The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 19, 1935, Page 2

Page 2 Service Men,\Green Hits Auto Code But Insists Strike For Your Demands (Continued from Page 1) viee workers to strike flew in the face of the intimidation of La Guardia and the Realty Board. Many of the buildings were struck without being called oyt by the main office of the union Last Friday night the workers voted for an immediate strike, and are impatieni he further delay C K r of the Ex- de- the erday c ] when told that Bambrick had called the strike off As far as the union office is concerned we know of no strike settlement in City Hall. We are sending out pick- ets as before. As the Daily Worker went to press, the bulk of the strikers were out and picketing was continuing. Bambrick’s statement declared: | “The negotiations will go on the rest of the night. They will result either in a complete smash or a settlement.” From City Hall it was said by LaGuardia that an agreement reached there, in which Bambrick | Green made hurriedly at the close | elections, he declared, were mis- participated, guaranteed buildings previously mentioned in the former arbitration against the strike. At the Empire State Building, 200 strike-breakers were standing by, Teady to man the lifts the moment the regular operators quit. Demands Submitted Officials of the Brooklyn units of the union today submitted their | demands to realty owners on behalf | of 80,000 men employed in buildings there and in Queens. Officials said| ing into the hands of the employers, who want the walkout might extend through- out every borough. C. L. Brown, managing director of the Empire State Building, run by former Governor Al Smith, said: “Elevators will be operated at all and have broken The elevators will ers) many run.” are tough strikes. building. The strike spread rapidly as the around three o'clock. Picket lines were formed from 28th Street to 34th Street, along Seventh Avenue, and one large building after an- other came out on strike. The London Terrace, one of the largest apartment houses in the city, with 2,000 apartments, was closed up tight in the middle of the afternoon, marking the spread of the strike beyond the confines of the fur district. The London Ter- race is located. at 23rd Street, be- tween Eighth and Ninth Avenues. In Harlem 27 buildings were re- ported on strike, with most of the other buildings which had been out in Harlem signed up with union contracts before the day ended. Other large buildings which came our during the afternoon were the Street and a large building at 333 Seventh Avenue. | On Capital-Labor Fare, T0 Ignores Pressing Issues tration and that it doesn't go fer Promises Aid to Drive) in Speech to Cleveland Auto Workers Special to ‘the Daily Worker) OLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb. 18.—Al- though he launched an attack against company unions and the Automobile Labor Board, in 4 speech here before 2,500 auto work- ers yesterday, William Green, presi- dent of the American Federation of Labor, insisted that capital and la- bor must maintain its “partner- ship.” Asking that differences and “cri ticism” be forgotten, Green called} for unity in the organization of the auto industry into one great union and promised financial aid for such | an undertaking. Green “warned” the government that “it would be unfair to force| the workers to strike in order to secure collective bargaining.” | Defends N. R. A. | The proposals for organization | of a speech, interspersed with rad-| ical sounding phrases, nevertheless | he insisted that labor is bound to| ) | the N.R.A. and that the only com-| the American Federation. of Labor. plaint is about errors in adminis- | Building Workers! (Continued from Page delays to prepare to defeat the wo: Delay means that the employers time to perfect their plans to break the strike. They will have a chance ‘to rush in more Guardia admjnistration will be able to organize costs. These boys (the strikebreak-| its strikebreaking on a bigger scale. So far these all important negotiations have been solely in the hands of Bambrick, the union Bambrick has not There are 72 elevators in the; carried out the wishes of the thousands of mem- lis delay continues. The members of the union should have the right afternoon progressed. The entire! to participate, through their own elected repre- fur district began to pour out! sentatives, in all negotiations and agreements. The strike, if it is to be effective, must be led by the broad membership of the union. a strong strike, it is necessary for the union mem- | bers to hold shop meetings, to elect their delegates A broad strike com- mittee, elected by shop meetings and including every section and every trade must lead the entire strike, lawyer, and one or two others. bers of his union for strike. | to a broad strike committee. and