Industrial Worker (February 10,1940).Pdf

ONE UNION OFFICIAL ORGAN of the ONE LABEL Industrial Workers ONE EM^VIY o f? t he World

VOL."XX!.- No 17—(Whcle No. 20*) CHICAGO, ILL., FEBRUARY 10, 1940 Five Cents a Copy

Unemployment Blamed 125 Freed in For Rise of Crime PROVIDENCE, It. I.—t'tie tuple Cleveland Boss Checkst Off AFL Dues; snent was blamed by:Judge (J. Fri Minneapolis ,-i ick Frost of the superior court ( the great! wave of crime an.o WPA Cose Slaves Get Ho Union Cjard or Receipt

; MANUMCnii<S • They Invite ; ARE WELL PAID |\i/U/ . ; TK.it the more skillful muni;- ' I \Af lAf 1*0 facturcrs of public opinion get a | • ; • substantia! reward for their services j• f-//ft?:•/?•' ft "T" I I I I I is shown by the «iit- of the persona* I '; I 4^^/^'^/} I HKP H n I n " earnings of the top-notchers in the 1 t|?/•&*^ I UI\C I IUIU j I. U. 440 Ready ', i To Step in with j j Real Union Actioa f By BILL PECZKO CLEVELAND, O.-(WNS)—"My name is Mr. Doe. My address is so and , Cleveland, Ohio. I work at Mitchell Metal Products. 05th St., arid Oder Ave." . Further remarks by Mr..Doe are as follows.*- •'Too goddamn cheap. It- is a sweat Shop—he,is taking money out of our pay checks for a uniou (Tl. which does not give book or stamps. I think | we're setting made. Theti are many [ of* us fellows which will jglad^r help to put your union (IWWjyC. Plea-tc hurry, the owner has a bmich or mcjn for his stoogi's as stewards." ' I I And this is the picture of the conditions at the Mitchell Mj-tal pro-: ducts company of Cleveland,X)hio, organized by tho' Anerican Federa- j tjtin of Labor a year ago last Novetn-

i I An unemployed member of • the IwW Becking employment at this plant was to|d by the wbrkcrs in tlta ' victory in tK^ g'reat NEW YORK—On the ground that UMW MINERS it's of the! federation, j economic ai.-r. of organised labor! organized lafcor is "expressly exempt- •Everywhere Uie nrgaiiization of l.U COLUMBUS. 0,—After 90 min- W i-,' spelling . the doom of |i.u ed, and immune" from violating sec- utes of debate, the golden jubilee tion t of thiNjhrrmnn anti-trust I3Tw, wages, speedup and insecurity. convention of the United Mine Work- a demurrer wnWilod Frb. 1 'to dis- "The militant organization of labor em (CIO) adopted a resoluiiflTT'in- miss iiTdictmcnts tfgrfinst Pres. Joseph, • :i a wide scale has indirectly ^bene- dorslng the position taken by CIO P. Ryan of the lnt| Longshoremen's rittell t(je \\<1 floors. in Atnorganized Pres. John L. Lewis on the third Assn. (AFL) and -nine other union wliifdriex by a gradual lifting up of •term issue. The declaration "read: officials. (Heir wage levels and a relative im- The indictments were characteriz- "Be it .resolved that we hold and provement in • their working condi- ed as "vague, indefinite and uncer- bcliovc the only sensible, sane and :ious. This has been 'the rbjult of a , tain." The demurrer will be argued proper course is to. refer the entiro -otiMi-ioiM effort to 'bribe* workers Feb. 19.- subject -matter to th international frofn joining unions'am) thus obtain- executive board for appropriate ac- At the same time the defendants tion and such reasonable financial applied for -permission to withdraw support as circumstances may war- pleas of hot guilty made Jan. 27. That any lietterment any rant at the proper time." Ryan and the others'were indicted on if wnrkfi's obtain anywhere jsif. trust charges for boycotting retail The delegates voted opposition to • diif to; the untiring efforts lumber firms under CIO contract any U. S. loan to Finland on the ground that - it would be h step to- " Unorganized. labor in America ward involvement in the present war. <-wes a debt o' .'latitude to Che or- "The members of the UMW fully •^ttiized worki.ig-nun. The only pay- sympathize with heroic Finland and ment that this gallant trail-blazer in Strikers 'Turn Cat Loose' other victims of aggression, yet we American fellow worxcrxhip and soli- must declare that the U. S. must darity. asks i . ih»t..«>u join your not become involved in foreign wars," hinds with his m a greater concert- By Calling Up Struck Firrh the resolution said./-" ed endeavor for the betterment of ! Other revolutions called for a re. ail. . : duction in the workweek from 35 to "Individually you are the haplrs* 30 hours in the coal.mining industry, victim of economic cncumstance. support .of) a federal public health Unionized, you arc invincible. So that /s program, and participation of labor wi- gtt a poll of*your opinion on tljis in administration of the social secur- II important bread and butter pro- ity act. , Mem. w;e arc attaching a self-ad- Ircssed reply envelope with a form • •dip inside. Just fill it nut and drop 1-MAN STRIKE n th- mail. Through arrangement ENDS, 150 vith the United States government, -5 you do not need a stamp." RETURN TO WQRK . Information—Plc».