Development of Auto Unions Forecasts Industrial Unity
Development of Auto Unions Forecasts Industrial Unity By Larry Daridow OREVIOUS t o t h e a d v e n t of t h e NRA, o r g a n i z e d labor h a d n o foothold in t h e a u t o m o bile i n d u...
...Their adherence tc democratic-Socialist coalition emphasizes t h e g r o w i n g influence of realitinn idea as a b a r r i e r to f a s c i sm and reaction...
...Those were fateful days, when Detroit newspapers, and t he press elsewhere carried screaming headlines of threatened catastrophe if t h e men struck...
...With h i p in tot Burgos penal prison is Don Tefribio Echevarria, a Socialist economist, who attended t h e Ecoaeajfc Conference in London as rests...
...Above all, however, the fight of the Finnish workers will be for t h e r e a l achievement of democracy...
...The s e c r e t a r y of Senor IndeleM P r i e t o , Socialist ex-Minister i Finance, has been coBJemaeu fe twelve years', imprisonment tst d i s t r i b u t i n g a circular against tit .Government...
...will be imperiled...
...There are several reasons that support the expectation that the industry will be organized if unity is achieved: First, the workers themselves really desire industrial organization of their own choosing...
...It was t h is union which b r o u g h t Father Charles E. Coughlin to address one of t h e first organization's meetings...
...The paper itself adds that "The cause of the increase is the rise in the production of the illegal press, which is being fol'owed up with increased vigilance and pitilessly opposed...
...This made necessary toe interven :ion of Francis J . Dill cm, internatonal President of t h e A. F . of L Union...
...If t he gentlemen of' t h e N.E.C...
...in the m a t t e r , but i t is a, position Df its own making...
...Then, too, t h e first flush of easy money making in the i n d u s t r y permitted a relatively h i g h e r wage to be paid t h an elsewhere...
...Spanish Victory Avenges Victims of October Revolt Horrors of Prisons Described—Fire to Ten Political Prisoners in One Tmy, Cold Ceil—Forced to Sleep on Cement Floor Without Cohering By Ramos Oliveira (This article, writ** before the epoch-making events of the poet %t?e elc dft^Qs^ *$oc^ss?se?ia^ ^da*^ *,^*^P^^ allies have scortd a g r e e t election victory, describes the suffering of 30,000 revolutionaries uho hate Hnguished in Spanish prisons sines tee suppression of the Socialist revolt in Asturias in the October, revolt...
...So do some other political prisoners...
...Since October :hose accused of political crimes lave been t r e a t e d much worse than pickpockets and even murderers...
...Indications also arc t h a t for the first time toe Socialists will enter t h e government...
...I n toe prisons are citizens sjj ?very political tendency...
...Dillon had asked the National...
...Largo Caballero, ex-Minister of Labor and President of the Socialist Party, a t t h e time of this writing has been in a Madrid prison for t en months...
...the assumption that the • e n s I — w o u l d live u p to i ts aadertaking...
...The management calmer that t h e confusion due to t h e exist mce of several unions, made it poe uble to deal with any individua" union as they had no assurance that t h e union with whom dealing...
...Social-Democratic Party, Vaino Tanner, announced that the election would probably be fought on t he question of national defence and the problem of taxation...
...One of toe best developed of these was located at t h e Dodge Division of Chrysler Motor Company...
...Then came the first convention of the International Union of United Automobile Workers of America last September w h i ch brought workers into a union of their own under the auspices of the A. F . of L. A t t h i s convention, it will be remembered, the officers were chosen by William Green until such time as the union could establish itself, acquire experience and choose other officials...
...F i r s t he was taken to Cartage**, then to Chinchilla, then again to Cartagena, and later to BsjflKV Imagine toe drama of Sen or Peat's family moving from city to city, accompanying a man bandtasfei and surrounded" by pone...
...As we go to press, reports * arrive that a general amnesty has been declared by the now government and all political prisoners freed...
...Leo Wollman was chairman...
...When Federation of Labor, came to Detroit and Michigan, he found a fertile field, and t h e receptivity to labor organization was the most remarkable in t h e history of the country...
