SOCIALIST APPEAL JULY 6, 1940 Strike Weapon Surrendered in Contract Lewis Politics Bolder But Same Run aUnion Leaders Ram Conservatives Dominate Farmer Labor Round as Green Pact Down Throats Convention, Dictating Its Plattorm Of Auto Workers TSELLING THE APPEAL Flint Militants Fight Boss Jingo Campaign By FARRELL DOBBS unemployment a chronic fact in new high in confusing the American life. Chronic deprespolitical problems of the working sion, unemployment, is a fact.
class was reached by John The workers do not have to be By CARL SHEA the union movement back into the uers, themselves found out in this Lewis in his recent addresses at convinced of that. It is the makMINNEAPOLIS, Minn What remains of the once powerful Farmer Labor fold, the conven state back in 1918.
Philadelphia. He gave the definite ing not of Roosevelt alone, but of Minnesota Farmer Labor Party completed its convention in Braineration voted to amend the AssociaOn all hands one sees unionists Impression of a man who is rap capitalism as such. Roosevelt has because Use National Emergency To Put on June 21 and 22, adopting the most conservative platform ever tion constitution so as to permit throw up their hands or shrug idly losing all sense of political failed to correct these member organizations to be char their shoulders at mention of the balance.
he is committed to a policy of With conservatives in complete charge, and with the war issue tered directly from the State Farmer. Labor convention and Over Settlement Which Binds Lewis has on many occasions perpetuating them through his overshadowing all other considerations, the convention made a committee. This move changes platform. Only the most conserv brought forth telling indictments role as a protector of their real Them to Give Up Strikes sweeping endorsement of Roosevelt national defense program absolutely nothing so far as the ative unionists (who have always, o capitalist mismanagement of creator. capitalism. Neither and his policy of aiding the Allies, and joined him in attacking Minneapolis union movement is openly or secretly, fought the idea social production. As the chief Roosevelt nor a Willkie nor any the Fifth Column and subversive elements.
concerned, because it would still of independent labor political ac representative of the Cro, a mass other defender of capitalism can Even fewer trade unionists were among the 450 delegates than leave the Stalinists, through their tion) and the staunch supporters organization whose members are give the workers anything but DETROIT Using the national emergency as a ramrod, leaders attended the earlier convention in Rochester last March.
paper organizations in control of of Roosevelt, will string along vitally involved in the major in chronic depression, unemployof the United Automobile Workers Union have forced a contract The flag waving pro war plank adopted by the Farmer Labor the Hennepin County Central with the FLP this year on the dustries, he is well equipped with ment, and war.
down the throats of the General Motors workers which binds them ites is exactly the same plank basis that the party will be prac facts. Unemployment, malnutri But in 1936, after the first four to compulsory arbitration and in effect gives up the weapon of adopted by the Republican Par the best Roosevelt manner, today Association. The Minneapolis un tically taken over by the Demo tion, inadequate housing, indus years of Roosevelt, John Lewstrikes trial diseases have remained as a is and Labor Non Partisan In exchange for vacations with pay at the rate of an equivalent ocratic Party also will adopt: a eign policy of Stalin by, demand explained its stand to the state crats at the general elections.
permanent nightmare to a broad League considered him the workof 40 hours earning annually for each worker, and a lyc an hour plously voloed opposition to sending isolation and all Central Committee, for party So powerless has it become to Section the mass production ers champion and gave him unthe company wrote into the contract a clause which calls for an fight, negated by a strong call for nerability, the Stalinists got unions, but the Committee hasn that the convention did not even tor, Lewis has done a good job of a. conditional support for re elec Impartial umpire, to be paid strong national defense against slapped around in short order by enough guts to move against the endorse candidates. Instead, the describing some of the worst sides tions in 1938 Lewis and the LN 80, 000 a year jointly by the un sidered an authorized strike in enemies without and within the the conservatives, Communist Party in Hennepin candidates will be chosen in a of these evil conditions.
ion and the Corporation.
PL supported the bulk of the New any such affected bargaining country, More important even than the County.
free for all primaries in SeptemAll of this is an excellent and Deal candidates. This could be exThis urnpire will have power to unit.
contents of the platform were the Whatever regard the bulk of ber.
Deal with Democrats most necessary service to the cused If Lewis had belatedly made settle all grievances on recogniWith the above clever device, omissions. No mention of the fas unionists Minnesota still re Confronted with the failure workers. But an analysis of the an honest discovery of the real tion, representation, seniority, the corporation can hold a wea Its national defense endorse cist threat at home here. No tained for the Farmer Labor of the Farmer Labor movement conditions of the working class nature of the Roosevelt adminisdischarge, disciplinary lay offs, pon over the heads of all workers, ment clears the FLP decks for a warning against Day.
