Unions Support Drive to Curb Supreme Court
Unions Support Drive to Curb Supreme Court . .*••*> Amendment to Constitution Demanded to Assure Protection to Workers atRauy Here — M e a n y Heads Speakers' l i st 3000 Cheer...
...20000 Millinery WorkersVictors In City Stoppage Union Wins Demand for More Effective Control of Labor Standards—"Little NRA" Set O p for industry By Marx Lewis ** * - • > » - • • » • riLOSE t 0 20,000 milliner) workers- in New York City, members of the Millinery Worki ers' Union, Locals 24 and 42...
...Unions Support Drive to Curb Supreme Court . .*••*> Amendment to Constitution Demanded to Assure Protection to Workers atRauy Here — M e a n y Heads Speakers' l i st 3000 Cheer Demands Socialists and Labor Unite To Save Social ' - s r ^ V f r rn .From Nullification Under Auspices of Trade Union Institute...
...Lewis would do well to take the advice given him by "Labor," organ of the j a i l way brotherhoods, and "check his gans outside," Window Glass Workers Score Big Triumph 6000 Employees in Widely Scattered Plants Win Industry's First Nation-wide Strike — Socialists Aid in Battle...
...Since effective economic . planning is possible only on a na- ' tional scale, the implication is plain...
...When the association -ejected these demands on the very rround that they were an invasion it the employers' rights and would rive the union complete control of the market, the union ordered a walkout, A compromise proposition to meet the issue, and at the same time to set up machinery that would create greater uniformity in operating costs and the elimination I of substandard conditions, was fin- I ally agreed upon...
...There are too many Jaws ia it You will have to rid yourselves of them...
...A call was issued for three com(Continued on Page Bight) s a n i e s of the National Guard, SttV ioned at Peoria, and the wonlBjjH mion smashing employers at laded heir hopes for the breaking of tB» trike and the weakening of WB workers' organization to their •*> • rival, but for several d a p s 'M vhole city was tied up, and neJM] ng was done except by perndsdflfl i jf the workers...
...And the light of victory, the belief in great things to come which glowed in the eyes of the populace two years ago, is dead...
...Among the nationally known products manufactured in Pekin are Fleischmann's Yeast and the Corn Products Refining Company...
...Algernon Lee, president of the Rand School, presided...
...In the shop iitoiians we saw the Nasi dagger, as pe*» sessed by thousands, with the Inscription Blut und Ehre...
...Frankly we told him...
...That there was plenty of •oca encouragement in the pro. ctejdings of the miners' convention, •nil in session as this is being written, is unfortunately true delate previous protestations to the 'lbs...
...The ul)io!1 h:ader s wer e frankly pes5i~ mystic concerning the willingness of employeTS ~~eNftltia1.Some hope w.u entertained . h...
...opened wide the door for •n understanding between the two ides to the great benefit of the abor movement...
...The time men of labor to consult together on the most vital problem now confronting the trade unions in this country and make an honest effort to reach a solution that will be fair to all organizations concerned and will promote the interests of labor in general...
...Only the high morale of the strikers and the fact that no break in the ranks was to be expected could have induced the powerful corporations dominating the glass industry to conciliate...
...Nor are responsible labor leaders unaware that such tactics can have but one result—a split in the labor movement...
...The feeling is growing that instead of carrying out the announced purpose of the Committee for Industrial Organization, of waging 8 constructive educational campaign within the labor movement for the cause of industrial unionism, Mr...
...The strike began with a walkout in the American Distilling Company, in protest against discrimination against union workers...
...M : ras bombs, the community has ant ! s lesson it will never forget en tB> I power of the workers...
...The strike . ~iDerr is ready ?01' "'Ution...
...It was recognized by the men that the corporations were in no immediate hardship because enough glass was stored in plants and jobbers warehouses to { tide over the dull markets for three months...
...The unions assert their members will not go back to work until the discrination against union workers has ended...
...A further sum of 6.7 million kroner is to be allocated to new road-building and improvement of existing roads...
...For days streets were deserted, not a wheel turned, and fuel and food services and the distribution of milk were carried on solely by means of permits issued by the Trades and Labor Assembly...
...It is wellnigh impossible to escape this dynamic individual with the Chaplin mustache and the peculiar appreciation of his own destiny...
...I believe you will yet...
...The Count of Monte Christo" was showing, a film we had already seen in its English version, bat which we now desired to witness in its German transformation...
...We went to the Atlantic Palace...
...Green j idds a colorful dramatic element to the situation and makes good j :opy for the newspapers, but does iot help the cause of organized I abor as a whole...
...The increased ex(Continued on Page Three) penditure will be met by a public loan of 18.7 million kroner...
...In this, its first, budget the Norwegian Labor Government follows the same general lines as the Swedsih Social Democrats when they came into office three years ago...
...Lewis should gffr* "tlSyea in the council and BWskt the battle of industrial Efflpwtism from the inside...
...Paul BrisSml den...
...Lewis sprang H K announcement several weeks !P*» of his resignation from the W p w council of the American Hgtration of Labor, It is known Bps* at least some of the interSPsonal presidents, members of * | CiL.0., were not consulted by HJ Lewis before he decided upon f ft* move...