...For thi Spanish revolution was a nation*) novement, in which every Spaniard vho loved liberty took next, and it had the sympathy and the support of the Chr-.stian-Soc-.a.jsts, I toe Conservative-Republicans., the moderate Republicans, and the left-wing Republicans...
...Far from accepting t h e d e m a g o g i c argument of Communists a n d other extremistst h a t "coalition with t h e bourgeoisie" means playing into t h e h a n d s of t h e enemies of labor, t r i e organized workers in countries where the Socialist and labor movement is a force to be reckoned with, realize t h a t fascism can be defeated only in cooperation with all t r u e and loyal friends at democracy, a n d t h a t the positive t a s k of social reconstruction can be definitely advanced through such cooperation...
...What -as indescribable awakening for 'Km, dreds in t h e prison, some wUlj t h e prospect of suffering the samt, f a t e! Ships Use- as Mseatf The first Republican Govern, meat, in which there were threi Socialists, closed some of t h e old prisons, such as Chinchilla, *Msidering them unsuitable f or hamsc beings...
...that they would not be leand by any decision of such a pjaapsed election...
...Off S a n t a n d e r , ' Bflbao and Gijon a r e ships full of worker* Life in these beets is perhaps even worse t h a n hv the prisons a n lead...
...Add to t h i s toe nulli•ication of the N R A by t h e Sn•jreme Court, so t h a t manufacturers had immediately discriminated against and fired unionists, once -nore reviving fear and intimidation, and one can understand toe ' ag prevailing for some time...
...It did n o t take these representatives long to learn t h at with no organization or power b e hind them, they had no power to deal with management...
...A new s p i r i t was assured...
...of their famines...
...This proposal by Dillon was accepted bj the s t r i k e r s. The leaders of toe independent i unions challenged this decision...
...in- membership during the past year...
...In a n interview, the well-known P a r l i a m e n t a r y leader of t h e Finnis...
...The prisoners cannot go.on desk, and remain in t h e hold withoW even a r a y of sunlight...
...Yet t h e cell which he occupies h a s K> window...
...s e n t e t i v e of Spain...
...enthusiasm was manifestd everywhere...
...Senior Denies a Fact We are informed that ClarenceSenior, national Secretary of t he Socialist P a r t y , has seen fit to deny the statement printed in this column last week concerning the r e fusal of t h e executive of t h e Labor and Socialist International to grant t h e request of t h e N.E.C...
...Two nominating Facts From Austria Since J a n u a r y 1, more people have been arrested on suspicion of Vsing Socialists t h a n were set at l i b e r ty by t h e A u s t r i a n dictatorship's Christinas amnesty...
...In I t a l y this made possible t h e victory of Mussolini...
...Conversely, experience has shown that wherever the workers h a v found a way of cooperating with the live, progressive elements of t h e middle class and farmers on a practical p r o g r am of fighting unemployment and promoting the t a s k of economic and social readjustment alo&g nev flues fascism a n d ' r e a c t i o n havi...
...Thus, unintentionally, til anions involved were on strike together...
...This brought another independent union...
...Ninety toons*** persons have lost their bi 1*1 winners...
...Elections a r e to be held in Belgium, Sweden, Norway and Finland...
...for moral support in t h e coming Presidential election...
...Those who s a v e already received heavy sentences from the ^ k e T t h ? e c ! ^ | m e a t : toe man whose- caame w*> d i s t r i b u t i n g a pamphlet inciting .iff rebellion is treated j u s t the seal a s toe murderer and professional thief...
...There is n o fascism and little danger of fascism where the Socialist and labor parties have followed s constructive, positive p r o g r am of working together with other elements and classes equally interested in fighting exploitation and preserving t h e ideals and i n s t i t u t i o n s of democracy...
...Development of Auto Unions Forecasts Industrial Unity By Larry Daridow OREVIOUS t o t h e a d v e n t of t h e NRA, o r g a n i z e d labor h a d n o foothold in t h e a u t o m o bile i n d u s t r y . Detroit had been i n e of t h e o u t s t a n d i n g o p e n s h op •cities, the M a n u f a c t u r e r s Association boasting that D e t r o i t 's g r o w t h was a t t r i b u t a b l e t o t he fact that it was a non-union town...
