The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 4, 1934, Page 2

Page Two DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1934 Mill Towns a Picture of Hunger and Wracked Bodies Intolerable Speed-U pA. F. L. CHIEFS CONCEAL DEMANDS East Pennsylvania And Starvation Pay FROM WORKERS IN TEXTILE STRIKE Textile Workers Rush Are Fruits of N. R. A. Uphoisterers Companies Pile Up Profits While Tens of Thou. General Strike sands of Families Live on $8 Weekly National Average Is $ By MILTON Statistics can never tell the full story of the slavery | holsterers here are out on a general against w organized fighting power. But even the unvarnished figures age— | 11.17 HOWARD ich 1,000,000 textile workers are pitting their) shorter give a picture of what wage slavery in a textile town means, of what the ke is really about © strikers demand a wage of $13 for $18 for semi- i rates rising to or hight: 1 at do they get nov textile workers, these of New England, Pennsy ja, New Jersey, Alabama, and the Carolinas? Tho Roosevelt N. R. A. code sets a minimum wage of $13 a week for a 40-hour week in the North and $12 in the South. But the brutal reality is this: | The average weekly wage for the textile workers is $11.17 a week, including the most highly skilled, For the vast majority, the average is about $8. The Yeport of the vice-president to the United Textile Workers con- vention admitted that “average weekly earnings in the industry must have fallen to $10 a week, with many sections much below N. R. A. Officials R. A. — officials per cent increase and the 20 per cent increa n textiles bevond the average for all the rest of industry. But the 70 per cent increase was an increase of 15 cents an hour, and the 20 per cent super- result of the Roeseveit N, R. A. price-raising policies: Bread rose 15 to 20 per cent in cost; potatoes, 44.4 per cent; podk chops, 37.4 per cent; rice, 32 per cent; canned peas, 31 per cent; sliced bacon, 27.2 per cent; wheat flour, 22.5 per cent. During this time the average textile pay envelope dropped more than 20 per cent, causing a dras- tic curtailment in the food supply of every textile family. The other side of the picture: Fifty-five textile companies threughout the country report net profits, after all deductions, of $13,456,000, A typical Southern mill, the Cal- loway Mills in Georgia, pays 8 per cent on its $100 par stock, with a $2 extra dividend, has undivided profits of almost $1,000,000, in ad- dition to a capital surplus of $4,- 158,000. AR.L. Chiefs Talk To Dam Discontent (Continued f m Page 1) lish conditions for themselves that On in Hartford 9|U. T. W. Officials and Capitalist Press Act to nit ‘Arbitration’ and Evade Main, Spevific Issue From Workers NEW YORK.—The complete list of textile strike de- mands published in yesterday’s issue of the Daily Worker, HARTFORD, Conn., Sept. 3.—Up- rike demanding higher wages, hours and recognition of the National Furniture Workers Indus- trial Union Local 17. All six shops jin the city are tied up. trike has effected a complete ikout. The furniture bosses have | attempted to recruit scabs-from out of town } j Negotiations are being carried out | between the settlement committee j and the employers on the basis of the w Textile Workers and the capitalist press in order to permit “arbitra- tion” that will evade the main, spe- cific issues put forward by the workers themselves, The following are the demands re- garding wages and speed-up: 1, Hours: Two shifts of thirty hours per week with no exemptions. 