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Page 4 DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1934 Miners Gird for Fight on Lewis Despite Ballot Trickery MINERICH POINTS — Miners’ Heads TO WAY BY WHICH (S¢ To Split WORKERS CAN WIN Struggle for Better Scale Must Be Tied Up With Actions to Force Names of Rank and File Candidates on By Tony) PITTSBURGH, Pa., Nov. 30. ‘Militant Loeal | Johnstown Local Resists Efforts to Divide It Into Four Parts | | | JOHNSTOWN, Pa., Nov. 30.—In | Central City, miners have been furnished one of the most glaring | proofs of the work of John L, Lewis and his “provisional” appointees for to the Ballots finerich Many local unions of the There, under JOIN IN FIGHT FOR JOBLESS Federated Press Photo Rank and File Maps 8 Points In Miners’ Poll Six Dollars for Six-Hour Day Is Chief Demand of Oppositionists PITTSBURGH, Pa., Nov. 30.—The eight-point program of the Rank and File Coal Miners in the United Mine Workers of America, which is the platform of the Rank and File candidates in the present U.M.W.A. Steal Elections—Only PITTSBURGH, Pa., Nov. LEWIS ELIMINATES RANK AND FILE MEN © FROM MINE BALLOT U. M. W. A. President Charged With Attempt To His Name Appears On Vote Sheets—Sloan’s Name Not Printed By Tom Keenan 80—Resorting to the same tac- United Mine Workers have endorsed the candidates of the| ‘Re coal, operate Many stoups participated in the Unemployed Demonsttation Day |r nt. siven below! tics he has always employed in maintaining his rule as rank and file miners against those of John L. Lewis and his| the Reitz Coal Company has tried machine. These and other locals have also adopted the Work-| to foist a yellow dog contract on one} ers Unemployment Insurance Bill and adopted resolutions on the blessing of the district officials, | of the best rank and file leaders, | _| and the district officers themselves | gathering in Chicago to demand adequate relief for the jobless. From left to right are seen Socialists, members of the painters’ union, A. F. of L., and members of the Communist Party. Some 25,000 persons let the bankers and capitalist politicians know what they thought about the 1—For the $6,00 day, 6-hour day and 5-day week, with the abolition of the differential between the North and South, for a national “ezar” of the United Mine Workers of America, John L. Lewis has again taken steps to insure his “re-election” as international president by simply preventing the names of any opponents for office from ap- cale ¢ Je resolution? io aaa ; | ; ; toe Bhcuas bt a ae ot the | crooked work. But in the other| have tried to split a large local suet eee tne ey oe Wrciotum on ail seriecanta 2 pearing on the official ballot. ai nd file committee of the U.| districts Lewis appointed all of the| Union into four parts because the 2—Yor the unity of the employed iner Blasts’ Only Lewis’ name appears in the M yi A. These actions showed | so-called leaders. members stand together against e and unemployed be fee binpork ef | column “for president,” that of John nn abies: eed fathers and at is Si Electi Lewis and operators alike. A labama Coal Min e r Ss the Work P eb ° Pac re F. Sloan, of Westville, IIL, rank and ot le pew Aeterna danse Sale ore Mike Balya, at that time president e Workers Unemployment an to} the same time it forced Lewis | agein show his hand. | The coal miners want to oust} Lewis. They are against his policy.| This was expressed in the resolu-| tions and the nominations. Now that Lewis is going to again “win” | the elections, what will the coal} miners do? This is in the mind of} every member of the U. M. W. of A. Also of the other coal miners or-| fanized into the other unions of miners. Lewis’ Past History From the most powerful union in the American labor movement, into a wreck. was the past course of the U. M. W. of A. This was done by the policy and leadership of Lewis. He betrayed the coke regions and) the formerly unorganized fields in| 1922. He signed separate agree- ments, letting the coal companies sign up for some mines and keep the others non-union. He tried to “solve” the unemployed problem in| the mines by driving 250,000 coal miners out of the industry. And to do this, Lewis carried on a sharp fight against the members| and rank and file opposition fight- | ers in the union. District presidents | and local leaders were expelled. Local charters were