SOCIALIST APPEAL June 4, 1938 Akron Rubber Strikers Fight Police Brutality, Score Gains Ohio Teachers Balk At Organize Workers Defense!
Attempted Steamroller Relief La Roosevelt!
Strike Ended The Lessons of Akron By Compromise Arrangement.
PERDI not able to go on bio mrning.
lustus Single Men Are Barredo bago mo ibig in het onge bouwen had been elected as of delegate From Relief Rolls Appeal Army Akron Militant Tells Of USE OF ARMY Big Picket Line Battle NAVY URGED TO BAN SITDOWNS CITY OF NEW YORK EMERGENCY RELIEF BUREAU 710 114 West 17th Street By WIDICK (Continued from page 1)
the as a mass movement, rubber workConvention Quikly Adjourned After Uproar Over Labor Secretary ers did not suffer from brutal police attacks.
and Goodyear had figured on Picket lines remained intact and the strike was Stalinist Move To Ram Through Changes utilizing the differences between AKRON. The most inspiring and commend won despite formation of vigilante movements, May 25, 1958 In the Union Constitution the and the of able example of labor solidarity in this period despite the hostility of the same mayor who to divide Akron workers and of of warfare was developed holds office today, despite a march on the strikBy BLAKE LEAR smash the Goodyear rubber here last week when every and of hand at running with the hares ers by an army of deputies and police which workers union, the stand of the union rallied behind Goodyear strikers whose collapsed before it reached the strikers, and hunting with the hounds)
AKRON.
Mr. Tony Tranolleb, Members of the threw the meeting into an uproar of unions blew their picket lines were temporarily crushed by a Any Akron worker would tell you why the 431 West sth Street Ohio State Federation of Teach by raising the democratie deplans wide open.
Now York City vicious police attack that sent over 100 people labor haters failed in 1936. The picket lines ers have just had their first op mand that the state officers be to the hospital and tear gassed hundreds of Dear Mr. Frolicb: The Tide Turns were organized and well prepared to defend portunity to taste the poisoned elected from the floor immefruit of Stalinism.
others.
themselves against any kind of attack. Labor You are not eligible for rolle because Nikola It was this factor the unity diately.
Not since the tensest moment of the famed Taking advantage of the looserelied on its own might and power then. It was Zornica placed on PA.
of the labor movement that ness in the organization of the The Stalinist Plot. turned the tide. By nightfall, five week Goodyear strike in February 1936 successful.
When you were both receiving hose relief, recent annual state convention, union officials and Goodyear was Akron labor confronted with a graver Last Thursday night, Akron labor was condered you bera of one felly ran though you are the Stalinists packed the meet To have acceded to this deworked out a compromise on the crisis. Chaos prevailed for the few hours folrelated. Pere living together a considered one family unit, empty handed. It was unprepared, and Goodregardless of relationship. Therefore entese check to OTOT ing, and through control of a manda direct violation of the demands that satisfied organized lowing the night long reign of terror planned year and the police department knew it. They the needs for both of you. On the basis. plaeed Mr. Zorunich large bloc of votes made an at constitution, which provides for on His earnings are more than the home relief lowce labor, even though mass picket and carried out by Goodyear through its thugs took advantage of it. The reign of terror a gave for both of you, and we see no reasoh why you should not be tempt to ram through a change the election of the executive ing was not yet re established. and city police.
nice commentary on American democracy in the constitution which would secretary by the executive board What was decisive was the refollowed have enabled them to throw out would have meant the turning moval of the greatest proportion Unity Achieved To camo give you relief and Slow Mr. Zoranih Michael Eck, the progressive over of the state organization to to runs on NPA. are eure that Mr. Zoranih profere to reof the cops from the scene and Defense is Necessary In the face of this fundamental challenge to main on PA, and that you will make plass with his accordingly.
executive secretary of the state the reactionary Stalinist wreckthe reopening of Goodyear Local Should Nr. Zorion and you refuse to som der yourselves as OD organization, and Glenn Baxter, ing crew, who represent an exits very existence, Akron labor responded. The The contrast between 1936 and 1938 was hall, giving the unionists a frily unit, it will not be possible for Zoraich to na its president tremely small proportion of the petty fights between and of evident and the lesson to be drawn was made on hio CA job.
chance to return on Market Ohio membership.
