TWORKERS Trade Union Notes What Socialism Will Mean to The Women Who Toil at Home FORUM the SOCIALIST APPEAL Page MARCH 30, 1940 movement into groups at con Letter to Housewives stant strife with each other can but add to the general confusion The social, political and economic conditions have become deplorable, neither of the major parties being able to put men in The Stalinists have just been week for all crafts in the conoffice who are capable and willing ecisively defeated in three UAW struction of one and two family to conduct an honest and efficient CIO local union elections and they homes.
administration. And it seems to barely scraped through in me that the threatened split in fourth local.
These rates, approximating CIO both these parties, and the gen In our March 16 Issue we unpaid labor of his wife makes it patronizing factory dining rooms.
eral lack of confidence in them schedules, would in general be bepublished a letter from a work possible for him to live with his The free medical care turned into At Flint, Michigan, the low the standards of the present Write to ns lell us what going on in your part of the labor movement hat are the workers thinking about tell opportunity for a united socialist wife, wanted to know: What The wife thinks she slaves day sicians who were afraid to testify important Buick local, their main policy would not extend to the. is what the bosses are up to and the men and the local cops party to place men in some im will socialism do for us house and night for her husband and to the illness of workers because stronghold. Among the also rans field of construction of large and the Stalinists send us that story the capitalist press didn portant offices which with a good wives. Part of the answer to children in reality she works for they were blamed and persecuted were Berity, Halliday, and McGil, apartment houses, office buildprint and that story they buried or distorted our pages are open and honest administration should that important question is con the same boss who exploits her by authorities for granting sick long time stalinists big wigs in ings, etc. where present craft husband. The housewife has a benefit rights too easily Flint.
contracts would continue in force.
to you. Letters must carry name and address, but indicate if you the entire nation, and suggest, written by comrade Antoinette right, then, to ask the question: The paid time for expectant in the Flint Fisher Body local do not want your name printed.
recommend and urge that you Konikow, physician, mother what of my work under social; mothers before and after delivery the Stalinists lost out completely, becoming a grim reality to the The AFL CIO fight is thus fast appoint committee of your and above all. revolutionist ism? What will get out of it? was reduced to one month. Wo falling to win even one Execu. uncompromising craft unionista members to meet with equal size for over Afty years. We are How Morgan expressing the more radical ascommittees of the other groups glad to note that comrade Kon must first give an adequate ex enjoying it, had to work in fac occurred in the General Motors partment. Confronted with only a pirations of the lower middle Fixed Things Up into one with the express purpose of ikow promises other letters on planation of what socialism real: tories because their husbands local at Los Angeles.
Wealthy groups, proportionally, launching state wide united so this question. And let have y means. hope to cover this wages were inadequate, or had threat from the CIO, which has Anti stalinist militants swept field, they have already felt themno real strength as yet in this Editor: wives we want to know what tail. Socialism means the man line to buy food or clothing.
antly Big Business in outlook. states in the coming election.
these elections.
Here an interesting story They frown upon the activities Chas. Makinson you think about comrade Kon agement of business and factories Thus the Stalinist bureaucrats selves compelled for the first time about Morgan that didn Youngstown, Ohio ikow letter. Editor. by the workers themselves, be took away from the workers the the militants won on a campaign tional disdain towards the unorof the small group of Quakers In Los Angeles, as an example, to partially abandon their tradiget in the papers. It was referred who devote themselves to paclto in the papers, but in such an Ast work.