No de movement has been greatly to stand up and fight in the in is only a preliminary step to an tration. But he has learned nothcall in pay, working hours, icaves play one plant against another, deal with the Democratic Party mand for a popular referendum shaken by the blatantly pro war terests of the workers and poor effective solution of these prob ing.
of absence, strikes and stoppages, use the lock out with impunity directly after the primaries, on war; not one mention of the stand of the convention. Imagine farmers of this state against lems. In sharp contrast to his TURNS AWAY FROM ROOSEand contract violations.
out from collecting unemploy withdraw in favor of Democratic mand for a huge federal public gunning for subversive ele certain that the Socialist Work: good performance in describing VELTS TO HOOVER Means Dictatorship ment compensation.
politicians for certain offices, and workers program to give jobs to ments! subversive element is ers Party will enter candidates Lewis has amassed an impressive It was a slogan of the 1932 This umpire is in actuality a The contract does not touch vice versa. It is public knowledge the unemployed: not a mention of anything and anybody the bosses in the state elections to crystal record of misleadership in action presidential election. Lewis told dictator with the widest possible the list of company stools that such a deal is forthcoming the crying need for a national la don like, as the predecessors of powers to decide crucial and delize the widespread anti war on both the economic and the po the NAACP, that Herbert Hoov. reasonably conservative bor party (the FLP heads only the FLP, the Non Partisan Leag sentiment in Minnesota.
with privileged seniority.
litical front.
er was responsible for that de cisive questions for the auto Although a 14 cent wage in platform a sane platform. have thoughts for the coming pression. As a simple matter of workers. He can stall around 30 crease is given, this must be ne that was the way the boss papers merger with the Democratic ParLEWIS HAS REMAINED justice let me say here and now days and more in making up his gotiated on a plant basis, and described the handiwork of the ty. CLASS COLLABORATIONIST that the workers of the United mind, according to the contract, not until October.
Brainerd convention.
Not a word of criticism of the He has adhered consistently to States realize that he had nothand once he rules, no resort is left With only a sprinkling of un Roosevelt administration for End of NLRB!
the old line trade union policy of ing to do with it.
to the union. His word is final.
ionists present, and those mainly sponsoring the Department of horse trading with the employ. It isn the absentmindedness Once the umpire rules on a So kind were the negotiators to conservative, opposition to the Justice attacks upon the trade uners. But the big corporations, al of Lowis which is at fault here; question, there can be no strike the corporation that they re pro war stand of the convention ion movement, for imprisoning ready enjoying a monopoly in it is his belief that the workers should the union men believe his pealed the NLRB Act of their came from the Stalinists and the Minneapolis WPA strikers, their respective fields, have little have such a poor memory that decision unfair. The contract spe own volition. By the terms of the their captives, such as ex Gover for cutting unemployment relief to expect from a union except they will swañow this clap trap.
cifically reads, The union will agreement, the union pledges not nor Benson. Whereas two years for proposing universal compulhigher labor costs and a resultant But it is the best which Lewis not cause nor wil any member of to appeal any case settled by the ago the Stalinists led the pack in sory mobilization.
reduction in their profits. The has to offer.
the union take part in any strike umpire to the courts or to any bellowing for collective security CIO unions in the basic industries Referring again to Hoover and or stoppage of any of the corpor government board.
against the fascist nations and Leaves Unions Cold have failed, therefore, to find the depression, Lewis adds, It ation operations on any of the The company retains its provi quarantine the aggressors, in In a move calculated to bring IN THE FOOTSTEPS month of July. Thirty eight sub Friends among the big employ was laid on his doorstep when he corporation promises until allsion on seniority by which a OF MINNEAPOLIS. bargaining procedure as outlined worker must be employed six scriptions came through in the ers. Not content to wait for the came to the White House. In 500 to Chicago every week!
past two weeks, with New York, benevolence of the employers to other words, Hoover didn creato in this agreement has been ex months consecutively before he 500 to Newark every week!