« PITTSBURGH—A 1-man strike After receiving fi large -response which tied up orotations at Clark fiw... these AFL-Company epslaved Bros. Chewing Gym Co. for a week workers (Heading to th« IWUj for ended iFeb. 2 when the firm agreed 1 »nk and file organization .it! has to pay the man until he finds an- decided by the IW.W'-oraaniza- other job.' "TOnstaff to make a .fecopd attack Tly worker, n member o fit he Intl. upon this AFL claAs-collabtovting. Bro. of Teamsters, Chauffeurs company dominated "racket union" Stablemen and Helpers, Vas laid at the Mitchell Metal Psodu'cts comp. off when the company adopted-a new tiny. Workersvhcre'are dominated in '* distribution system. He started pick- the old AFL rucko.t style by Coman eting arid the plant's 150 workers re- t'latherty. a great Wbor-faker and fused to cross rtie picket line. friend of Wm. Green, president of Federal and stjite mediators and the American Federation of Labor. union officials tooks part in the also a friend afid close dqlbtiymitor settfement conference. (Continued, on! page 4) INDUSTRIAL WORKER FebruaryÔ, 1940 ABOLITION OF THE ONE BIG UNION OF WAGE SYSTEM EDITORIAL ALL THE WORKERS . ! I llflll^^ i« tical philosophy, yesterday, today, and forever. PUUMANC0. I«tI If Thc. i^W ia not among those that get sore at ; "An Injury to One is an Injury to AH" the government because it fails to do something OFFICIAL MAKES BETTER Slim lie veals ONfc UNION—ONE LApEL—ONE ENEMY for» labor. The IWW knows that labor has it with- BOX <;ARS in its power to set up Its own machinery for re- jgHICACO—The Pullman-Standard Origin of Quip OFFICIAL moving the obstacles that stanjj in the way of J •- Car ^Manufacturing Company is ORGAN progress toward a more satisfactory life. starting delivery of new light weight Aboiii Women To date nobody has attempted; as far as NOTICES box cars to several eastern rail- know, to prove that labor's share of the wealth roads. The new cars weigh 35,300 By T-BONE ISLIS M BUFFALO produced varies according to the party in power. pounds as compared with the' 45,0*00 getting Fellow Worker R. Schriber has pounds of the conventional box car. Vork City that some of the boys been elected secretary of the Buf- This lighter weight, it is explained, drinking whiskey without chase SUBSCRIPTION RATES N0.7 PROBLEM falo MTW branch to succeed Fellow will enable trains to haul piore cars. United States, ^ne year ,— It seems just aboufeveryone agrees that unem- Worker Sheehan. Address commun- By next harvest time, we expect Si* months ications to p. O. Box 298. to learn how the new cars shape ployment Is still the No. 1 problem in America, haft pen Bundle orders, U. S up for'riding quality. u halfrthousand in ine meantime us poop, uno Canada'"and other [trk, however, as we have before in MAIL TO SPOKANE Fort Bundles, adcfc Post »ge these columns, ihat th'ere is a way of abolishing There is mail at the Spokane hull ; ized workers ain't ratitor drir unemployment that doesn't appeal to us at all. j and wassil is at a Very low ebb irt bltehul every week at.2422 N. Holflted St., Chicago, 111. tpr the following fellow -workers: Iielieve in the Nazi way or the Russian ; Osall, Paul Luoto, Paul Hend- for Mo wlw CARL KELLER. Editor »"d Bu.inM.Manaier rick, and Morris Lorensen. Address COMING Bette Dav ral jiWti sure that we are able? to find a way to communications to P. O. Box 1636.— . Luckily they sho eryone at reasonable hours and with an Ed. A. Sturdiv.nd, Br. Sec'y. EVENTS the line-up ... income, and at the same time guarantee WANTED: EVERETT MASSACRE' wider and deeper reaching democracy than / NEW YORK > ightj--fiv«j centj? f yone having an extra copy of man has ever enjoyed beforei It will take a rank Md»/ February 16:' Friends of II Berlin—soun. :ippl From its inceptionjthc IVVW has held that the day. val for the benefit of the Italian j able Li first b|uor unions do not to Branch Secretary. B».x :1G5, Arable ligJit the fascist method of putting people to work. Seattle, Wash. 15th St., New York City. The .share this 'view. Kill CJreen, speaking for the They boast about it, too. j '' MTW, IU 310-3.10. the Finnish | and Hungarian groups plan tc AFL, of which he is president, clearly described American capitalists also probably have seme r CHICAGO the stand-of his organization on this question the such solution in mind but they'll never put it over i Regular Chicago general mcmber- operate. Admission* 4? ceni oth\i' day at Miami. if labor shows good judgement and organizes | ship meeting is ô be held Friday, New York II Proletario Group * "v\V do not hate employers. We are not hostile right from now pn.' - to4 them. We Vint. to cooperate them. We 1 want better business'because that means better FARM WORKDAY ks Charley. Lindbergh ; wages. ' Thus thjsjspokesman for the AFL ex- MANHATTAN 1U 510 j /icial membership gives its regular pressed the attitudo of all those who seek to guide The Department- of Agriculture reports hired Address all communication! for the j I monthly dance and entertainment beautiful tgrm in the Manhattan IU 510 branch labor along the road of class collaboration, t 333 North njj begins Knjjlish lai "Keep. .change.' hands'in New England, Midale Atlantic, and Mid- Ignatz who is the incoming secreti Let it be said here that we of the IWW are not western states worked on an average of about at IljtfO. The dance eif that ter/» thinking and acting GOC j chairman pond: ed by a lecture. Cai from a' dolli particularly concerned with promoting hatred of 10 hours a day. A workday of n1t»re than 10 t the IU 510 rlum. the employers though there is a lot of that among hours was reported for hired farm