THE MILITANT WEDNESDAY JANUARY 31, 1934 PAGE Strike Gains Momentum EDITORIAL Labor Greet: THE STRIKERS SPEAK Amalgamated o blue Extending the Strike Front ships.
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Emil Smith While the bosses press loads its ways sure of the time we had to in the end, is extended and intensited mass struggle. Instead of alcolumns with statements from check in, but we could never know Moving forward with seven league lowing the bosses and their NKA to tle up the workers in their Iron Headquarters of the striking Ho Dining Room Delegate, WaldorfBoomer, Muschenhelm, Oscar and what time we be going out. From boots the walk out of the New York chains, let the strikers surround every hotel in the city with an imtel and Restaurant Workers Union Astoria: the rest of the strike breaking to 2:30 or o clock we have to hotel and restaurant workers concrew, the Militant presents the work and then come back at 5:30 to tinue to tie up hotels and restau passable iron ring of mass pleket lloes which will drive the employers are beginning to receive expressions The capitalist press is the dirt views of the striking workers. last out until 10 or later. We were rants every day, chalking up four into a corner.
from labor groups of the industry lest in the world 1f all those lles These interviews with strike lead supposed to go off at. but that teen new establishments in the last the outside New York, Remember the great strike wave of last summer, when tons of well tk, as organizations outside the bottom about our strike can be written up ens and runk and Alers will appear never happened. We got all torty eight hours.
in for it. The firing of Fournigault, in all future strike issues. They abuse, but none of the consideraOutstanding among these paralof the striktions. From 1929 to 1933 our wages thousands of workers throughout the country rose spontaneously industry. In addition to the backing the chef de Manger, forced us to are verbatim resets which they were 30 a month. With the NRA magnificent struggles against starvation conditions. How brillants fethederal a mente de troud wrtokerot years ago by the Chot and proyed choose to discuss. Ed.
yzed fortresses of the open shop Food Workers strike. He was hired two and hall ers views on are the Commodore, Lonchamps they Muminated the all important fact that the working class, once they raised us 20 percent and then worker 79th St. the fourth of this chain which the Hotel Workers Union is to be an exced on the charged as three dollars a month started on the road of struggle, reveals that it bas enormous reservoirs to be struck, the Marguery, the ro him Olcott and others. The complete of strength, of militancy, of solidarity. It is necessary to put all our cel ved greetings from Leonidas e Aulot the cooks. Only three weeks be Ninetronet rund. 4 percent e derdhe three weeks ago, when a strike list is published in another column. faith in those reservoirs. It is necessary to rely upon them exclusive sustas, President, on behalf of the core the seller walk out the sold our picket line was weak. But the threatened the bosses. They stop The work the major hotels and of the picketing com ly, and upon nothing else!
mittees ey still kept feeding us ers Association of Massachusetts For three minutes the waiters stop scabs are not getting in now. Sure red all right on that uniform busiWhat is needed to win this strike and to inspire workers elsewhere 000 members, and from Chapter ped working en relied man with the right of our own union. And red, mehegt heard of it. But they restaurants goce on unabated and with remarkable militancy. Sup with the victory, is clear vision in the ranks and in the leadership of the Restaurant and Lunch quickly reinstated. But now plementing the activity of the ina bold strategy and militant tactics. The superb mase picketing at Room Workers Association of Am. dining room walters and room serwer that we are naticking together didn know what it means. The dividual pickets are the indomitable boss newspapers don know either.
the Waldorf Astoria on the first night of the strike, and the courage committees from whose action no of the latter, wrote in part as fol kitchen force demanding that they Marcel Gauduchon They ve been giving this strike a raw denl too. The Militant knows ous march on the scab employment agencies in face of the police with lows: scab hotel 16 Immune. So effective 18 their work that the thugs in If everyone in the United States slaves. They have struck for the drawn guns who met the marchers these are examples of the line of Kitchen Delegate, Hotel Astor. that we re fighting for the recogniaction that must be developed and spread until it embraces every work fight for their rights. am sure sense revenue hance tiga tahu, vot cause we are with our brothers for Wore all sticking together.
had the nerve and the courage to recognition of the Boom We walked out first of all be tion of the union. We ll get it.
with the the One picket WAS arrested at Waldort and an er in the strike.
the workers would be getting satis app for a renge bordeaunebey the right of our other at the Great Northern on factory wages today.
