WORKER OP TO WORLD.
UNITE THE MILITANT Weekly Organ of the Communist League of America VOLUME VII, NO. 28 (WHOLE NO. 232 NEW YORK. SATURDAY, JULY 14, 1934 PRICE CENTS MINNEAPOLIS STRIKES MONDAY Teamsters Join Mass Meeting of Local 574 Unanimously Accepts Call in Frisco Strike for Walkout; Repudiates Tobin Bosses Red Scare Strike Call of Local 574 Central Labor Daniel Tobin Goes to Bat Forthe Bosses MINNEAPOLIS, JS the strike on My Union Backs Drivers Local.
Red Herring Cover Big Labor Parade from the bosses prakses and For Real Issues provided for in tiwe agreement have been violated by the majority of the ho by the bosses and Dan Tobin, BULLETIN As we go to prese, there comes PRESIDENT BROWN TEACHES BOSSES WENT WILD WHEN TOBIN LESSON IN UNIONISM the news that the teamsters of THEY READ THIS SQUIB San Francisco and Oakland, ro volting against exploitation on The cry of Communism raised The bosses quote this comment their own jobs as well as against by those who have contributed from the Organizer (Vol. I, No. By Airmail to the Militant)
the boss terror used on the striknothing to the organization of our otticlal organ of Local 574 and ing waterfront workers, have Union or to the conduct of the rave incoherently about respect 25th, Local 574, through its duly authorized representatives, has been gone out on strike, 3, 700 strong.
recent strike is in itself a confor dead men.
attempting to negotiate wage scales with the employers in accortance demnation of those who helped With trucking strikes looming in raise the cry. We organised with the agreement which brought about the ending of the strike. We in Duluth and St. Paul, as well as The Low and Odor League Minneapolis, It begins to look as drivers, helpers, petroleum workhave attempted to settle with the employers all other matters left for ers, and inside workers for the Joining his voice to that of the We just found out that this negotiation. All these attempts to settle the dispute by negotiation, conthough the erowd in control of By JAMES CANNON bosses in raising the Red Scare the International Union may hayo specific purpose of securing for against the militant leaders of Lofellow John Dillinger is a Piker. Lueted with the greatest patience and persistence, have met with failure. Minneapolis, July 11 (By Wire. their hands full.
them shorter hours and higher cal 574 has been the contribution of The Government is offering only The employers, opged on by the Union hating Citizens Alliance, bohind Spirit ran high among all sections wages. To do this we use the Daniel Tobin, general president 10, 000 Bucks for his capture. which stand the banks and the sinister financial Interests of Wall Street, of the Minneapolis working class structure provided by the AmeriSan Francisco, July 11. Terrific of the International Brotherhood of Small town stur Why. he only can Federation of Labor. We have violated the agreement. They have set out to break our union and tonight, as thousands of workers in pressure for, and terrific pressure a mass meeting of General Drivers Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen rob us of the fruits of our victory.
have confined our efforts to trade killed ifteen or twenty people.
against a general strike this is Union 574 cast a unanimous vote and Helpers, on the eve of the secthe meaning of events here, since union activities. The union ond strike.
Right here in our home town the AH the efforts of our Union, over a period of six weeks since the to strike the transportation induslast Thursday murderous attack conducted as a democratie, ecoThis reactionary scate, who sits low and odor League is offering ending of the strike, to establish living wages and hours have been frustry for the second time in less than nomic Instrument to achieve to on the strikers by the police, killing 20, 000 for any information lead trated by the arrogant attitude of the employers. The Regional Labor decision, Minneapolis will be tied in a swivel chair the year round two strikers and wounding scores ends set forth above. The politicollecting the fat salary of 10, 000 ing to the apprehension of the exBoard by 19 action, or rather, by its failure to act, has siled in every up tight as a drum from Monday of others. With the bringing in of cal aliations of our membership case in upholding the hand of the employers. Every attempt of the Union night until the bosses grant the per annum and expenses, who gave terminator of a couple of rats.
the National Guard immediately at is not the concern of the leadership or of the rank and Ale.
ter the police attack, the issue was no cooperation to the workers in to inegotiate and secure satisfaction for the just demands of its members union demands.
Every worker has complete free their first strike in Minneapolis, Notes from our Wild Animal clearly drawn: Either general has been met with evasions, trieks and subterfuges. Every approach for It was announced at the meeting dom strike to back up the waterfront this respect. This is one now comes to the fore at the most Department: practical discussions of our grievances has been answered by columns of that a strike vote would be taken of the fundamental principles of crucial moment showing his solstrike, or complete defeat for the idarity with the drivers by de There will be less rats in the paid newspaper advertisements filled with misrepresentations, lies and by the Duluth local.
organized Labor.
strikers.
slanders against the union and its leadership.
