SOCIALIST APPEAL May 28, 1938 Cleveland Authorities Wrangle While Unemployed Starve Workers Alliance Fails Chicago Case Workers Union Falls BRIDGES GROUP Akron Goodrich Plants To Give Jobless Lead Down Miserably In New Relief Crisis BACKS BOSSES Strike Against Pay Cuts MASS MEETING. Continued from page 19 propaon of agencies out of work. Continued from page 1) session. About 150 jobless staged tribute to the courage and solida sit down strike in the chamber, By MALGRECKI Newspaper Guild, has participat pense of a strong organization.
flared into a sit down late lastarity of the rubber workers who spread that one out of every declaring their intention of reCHICAGO. Once again an three people in the city is living maining until the relief crisis is week in protest against seniority, have withstood a series of unionThe cause is very simple: as up on the floor of the union, it Open Shop Employers violations among clectricians. It busting attacks, ranging all the on direct relief or Cle solved.
example of respectable union things stand, there is absolutely is immediately referred to the Offered Forum By there had ism turned out to be a fare no reason why a worker should executive board, so that there immediately received factory way from red apple veland has the largest per capite In the meantime, wide support and the next day ganda to mass lay offs which allowance for of any been spontaneous sit down when the relief administration join the union, outside of purely can be an opportunity to get the Frisco large picket lines closed the have made thousands destitute.
major American city. In spite Strikes in all the relief stations. Local of the Municipal Workers intellectual adherence to the idea party line on the question beshops.
The well laid strike breaking.
plans of the Greater Akron Aso20, 000 able bodied workers certi. Cleveland is absolutely dominat helpless in the face of a relief joined it, he should be active. The total result of all this has Francisco crusade for the open All Grievances Up fied for who cannot geted by the Communist Party, did crisis which threw its entire Unless the union becomes an been a do nothing policy smoke shop, led by the Committee of Callahan president of flatter than a worn out tire at sociation and the Chamber of Commerce have been punctured jobs and have been forced on to not take the initiative in any of membership out of work.
direct relief.
Because of lack of planning in the relief crisis of last fall, families on relief and 1, 900 city caring for the workers, it is bound For a long time the reaction of anti union employers, found ready for America, announced that the the present time.
the rank and response from Harry Bridges negotiating committee would use by the city and state govern a huge and militant demonstra workers, the union is tagging to remain in its present mori the majority.
file in the offices was non partici Industrial Council last the opportunity to settle all Union Position Better ments, direct relief periodically tion, organized under the lead along after Relief Commissioner What are the facts behind pation in union activities either week, when George Wilson, pre major grievances. Negotiations breaks down, and thousands ership of Bert Cochran, chief Lyons, changing all its policies this?
Negotiators for the Goodrich because of open disgust or simplysident of the council, proposed were starve until some stop gap legis shop steward of local 217, was to suit those of the administraproceeding because of a justified inability to cooperation with the bosses in early this week.
satisfactorily union have been placed in a lation is passed by the city held on the public square by the tion, and in every way playing Causes of Bankruptcy stronger position by the signing see anything worth while in the holding a mass meeting in Civic The strike climaxed a series of the Firestone contract. Becouncil or the state legislature. It was to forestall simil the role of a company union. The union is under a lead union. This reaction of the work Auditorium.
Relief distribution broke down ar action that the Stalinists alof victories over the past two sides the six hour day and no completely at the end of April lowed the organization of a sitSecond Crisis in Two Years ership whose idea of unionism ers resulted in abandoning the The mass meeting, scheduled weeks, which successfully stop wage cuts, it includes vacations when all funds provided were down in City Hall, hoping grad The present relief office shut consists of press releases and union to the clique and, for June 3, exhausted.
ually to wean their hungry and down follows two years after a protest telegrams. This is in even worse of implanting the culmination of an eight month Recently the fight of progres years service, two weeks for ten Money spent in the county restless followers from all pubs similar crisis which was dragged Party Moscow dictated idea of important role in effecting im 43 against the labor movement wage cut proposals received a ed with no lay offs until the for relief. from January to the live action that might embarrass center forcest wemmonths by having avoiding all struggle in demo provements of working condi in this union town. The Com 10 to majority vote from the work week has gone down to 24 3, 058, 233, of which only 94, mittee, outspoken opponent of rank and file and inspired the hours, and the acceptance of the on skeleton staffs, which catered cratic countries as much as pos tions.
