2 SOCIALIST APPEAL May 14, 1938.
Frankensteen Daily Worker Retreats Worker Paints Revealing Picture Cafeteria Union Bosses From Anti Martin Fight Move Balked Of Conditions In Ford Factories Sell Out Hard Won Gain ToEscape UAW Wrath AtUAW Meet summer, The policy amid tion of the constitution, have re fascist, who should be te this proposal fell flat, judging thus displacing the skilled man when and if they resume work, for the worker is still latent; one.
Job Security Sacrificed By Agreement To Refer By FORD WORKER will probably never be called, service man, without even being Discharge Cases To Impartial Board Stalinists Change Their Tune Overnight As News DETROIT. Approximately 10 back, others will return to work told why. Their job was simply These From Detroit Presages Failure For Their per cent of those now employed return at the minimum wage. workers were simply armed with at the Ford Motor Company: Many foremen, as well as ser clubs, their superiors had guns ship by base trickery and flagrant ference to the Association shops Throttling an aroused member out of 500 Union Houses: preBrowder Candidate Is Plot To Capture Auto Union were affected by recent wage vicemen, tend because of these and handcuffs. In that period, violation of union democracy, will build it as a powerful weapon cuts. Inicomes of salkried men conditions to be in sympathy would estimate the number of the Stalinist ruled administration against our Union.
Set Back Peg In 1982 were reduced first, and whes with the worker.
By WIDICK Union Fight 10, 000, a veritable army. Today Union, Local 302, recently cras Militant Workers Meet Labor Secretary wards. No wage is as yet below More Speed Up there are no more than a fewed the most important gain made 75 cents per hour. In a large So thorough was the campaign Speed ups, too, have increased. hundred. The others have been by the union since its inception of the Progressives that a belli(Continued from page 1) The grandiose scheme of the Richard Frankensteen Earl Browder part, those affected are skilled men who have been transferred Some lines it is impossible to sent back to their regular work job security. In return for an gerent membership packed the factions in the United Automobile Workers of America, to oust to unskilled jobs, or men whom speed up: men already work as it mistede nilicant that spentaneous eight hour day, the union con meeting hall on the night of the local and his party Meanwhile the anti Stalinist this great IO. union suffered a set back at the first session of than pay compensation. men are especially noticeable among in origin within the last sed Restaurateurs Association that ing of the proposed contractsentiment among the ranks, re the international executive board in Detroit this week. who were injured in the plant. the skilled and semi skilled. One months were broken almost be: all cases of discharge of work which was actually the demands We weselaried men were alleet man doing the work of two, fore they got started. Results ers shall be decided by an im of the bosses association the acting against bureaucratic poli Martin took the bull by the ed.
three or even five is not uncom were disastrous for the workers. partial Adjustment Board or a Stalirist reactionary clique was dies and unprincipled deals, is horns when he announced at the Frankensteen Browder plans.
The Dearborn polite and city State Labor arbiter.
beginning to surge forward. session that he was abolishing! Only a few weeks previously, That only a small percentage mon. During this pasworkers administration help the company. Previously, all such cases on minor points, But the contract outvoted by five and ten to one Last night, for the first time, the post of assistant president, Reuther and other members of men were affected by the cuts, new badges for all the unchallenged position of the which was Frankensteen job received a bitter taste of Stalin that they hit salaried men first, in the country were made in the In the May 26 riots of last years were decided solely by the union was sixteen pages long. At of the Detroit was visibly sition forces to Martin admi. Reuther, youngest of the three still remains, indicate the complete set was thrown away: the while union men and women were bership as a whole.
Vigorous and reached. motion to conductas shaken. motion to oppose the nistration. Martin won. brothers, was defeated for the pany fear of unionism. In the picture of a V8 was stamped on slugged and beaten. The Dearborn highly effective opposition to referendum on the clause was Frankensteen anti caucus proC. Squirms post of secretary treasurer of the previous depression, wages were the face and it was thought the city council passed an ordinance this sell out of the fundamental declared out of order. Near gram was defeated by the set was produced in about 414 turo in front of the main gates, by violence ensued for many tumProgressive Group ultuous minutes. An appeal from the promised to support per cent at one time.
margin of 42 40. Six months ago No sooner had Martin showed him at a meeting of the unity the very conception of such a his strength by the aggressive caucus. The Stalinists openly weeks although the job was ostensibly to avoid traffic con of Local 302. The Stalinist lead the chair decision was lost, Lay offs and Pay Cuts scheduled for, and had always gestion.
ers and their natural allies, the whereupon two hundred stooges vote would have been laughed stand he took in fighting his un voted for Reuther opponent!