The mass meeting boiled over Only a general strike can save Quoted from the Organizer, nouncing their sterling leadership Central Market this summer.
Vol. I, No.
as radicals and Communists. What Ho! Grand Jury!
with enthusiasm when the members THE AGREEMENT VIOLATED BY THE BOSSES the waterfront strike, because the of 574 were asked to adopt a vote Solidarity it is. Solidarity with State of California Itself is the chief the bosses.
The vital questions of wages and hours, which are of life and death of confidence in their local union strike breaker. The so called opTobin has already received the concern to our members and their families, have been callously ignored. leaders. Unanimously they repudiening of the port by the bosses Industrial Association was a fraud.
Wm. Brown, the Dunnes, Carl breaking move.
An they did was get five trucks to strike be loaded and travel up and back from the pler to a nearby warepanegyrie blg scarehead streamers firms.
in the Minneapolis capitalist rags.
the International President of house. This didn make a dent in Minneapolis. On Friday night, Despairing of swindling the Minthe mountain high load of goods July 6, workers of the Twin Cities Smashing Ropudiation neapolis workers out of their strikeIn this userupulous course, the Citizens Alliance and the employers Brotherhood of Teamsters. Pointpiled on the docks. But the State massed solidly in the greatest dem repudiation. At the union meeting campaign of publle intimidation Trade Union movement and deprive the workers of docent human lives inneapolis truckers, they refused From the workers, a smashing won wage increases by abroad are seeking to shift the lssue. They cloak their campaign to wreck the ing out that the International has done nothing to help organize the owned Belt Line Railway. which onstration of militant labor solidar of July 9th of Local 574 full confi. which reeks with insinuation and behind personal attacks on the leaders of the Union. The bosser want to be stampeded by the Red scare connects the plers to the railroads selendangering the strike to show their unanimous support of fest. And on the same night a con resorted to the time worn method tation. We have the right to be represented by leaders of our own choos: built 574 and led it to victory in ity Minneapolis has ever seen to dence in the leadership was mani calumny, the Citizens Alliance has to dictate to the Union what lowers it should have. We reject this die andreendorsed leaders who doeks, then shunted on to the rail eral Drivers, Helpers, Petroleum Building Traces Unions met and freight cars are loaded up on the the fight being put up by the Gen ference not business agents in the when all others fail the Red Seare. ing and we intend to assert this right. We reject the Insolent demand of the spring road tracks, and there they are unIn dragging the red herring the Chizens Alliance and the bosses to choose our leaders for us. Local! While the members of 574 were loaded and the goods delivered in No. 574, against the lying and murvoted to condemn, Tobin red scare across the first press the poeta: 574 is a democratie trade union organization. Its membership is fully taking these decisive stepe, the the city by truck.
derous onslaught of the Citizen Local 574 Casey Affords the Protext Alliance an attack directed not of the leadership that led the tention from the outstanding lau exploiters of labor.
polis bosses are trying to divert atalso held an important session. The resolution adopted by 574 was laid The Teamsters Union could stop only at the lives and living stand whirlwind strike of ten days in before the Minneapolls working this, but the veteran reactionary ards of the Drivers, but an attack May that brought victory into the class.
The general membership meeting declares that the leaders of our before this body, the controlling teamster chief, Michael Casey, has upon the entire organized labor lap of men who had never seen the Union have faithfully served the interests of the membership. They organ of the of In Minne.
limited truck drivers cooperation movement The Real Issue in Minneapolis. The inside of a union before, the emhave conducted themselves as responsible trade union officials and have apolls. Here, too, the response was with the strike to refuse to deliver krent parade, culminating in anployers pul, Tobin says that lan working man in the Twin Cities, is the Interests of the Union and its members. They have shown their adopted and the pledged full That issue, recognized by every not imposed on the Union any issues, political or otherwise, contrary to unanimous. The resolution was goods to and from the plers. Even overflow mass meeting at the Mu guage describing, or capable of de the stubborn refusal of the employ efficiency as organizers in the bullding of our Union. They have demon Minneapolis labor gave an authe this he did on the basis that the nicipal auditorium, recorded the seribing this class of serpent, in the ers to increase the wretched wages strated their loyalty and courage under fire.
support to the coming strike. Thus teamsters were endangered by enthusiastic sentiment of the Twin shape of a working man would not of the drivers and to deal with the the strikers struggle against scale. City working class for militant ac be put into print. All we can say inside men as represented by 574.
tie class answer to the bosses and THE RED SCARE MANEUVER all their agents.
tion in Industrial Association, which in pride of the labor movement berewolves in sheep clothing.