Unity In Censorship Lately however, a new restive the closed shop, has utilized entire Akron labor movement.
256 was direct cash welief.
union grievance committee setand impatience is making! jurisdictional disputes in San The report of the United States up.
to a very few extreme emersible, at no matter what price This means that for the rest The Stalinists were also fore gencies and kept the clients for the workers. The parlor he felt among the rank and Francisco to advance a scheme Department of Labor, which fol. Goodrich this week issued secret pink leadership, headed by of the year, at the same oratio ed to leap into action by the act. hanging on thin hopes, begging Alinsky and Van Houten, sile. This reached a climax in a for joint mediation board lowed the vote by a few days, orders to its office staff to conof increase, at least 17, 000, 000 ivities of an independent group for crumbs at the offices instead playing the game of the com Leeling of revolt which has now which would settle all labor dis substantiated the claim of unionsider this week of idleness as its rowing numbers of jobless in sociation of unemployed on to avoid a repetition of this munist Party, which places its broken out over the leadership putes.
the county justified. The company claim plant probably will not reopen Boss Plan Rejected that decentralization was inevi until next Monday, Twelve Cents Day ganized a picket line against the board of the State, County and interests. This must be said, not crisis, added to a new feeling of The of Labor Council table unless wages were reduced Because of this sign and the starvation policies of the admi Municipal workers of Chicago, out of red baiting, but for the responsibility caused by the reopposite reason: the is to alization that if those who are. demanded complete by tradition 000 are needed, but the only ac to picket the sessions of the intime to force the hand of the what the union needs is more meeting they might have changplans of the bosses, and the ae However, it may be expected ward the union, the rubber worktion of the Industrial that Goodrich will attempt to deers are preparing for a prolongtion taken by the City Council vestigating committee of farmCouncil is unlikely to find sup: centralize some production to ed strike, even though satisfacthas been the passage of an 80, ers. The determined efforts of state legislators. The union lead not less, of a red policy in itsed the decision. Program of Action port there. San Francisco is still penalize the union for its millory negotiations are progressing.
000 stopgap for food orders only. this group, struggling against ers, however, made no prepara:12. In 1936, when the was an of town, with less tant stand.
Al tions to enforce their demand, anxious to make up to the The famous slogan of the fiveThis sum is to be provided by the inertia of the Workers Al keeping the members busy with of leaders for its union is the time to lay the foundations than 10, 000 of its 100, 000 union Union militants feel that now lay offs and delaying promotion liance, created such a stir that week Goodyear strike. Hold Firestone Contract Renewed men enrolled in unions.
That Line. has been revived, in 32 city divisions and bureaus. both the Cleveland Press and lobbying visits to educate the smashing tactics, and stampede of a militant group in the union The main base of the The largest sum, 28, 000, is the Midwest Daily Record car individual politicians The solidarity of rubber work showing that the gum miners are workers into the Federation at which alone can make it into an council is the longshoremen ers led to a renewal of the con returning to their old tradition taken from the street cleaning ried a photograph of the picket legislative bodies.
division, which is to be reduced ers. However, the capitalist When the actual crisis was at any price, the relief agency instrument powther un gency work union, controlled by the Bridges tract between the Firestone of militaney.
because even the horses are not liberal Republican sheet obli hand the board ended up by workers were split up into se antemand ved powerful ally of the machine. Bridges, while militant Company and the me Getting anything to eat in Cle terated the words on a sign in betraying its demand and fell in an area bere urgencies. the more water the implopedicione hotele chesnough when it comes to break contract which included provi Next Issue To All supplementary relief has Burton. The el. organ match tegy of Lyons, who took over his latter could get into the corrupt reins rapidly from the present unions, prefers to talk it over and maintenance our present way Report Congress scales.
been cut off. Well did an imed this venality by putting in two present jobs, at a salary in American Federation of Govern. qlique, in view of the latter with the boss.