Houston, Texas, Los Angeles, and solve their problems the workers the depression; he just didn ovhausted, AND IN NO CASE ON begins to acquire seniority. As Answer WHICH THE UMPIRE SHALL this works now, all new workers Newark leading the list. Here is have pressed for militant trade ercome it. Therefore, he is a polithe challenge put the tabulation: HAVE RULED. The corpora are laid off exactly two weeks beforward in Minneapolis bundle union action demands for union tician in whom the workers can New York order increase to 1, 000 papers, tion reserves the right to disci fore their seniority period arrives, contracts, wage increases, reduc place their trust and, to quote Houston tion in hours, seniority, regulation Lewis again, It is only the selfpline any employe taking part in thus keeping them out of the two branches in the past week Los Angeles production speed and improved seeking politicians that blame Mr.
any violation of this section of seniority lists.
increased their regular weekly Newark working conditions and they Hoover.
the agreement.
orders. Chicago enlarged its bunThe grievance procedure is Toledo.
dle from 100 papers to 500, and With this clause as their main very elaborate, and by conservhave been ready 19. strike to win. At this hour of the clock, with (Continued from Page 1) shape it has been in for a long Newark from 125 500. These Quakertown target, hundreds of union millative computation means that Chevrolet executive board, re time, Reactionary boss agents are militant locals are determined to these demands. The employers the world engulfed in a war which Minneapolis have fought back all along the will soon involve the American tants in the important Flint any serious grievance would be line.
St. Paul.
workers, with Roosevelt already plants battled furiously against at least two or three months in signed under the fire and other riding high.
get our paper to the masses, and members are following suit. UAW tops in Detroit were in are organizing wide coverage of New Jersey.
The officials of the CIO, with fastening a straight jacket upon acceptance of the agreement. arbitration before settled. Then In the militant Fisher Body formed of the situation, and they their cities each week. Reports on Lewis at the head, failing to get the labor movement, with the ReThere was by no means a unani once settled by the umpire, mous acceptance of this agree there is no recourse.
plant, however, anti Stalinists admitted privately that it was their first experiences will be pub Boston, Denver, Chicago, Youngs bosses without a head on fight that they will finish the job it And one each from Memphis, a basis for agreements with the publicans promising the bosses who signed the petition met the obviously a company move to use lished next week. And we look town, Baltimore and New Castle. sought to stem the tide of strike their candidate is elected, Lewis ment.
The auto workers are quite discampaign head on and have patriotic fever to smash the un forward to hearing, in short orSold For Patriotism gusted with the agreement. The succeeded in defeating the boss ion. But they refused to take any der, from St. Paul, Boston, Los This is better, comrades, but actions by placing their reliance can do nothing but fumble around In Chevrolet Local 659, a spe average worker, however, sees no move to blast them out of the steps to halt the flood. The situa Angeles, San Francisco. Forward not nearly good enough. You have upon government agencies to like an octogenarian who has lost cial meeting called for the pur alternative but to accept it. The plants. By calling a series of ion, and is but An inkling of what to coast to coast mass circulation shown that you can get suboforce the employers into agree his glasses. The best he has to pose of ratifying the agreement, government pressure, plus the plant meetings, facing the Is!
now let go over the top with a ments with the union. This new offer is a threat to the Republican sues head on, carefully and pais yet to come only a hint of the record breaking total!
went on for four hours, and even cowardice of their leaders at the cessitated a pressure campaign resolutions committee, in what on the politicians. Acute prob the CIO News describes as a in that time no decision could be top of the UAW, has discouraged tlently explaining the boss potential effectiveness of the Na MASS CIRCULATION tional Defense propaganda in di IN THE AUTO CENTERS lems of unemployment relief, straight from the shoulder talk campaign, these militants made. special meeting had to and disoriented them.
Many feel that they would be be called for two days later, at poor housing, protection from in that some day the people will calmed the membership down, viding the ranks of the union, Toledo, The Toledo Branch which time the union militants under the less binding terms of better off without this contract, dustrial disease brought demands tire of being deceived by the ma.
proved to them that the whole pitting worker against worker, is taking the anti war campaign from the workers for political ac jor political parties.
conducted an organized battle the old agreement.
campaign was union busting and smashing organization in the seriously and is going to town on plants.
tion by the CIO.
the Appeal sales. As far as we re That is right. Some day the against accepting the new agreeplot inspired by the company, ment. But the leadership barThe deep resentment, and the and further solidified their own concerned, we re on a voluntary workers will. But it will not be LEWIS IS JUST serious revolt witnessed in sey leadership.
rage and campaign of intimidabecause of anything John LewSTREAMLINED GREEN FLINT, Mich. The jingo cam war footing to do anti war work.
eral locals, especially in Flint, is has done to help them find The campaign was very clevpaign of the government, and last week we disposed of 150 paThe choice was between the their way onto the right political through. George Addes, Financial against acceptance, will underly devised by the bosses. Im boss agents in the unions, struck pers house to house and collected in CIO taking the initiative in the road.