2. Differentials: The establi: ment of four minimum wages: Un- | skilled—$13.00 per thirty-hour week; showed disastrous results for the | comi-skilled—$18.00 per thirty-hour | workers, Profits staggered upward week; skilled—$22.50 per thirty-hour | 600 per cent for the big corpora- | week; highly-skilled — $30.00 per tions! The real wages of the work- | thirty-hour week. ers, the purchasing power of the | Money received, was shoved down- | Ward by the skyrocketing of the A most elementary needs of life. | snd ordinary common sense, Green was no longer able to hide| Work load—Regarding the load- | the seething discontent of the work- | ing of work on individual workers, ers and their growing disillusion- | the strikers demand: Baie we cea bated ad Aer Changing over and big jobs: All ‘ uany employers,” he ad=| changing over to be done by spare mitted, “organized into employers’) men All big jobs such as knock- | 8ssociations through the assistance | } | ing off cams, removing and replacing |of the government, prevented labor | top and bottom shafts, loomsides |from organizing into unions of its | es dobby .sides, loom ‘sleys solid jown selection, . . . Working people | round swing rails, leno warps, other smart under a sense of injustice.’ | warps for bad harness, reed, hitch But he did not even mention the | cor or other defect not the fault great General Strike of San Fran-| of ine joom fixer, broken heddle |cisco, and the other great battles | / : ‘ . Jof the American workers for their | ea Nagra sh al a Nae Sous most elementary rights. He did/ RE rn ore Ory Lenene soem not mention the growing fascist at- | Machine load—Weaving Depart- tacks on the workers, because Green | ment. Coarse fabrics (Definition of & Co. are a party to these terror- | coarse fabrics:—not fine in material listic drives against the workers, | or close texture; low priced goods.) : 3. Machine load: The revision of all work loads on the basis of reason increase was six cents an hour! For an average work day of eight hours this means an increase of not more than $1.20—if it is ever paid at ail. tablished as a result of 30 to 40 years’ membership.” Then, taking his cue from Green, who stated “The American Federa- In 1933 the average hourly rate| tion of Labor will ever remain the was 16 cents an hour. After the | implacable foe of Communism and vaunted N. R. A. code increase, the | all other subversive movements en- hourly rates in textiles were still| gaged in the promotion of world 50 per cent below even the starva-| revolution,” Morrison said: of the other manufactur-| “It is important that those who ‘ies. are interested in preserving the But with part-time work and|free institutions of our country ruthless wage-cutting, tens of thou-/should realize that employers, sands of textile workers do not even | blinded by selfish interests, are es- get $10 a week. Speaking recently,|tablishing a bond between them- Mrs. Pinchot, wife of the governor | selves and the Communists in their | of Pennsylva: could not help but|/commorr objective of destroying admit that “wages of $8, $6, and|faith and confidence of the workers even 45 a week are prevalent in|in the bona fide trade union move- textile mills in many parts of Penn- | ment.” : | Morrison conveniently forgot to| compare | tell the auto workers that it was “Ageinst this situation the following: | Government officials have just re~| ported that the food budget of an} average family of five requires at) least $19.50 a week just to main- tain minimum health requirements. | In the Winter and Spring of next year it will cost $25 to feed a family of five, the A. A. A. officials admit quite openly. Thus, even if the textile strikers win all their wage demands, de- | nounced as “outrageous and uneco- nomic” by the mill owners, they | will still be living at starvation standards, at standards below the | minimum set officially by the U. S. | government as necessary for health. The present rates in the textile | mills mean permanent slow starva- tion, undernourishment, disease, | and incessant hunger. | But this is not the whole story. ‘Together with the starvation wages goes the unrelenting stretch-out that wrecks the mill workers as re- morselessly as a machine gun rains| death. 