St. the strategic entrance to unions here, as well as the deep cleavage bet clear by almost every union leader who spoke Vory Only your Meeting Adjourned In the face of a packed auditGoodyear plants.
ween them, were forgotten in this hour of at the mass protest meeting a day later. Akron orium and confronted with an danger.
Meanwhile, the Akron newsAs a result of the storming impasse, the chairman wisely adlabor must always be ready to defend itself.
of the meeting and the ensuing journed the meeting until June papers carried many pictures of United Labor Defense Committee backed It must always be on guard. Let other union uproar, the gathering was ad 18, when a genuine convention the bloody actions by the police, by the entire labor movement was set up. centers learn this lesson without the cost that journed almost as soon as it be will be held with duly elected and the workers became more Threats of an immediate transportation strike the Akron workers paid.
gan and a new convention was delegates and credentials, instead aroused. Also, a series of mili and a truck drivers strike stopped the drive The United Labor Defense Committee creatCE called for a month hence. of the genial open house which tant radio speeches began to momentarily against the Goodyear workers. ed by the and the of unions The candidate put up to op was held on May 15, at which whip up the old traditions of Talk of a general strike reached the ears of here was a real stride forward in building an pose Eck was the Stalinist, every federation member present militancy in the Akron labor the labor hating bosses and cooled off their Bronson Price, of the Columbus could vote, irrespective of whether organization which can keep labor on its guard movement.
violent passions.
and which can prepare labor to defend itself The resurgence of the labor Akron labor achieved unity in action against ed in a dignified way, of course or not.
against any attack.
movement reached a high point. for the post of executive What is needed is a strictlylast Saturday when a mass prothe boss class. The results speak for themselves. This committee should be transformed into secretary.
defined and organized state body, test meeting of 000 was held.
It is a lesson and an example for unionists a permanent body whose duty must be to create Opposing Baxter was working under a new, complete, Many of the and throughout the country who want to defend groups of workers in each union subject to call Abercrombie of Cincinnati, a and democratic constitution. The of leaders had been gassed their organizations in this time of crisis against day or night to defend the rights of labor. It Jobless Client Told To Look For Maintenance To witting or unwitting instrument present two. page constitution, along with the rank and file on the offensive of the employers.
should form workers defense committees in Fellow Roomer on 55. 78 Enough of the Stalinists.
sufficient in the old shoe string Thursday night. They forgot The need for unity of the labor movement every union. It should be able to mobilize Hardly had the meeting open days, is now outmoded.
their conservatism and a fiery was never greater than at the present time. thousands of workers to face any possible Per Month For Two, Says Official ed than the Stalinists and their The situation also calls for the meeting resulted.
The example of Akron could be multiplied a threat to the union movement.
agents (Offiner, Goldstein, and welding together of a progressive Roosevelt Not Mentioned thousand times. Labor must achieve solidarity Such a workers defense committee today can NEW YORK. The present of Local for assistance and the Peirce of Cleveland; Kelly, their group in an organized caucus, in a common fight against its common enemy struggle policy of the local Welfare De local immediately took up his amateur floor leader of Co. and an implacable prevent the smashing of picket lines. It can Perhaps the most significant. the ruling class if it is to survive.
preserve free speech and assemblage to the partment in rejecting from the case. Last Friday, the local lumbus; and George Davis, form against the union wreckers and commentary on the entire meetunionists. And tomorrow it can be ready to relief roles as many single men grievance committee insisted that er national executive secretary war mongers hiding behind the ing was the fact that although The Second Lesson as possible, regardless of their the bureau give Morrell a temp. of the federation, and an old mask of collective security.