revoked. Lewis} supporters were “appointed” in their places. Whole locals and di: tricts were kicked out and the back- bone of the union smashed. | This is the history of the Lewis | machine. All of the miners know] this. Nothing was too brutal or too hard for the Lewis machine. Some} of the best fighters were shot and| Alabama got their president from | of the Central City local union, was | Indiana. Southern West Virginia| fred by the Reitz Coal Co., early got Van A. Bitner from the Pitts-| this Summer because the miners burgh district and Lee Hall pal were only loading one car a day to the Ohio District. District 3 got] force the company to allow checking Hughes from district 12. Fowler! of the mine scales in the presence went to district 21 from the Illinois/ of ynion representatives. district. In the other districts the) ‘The miners struck, returning to same took place. A leader was t00/ work after several days only on the dirty to fool the miners in one dis- promise of the company to re-hire trict. He was sent to another. Balya. In the contract proffered But the miners said, “We will) him by the company, which later clean them out.” An election came| was proven to have been authored up. The miners nominated Sloan,|py the U.M.W. officials, were the Oscar Guynn and George Green for | following points: | President, Vice President and Sec-| “1, The Reitz Coal Co., agrees to retary Treasurer. They were going reemploy Mike Balya as a repair- to clean up. |man at its mines, 2. Mike Balya| The International ballots were agrees that he will resign from the sent to the locals. .The names / presidency of Local Union No. 6410, | of the rank and file candidates are and from any other position which “missing.” The voting will take he may now hold in said union and | place on December 11, 1934. Lewis, that he will not serve on any com- has already “won” the election. | mittee or in any capacity including | In the other past elections he did, that of checkweighman in the the same. In some elections he stole | United Mine Workers, nor take any them in a different way, but he/ part in any negotiations or adjust-| stole them. He did this to carry} ments or complaints arising between on the fight for the coal operators the Reitz Coal Co, and the United Strike for Back Pay And Debt Cancellation BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Noy. 30.— The coal miners, here in Alabama are again striking against “their” oppressing bosses, and for back pay. The Nyota and Navoo miners are on strike for the third time this year, for their demands and the agree- ment with the Moss-McCormick in- terests at the settlement of the last strike. Bill Mitch, president of District 20, UMWA, engineered the sell- out of these miners along with 22,000 others, but was forced, be- cause of the militancy of these min- ers, to secure for them an agree- ment with the coal operators that was better than the average throughout the Alabama coal fields. Bosses Violate Agreement INSIDE the ranks of the miners.|Mine Workers, for a term of two For a long period these miners He did it to see that the policy of years from the date hereof, should were out of work and the coal the rank and file was not carried out. The rank and file miners of the M. W. of A. must see that resolu- is machine in barring their candidates. In Districts No. 5 and 11 this must also take the form of seeing that the district rank and file slates are elected. If neces- sary, active miners from the nearby districts can come into these dis- against the actions, he be so employed. | “3, Local Union No. 6410, by its duly authorized officers hezeby agrees that Mike Balya will not be elected to any office, nor appointed to any committee, during the term of two years from the date hereof, should he be so employed.” The rank and file miners of | Central City refused to accept or sign this contract, which had been drawn up under the supervision of operators continued to charge the unemployed coal miners house rent and hospital fees, and when the miners started to work again they were docked for these “back debts.” The miners struck against this and for demands that were raised throughout the coal fields. At the settlement the coal operators were forced to cancel these debts. But when the miners went back into the mines the coal operators begin revolt against miserable conditions, boss oppression