4 The strikers demand “revision of | all work loads on the basis of reason | and ordinary common sense.” That) is to say, they are fighting for an end to the atrocious speed-up which | makes labor in the mills a quick road to collapse and wreckage. In 1930 a weaver tended 12 looms for $19 a week. Now under the blessing of the Roosevelt codes, he works like a} maniac to tend 20 looms—at $13 a| week, maximum pay! A 66 per cent} increase in work load and a simul- tancous 33 per cent wage cut! | In 1930 a weaver worked 15 to 20| narrow looms. | Today, he is being strained to the) point of collapse by a required load | of 26 to 30 looms, almost a 100 per| cent increase in speed-up. In 1930 an intermediate frame William Green who signed the “merit clause” in the automobile | code which opened the way for the | mushroom development of company | unions in the auto industry. His. attack on the Communists after® deploring the desire for struggle to improve their conditions on the part of the rank and file of the auto workers shows that the A. F. of L. leaders recognize that | the Communists are the most ac-| tive in mobilizing the rank and file | for action against the. auto trust to better their wages, to win reduc- tion in hours, against speed-up and | for recognition of their union. | On the question of who main- tains bonds with the auto bosses, and other leading employers, serv- ing their interests, we want to quote | here a recommendation from Gen- eral Johnson that neither Green nor Morirson felt compelled to bring to the workers’ attention on Labor Day. On March 8, before a gather- ing of 3,000 employers in Washing- ton who employed 90 per cent of all American workers under N.R.A. codes, General Johnson told of the close bonds between the A. F. of L. |leaders and the exploiters in the| following words: “I want to tell you this ‘for your comfort, I would rather deal with Bill Green, John Lewis, Ed McGrady, Mike MacDonough, George Serry, and a host of others I could name, than with any Frankstein that you may build up under the guise of a company union. “In fact—take it from me and a wealth of experience — THEIR INTERESTS ARE YOUR IN- TERESTS... .” In the textile strike, as in every | other strike, the A. F. of L. top officialdom live up to this recom- mendation by uniting with the em- ployers in the most scurrilous and I know your problems. | tender ran three frames and took| vicious attacks against the Commu- a doff off every three hours and|nists and militant A. F. of L. rank ten minutes. He got $16 a week. | and filers. Today, under the code, a full 60 | While Green and Morrison speak minutes has been cut off his work | “against” company unions on Labor time, and he must do the same | Day, we have General Johnson tell- job in two hours and 15 minutes— |ing the employers that they can with a wage cut bringing his | accomplish far more in the way of weekly pay envelope down to $11 | cutting wages, stopping strikes for to $13 a week. junion recognition and the like, Conditions Reviewed |through Bill Green and Company Some more facts: jthan through the company unions. In recent years, men working the) With 1,000,900 textile workers mule spinners were getting as high | Striking against N. R. A. starvation as $30 a week because of high skill|1abor codes, against the manipula- and union organization. In the last} ys of the N. R. A. labor boards, two years, the introduction of new|M.\ Morrison on Labor Day de- machines permitted the employers | clai : to substitute women workers for the) “Ie Labor Movement is whole- men, with simultaneous wage cuts| heart Yly in favor of the strict en- of 50 per cent, the women getting| forcement of the National Indus- at the most $15 a week for the same | work done by the men for $30 pre-| viously. | In an average mill town the fol- | lewing increases in food prices trial Recovery Act.” Quite in keeping with this state- ment, neither Green nor Morrison | quoted figures on wages and living | costs, nor on profits, as the latest | | miserv and oppression. took Place in the last year as a | Pronotuncement on these points by PAUL LUTTINGER, M. D. — AND — DANIEL LUTTINGER, M. D. Are Now Located at 5 WASHINGTON SQUARE NORTH, NEW YORK CITY Hours: 1- 2 and 6-8P.M. Tel. GR: mercy 7-2090-2091 \ jand an agent of the employers in | the San Francisco strike by the lib- eral weekly paper, the “Nation.” Facing the future, with