only to ‘their special category. 6. The ballot shall be worded in substantially the following manner: a. Are you in favor of the trade and industrial unions controlled by workers, which are part of the American labor movement? Vote Yes or No. b. Are you in favor of so-called employe representative plans—com- monly called company unions— having no connection with the American labor movement. Vote} Yes or No. c. I vote for the following candi- dates (list of candidates to be ap- pended): 7. The ciections shall be held} sooner than 90 days from the date | Additional guarantees shall|of the adoption of these proposals.;be stricken from the ballots. 8. During this period additional special guarantees shall be estab- lished so that all unions, their mem- bers and their representatives shall have full freedom to organize and hold meetings, debates, to distribute newspapers, other literature, leaflets, pamphlets, etc., for the posting of placards, handbills, etc. in the plants, mills, auxiliary enterprises | and all the incorporated and un- incorporated villages, towns, cities, and in all counties and states where there are steel plants and mills and subsidiary enterprises. There shall be no interference by the civil or military authorities with the aforementioned activities. 9. In order that all issues in- volved shall be clearly put, and in order that all workers may know exactly the program and the kind of organization which candidates for representatives support, all can- didates shall bs required to state unequivocally whether they are for or against company unionism or for genuine trade or industrial union- ism. No confusing of this issue shall be tolerated. Any attempt on the part of candidates who favor com- 10. The total vote for genuine trade and industrial unionism as against company unionism shall be computed by adding the votes cast both for the A. A. and the Seeel and | | Metal Workers Industrial Union—j the two unions now functioning in; the industry. (If other unions af-)| filiated to the A. F. of L. or other-| wise recognized as genuine unions, | desire to take part in the elections |and enter candidates, the votes cast | for them shall be registered as) against company unionism). (a). The question of representa- tion between the A. A. and the S. M. W. I. U, shall be settled, if such a question arises, by the represen- tatives of ‘these two unions, (b) All representatives shall be removable by majority vote of the rank and file at any time. ll. These proposals shall be given the same publicity through the press apparatus of the N, R. A. and other | government agencies as has been given to the proposals of the Amer- ican Iron and Steel Institute, the | Proposals of General Johnson, the | proposals of Presid William |Green, and the revised and con- densed substitute for the Wagner Righis in Elections lean for Abolition of the Blacklist, Spy System; Rights for Negroes | | are in no way contrary to the theory | and method under which elections, often on issues of far less inkport- ance to workers than those involved here, are supposed to be conducted for the various government offices. It is also necessary to point out that even should these proposals be adopted and enforced in toto, the steel companies have still the im- mense advantage of the ownership and control of the industry and the natural resources which it uses, with the gigantic power which this gives them under the present system of production for profit only. Nationwide organization, honest and militant leadership directly re- sponsible to and removable by the rank and file, unity of all steel workers in the constant struggle for decent living conditions and against the continual encroachments upon and denial of elementary workers’ rights by the companies, is the only effective weapon of the workers in this key industry of American capi- pany unionism to masquerade as| Bill recently passed by Congress and advocates of genuine unionism shali| signed by the President. automatically disqualify themselves; We call attention to the fact that as candidates. Their names shall| sweeping as these proposals are they |talism. The proposals of the S. M. |W. I. U. are intended to make pos- | sible the rapid forging of this neces- sary weapon for the steel workers. Thugs Threaten to Slug Woman Farm Organizers in N. J. Eleanor Henderson and Vivian Dahl Leading Farm Sirike Eleanor and Dahl, two orga: the agricu 's the Seabrook present 5 ened by thugs yester who warned that “t would “have brains beaten ou! if they did not stop organi the farm workers for higher wages. More than 400 farm workers are now picketing the Seabrook Farms, the largest corporation farm in the East, striking to maintain the wage increases won in a success- ful strike in April. The Agricul- tural Workers Union (T.U.U.L.) is leading the struggle. Several workers have been are rested and many were slugged in @ terrorism drive unleashed by the Seabrook Farms and the local po- lice authorities. “THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR TIME.” Nears : MELLOW WITH AGE © 14, Jocod Reppert