have charge of all negotiations, to be strong. No strike settlement can be binding without a vote of all the strikers. An immediate general membershin meeting of the Union should be held to enforce the election of thg broad Strike Committee, and strike to every building in the city. The action of. LaGuardia against the building service workers is the concern of moyement in New York City. enough. Green expressed dissatisfaction j with the government's right to im-j} pose codes, but not to enforce them. He declared that the American Fed- eration of Labor is now going di- rectly into Congress to establish the 30-hour week without reduction in pay Section 7A of the N.R.A., Green | Labor. ‘ insisted, was still “labor's magna| We Will go with you. charta,” and claimed credit for the American Federation of Labor for) for Organization of Auto Industry | following: | bor president concluded with the UTILITY CASE BE HEARD (Continued from Page 1) even gain an audience with Presi- dent John C. Parker. ‘The six workers suspended are all skilled operators, employed by the company from fiye to twelve years. They are Michael J. O'Sullivan, “We offer you strength and pres-| Frank Dunn, Thomas Garroll, tige of the American Federation of | Charles Ryan, Carl Peachman and You come out with us and| Charles Pelton, all active union | workers. They were circulating a “I pledge we will put into the petition among the company power auto union treasury for organiga- | station employees for a government- framing it, but stated that it was | tion work more money than you will supervised election on eoliective bar- violated, auto workers were dis-| Send us. charged in a wholesale manner and | union members were discriminated against. The solution, he claimed, was enforcement of Section 7A, and that labor be brought in as a “partner” through more represen- tation on the code authorities. Labor’s Patience Exhausted Green painted a picture of wide- spread starvation and want all over the country, and said that labor's long wait for improvements has finally reached the point where patience is exhausted. The results of the recent auto | collectively.” Avoids Immediate Issues ces J. Dillon, of the United Auto- right to collective bargaining.” Green, however, ayoided giving any direct answer to the burning problems of the auto workers on leading. He called upon the work- ers present to fill out application cards to show that they are for The American Federation of La- ! AllOut on Strike for Your Demands AN EDITORIAL ing the right of labor to strike for better wages, decent working conditions and union recognition. Doesn't LaGuardia’s action follow the deeds of Mayor Rossi of San Francisco, when he mobilized 1) rkers’ demands. will have more gunmen to defeat the demands of the workers there in the general strike? The Roosevelt administration, which clamped a starvation, company union code on the auto work- ers, and then utilized its government machinery to head off a strike of the auto men, is also acting in this situation for the same ends. Service men! Do not let the Roosevelt govern- ment working with LaGuardia hand you the dirty deal given to the auto men. : The entire labor movement of New York City must get behind the service men. The demands of the building workers are the concern of every union man, of every worker, organized and unorganized, of all unemployed workers. Every local union should immediately protest to LaGuardia against his vicious strikebreaking deeds, Declare your solidarity with scabs, The La To have “We propose to attack company | unions. The Auto Board must g0.| never questioned py the company, “We want to coordinate and pre-| pare our work to secure for the auto workers the right to bargain Introducing William Green, Fran- | faced by @ mobile Union, declared: “We are| 2 here to advise, counsel and inves- | beginning of » general maye of this tigate whether you are ready to go | Ratu i out and stay out to enforce your | cutting and a elub for victim! the immediate establishment of the | International Industrial Union and especially the economic demands | | that must be placed for the present production season. not-only the police, the militia, but criminals and | LaGuardia, with Greeley Arcade at 131 West 30th| His police and his city administration, is challeng- strike! shoulder with t! LaGuardia’s , if the strike is must meet your be a city-wide your demands, All out on strikebreaking to extend the the whole labor the service men! Every union man should stand shoulder to should arouse the entire working class of New York. Building Service Men! estate owners will be defeated and the workers will win the victory in the fight for their just demands. | gram follows: Let there be Pledge your support for their he building service men. knavery, his anti-labor actions Either the employers demands