One of the leading figures of The next issue of the Sopoverished working woman ery an insert to cover the words on the fires in the wery modeters dictional division broke the back power, it would undertake a se. the Committee of 43, Roger employer front when it realized Firestone broke the united cialist Appeal will contain a report of the first All Ame Shame upon the richest coun wai budget, in order to concent were starving and the skeleton bone of militancy in the profes ries of militant rank and file ac Lapham, president of the Ame how costly the battle with the rican Pacific Conference of the try in the world!
the anti Stalinist character of staffs were putting in two months sion. Agency workers of the two tions which might at first slight rican Hawaiian Steamship Line rubber workers would be Fourth International which This month, 500 families on the demonstrators.
If Firestone signed, so can of deadwood, ployers Assodiation during the Goodrich! progressive unionists was held here recently.
direct relief have had to live on tegy is, of course, a repetition of been forced to scab on each ship, by getting rid per members and head of the Waterfront EmWith representatives man12 cents per person per day. Rethe skeleton staff emergency other. in the 1936 crisis the but would vastly increase the 1936 37 strike, engaged in a declared in rallying Goodrich dated by sections of the lice office workers have been RELIEF CEASES er noget which worked as well ake over some of the public re ing the workers interactivity. As closing weeks of the strike.
Fourth International in the settle grievances.
working for no pay since the United States, Canada, China, first of May.
Successful settlement Desires Coincide strike at the Sun Rubber Co.
Australia, Cuba, Puerto Rico at the expense of the clients and their colleagues in the public union would immediately make The unions and the Workers AS RECESSION and other countries, it followconcrete gains which would soon workers.
Aliance have demanded that the As far as Bridges is concern last week gave further incentive swell its ranks ed on the Latin American prefunds for relief be taken from to far greatered, the coming mass meeting is to the aroused Goodrich workForbidden to Strike Board Reverses Stand conference held in Mexico the sinking fund of the city in HITS CHICAGO proportions than those of the more likely to become a love ers. Victorious strikes by Akron City several weeks ago with stead of other departments.
a After Lyons definitely announc In 1987, when the drop present union rolls.
representatives from The program for such a milit least than a debate, for actions truck drivers, and waiters and numFor weeks, a battle of words ed he was going through with ped its line of leaving pro or recently have coincided re rekindled labor movement.
countries of the Western has been fought between the 34. 000 Jobless Families his treacherous plan, the union unions in the of to ant group, as suggested by the of the West Coast direet waitresses, added fuel to the ber of the most important Republican city administration An enthusiastic welcome was board immediately reversed its work for unity. the public bude vomitos formation would markably with the desires of the Hemisphere.
Face Starvation As and the Democratie state admiworkers joined the include demands along the follow employers.
given last week by hundreds of number of documents of mistration. Mayor Burton and Funds Fail The stand of the Committee rank and filers to a skeleton staffs. To do this, it and the private ing lines: Governor Davey have delivered. primary importance for the play the role of geney workers the fighting Leadership, freed was made clear at a luncheon Goodyear company. sponsored revolutionary movement, esmany radio talks, which have strike breaker, sincs already the in line with the Lewis Roosevelt of the pussy footing policies im. held recently, where the chair rally. Thunderous cheers greeted pecially of the New World,. were adopted. Considerations Substitute ver procede an effective ury closed down Chicago workers of one office, union and horse deals at the time, when Besedo mi the Communist Party man frankly stated the organiza: a company stooge as he mounted of space prevent from margarine.
relief stations last week leaving ed on their own initiative to shut ment workers should be depriv. holding with the administration shop, boycotts on hot cargo, the militant audience was still printing in this issue anything The chairman cheering when the stooge des approaching a full report of committee of the Ohio legislature Surplus commodities Corpora not to do so.