and Mitch strike- breaking. For instance, one hears talk of breaking with Mitch and the UMWA to join the National Miners Union. The Nyota miners at one time were organized in the National Miners Union, but extreme terror and voor leadership smashed the local, but despite this one can sense the difference in unionism in Nyota. They are by far more militant and determined to smash the betrayal of the UMWA misleaders and win their demands. It is in Walker county that Mitch put over his most open betrayal. An agreement made with the DeBar- deleben Coal Inc, that no literature of any kind would be distributed to the miners without it being first endorsed or censored by the com- pany. Here Mitch betrayed away the constitutional rights of the miners, and made a crushing blow at the rank and file. Mitch is now organizing the scabs jthat took the jobs of those miners that fought against his betrayals. He is organizing the scabs into a separate local of the UMWA and is isolating the local controlled by the rank and file black-listed miners. cial Insurance Bill (H.R. 7598), 3—For the right to strike, against forced arbitration, abolition of the penalty clause and the withdrawal of all U.M.W.A. officials from the N.R.A, Labor Boards. 4—Against discrimination and for full rights for the Negro miners, against lynching and for support of the Negro Rights Bill. 5—To sanction the organization of Women’s Auxiliaries and Youth Sections of the union and for equal pay for the young miners. 6—For the right of every local union and district to elect their own officers. For rank and file democracy and against appointive power. Any district or International officers can be elected for two terms, after that he can be used in an ad- visory capacity. 7—Against the use of armed forces in strikes and against war and fascism, 8—To reinstate all miners un- justly expelled from the U.M.W.A. and to unite all of the miners driven from the U.M.W.A. by the policy of John L. Lewis into one union of all coal miners, Rank and File’ U.M.W.A. List: In 2 Districts NRA Illusions Of Pit Mates ShowsHow Inflation and Speed-Up Have Robbed Them in Period By GEORGE RADATOVIC I have chosen this way to settle an argument that arose between several local miners and myself. One morning as we were waiting on cars, which were a little late for some reason, we bunched up all the coal loaders in the group on the entry, and as usual entered into discussing politics, and work- ing and living conditions in gen- eral. Most all the Brothers claimed that the “New Deal” is a blessing to them. That they were working less hours and at the same time receiving bigger pay, as a direct re- sult of the N. R. A. One of the Brothers went even so far as claiming that under the present conditions he can even save some of his earnings. I remarked if he was able to do that he was far above me somehow. I have a wife and two children to support. I never miss a shift, and load as much as the average miner, yet oc- casionally my wife is compelled to put the whole family on light diet in order to make ends meet. Prices Go Up | file candidate opposing Lewis having | been omitted from the ballot to be sent out for the international elec- tions to be held Dec, 11. Agent of the coal operators and stealer of many elections, John L. Lewis has stood by his basic policy: “count” enough votes to beat an op- ponent if he appears on the ballot; but if possible save this trouble by simply eliminating him from compe tition and have the ballots printed without his name. Crudeness of Steal Shown Not only Sloan, but Oscar Guynn, of Lansing, Ohio, and George Green, of Shenandoah, Pa., rank and file candidates for international vice- president and _ secretary-treasurer, respectively, are “eliminated” thus from candidacy for these offices. Phillip Murray and Thos. Kennedy, now lieutenant governor, appear on the ballot unopposed for these two Posts, so that the three strongest positions of the Lewis machine face no danger of being captured by the rank and file movement which is growing steadily. Another characteristic of the ins ternational ballot shows the crude- ness of Lewis’ crooked work in prep- aration for the stealing of another election. The names of all three rank and file candidates are omit- ted under the international posts for which they declared because of “ineligibilty” under various technical clauses of