...want to save t h e s u p p o r t of toe L.S J . they will have to behave like Socialists...
...Now t h a t the Comma easts, on orders from Moscow, find it quite compatible with revolutiona r y doctrine . to cooperate with the radical bourgeoisie to keep the fascists from power, toe Socialists, too, h a v e altered their policy...
...Then William Collins accepted-President Roosevelt's invitation to g o to Washington with a delegation or A. F . of L. workers in an effort to avert a strike...
...About 20,000 men s e t u p an independent union in order to get what the r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s were seeking to do...
...Hatching of this egg, together with the keen disappointment of t h e men, resulted in such a decline of enthusiasm t h a t thousands of workers turned in their cards a n d refused to have anything further to do with organised labor...
...The police still continue to a r r e s t and imprison...
...In Amsterdam 45,000 people attended the "Labor Plan" rally...
...Then came the NRA, w i t h its implication that the Federal Government would give aid a n d com"ort to workers i n ? h e i r efforts to organize...
...on behalf oi he A. F . of L. members...
...This he lid and in a conference with the Tmnagemeut was advised t h a t the;, vere willing t o b a r g a i n coQectivel: with a union, provided they knew vhat organization they had to b ar gain with...
...All t h e pent-up r e sentment workers had accumulated for years was a s s e r t e d as workers joined the A. F . of L. union...
...He is known for h i s honesty, i n t e g r i ty and devotion to t r u t h . As against his statement—he h a v i n g been present a t t h e meeting of t h e L.S.I executive at which the action in question was taken—we are not inclined to take Senior's denial seriously...
...a military alliance with France, and which requires for t h e moment the maintenance of a stable democratic government in P a r i s as a counterweight against Hitler and h i s w a r p l a n s against Russia...
...This week's election victory i s Spain proves again the t r u t h of what we s a y . Even t he syndicalists, traditional enemies of a l l political action and uncompromising foes of all "compromise with the bourgeoisie," joined in t he repoblican-liberal-Socialist coalition...
...It goes without saying, that if and when the automobile industry becomes organized, the whole of the country will become organized...
...In 'act, there was complete harmony among the I n t e r n a t i o n a l s . Whatever discord there has been, ha...
...More power to them...
...Should they prove successful in increasing this number which it is quite possible they may do, t h e y would, according to Tanner's statements, be ready to take the consequences with regard to toe formation of a Government...
...i The mother of Senor de Fraaj -isco...
...Most of them had been members, but h a d dropped out because of dissatisfaction with the Machinists' Union...
...That the Communists, who claim a monopoly on being revolutionary, have given their support to t h e p r o g r am is not surprising...
...He came out f o r a fee hours to be present at t h e funeral uid then went back to prisonT h i r t y thousand prisoner...
...Nevertheless, an election success on the p a r t of t h e Social-Democratic P a r t y could contribute very considerably to t h e i r solution...
...He was arrested the day before the revolution and fined 70,000,000 pesetas...
...Labor Relations Board to cite the Motor Products Corporation for breach of the Wagner Act because of its refusal to bargain with i ts employees through their union...
...Typical is t h e example of Largo Caballero, whose participation in the revolutionary movement the fudges have been unable to prove, though he is still kept in prison...
...I t is s t a t e d by toe clerical Government organ, t h e "Reichspost," bhat the number of officials of t he Public Prosecutor's Department at the Vienna Provincial Court, who deal with political and p r e s s offences, has been increased from one to four...
...from one prison to another, oj from the prisons to the pesm settlements...
...This corporation makes different p a r t s which a r e necessary in t h e building of t h e modern automobile...
...We appreciate the unx> mfortable position of toe N.E.C...
...There were now t h e A. F . of L. unions, the M.E.S.A., and this splinter from t h e A. F . of L. Federal Union of the Hudson Co...
...The prison rule in Spain allots the political prisoner a superior treatment to that for ordinary prisoners, but the provision is rarely carried out...
...independent unions working at cross purposes and toe A. F. of L. I n t e r n a t i o n a l Union carryng on with the burden of the ' r i g h t f u l let-down in May and Tune of 1934...