At last a special investigation stuffs furnished by the Federal and the board chally to tell her forbade its mem ing workers in public and private disclaimed any wish to destroy cended from the platform in des the conference.
has got around to meeting. Ittion.
to bers to strike, by a notorious agencies, with the principle that or weaken the unions only a few words during the enaims to hunt for chriselers on Questioned by militants on the article in its constitution. If the an injury to one is an injury ASK FOR THE APPEAL ANNOUNCEMENTS tire period. Reaffirmation of the right haThe events are a remarkable AT YOUR NEWSSTAND bank accounts who are receiving in breaking the strike, since the strike weapon by refusal cents for five lines. Copy must be in at the APPEAL office before six to work overtime, short protest throw a partial cover over the and Chicago finds itself short outs because the Relief Admi police are government workers stoppages in the best organized plight of the unemployed.
meet the bare necessities of the theoristian Company rement with club that organized workers come offices over questions on which NEW YORK Demonstration Opposed rest of the year, there is require always keep phone operators at hold over their employers, hay yield, etc. These could serve both PINS AND NEEDLES! theater party for the SWP to Things are However, the seriousness of ed, 14, 000, 000 above the present board was more basic right and weapon, the self show the administration that the happening that cities to get under way in getthe problem forces these gentle budget.
Pins And Needles will be held should make party literature ting some subs. Whereabouts ment to also undertake a check on Wed. eve. June 1, and agents all over the country sit are Cleveland, Toledo, Los AnTuesday eve. June Tickets, up and take notice. Just look at geles? How about starting a he city financindy affairs to find increase the reļief appropriation honor. of the administration do nothing but spend its time in union means business. Organization by offices, with how much money Cleveland has of the state by 500, 000 a month. than it was about the welfare with nothing to back them up.
all at 65, can be secured Minneapolis, will you, jumping local sub campaign in these functioning office committees, from Miller or Paine by leav right out in front and licking cities?
regular office meetings, office And Chicago has ing an order at the City Office, New York City! And they ve only been sinking lower and lower.
jobless may expect to get may 400, 000, which would still leave of the clients and the workers Union Becomes An Office in the agencies.
bulletins, a dues rebate to the 116 University Place. started their sub campaign! Literature agent Karl Shier be judged from the fact that a monthly deficit of 1, 100, 000. By the very logic of this offices for organizational work, Here the record for the week: writes every week from Chicago only three of the committee are City authorities wish the state The meeting was attended by betrayal of the elementary prin and direct dealing with office SONGS AND BEER IN AN from cities, where the hunger to assume the complete deficit. scarcely more than a hundred of eipl of unionism, the u. supervisors over grievances. OUTDOOR GARDEN! The MINNEAPOLIS about how much the Appeal is clamor is heard close to their liked, but why not let some other Horner has countered with the 1, 900 workers about to be central office, with its confer Complete union democracy, party has taken over the TerNew York City doors, while eight are from the proposed legislation empowering laid off the next day concrete enees, top negotiations with the not merely in name, but by in race Beer Garden with its Detroit people like it, too?
rural regions, which begrudge cities to borrow from existing proof of the union loss of in. relief administration bureauera sistence on the maximum of dance Woor, orchestra and out St. Louis door garden for festivities on New Jersey jobbelying oletei relict he citiese fonds, or to impose new licenses National Appeal Campaign: of the fact that they no longer telegrams, carries on the sum emphasis on the importance of Saturday eve, June from Kansas Attention: All Literature Agents!
In the committee, Cuyahoga on. Admission at the door Cleveland While city and state author take it seriously or respect it total of union activities: auto rank and file action.