these They charge the union leadership The Red Scare of the Citizen Alliance is nothing but a fraudulent St. Paul to Vote on Strike tiated the bloody Thursday fight on Beginning at six o clock, labor the pretext that they had sufficlenting men and women filed into the treachery, for which the bosses un of the Minneapolis tollers and to conditions and demoralize our ranks. They will not succeed. The condi. meeting. announced that on Thurs It Tobin believes that by this they hope to estrange the sympathy manoeuvre to distract our attention from the struggle for decent living Paul truckers, addressing the mos of the longshoremen to work, but that Block 20 district. For over an doubtedly show their gratitude, be goods could not be taken away from hour steady streams of workers can split the serried ranks or 574 Split the solid phalanx of the Driv tions of our lives are too bitter. Nobody can divert us from the fight day his organization, Local 120, the plers because the teamsters continued to pour into the workers and set the workers against each Reports in another column of the ers Union.
to better them.
will also take strike vote. We were afraid of the strikers.
On Sunday the teamsters voted streets of Momeapolis teamaters, other on an issue that will cripple Militant show what a complete dua We note with the greatest indignation that Tobin, President of bave the same grievances as you employees, overwhelmingly to go out on strike tradesmen, brewery workers, their ranks and bring victory to the their red scare turned out to be.
building our International organization, has associated himself with this diaboli are for common action. Fleming rall Citizen Alliance then let him read in sympathy with the marine work: road workers, the organized unem the statement of William Brown, publie opinion the Minneapolis ship in the official magazine. The fact that this attack has become part the leaders of 574 which have been In this campaign to terrorize cal game of the bosses by publishing a slanderous attack on our leader also repudiated Tobin attacks on engle step in moving to add the gates from the progressive Farm that the Minneapolis drivers are hearty agreement with Dan Tobin, is enough for any intelligent worker to estimate it for what it really is the Amployers Advisory Committee waterfront Aight. But Casey is stmer Holiday Association, scores of ready to speak to him in one lan International Teamsters President. We say plainly to Tobin: you can act like Union men, and leader of the strike breaking crowd.
on the job. He got the teamsters (Continued from Page 1)
to postpone going out until Thurs(Continued on Page 4)
day, and then got them to agree to tures the revolting attack on the help us, instead of helping the bosses, then at least have the decency to another strike vote Wednesday (tolocal leadership under a big scare stand aside and let us fight our battle alone. We did it in the organismeeting were President Brown of night. head, COMMUNISTIC, RADICAL tion campaign and in the previous strike and we can do it again. We Local 074, the three Dunnd brothThe worst danger to the strike is INFLUENCE IN LOCAL DRIV. received absolutely no help of any kind from you Our leadership and representatives of the Ladies Auxthe so called Strategy Committee ERS UNION SCORED. guidance has come from our own local leaders, and from them alone nary of Local 574.
set up Friday night by the San Minneapolis, July 11. During, expect some really ungarbled strike The leadership of the local union We put our confidence in them and will not support any attack on the declared on behalf of the latter, Francisco Labor Council This last Friday parade up Nicollet news from this fellow. In a pig is branded as red because their under any cireumstance.
that we will fight side by side had a double purpose. First, it was Ave. the Minneapolis Central Coun eye!
We are fighting a substitute for General Strike all of Workers (unemployed) which branded as Communistic because it more wapes, for better hours and working con with the men to the finish. Wild Committee proposal, which was contains scores of the politically brought the bosses to their knees ditions and for the right of Union organization. The conditions under upplause greeted her statement.
The Stalinist Unemployed Coun before they had time to consider a which we work are intolerable for men who want to live as human beings quickly conveyed itself beyond the supported by many of the unions. more advanced workers, pleased the ells were The substitute merely provides a thousands of spectators by singing they were not permitted to carry radical because the bosses feel families in this, the richest country in the world. That is our right. We mass demonstration of last Friday trifle piqued because plan of battle. It is stigmatized as and who aspire to provide a decent existence and a future for their confines of the hall. Ever since the unions. Second, it was a maneuver of march. Hold the Fort, Solidarl political banners in Friday trade themselves powerless against its have worked for it, and we intend to fight for it to the bitter end.
to put the Strategy Committee at ty, Ple in the sky. To many work from the Drivers came over and untun demonstration. delegation unconquerable militancy.
the solidarity sentiment of Minneapolis workers has been moving to the head of the waterfront strikeers, such songs are new experl Armly removed all political banA Startling Discovery AN APPEAL FOR SOLIDARITY new heights. Tonight workers of so that its seven members whom enee. They showed their appreciaThe Stalinists, you know startling discovery is made tion by applauding lustily and foln. have tried through phony rank (Continued from Page 1)
In doing so we food deeply convinced that we are fighters for the many industries waited outside ing in when they could catch the land Ale committee to split the mil. nittee, representing 108 Employers lots of all workers. Our strength and confidence is multiplied by the In addition to this spirit of sollby the Employers Advisory Com: preservation of the Trade Union movement and for the rights and inter truckers meeting to get the decision.