Herbert Schneider complaints of scab agents charging and swore that he would never deal our own battle with the Astor. The John Rojes, a leader of food work with the won. He said he was food to just plain lousy and the intimidation. Both are out on Waiter Delegate, Longchampe, ball.
his congratulations on the strike 57th Street.
Meanwhile the hotel bosses are and stated that thousands of work. Are the men who worked for him pelog late but pay us very little for standing or The conditions at the Longbecoming desperate at the crippling without advice from union dele overtime. It been The extension of the strike brings to the fore the problem of the Stone wade toys, courageous leader atences The there and halve the tired cook or watter what sockets as at the New Weston Hotel, only three der at the ask champs same power of the strike. At the Long Champe, the management oftered Greetings were also received from ted up on the conditions there too do you belong to? And the Vatel worse. The boss, Allen Lustig, and the strikers 150 to return to work, one section and a powerful one of the Amalgamated Food Work can be Gus Felder and Louis Esposito, ers Union. It is fortunate that the hotel workers are part of a union the Hotel and Restaurant Workers 100 code, but now for all the petts the right society to belong to. Now blamed for our walkout. Three strikers, went to the management which has a firm base in other parts of the industry, notably among to protest. They were thrown out by gangtsers and when they bit the the bakers. The task bere is to inspire in the workers the vision of be expressed the joy of workers in Joined together because we have in favor of the clubs or societies cuts. Working for twelve hours, sidewalk itteen thugs assalled the powerful Industrial union, organized on a nation wide foundation strike in the morning papers. He conective bargaining and we know want is the right to belong to our And how! The ten percent service two strikers, beating one of them and covering all the trades and crafts. The Amalgamated Food Work wrote: 80 badly that he required medical that our union is not a racketeer own union, the The wages charge on all Longchampe checks is have asked ing union. We are a erg Union is admirably constructed for this purpose, by virtue of its Year after you still we continue bold out together until the Waldorf years, but last year, when the NRA was split four ways before we got e all ready to at the Astor have been fair for five another joke. That ten percent attens so hurt. On charges by the stitution and its progressive traditions. couple of the bruleers were Industrial form of organization, its class struggle tendency, its con myself: how long to submit to this merciless explot. Astoria recognizes our rights, our went into effect, the Astor began what was left. The bus boy, the picketers, two of the plug uglies tation by our to cut was like the rest of the butter boy. the couture it. And boy and The Militant deems it highly important for the Executive Board rades, yogcruel bosses? Com union and our wage demanda were apprehended for assault.
are at last answering hotels. The bone has been unwill the waiters had to Reports reach the union heading to meet union delegates. Only the same plan was used to chisel quarters with increasing frequency Gustave Barth of the Hotel and Restaurant Workers Union to draw other detach that question. The downtrodden workers in the hotels and restautwo months ago when a waiter was the bar service check. The walter that the scabs are unable to fill the ments of the mother organization into the work and support of the rants throughout the country are Kitchen Delegate, Pennsylvania dla harged and another delegate, got only two and a half. per cent bill although they are paid from strike, and if necessary, into common fighting action.
Chris Minihane, went to Muschen of that. Lustig claims that he ll watching you with reawakening seven to twelve dollars per day Hotel: The workers have an endless capacity to fight and to win.
helm to And out why. He refused never deal with union men. He hopes, realizing that success in Twenty three scabe were fired from Let your strugle means the dawn of a them but realize the fact and halt the battle is won. Let them but new and happler day for them. com. en last minute pennendrother He said he wonld deal with indivi. to the strike. It would take a long We have been fed up too long to meet us as union delegates but says he means it. We mean the Warwick Hotel for incompetency and the chet threatened to quit is realize that they have hardly begun to summon up all the forces and rades, you owe it to them and to fool. At the do nothing meaning strike breakunion. Well, time to tell you what been going ers were the only help that could powers at their disposal. And let them make the bosses and their your families and to yourselves to aidn give us the chance to organ duals but not the want. Wo lion. But we are through with such be obtained.
banks realize that obstinate resistance to the union demands will not spare no effort, and to fight like Ize a anton of our choice, as they that not what we heroes to at last establish the Un should have according to the condi stick by the union.
lousy conditions, and all the hardDozens of telegrams of the fol meet with capitulation, or retreat, but with stifter blows by the work on as a force and power to aid you tons of the NRA. But even good the lowing order have been sent to and protect you against the greed wages and all those promises could Mastro ing for starvatie of work The boya strikers in an attempt to stampede of your bosses.