the ad- j mission that greater starvation | (including the unemployed |their families) both Green and Morrison advised the workers to |have faith in the government that jaided the bosses, and smashed |strikes. From all the speeches it could be seen that the Department of Labor and the A. F. of L, offi- cialdom had worked out a new demagogic program in their attempt to stave off the hatred of the big trusts on the part of the workers and their “smart under a sense of injustice.” As announced by Green this is a program of fake “unemployment | insurance,” and lowering of hours | of work; though Green says not a weekly wages, or increasing wages | to meet the admittedly staggering rise in the cost of living. Madam Perkins goes into the} greatest detail on the Roosevelt government's unemployment insur- ance schemes, arguing with the | bosses that the program conceived | of will not hurt their profits. | “Plans for social insurance,” she said, “which will not retard recov- ery [this, in the language of Wash- | ington, means will not retard prof- its—H. G.], and at the same time will mean the development of a more stable income are now being | studied by the committee and its | expert advisers.” She offers the employers any scheme they want—state measures which will force the workers to pay, or any other form suitable to the needs of the bosses. Her whole scheme very clearly is not insur- ance for unemployment, but insur- lance for the employers’ profits | against relief payments to the un- | employed. Matthew Woll, vice-president of the A, F. of L., assisted the fascist drive against the Communist Party }on Labor Day from another angle. | There was a little division of labor necessary to meet the discontent of the workers with the N.R.A. Woll admittéd the N.R.A. brought the employers huge profits, and |lower wages to the workers. He {admitted the Communist Party was growing rapidly. On the ques- | tion of the bitterest drive and po- \grom against the Communists he agreed 100 per cent with Green, differing only in that he called for the abolition of the N.R.A, The A, F. of L. officialdom’s speeches on Labor Day showed, above all, that the great masses of workers in the A. F, of L. are moving into action against low wages and starvation. The main brunt of the attack was against the Communists, because greater thousands of workers are begin- ning to realize, not only that the Communists are the most stalwart fighters for the day-to-day de- mands of the workers, for the preservation of their uniohs, and for their most elementary rights, but in the condition of worsened. economic plight, only the Commu- nists offer a way out, a revolu- tionary solution of the capitalist cri and an ending of capitalis: The prominenc part given to un- employment insurance by Green and Perkins testifies to the force of the Communist Party’s cam- paign for the Workers Unemploy- ment Insurance Bill. Only this measure provides adequate relief |eral scale, at the expense of the employers and their government, It is the growing cry within the A. F. of L. for the passage of this bill that forces Green once more to come cut with phrases in favor of unemployment insurance, faces 40,000,000 of the population | and | |for all the unemployed on a fol-| other trades and callings have es-| Green was called a strike-breaker | Non-Automatic plain looms:—Widtan of loom 40 inches or less. Maxi- | mum number of looms to a weaver: —8. Filling 36’s or higher:—Sley 42 | or less. For every 5 counts of fill- | ing below 36’s one loom to be de- ducted. For every 10 inches increase in the width of the loom, one loom | less to a weaver. | Non-Automatic plain box looms: (Width of loom 40 inches or less.) | Maximum number of looms to a weaver :—8. Same proportionate | allowance and deductions for filling and width of loom as for plain non- | automatic looms, Non-Automatic Dobby and Jac- quard looms: (Width of loom 40 inches or less.) Maximum number | of looms to a weaver:—6. Same | proportion allowances and deduc- | tions for filling and width of looms as