the international consti- tution. But, strangely enough, they ere eligible to run for delegates to the A. F. of L. convention next year, and their namés appear in the | killed. hers were sent to jail. 1 the Lewis district men. | \There is in Walker count: i i Yet I admit, Jong list of candidates for these W nel er the rank and to dock them again despite the y a/Pittsburgh and Indiana ‘et I admit, we are making more Elections were stolen and canven- | Grote fo help Put over the rank and “shortly after this refusal of the agreement. mounting desire for rank and file gt dollars today than we were 18 | berths. tions packed. i a Central City local to sign the yellow , Strike Again leadership and control so much Slate Given for Dec. months ago, but only in number| Lewis utilized a constitutional Qut of this fight the union was smoshed. ized: New unions were organ- The National Miners Union ed. In TMlinois the Progres- iners of America was organ-/ In Indiana two unions were besides the U. M. W. of A. were the “Knox Cot Min- sociation” and the “Indiana| For a Better Scale Delegations should be sent to the various district officers and demand that the names of Sloan, Guynn and Green shall be placed on the ballot. With all of this must go the fieht for a better wage seale. Remember that the agreement ives out on April 1st, Already the Ellsworth and dog agreement an order was issued | by the international office com- manding the union there to split up into five parts. This order was re- fused by an overwhelming vote of the membe:ship, and the local union immediately took steps to enlist other militant locals of District 2 in Now these miners are on strike solidly against the lying, betraying tactics of Bill Mitch and the coal operators. A trip to the Nyota mines wil] convince one that the miners have every right to strike. They are charged an average of one dollar a month for each room that the miners sent a worker to jthe Birmingham office to find out jabout it. Steps are being taken to organize the rank and file move- |ment among the miners by the | Rank and File A. F. of L. Commit- | tee here. Here is the general program of 11 Voting PITTSBURGH, Pa., Nov. 30.—The | Rank and File coal miners slate for the coming elections in the’ United Mine Workers of America in the Pittsburgh and Indiana dis- and not in value. Before the N. R. A, trackmen’s rates were $3.04 comparing to $4.60 that they re- ceive today under the N. R. A. In other words, increase in wages rates in Winding Gulf amounted to 50 per cent, now we must figure the increase in prices on things that clause barring any member under charges from running for an office in the union, to throw Sloan off the ballot, since the latter repre- sented a real threat to his re-elec- tion. Last May charges of “working with @ dual organization” were brought ers 4 nc 5 the fight to prevent the split. rented. These are huts, without | the Rank and File Committee: tricts, is printed below: we must save if we expect to exist. | against Sloan by Lewis stool pigeons Miners Association.” In hard coal/ Marianna locals in district 5 have, ¥F few miles from Center City, in sanitary equipment of any kind, no 1.—For recognition of the bona-~|Rank and File Slate in District | Phillsburry’s Flour increased |in the Westville local union. At a the miners formed the “United An-) passed resolutions on this question Hooversville, the miners formed a electric or gas lights, except in the |fide unions, Against company Five, U. M. W. of A. from 49 cents to $1.30; Pork chops}hearing before an investigating thracite Miners of Pennsylvania. and sent them out to the locals in strong local of the Unemployment home of the company superinten- | unions. Against compulsory arbi-| For President—Charles Nolker of |from 10 cents to 30 cents; Eggs | commission in Danville, the charges In Washington it was the “West-| district 5. Locals should take thes¢ Council to fight for relief to sup- dent and company store. tration. Curtisville. from 12 cents to 30 cents; Lard | were dismissed. Later in the sum- ern Miners Union.” In Kentucky the “Independent Miners of Eastern Kentucky” were organized. In Can- ada the “Mine Workers Union of| Canada” and the “Amalgamated Mine Workers of Nova Scotia” were | formed. Lewis “New Deal” This was the result of the activity of Lewis, and of the desire of the rank and file to have unions