immediately or there must. strike. This is the only way to win strike! In this way, LaGuardia’s service in the interest of the real no more delay. Act now! The strike spread along Broadway | brick stated, were led and called by | thoritatively that the Commissioner from one building to Buildings struck included a 30-story | building at 1441 Broadway, and a another. | a strike committee of which Thomas | of Public Health Shortman was the chairman. An appeal to Governor Lehman John L. Rice has issued orders to all health in- spectors instructing them to report large office building at 1410 Broad- to break the strike with the state | whether or not they can run eleva- way. active around buildings. these Burns’ strong-arm men were | militia, was made by Joseph Gold- tors or fire boilers. Real Estate Associations. The fol- Yesterday as Broadway | smith, president of the Council of | the inspectors called up from the \field to make their reports, they David Ritchey, Executive Board | lowing telegram was sent by Gold-|Wwere asked whether they could do : Member of the Building Service Em- smith to the Governor after a meet- \these service jobs. Obviously this ployes’ Union, issued a statement ing of the council at the Bolivar /order emanated from City Hall as late in the afternoon in which he declared that elevator service is crippled in every building between | Nineteenth Street and Thirty-third | powers at work organizing men| Street from the vest side of Fifth | Avenue to and including the west side of Eighth Avenue. Scabs were being herded in vari- ous headquarters of the Realty! Board throughout the city. At 54 East Eleventh Street, where some scabs were kept overnight, as well as strong-arm men, fifty had been | Hotel on Central Park West: “Walkout of all elevator operators in buildings is imminent. Sinister against their will. Loss of life and bloodshed inevitable. “We call on you to immediately mobilize militia to cope with this serious emergency and avert any danger to safety and comfort of citizens.” The entire police depa:tment force of 19,750 men was held on sent out yesterday afternoon. De-| call to help smash the strike. In tective agencies are recruiting these | addition fire officials sounded the strong-arm men and scabs. They are being paid as low as $3 a day | for their dirty work, it was reported. | In Harlem, MacLeod, one of the | leaders of the union, stopped the | parade of Negro and white Building | Service Workers, at 150th Street. | The parade was originally scheduled to go to 180th Street, along Seventh Avenue. MacLeod, who was sitting | in a car with a loud speaker at-| tached, spoke from inside the car | and told the marchers to go home and stay there quietly. He thanked | the police again and again for their | “co-operation” with the union. | er our co-operation with the | lice.” The officials of the union, carry- ing out instructions from the main office of the union, late this after- noon, with great difficulty, per-| suaded the 250 strikers at the hig | London Terrace apartment to re-| turn to work. The men went back, | | “four sixes” on all fire tappers, re- calling every man of the depart- ment for special duty. In this way another 6,600 were added to the Mayor's strike-breaking army. Two thousand employes of the| Health Department and 350 mem- bers of the Building Department were also held in readiness by the LaGuardia administration. Union headquarters announced it | had 97,000 members enrolled in Manhattan alone and about 180,000 in the five boroughs. It was reported that the build- ing employees’ union had received the promise of co-operation from other unions, When the building employees went on strike last year, they gained the support of the truckmen’s union, whose members refused to make any deliveries to buildings in the garment district. As part of the preparations of |a result of LaGuardia’s j breaking conference. were issued orally. The Daily Worker learned that similar strikebreaking preparations are being made in other city de- partments. | The Bricken-Broadway Building, 1385 B’way, where the walkout be- gan, was heavily guarded by Burns detectives and Holmes detectives, jarmed with clubs. At least fifteen jcould be observed guarding the | building. Service in this building |was suspended by the strike. The Burns strong arm men are being paid ten dollars a day for their |Scabby work. Hundreds of workers Were massed around the building. the Bricken building are mostly dress shops. The garment workers walked out in sympathy | with the elevator and other service men and also presented their own demands in the joint walkout. Heavy police guards were con- strike- The orders | In | At the Woolworth tower there were |at least one hundred police, and at |the Empire State building, which jhas 192 stories, there was also a heavy police concentration. These