words.
standing in front of churebon enough, the rank and Ale of the costs them 431. 30 for one large conviction that our fellow workers and brother unionists in other trades, darity. there is a spirit of firm Comrade Thor Dead uppet Nicollet. borrided look more site short shrift to these All except a small group Itant Drivers Union. Surprisingly in one of their half page ads which With mock indignation they bowl:who helped us so nobly before, will rally to our ald again. We rely on determination afoot. The last Further evidence of the type of the sympathy and solidarity of the other unions and workers organiza truckers strike was a tough fight, San Francisco. The proletariat Faithful as the swept by appeared on the shiny faces of the people. Not because they are com men who are attempting to arousetions who endorsed our demands by their presence in the great labor but everyone is ready to face even of America lost one of its choraling Preacher and the slave munists the red scare has been honest workingmen to vote a general demonstration Friday, July 6th. We appeal for the support also of the tougher resistance.
staunchest and most courageous effectively put behind the eight strike is furnished in a handbill reorganizations of farmers and gardeners, of the unemployed workers, of Strike talk is spreading to other fighters with the passing of Comrade Andy Thor. The strain of Not only are the eyes of the Am miserable, disloyal, unscientific and of of all long weeks directing the picketerican workingclass turned toward myopte stalinista.
Minneapolis. This handbill issues are cheated and oppressed by the financial tyrants who turned our greatles, laundry and dry cleaning workcall for a mass meeting at which rich country into a land of privation and misery for the masses.
Minneapolis. with anxiety in their ers, fee wagon drivers, retail clerks, lines of the water front strike hearts the bosses from conat to speakers (which the handbill idenstreet railway workers, dental me told at last on a horrt whose coast are. watching, baffled and In case the new strike breaks, the tifies as outstanding strike lead.
We are confident that our appeal will not be in vain. Therefore, chanics, upholsterers and building every beat was for the working troubled, the situation here. Walter Drivers plan to issue special but ers. will speak on the Minneapolis convinced of the justice of our cause, relying on our own strength and trade workers all have long standclass. Comrade Andy, still at his Davenport of Collier is in town. tons to the unemployed picketers (Continued on Page 4) the sympathetic aid of the great majority of the population, the general Inggrievances. The notion of a post of duty, was found dead at Correspondents from half a dozen who are organized under the membership meeting solemnly declares: volted for the wheel of his car.
big papers, including the yellow banner And at the conclusion is rapidly gaining ground.
members of Local No. 674 will go on strike for the enforce The laundry and dry cleaning drivFearing foul play, for comrade Chicago Tribume, arrived on Tues of the etrike, the Drivers are going Andy is not the only striker who Housewarming ment of the Union demands on Monday, July 16th, at 12 o clockers have affliated with Local 574, has been found dead at his post day to cover the approaching events to fight with the organized unemfor their papers.
ployed for the latter demands.
midnight.
the third formerly independent of duty, his comrades Instituted housewarming party at the an autopsy independent of the ornew headquarters of the New York We call upon our sister Local No. 120 in St. Paul to take similar group to take such action since the The re write man on one of the iginal police verdict but it was Here an item gleaned from the Local of the Communist League of action at its general membership meeting Thursday night, and last strike victory.
We pledge to Local 120 our solidarity and co operation in a joint bosses to head of the strike are now Last minute frantic efforts of the comrade Andy heart swollen Largest local sheets has admitted Organizer, weekly 574 paper. America will take place Saturday, from the terrific strain of loading that he is a member of the Silver While we do not believe that the July 14th at P. The new head struggle to a successful conclusion, to be expected They no doubt will cargoes that had faltered, Shirts he says, Ya, our govern government agricultural program quarters are located at 144 Second We call upon all other trade unions in the Twin Cities to rally intensity their slender campaign His bravo wife, his two beauti ment is almost perfect now: In a will be of any benefit to the former, Ave. corner 9th Street. program to our support with moral and financial aid and to hold them against the union leadership. TOful children and his comrades year or so when we have a real we do think that every third Car of entertainment has been arranged selves in readiness to take sympathetie strike action if such night vote, however, makes one mourn the passing of the lovable dictatorship It will be perfect. son should be plowed under. Car for this occasion, food and refresh and courageous worker. perfect for my class, bat beh for son 15 one of the bigger abots to ments will be served. All trende becomes necessary to seeurs our victory and wash the unton thing clear: the workers know their interests and are not to be the workers. Looks like we can the Stalinist ranks here. and sympathizers are invited.
wrecking campaign of the Citisens Alliance drawn oft by any red herringe.
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