...Our unknown was a Berliner, on a combined business and pleasure visit to Munich...
...Lewis' continued efforts to rive the entire situation the aspect of a conflict between his organization and the A.F.ofL., with the other unions in the C.I.O...
...I saw Enumerable swastikas fluttering from windows of all lands...
...Wtt» said culture...
...Meany was joined on the speakers' platform by Louis Hollander, manager of the New York Jon* Board of the Amalgamated Gothing Workers, Luigi Antonini, first vice-president of the International Ladies' Garment Workers, State Chairman Louis Waldman of the Socialist Party, Judge Charies Solomon of the Magistrates' Coart and Judge Jacob Pangea of tbe Domestic Relations Court...
...Mayor S t u m p ia a Socialist and a trade unionist...
...in hours is hai led as a ; ClP1\CtiSion ' of great importance, repre~ting a very considerable relid for thou. sands-w~ -had . been working much long~ r. ,The v!<:tory In the garment and fur dls.~ . . presa.ge~ p rogress ior the Building Servk:e Employes' Cnion, the strike Of~i on...
...His face—continually undergoing the severe treatment of the cloee-up—was st times distorted with passion...
...Lewis purports to seek may be —an aim which, in priciple, has the support of President Green— the method chosen by Mr...
...poverty, everpresent, had intensified its terror for the man of the people...
...won a speedy*-victory when they i walked out of elOO millinery shops , Tuesday, bringing the industry to a stand-still...
...Very interesting, too, how perfectly the German dialogue was grafted to the lip-movements of the English-speaking characters...
...the week ' compelled the Dressmakers' Uriion ' - . 'and _ ·the International Ladies' . Garment \Vorket's...
...Imagine the features and the pipe of our Stanley, or those of the loquacious renegade Ramsay, gazing out at us from the pages of every British publication...
...English...
...The previous subsidy of 4 million kroner to local authorities in distressed districts is to be doubled...
...This work, «t ourse...
...And J^llhtuU d ° "p* l i k p t h e d e" generation of the committee to a me-man show...
...A Consumers' ProtaflEm Label has been adopted as a maam* of identifying hats made mmm conditions approved by the 59 mission...
...This man, whose hands are stained deep with blood—yea, even the blood of hit own comrades—dares to associate himself with the sweet innocence of cMldbood...
...The decision of the U. S. Supreme Court in the AAA caee makes it clear that such national legislation can only be enacted with assurance of its validity by amending the constitution...
...that is by reducing he hours of work and increasing ay...
...He bawled and gesticulated...
...In his statement Savage said: "Cabinet will make provision for the workless immediately as we regard it as our job to do the very 1 <C**U*mU e » Page Four) >est that we can for the unett>loyed...
...Pour kroner are equal to one dollar...
...21, union leaders declared that the main issue was not an understanding as to the terrhs but such enforcement as would guarantee all workers that union standards would be observed...
...Panken denounced the power of the Supreme Court to nullify legislation as "monarchical," whQe other speakers declared that the Constitution, with emphasis upon the Bill of Sights and the amending powers embodied in Article V, belongs to all the people and can be used by the useful workers as an agency for whatever rharagsa they desire in national legislation and in national life...
...On the other hand, the orderly and peaceful amendment of the Constitution will insure the ' preservation of democracy and j liberty in the United States...
...We realize that our task is not o provide these men with susten* nee, but with suitable employment...
...Avoiding increased taxation and opposed to cuts in social services, the usual capitalist "remedy," in time of economic crisis, ft sets out boldly to stimulate public and private activity with a view to increasing employment and porches ing power...
...While the relations between the union and the employers will continue to ba*^H emed by the agreements asMDH not be affected by the actrvfiMm the Commission, trade relatisjm fair practices and machinery™ the coordination of all factaqH the industry with a view efafl operative action in eliminating*} vices will be among the fuaeffS of the Commission, as agreed m 9 Max Meyer, prominent bajjflSj and arbitrator in numerous iamO trial disputes, is Chairman ofml Commission...
...Instead of being semi-private^ iwned it will be publicly oss> 'rolled," said Savage...
...t saw hero-worship driven to extremes I thought impossible...
...It seems to have , said that any kind of an economic , new deal is impossible on a na- , tional scale under the Constitution as it is...
...We propose to change the coo* rol of the Mortgage Corporation...
...Whatever the outcome of . JM - «trike when the workers are faap) with the superior power of Wt , militia armed with bayonet...
...trailing behind, may before very long ead to a showdown between Mr...
...Hollander made a spirited address along the same lines and emphasized the need of labor action...
...IjETHDRAVVALof some memEger unions from the CommitwBpe...
...between himself and Mr...
...Tlktgr dislike particularly any enesssagement given to the charge tasithe Committee for Industrial fliejpiiiliiiii ia making for a split is^Se American Federation of Labor...
...Jews were hounded from their native country...
...Efforts to enlist ^asH lie support for the plans o f f fl Commission will be made thmmfj radio and other appeals to themEa sumers...