there were ten speakers, the meet Fascist hordes who today do their work There is a second great lesson to be learned name of Roosevelt was not menwel was revealedhethiswerk my vem er eine repuebotintoreide in vigilante movements, as strike breakers, as tioned once!
from the Akron experience. In the historie five company thugs, and blue coats parading as the Alliance released the photostatie investigate his case. In spite of Speaker after speaker empha week Goodyear strike of 1936 that established Law.
copy of a letter sent to Tony the fact that this case was an sized that the workers must deFranolich, a relief client, in which emergency some weeks back, the pend on themselves alone.
the reason given for refusing bureau turned the request down him home relief, was that Nicola The committee reporting back urer of the United Rubber WorkZoranich, with whom he was to its membership who were wait Attention all comrades and, ed by Leon Trotsky (autoers, gave a marvelous picture of living, got a job. ing in the bureau reception Branch Literature Agents! The graphed. the Thursday night terror. He (c) Third Prize: One year subment:. we considered you out by the police, called by a announced is to be launched July scription to the Appeal and onetold the audience that the next time, neither tear gas, clubs, both members of one family, Mr. La Bella, bureau supervisor, The all important aim of this year subscription to the New machine guns or cannon will even though you are not related. and member of the State, County campaign is to raise the circula International.
stop us from defending our (Continued from page 1) and fight like men, you yellow The Welfare Department holds and Municipal Workers Union, ation of our paper to the 10, 000 (d) Fourth Prize: Six months bellies and a thousand similar rights.
that Zoranich W. carn Stalinist controlled organization per week mark. With a new up subscription the Appeal and On inquiry of Milt Cohen, surge beginning to sweep througn six months subscription to the Sam Pollock, of breaking up the crowd before imprecations filled the air.
Word went round that the Senator Rants Against ings, which total 55. 78 per butchers union organizer and one the hall with long range tear gas police chief had gone into the Sitdown Tactic As month, should be enough to cover Secretary of Local 4, as to the ranks of American labor, the New International.
the needs of both of them.
of the initiators of the Unit fire. We took refuge around the union hall to try to get our dewhether it was in keeping with job of increasing our circulation The winner of the first prize Bosses Applaud Morrell Denied Relief orderly conduct to allow a man becomes a duty and a possibil must get at least 24 new subs, may have our own quarrels and corner in Willard Street and fensive battle called off. Shortly to slowly starve to death, Mr. ity! Here is an outline of how an average of two a week, durafter, the police fired through disagreements within the family prepared to defend the hall from the windows of the hall with tear The sit down strike, potent Local also made publie the La Bella turned to the police. the drive is to be conducted by ing the contest.
of workers. But when any out assault. It was easier here be land nausea gas, hitting the weapon of organized labor, Wits case history of another relief While Pearson and Cohen were each branch. Plenty of time is make all essential sider starts to kick labor around, cause the wind blew the gas wounded and making the interior attacked on two fronts last week, applicant, Charles Morrell, who being escorted out, the other being given Minneapolis is already in the wanted here to the family guarrels straight on down Market Street a reeking hell. fire started, as employers banded together in applied for relief in April 2, militant members of Locales con local preparations Branch litand stick together. He told the and two hundred workers, back and a lull occurred in the fight the National Metal Trades Asso 1938, and who, at this writing tinued the fight against this star. erature agents will receive de midst of a local campaign and is is still being kept off the relief vation policy. They later return tailed information and assign showing splendid results. Local workers had won a much tougher kept the cops at bay for two ists barricaded the doorways, while Senator Josiah matetemedisinha provincedy roles, notwithstanding a doctora ed and again took fight ments this week: New York under the guidance (1) Aim: Raise Appeal eircu of Abe Miller is getting a head fight the famous 1934 Auto hours with stones and uprooted staying in the hall, refusing ad called for the use of the army statement at Bellevue Hospital Lite strike.
paving bricks. Our barrage drove mittance to the cops.
and navy against sit downers, malnutrition.