workers ii on. Ubor. anil Natic later late) 1 Today. Be oh hun f»ad .handed' the waiter workers, and unqtlestionfbly it is justified. What Wisconsin and Vermont, while in a few southern IU 510 BALLOT we direct our hostility against is the employers ahd,far western states the average workday was I wof npminutioc ose< n for G(flQ Food and refresh system. >sed. All tnemlArs I loss than 9 hours a day. The survey was for the v° L flesh—what with thr landlady pound We hate the capitalist system atfd we see no month of''November when the sun rises late and !vised to consuisull t brunch min- way of cooperating with, capitalists through sets early. The. investigators ought to stick around the GOO Bulletin because BUFFALO which we can Improve our lot as workers. Neith- fit cotton chopping time. ies ol nominees will not be Saturday, F. tb. 2$: A social, su and enter •tainment will be > er do we fall for the obvjous falsehood that better balloting tar the GOC will iifrom thut invented business means better wages. Better business, at the MTW hall. lSG Semvy SCHOOLS • 15, 1940. The ( raying: *'\\ at best, means more work but not better wages. • 2nd floor. Room 1. Supper, st ballot remains in the field for a at 7 p. n,» . Admision of 25 « Green himself probably knows that improve- The American public school system is on the period of 00 days; s per the IU 510 jl fell for it like'a ton of includes supper*. Every bodj Brooklyn. ment in wages and working conditions are the pjftn as never before in recent years; and this by-laws.—A. Ignai , Incoming Sec I the ecKo go 0 vijLcd. Pro.ceed s for organic result of struggle, on fhe part of workers against time its critics are bigger businessmen, not work- .purposes. of history-. It worke^l employers, not with' them in a cooperative en- er| who tired of having their children filled with IU No. 110 GOC deavor.But Green is pajnfully anxious to please distorted history and a phony concept of economic Sayeth Sally Rand: im functioning as GOC member OAKLAND the employers of America. He has something to aptf social questions. Business is on an economy be broke: it's only a ilis- sell them and he is niost anxious to convince them rampage andyit dogsn't care much what it hits. for l0 No. 110. Anyone wishing to that he has a better proposition for those who hire | Strange though thai it should pick on schools, for tion business may do so by writing! labor than has his chief rival in the labor selling itfytiy have served The system well. Box 445, .Santa Cruz, Calif.— di*gfrJri> to get licked; i business. I Many cities report a shortening of the school ly Aihford, GOC Member. only a disgrace to stay lickedi Occasionally one hears a response to this "peace year and the elimination of certain "cultural" Join the Wobblies. and good will" spitit of boss-friendly unionism courses is common practice everywhere. Along DO YOU ACCEPT? We'll be brqjie so 'Cong as en- Fellow workers whose names ap- •nt and dance, sponsored tertain slave drivers and dish unto from employers who have accepted misled labor': with that there is a reduction in teaching staffs peared or; the Ip No. M0 referendum ulustrial Workers*of the ither step into a H< thorn $1,000 a day spending mor\ey. ; ; olive branch. Hear one of these employers speak- and a cutting of salaries. Sclfoolhouse building is ballot for GOC member are/drged to; be held at Spanish Hull to congress. And I wouldn'• t A nation that ccfutjtehances slave mm . §g ing at a. luncheon gi\^n recently by the Ladies' far behind increased needs (brought about by pop- write atspnee to the Gen. Secretary- j. 18th 5*^Good orchestra. who thinks he j driving nut deniocrlitic ih any es- fe fc Garment Workers union at the Hotel P^rk Central ulation growth and th<* aging of present ac£om«j Treasurer stating whether or ru\t thhim beintr Presi- Tht'v/are more prosperous now than they Let's try no shortcuts in this business of striv- I>ewis to the vfU that shej- might J of pandering highly respectable. dent—lot» of people all around him. when\H»ey fought the unions." irig for a new society. The detours have all been be an excellent hemsekeeper bVii Be it said: Clarence died waiting— NEW IWW HALL U so did Borah and so' will I. Give thc 116 T XIVERSITY PLACE And so everybody, is happy. Everybody, that tried and they are one and all blind aUeys. "woory in the '-heiid" on labor• Q ?S- is,-exceptHhê workers who pay the dues and as- In order to reach the only worthtCile ultimate tions, disclaimed interest in bouse freaks' first chance. (cor. E. IS St.) sessments to make such liltle .love feasts wherq goal, we must have one mightv organization of work and »akl her; job is to do what wlw , Saturday, February 24 union leaders entertain employer representatives labor which is controlled byjlabqr itself. We for j the jnlllidns of j labor- J teamsters' Local No. 544 hw I)e< cy bio*is the New Deal fne million unemployed 8 p. c * .have been -crowded out of both ihe uniaji and ine try, that will be able when the time is. ripe to One wonders if Ma Perking would books of the local aad the point of production. He MUSIC BY THE PORT industry because of speedup and the general take over control of industry in all its phases. be the choice of the "mill an