for plain non-automatic looms, Machine load carding and spin- word about either not cutting the | 2ing: Picker men—Four machines; Card Tenders—Medium to fine 20 | cards and strip their own without carrying laps; Card Tenders — 25 cards without stripping or without carrying laps. (This means to keep cards clean, doff and put in laps and take out the fiy); Assistant Card Grinder—Grind two or three cards a day and responsible for a section of about 50 cards; Double Tenders —Four machines; Ribbon Tenders—Four machines; Comber Tenders— Eight machines; Draw Frame Tenders—24 deliveries; Slub- ber Tenders—2 frames; Interme- diate Tenders—2 frames; Second Tenders—2 frames; Fine or Jack Tenders—2 frames (Fly); Aux- iliary help of doffers for speeder tenders in relation to job. Spinning Room: 6’s Yarn—480 spindles; 8's Yarn—600 spindles; 10's Yarn—720 spindles; 15's Yarn— 720 spindles; 15’s Yarn 840 Spin- dles; 20's Yarn—960 spindles; 30's Yarn — 1,200 spindles; 40's Yarn— and over—1,440 spindles. Spinning room doffers rates: Rates per 100 bobbins only no extra work, Production: Warp: 40,000 to 44,000 Browder Cites Fascism in Appeal (Continued from Page 1) eration, for the freedom of the Scottsboro boys and for Angelo Herndon. Only the Daily Worke: exposes and warns the Negro peop!: |against the white and Negro mis- subjection, * 8 'HE forces of reaction know the. value of the Daily Worker to the working class of America. They would like to destroy it, as they would like to destroy the Commu- nist Party and the militant working class organizations, Comrades! We must show our enemies that they cannot destroy the Daily Worker. On the con- trary we will confound them by increasing the size and the cir- culation of our “Daily.” To do this $60,000 must be raised. This can be done only if every worker who reads the Daily Worker, every fighter against war and fas- cism, every fighter for the cause of Negro liberation, rallies behind this drive. Collect funds in your shops and neighborhoods, and in your mass organizations. Organize Socialist Competition in your units. Make the Daily Worker secure against Fascist reaction! EARL BROWDER. General Secretary, Communist Party, U. S. A. | (Signed) A Red Builder on every busy street corner in the country means a tremendous step toward the dictatorship of the proletariat! leaders who wish to keep them in|} are reprinted in this special edition, inasmuch as they have | not appeared in any other newspaper in the country. The strike demands are being deliberately hidden both|dent of the International Ladies’ by the leading officials of the United 2-—— —————— bobbins per week; Filling; 37,000 to 40,000 bobbins per week. Warp— Max. — Min. Filling — Max. — Min. | Mule spinners: 1,800 spindles or less per operative. Machine load—Yarn finishers de- partment. Foster winders—Up to 10's yarn—40 spindles: Over 50's yarn—60 spindles; Universal wind- |} ers—30 spindles; Quillezs winders— 15's yarn—10 spindles; 24's yarn—20 spindles; 40's yarn—30 spindles; Ply Yarn 42’s—20 spindles; Spoolers —60 spindles; Warpers—5 warpers; | Shearers—1 machine. Machine load — Slashing Depart- | ment: One machine to each slasher tender; One helper to every two machines, | Cotton Textile Indusiry: Weaving Department—Loom Fixers load: To find number of looms per sec- tion divide maximum inches below by the width of loom. (Example: 4,800 in. maximum inches divided by 40 in. width of loom equals 120 plain non-automatic cam looms 40 inches wide per section.) Note: Loom widths under 40 in. run the same size sections as 40, in, looms, Plain sections: Maximum. inches | per section—4800 in. equals one sec- tion of plain non-automatic cam| jooms; 3840 in. equals one section of plain draper looms; 3360 in. equals one section of plain Stafford automatic cam looms; 2280 in. equals one section of plain C. & K. 2x 1 magazine box looms on cams. Fancy sections: 2400 in. equals one section of Jacquards and zancy non-automatic looms; 1920 in. equals one section of fancy drapers or 2x1 box looms; 1680 in, equals one sec- tion of