Secretary of the UAW, and Walmediately the petition was public with telling effect in Flint last a total of over five bucks. We the future, when the effects of creation of a national labor party Lewis, Hillman and Dubinksy ter Reuther, in charge of GM cized, company agents in the week.
furthermore passed out about 50 or continuing to place reliance in prevented the workers from tak.
constantly referred to the fact this agreement begin to be plants began to take up a collec. Using as a weapon a petition at factory gates. We intend to in friendly politicians of the old ing the road of independent pofelt that now we must accept even a tion for American flags. Anyone circulated by the Communist Par crease our sales, and cut down Anti Alien Act Cloaks line parties. Lewis and his col litical action when they had an bad agreement, for the good of who refused to contribute was ty, with 900 Flint names and ad our bill. We aim to beat that Detleagues chose the latter course, excellent chance under the impethe country. They made the most branded a Fifth Columnist, and dresses, the union busting cam roit record of 18 bucks collected Vicious Weapons streamlining the old AFL meth tus of the growth and struggles unprincipled appeal to the memeither attacked or tossed out of pargn got under way when reac in one week from house to house ods by the creation of Labor of the rising industrial unions in bership patriotism, and didn Wall Street Drops the plant or hounded until he left. tionaries began a vicious fight sales and by only about peoAgainst Unions Non Partisan League which was the basic industries. And so far Those whose names were on against motion in the Gople too! We find the workers, nothing more than an organize as they are concerned there will the agreement as such was a Plenty In Europe the petition were strong armed Council to protest the publica 90 of them at least, are antition to bring pressure on the be no such action in 1940.
and told not to report for work tion of these names and address war.
Democratic and Republican polithe months of strenuous efforts If Hitler Wins. or else. Some were physically es by a local paper. We are beginning to whittle Ignoring widespread pleas that ticians, although it was palmed FROM THE UNSUNG HEROES. the membership had expended to attacked. As the collection for The reactionaries took the po down our old Appeal bill. All that he veto the bill, Roosevelt signed off on the workers as an inde WILL COME REAL LEADERS build up and support the CIO.
flags got under way, the plants sition that all who signed the 18 required is for the comrades tol the Smith Omnibus Bill on Satur. pendent working class political Hillman and Dubinsky are on When the foreign market began to look like an armory on petition put it on the ballot, stop talking about what can be day, June 29, thereby putting its organization. It is against this the Roosevelt band wagon. HillMore Hours Coming took an average of 4, 687, 800. flag day. Huge flags hung in ev were Fifth Columnists, unfit to be done selling Appeals, and to get provisions into effect.
background that the remarks of man has broken openly with LewIn local after local the same 000 annually of American ex ery department.
union members, and should be ex out and do it. Attention San What was passed was not, Lewis at arguments were heard. Militants ports in the years 1926 1980, Several militant committeemen posed.
Francisco, and other branches however, merely a bill to regis the most chiladelphia appear in 18 on the political front. Dubinwith vast back bills. sky has broken not only politicalsignificant light.
pointed to a clause in the con Europe took 2, 206, 600, 000, or who had signed the petition were Militants Defend Signers ter aliens. Actually Congress tract which read, In case the about 45. In 1985, total ex immediately voted out of office in On June 18, 1940 Lewis told the ly; he has taken the ILGWU back adopted under this guise the NAACP at Philadelphia that Mr. into the AFL, thus striking a selaws of the United States are ports dropped to 3, 298, 900, 000 special meetings. Some Stalinists Union militants, including DETROIT, Mich. The house notorious Smith Omnibus BIN, Roosevelt made depression and vere blow at the whole CIO movechanged either to increase or de but still the European market resigned as stewards, committee Trotskyites and other anti to house campaign is still going originally introduced in March, ment. crease permissable working hours took 1, 837, 900, 000 or about men, etc. This campaign first got Stalinists, demanded full demo on. One would think that the pro. 1939 when it was accurately John Lewis, who has preand overtime rates, modification 40. Europe is the largest for under way in Chevrolet.
of the section on working hours. eign market area of the Amer The Chevrolet campaign was so whether they signed a peti unleashed by the war mongers TIMES as a compendium of cratic rights for all members. sent barrage of war propaganda characterized by the New York or the Navy, etc. to disobey the sumed to be the leader of millions laws or regulations governing of workers, stands politically beshall be subject to negotiation. ican capitalist class. victori successful that there was practic tion or not, and condemned the would effect this method of dis all the anti radical legislation such military or naval forces, or wildered before them in the hour This clause means that when ous Hitler would drive the ally no union talk any more, ev. attempted lynch campaign begun tribution and money raising. For introduced in Congress during to disobey the lawful orders of a of their greatest crisis. He has the Walsh Healey Act is abro American imperialists from the eryone talked about the flag pa by the local paper which printea tunately no such thing is the case the last twenty years. The superior.