accounting of fttnds. Strange pro- wants private enterprise freed to take . CHESTER BOYS working people*' as thc guar cedure that, and onWh sides. Why up the slack. Hm. Private enterprise - failure ofthis kind of unionist to function in the We may be making slow progress ii* building Admi^Ption 25 cehts . interests of the working class. iri this direction and toward this goal, but a their interests if they had th« should any decent uhk* member gave-us Ifi mijfion unemployed, and choose. Probably not; bui drag his organization into court? Pl-of. Dewey no doubt thjnks P. E. Come and Ining your friends, No IWW union entertains the fantastic notion little progress is better than a slip backward. Why should the books of any union (private enterprise), if it can make flood time lor all. that it can dispossess the employers while .the And even if we seem sometimes-to lose ground, be closed t membership? 'em, can also break 'em. great mass of workers remain unorganized, while still there-is no other sensible thing to do but face them, according to boss class Workers should lean} aboi Nothing Hands in thc way of Rt-Trcsliim'iits Served most of those organized belong to unions thaf are folrward and to keep on fighting for the kind For that matter. Ma Perk rights and duties of private enterprise totbiy and they dominated by employers or by reactionary -lead* of| industrial union organization that holds prom- defend her right to the posi ,i< bers and officials from tl|c IWW. •. ers. and while the capitalist system still carries of power for labor. labor's caretaker about 1 .on with substantial vigor. On the other hand, Pa Lewis can defend X " I JV jro IWW union will ever accept the error that a PRICES J ^ ;> "A child- e belter in the capitalists, having ^he-meana to assuage the suf- iark- cat cairots. barrots are rich We find that the centering of management of the ind ustrle/ Into necessary, the employers can even get govern- districts, to put oyer his plai^. and fe^ fering of millions of their own kind, refuse to be n vuimin A, and <^ne of the things hands makes the trade unions tenable cope with touched. ment help in destr9.ving foodstuffs in order to he ever-grooving power of* th.Le- employi....r j ^ The 'tradt save the. price structure. itamin A; does is ô improve vision e a # ions foster Yes, it's thtf system that's all wrong, but let George Scalise, president S f the n the da^k. t state of affairs which allows one set workers to be ted against us not waste too much thought or sympathy on On the other hand, experience in the present Building Service Employ another set/of workers in the same industry, thereby, hcl Jing defeat war shows that the job of keeping prices down This bit of information is relayed one anothei} in \Va«e wars. Moreover, the trade unftms ai what will happen to the capitalists when capital- Union offered to resign'folowipg jthe from Germany by the Evening Star :he cmploy- to Within reach of even an employed worker is a attacks on him by Westbrook Peg- ing class to^misleail the workers into thc belief that th« >rking class ism finally gives way to the workers common- (Washington). German night ••work- havy workers about workers. The Industrial doubt Hitler will ofder [their carrot [lay's work," we must inscribe "The politician? in office didn't deliver, the Worker, depends largely for its news service on Scalise said he • • rvrhi::-.' rations cujt down. the revolutionary watch- possible word, "Abolition of the wage syi goods. Kick thenvout and get a new set. Appoint actual workers in industry, and on those looking 11 ,s tne boy dropp I the h'storthistoricc missiomissionn ooff ththee workinworkingg cclas s do a with cap- a new guardian Tor labor, make the government for jobs. He. a re firmly convinced the more we 'We aic learning that men are itAlism. The army of production must be orj of my life." He 17 yearsôWi at irganizcd, oiily for the a -sort of "commissioner for %the po*r". but din't depend on such correspondents the better

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' Significant and tragic was Oil Cofripany Greases Pa m Industrial Mobilization Rlan: Twenty way tthe WPA-striker* j let the on officials guide the protect move- ment last sunyner. With the ijossi- It's Old American Custom ble" exception df Minneapolis whvre Year Conspiracy Against Workers the workers fought niilitantly,* the But City Officials Now Fear They \ • WPA-work showed little Initia- fty fjtbar Anti-War /Council-1 • i tive. They ai^plaudedj wildly tvnen "Tore Their Pants" When They Foiled IThe effect of organizations of Many people remember the power* DISORDERLY CONDUCT Workers Alliahve stobgos, shouted To Cover Up Deals With Employers employers ir, trade that President Roosey^lt is behind vested in President Wilson during the TULSA, Okla.