...The f e a r that labor organization activity would mean loss of one's job was removed by the NRA and t h e men poured into the A. F . of L. unions, literally by the thousands...
...Tragedy of Families More t r a g i c even than the W of t h e p r i s o n e r s toeiinsli in is the...
...By this time, President William Green of the A. F . of L. found t h a t Wilham Collins had outlived his usefulness m Detroit...
...een sounded by t h e so-called independent unions...
...Their only ob jeet is to serve t h e i n t e r e s t s of t h e Stalin dictatorship, which now ha...
...At toe outbreak of t h i s strike, individual members of toe A. F . of L. Union walked out in sympathy, pending action of t h e i r own union...
...The International Union of Unit•>d Automobile Workers had no lifficulty with any international anions of t h e A. F . of L.—no jurislictional disputes whatever...
...The possibilia* are exceedingly good t h a t inalpendent unions will come together in t h e A. F . of L. a n d t h a t for the first time a single unified organization will organize the industry...
...I n San Sebastian, Don CmBennj Torrijos, an old UnrlsHat of mem a u t h o r i t y , inflicted several wotmdl on himself with a knife...
...Through t h e P r e s i d e n t and Collins' desire to avoid a s t r i k e an a g r e e ment was reached by which the men were given a n indefinite promise of f u t u r e action if t h e y avoided a s t r i k e . F r om this agreement came t h e atrocious Automobile Labor Board of which Dr...
...The Comma mats continue, however, to pursue their ultimate aim of dictatorship while in Germany they refuse to e n t e r into a pact of non-aggression with the Socialists...
...In Germany, the Communist policy of sabotaging the republic a n d a l l i t s friends and s u p p o r t e r s was in very l a r g e measure responsible for the triumph of Hitler...
...For the first time the Socialists wiT p a r t i c i p a t e in a n electoral bloc with the Radicals and o t h e r groopp which is assured of a majority in Parliament...
...The men were sold on t h e i d e a t h a t i t w a s n o t necess a r y to belong to A. F . of L. unions, that they could elect their own representatives and t h a t these in t u r n would meet with t h e management and secure iodises of grievances...
...is the prisons of Spain...
...At a mass meeting oi t r i k e r s , Dillon was i n s t r u c t e d tc lall upon the management of toe Motor Products Corp...
...Chinchilla prison is • shustn f o r t r e s s , t e r r i f y i n g merely to too) a t . On a mound, like e iisuthii'l castle, it rises like a nightmare In that inhuman prison a r e maSf Socialists, among them the eSMember of P a r l i a m e n t , Dos Gabriel Moron...
...The LjSJ...
...F u t u r e P r o s p e c ts The whole industry had watched the final outcome of the Motor Products s t r i k e with keen interest both for what has already happened in ironing out antagonisms in obliging leaders of independent unions to entertain the idea of joining the A. F. of L. into one organization...
...The Workers Abroad Next Big Socialist Battle to Be Waged in France—Finnish Workers Also Prepare— Austrian Amnesty—Senior vs...
...Ex-Members of Parliamesl and ex-Ministers are treated at it they were dangerous gangsters...
...Many Similar Cases Many similar cases might be quoted, but these two a r e enough to show how " j u s t i c e " is administered in Spain...
...jJ Last winter the lives of thi prisoners in most of the prison* were full of horror...
...I n Holland the Socialist P a r t y is pressing energetically its campaign for the "Labor Plan," in cooperation with the trade unions More than 400 extremely well attended1 meetings have been held throughout the country...
...Other planks adopted by t h e People's Front, which will fight as a u n i t in t h e election, call for a u t o m a t i c application of sanctions against an aggressor, and nationalization of the a r ms meat industry...
...The proof of t h e pudding is in t h e e a t i n g thereof...
...It is only fair to say t h a t Dillon found himself inheriting conditions over which he had no control, and which made his task exceedingly difficult...
