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Decision inWeirton Steel Case Upholds Company Unionism
FISHER BODY REJECTS
AUTO UNION DEMANDS,
THREATENS WORKERS
Judge Calls 7-A ‘Void
and Unconstitutional,’
Attacks Union
WILMINGTON. Del., Feb. 27.
Federal Judge John P. Nields’ de
cision holding Section 7-A of the
N. R„ A. “unconstitutional and
void” as applied to the Weirton Co.,
upholds all terroristic acts of the
Weir Steel Co. company union at
Weirton, W. Va., and attacks the
Amalgamated Association of Iron,
Steel and Tin Workers (A. F. of L.).
The Weir Co. is a subsidiary of the
National Steel Corporation. This
company made a net pront of over
six million dollars in 1934. as com
pared to a net profit of $2,812,407 in
1933, more than doubling its net
profit under the company union
regime.
The decision of the federal cir
cuit court judge denied the applica
tion of the government for an in
junction to force an election super
vised by the National Labor Board,
in the company plants supervised
by the N.R.A. The company forced
its employes to join the company
union on pain of dismissal.
Company Union Upheld
Regarding the company union,
Nields stated that it ' proved effec
tive and satisfactory." He claimed
that the fact that the company
union representatives are paid an
extra $25 a month by the company
did not show that the management
had influenced decisions of the
company union, characterizing
these company officials as “fearless
and independent.”
The grounds on which Nields de
clared Section 7-A of N. R. A. Ille
gal were that the steel company
does not manufacture goods for in
terstate commerce, that it turns out
a product different from the raw
material taken in. Most industries
would come under this decision, if
it is upheld by the U. S. Supreme
Court, to which it will be appealed.
The decision comes at the mo
ment when the Amalgamated As
sociation of Iron, Steel and Tin
Workers (A. F. of L.) is conducting
an organization drive and prepar
ing for strike in the industry,
Nields’ decision violently attacks
the Amalgamated Association, de
claring that it has few members.
Company Terrorism
The company union was installed
in the Weirton plant in June, 1933,
the very month the N.R.A. went
into effect. In September, under
the domination of the company
union conditions grew so terrible,
that the workers led by the Amal
gamated Association, carried
through a strike in the plant. Both
before and after this strike it was
through the company union that
the most vicious union-smashing
campaign was carried on. The
union members were fired, black
listed, and in a number of cases
badly beaten up by company gun
men. Weirton is one of the most
(Continued on Page 2)
Butler
Strikers Unite
Strikers of the National Biscuit
Company are making a united front
with the strikers of the James
Butler chain of grocery stores on the
picket line.
Yesterday morning, when Butler
pickets came to the headquarters
of the Inside Bakery Workers Fed
eral Union at 245 West 14th Street,
a large number of Nabisco workers
joined them, so that at least one
of each of the two striking unions
now appears at each of the stores.
Window's of three Jersey City
stores receiving N. B. C. products
were smashed yesterday. Two of
them Atlantic and Pacific stores,
are at 369 Van Duzer Street.
Stapleton, and at 332 Jersey Street
New Brighton. The third is the
Roulston stsore at 501 Jewett
Avenue, West Brighton. In the
latter case a bread box was hurled
through the window.
Nine protessional strikebreakers
arrested Tuesday in Jersey City
proved to be known criminals who
have been convicted of highway
robbery and similar crimes. They
were supplied to the National Bis
cuit Company by the National
Detective Agency of Elizabeth, N.
J. These criminals had dangerous
weapons w'hen arrested, and are
held for a Grand Jury hearing.
Jersey City police claim they are
"fully capable of handling the sit
uation.'’ and don’t want the “pro
fessionals.”
ejfHfeto 36 Entered as second-clas* matter at the Post Office at
New York, N. Y., under the Act of March 8, 1878.
Cleveland Plant Head
Talks of Reducing
Production
By Sandor Yoros
(Daily Worker Ohio Bureau)
CLEVELAND. Ohio. Feb. 27.
Attempting to stem the growing
success of the United Auto Work
ers Union to organize the plant. Ed
ward T. Fisher, general manager of
the Fisher Body Co., flatly rejected
all demands of the A. F. of L. union,
confirmed the “open shop” principle
and threatened to limit the opera
tion of the Cleveland plant if "agi
tation” among the employes con
tinues.