—Investigators . of of labor into trade unions and the I them one hundred percent and, al- during the past three weeks has fal- , war. T*he-«e powera were mild in com- "un-American"""ac,livtles would find effect of the maintenance of the though temporarily stunned accepted len* through, the strikers report, he* . parison With" the jwwers that will be right of collective bargaining between 1 without a murmur qs protest the a : i^h field*for their diggings In caus«> big business, arfjl manufacturers vented In the' President if the Unite«f such organizations on industry's aiu- j Okluhouui. of tJfc entire southwest are teicUiHtr States get* into war today—that is lity to meet the material reqt"— W h%n* 'the ,vice-president of' a the company and the } if thew War Department has its way menu of the armed forces. $50,000,000 corporations (Mid-Con- mined not' to allow and the American people needpt the Most Potent Weapon 3. Standards of wages, hours tinent Petroleum'Corp.) can corrupt to IjVfc. . INDUSTRIAL MOBHJZATION DAY i long us labpi work, ani^ working conditions, and tape the virtues of a whole state itself be the pawn of politicians just PLANS. 4. Ecjuality «f work for identical by handing out lump sums of $30,- so long will labor be Immediately after the World War. pay. - * • . 'subject class. 000 to political pantsjtes and jackals IT'S A GREAT SYSTErSTEM I the War"and Navy Department set t<» The strike is labor's P. The necessity for the modifica- in an nudeavor to deny a group of -By JOHN u'lXFCF.. -J work to.draft a series of proposals and natural weapon-i tion of the statutory workday, with men their rifijhts, then surly democra- for the mobilization of the United foi» more of the goo'd thfnsrs of life, PURE LOGIC due regard for the national necssity cy is pretty..well along the road tow- States in the event of another war. who, then has the fht" to deride j an«J the welfare of labor. ard dictatorship, Wr le Neiv Republic, Situ- Each year those plans have been el- when ami where thai - weapon is to j 6-. Maintenance of maximum pro- art Chase uses , the methods of the i aborated within the confines of the be iused? The cap:tali: duction in all war work and the sus- Dies Committee- to prove that I):<* to figure out the A fine example of the old tradi- military department* in Washington himself is a Communist. j^nsion for the period of tê actual tional American way of handling and in consultation with business. of exploitation.* A nd emergen^ and a reasonable adjust- Chase points out that J isnjt nskin^_fi>r anything that be- strikes i* furnished by the city offi- ewx, strikebreaker and coi ment thereafter of restrictive regula- longs to someone else; in striking cial* of Tulsa working in perfect their scope and HtThe .•ami' tirry\h ve?tiga.tor, argues that a tions not having the* force of w'ar labor is just demanding a little more harmony with and under pay of the been kept hidden irons the uany. Suys the Tulsa oil' public. a red at neart. i 671. atrucers' bulletin of January 22: Ltbor Conscription "According to testimony given to Mathei s has (loaste'd of his oast Noli of these plans have "been e lie* it clear. Actually thej Board NI.RB in Tulsa by former police com- record ai a fellow traveler; hence.he acted into legislation— yet th«- War j will take over these activties UPHOLDS UNION missioner. Floyd Rheamsj Mr. J.- C. «tlll is:*and since Die* £ "Brother John,' barefooted habitue of the Los Angeles "J"Q PICKET Department ftots merrily ahead with j which have, been performed by Denton had been very kind Mathews that makes him a < plans to conscript an army of a «!,-1 the trade union*. The union , Civic Center, caused a near-riot when he started distributing j Feeding thehungry | CANNED MUSIC 000,000 men and place labor under j j 1,000 quarters to hungry men and women, mis by placing sums of $50,0001 a military dictatorship. For twenty ! power to represent workeri in j is so unusual a pastime these days that the police pulled him " NEW "YOR K — »FP) — La 1 heir disposal. Gullible indeed.' ycurs there has been a conspiracy to > bargahiyig with employer*. Their tfor questioning. right to fight the introduction ofl ly-lwoul.l the person who would fail defraud the ameiican people of-their ^ bor-savyig devices which increase un- i ttoo fifini d some connection between ci\/(l liberties In the event of another | out' the orders of the military em ploy me ry was if^ftield Jan. 20 by i thee $50,000 allotments and the Some of Setoffs finks were once the appellate division of the su| militia, wire-tapping, dictographipg, nion. members: hence they still are Recently Senator Pat McCarron .«<•- j of what the plans-ti court. Reversing a former dec and grand jury indictments. ' unionists ift heart, and since Bergoff • cured a copy of the current "M" { tf„. \\> 'You Can't Stnke; the appellate division Voided a "Rheams also testified that Turn's- with his fink>, th^t maVeV Day plans and had it made a Public ! t,;rm. ,lf WI?0S js n rc|Vt,lt that came j The dismissal of •tidinu siirnifieant cases have beiin appealed junction restraining the Ami linded businessmen offer- aâni-hobh'r. Document. Normally all Public Docu-' ,n recently flora New England. A: WP.V, strike cas. s i îpolis Supreme Court, : Federation of Musicians and the Intl. j ed financial aid strikebiVuk- - • • * ments can be secured by simply writ-I . | . „' F.ngland Dem6- j Alliance, of Theatrical Stage Em-' ing Activities." mt m u r f u NVw last Wednesday brinv linf*..: Doesn't it smack of totalitarian- x Activities." i PUZZLE ing to (he United State* Printing I>7- ,.IulV Suit,. ,,-ported that l> I) ism' when the p«4-sident of the land ployes- (both AFL) from interfe light once more Pr w I Tore Their Pantt One of the things that may disturb. partment and paying the cost of print- t|n.v h;((, bct.