that Morrell is suffering from diate setting up of a picket linelation to 10, 000 weekly. start and launching its own local in front of the 53rd Street Bureau them into the plant or out of (2) Campaign to last three campaign with the aim of inand American Federation of Recalls 1936 Strike range every time they paused to Form Defense Squad These cases are typical of to stop this policy of investi months: From July to October creasing its bundle order circuLabor bureaucrats of New Jersey load their guns.
lation to 2, 000! We hope all Thomas Burns, vice presiThe fighting continued until endorsed a state measure provid hundreds of others that have gating relief clients to death (3) Campaign Drives Week to branches take to heart the exdent of the returned Police Fire Wildly early morning, cops mopping up ing for stiff prison penalties for come to our attention, Rhoda through starvation.
107 Pearson, Chairman of Local 4, Week: Against Discrimination the whole area for a half mile sit down and stay in strikes.
ample set by these two cities in to his days of militancy of a In New York, class lines were stated. a) July 8, National News setting the pace for the National saarest har vele flow street lights to cover our hiding sam. Every inch of retreat was said down sharply at the annual die maker, was struck by an crimination against single men trated efforts to place the Appeal local campaigns as a starter. We intend to fight this dis stand Week: week of concen Campaign by pushing off on places. Aiming their gas shells contested by the workers in an dinner of the National Metal auto while being shunted around with the most effective means at on newsstands.
heroinning ethand938er Goodyear wildly in the night, the police inspiring display of courage and Trades Association, majorecem. from reliei bureau to relief our disposal, even if it means strike, Burns declared: It was made a shambles of the fronts determination against overwhelm ployers organization devoted to bureau and sustained a leg in that some of our members go to ment Week: Devoted to placing tion for the Appeal is a long (b) July 15, Library Place paign slogan of 10, 000 circula.
a different story then. Then you of buildings in the vicinity. One ing odds.
strike breaking on a national jury, which together with his raries.
didn come empty handed either. ment window and exploded in tically the entire force of 160 exposed by the Labsolfette to be general bad physical condition, jail in the attempt, Chairman the paper in all available lib way towards fulfillment! Branch malnutrition has given cause Pearson stated. Local 4, together with other Sales Week: All comrades and Shouts of give them hell, side, calling forth the screams Akron police and 100 Goodyear Liberties Committee. struggle for grave fears regarding his (c) July 15 22, National Street now! Let us get going and shoot the works!
and give us guns, interrupted of a woman. Shells rose high in this has infuriated the whole for power is going on in this ability to stick it out much Progressive locals in the Alliance, friends into the streets with the his speech frequently.
The entire emphasis of the at workers lodged on house and them has already been grasped Only when the powers of our because of Morrell physical recognizes that what is needed Appeal!
Subs again declined this week, speeches was on rallying thou building tops. Jeers and taunts by every worker who experienced armed forces were exhausted condition the same thing will now is real militant mass action (d) July 22 29, National Ad although bundle orders improvedi sands of workers for a well pre came from enraged workers in or knows of them. And that would I, if were President, give happen to him as happened to that will stop this chiseling at vertising Week: Drive to get Here is the list. ads a of NEW YORK CITY 11 day morning when Goodyear Street followed by showers of organize squads for labor de North Carolinian shouted.
bricks. Put down those guns fense.
before receiving aid from the spokesmen for Local declared.
Minneapolis threatened to re open.
Would Bar Sit downs Welfare Department. It be (e) July 29 August 12, Na Boston No doubt, negotiations were recalled that in a recent case of tional Canvassing Weeks: Two ANNOUNCEMENTS weeks spent in visiting all conLynn, Mass.
In New Jersey aided by en a Brooklyn child who died from hastened by the militant tone of Ohio the mass meeting, which was dorsements from of undernourishment while hel Insertions in this column are 25 tacts and former subscribers as California followed by a demonstration and bureaucrats who supported Mayor Montana in at the APPEAL office before six a check was received from the clock Monday evening.
parade of the workers around (4) Subscription Campaign Detroit city hall and the police station speech in Jersey City, a measure Welfare Department twenty Contest to last for three months: Miscellaneous was speeded through the state minutes after the child died.