...So...
...Instead of giving the employer the "protection" he it so anxious for he tells him that if he wants to operate in Reading, hell have to sign up with the International Ladies' Garment Workers 'Union...
...Blood and Honor The news agents and magazines, too...
...And he added...
...Already the picture of a split in the ranks of labor as broadcast in the iress is eclipsing in the public mind the purpose professed by the 3ommittee for Industrial Organisation...
...The strike ~ - _ may begIn on Monday: . ~ore l~ 2O.<XXl elevator operators and ~ ~ee employes in 1,2:X) buildings rerqa~ in the JrcU1I1mt and fur area won a victory ~ Wedoesda~ when the owners agreed to , grant them the closed shop, wage increases th~" of $2...
...While ready to renew collective relations with the association prior to the stoppage under the agreement which expired Jan...
...No SocHleoe After an effective "keynote" had been sounded by Chairman Lee [printed in another column of thfk issue], President Meany declared that "The statement that it would be sacrilege to am end the Constitution of the United States is an (Continued oa Pag...
...By Emil Limbach Special to The New Leader P I T T S B U R G H . — The first strike on a national scale of window glass workers ended successfully last week when 6,000 workers in widely scattered plants returned to work with their major demands conceded...
...Yes, we do," he instantly replied...
...j . L Lewis Bloc feeing Crisis on *" Tactics • H p Proceedings at Miners' ConGppfDon R o o m Misgivings kRmnks of Supporters of Committee for Industrial • yiryi n i «a uon...
...That this policy is justified was amply testified by this year's Swedish budget, already described in these columns, which, after providing for increased expenditure on social legislation and repayment of all its "crisis" loans three years before they were due, wa* able allow a general ijjhjgftR of 12-* in the income tax Dress Strike meems Imminent: Building Service Workers Win .AS we go to pt"e9S negotiations ~q;;;?;.: workers and employers in the...
...No responsible leader on either side should permit himself to do anything that might jeopardize such an effort...
...They employ about 3,000 workers...
...S P I R I T E D drive lot amendments to bring the Constitution in line with modern progress and to end the power of the courts to nullify legislation that favors the masses was launched Sunday at a great mass meeting in New York in which official spokesmen of the labor movement joined with the Socialists in what is expected to de...
...I heard a million "Heil Hitlers...
...T H E power of l a b o r was strikingly demonstrated in Pekin, 111., an industrial town of about 18,000, when every union in the city joined in a general strike to enforce the closed union shop, arid the city authorities were powerless in the face of the tie-up...
...Max Zaritsky, president of km Cap and Millinery Department e? the United Hatters, Cap and SB linery W o r k e r s ' Internatiossl Union, -failed...
...the creation of mi Commission as the most coasts**, tive effort undertaken thus far * end the chiseling practices esim have been making the industs/m» capable of providing adequation* ployment and fair annual earsjags for the workers...
...tabor Premier Of New Zealand TeNs Plans II - lw Reemployment of Jobless First Task of Socialist Govemment, P r e m i e r M. J. Savage Declares— Sozialization Stressed...
...he waved hit arms frantically...
...if we do not, it will not...
...We have reason to believe that even those unions issociated with Mr...
...But from the cinema-hall itself, despite the wave upon wave of cheering which emanated from the screen, there came not a sign or sound of approbation...
...Lewis' H p s dissatisfaction first found Bpcssion when Mr...
...It would be 8 •eritable calamity...
...Jewish Pogrom The Jewish pogrom continues unabated...
...pOSSibility of a .solution' in circles '.: .d"~ to the situation...
...Restoration of the powers of the Arbitration Court...
...Thirty Years of Progress of New Zealand Labor •I'HOE following table shows in * a striking way the progress of the Labor PS*ty in New Zealand from a tiny minority thirty years ago to complete control of the Government today...
...They are beginWCtoask themselves whether the aPjdant of the United Mine H?*™ i n t e n d s to continue acting W~* °wr...
...Isidore Nagler said: "In the name of the 35,000 eloakmakers of New York City whom I have the honor to represent permit me to congratulate you and all assembled upon your efforts to arouse public sentiment against the unjust attitude of the United States Supreme Court with reference to Acts pertaining to social and labor legislation which are intended to improve the general economic condition and bring relief to the suffering millions of American toilers...
...The Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company which controls a number of the companies affected endeavored last winter to prolong the negotiations...
...The city authorities, headed byMayor W. E. Schurman, had to bow to the will of the organized workers and virtually surrendered the conduct of the city to them...
...That this policy is justified was amply testified by this year's Swedish budget, already described in these columns, which, after providing for increased expenditure on social legislation and repayment of all its "crisis" loans three years before they were due, wa* able allow a general ijjhjgftR of 12-* in the income tax...
...of Columbia Universfty^BB O. W. Pearson, who had been m9 administration member of the jSj linery Code Authority, will be Rg| other members...
...And German NaceSed WljMnX, like its fascist counterpart In Makr...