racketeers ex. henchmen, had of the administration voted aye out of court.
principled enemies, than the StaThe cuts followed recent lay taken, six weeks. The week and Lesson Learned was saved by offs involving approximately 75 speeding up the men. No extra frantically called innumerable and fifty members voted no in Strike Problem Up linists began squirming in an Reuther Role effort to avoid the boomerang In the meantime the men in rankrand file saucuses to extol a deserted hall. Thereby job per cent of the Ford workers. machinery was used. The next the plant have definitely learn the virtues of the proposed arbi security was snatched from 1000 The strike problem came be created by their deal with to go along with the Franken skilled will be rehired at the same face as did the old the poor wages, job insecurity, un the following grounds: While Walter Reuther refused Most of these men even the set of badges, which bears the ed that Ford is not their friend. tration or adjustment clause on workers.
fore the executive board today Frankensteen. few days later the contract William Weinstone, Stalinist steen Stalinist clique (he has minimum wage.
of Sote the board issued a warning commissar in the auto industry, been a bitter enemy of Franken: laying off and rehviring lat 75 three weeks. Again, added ef host other conditions, have in Stalinist Arguments was signed in the office of none against unauthorized strikes and declared, Communists in the steen, for two years he appa: cents per hour is a regular one ficiency meant stepping up pro finally driven them to this conother than our racket busting That we are now a mon district attorney, Thomas members responsible for these to oust Martin. He forgot to add tin by another maneuver. He even when lay offs are not ne are the rule wherever possible. the service men and stooges feel Dewey, who remarked That we are no longer liv clicking cameras: This is the unauthorized actions into its own that only one month ago the wanted George Addes, neutral cessary. It is a substitute for Just last week, approximately this way. In part, these are so ing in the horse and buggy days. best contract ve seen yet.
hands. The resolution stated that Stalinists openly distributed 100, secretary treasurer of the union wage. cuts. Another substitute is 4, 000 men were laid off. Most of demoralized that they care no the unauthorized strikes and stop 1000 copies of a Daily Worker to run for presidency in event to place men on more highly these did not turn in hadge and longer for anyone except them Adjustment Board you won get Progressives Charged. it in part, their sympathy the hour day.
Despite their victory the StaThese contemptible and scabby linist leaders received quite a sulted in unemployment for large moved, auto by Who had been paid more. Ap they resume without a wage re and in part, they still think that gestures were amply answered scare. Several Progressive leadvented thousands of union mem unionists over the brazen deal The sham of Frankesteen prentices placed in complete duction. Many of these are dic. if labor and capital get together by the progressives who cited es have been surprenede begade bers from casting a vote on the between the Stalinists and that slogan, End faetionalism in the charge of a job, trade school boys not. The policy of taking up the worker for the greater part get job security, then 12, 000 All this in compliance with the hards for Henry Ford, others are everything will be all right. But the following facts: who has seen only That if 500 workers could the charges of slandese board on arch red baiter in the auto autor union, was evident to every paid as low as 15 cents on badge and tool checks and re factory work and disruption.
trike probiem of strike action unions, Frankensteen, aided Mar active auto unionist who knows hour. working on rogune jobs, hiring at the minimum wage is, of his life, or who sees only this workers can hold it.
has been a particularly grievous tin in exposing the reactionary that the Stalinists, also sup. are not a rare phenomenon.
manifesto of the Cafetería Units The hour day can be fought of the published recently in Employers have been role of the in the union weekly in fraction meetings, and of the service department bere extensively utilized as formerly, toward the union. Especially do for and won in the manner of all the Daily Worker, expressing eager will continue to do so.
not to my knowledge taking any very much in use. the unemployed feel this way. clean and free trade unions. their intention of purging the ill prepared action so they could Terms of Deal They understand that the future smash the union in a time of Recently, Martin appeared at wage cut. Many are, however, Police Regime Installed The Adjustment Board trade unions of all militant and has nothing in store for them, widespread unemployment.
a district council meeting in being taken off service and This deal was exposed in the Detroit, and read the minutes of placed back on their old jobs.
This past summer, the service even if they resume work. Yet covers only 95 association shops free minded men and women.