The workers who have already closed down the largest and most them back to work: never eat at Longchamps. What Picket Captain, Walter, Hotel Among the organizations outside of the hotels struck. We are fighting served in the dining room may be New Weston. SORRY WAS NOT PRESENT powerful botels in New York in less than a week, and closed them very the Industry which are assisting now for the recognition of the and appetizing. But WHEN STRIKERS DELEGATION down tight, have the right and the duty to call for aid from the work the strike, in addition to the Com. as our union. And we mean What been going on at the what they give us is week old tripe APPEARED STOP AM SURE Weston makes ready to and rotten hash. That the truth.
YOU ARE NOT IN SYMPATHY ers in other crafts and trades. The Amalgamated Food Workers Un munist League of America whose it. One hundred percent of stick it out until we win. For in The Militant will write it up that organ, The Militant, has singleband kitchen force stopped work WITH THIS MOVEMENT. son has an extensive jurisdiction. And the men who struck the hotels edly battled against the flood of elever o clock Saturday morning, stance our hours! We were allway. The other papers haven signed THE MANAGEMENT of this city are capable of striking every branch of the food industry. lies in the boss owned daily papers Organizer Kaldis read these teleLet the bosses beware!
of New York, are the following: be sent to the Chinese Embassy, grams at meetings. The speakers shouted their indignation. Another The extension of the strike is, to our minds, of a place with the Conference for Progressive Labor Place, 1, and to obstacle they would clear out of establishment in the union of a broad, inclusive leadership which uses Action: Emergency Strikers Wel the Socialist and Communist press.
the way.
fare Committee: American Civil every progressive and constructive force. Least of all do we Trotsky Signed by Despite the lies of the kept the bosses are searching high and ists have anything in common with clique tendencies and factional Socialist League, Greater New York by prominent leaders of the Bri National movement of that period.
Liberties Union; Young Peoples (The following appeal is made playing a prominent part in the Tom Mann, low for skilled workers to scab on monopoly in the leadership of mass organizations. The idea is repug Federation, Spartacus Youth Clubs. tish labor movement.
James Maxton, It is re Following upon his break with the the thousands now in revolt against pant to us. We regard the trade unions as the mass organizations Fenuer Brockway, intolerable conditions. We have it Flag, official organ of the Interof the workers, embracing them all without regard to their political, prepared and will be published in printed here with from the Red leaders of the Communist International, and his expulsion from the Harris, of Chaty Hoteles modern declettiert were economie, racial or religious stulations. They must allow free play nationalist Communists of Great Chinese Communist Party, he as Alec Gossip in session all Saturday, Sunday and for every tendency to express Itself by democratic means. They must Britain. sisted in the founding of the ChlA. Harvey, Monday late into the night discussnese Section of the International ing the problem of the shortage of draw in every healthy force to bear itu share of the responsibility for 10, 000 At Mass Rally Albert Thomas, trained cooks and waiters and con the organization in its struggles. narrow policy in this field is fatal, SAVE THE LIFE OF Left Opposition. The Chinese Na Pack Garden sulting with railroad men, obvious and the International Communists who have fought such a course Percy Johnson, CHEN DU SIU!
tional Government, under the induence of tt (Continued from page 1)
notorious Chiang Kal Bickell, ly on plans for herding scabs into relentlessly in the of and the Stalinist unions will oppose it We, the undersigned, draw the at shek, long sought his arrest, but New York from other cities. Swift.
Protesting the hiring of strike Just as pltlessly whenever and wherever and in whomsoever it mani. Extend the hotel strike to al tention of all working class organle they were not successful until Oct Taylor, tood workers. Our motto is clasa zations to the arrest and imprison ober 1932, when he was put on breakers as health the Amenace has issued to public fests itself in the Amalgamated.
The workers who have had their bellies full of the Gompers Green Soldarlly out all those who ment of Chen Du Slu, an outstand trial for working to overthrow the Walter Randall, do not work shall not eat! The ing and courageous leader of the Chinese capitalist Government.
the following statement to the brand of bureaucratism and of the stifiing of the workers voice in sturdy halls of the Garden rang to Chinese workers movement, now unJohn Jagger, W.
Commissioner of Health, dated Dick Beech, Pres. Chem.
January 28th: the Stalinist unions, will not permit the infiltration of any similar the echo as James Cannon roar.