Faced with the overwhelming de
feat of the company union in Fri
day’s election, W'ith a majority of
the workers boycotting the elections,
casting blank ballots or voting for
no affiliation, the company Is now
employing tactics, like those used
by A. and P. stores in the recent
strike, to frighten workers away
from the union.
Eight thousand copies of the
company’s statement are ordered
to be distributed by the company,
asking workers to abide by the last
(Continued on Page 2)
Defense Gains
In Sacramento
By Michael Quin
(Special to the Dally Worker)
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb, 27.
The collapse of the framed-up tes
timony against the Sacramento de
fendants being tried here on a
charge of violating the California
criminal syndicalism law yesterday
forced the court to drop count five
of the indictment in regard to all
the defendants, and count one for
! four of the defendants, Lorrine
| Norman, Harry Colentz, William
! Huffine and Jack Warnick.
Count five charged the de
j fendants with overt acts of violence
and advocacy of Individual violence
and force in the strike struggles of
vegetable pickers and agricultural
| laborers here last year. Count one
1 pertains to the teaching of Com
| munism. This count is continued
against Albert Hougardy, section
organizer of the Communist Party,
and ten other defendants.
Leo L, Gallagher, International
Labor Defense attorney, had moved
that both counts be dropped against
all of the defendants for lack of
evidence by the prosecution to sub
stantiate its charges.
A new vicious lie given to the
local press, by McAllister, claiming
that the Communist Party has
given orders to exact revenge on
the stool-pigeons who testified for
the prosecution, is seen here as the
forerunner of a possible new frame
up to strengthen the collapsing edi
fice of the prosecution’s case.
Most of yesterday's session was
occupied with testimony by Sam
Darcy, Communist candidate for
Governor of California in the re
cent elections, on the program of
the Communist Party, and its re
lentless opposition to individual acts
of violence. The defense method
ically disproved each charge in the
indictment by having Darcy read
from ’ Communist pamphlets, in
cluding "Preparing for Revolt,” “On
Eve of October,” “Tasks of the
Proletariat in Our Revolution,”
“The October Revolution,” etc.
Socialist Legislator Urges
Connecticut Ijoyalty Oath ’
HARTFORD. Conn.. Feb. 26.—1 t
was left for a Socialist legislator to
do what no Republican or Democrat
would dare do to right now to
propose a “loyalty oath" for the
teachers of Connecticut.
Harry G. Bender, Socialist repre
sentative from Bridgeport, the baili
wick of Mayor Jasper McLevy, has
introduced such a bill Into the lower
house of the state legislature. Hear
ings on the measure will begin be
fore the Education Committee of
the General Assembly at 2 P. M. to
morrow.
Mr. Bender's bill calls for
“An appropriate oath of loyalty
to the government of the United
States of America and to the state
of Connecticut and their institu
tions shall be required of all fac
ulty members and employee of the
Dailu^HiWorker
CCfTTIAI Oft CAN COMMUNIST MftTY U.S.A. (SCCTION Os COMMUNIST INTIftNATfONAL)
DETROIT BILL
AIMS TO SPIKE
LABOR VOTE
Measure Backed by
Council Would Make
Nominees Pay Fee
(Sperial to the Daily Worker)
DETROIT, Feb. 27. —The Detroit
City ' Council last night rushed
through a vicious anti-labor amend
ment to the City Charter designed
to keep workers and workers' par
ties off the ballot. The amendment
provides that instead of submitting j
signatures, all candidates for city j
office must pay a fee of $lOO for a 1
salaried office and $5O for an office
involving no salary. The vote on
the amendment was seven to two,
Councilmen Edward Jeffries, Jr.,
and Van Antwerp opposing it.
The amendment must now be ap
proved by the voters in the elections
April, to become law.
Adopted by Council
I The City Council adopted the
; amendment despite protests made
by a joint committee of the So
; cialist and Communist Parties, and
| by the Detroit and Wayne County
I Federation of Labor on Monday,
i Max Salzman, of the Communist
Party addressed the City Council
| demanding rejection of the amend
ment as rich man's legislation and
| an attack on the civil rights of the
i workers.