...The policy pursued by t h e Socialists heretofore has been a major •eawUlbtMint factor to toe political instability of F r a n c e . By t h e i r attip* B> t h e Socialists made difficult the functioning of p a r l i a m e n t a r y gov. e j u a e a t and played into the hands of the reactionaries and fascists fegtpite the fart that both in 1924 a nd 1932 t h e left parties obtained m e t a n t i a l parliamentary majorities, ensuing Radical governments HMB ? a d to give way to conservatives because after each election the MHUShV hoBHag about one-sixth of the seats, declined to be repreaastsxTth t h e e a b i n e t In the electoral campaigns they cooperated with flfif.jCjofcslt to prevent the election of conservatives and reactionariee gBJTjKaf -the elections they r e t i r e d into a s t a t e of splendid isolation fnAMtai what the Communists might say if they ventured to play a - S p H t s r V M e m the government of the country...
...Largo Caballero occupies a cell in the department for special prisoners in Madrid prison...
...Against his denial we p r i n t t he following from the r e p o r t on toe meeting of t h e L . S J . executive of J a n u a r y 15 a n d 16, appearing in "The Socialist Messenger" of January 25 by Raphael Abramowitsch, a member of t h e executive: " I t was decided t o inform t he National Executive Committee of t h e American Socialist Party, which requested the L.S.L to give it moral support in toe coming Presidential election, t h at before taking any s t e p s i t would have to await clarification of t h e unfortunate internecine strife, which, t o our r e g r e t , has manifested itself in t h e American p a r t y in t h e p a s t few week...
...The economic planks include large appropriations iota* relief of unemployment, public works, shortening of the workday without cuts in pay, adequate old-age pensions, a g r i c u l t u r a l reforms ir line with the p r o g r am recently proposed by t h e Socialists, governmental control of banks, including abolition of the autonomy of the Bank o Franee, and reform of the e n t i r e system of financial administration The program.was designed with the one b ig end in view: political economic and -financial consolidation of the country—so essential to taking the wind out of the fascist sails...
...At night toe President of the Socialist Party has tried to leave t h e door open to get some air, but h e had to close it, otherwise the cell would be filled with r a t s! If this is t h e plight of a n exMinister, imagine t h e condition of the 30,000 prisoners without any standing...
...Is the meantime, t h e A. F . of L. members returned to work and •ambers of t h e independent unions jrtayed out on strike., The anomaly tref then presented of A. F . of L. •embers walking through picket yese to go to work...
...r Because of t h e lack of prisons, t h e Government makes use ot ships...
...The Wollman board served the manufacturers by t a k i n g advantage of the disappointment caused by the let-down at Washington, which fostered a new t y p e of organization, described as a "representative scheme...
...Discord Develops I This, then, has been the evolution of unionism in t h e automobile industry...
...Being in ex-Minister, he is better off :han most prisoners...
...A wave of organization started almost spontaneously...
...Many prisoners have attempts*' suicide...
...Finnish Labor Prepares for Election Fight Determined not to l ag behind the achievements of their Scandinavian comrades, the F i n n i s h Socialists have registered marked gain...
...namely, the ori p s a t i o n into oae union of all Sp in t h e industry...
...Abramowitsch in "Militant" Appeal to Labor and Socialist International By John Powers The Coming Election in France ' • • H i victory of t h e democratic-Socialist coalition in Spain confirms * again t h e wisdom a n d s t r e n g t h of the policy pursued by t h e antireactionary, antj-fasciat forces in a number of countries...
...I t was quiekly ascertained t h a t toe M.E.S.A...
...The slightest suspicion is enough for a workman, if he is a Socialist, t o be sent to prison...
...through t h e s o l i d a r i ty of Spezuard| and foreigners...
...In the present Parliament the Social-Democrats have 78 out of toe 20O members...
...The A. F. of L. union found itself involved...
...In addition there is to be an election to t h e upper house in Denmark...
...Because of his standing he receives specie] treatment...
...As w e understand it, Senior denies t h a t any such r e quest was made...
...Before the advent of NRA, an independent union of tool and diemakers had been organized under the name of Mechanics Educational Society of America, nearly all being eligible to membership in the Machinists' Union...
...However, if amalgamation of the various independent unions into the A. F. of L. does take place, independent of the fate of the Wagner Act, a real driving force will be generated that will finally result in the organization of the automobile industry...