^ to umk.r,Und ^ | decides "\vhether j»r not workers ean the production of Opera velt's oftêpeate<| w Readers of the Industrial Worker economists of 2040 is why employers In thy case of the "M" l>aj plans,j that #aKC ^.aU.„ art, ai1Cady worked Tout, Inc. the Printing Department received already familiar with the from ?2;000 to $8,000 i detail. Example:. A papejr box /\'PA strikers 'during intion- . j| stoutly The t T!lis wril(M sli 'ed by the state militia 1IM0 \yere, hostile ip the myHterious orders »to limit the ichinery factory in Nashua, ninii* , j| j-eirimented labor ful and orderly prev Mll a wng*:-hour 'printing. T|he War Department does the company fru vv pays skilled mechanics $l|80 ' ' is one of the bulwarks 'of fascism in nfC umplifiicd ' not want American' labor to know ur—the war time wage will be ] such a country arlhe United States, recortled orchestr; wtyit is being plotted in the evynt'oP i injected into the sor- The federal district coifFt ij Min-' Whether it be "democratic" c&pital- the past week when •The problem reminds i/f of the neapolis dismissed cases i Alviim- iwii or totalitarianism, labor must be companies. Power to Break Strikes 1 i hastily attempted newspapermen who woyd trying What are these "M" Day plans? 125 men and women defenda •after ikejtt disorganized. Wilh the idea of "Unquestionably. the plaintiff The Senate Committee that invest- • up and clear themselves get raises for underpaid workers « What will they mean to American five men defendents had favo the (Opera on Tour,. Inc.) has,the legal! igated the munitions traffic u few • obvious inferences derived small daily, in New York, where the . labor? I pleas of nolle contendere. 1 this disorganisation right if it so desires, to produce Rheams testimony. The • Drew Pearson unjl Robert Allen, Roosevelt's talk with Frank capitalism, cannot be opera with mechanical music in pre- ! widow of the publisher receivedJfr'W,- authois <4 the Wasfiington. Column "The proposal (to register all labor before the latter w cnntinuuilV with /black- ferenco to liye musicians, but these j 000 aud the dead Wisbahd wn> tili "Mr. Graham, one of the-city com- Washington-Merry-Go-Round write: under the draft) cj»n . .^be used to the Supreme Cflurt jacks. A -much simpler method is to defendant unions wpuld seem to ' drawing $5,000, ~ miv-iotiers, di<^ not better matters enforce a draft of labor and to re- the dt«- jiive the workers the rltfht to or- have an equal right to'seek by lawful ! "Wh\v," said the ladyj "don't you any when he said, 'Where we tore move the right of any worker to. re- ISliysr thu and orderly means, to prevent plaiiV J realize that the paper is lhsirrg $3;000 our pantf), boys, was in talking to J. pretty much scrappejl. Instead all fuse employment tin private industry M^p'phy tlmt tn the "right" kind of tiff from using mechanical music, be- ' a year? What you are lUjly usiiing C. Denton (company vice-presidcnt) power/orcontrols are;to be establish- under conditions or at wages which ers havA^the right to by cause the use thereof deprives their ! me to do is to take ni^ney out of in the mayor's home.' " ed wliich viitually constitute dictator- do not satisfy his needs., all other government members of employment," the court ! my own pocket!" ial form*T»f government. "The power to call into military Tlu- admission by city officials that "Madam," said the chairman of service any union or other represent- "they did confer with Denton with- the negotiating committer "we "Heart-l)f Jhe new mo^lization •si»lent Roosevelt's machinc.i ists" eigeighmt migntmighty emergeemergencn y ative of labor ... is the power to t Constitutional 7 ^( out the presence of a union represet- couldn't have stated the case better.**._ break strikes. This can also be done NEW YORK—The total number [ative or commiUee spells plenty to aêncit^jwhichsp'lwhich!j \wil l Ue the real r rising thilt bibor imt," is significant ii unemployed rose 1.1 per cent in f those who have not lost tfce . power ers of th:hte» country. The Cab^n^t moi throujth the Use; of military forVe - NEW YORK—A new agreement December to 8.42K,0<)0. the Natl. ! of thought and reason. It's the old ly..sit!» piont thef »ide-Hne.«i. It inl] Xur in removing the spokesman from the setting a $5.25 scale for New YorkN decide j^ndus£riai Conference "Nurd tion only as the-President's "Advis- plant involved to other plants or Into American custom in full operation. < •^tmen has beep, signed ory body for normal activities. His active service or cutting off the food Attempted settlement of the striTSe by the Intl. Longshoremen's Assai Cabinet officers . . , cooperate with allowance of strikers. the war agencies." In other words, "There is nothing to'prevent the the-Cabinet will give way to an War Department from inducting all "Ad*usory Defense Council" which the workers in any plant in the coun- - 7 willnominate tlm- Administration. try into military*service, forcing them nning "Under thisjf Advisory Defense to' work under military orders." ent In the opposite j coordinate their Council com»yeight potent