Strikes must be carefully pre May issue of the Socialista Stalinist fraction meeting, some are also being given lay department reached its zenith in they are not decided that the properly chosen to the extent mised the presideney in place of maneuvers they had planimed for evrek For Therio de content to worked men atrofled aisles within the be resolute but are nicaid perhe that meeting.
must be carefully picked their old hourly rate. plant. they filled the seat of Cuture of the Ford drie depends One Against Wage Cut Plan for achieving his ambition of Nevertheless, this added power becoming lieutenant governor of Covering Tracks Foremen, too, feel present con many five passenger cars station on overcoming this fear. gein the hands of the top leader Michigan if he would join forces Realizing at their ruthles home from the Motor Building. they were armed with guns, hand even for a short period of a few less properly handled. If the Walter Keuther, a executive and irresponsible factionalism. They will be called back to work cuffs, and clubs. Many workers months, may furnish this op the Goodrich local of the Unite, and a demoralization indue board becomes the acknowledged board member, and former front exposing them in the eyes of all when needed. Others were put were taken off their jobs and portunity to the meantime ited Rubber Workers of America ed by the failure to see any way leadership of the rank and fle man of the unity caueus, who militant workers, the Stalinists back on production jobs. Some placed under the direction of a is necessary to prepare.
last week voted down a compro out of the present blind alley the mise wage eut proposal. rubber industry, along with the visibles defensive strikes the ea before the board session that he had through od belog te wiking Hillman Hints At New Attempt Radio Union Votes At the same time the bakery rest of American capitalism, driver concluded a contract finds itself in.
will cease to exist. Otherwise Worker of May 10.
With union leaders still presthe effect will be to curb the ing a short one day strike to sing for continued negotiations, rightful privileges and powers of BRIDGES THUGS the Stalinist Party) has forbidclinch the argument.
and James Miller of the nathe rank and file.
den its membership to organize Stirring speeches by leading tional labor relations board still ATLANTIC CITY, a permanent medium of indeUnion to Fight the ATTACK PICKETS in actions at the room withe Another behind the scenes effort pendent and progressive labor United Electrical, Radio Ma anti wage cut decision. Under not to be excluded that a further The last section of this resoluDaihis announcement would be and of unity was hint. ficers believe Labor Non Parti: up at its last membership meet. posals and the catastrophic in a compulsory arbitration protion gives the first guarantee ON WEST COAST funny if it were not intended as ed at in the opening address last san League with met de mentioning with all the genuine anti nomic decline, progressive ele. posal, using as bait an annual against these dangers. It states. Should the management attempt wage cuts, the impairing of workinteres. mniota, eu tio, muid of before the conven the statement by Hillman that dorsement of the anti war resolu. lethargic leadership, a stand pat the not too distant future.
neuvers. What militant unionist of negotiations with the movement is to be inferred from ment by voting enthusiastic en out of the apathy induced by a etc. will be attempted again in ing conditions, or refuse to settle (Continued from page 1)
legitimate grievances in keeping ber, steel, or elsewhere, has not tion of the Amalgamated Cloth. the League, being flexible, will tion of the Minneapolis Central with the contract, the Internabeen invited to a Stalinist fracing Workers of which he is meet the needs of the future as Labor Council. There were only it has those of the past.
tion meeting? How about the president.
tional Union will not hesitate to three dissenting votes.
In the Cooks and Stewards minutes of the fraction meeting His public prediction of peace This broad formulation of the During the last month, Local authorize and fully support strike Union, where the Stalinists also that Martin exposed?
between the and the purpose of the League is in 1121 has launched a whirlwind action in keeping with the have control, democracy was of and the cautious tended to cover the possibility of organization campaign under the ternational Constitution to meet forgotten as Frank Koci was Rank and File Revolted attitude of the union towards turning it into a labor party it slogan: city wide union agree the offensive of the employer. suspended for a year for daring Now the job is to carry this re to mention that, despite the Again, the actions of the Sta the of as expressed in sentiment among the rank and ment for the radio plants. As Can we raise our weekly sub am really not able to subsolution into practise. ballot, the west linists in the present crisis in the the report of the general ex file continues. It is a statement a step in that direction, Climax ecutive board can marka turn agreements with the Shepard reveal the depths to which they man sees hope for resumption of ever political developments arise. 95 per cent, while by a series of as far as bundle order increases cause for whicho send me The next sessions of the ex Coast marine unions had signed United Achomobile Workers only ecutive board indicate that will, which can be made to fit what: Radio Corporation was organized increase over the 30 mark? And scribe but will try to help the ing point for the auto workers Line.
have sunk, The hypocritical turns negotiations. It also makes more Hillman is seldom caught nap go slow strikes the union is forc are concerned, the showing is paper for six months.
ing the management to accept only a little improvement over have been sick for some union. It can once and for all Koci was charged with con in their policy from week to week possible his fondest dream ping.
its demands for a closed shop, the past few weeks. Where are time now, am almost 82 years smash the sinister threat aimed spiring with the hail only emphasize the utter un presidency of the united labor seniority rights, a 40 hour week those promotion experts in Chi old and only getting 15 per at its very existence by the Com ed before a packed trial com in seeking to capture a union.
scrupulousness of their methods movement.
with time half for overtime, cago, Boston, San Francisco, month from the government, but munist The Amalgamated will retain ty. This it can mittee, and then suspended.
and a 25 cent wage increase.