Yesterday each councilman re
ceived a letter from the Detroit and
Wayne County Federation of Labor,
signed by its president, Frank X.
Martel, urging rejection.
Sugar Flays Measure
Maurice Sugar, prominpnt labor
attorney and labor candidate for
Judge of Recorder's Court, also de
i nounced the amendment in an in
terview with the Daily Worker.
The representative of the Com
munist Party on the joint commit
tee has declared himself in favor
of organizing a broad mass cam
paign to secure the defeat of the
amendment by the voters. The
Wayne County executive committee
of the Socialist Party will meet next
Monday night to decide the ques
! tion of its further participation in
| this movement. If the decision is
favorable, the joint committee will
meet next Tuesday night to take up
the next steps.
Building Men
To Weigh Pact
While representatives of the realty
j owners in the garment center and
officials of the union were busy yes
terday going through the agreement
reached and shaping the contract
to be officially signed in Mayor La
Guardia’s office, the Building Ser
vice Employees Union announced
that it is proceeding in "getting the
; house in order.”
A meeting of shop stewards of
apartment houses was called by the
union for 8 o’clock tonight in the
Labor Temple, 247 East 84th Street.
As it stands today the settlement
for apartment houses is based on
; the Curran award, namely $7O-$9O
a month. The meeting will deal
with the classification of the build
ings in this category. Leaders of
the union are expected to "explain”
| the award to the apartment house
workers.
James J. Bambrick, president of
the union, will report on the gar
! ment district settlement at a mass
! meeting called for tomorrow night
at the Star Casino, 105 East 107th
1 Street.
public schools and state Institu
tions, colleges and seminaries of
or under the supervision and con
trol of this state, such oath to be
in writing and filed as a requisite
of such membership and employ
ment.”
Widespread indignation has met
the proposed bill. Conservative
school boards, composed of old New
England Republicans, have pro
tested against the measure. Within
the Socialist Party more than one
voice has been raised in opposition
to this reactionary proposal. In in
troducing the bill, many Socialists
feel. Bender is setting the pace for
reaction in this state.
Bender is a member of the Mc-
Levy faction in the Socialist Party,
the controlling group in the State
Executive Committee.
NEW YORK, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1955
Fight for Thaelmann,
Is Appeal of Dimitroff
;
George Dimitroff Ernst Thaelmann
On Dual Anniversary of Liberation and Reichstag
Fire, Heroic Communist Calls for United
Struggle to Free All Anti-Fascists
(Special to the Daily Worker)
MOSCOW. Feb. 27 (By Wireless.
! —The struggle for the release of
Ernst Thaelmann, the imprisoned
; leader of the German workers and
of the Communist Party of Ger
many, is the natural continuation
jof the victorious struggle in the
great Reichstag fire trial, George
; Dimitroff, the leading defendant of
the trial, wrote today.
Two years ago today the Nazi
set flames of the Reichstag build
ing in Berlin were the signal for
Hitler’s bloody onslaught against
j tens of thousands of the best flght
' ers of the German working class.
: One year ago today Dimitroff,
Vassil Taneff and Blagoi Fopoff.
| landed by plane in Moscow, liber
; ated from the Nazi dungeon by the
I Soviet Government, which made
them citizens and forced Hitler to
I let them go. They, with Ernst
\ Torgler. had turned the Nazi ‘trial’
in which they were accused of the
fire, into an indictment and defeat
of the Hitler regime, forcing their
acquittal.
“Firebrands Rule Germany”
“Those things which I stated be
fore the court,” Dimitroff wrote to
day, “should be shouted to the
whole world today. The Reichstag
j was fired by the German fascists,
using the unfortunate Van der
I Lubbe as a tool. The real inspirers
and organizers of the fire un
doubtedly now occupy the govern
ing posts in Germany,
j "I said this a year ago on the
evening of that day when we were
: liberated at last and stepped on
I the soil of our socialist fatherland.