NEW YORK The following sets of prizes are Arrests Announced Puerto Rican longshoremen senate that classed participation week ago, in desperation, TOTAL NEW YORK The OUTDOOR GARDEN! The tense at the close of the meeter 13 weeks ago orkes toekoube and wage increase by the arbitration high misdemeanor, punishable Morrell came to the headquarters SONGS AND BEER IN AN ente edhe molto sem com (a) First Prize: America 60 party has taken over the Ter Families by Lundberg and newsstand carries the Appeal! If Don forget that your local ing when Greer announced that has kept the fur industry of New board set up after the militant by a 15 year prison sentence.
The measure is known as a in this state, we wish to race Beer Garden with its History of the Russian Revolu it doesn ask the dealer to take six unionists had been arrested York closed down tight, ended paralyzed Island shipping from state labor relations bill and reexpress our complete disapproval dance floor, orchestra and out tion by Leon Trotsky. it and we ll see that he gets it ing the cops activities and an won by the International Fur January to February 10. The presents the result of unity of this bill and its railroading Saturday eve, June from b) Second Prize: every week.
nouncing the mass meeting. Workers Union in a new pact fixed the hourly rate at 45 cents, Marciante, president of the William Carney, state regional on. Admission at the door by John Dos Passos (3 novels in Forward to a 10, 000 Appeal Greer reported on the threats signed for three years.
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made to the arrested men by the up Most important feature of the made provision for a higher rate Wollmuth, executive vice ed that action on the bill be postSunday afternoon, the Central neve ishte monthesis continuous retne fons pecinile care closed shopo was of Commerce, told the New Jersey Still another group of emENTERTAINMENT and dance, li Socialist Appeal Group of the Workers Alliance, 116 University Place Date a special meeting and voted un ployment per season, made pos not granted, the settlement rul senators that capital and labor ployers met in New York last week, as the powerful American sible by equalization of worked against discharge for union alike approved the bill.
Saturday, June 4, at Local 15 New York City animously to support the Headquarters, 156 Rivington Labor Defense Committee and The union had asked for nine activity. The award is retroneOpposition to the bill from the Iron and Steel Institute held its enclose. for which please send me the Street, New York. Sub. 15 months, but accepted the eight tive to the beginning of the ar ranks of labor came quickly as the Waldorf Astoria. Thomas its actions cents.
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the bill was sent to the House Girdler, head of Republic Steel One year. 00. Six Months. 00. bilization of the National Guard verthe work, broken at inter shoremen sewage rate was 32 unions sent wires of protest to and leader the of Little Steel ATTENTION, Local New York!
The New York Build the enclose. as my contribution toward and their entrance into cents an hour, with 47 cents for the legislators, warning them battle against the was Socialist Appeal Contest ends have aroused much resentment.
building the Socialist Appeal.
on Saturday, June Prizes There are no illusions about the The agreement provides for overtime. During the arbitration against attempts to railroad the re elected president of the Institute, will be e given to the winners at Name All workers must be on guard Khaki uniformed tin hats since new wage minimums represent period, they received 40 cents an act through the lower house.
the city beer party on that Governor Martin Davey re ing increases of from to per hour, with 60 cents for overtime. Hits Measure against the plans of the reacdate at the Terrace Beer Address vealed himself as a notorious week. Each year of the agree. ASK FOR THE APPEAL tionaries to wrest from labor Garden. Winners of the strike breaker in the Little ment the wage scale shall be in In the name of 150, 000 or the right to occupy factories AT YOUR NEWSSTANDganized test will be announced in this City Steel strike last summer.
creased a like amount.
workers ander the during stribes.
column next week.
the air like sky rockets, aimed labor movement. The answer to country, Senator Bailey declared: longer. It is greatly feared that income. 4 1 Furriers Score In Higher Pay Won By Strike Settlement Dock Workers Haga na hawa supported motheek attempted to the of the opinbeription between Akron vals.