Editor belong to the bosses. Part of the en the lot of the housewife. When for democratic rank and file con ganized workers in the small conobscure way that nobody could Anyone sincerely opposed to Editor: Are housewives paid for their income will go to the Workers the Russian workers overthrow trol, the 30 hour week at 40 hours struction industry.
understand what happened.
pay, an agressive organization war is worth trying to win to a would say that the position work? heard an amusing story State to cover expenses of edu the Stalinist bureaucracy, they drive in Ford, and for the retur employed by John Lewis in Even the reactionary methods Morgan found it advisable revolutionary anti war pro you people take, the tone you use. lecting statistics visited a work but each worker will get a larger efits. Along the same line we will was given away by Homer Mar this fight have, by giving just a to change the form of his banking house from a partnership to a ever, only by sharp struggle Lovestoneites, and Socialist Unity er family. No one was at home income and at the same time will go in this country.
corporation. it meant avoiding against the Quaker program. in general, is unforgiveable.
but a little boy. The woman in work shorter hours. larger intin, then cIo president, in the glimmering of hope to these expayment of a lot of taxes. But old supplementary agreement to ploited workers, resulted in a The Quaker pacifists might Why is it not possible for anti quired about father wages, bro come for the worker will give him HOW WE WOULD BEGIN the General Motor contract. Vigorous rank and file response when it came to incorporation, it arrange the trial; but it would stalinist radical groups to get to ther and sister At last she a chance to relieve the work of IN THE UNITED STATES has turned out that a relatively small be the war time government gether and down with each asked about his mother earn his wife. Laundry can be paid for After attaining workers pow company to violate seniority and blasting the Hutchenson crew a corporation is in existence which of the few inches in a progressive direc1s named Morgan Co. Inc.
the objector. In a word, the problems, like the capitalists do very proudly. My mother does cooperative lunch rooms; sewing men life would be the creation job for insubordination.
tion. No clearer proof is needed And New York State law very can be done away with; and even of nurseries, kindergartens and Quaker proposal would mean, If specifically provides that nobody Are we too dumb, too dishonest. not work.
of the bankruptcy of their organ She does not work? asked some of the house cleaning can playgrounds in a sufficient numwe all agreed to it, to hand ov New York City Reader the woman. But doesn she cook be paid for. better income will ber here in the United States Stalinista nosed out the progresIn the Flint Chevrolet local the izational policies.
can incorporate under a name already used by another corpora plete list of all opposed to the er to the government a comand wash and iron and mend and naturally relieve women of many their number is deplorably small. sives by a very narrow margin.
As usual, the AFL has already tion. So the Secretary of State of war, and make it child play clean? Is she not on her feet the of the tasks which she undertakes The next would be the organizaindicated that it will depend heavNew York rejected the incorpora for the government to rid Itself Our party advocates uniting whole day long always doing now because she has no money to tion of cooperative lunch rooms cisive action on the part of the sters in this fight with Lewis. The The spark ignited by this de ily on the support of the Teamtion application filed by Mor the labor movement on the po something? Don you call that pay for them.
of all anti war elements. We gan.
litical field in an independent work?
The logical thing to do then not as a measure of self exfollow Lenin: we oppose war, en drudgery. Even then mothers progressives in Flint and Los An Teamsters, with Tobin advocatLabor Party BASED ON THE The little boy was a bit per. THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION Would sent have plenty of work geles can lead, through an aging a united Jabor movement, may was to buy out the corporation alTRADE UNIONS. We advocate ready holding the name. Excuse pression, but as an integral me, that would be the logical erthrow of capitalism. Entering part of our struggle for the ova definite program for that La true, but, you see that kind of Let us see what was done for left: taking care of smaller meals, gressive follow up campaign, to not take kindly to the idea of bebor Party it appears at the work does not pay.
mothers in Soviet Russia before keeping the house in order, tak the successfut ferreting out of ing used as choreboys by people thing for ordinary mortals to do the army upon being drafted is head of our editorial columns.
mote unity.
But not Morgan! He found it necessary for our work.
But we would support that indone by the housewife does not in. was there in 1928 ante pas o supervising the Children tott noences in these auto Sceninist influ who do anything but try to procheaper to have a law passed by We are against the imperial the New York State legislature ist war, but we are not pacining its own candidates resopn cognized as work at all, nor even tages which workers and their children with minor illnesses. Yes The long threatened AFL CIO Latest victim of the phoney anpermitting him to do what nofists. For we have a war which body else had ever been permitted we believe in and in which we adopt our program. Why? Be less you are paid for your work, mother work in Soviet Russia, will have her 8 hour day of fight in the building trades in ti war campaign of the stalin to do! Obligingly the legislature Night: the war of the working dustry is rapidly breaking into ists is a section of the New York cause, constituted by the un the more it is held in contempt nurseries were created for ba work.