that fought for the miners. True, some of these unions also had leaders like Lewis. Still others were com- pany unions. Some like the National Miners Union, the Mine Workers Union of Canada and the Amalga- mated Mine Workers of Nova Scotia | were revolutionary unions. But the | Miners’ ranks were divided. | In the last year or so, many of | the miners came back into the United Mine Workers. They were promised a “new deal.” They were going to get better conditions and} up. See that they are endorsed. A big fight will take place on April 1st. Otherwise the miners will not get a better wage scale, The Lewis appointed leadership together with the coal bosses will see that we win nothing. In conclusion, the rank and file miners must remember that the agreement gives out in April. To rémember that in most of the dis-/| tricts the miners have no right to elect their own officers, and that! this right is taken away in the other districts by election steals and that Lewis has ruled the rank and file condidates off of the ballot. What is there to lose? But there is much to gain. The fight for the right to elect rank and file miners to leadership must go on. The fight for autonomy, carried out in Dis- tricts 2, 3, 4, 21 and other places must go on. With all of this must go the prev- | plement their miserable earnings ; in the mine. z | Frank McKenna, President of the United Mine Workers Association ;local union and checkweighman, was chosen as president of the Un- employment Council The district officials induced Lewis men in the local to bring} charges against McKenna in an effort to oust him as president and checkweighman. Martin, district organizer, was afraid to confront McKenna at a scheduled hearing, the charges were dropped, and Mc- Kenna was given the confidence of the local by a landslide vote. RATES: 35¢ for 3 lines on we; Friday and Saturday 50c. Men) accompany notices. Chicago, Ill. As a maneuver to draw miners away from the mines, and to shove scabs into the mines, officials, in cahoots with the bosses, are trying to force the striking | miners (who are now getting grocery orders as relief) threaten- ing to cut off relief. These miners are paid the aver- age wage that is being paid throughout the coal fields here, which is about $1.75 per day after paying for carbide, fuse powder, etc. Starvation reigns in the Alabama coal fields. Commissaries charge prices that in some cases are twice that charged by retail stores. Over in Walker County there is a thunder against the Mitch sell- jout policy. Throughout the fields the starving miners are cursing *; Mitch for betraying them. Every- where can be sensed the growing the relief | 2—For rank and file control of the labor unions through demo- cratically conducted elections. 3.—For lower dues and initia- jtions, exemption for the unem- | ployed members. 4—Against high salaries for union cfficials. Officers to receive average Wages of union men in the industry. 5.—Equal pay and right to any |job for Negro workers. No discrimi- nation against the Negro members, 6.—Against the differential estab- lished by the N. R. A. for Southern labor. Equal wages with Northern | labor. ‘.—For the passage of the Work- ers Unemployment Insurance Bill H. R. 7598, 8—For the right to organize strike and picket without police or National Guard interference. Vica-President—Joseph O'Hara of Renton. Secretary - Treasurer — Robert Crawford of Richeyvillie. Intersational Board Member — Russell Esken of Fayette City. Tellers—M. C. Culp of Vestaburg; | Joe Maravitz of Vestaburg. For Auditors—Dick Schultz of Harmarville; William Duke of Washington. For Sub-District Board Member: Sub-District 4—Joseph Yablonski | of California. c Sub-District 5—John Indoff of; Fitaz-Henry. Sub-District 7—Theodore Gall of Russellton. Rank and File Slate of Indiana District No, 11, U. M. W. of A. President — J. W. Norrick of Princeton, Ind. Secretary-Treasurer—Hugh Wil- son of Sullivan, “Scotty” “Ted” from 5 cents to 15 cents; Salt Bacon from 6 cents to 22 cents. Brothers. you may compare the above figures and judge for your- self, if you really think that you can buy for $4.60 as much food or clothing at the present day prices as you could 18 months ago for $3.04. Please think again. “Coal loaders are making more money than the company men,” echoed one of the Brothers. “Yes they do.” They make more money now in seven hours