...e n~t issue to ari.!e wi 1,1 be rene'>"al . of the umorr's 'agreement W Itll the Realty ' Advtsory Board: C4.piring )larch 1. and inipruvemem of conditions for building . ser\"1ce wo'rkers in hotels...
...Your own Government, too...
...A sum of %Y% million kroner is to be set aside for an assault on juvenile unemployment...
...PreparabOns for the strike have . ~ CQmp~ and final instructiciQs issued...
...It impressed me now as having lost all its significance and adhered to by the individual solely to remain on the right side of the concentration fence...
...Instantly he broached politics — we always expected this and were never disappointed— and enquired of present British public opinion to the Nazi regime...
...in other impending conflicts...
...By Samuel Meekin V E R Y shortly after Big Business with its gangster and bludgeon rule had smashed Socialism and commenced its reign of terror, I was in Germany...
...The settlement demonstrated that the highly mechanized mass production industries can be organised...
...And then the bands blared and troops marched past, and The Leader saluted...
...There are 80 members of the House of Commons, and when 53 seats were won last December, control of the nation came into Socialist hands...
...a wed and the 48-hour week for ' th<iit 'directly engaged in service tasks...
...We went to the Atlantic Palace...
...and as!>uring the workers decent earnings in the fixing of piece-work prices...
...There must be give and take on both sides of this conflict if the cause of labor is not to be seriously injured...
...Two years of worldshattering Nasi rule had passed...
...We have the builders to build the houses, aad those ws lacks* a m get," 9 Norway's Labor Regime Fights Unemployment First Budget of Socialist Government Provides Redoubled Funds to Combat Distress—Sound Financial Policy Meets Approval By Reginald Spink Our Own Correspondent C O P E N H A G E N . — Norway's first Labor budget was introduced January 13 and shows a complete break with the policy of previous governments...
...A specialty, I observed, was made of prints of Hitler among the children...
...So he goes to the city officials for "protection...
...This increase is mainly due to additional expenditure on public works with the object of reducing unemployment...
...His attempt io give the dispute between craft ind industral unionism the charicter of a sharp cleavage between he United Mine Workers and the \ . F . o fL and of a personal conflict...
...authority voted by the con• n o to the officers of the United "TPS* Workers to withhold dues wtjgg to the A.F.ofL...
...The total expenditure on these so-called "crisis" measures amounts to 88.4 million kroner, 46.13 million more than the figure originally proposed last year by the Farmers' (Liberal) Government and 18.8 million more than the amount which was finally passed on the accession of the Labor Government...
...I Vladeck deelared that many citizens were filled with a "feeling of amazement and disgust with a condition under which nine people, however learned, however honest, are endowed with the privilege to overrule the representatives of the American people in Congress assembled...
...Hat other European nations are certainly not blameless for the eststing situation, but rearming 4or> many has surcharged and poaVoesd the atmosphere of the world VMfc fear, greatest enemy of msaHjlfl Her armed might incressea daily...
...Of course, Hitler was also in the program...
...It is proposed to spend 11.9 million kroner on state railway improvements, including electrification schemes, and 5 million on telegraph extension and improvements...
...Out of the meeting, which was attended by a thoroughly repre* sentative trade union audienosi came a determination to fight far an amendment to the Constitution that will effectively curb the Supreme Court's assumption of the -ight to declare laws psassd by Congress unconstitutional and to build up sentiment among the masses for a thoroughgoing mm ?ram of labor and social iegialation...
...velop into .a significant mass drive...
...The meeting attended by close to 3.000 trade unionists was held at the Manhattan Opera House and was the first public enterprise of the newly organized Trade Union Institute of the Rand School...
...The budget balances with a total of 481.4 million kroner, an increase of 44.5 million kroner on last year's budget figures...
...No question of heory or policy, however impor.ant, is important enough to be >ressed at the price of a split No one is inclined to accuse Mr...
...I conversed with Nazis bubbling over •-vith enthusiasm, Hitlerites who told me of Germany's wonderful future, now she had crushed those cowardly Jews and Socialists...
...encourages its youth to take eke road to Mars...
...We are convinced there is mly one way to secure the rees»iloyment of thousands at present memployed...
...At the Potsdam parade ground recently, the P*kd|| army conscript* were kazMMeao| by a chaplain to "be as hard as iron and ready to sacrifice the last drop of their blood for the Fatherland...
...Lewis is to be regretted as not likely to iromote the objective...
...Lewis' Tactics Harmful However desirable the aim which Mr...
...indlllftry appear to have broken down...
...BMM and Honor!—upon the blade...
...He bawled and gesticulated...
...All other power vanished in the face of the determination of the workers to remain united...
...Early adjustment of the exchange rate and the sales tax...
...His face—continually undergoing the severe treatment of the cloee-up—was st times distorted with passion...
...Among other things, aa the world knows, she had murdered in cold blood almost a hundred of her own offspring...
...Granted that the accommodation was not taxed to its capacity, but then, is that surprising when one considers the fare served for consumption...
...Avoiding increased taxation and opposed to cuts in social services, the usual capitalist "remedy," in time of economic crisis, ft sets out boldly to stimulate public and private activity with a view to increasing employment and porches ing power...