But then the husband, getting the open in New York City. Teamsters. group of members passed an amendment to the class against the imperialists.
ions, it would represent the and if you are not paid at all bies and smaller children. Almost State Banking Act, providing Editor.
great historic step of breaking well, all the drudgery you do is every large factory had such nur better income, would be able to the CIO reports recruitment to and officers of Milk Drivers local that any banking partnership the workers as a class away hardly recognized even by your series under the management of sive her an allowance as men date of 9, 000 building trades 584, and others from General was thereby permitted to use its of the middle class call the mon workers in New York City small Truck Drivers local 807 and Bafrom the capitalist parties. Nareliable nurses.
own family partnership name when incorporturally, within it, we would This raises the question: Why The husband in the factory sy they give their wives. think building and alterations indus kery drivers local 802 have hookating and that any contradictory New Orleans Dockers continue to fight for our pro does a housewife get only board, could buy a good dinner for housewives would prefer to call it tries. The AFL disputes this fig ed up with the fake The Yanks are Not Coming Committee to laws were thereby set aside for Still Shape Up gram.
participate in the April Peace the bankers!
An entirely different criter hours of work? She works for nected with the factories or with should like to discuss in another The CIO scales are 00 per Day.
New York ion than that applied to the her children, is often the answer, his trade. His wife and children letter the possibility that under socialism motherhood should be day for skilled labor; 00 per Editor: Labor Party must be applied Holy motherhood means contin were allowed to have their din considered a profession and be day for helpers; and 00 per day Progressives throughout the come into port here and found the longshoremen still have one ist groups. Norman Thomas. strange that the glory of moth Women hour week.
Asks Our Opinion of of the most vicious systems of the Lovestoneites, the Social erhood sacrifice is only known erhood workers expecting moth paid for by the state just like for laborers; with a day. 40 American labor movement are bereceived two months va nurses and teachers today, ginning to consider ways and Antoinetto Konikow means of exposing these stalinist AFL scales in the building fake anti war committees and to Quaker Pacifists old the shape up in a barroom Democratic Federation. Unlike to wives of workers or wives of cation before and after delivery Boston, Mass.
and on the corner. And when the Labor Party, they stand or trades crafts range from 75. 8 direct the efforts and energy of tried to join the longshoremen fall by their program, for their in well to do families don mind the baby and free milk for the cents per hour among unskilled the labor movement in the direcEditor: Local was told that it was twen. sole possible justification would losing the halo of holiness by baby or nursing mother. Working workers, up to 12 an hour tion of genuine anti war activity.
What is the extent and influ ty bucks on the barrel head and be that, as small propaganda hiring help to do all the hard women nursing the baby could among the most skilled workers, ence of the Quaker peace move that would first have to get one groups, they are preparing work of motherhood. And hard stop work every four hours to Hours range from to per day.
ment (especially in the student of the foremen to get me a job. vanguard worker to fight work it is! The readers of the nurse the baby in the nursery field. The foremen of course play fav for a revolutionary program Ladies Home Journal voted ov The workers had free medical The cio is organizing these NEGRO LABOR BODY The Quaker plan is to send a orites, take kick backs, etc.
within the Labor Party. But erwhelmingly that women having care, free hospitals and a month vertical union. The AFL has 25 Negro trade unionists in Minnelist of prospective conscientious am going to do all in my what is their program! We small children work harder than vacation with pay. In case of illtrades with 125 subdivisions in apolis have just initiated the forwar objectors to the proper au power to see if that racket can have witnessed a concrete their husbands in the factory. ness the worker received his full this field.
thorities. When war is declared a be broken up, and get the union test heir program the war wares for a certain time and then mation of Negro Joint Labor THE WIFE WORKS FOR trial is to be arranged by the hiring hall, like the seamen have in Finland. All these groups The New York Foodworkers Quaker officials) at which the ob on the West Coast, so that every came out for support of Finland HER HUSBAND BOSS!