at the working face than they did before in nine to twelve hours. Let’s investigate the speed-up system and we will soon see the reason why a coal loader is making more money than the company men. At the time of the arrival of the N. R. A. I worked in the Helen No. 9 mine. I was doubled up in second left air core’s, with another coal mer, when Lewis discovered Slcan was to oppose him for office, the word was passed to the board mem- bers, all Lewis appointees, of pro- visional Sub-District No. 9, Illinois These worthies filed an appeal from the decision of the commission, re- viving the charges. Sloan was notified to appear in Washington for a hearing before the international executive board. About the same time, the company for which he works told him he would be fired if he took time off to make the trip, and Lewis men in the local conveyed him the in- formation that the charges would be dropped if he agreed to with- draw his name from the ballot. Ruled Off Slate Against Guynn, Lewis raised the question of whether he was eligible to run for office due to circumstances attached to the reissuance of a Auditor—Criss Ashia of Boone- membership card. The rank and leadership. The spirit of the rank| aration for strike in April. At this| rirst Annual Dance given by P2 re | Ini Flo ; h ville. loader. The place was driven 22 aba be and file was high. Of course they| time the miners must elect rank and Br. 585 LW.0. ‘eattrday, De om P an y ntons Uris. For Board Member — Sub-Dis- | feet wide. It turned out on the Sa conaante et tthe a ie Mirror Hall, 1156 N. Western Ave. average seven cars, three tons per ree or four years, an Would get into struggle, but who saw a miner that was not ready to fight. After the union was reor; the following took place. The U. M. W. of A. has about 30 districts. Only about 4 of them had or have “elected” officers. Even in these districts the votes were stolen and the Lewis Machine “won” by their file strike committees to lead this strike and to lead to negotiations for a settlement. This to be rectified by a vote of the rank and file. Lewis can and must be defeated! The Duluth Unit No. 1 and the Superior Unit contribute $5 each. Has your unit sent all money raised for the $60,000 fund? Ree Ged PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Guetta 200,000 HAVE CHEERED stevedore December 10th Coming Monday, GARRICK THEATRE Juniper & Chestnut Streets @ Benefits United Workers Or- ganizations - Tues., Wed. Friday eves., Dec. 11, 12, 14 - Tickets on sale at Workers’ Book Shop, 46 Nerth Eighth St, “Every Worker in Philadelphia Should See It.” —C. A. HATHAWAY Adm. 25¢ in ady., 35¢ at door, Michael Gold speaks on “Crisis in Modern Literature” at Medical Dental Arts Building, 185 N. Wabash Ave., Tuesday, Nov. 4, 8 p.m. Ausp.: Pen and Hammer. Under the N.R.A. Patronage By BILL McHENRY Labor Research Association ' Philadelphia, Pa. Mass meeting in defense Scottsboro boys. speaker, Saturday, Dec. 1, N. 30th St. Adm. 150. of the at 2456 national Women’s Congress A\ War and Fascism, Mother main speaker, Friday, Dec. 7, 8 p. at Boslover Hall, 701 Pine St. Adi men's Councils. Studio Dance and Entertainment, Saturday, Dec. 1 at 329-Pine St., 8 p.m. Food program. Ausp.: Youth Sect. American League Against War! and Fascism. Dance given by Philadelphia Work- ers’ Soccer League at Bukier Hall, 2026 -N. 32nd St., Saturday, Dec. 1 8 p.m. Adm, 28c. Boston, Mass. “Oust the Jinx” Party with plenty of laughs, music and fun, Sunday, Dec. 2, 8 p.m. at 12 Hayward Place, the Sacco-Vanzett! Room. Subs, 16c, Providence, R. I. First Annual Bazaar of Labor Eduea-} tion Association, Three evenings: Thursday, Nov. 29; Friday, Nov. 30; and Saturday, Dec. 1, at 1755 West- minster St. Starts 7 p.m. Adm. 0c, Bargains, dancing, entertainment. Ruby Bates, main! 15c. Ausp.: City Comm. Working Wo-! Last year jin the Connellsville region an election was held to de- termine the coal miners’ choice be- jtween the company union and the Concert and Report of the Inter-/U, M. W. A. Two boxes were used inst e “% ” ‘Bloor, {OF the votes which were “secret, One ballot box was marked “ac- cepted” and the other was marked “rejected.” Though this election was con- ducted under the supervision of the National Labor Board the man in charge of the ballot boxes was a company man. As the miners came up to the boxes with their ballots this man took