police, were ordered by the La- | Strikebreakers and actually run ele- | vators as well as to protect scabs. |thing yesterday morning. In addi- |tion to the Bricken-Broadway obviously dissatisfied with the union | the LaGuardia administration to| Building, where dressmakers and leaders’ instructions. Many refused to put on their uniforms. and much pressure were leaders. One of the strike-breaking man- euvers of the employers was the | calling in of the owners of dress | shops who were circulating peti-| course, stipulating union service, and attempting to furnish an argu- ment for the calling in of scabs and | strong-arm men as strike-breakers. | A seatement was issued by the | union in the middle of the day| which stated that the strikes which began in the morning were “unof- ficial” but that ¢rom then on ail strikes would be official. The state- | ment, issued in the name of Bam- smash the strike, all leaves and | service men cooperated and walked | vacations in the Police Department |out together, Only after an extended meeting | Were cancelled for 72 hours begin- | they | Hing at 8 a. m. Monday morning. | herded back to work by the union Uniformed men and detectives were | instructed to report for reserve duty. Officers were told to instruct their men to carry nightsticks until further orders and to “protect pub- lic interests at all costs.” equipped with implements to re- pair elevators, and the bomb and alien squads have been ordered to be on the lookout for “professional agitators.” Even clerks in the Police Department. will be assigned | |to special duty during the strike, | past and hijs relations to the United it was reported. The Realty Advisory Board on Labor Relations sent out a bulletin the centrated at the biggest skyscrapers. |Guardia administration to act as The strike began to spread first strike quickly spread to three other sarge build- ings. The shop chairman of the Build- | ing Service Employes Union called out the Salmon. Towers building at | 11 West 42nd St. at nine o'clock yesterday morning. This building has 35 stories and 18 elevators. It peeniied to operate with scabs, ut without success. At the noon hour there was a jam of people. Two other buildings, also owned | by Walter J. Salmon, then walked | out in sympathy. These buildings are located at 500 Fifth Avenue with 52 stories and at 55 West 42nd Street. At the Empire State Building, of which Al Smith is the leading of- ficial, a crowd of 200 criminals and scabs gathered from all over the country were recruited as strike- | breakers. C. L. Brown, managing | director of the building, openly bragged about the viciousness of the strikebreakers recruited by the Al Smith outfit. “Blevators will be operated at all | costs,’ he declared. These boys (the strikebreakers) are tough and have broken mine strikes, The elevators will run.” The massing of these gunmen at | the Al Smith building is perfectly in line with the news released to- day by General Smedley B. Butler (retired) of the U, §. Marines wherein he says that Al Smith was one of the leading men composed of Wall Street bankers who are or- ganizing Fascist troops in this country for the purpose of smashing Strikes and atempting to destroy the labor movement. Tenants of the Knickerbocke: Village apartments held a meeting to discuss the strike and elected a) tenants’ committee to send the fol- lowing telegram of protest to Mayor LaGuardia: “We protest your proposed “ise of the police, fire and health depart- gaining. were transferred to the inventory department, with a seven dollar a week reduction. ie company had | previously made statements that the | department will be shortlived. When nmittee of the work- ers, Vice- lent Woodrow inti- | mated that the transferring was the | nature. This in effect means wage- | the active union workers. The com- | pany declared categorically thet se- niority rights are not considered by | the company. * €. P. Backs Workers The Brotherhood of Utility Em- ployees is an independent industrial union, The Brooklyn local as yet includes a small part of the 9,000 | employees, but most of the members are concentrated in power stations, with the main station at 250 Hudson Avenue completely organized. The j union has been recently conducting |an active organization drive. There is a company union in the plant which is becoming very much dis- | credited as it fails to even take up |the burning issues facing the workers, The Communist Party has a well- functioning unit in the company’s plants, and its shop paper, the | Power Worker, which appeared regularly for over a year, has a tre- | mendous influence over the workers. The Party will put its whole strength into support for the fight. LaGuardia Rebuffs Men Mayor LaGuardia, occupied with the task of breaking the growing walkout movement among the build- |ing service men yesterday, sent