...The new union is an amalgamation of a number of federal unions born during the period of the NIRA...
...To establish such enforcement the union demanded the right (Continued on Page Six) ilso demanded that each manufacurer sign the agreement individaally, so that his liability for its observance may be more readily mforcible...
...The true friends of the Constitution are those who have urged return to what they teem constitutional government under the Constitution...
...I experienced a violent shock at the virtual extinction of the Nazi flag and the brownshirt...
...A feature of the union's future plans is the organization of an educational program for its local unions...
...Cinema Propaganda He undoubtedly realized that our conversion to the Nazi cult was an impossibility, and so he cut his interview short...
...We have to provide for the people the services they need...
...It had been hoped that the intervenQOfJ o f Mayor L:iGuardia would lead to a.pea(:e: ful settlement...
...A Millinery Stab- j nisatkm Commission, having many of the powers exercised during the NRA by the Millinery Code Authority, including the right to examine the payroll records of the employers, was created...
...being written, last-mmute effOl'ts a·re being made to reach an agreement...
...Second, the adoption of a constitutional amendment enabling Congress to enact legislation designed to meet, by orderly and peaceful means, the social and economic problems of the day raised by the machine and power age, problems most urgently demanding solution, to avoid social chaos...
...We were standing one evening near the black-uniformed soldiers, guarding the Munich War Memorial when someone tapped me on the shoulder...
...These men must be given a hance of making a place for themelves in industry...
...A number of weeks ago I had the good fortune—or- misfortune— of again being able to visit the Third Reich...
...An advisory OjJB mittee, drawn from the union |EI the employers, will act with <Bjs) Commission...
...Frey's message, read to the audience, was: "I have been unable to conceive of any other effective method of dealing with the national problems, except through Federal legislation...
...The New Leader' earnestly believes that an end should be made to sniping «t conventions and ia press statements...
...is really coupled with that •f Public Works of a national haracter...
...I waxed sick in heart at the inescapable presence of that ridiculous Nasi salute...
...Lewis and his own supporters...
...The issue might be stated in the historic words of Alexander Hamilton in urging amendment of the Articles of Confederation: 'Is the Federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the Union?'" Antonini brought the large audience to a high pitch of merriment when he said that the Constitution is "only something written on a piece of paper by men like you and me...
...ly building up, with British financial assistance, a modernized sea-fleet, army and air-force what devastating progress within such a short space of time ! Hail Hitler...
...a strike of 105,(X)) employes teems iII;.·. evitaNe...
...Four of our ministers are levoting their energies to mis ask...
...The youth of Germany, in the eyes ef fisi nesn nan italism, could do no better Ann prepare to cover themselves fsfia glory as did the Red Baron...
...Norway's Labor Regime Fights Unemployment (Continued from Page One) penditure will be met by a public loan of 18.7 million kroner...
...An employer * decides that he doesn't want to do business in New York, so he sets up a plant of 209 machines in Reading, Pa...
...Von Rkbtbofen, oh flat dlfc en of a book recounting his aaJrthjfc, attacks and escapes, Is de&keflhME dling a British plane and brtugslg it to earth...
...But R e a d i n g is a Socialist town...
...Whereae two years ago I o f fM with wonder at the auesetngR strength of the MooawalHe a wl marvelled afresh but at the prdasinence of the Reiohrwehr greqr a M | the attractive uniform of the edf* air force...
...The Constitution is what the , court says it is...
...First thing be k n o w s , the union organizer is at his plant —erven before he opens up...
...What had the intervening period brought to the New Germany...
...The mject of any housing scheme is te irovide homes for those who wast them, and to secure the abolitios >f slums...
...and the free pad given them in considering the qsastion of withdrawing from the Ijspration served to emphasize the Jljatisfaction with Mr...
...and generally to lay the 'oundations for more substantial hings...
...It is a victory for the new type of industrial unions functioning throughout an entire i n d u s t ry which the new policy of the A. F. of L. sanctions...
...In a striking address on "Social Legislation and the Supreme Court," State Chairman Waldman declared that labor, progressive and liberal elements can unite with the Socialists, however much they may differ among themselves on other matters, on two important issues: "First, there must be legislation curbing the court in its practice of nullifying legislation by a divided bench of five to four or six to three decisions...
...I saw the incredible frenzy of an intelligent people ushering in a system of slavery...
...The Labor Patty has *n uncompromising Socialist program and conducts all its propagnada along Socialist lines...
...Only armef I forces, sent by a governor, decern I by the votes of the very wsrkejP • against whom they are sent, PP I able to prevail against the waif...
...stiok by ·their demands at a rerqa~ meeting in :Madison Square Garden...
...Pauli has given much ! assistance to the union both before and during the strike...
...Debase* Germany has brought the cMMe world considerably nearer the cataclysm of another world war...
...Lewis is trying to force the labor movement into acceptance of the C.I.O...
...Meanwhile they were, quietly expediting completion of their mammoth plant at Crystal City, Mo...