them, and on the recommendation of the company stool-pigeon at his side he accepted the ballot, providing the man was not known as a militant: or the ballot was rejected on the pretext \that it was spoilt if the miner hap- pened to be known to be for the U. M. W. A. U. M. W. A. Leaders Help We learn from reliable sources that the policy of the coal operators is to favor the U. M. W. A., when Cleveland, Ohio Michael Goid, on lecture tour for DETROIT, the New Masses, speaks on “The Crisis in Modern Literature,” Satur- day evening, Dec. 1, at News Au- MICH. DAILY WORKER VICTORY CELEBRATION Saturday, December 8th at 8 P. M. FINNISH ACL DL ditorium, E. 16th and Superior Ave. at a meeting arranged by the John Reed Club. Adm. 26¢. ' Supper and Dance given by West Side Hungarian LL.D. Br. Saturday, Dec. 1 Philadelphia, Pa. i Corlics Lamont speaks on the “Soviet Union and Religion.” Friday, Dec. necessary, though they of course prefer the company union. How- ever, if the miners are sufficiently militant the operators come easily to an agreement with the officials of the U. M. W. A. In fact one coal corporation recognizes this union in one of its mines, and at another work with the officials of the U. M. W. A. when necessary, or to keep the miners misled by the demagogy of the officials of the U. M. W. A., and not that the officials of the U. M. W. A. signed the agreement in their official ca- pacity, but nevertheless it can be readily seen that the coal operators take accurate notice of the dif- ference between the officials and the rank-and-file of the union as such. The Officials of the Union gained their most important point by having a complete check-off of dues included in the “settlement,” ,Just how will this help the rank and file of the union when it is ob- vious that there is the closest col- laboration between the U. M. W. A. officials and the coal boses? A company union is fastened on the workers at the Dante mines of the |Clinchfield Coal Corporations in Russell County, Virginia. The Dante election was held June 16 under the supervision of Charles B. Barnes, chairman of Division I. Labor Board—South, and formerly “impartial” arbitrator in the New York needle trades. Results of the election showed 546 votes for the Clinchfield Employees’ Association (company union) and 274 votes for the United Mine Workers. In the case of the Henry Clay mine of the Edgewater coal Co. Pike County, Kentucky, the labor board revealed that workers had been fired for refusing to join the company union. The Elk River Coal and Lumber to settle its future status by a vote conducted under the National La- bor Board in the near future. This is likewise true in the case of the trict 1—Ellis Vellor of Oakland. Church in Rockford Forms Scottsboro Defense Committee ROCKFORD, Iil., Nov. 30—The first meeting in an intensified cam- paign in this district for the free- dom of the Scottsboro boys was held here last week in the colored Bethel Baptist Church. car. We cleaned the place up every day although we had to stay in from 11 to 13 hours to get the seven cars to clean up. Men Speeded Up Now if not for the speed-up the coal leaders would be making more ‘than the company men. We aver- aged 1014 tons a piece at today’s rates that would make us $4.85. The Explosives cost us 27 cents a piece. The actual earnings would amount to $4.58, Now then, here’s where speed-up As a result of the meeting a “Save the Scottsboro Boys” Com- | mittee was formed with three rep- | representatives from the church. congregation and three from the International Labor Defense. The committee was instructed to launch @ campaign to strengthen and‘ broaden the united front thus set up. The meeting was addressed by a, representative of the I. L. D., and_ the Rev. Jackson, pastor of the, church, who pointed out that only the mass fight can save the boys. Relief Workers Form Union in Lynwood, Cal. comes in. Since those pre-N. R. A. days, we've been speeded up so much that one man in fact produces as much coal in seven hours as two men produced in 11 to 13 hours be- fore the speed-un. Therefore, Brothers, if you'll con- sider the fact that you are actually producing twice the amount of ccal under the present speed-up system compering to what you produced in pre-N. R. A. days and at the seme time, compare it with high cost of living and you'll come to realize that instead of a raise in