neither the courage nor the foregated by Congress, the 40 hour European market, which would triotism, Afth columnists, etc. the names and addresses. The people are receptive to anti was scarcely expected to be Title II: Makes unlawful for sight to lead the workers in indeprovision in the contract will be become the private preserve of The union was delivered a vicious The council meeting finally war ideas. They receive us cour passed. until Roosevelt pro any person with intent to over pendent political struggle through meaningless. It is in fact a go the German capitalist class, and telling blow by this clever adopted the motion to send the teously as before the intense war vided a disguise for it when he throw or destroy the Government their own party.
ahead signal to all the anti labor While Hitler would challenge use of patriotism by the bosses. paper a protest. Stalinists them campaign and treat us as gener asked for legislation against of the United States, or the gov On the field of trade union accongressional forces in their reac America in the markets of selves were scared to death by ously with finances. Occasionally the aliens.
tionary march to destroy the Latin America.
Fisher Militants Fight Back ernment of any State of the tion the real leaders who made the jingo campaign, and only op one meets up with someone who rights of unions.
Europe is also rich in Amer.
The law is simply a federal cri United States, or any subdivision the CIO movement what it is to Then the company tried to ex ened up after union militants who takes the war propaganda seri mina syndicalism law, doing for thereof, by force or violence, or day sprang to the front in the The corporation succeeded in ican investments. Or the 13, tend the campaign to Fisher in all politieal questions, and in ously. We do not argue. You can the first time in the federal juris print, publish, edit, issue or know bosses and then when the fight getting into the contract a clause 693, 700, 000 of American for. that will in the future prevent cign investments in 1985, to a man defended the right of them in the past, showed they view in an hour time and we diction what the notorious state ingly circulate, sell, distribute or was over returned into the ranks any such consequences as ensued 026, 600, 000 were in Europe. wanted to exposed the campaign to protest the petition publica them. Our task is to see as many 1919 1923 post war wave of anti matter in any form containing or much more to the building of the criminal syndicalism laws did in publicly display any book, paper, remained in minor posts in the. in the Chrysler strike, in which victorious Hitler will tear. one plant shut down, and when these investments out of the as boss inspired, and fought at tion.
people as possible, to give a brief labor persecutions.
the corporation locked out work hands of the American bank tempts to force the Executive Members of the Socialist Work smack of what you re there for advocating the doctrine set forth CIO than the top leadership ers in other plants the workers ing Interests especially the Board to resign. For a week the ers Party are participating in the and to ask for contributions. We Among its provisions, applying above. or to organize any which claimed the credit.
were able to collect unemploy House of Morgan and plump situation was very in together with union average on the whole about be also to citizen are: society. who teach, advocate These same unsung heroes of ment compensation. This clause them into the lap of the Ger this division the jingo campaign militants, to defend the democrat per paper. The house to house Title I: Makes punishable by or encourage the overthrow. the working class will find their reads as follows, An authorized man ruling class.
has subsided.
te rights of all members, regard method must be taken up by ev prison terms up to ten years or to become a member of or way to the front in the political strike in one bargaining unit un These are some of the simple. However, in Buick and Chevroless of political affiliation, while ery branch in the Party. and or ten thousand dollar fine alate with any such society. struggles of the days to come. It dert this agreement which results facts which explain the fervor let, where Stalinists are under at at the same time not relaxing for to publish or distribute any And these attempts to outlaw in them and not in the John in an interruption of the flow of of the Stop Hitler Now cam tack, they have failed to meet the a moment their opposition to the SUB DRIVE book, pamphlet, paper, print, ar radical and militant labor organ Lewises that the workers of material or services to operations patgn organized by Wall Street campaign head on, have wilted rotten politics and reactionary GATHERS SPEED ticle, letter, or other writing izations and their press palmed the CIO will find the leaders who in any other bargaining unit un bankers.
under the fire, and as a result tacties of the Communist Party Subs are coming in somewhat which advises, counsels, urges, or off under cover of anti alien legis can guide them to ultimate vice der this agreement will be conI have left the union in the worst machine.
better, as our drive enters the solicits any member of the Armyllation!
tory.
SMITH BILL IS PASSED: HITS AT ALL LABOR