agencies Charles M. Kellcy,. writing in Labor orjiic find ihg their best to avoid takiitg the in- Governments Take on New direction present war con- j lical functions. as follows: j weekly newspaper *>t the Railroad evitable steps that lead toward cen- ditions have pn.ssed< , M o PPrivat e enterprises j ahd social "War Rwources Administration, Brotherhood^ closed an article in the tralized, control ofNthe industrial W In other co which will (direct • the productive M" day.plans by saying: plan- j planning arc antithetical terms. While machine. Still, knowing, that ruin ning is much further Advanced than i private^bus^noM could. machinety of\the country. The pre- "When it comes to dealing with Job; No Gain for Labor stares tliem in the face on the old the United State Scott Nearing control, it refused to 'permit social sent War Resources Bcjard, headed industry' from the standpoint of the road, they take the new one because points out in u current article by Kdward R. .^t>»ttfnius, Jr. of the^ employer the situation 1 is radically There Will Be Freedom for Workers planning.' leased by Federated Press that United States Steel Corp., is a train- different. It should not be forgotten When Their Own Organization Plans Social Planning? ' " All this merfna important chants nomic planning, once derided by capi- ing school for vie W. R. A. that those w;ho control industry will Prof. Nearing does ijot, of course, i economic reLitionships but it does For Production ond Distribution talist spokesmen, is finding favor be'.drawn exclusively from ! n 1 ow { Federal Labor Box everywhere.. fail to mention the econjomic planning ® *°l' hat the GREAT TRANS- standing industrialists." . Evep Avhile the capitalist press continues its attacks on what which the Russian government in- FORMATION from a system of ex- "War Trade Administration, which Universal Trenc^ Every trade unionist must be mob- aujiurated ln-1928. ""SVien the 5-Year 1 Potation of labor to n system of will control all exports and imports, it calls the unwarranted interference of government in business. "I-jn„ January the govegovernmen; t ilised against this attempt Plan was launched. th4 world lau^h-! action for use is taking placc "and do everything ;necessary to bijf industry demands and gets more and more* service from gov- Mexico launched its secon^%|-Y over a military dictatorship irj labor. ed. Within 10 years Economic plup-!un^cr our Far ôm "further the economic isolation of ernment—service of a kind that may be classified as economic The first German -i-Year Plan, Labor representation will be no solu- ning was seriously discussed by ex- Workers were exploited before the'enemy." planning. begun 'i n 1936*""" , wil" l tion for even if labor is represented perts, and responsible government of- capitalism appeared op the scene. ' ~ "War Labor Administration, which Just now furopean buying of - » — —£ ond lap in 1940. Gen. Franco has i by the boards' they still will ficials in all parts of the world were They caji. still be exploited after will control labor relation and. take American aircraft, arms, and machine production capacity is also believed augurated a 10-Year Plan for Spai trolled" b>\ 'outstanding l^dustril- announcing comprehensive plans," that system passes intoj historj*. It is ; measures to provide the esaentiul war tools is presenting manufacturers to represent an important issue now "British and Frerjcb statesmen a Nearing Says. « a more scientific way or carrying on Industries wilh adequate and peace- with problems which they do not feel Before Mr. Morgenthau," the article jointly planning finance, transporta- Economic planning has been and industry to have.$ central coordinat- ful, labor supplies. safe in handling individually and hunted 'above continues. tion, and certain other ecor ing power in control; it is intefesU Dubinsky Calls without government help. Accord- is today held by' njany to be the "Public Relations Administration, • This problejn has already been activities for the perioôf the lnjr t0 wat ingly, an. told in' Wall Street Journal new key to a betteri worlwv«»du folor labormour.. , °b a dictator crack'down (in other words-censorship) will "eo- Lewis Ungrateful directly before thj^departmoni ii In the last decade the world ha* on thc li,tlc Doubtless it is true that without such I barons of industry »npcrly and adequately pre- Lewis, the latter is "ungrate- meet foreign and home demands for cal economists, influenced by liber- New Job for»r- US TTreasure r the cause of labor-is promoted by rthe direction of a stronger ^tate stfhted to the peopje." ful" bccause of his attacks on Presi- goods have been coming tarian theories thut grew up -during "While the TreProxsur( y planning production ahd distribution jf>owor*to «-,?KUlate industry arid'clas* "Selective Service Administration, dent Roosevelt. Dubinsky says con- e time. These inanufactur- the epoch of the French revolution, •*> m one article statej depends *, and to plan for it. |frrowt'1 own consciousness of for the army forcerf . terially improved during the . past obsolescence allowances oiA such that the less government interfered For instahce, let the Nazis, Bol-: Power'and in the growfh of its own "Price' Control /Coinmisunon. will coordinatinjr duties, Ihl- ui.dor.taml. | „i»i|„n.