a curt wire to the Brotherhood of Utility Employees in answer to com- plaints of discrimination against union men, reforring their cases to the Regional Labor Board. The Mayor, who has plenty of time and energy, apparently, to work towards heading off or hreak- ing a strike movement, didn’t have the time even to make a gesture towards helping the suspended utility men. “I believe the Regional Labor Board is the proper goyern- mental agency for your organization to present grievance,” he wired the brotherhood. ‘The full text of the Mayor's tele- Mr. James E. Toher, Brotherhood of Utility Employees, 302 Brooklyn Eagle Bldg., Brooklyn, N. Y.: Reply your telegrams February sixteenth and seventeenth I be- lieve the Regional Labor Board is the proper governmental agency for your organization to present grievance. Regional Labor Board has the machinery to hold hear- ings make an investigation and hand down its findings. I have just spoken with Mts. Herrick head of the Regional Labor Board and she informs me that you have been advised that the Regional Labor Board will be glad to take up the matter if properly pre- sented. F. H. LAGUARDIA, Mayor. Resentment against the strike- breaking attitude of the adminis- tration is growing in all the local unions. Particular indignation is felt at the statement of Maurice P. Dayidson, Commissioner of Water | Supply, Gas and Electricity, that he had “broad police powers” to deal with the situation. © ments as strike breakers in case of a strike of building service em- ployees. “We believe that the scandalously low wages and long hours of labor of these men aze in violation of any decent conception of the proper standard of living of workers. “We think it illegal and unjusi of the city to interfere as to break a strike in behalf of landlord in- terests under the pretext of protect- ing the health of the tenants. We reflect the majority of 1,400 lease holders of Knickerbocker Village in this strenuous protest against such repressive measures, Signed, LAWRENCE C. PARKER, Chairman Tenants Committee. The workers, whose efficiency was | WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1935 PUSH STEEL DRIVE |Rank and File Movement Takes Lead as Many More Ledges Back PEPTSBURGH, Pa., Feb. 18.—As the First District of the Amalga- mated Association of Iron, Steel and ‘Tin Workers meets in Ambridge, Pa., to lay concrete plans in prepa- ration for the launching of the na- tional organization drive in.steel on Feb. 23, the rank and file movement has definitely established itself as the dominant force in organizing the steel workers, and has broader influence among the unorganized than at any time since Section 7-a came into being. The eyes of the workers in all in- dustries are focused today on the | steel union, where the militant rank and file has brushed aside the bu- reaucracy, laid its own plans for | drawing in the masses of unorgan- | ized steel workers, on the basis of struggle for their economic de- mands, and compelled the high chiefs of the A. F. of L. to admit, even tretreat before its strength. Step to New Growth The enthusiastic Feb. 3 confer- ence, in which miners and steel workers conferred jointly, far from being a climax in the fight for or- ganization and democracy, was only a step to new growth. Many lodges which refused to send delegates to the Feb. 3 conclave have since voted -full support to the program drawn up there. The Fourth District, with only one lodge absent, unanimously protested Tighe's expulsion plan and approved the rank and file organizing plans. Even members of the h ma- chine are climbing on the hand . Thus, Al Armour, inter- oe trustee from Gary, Ind., al- though he bitterly attacked the Feb. 3 conference only two days before it conyened, introduced the Fourth District resolution supporting the rank and file. such as Armour can well be taken with reservations—for on Feb. 1 this worthy wrote in the A. A. Journal, regarding the meeting: “Tt is purely a gang of wreckers at work and it will never go over in this district. If we, as steel workers, really are sincere in our efforts to organize, let us wipe out the smudge in our locals... . By smudge I mean the rats who sneak into your locals and bore from within. (I mean Commu- nists). Qn the other hand, whole lodges which before had been under the influence of the international out- But the support of | Pittsburgh Program |fit have joined the moyement. Lodge unanimously Passed a resolution protesting the expulsion orders and supporting the Feb. 3 program. Healthy Reaction In the same way, the steel work- \ers baye shown a healthy reaction |to the recent developments in Washington. They understand that a major | victory has been won by the rank | and file in forcing the A. F. of L. | Executive Council to take under | consideration a drive in steel and | the plans for it laid