Obviously, this sentence of 18 Dear Sir: Edwin Mackwell, Nat. Org.
polson into the Amalgamated. The first sign of It must be crusbeded these remarks of class solidarity dergoing a sentence of 13 years imand class struggle to the assembled prisonment by the Chinese Nation years upon a man of 58 is a death The public health of this city without mercy. Every consciow worker will join hands in a conChemical Workers Union.
multitudes.
alist Government.
Is endangered through the action sentence, especially under the con Arthur Gillian, Gen. Sec.
certed effort to make the Amalgamated a model union in this respoct, of the hotels and restaurants on The Militant goes to press before Jack Tanner, Organizer, we have the opportunity to report chem Du Slu has a long record ditlons existing in Chinese prisons.
strike in hiring strike breakers union where the members feel at home, where they can talk and the speeches of Mary Fox, of service in the struggle of the we urge all working class bodies without bealth cards. The danger Howell, Engineer, that hotels in general have in criticize freely, where they can elect their officials or recall them, where Muste, Arturo Glovannitul and Ben Chinese people for their freedom. to join in the demand for the re. copy of appeal was sent their initiative may be unfolded instead of restricted, and above all their keeping the health cards of Gitlow. They will be recorded in Born in 1876, in his early yours he to Harry Politt of the Communist worked mainly in the sphere of lease of our fellow fighter in the Party and to F. Walkden of the the strikers as, for example, the where the clear and honest voice of progressivism may be heard above subsequent issue.
This huge mass meeting, broad. editing radical and literary papers cause of the emancipation of the General Council. No reply Waldorf Astoria and the Savarin the deadening growls of reactionary conservatism.
Restaurants. For the protection of cast over station stood and in educating the youth of working class. All protests should has been received. out as a symbol that the hotel China, founding for this purpose the publle health we take it upon strikers were ready to go through the monthly The Youth. a paper ourselves to gerous storm you of this dan hell fire for the victory of their stirring cause which played an important role in Very Respectfully yours. ated Hotel and Restthe development of the Chinese soIn the same spirit, we are sition to any Red Finances are needed to publish the cial and cultural movement. Dur.
aurant Workers Union, MILITANT three times a week ing the years 1916 1919 he played the sub drive opened with 115 new subs. Now we are happy to announce Two days ago, in first issue of the tri weekly we reported that Health cards are being baiting in the union, regardless of the forms it takes, even if they are of the most polite and covert nature. Bitter experience teaches during the strike. Send contritions to 126 16th St, a prominent part in preparing the breakers the workers the reactionary character of Red balting. Everywhere ground for the development of the that in the brief period between that issue and this, which includes Sun JULES CHASTONAY, has gone and always will go hand in hand with a contemptible Kitchen Organizer.
mass National movement, which be day, we have recelved as many subs again 114. This total now is 220.
THE MILITANT gan with the students anti Japan. The New York Local made a magnificent start toward realizing its. groveling before capitalist public opinion. hand in hand with treach Entered a second clasa mall ery to the workers and ther fights. Isn this clear from the clamor matter November 28, 1928, at the ese Demonstrated Middleth e quota of four hundred new subs. The City Committee bought 84 of the CORRECTIONS of the hotel men who denounce the Amalgamated as a red union. Post Onico at New York, Un. At the height of this actation Chen Club Plan half year subs cards at twenty fve cents aplece. Pittsburgh To the Militant: from the affidavits submitted by the attorney for Waiters Local 16 of Your last issue (January 29) re the of in applying for an injunction in the Supreme Court Published Three Times a week by Peking Government as the author bought twelve.
the Communist League of America of a seditious leaflet.
Comrade Leeser of Brooklyn shot in 8; and comrade Goodman of fers to me as a special strike or (Opposition)
against the Amalgamated, to prove that it is in the pay of MosPhiladelphia sent in four.
ganizer. This is incorrect. am After his release be went to 126 Fast 16th Street, New York, Shanghal where he cow Red baiting is the weapon of reaction. It plays into the hands participating in the strike in an adSix comrades sent in on sub aplece at the regular rates founded the EDITORIAL BOARD visory capacity by invitation. The of the bosses, of the labor skate and traitor, of the dark forces. ReChinese Communist Party. Twice The list of leaders now stands as follows: comrade Leeser 8; comorganizing work as well as the roMartin Abern sponsibility of the strike rests with spectability bought by union at the price of an anti Red campaign MAX Sbachtmas Maurice Spector French authorities, his release waskow. 3; Ruby3. These comrades have sent in two aplece, and James Cannon arrested during 1921 1922 by the rade Goodman 7; Coover 5; Sharron 5; Ruby 5; Konithe officials of the union. would is bought dearly. Such respectability means the end of its existence Arne Swabeck appreciate if you would make this as a fighting organization and the beginning of its enslavement to the Vol. VLL, No. (Whole No. 209) nese workers. From that time unsecured by the protests of the Chi twenty five have sent in one each.
correction bosses. Every time the employers or their agents bave demanded of The drive is just beginning but it is clear that it will be a success. JAMES CANNON.