...It is predicted that unless he desists from this attitude he may find himself alone, for no responsible labor leaders, however progressive and eager for an aggressive policy, have any illusions concerning the possibility of forcing the overwhelming majority ot the American labor movement into acceptance of any position, however desirable...
...There should be BO slums or lack of houses whilst there are builders on relief work...
...And then the bands blared and troops marched past, and The Leader saluted...
...With other clauses, the agreement virtually provides for a closed shop...
...It has so far resisted organization efforts...
...He was emotional...
...The· acreement is to run for three years, .6ubkctt~ modification to meet changes in the ~ost of living, .~ reduction...
...The unanimous concurrence of the court should be required before it can declare a law unconstitutional...
...But the union spolces ·- , men ' we,.e ·takinc no chances...
...Industrial Organization, Bjfed by John L. Lewis, presimtof the United Mine Workups considered a possibility as Ksuh pf developments at the Hers*' convention, which proa painful impression upon •bends of the labor movement...
...parent organization, to take ' a .firm stant:I . and insist upon agreement or st"1<e...
...lion kroner...
...Social-' ists, intellectuals—those who believed and voiced their belief in a more comprehensive human existence— were branded, hunted and murdered...
...Cinema Propaganda He undoubtedly realized that our conversion to the Nazi cult was an impossibility, and so he cut his interview short...
...If we stand back of it, if we put our.strength behind it, it will have power...
...Constitutional amendment j seems inevitable...
...Well, bood-bye and to Scotland my very best wishes...
...This man, whose hands are stained deep with blood—yea, even the blood of hit own comrades—dares to associate himself with the sweet innocence of cMldbood...
...Prof...
...It is a "company" town and most worker's homes are owned by the window glass corporation...
...Karl E. Pauli, Socialist 1 Party organizer of Allegheny ' County, has been engaged to direct ' a program for the Foarco locals , at Arnold and for the Pittsburgh Plate and Duplate workers' unions at Creighton...
...her Brownshirts, their appointed tasks completed, had been reduced to infinitesimal numbers...
...Every periodical we inspected boasted its full quota of Hitler poses — some even displaying the likeness of the Chancellor and President upon all pages...
...And" the latter whispered to me—they could do no more than wMsper-r, and while they whispered their' eyes" roved...
...Turning to the housing probem, the Prime Minister was asked vhether the Government had •volved any plan for dealing wMfc he scarcity of houses in the cities, ind with the abolition of slums...
...The triumph of Mammon over the forces of intelligent, social advance was definite and bloody...
...yAt is no exaggeration to say that Mr...
...I witnessed the parades of hordes of Brownshirts...
...Imagine the features and the pipe of our Stanley, or those of the loquacious renegade Ramsay, gazing out at us from the pages of every British publication...
...It is obvious, however, that before such consultation can be successful, the diehards on the craft union side will have te yield at least some of their positions, while Mr...
...Congress has power to enact such legislation...
...a B many—great and virile FmfhertdJBI —nation of the white-gloved banfc man and the chopping-block...
...Granted that the accommodation was not taxed to its capacity, but then, is that surprising when one considers the fare served for consumption...
...Lewis in his Committee for Industrial Organisation will not associate themselves in any policy that may lead to a ?plit in the labor movement...
...ore power to the Building Service emploYe?' Un ion ! James j . Bambr-ick, leader oi t he organ ization: is to be congrat ula ted upon the .manner in which he has directed th e struggle, and the rank and ti le deser.-es similar congranllation fo r the suppnrt The Hitler Reich in the Year IV by a Score* Socialist who recently, returned from Germany give* a vivid picture of condition* in Hie Third Reich after three years af HiiterUm...
...The workers emphasized 'their detennination to...
...The stubborn resistance of American tones, under the guise of .defense of the Constitution, to social legislation is more likely to bring abdnt a dictatorship than vesting Congress with power to legislate for the economic and social interests of the ^ nation...
...It is doubtful whether •AT of them were consulted...
...e - ' Culture...
...A news reel of ten minutes' duration was devoted entirely^ to "Der Fiihrer...
...Both David Dubinsky, president of the International Ladies' G a r m e nt Workers' Union, and Max Zaritsky, of the Millinery Workers* Union, have made it clear that they will not countenance any split...
...Tell me," I asked him, "do you Germans really believe that the responsibility for your troubles rests mainly with the Jews...
...When the strike call was issued by Glenn W. McCabe, President of the Federation of Flat Glass Workers of America, January 1, the walkout was answered in the three' factories of the American Window Glass Company at Jeanette, Arnold and Belle Vernon, Pa., five plants of the Foarco Glass Company, two of them at Clarksburg, West Virginia and one each at Listersville, W. Va...
...This is 1 million more than the figure provided for by last year's budget...
...Adequate housing for the masses...
...Just afterne took office on December 6th Savaga told of the plans of his government, summed up in the following: Reemployment of thousands of worklass...
...Very interesting, too, how perfectly the German dialogue was grafted to the lip-movements of the English-speaking characters...