-nl «hich they fear will be with business, the better for all con- sheviks, American financiers, and all ' organhation. Wffcn labor's organizii- 1H? a qua,-n 'M*P'"s in earnest to tak^ over to fix prices, jpûlate profits, and "The doctrine of freedom for busi- the responsibility of Mr. Morgenthau. in their Wspective countries Jure the : the ^«>pomic functions now i being establish waê scales. Its decisions! ness enterprise was soon abandoned Representatives of the Anglo-French Clearinghouse for Business best engineers and other technicians i "barbed by governments and! whicb • will i«sueosition of power has organize and cooi-dinaU- jnoduc-1 wprf ^'""'riy the exclusive -right of President and'will have the effect ( PEPS UP riffs for iufant industries and *ub- vatl> been in frequent contact wifih the | made of the U. S. Treasury dcpai^-, a—let these eliminate waste and ; P«' owners, then* labor^will be of law. j id'ifcs for projected railroad*. Busi- ACTIVITY treasury officials and these relations | nien,t a,sort of clearinghouse not onljt, competition, rooting out unnceijed ' tht? P°lnt reaching: matja^ty as "War Finance Control Commission nessmen demanded freedom from will doubteless be expanded by the j for purchasers but also for produ. plants and out-of-' ""f capiUilist govcrnmeht bond isaues." pensation laws but they felt entirely Calif, on January 28 for the Washington." tee that they can safely go ahead ed. The most thoroughgoing economic the buyers for American "Reform" Law* Shelved frej> to jiut their htfnds into the pub- purpose of devising wajV and Paralleling this j^Jose relation be-' u,th plans foorr expandinexpandingg theitheirr facto,rfacto,r-- planning by a ruling class will fail Roods. To some considerable lic treasury Whenever occasion de- ' The Labor Board, Wagc-Hûr "Ad» means of carrying on publicity tween foreign pt^chasers and • the j t'nv>rnment presumes also*'to some passed out billions to banks, rail- r 1 1 10 ' juriftdictional fights would be out- Aft^r many lively discussions this department and the American | t,,p nuirtner • of the old free and in- the part of. lords and masters, other< **^ '" determine the ijonditions roads and other private enterprises lawed. Appendix III of the current several constructive ideas ware tnan^fneturerH. Since the passing out j dependent capitalism. ist play the pa^*t of slaves. under which goods shall be produced. in an effort to salvage a bankrupt pliuit outline* the duties of the war brought up. It wu decided to Under ^he old capitalism these reg- of juicy orders has becomi/a fune- | Though this may bo^nljX a* short profit'economy. » labor adminuttration and an Advisory ew r" ujator>- measures remained exclu- hava (Lo news boys to work kkr« ppbtie official the matter i step in the direction W a >janned of 1914. thought business With private enterprise breaking dy in the hands, of private - Board of 10 meiptK'r* as follows: • nd ill San Fra'nci«co» Also 'to of plant expansian to permit the fil- j economy, it- is nevertheless sujjh and government together. The eco- down even^where it is evident the ers; under the workers' society they ; "1. Measures to prevent grievances •tart holding open forum meet- lintr of these orders also becomes his! step and, judging by the breakdown that followed 1929 world is will along int of employers and employees, whether ings in the l will be in the hands of the workers' P '°blei^ at least to some extent, j trend of capitalism to greater cen- JlemonstrateI d tbe weakness of* capi- actual or imaginary, from interfer- Private enterprise is putting up a organisation." That will be futurjO "The question of Way^s and means for j t A)itatiqn df power in the hand oT I ing With war production. struggle against the change. It'J planning for woricehi by •XL financing the necessary increases in |^vernn(entj it is unlikely that there spokesmen and beneficiaries INDUSTRIAL WORKER T cbruary 1 Q, 1940

"We're the people that live. Can't nobody wipe us out," say* Ma Joad as the Joad family trudges its weary way onward in search of food and a home at the close of what critics call the greatest film ever made in Hollywood. RENO HUGHES CLEVELAND BOSS COLLECTS DUEDIESS AS/RESULT OF j4f6CIDENT 'the.columns of fORAFU MEN WANT IWW thje Industrial Worker will carry the uii's been in here. We haven't a busi- BALTIMORE — Fepow ness agent but a colored fellow takes Worker Reno Hu$rh<\», thirty-one, of caro of our grievances for the boss Seattle, Wash, died here of injuries the boss* way." received when he fell into the hold (ft the freighter Hampton Roads. Who? Where? What? It looks like you:have a good rack- —-By BILL FECZKO et, f'latherty, as long as you can f^Third assistant engineer of the keep the face prejudice at work ship, Hughe* was found at -the bot- j in the shop, but when the I WW. get* torn of the hold by a carpenter who notified the crew. He was sent to ; in there it'll be one for all. and all the Marine Hospital, where he died. !

a $1.001 NKW YORK—Forty per ceAt of eek—«we j all employed of state on,I local g^\ - ti button, J emnn-nts earn $1,000 or less a year, know of according to figures from the .U. agreement Of Men and the World