by the Feb. 3 conference. The fact that, for the | first time in A. F. of L. history, that body failed to endorse the actions of an international staff in its fight | against the rank and file, is in it- self indicative. of the moyement’s strength. The yisit of the rank and file committee to Washington was a successful one. The A. F. of L. Council was forced to instruct | Green to hear the demands of the committee, due to the pressure of the rank and file. The expulsion at- tempts of Tighe were openly dis- | credited before the whole country. The Executive Council was com- Pelled, as a result of this pregsure, to announce an impending organ- ization drive in steel. Not Fooled by Green Green was instructed to bring peace back to the A. A. by mediat- ing with the rank and file, which Tighe once thought he had expelled, to “bring them back into the fold.” But immediately the A. F. of L. president announced that his “har- monizing” efforts would he delayed until after he “settled” the auto situation. But if the Federation chiefs think they have stalled off the rank and file they are due for a rude awaken- ing. The militant leaders know and understand that “Green is just like the rest, just like Tighe or Lewis.” As a result of this understanding, the rank and file is launching the national organization drive in steel on Feb. 23. As William Spang ex- | pressed it, when the news of Green's “instructions” was announced, the move was “only brought about through the pressure of the rank and file on the A. F. of L. Gouncil” —and now the rank and file is not waiting on the A. F. of L. official- dom. U. S. Seizes FSU Papers (Continued from Page 1) months ago, ‘of a group of mem- ployed workers. Unemployed Pledge Support NEW YORK —While anti-Soviet activities continued here and in other cities, and the Hearst, Mac- Fadden and the entire fascist press continued to print its anti-Soviet slanders, large workers and fraternal organizations rallied to the support of the Soviet Union by pledging their support to the monster dem- onstration to be held next Monday evening at 7:30 p.m. at Madison Square Garden. Israe]_Amter, national secretary of the Unemployment Councils, is- sued a statement yesterday, declar- ing: “The National Unemployment Council pledges its full support to |the campaign against the fascist attacks on the militant organiza- tions of this couniry, especially in the drive for breaking off relations with the Soviet Union launched by Hearst and recommended by the Dickstein-McCormack Committee. “We call upon all organizations affiliated with the National Unem- ployment Council, particularly in New York City, to give their full support to the mass demonstration in defense of the Soviet Union at Madison Square Garden next Mon- day night.” Pointing out that the breaking off of U.S.-Soviet negotiations strength- ens the forces working for fascism and war, Anna Damon, on behalf of the national executive commit- tee of the International Labor De- fense, said yesterday: § “We call on all of our members and affiliates to take their stand in militant defense of the Soviet Union. We call on all enemies of war and fascism and all friends of the workers’ fatherland throughout the country to join in protest meet- ings and demonstrations. “We particularly urge all ILD. members in New York to go en masse, with all of their friends, to the monster demonstration in de- fense of the U.S.S.R. at Madison Saar Garden next Monday eve . | MILWAUKEE, Wis., Feb. | Automobile Workers’ Union. | Auto Workers Pu 18.— tions demanding service, not, of The emergency squads have been | Wm, Green, president of the A. F. of L., who is scheduled to speak here tomorrow, was challenged by the! rank and file of the Automobile Workers’ Local of Wisconsin in a leaflet issued today to clear up his position on the auto code in the The rank and file called “for a change in policy” and the setting up t Pointed Questions to Green dent Green in his address to organ- ized labor in Wisconsin. “President Green: “Il—Why did you endorse the automobile code in 1933 with t 4 infamous open shop clause? the organized strength of the workers? “5—Why are you trying to place the blame for the extension of the auto code entirely on Rich- berg, and not on Roosevelt’ who cet 3 La |to its members advising them to | of “an ‘International Industrial brick, declared the next step would be a general strike of all building service men in the fur district. The walkout in the fur district then be- gan almgst at once and spread to Other portions of Manhattan. | At the same time Bambrick an- nounced that the conferences be- tween himself and LaGuardia and the employers would continue, be- ginning at two o’clocx yesterda: @fternoon. 