...The conclusion is cJeanr* - when the worker* are b*c*edj the powers Of government elH^| by their o^^a VOSojs^ ^^^^^^*^^^^^^^^^^| Mayor Stump Telk Boaaes To Sign Up with Union IT'S a shame...
...Scot," we replied...
...The spectacular s t a g e -managed Nuremberg congress of the National Sozialistieche Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei was being addressed, or dictated to, by the All-Powerful himself...
...but de\'elopments dun...
...Also of real value is the fact that a re-classification of work was obtained which places many workers in higher wage brackets...
...The first day 1,500 workers struck...
...It is something on a piece of paper, like the agreement the waistmakers are going to make with their bosses next week, and it means what we make it mean...
...Door to Agreement Open Despite some of the unfortunate ihrasing of the resolution adopted ly the executive council of the \merican Federation of Labor at Miami on the question of the/6J.O...
...Posterity shall chronicle the spring of 1933 as a period of German decline—an infamous epoch in the history of the Fatherland...
...R E E M P L O Y M E N T of the jobless and the establishment of a better standard of life for the masses, both employed and unemployed, was put at the top of his program by Michael J. Savage, the new Socialist Prime Minister of New Zealand...
...The changes in the peat hem years have, indeed, been momentous— but in the direction not ef social and human welfare, bat hi the path of the shambles...
...Blood and Honor The news agents and magazines, too...
...The current state guarantee of 5 million kroner to encourage renewed industrial activity and prevent the closing-down of existing works is to be increased to 10 mil...
...The Count of Monte Christo" was showing, a film we had already seen in its English version, bat which we now desired to witness in its German transformation...
...A split in the labor novement, especially at this time, vhen organized capital disposing iver a vast reserve army of workers unable to find jobs, is pressing ts offensive against labor, might veil throw the labor movement lack for decades...
...Its effectiveness depends upon its ability to cripple the plants of each corporation and the corporations controlling the window glass industry...
...J What did I then see...
...nd the demand that it dissolve— vhich, for tactical reasons, might veil have been omitted—it was felt hat the appointment by the coun•il of a committee to negotiate with :he C.I.O...
...The Cloakmakers' Joint Board stands with organized labor for legislation- that will give the great toiling masses the necessary relief and protection and will not permit the United States judiciary to de- . prive them of their rights to defend their economic Interests...
...The Labor -party was swept into power at the election of last December, winning 68 out of 80 seats and polling close to 400,000 votes...
...responsibility on matTt~?rtly aifectiag the character Urn fcSl0*'0"8 o f * n e Committee Bgdustriai Organization...
...It is very peculiar that in a country where there are so many laws on the statute books, and where more laws are broken than anywhere else in the world, there should be no safeguard for laws protecting workers and consumers against exploitation...
...All the speakers stressed the need of emending the Constitution to end the power of judicial nulUA: a tion and ridiculed the pretensions of the Tory "Liberty" League that the reactionaries had a monopoly on the Constitution...
...Two) insult to the framers of the Constitution...
...Year Votes Seats won 1905 3,478 0 1908 15,974 1 1911 48,671 4 1914 49,577 6 1919 132,715 8 1922 145,148 17 1925 194,616 12 1928 196,882 19 1931 241,991 24 1933 392,317 53 The population of New Zealand was 1,442,746 in 1935...
...He regards the response already shown in these locals as a promising sign that the men are developing per- . manent loyalties and desire better understanding of labor's problems . with a view to increasing their ' usefulness to the Labor movement...
...In this, its first, budget the Norwegian Labor Government follows the same general lines as the Swedsih Social Democrats when they came into office three years ago...
...Every periodical we inspected boasted its full quota of Hitler poses — some even displaying the likeness of the Chancellor and President upon all pages...
...Of course, Hitler was also in the program...
...As t0i9 i...
...he waved hit arms frantically...
...Ja ad* dition, messages heartily appro-/r.g the objectives of the meeting were sent by John P. Frey, president of the Metal Trades Itissjil ment of the A. F. of L., Istdor N'agler, manager of the Cloakmskers' Joint Board of the I.L.Q.W.U., and B. C. Vladeck, manager of the New York Housing Authority...
...It is not proposed to increase existing taxation or to impose any new taxes...
...But from the cinema-hall itself, despite the wave upon wave of cheering which emanated from the screen, there came not a sign or sound of approbation...
...Solidarity of Strikers The American Window Glass Company has agreed to hire only union members when and if they are available...
...Resident Howard, of the International Typographical Union, an>ther organization affiliated with ;he C.I.O., has been equally clear m this point...
...The appointment of a committee by the executive council of the American Federation of Labor to consult with the Committee for Industrial Organization offers a real opportunity for an underitanding...
...A half-hearted raising of the arm and a muttered "Heil Hitler," in much the same manner as we say "good-day," has replaced that memorable greeting...
...He was emotional...
...General Strike Paralyzes Pekin, III...
...After a three-day conference and a complete tie-up of a dozen nKnts for four weeks, during which the strikers presented an I unbroken front, they won 5 to 15 per cent wage increases and 50 cents an hour "minimum for common labor...