The kick back of a part of the Council.
All these rights which the Branch of the Socialist Workers wages to the boss a known prac The Council will seek to enlist jector can defend his stand again body in the union can get a crack against the Soviet Union, e. Is the wife of a worker really workers achieved in Soviet Rus Party is deeply rlesed to an tice among a sizeable strata of all Negro unionists in its ranks st registering for the draft. The at the jobs.
for the imperialist camp again exploited by her children and her six through the revolution were nounce the death on Tuesday, building trades workers which objector may choose alternative If stay in New Orleans, st a workers state. Stalin husband? My answer is no afterwards whittled away or re March 19, of comrade George has not been successfully combat and aim to educate the Negro service (some non combatant or think will ship on Sea crimes cannot be used by these When the worker sells his hands served only for the Stalinist bu Richardson, a leading militant of ed in the past by the AFL unions community in the value of trade Quaker war relief work) or re farers International Union, AFL) people to obscure the bald fact to the boss, he sells at the same reaucracy and its yes men The Local 302, the Cafeteria Employ is now becoming a real prob unionism. similar Council has fuse all war service and face ships, and m sure it is a very that they lined up with the imbeen functioning in St. Paul for court martial. What do you think good field to sow some seeds. perialists against the Soviet the same boss, because only the expensive that workers stopped died, after a month illness, of lem to the AFL in this fight.
Union.
tubercular meningitis. The funer To combat this CIO threat the some months.
of this plan as a possible tactie? There are a lot of rotten tomaThese Quakers seem to be sin toes, but they can be thrown ov Unity with these people? As ary Marxism, of the October rev. UNSER WORT al took place on Saturday. The New York AFL building trades cere pacifists, some with demo er the side.
well unite the capitalist class olution.
Progressive Group of Local 302 department and AFL internationG. cratic socialist leanings. am New Orleans, LA with the working class! For For nearly a decade, up to the and the Socialist Workers Party al officials have tentatively adopt Join the Socialist Again an outstanding number sent floral wreaths.
contacting them (especially the ed a plan to establish uniform these socialists simply reflect young Quakers. Do you think it Workers Party within the labor movement the day of his untimely death, Leon of UNSER WORT. No. for 1910 George Richardson was a Trot wage rates and a uniform work Sedoff was editor and business is just out and contains several skyist only a short time he is worthwhile?
Want Socialist Unity ideology of the capitalist class manager of the Bulletin. This important articles on the German was only 24 years old. was Yonkers, Robert Rae With Thomas Co.
The Social Democratic Federa publication found its way where situation and its perspectives.
tion is already recruiting ever Russian workers lived and filled with militant struggle, first Oscar Fischer writes an excel las a seaman and for the last four In theory the Quaker peace sergeant for the Anglo French suffered. By devious routes it pen lent polemic against Schwarzs years as a cafeteria worker. From movement includes all Quak Editor: American Imperialist bloc. The etrates into the Soviet Union, it child, the bourgeois German em. the first he took his place in the Unique. a At the beginning of the last others will go the same road.
the Quaker belief; in actuality, several general election years is read in the semi fascist border igre who is spokesman for the leading ranks of the ProgresIf they succumbed to the test states of Latvia, Lithuania, Es Allied plan for a post war Ger sives, tig most Quakers supported the have written your party national of Finland, we can predict with thonia; reaches Palestine, many.
racketeers and then against the last war and will undoubtedly headquarters urging a union of certainty that they will suc South Africa, it finds its way to Another article deals with the Stalinists, who had seized the Unrepeat performance in the the several socialist groups in the cumb when the capitalist class Manchukuo, Alaska. reasons for Thyssen emigration. ion machinery and dealt the rankcoming war. As early as the coming election. Each succeeding of America officially enters the Dear comrades, the aid extend There is also an article by Wal and file militant one blow after pre Civil War period, the gap year the capitalist system has war.
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