...And this b r i n e s us to France, where the n e x t big b a t t l e against fascism is to be fought a t the ballot box sometime in t h e s p r i n g . A' last, after many years of aloofness from coalition with other progressive p a r t i e s , t h e F r e n c h Socialists have discovered t h a t unless the} needs i i om their dogmatic position, thus making possible a unite* *BB#eratic-Soeialist front, the very life of French democracy a no •jelaHsrr...
...This was toe opportunity t h a t confronted William Collins, A. F . of L. organizer, in the momentous months of May and Tune of 1934...
...A. F . of L. •embers went back to work, a e t - ajg a per...
...These men are neither lunate* nor extremists, a s there ha* heel, an a t t e m p t to make people believe outside Spam...
...11 The cruelty of t h e authoritof fa such that they even shot a ems demned man, ArgueDes, is tbf yard of Oviedo prison...
...T H R E E m o n t h s after the Spanish revolution, in which 1,355 persons were killed and 2,951 wounded, the Minister of Justice announced that the number of October revolutionaries in the prisons- was between forty and fifty t h o u s a n d! The prison g r a n t was exhausted and t h e Minister asked for a large credit to deal with the heavy cost of t h e penal population...
...Senor Bueno, editor of Avance, the Socialist daily of A s t u r i a s , has been in t h e prison a t Ovieda since October, 1934...
...An intensive campaign is being waged in the universities...
...No amount of revolutionary speechmaking and e x t r e m i s t sophistry, no s t u m p speeches about " t h e d i c t a t o r s h i p of the p r o l e t a r i a t " can conceal t h i s fact...
...Prisons Overcrowded All t h e prisons of t h e counts a r e overcrowded...
...The irony of t h e present situation is that the Communists arc responsible for t h e Socialist change of front...
...It i s estimated that there are still 30,004 persons imprisoned as a r e s u l t of t h e revolution...
...The s t r i k e occurred without t h e leaders of t h e International Union of the United Automobile Workers of America being consulted...
...All of which is a noteworthy confession that the Austrian Socialists are hard at work at the task of p u t t i n g an end to t h e fascist regime...
...This step, of course, was contingent for its ultimate success upon the final status of the Wagner Act...
...been paralyzed...
...A film on a May Day p l ay is being prepared to help the campaign...
...Experience (farina recent times has shown t h a t very high posts in t h e army, t he civil service and t h e police force a r e occupied by supporters of dictatorship...
...This group of several thousand men, had had some early successes which gave its leaders enthusiasm in seeking to organize similar groups in other cities...
...What the French Socialists have done in making possible a uniter" democratic front (with the approval of the Communists) Socialists in ether countries have achieved on t h e i r own initiative and under Socialist leadership, without the Communists, who a r e a pittifully insignificant factor in all other countries...
...Experience has shown that wherever the Socialist and labor movement has isolated itself from the progressive elements it t>nlfacilitated the advance of t h e reaction...
...Throughout Spain there a r e considerable numbers of prisoners who have not come up for t r i a l, and who have been kept in prison for months without knowing why they were arrested nor when r e lease will come...
...Semetonej from five to t e n p r i s o n e r s in a t i n . cell, w i t h w a t e r dripping f r o n tit roof and walls, have had to sleet on t h e cement, without a covering...
...t General Secretory of thi Socialist P a r t y , died While he wsl in prison...
...Three months ago a strike was called at t h e Motor Products Corooration by t h e members of t he M.E.S.A...
...third, the enthusiasm engendered by the struggle in the Motor Products strike may prove to be the spark that will touch oft* an irresistible mass organization movement...
...IunumssaMi prisoners sleep on floors of essajfi or tiles because t h e Department at Prisons has n o t enough sieepa% mats...
...This union has been called " F a t h er Coughlin's Union," although his influence has been negligible and his activity in i t s behalf has been nil...
...This negative role w%'"repeat, has been a serious disorganizing factor in French politics...
...This "double-cross" by management had a unifying effect asoa all men a t the plant...
...The last foOJ condemned to death in Asturis] u-e still hoping to be pardons...
...Abramowitsch enjoys toe confi ience of the entire intemationa" Socialist and Labor movement...