In a few weeks we hope to have County, with over 27, 000 direct ities squabble over which depart serves the leadership well their comes all important, while the militants feel, it would be possible CAMP SEVEN OAKS, Decora: union office be25c. 1110 2nd Ave. 59th St. With such a program, union Rochester, the campaign definitely under way. You will shortly receive sentative to counteract the in from both assume that the own handful of yes. men can organization of the workers to build a union which could put Miscellaneous all necessary information and themselves, in their places of an end to immense case loads, evening through Monday din instructions on what the camthat are responsible for from taxes on the masses of the Even a motion for a 24 hour work, is unimportant and un unpaid overtime, appalling ner, 50. Daily 75. Fare TOTAL paign is all about. And don ninety to a few hundred cases people. No proposals for taxing protest walk out was defeated at necessary.
sickness rate in offices from over 80 cents, Red Bank Station on worry you ll have plenty of time the Jersey Central Railroad. resolution calling for a de. the rich have come from any of the meeting, illustrating how the Since the union refuses to in work, political favoritism, and union ruling clique, after hav: volve its membership in any acother inexcusable abuses against All sports. Good Food, No Only one bundle order increase to prepare it locally. We can tell you now that it will mean monstration was introduced by the officials.
Ed. Simpson, president of local OUT SOON!
ing failed to gain a single thing tion requiring organizational which the union has hitherto not Stern, 58 St. BR. 7620 from Ben Hubert, of Saskat plenty of drive and keep every88, at the Cleveland Auto Council, union history, having failed like 100 workers attending its meet win higher wages, better hours, before Saturday. Camp phone, chewan, Sask. Canada. Ben stand Week, Library Week, which instructed him to bring it NOT GUILTY! wise to forestall the presentings as 1, 000 the smaller num more vacation and sick leave, Eatontown, 515.
up at the Cleveland Indutrial crisis to the slightest degree, is ber can just as easily elect the and a general security which no MINNEAPOLIS of five but we know he will raise Street Sales Week, etc. are being planned Council. The motion was support The Final Report of the it. And Ben paid in advance!
now incapable and unwilling to executive board and pass reso public agency worker has ever HAL DRAPER, National Secret Congratulations to whoever is ed by Bates, chairman of the Commission of Inquiry into the unemployment and di charges against Leon Trotsky pursue any line of its own against lutions for it to forward to the enjoyed up to now.
Get your Appeal at your local ary, speaks at 669 doing that fine work in Minneaadministration or the legislature; vision of the auto union, but in the Moscow Trials. ApproxSecond Avenue North, Friday, polis. Abe Miller is jealous newsstand! If the Appeal is not the Stalinists of the o.
on the other hand, this means ASK FOR THE APPEAL imately 500 pages.
Climax of Years Impotence that the officers have to trouble AT YOUR NEWSSTAND June 3, on Fascism in Ame and promises an early revenge. there ask for it and we ll see fought against it. These fake rica. Dunne, chairman. Detroit is the first of the auto Ithat it gets there every week. Communists, not wanting to 50 (cloth cover)
This Anal demonstration of themselves less over sordid or Auspices and embarrass the Republican mayor. 50 (paper cover)
the union complete uselessness ganizational work and can remain Admission 10 cents.
LERMAN BROS.
Socialist Appeal argued that it would be just as to its members under the present sure that the union stays in the Advance orders will be taken leadership comes as a culmination hands of their own clique.
effective to send telegrams and Union Stationers and 116 University Place Date hold an open hearing at the until the date of publication at of its half a decade of futile ex. Lack of Union Democracy Printers New York City Monday night meeting Suburban Theatre istence, in the course of which of the 98c City Council.
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THE NEW INTERNATIONAL once succeeded in bringing into the overwhelming majority of Our Printing Plant locatninority of workers the membership Philadelphians: You can Name do not attend it does have enrolled on its lists meetings, in fact are not engug, ed at 36 West 15th St. afford to miss this most reAddress this in a period of mighty labored in any real union activity of markable film of the October 6th Floor. Phone Algon. struggles, in which the very their own, the clique can Revolution!
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union which shares its office, the safely run everything at the exus to all the relief rolls, people with state and local levy at the eve of the crisis, the union, lead the Boston police strike, it would Funds made available by the floor of a union meeting on the union had existed at the time of by when the politicians want to adequate in the deeping crisis, could not go out on any o clock Monday evening.
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