5, 4 The strikes of the morning, Bam- een hire scabs to replace all strikers. The statement said that the Mayor had announced that the award | should he lived up to and promised | to help maintain it. ings running by replacing operatives who quit their jobs.” The Daily Worker learned au- which should be answered by Presi- j \ Union of Auto Workers on the basis of real trade union democracy and | rank and file control.” | Automobile Workers’ Unions. “We rank and file members of the y i | American Federation of Lavor,” the | “We are thereore relying upon | leaflet states, “want to place the | his assurances of police protection,” | following questions the bulletin said,” though we urge Green regarding his position on| | that owners and agents use every | the auto code in the past and) possible means to keep their build-| on his relations with the United We | believe these to be fair questions to President | tion of the auto workers in the early months of 1934, when more than a hundred thousand work- ers who were members of the unions were prepared to strike?_ faith In capitalist politicians at a in cay ist ns the Democratic and pee Hes parties instead of depending on “2—Why did you endorse the government is setting up of the Automobile La- ciple ae blame? bor Board when every worker “G—Why haye you tried to knew Ht this board seis gris build up faith in the N. B. A. serve the employers, and that when you it has fostered talk of ‘neutrality’ was just a | company and the general cover-up for the Automobile | attack on kere’ living Chaba oF comnmeree? standards ond is alrectiy 4 Wsrne “3—Why you do eve ing ne blogdy smashin work- possible to discourage strike ac- eg strikes’ es “We believe,” the leaflet con- tinues, “these are fair questions, because the success of Roosevelt's policies, espectally in the auto and steel industries, is due to the poli- cies which the A. F. of L. Bxecu- tive Council carried out in the unions. We raise these questions not because we want to simply ‘kick’ but because we want to see a change in the policies. of the American Federation of Labor. “We believe that the vicious drive of the employers on the workers’ living standards must be answered by a vigorous campaign to organize the unorgai zed an make the unions powerful fighting weapons of labor. "the necessity now for a drive to organize the automobile workers was proven last year in the strikes in the auto industry Racine, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Cleve- land, South Bend and Toledo. We must une a powerful drive to build the United Automobile Work- e1 ion. We propose that the F. L. Executive Council ap- prove the setting up of an Interna- tional Industrial Union of the auto workers on the basis of real trade union democracy and rank and file rol! is must be our ans to the auto barons and ti Hew ges mobile Labor Board.” Gold Decinen Boosts Profits (Continued from Page 1) cone of the outstanding resylts of the “Roosevelt financial policies, will of wheat, cotton, and other com- modity prices brings the menace of new leaps in the cost of living very close, and makes such price in- creases ineyjtable. Obviously, the Supreme Court decision will effect new cuts in the real wages of every American worker as prices go upward. In addition, it gives free rein to Roosevelt's imperialist policy of fighting for foreign markets by the use of a devaluated dollar. The gold decision had heen awaited with some anxiety as the whole right of the Roosevelt gov- ernment to pursue its policy of in- flation was involved. ‘To uphold the Roosevelt inflation | to meant more profits. But at the same time the problem was how to find a loophole for maintaining the sanctity of contracts, in theory, at least. The court found this solu- tion in giving to Congress the right to exercise its powers oyer all con- tracts. ; The Roosevelt policies, the court ruled, had placed country “on I? Bats tae iidck,Sechibage’ gna Sales on the Ste Exc! al the Curb Exchange in the mis fol- lowing the Court decision totelled more than 1,000,000 shares. Stock Exchange transactions were 960,000 shares or a rate of 5,000,000 shares for a full day. Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes read the majority decision. With him sided Justices Louis D. Brandeis, Harlan F. Stone, Owen J. Roberts, Benjamin Cardozo. Against them were Justices James ©. McReynolds, Willis van Devanter, George Sutherland and Pierce But- ler 7,000 Honor Dead Miner (Continued from Page 1) , which instructs the officials to Hon off e strike she ae George Molesky, state president of the Anthracite Miners, declared that he will be opposed to calling off the strike unless the soon d even may Ltr more will fee jail. He further stated that the phraseology of the injunction, such words as “restoring status quo,” doesn't mean a thing to the miners. Maloney’s Plan The position taken by District President Maloney and thé union’s attorney Marianelli, is that the strike would be continued without