...Solomon declared that the issues ; that face the people today "ap- i proximate in gravity those with ( which it was confronted in 1860," and he added: "Drastic limitation of the traditional powers of the.Supreme Court has been brought closer by the decisions in the AAA and NRA cases...
...with its military arm salute...
...Diversion the people must have and who te better suited for the purpose than the wandering Jew...
...Lewis' direction to President GIreen did not help matters...
...It was expected that the new duplate works at this plant could be gotten under production in time to transfer the automobile glass orders to Crystal City and relieve the closed plants as orders Increased...
...affording opportunity for effecth'e OODtrol of jobbers and . contractors ; elimination <?f . cut-throat competition and chiseling...
...011 Friday, the proceedings of which 'wen, broaclcast to thirty additional hans th~" out the metropolitan area, where woi-k.ers' aSsemble<ito hear 'the inessage ' at tlIeif· leaders-David Dnbinsky, Julius Hochman, Luigi Alltooini and others...
...L*wis of desiring or seeking a pi it in the labor movement but "ears are accumulating that this nay be the objective consequence >f some of his recent tactics...
...The Speaken The principal significance of the meeting lay in the fact that upon the platform were united all eiements seeking to promote the welfare and progress of the working masses by democratic means, ft was a real and inspiring united front of those who belong together...
...In other *-ords, it will take its place as part it the national money system...
...New York State Ftdr eia4ton*of Labdt, spokesntHTof labor and Socialist organizations representing hundred* of thousands of members, threw thenv --elves into the fight for an amendd Constitution and for legislation in the interest of the working masses...
...i*he ..responsible international •glPdants associated with the •S^Vv who share this view were W*wue taken' by surprise by deKyptaents at the miners' conven• p To put it frankly, they feel BP should have been consulted by Rf Lewis before tit ventured to ffyft before his own organiza*t*ps sffecting its affiliation | * the A.F.ofL...
...said a deep German voice, and we turned to confront a typical Teuton face...
...It is wellnigh impossible to escape this dynamic individual with the Chaplin mustache and the peculiar appreciation of his own destiny...
...Socialist Coperation Prompt action ot Preaident Me(Continued oa Pa^m Three) Cabe in terminating negotiations, calling the strike and solidly tying up its active plants and in dispatching a union organizer to Crystal City resulted in a modification of this company's plans and a receptive attitude which brought them into the negotiations...
...The Crystal City plants cover 67 acres on which $160,000,000 has already been expended...
...But the spectacle -taged by Lewis at the miners' tonvention and the treatment aclorded by the convention under VIr...
...There is no other way the* re know of of giving the beusft if the machine to the masses...
...The big issue involved is: Shall the indtistry finally be put on a stabilized basis...
...Both are there all right, but, in unrecognizable contrast to the scenes of two years ago, I could now pass a whole day without gazing either upon the waving emblem of German deterioration or the living exponent of the new cult...
...Headed by George Meany, president of the...
...Dead also is that robust "Heil Hitler...
...Some »: sfthem, at least, are represented »***«ling that Mr...
...So there's a lovely plant with 200 machines in Reading—hut it's idle...
...The spectacular s t a g e -managed Nuremberg congress of the National Sozialistieche Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei was being addressed, or dictated to, by the All-Powerful himself...
...A news reel of ten minutes' duration was devoted entirely^ to "Der Fiihrer...
...bood-bye and to Scotland my very best wishes...
...Several hours after the general stoppage the Eastern Women's Head wear Association announced its readiness to sign the agreement prepared by the union...
...a day later 600 employed in the Corn Products' plant joined them, and the ranks of the strikers continued to swell...
...In the two big eMNk we visited, Munich and OsflMW their numbers were replejjs," in the book shops and TOowMJ works on aviation were well keflP fore...
...Under the beading of social legislation are included increased state contributions to pension funds, together with the introduction of sickness insurance for "fishermen and of accident insurance for seamen...
...position...
...These decisions will probably contribute more to the alteration of American political institutions than the legislation invali- , dated by them could have accom- , plishedj To those who argue the Constitution is broad enough to , cover all situations, the answer is i that while academically they maybe right, practically the answer has j been given unmistakably by the < Supreme Court...
...A specialty, I observed, was made of prints of Hitler among the children...
...she had disbanded every, society and association possessing the faintest tinge of hostility to the Corporate'State...
...Fairchaince and Vincennes, Indiana, and the Baker Brothers Glass Company plant at Okmulgee, Oklahoma...
...German culture and progress ex-, pired violently...
...It will be followed by a mass meetipg at Cooper Union February 27 to demand ratification by New York of the Child Labor amendment and by other important activities...
...The men insisted from the start they were ready to hold out as long as their employers did...
...E r w reliable sources comes the •sftnsjstion that anion* associated Vttfc) -the committee headed by •?Bjmmhim\» do not look with approval upon some of his actions...
...Heil Hitler" is, in fact, compulsory in many branches of German I fife...
...The Third Reich So this was mighty Germany, birthplace of Beethoven, of Goethe, of Marx—land of inspired music, of literature, of human progress...
Vol. 19 • February 1936 • No. 6