Subscription rate: 00 per year ul 1929 Chen was General Secretary a unlon a repudiation or renunciation of Reddism or Communism. The whole Club Plan scheme is the simplest, easiest thing ever de To the Milltant: Foreign 50 cent per copy of the Chinese Communist Party. vised to distribute a paper to workers. single half year subscription In reporting the Bryant Hall they have demanded that the union give up its backbone and indestrike moeting you mention my pendence!
the Militant is fifty cents. That is cheap enough. But on the Club are Communists in its ranks or leadership, but only because of its name as a strike organizer. My Plan basis it is twice as cheap that is, it is only twenty five cents, proIn this connection, the attempt to Impate any relationship to such disruptive and indefensible policies.
acting as chairman of the meeting ideas to the secretary of the unton in an interview which appeared vided they are bought in blocks of at least four at one time. There 19 no maximum: you can buy as many more than four as you can afford.
rank and Ale member of the union. In the World Telegram, will not meet with success. We feel sure that The Amalgamated can live and grow and Inspire workers with not an official You Invest one dollar in four Club Plan sub cards. Then you either confidence and enthusiasm only if it holds to a truly militant course resell them, one at a time, two at a time, however you can. If you re HUGO OEHLER. the spokesman for the union was misquoted and that a true militant cannot have voiced such views at any time.
and checks every deviation from it at its inception. The principal sell them you have your money back. You can stop there if you want JUST OFF THE PRESS!
No concession to such a trend can be allowed, without the guarantee for such progress is an organized Left wing which is the to. But you can do better than that. You can reinvest the dollar in degenerating into a replica of the conservative The fact that banner bearer of the ideas outlined above, four more cards and resell them. In this way you will have small The Soviet Union a union la independent of the 18 no guarantee against such a The workers cannot depend for this upon the ideas alone, bangrevolving tund at work Increasing the circulation of the Militant. And degeneration. The Progressive Miners of America is a sad example, ing in the air, or upon Individuals alone carrying out these ideas. What when you wind it up you will have spent nothing yourself.
and the It started out with magnificent prospects. It gave the devil of Red 1s needed is a group of conscientious fighters, devoted first of all to Build the Militant! Help circulato a Marxian paper for workers!
baiting a finger, in the hope of gaining respectability in the eyes of the Amalgamated not to the corrupt Local 16 gang, or to the 18th Order for Club Plan half year sub cards for one dollar! Use the blank 4th Intenational the coal operators. Then it gave its whole hand. Today 11 Street sect who are interested above all in the strengthening of the below!
distinguishable from the reactionary Lewis union, and the members unton, in improving its fighting ability, in making it the pride of the by of the union are as badly off today, if not worse of than they were labor movement. group in short which stands four square and un THE MILITANT before the was launched. Let the members of the equivocally on the basis of a class struggle program and a class strug 126 East 16th Street, New York City, LEON TROTSKY bo on guard against any attempt to play the dangerous game! gle fight. Such a group has not yet been formed as it should be. Its Enclosed please find. for formation is an urgent need, and we for our part will do all in our imum) Club Plan half year sub cards. four is the minFar from tolerating such trends in the union, they must be fought.
PRICE TEN CENTS In its place, the must continue to stand for the broadest pos power to assist it, and thereby assist the union as a whole.
70 in Bundles of or More sible united front with all forces not even excluding the Stalinists. The Amalgamated stands before great tasks, but even greater op Name Order from We are not unmindful of the fact that a good deal of the criticism portunities. It has the power to measure up to both. If it does, it Address PIONEER PUBLISHERS will have written a golden page in the record of the regenerated labor of the 18th Street Union emanates from dublous sources and strikes 84 East 10th Street, Peactionary note. We oppone the Industrial Union not because there movement of America THE MILITANT. alty State Red Baiting and Reaction Subs Double in our 10