fancy Stafford automatic looms; 1440 in. equals one section of fancy C, & K. 2 x 1 magazine box looms, Deduction for variations: Deduct 5 per cent from section for each shuttle after second on box looms; 33 1-3 per cent from fancy section for ordinary lenos; 50-60 per cent from fancy section for Jacquard Jenos running on dobby; 10 per cent for multiplier and double cylinder motions; 35 per cens for rayon warp—deduct 15 per cent for rayon filling—50 per cent for both; pop- lins, heavy broadcloths and balloon cloths call for moderate deductions. Classification: The strikers de- mand definite classification to de- cide wage schedules as follows: Carding department: Unskilled—- Doffers, sweepers, cleaners, oilers; Semi-skilled—Picker men, strippers, drawing hands, roving men, comber tenders; Skilled—Grinders, slubbers, intermediate jack or fly frames, third hands. Spinning Department: Unskilled —Oilers, sweepers, cleaners; Semi- skilled—Ring-spinners, skilled dof- fers, ring-twisters; Highly-skilled-- Third hands, mule spinners. Preparation Depatrment: Un- skilled —Tying-in girls, cleaners, heddle girls; Semi-skilled—Spoolers, | Slashers helpers, warp boys, wind- ers; Skilled—Warper tenders, third hands; Highly skilled—Drawing-in | girls, men quillers, long chain seam- | ers, slasher tenders. Weaving Department: Unskilled— Battery hands, sweepers, cleaners, scrubbers, oilers, elevator men; Semi-skilled — Filling men, stock men, chain peggers, card cutters, helpers clerk; Skilled — Weavers, knotting machine helpers, inspect- ors, smash piecer, card cutters; Highly skilled—Loom fixers, chan- gers-over, warp twisters, third hands, knotting machine operators. Cloth Room: Unskilled—Inspect- ors; Semi-skilled — Presser men, folders, clerk; Skilled—Shearers. Maintenance Department: Un- skilled—Yard men; Semi-skilled— Stock men; Highly Skilled—Pipers, carpenters, steam fitters, electri- cians, blacksmiths, welders, coal firemen, oil firemen. — WORKERS WELCOME — NEW CHINA CAFETERIA Chinese Dishes —— 200 American Dishes — 25 548 Broadway bet. 1sth & 14th sv. A Congenial Place to Eat EDEN ROCK CAFETERIA 102 West 14th St., N. Y.C. Underwoods, Remingtons, Royals, L. C. Smiths and all other’ makes’ sold, rented, bought, repaired, ~exchanged. Rebuilt and refinished. Guaranteed for one year, the same as new machines, Also Russian and Yiddish machines, . ALBRIGHT & CO. 825 Broadway, N.Y.C, Bet 12 & 18 Sts. Established 1896 ALgonquin 4-4828 WEST END TIRE SHOP Battery Service .:-: ..Tires-All Makes 140 West End Avenue Cor. 66th st. Joe Litt = Dubinsk yAims To Hit Strike, Fur Union Says | NEW YORK.—The announced in- tention of David Dubinsky, presi- |Garment Workers’ Union, to con- | sider, at this time, the absorption }of the so-called International Fur | Workers’ Union into the I. L. G. W. Stri ke Preparations Wilkes-Barre Silk Official Sabotages Strike— | Wood, Silk Union President, Asks Pinchot To Send Troops a. (Special to the Daily Worker) i EASTON, Pa., Sept. 3—A Labor Day in Bastern Pennsylvania tile area was a day of tremendous preparations for strike. Workers}in the big textile centers—P hiladelphia, Stroudsburg, Allentown, Easton &nd Reading were preparing to join the genera] walkout which is spreading throughout the country. | U, is called outright strike-breaking | | | jsued yesterday. It is common) knowledge that the fur workers are | members of the Fur Workers’ In- | dustrial Union, and that the pres- | ent strike conducted against the fur | trimming manufacturers is com- pelling the lattet to come to terms | with the union. | Ben Gold, general secretary- treasurer of the N. T. W. I. U. and leader of the present fur workers’ strike, declared that Mr. Dubinsky | is evidently rushing to the aid of the fur manufacturers because the fur workers are engaged in an effec- tive strike for better working condi- tions and because the International Fur Workers’ Union is no longer able to assist the bosses. “Mr. Du- | binsky’s action also signifies his fear that the fur workers will emerge completely victorious in this struggle and thus win sufficient prestige and power to assist the | dressmakers and cloakmakers and the other members of the I. L. G.