Minneapolis, etc. etc. can depend on me always living only by rallying the membership So revolting has become the its allegiance to the and New subs that came in last and being for the cause.
At Pacific Radio, the union around a program and then clerks, decided that they had cars (kindly note; the Central bring about unity in the labor union, the Ships policy of the Stalinist commis it will neglect no opportunity to Many thanks, Comrade Danil translating this program into enough of the Communist Party committee orders in New York movement, Hillman emphasized.
cause of the bosses brazen deNEW YORK CITY. 14 and we wish you many more deeds.
California LYNN, Mass. John Poulos, mand for a six per cent wage revolutionary years.
In brief a program for the to withdraw from the that the rank and file unionista ecutive board discussed political representative, announced cut. Preparations are under way Chicago auto union must begin by guar. when Bridges and Schmidt des who joined the Stalinist party action by labor and stated that this week that a Federal Work for a strike when the contract Massachusetts Philadelphia Plans are now being drawn Montana up to launch the biggest Appeal that which they have feared Bridges spoke for about an hou have rebelled time and again. In the union intended to establishers Organizing Committee had expires on May 12.
been formed here, in accordance The Chicago area encompasmost: the infraction of their and a half and was followed by Fisher body plants rejected the sub drive and circulation camConnecticut rights and the violation of local Schmdit, who spoke for thirty Stalinist policy foisted from with the national policy of theses the largest center of radio Toledo Militant Is paign we have yet tried. Details Minneapolis and electrical manufacturing in autonomy. The mistakes of the minutes.
will be published shortly. All It is St. Paul intended that the the world, employing over 90, 000 above. The fraction was reorpast and the inadvised actions Appeal friends with ideas and Bridges blustered and blow, ganized.
Jersey City can be corrected by steering a using every form of intimidation, suggestions are urged over relief clients as well as ly unorganized.
Girard, Ohio course which will assure these even threatening to take over New Deals Ahead them in immediately. We guaW. workers, with the object most precious rights to the rank the Ships Clerkshiring hall and rantee they ll receive our attenTOTAL ANNOUNCEMENTS and sle. Particularly, must the run the union himself. In an at. turn statement of the new TOLEDO, Ohio. Progressive of raising relief standards and The following branches increastion.
assurance be keenly felt that tempt to further intimidate the worker Orange 10 should serve a real vietory in recent weeks relief workers in Lynn he said good morningcopy must announced in the Daily unionism in this auto center won providing security for the 10, 000 Insertions in this column are 2bed their bundle orders: Kansas City, Mo. to. We hope our friends and symmitted for ratification Vancouver, Canada to. 25 tas the sical force he tried to have the the union. Public opposition to union voted 113 to 80 to reject are coming into the office oclock Monday evening.
pathizers in New York are carworkers involved.
uying out the suggestion of the failure to do this that aroused men headquarters, a hangout Watch then for undercover and backed by reactionaries to NEW YORK Here a letter from Comrade New York City literature agent, widespread and justified resent of the picket line smashing underhanded moves, Distribution Center on Stewart Danil in Scadrift, Texas, that Abe Miller: Request and purprobably Carl Joseph, militant pel ditions exist at the State Foods ment among workers in the stooges.
General Motors plants. This rethrough agents in the of the Longshoremen union Street, and at City Hall, and that VILLAGE AUCTION and dance should set an example for our chase your weekly Appeal at your 107 McDougal Street, Satur younger comrades: intimidation and favoritism are local newsstand.
It is apparent that any serious Labor Non Partisan League from the of sentment was uncrupulously ex. attempt of the rank and file to which has been flooded by Staday May 14, Admission 25e, ploited by the inspired Unity throw out the Bridges machine linists.
For nearly two months, the marked at certain proGroup. That should be a lesson that is forcing the bitter interfire of a reactionary attack jects.
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Name ly undertaken after the board membership is now in the ranks brought out into the open at this 916 NINTH AVENUE executive board session. Each Joseph blasted the lies and exSPECIAL FOR THIS WEEK ONLY, Entertainment by the Address problems vital to the very ex. be lost to the union. On the con treated likewise. The life and cluding the red cave raised YPSI. Troopers and Izzy of Orders filled promptly the Bronx City istence of the union. They brook trary, they should become its no postponement.
Auspices most loyal and valiant fighters, future of the United Automobile against him. His defense rallied every healthy element in the Finally, the organization of the picket lines of the next Workers is at stake.
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