violating oe dalunenon by simply taking out a writ which su es the he issued by wae “Maloney’s policy is considered as an al to foster the illusion in ]among the strikers that there is a chance for them in the capitalist courts. The miners in general are for a policy of mass ing and demonstrations to smash the in- junction. Radio announcements in the Wa- namie section ‘again ordered the striking miners to vacate company houses, During Sunday's sermons many heen Uae up with the cr ny, te he workers to abide by the Sse order ein * be greatly aggravated’ The uprush | , Knight Can’t Give Answer (Continued from Page 1) cial designation was given to Ne« foes’ names. Pointing to the red books containing the jury rolls, on which the defense contends that the names of six Negroes wera forged, Knight said: “I cannot tell you today that those names were or were™ not forged . . . I simply take the posi« tion that I don’t know how, when or whether, and I consider it ime material whether they were or were not placed there.” Knight Can't Answer Justice Willis Van Devanter of | Wyoming, seemingly irked ‘at Knight's striking failure to ‘even approach the defense’s. main isgue, called the attention of the shouting prosecutor to the fact that out of the “box” containing the names df qualified voters “no colored man’s mame ever came,” and “that no colored man ever was called,” Then the justice asked Knight, “What is your answer to that?” “I understand that the Jury Commission has the discretion——” Knight began. “It has not the right to exclude colored men,” the Justice shot in. “I don’t contend that it has,” said Knight. “But the colored men didnt get on,” Van Devanter complained. Instead of answering, Knight re- torted that it was for the Supreme Court to decide whether the éyi- dence warrants “the presumption that the Jury. Commission did what they said they did’ Hundreds Wait To Hear The Court, according to its cus- tom, set no definite time for ren- dering its decision on the appeals, Osmond K. Fraenkel, the other lawyer retained by the I. L, D., sat beside Pollak, ready to offer rebut- tal argument. Attorney Samuel 8. Leibowitz, who presented the facts for the defense last Friday, was not Present today. The session opened with hundreds of Negro and white persons waiting outside to hear the case. Many of them waited in vain. Four Main Points The four main points, hammered by Pollak with the calm of his ju- dicial listeners perched high on the bench above him, were: 1. That the indictment of a member of the Negro race ind his conviction by juries from which Negroes are systematically ex- cluded is a denial of the equal protection of the law. 2. That the court (in Alabama) denied the boys’ constitutional rights in refusing to quash the in- dictments by the grand juries in Jackson County where Negroes had for years been excluded from jury service. 3. That the court denied the boys’ constitutional rights in re- fusing to quash the venire of the petit jury in “Morgan County where Negroes had for years been excluded,“ 4. That the court’ denied. their constitutional rights in» refusing to permit them full opportunity to prove that Negroes were syste- matically excluded. ‘ Pollak cited the uncontested testi- mony by a jury commissioner, Stewart, that the names of Negroes on the lists from which jurymen were drawn were followed by the designation, “Col.” At ey-General Knight, wearing a deep flush with his black cutaway coat, told the court that jury com- missioner Stewart was “confused” when he testified to that fact, and “was thinking of the voting list.” “Is that the custom: there?” Jus- tice Butler asked Knight, referring the custom of designating Ne- as to color on yoting lists. “Ttis been done ever since I can remember,” Knight replied. “But that’s on voting rolls, not on jury rolls.” “Why didn’t Mr. Steward say so?” asked Chief Justice Charles Eyans Hughes. “He sid the roll did not sys- tematically exclude Negroes,” was Knight’s only answer. His only answer to the exclusion of qualified Negroes was, “I can’t conceive of this court constituting itself a jury commission.” The defense's plea is that the jury commission and all other agen- cies of the State of Alabama con- cerned with the case lated the constitution—the protection of which is the duty. of the Supreme Court of the United States. . Health Head Herds Seabs (Continued from Page 1) + Md pe ready for this strikebreaking luty. Yesterday all health inspectors, when reporting were asked if they could run an elevator or if they could stoke a boiler. Most of these city employes answered in the nega- tive. But they were instructed late yesterday afternoon to report by telephone every hour, so as to be ready for the call. Other city de- partments were also being mobilized for strikebreaking duty. 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