...Multiplication of Unions As a result of t h e t r a g i c settlement a t t h e White House, together with other factors which need not now be discussed, another independent union headed by one Greer, a former official of the A. F. of L. Union in t h e Hudson Motor Company, was organized...
...The leader of the Aetata* miners, Senor Poms km Pen*, t Member of Parliament, who was condemned to death and pardons* has already been t r a n s f e r r e d several times f r om one Jail to another...
...So Collins was recalled, Francis J . Dillon replaced Collins...
...The t r a d e unions have likewise registered considerable advances...
...The signs point to a furthei increase in 1936...
...It is a minimum program or which the progressive, democratic and labor forces could agree...
...workers...
...Some have Been success ful, like the brother of s wellknown Socialist of A s t a n a s , wbei when he was being taken by tot civil guard from "toe prison h) Oviedo to Gijon, flung himself tat) the river as t h e t r a i n was i imsHi a bridge...
...The door .communicates with a narrow passage...
...were carried on had t h e suppor i f toe majority of i t s employees The management accepted Dillon'' suggestion t h a t t h e A. F. oi L. me: r e t u r n to work at once, pending immediate election under the auspices of t h e National Labor Relations Board, which would decide what union had t h e majority o4' workers and be recognized...
...The automobile magnates were thoroughly frightened...
...the men w e r e determined on a showdown...
...The crucial battle for labor ,is now being waged in the automobile industry...
...These removals tst effected by t w o civil guards ana*) with rifles...
...Auto Board Reaction Demands were quickly made and the men authorized a strike, which threatened to tie u p t h e entire industry...
...The present sector is in Detroit, the automobile capital...
...Relations with the p a r t i e s of t h e Centre and, in particular, the relation between workers and peasants, are, it i s t r u e , still open questions in Finland...
...Be t h a t as it may, toe prospects of an electoral victory for t h e People's Front in France in the coming election are very bright and we may soon see t h e Socialists and even the Communists participating in e coalition government on a p r o g r am calling for t h e defense and strengthening of democracy and cooperation with the League of Nations foi t h e maintenance of peace...
...had b i t t e n off a g r e a t er chunk t h a n it could chew...
...I learned in a Madrid prison thai a Socialist prisoner there had lest sne of his children, who h a d chat of hunger...
...Our comrades in all these countries look forward to the r e s u l t s with confidence...
...Since October t h e y ' l e va been reopened...
...Fascism h at triumphed only where this cooperation was rendered impossible or negatived by t h e policies and t a c t i c s of the Communists, a s in Germany, or where the Socialists themselves fell victim to left winp infantilism and cleared the r o ad f o r t h e i r enemies...
...The prisoner is baa* cuffed...
...executive does not hike secession movements, suspension of charters and o t h e r Bolshevik tactics...
...The funds of thi political organizations and of thi unions are exhausted and ceanot rven help those in prison: to lost i f t e r their wives and children 1 impossible...
...The bitterness of leaders of the independent unions was almost completely overcome by t h e opinion of ike men t h a t amalgamation should l a pat into effect, t h a t this amalgamation take place within the ftame-work of t h e A. F . of L. This aha continues and i t well may be tbst the Motor Products CorporaBsn, unintentionally, m a y prove to st a unifying factor in accomplishjsg what common sense would have fit suggested...
...Unlike the Communists, the tticaliflts in Spain a r e a n i m p o r t a n t quantity...
...Much to their surprise and discomfort the Motor Products Corporation resorted t o a taae-worti expedient ;it simply r e mediated its original undertaking, this left the A. F . of L. Union with no a l t e r n a t i v e but to call out its members...
...second, the disunity and resulting confusion caused by so-called independent unions competing with the A. F. of L. will be eliminated...
...How do t h e families of the* prisoners live...
...F e a r about one's j o b h a d been h o r o u g h l y developed by the automobile m a n u f a c t u r e r s , aided i n d abetted by a lavish use of the spy system...
...The combination proved fatal to labor organization...
...1936 a Big Election Year This year promises to b r i n g another series of victories for Socialism and Labor...
Vol. 19 • February 1936 • No. 8