| W. U. to free themselves from the strangle-hold of their self-seeking officials and misleaders, such as Mr. Dubinsky,” said Gold, “The action of Mr. Dubinsky will not and cannot help the fur manu- | facturers,” he said, “because the fur | workers have demonstrated their | determination to fight for humane working conditions and a union of their own choosing. They have carried on this struggle successfully despite all attempts on the part of fur manufacturers and A. F. of L. officials to intimidate and terrorize them by means of gangsters, un- warranted arrests, frame-ups and even murder, as the recent bombing and murdering of Morris Langer and Harry Gottfried.” The Daily Worker can Better Aid Your Struggles if You Build its Circulation. Classified YOUNG COMRADE wanted, care for girl 6; light housekeeping. Good home, Box 15 ¢/o Daily Worker. ONE ROOM—Bath, kitchenette, furnished, modern elevator apt. Upper West Side. Until Oct. 1, Very reasonable, Box 18, c/o Daily Worker DR. JULIUS LITTINSKY | Office Hours: 8-10 A.M.? 1-2, 6-3 P.M PHONE: DICKENS 2-3012 107 BRISTOL STREET Bet. Pitkin and Sutter Aves., Brooklyn Dr. Maximilian Cohen Dental Surgeon 41 Union Sq. W., N. Y. G After 6 P.M. Use Night Entrance 22 EAST 17th STREET Suite 703—GR. 17-0135 Dr. Harry Musikant Dentist 195 EASTERN PARKWAY Corner Kingston Ave. DEcatur 2-0695 Brooklyn, N. ¥. Dr. Simon Trieff Dentist 2300 - 86th Street MAyflower 9-7035 Brooklyn, N. ¥. | DR. EMIL EICHEL DENTIST 150 E. 93rd St.. New York City Cor. Lexington Ave, ATwater 9-8838 Hours: 9 a. m. to 8 p.m. Sun, 9 to 1 Member Workmen's Sick and Death Benefit Fund Optometrist 106 EAST 14th STREET Near Fourth Ave., N. Y. C. Telephone ALgonquin 4-5752 I. J. MORRIS, Inc, GENERAL FUNERAL DIRECTORS 296 SUTTER AVE. BROOKLYN Phone: Dickens 2-1273—4—5 Night Phone: Dickens 6-5369 For International Workers’ Order WHERE Our Comrades EAT RAPOPORT'’S DAIRY nd VEGETARIAN “RESTAURANT 93 Second Ave. N. Y. City Williamsburgh Comrades Welcome De Luxe Cafeteria knitgoods workers. It is reported that 12,000 worsted and cotton workers will strike by the Needle Trades Workers’ In- | Morrow morning in Philadelphia. |} Worker dustrial Union in a statement is-| This includes a large number of |throughout the, textile region. The are being distribute entire membershig of the. Commu- A call has been issued to all|nist Party has been. mobilized to workers in Allentown to join gen- eral strike. In Reading the work- ers of the Bankroff Silk Mill have voted to walkout tomorrow. The Executive Committee of the Na- tional Textile Workers Union meet- ing this afternoon in Easton to de- cide on the question of the strike. George Blakely, organizer for the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, was in Easton to- day attempting to break up any attempt on the part of the work- ers to establish a united front. Blakely told Walter Trumbell, Dis- trict Organizer of the N.T.W.U., that the A. F. of L. officials would not allow any members of the A. F. of L. Unions to sit on a commit- tee with members of the N.T.W.U. It was reported that the A. F. of L. officials would attempt to place the strike solely into the hands of the local Central Labor Board. In Easton, where the A. F. of L. officials are trying to disrupt all moves toward unity, there are only a handful of A. F. of L. members. The National . Textile Workers Union in Easton has a membership of 1,200 and is organized 100 per cent in the Onadaga plant, the largest mill in the city. The Hosiery Workers in Phila- delphia have not yet decided on strike, having been held back by their reactionary officials. A mo- tion was passed, however, at the last meeting of the Hosiery Work- ers Union pledging to refuse han- dle scab silk in case the silk work- ers came out. The silk workers will be out tomorrow and everything indicates that the Hosiery Workers will follow them, despite attempts of their leaders to hold them back. The plan