real wages you received a stiff cut. And Broth- ers that isn’t all yet. ‘We are tied down with our present contract till the 1st of Anril, but ~the prices on food and clothing ere LYNWOOD, Cal., Nov. 30—One mounting steadily and Roosevelt's hundred relisf workers met here/prosram is to devaluate the dollat Monday to form a local relief Work | by 19 per cent. By so doing prices ers unicn to give leadership to the | witt be jacked so much higher. fight against discrimination and for increased relief pay. The workers totally ignored the trickery of a handful of local poli- tee of 15 to draw up a plan of ac- tion and organization and to formu- Jate a constitution for the union. Leaflets are being drawn up for wide Fellow workers, every move the prices make towards the sky means eat in our rea] wages and an addi- tional profit to the monopoly capi- one cut in wages after another, without even a protest from our part? Are we going to take a bent- ing from Wall Street, and their gov- having been a union member long before joining the service, on his. return to the mines he was ree instated without paying for a new card. With these maneuvers as a basis, Lewis has ruled his opponents off the slate of international candidates in much the same manner as he “eliminated” Mike Demchak in 1932. Demchak, an anthracite miner, was omitted from the ballot because of a “mistake on the part of the printer.” Realizing the strength of the rank and file sentiment for their ousting. Lewis and Murray and Kennedy, and the rest of their grafting crowd of fakers, are once more pulling the rawest sort of trickery to insure their “re-election.” It is well known among the min- ers that Lewis was never elected to an office in his life, He-was ap- pointed vice-president by Frank Hays, then president. Hays was sent to a sanitarium for the rest cf his ife and Lewis stepped into his shoes. Since then he has stolen every election by one trick or another. To show the falsity of these tech- nicalities as “reasons” why Slcan and Guynn were kept off the b>! however, George Green, cn4 on the rank and file slate for s: retary-tveacurer, is slso ruled cf but without any reason being given, No charges were brought or are nending against Green, in his cate Lewis having simply ordered th. printer to “make another mistake.~ All indications point to the 1934 at West Side Hungarian Workers mine retains the company union, |Co. at Dundeen, West, Va. is a com- | ticians, who wormed their way into jtalists. elections being another big reason Bede Sitdant oon aby ro Re. |_ Mine operators’ policy now is to|peny union mine and is supposed | the meeting, and elected a commit-) Brothers! Are we goihg to take| Why President John L. Lewis will never speak to the members of his vnion in the majority of the coal fields, even under the protection of the usual gang of strong arm men, 21, 8 p.m. at Musicians Hall, 120 SaEEEEDEEeee 4 5969—14th Street, N. 19th St. Admission 30c. Auspices:’ AS a proof of this policy on the | West Kentucky Coal Co., but from | distribution on the jobs for building | ernment and lay down? No! and a| . J i wage aie eae F. 8. U. mausaion bes ANSPICSS “art of the operators, one need not |the past record of the Kentucky | the union. thousand tithes No! The Ironwood Unit of District 9, 1 GOOD PROGRAM — DANCE —- GOOD ORCHESTRA REFRESHMENTS Admission in Advance 15¢ At Door 20¢ Detroit, Mich. Michael Gold, Daily Worker Column- ist, lectures on “The Crisis in Modern Literature.” Monday, Dec. 3 at the Maccabees Auditorium. ‘ leck further than the agreement made with the H. C. Frick Coke Co. end other captive mines. This “settlement” Was made strictly be- tween the company and the officials fields it is not difficult to predict just how the elections will be con- ducted, if left in the hands of the bosses and their allies, the National Labor Board Contribute as much as nossible to the $60,000 fund of the Dnrily Worker, and insure its publication for the coming year. Brothers, let us organize our forces so that we'll be in a position to tell the boss class that we're the ma- jority. In doing this we will also take care of the fake union leaders. \ Michigan, contttbutes $2, with a Promise to continue “working our paper.” Intensive activity neetizd to complete the $60,000 quota in the shortest possible time, for is

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