put forward by the Na- tional Textile Workers Union in the Eastern Pennsylvania area is for one united strike committee, one set of demands and one strike, and that representatives from all unions be included on regional and national strike committees. ‘Thousands of copies of the Daily From SEPT. 7th to 19th SPECIAL LOW RATES! Full Week — $13.00 4 days 8.00 6.50 4.50 2.50 3 days 2 days 1 day (tax included) will like the comradely, reading and study. programs. Vacation During Beautiful Indian Summer T= countryside is colorful, the weather crisp. ideal time for sports, Y bed is a splendid time to rest, catch up with your Leading speakers come to lecture. Fo’ Our staff prepares stimulating, highly entertaining Plays in our theatre, skits, vodvil, camp- fires. We have splendid sports facilities—tennis, boating, every kind of ball games. Rates: $14 a week — $2.65 a day Camp Unity Will Remain Open All During September Cars leave from 2700 Bronx Park East (Allerton Ave. Station on the White Plains subway line) 10:30 A.M. daily. Fridays and Saturdays, 10 A.M., 3 & 7 P.M. throw its force into the™strike, The very atmosphere is charged with strike sentiment. Just how many will walk out in the Pennsyl- vania District is impossible to say at this time. The one great hitch in the movement is the action of leaders of the A. F. of L. unions who are doing everything in their power to sabotage any develop ment or real united strike action, (Special to the Daily Worker) WILKES-BARRE, Pd., Sept. 3.» Ben Ramovich, local president of the American Federation of Silk Workers, announced that the strike in Wyoming Valley will not be called until Wednesday and will then affect but one shop. A meet- ing at noon today in the Trades Council Hall was attended by less than 100 out of 15,000 silk workers and addressed by Russell Wood, president of the A. F. Silk Workers. Wood announced that he demands from Pinchot the calling in of state troopers to see that strike is run properly, He praised Roosevelt, the N.R.A., and asked workers to stand by the president. who is anxious to teach the manufacturers a lesson. John B. Gallagher, executive of the United Mine Workers, tried to discourage the strike action by say- ing that the silk workers never do anything for themselves and added that he was proud of the record that he helped bar the National Union from the union halls in Ply- mouth during the strike here last year. The Communist Party, Une employed Councils and the oppo- sition is working to mobilize the workers to picket the mills and to make the strike effective immedi- ately, instead of waiting for prom- ises of action by the fekers. The Communist Party is holding a meeting of silk workers to put be- fore them the question of rank and file leadership and united action to win, CAMP NITGEDAIGET Beacon-on-the-Hudson, New York Becomes Camp Needle Trades for 12 Days (Profits go to the Industrial Union) ! . Fine Programs Artef Players Cutler’s Puppets New Dance Group Pierre Degeyter Trio All the Sports! Dance! Sing! Vacation With Your Comrades! Register Early at Union Office, 131 West 28th Street Special Busses Will Take You to Camp Mt. Beacon Countryside is Loveliest in the Fall! CAMP UNITY WINGDALE, NEW YORK Fall is The camp is less crowded. You congenial atmosphere. .4 Graham Ave. Cor. Siegel St. EVERY BITE A DELIGHT Register - now for the LLW.O. Outing to Camp Kinderland ‘Four Days — Sept. 7th to 11th Make your reservation in advance fer 1, 2, 3, or 4 days Rates: Adults » Children up to 6 6 to 12 1 di $2.45 $1.40 $1.75 3 di 4.28 2.65 3.25 3 days 6.00 3.85 4.50 4 days 5.75 7.50 5.00 Round trip transportation $2.25 (Transportation is arranged through the “World Tourists,” 175 Fifth Ave.) Register at I. W. O., 80 Fifth Ave., 15th Floor Delegates of Branches must also register at the office. For more details call ALgonquin 4-7733 or TOmpkins Sq. 6-8434 . CAMP KINDERLAND HOPEWELL JUNCTION Bungalows, Tents, Warm and Cold Showers, Healthy Foods Swiming and Rrowing in the Beautiful Sylvan Lake Cultural and Sport Activities Every Day NEW YORK