Today, one year after our libera-j
tion, two years after the firing of
Two Ministers
Forced to Quit
Cuban Cabinet
HAVANA. Cuba. Feb. 27.—The
rising struggles of the Cuban mass
es, sharply expressed by the general
strike of the Cuban students and
teachers, yesterday produced a fur
ther cleavage right in the Mendieta
government. During the past 24
hours, the revolutionary pressure of
the masses precipitated a political
crisis in the Cabinet with the res
ignation of Dr. Cosme de la Tor
riente. Secretary of State, and Dr.
Cardenas, Secretary of Justice and
the Interior.
The latest suppressive and terror
ist measure applied by the Men
dieta-Batista regime under the
guidance and dictates of the Wall
Street Ambassador Caffery, came
; to a head with the meteing out of
savage sentences yesterday morning
in Emergency Court No. 1 to the
editors of the anti-imperialist or
gan. "Masas."
Dr. Juan Marinello. Joaquin Car
dozo, Regino Pedroso. Jose Valdes.
Jose Chelala and Leonardo Sanchez,
who are also editors of the anti
imperialist daily newspaper La Pa
labra, were given prison terms.
This sentence has increased the
mass indignation as 2.000 students
and workers surrounded the court
during the trial and indignantly
shouted, “This is open fascism.” Po
lice were unable to drive them away
until they charged into them firing
tear gas guns.
Under the leadership of the Com
munist Party and the National Con
federation of Labor, advances are
being made in building a national
anti-imperialist front. A significant
fact is the support given by the ag
rarian petty-bourgeois party P.A.N..
whose leader. Vergara. px-Mavor of
Havana under President Grau San
Martin, came out openly in support
(Continued on Pagt 2)
] the Recihstag, this statement is
confirmed by new documents, among
which not the least important is
the well-known letter of Karl
Ernst.
Nazi Disintegration
“Following the contemptible In
cendiarism of the Reichstag came
| the Bartholemew’s night of June
i 30. During the bloody inner quar
rels of German fascism those carry
ing out the provocation of the fire
were murdered by their high clients.
The true face of Nazism is today
; clearer than ever.
“Since then the disintegration
within the ranks of the National-
Socialists has become greater.
Thousands of deceived supporters
of the Nazis are today fighting
against the fascist dictatorship on
the side of the workers and peas
ants in the ranks of the growing
proletarian united front, the in
itiator and driving force of which
is the Communist Party of Ger
many, led by its imprisoned leader,
Ernst Thaelmann.
“Fascism suffered a heavy defeat
at Leipzig.” Dimitroff stressed. “It
will meet its final defeat as a re
sult of the united class struggle of
the German proletariat and peas
antry, which ultimately signifies
the liberation of the German people
from the barbarous rule of Thyssen
and Krupp and the establishment
of a Soviet government.
United Fight Will Free Thaelmann
“A tremendous victory over fas
cism was represented by our ac
quittal, and our liberation was
really the result of the formation
of a fighting united front against
(Continued on Page 2)
Labor to Fight
Ban on Pickets
By Cotillo
The ruling of Supreme Court Jus
tice Cutillo banning picketing at
retail establishments will be ap
pealed to a higher court, Harry
Nemser, attorney for Local 107 of
the Retail Cloak. Suit, Dress and
Fur Salespeople's Union, announced
yesterday. He further declared that
the entire labor movement will be
called upon to give support in the
fight against the Injunction.
The New York A, F. of L. Trade
Union Committee for Unemploy
ment Insurance In a statement j
vigorously condemned the Cotillo
ruling.
Denies Right To Strike
“This injunction." the commit
tee declared, “which denies the
elementary rights of labor unions
to picket, hits at the very foun
dation of trade unionism. Taking
away the right to picket actually
means taking away ihe right to
strike and nullifies the labor
unions which are the means
through which the workers are
trying to get a better livelihood.”
To Press Fight
The committee in calling for a
mass struggle to smash the injunc
tion, announced that at its regular
meeting at Irving Plaza at 1 p. m.
Saturday, it will take up the issue
with the unions represented.
The Joint Board of the Dress and
Waistmakers of the International
Ladies Garment Workers Union,
representing 100,000 organized
workers in New York, adopted a
resolution condemning the injunc
tion as a denial on the Constitu
tional rights of workers to organize, i
Spokesmen of manufacturers de
clared that the ruling nf the fascist, j
Cotillo is particularly timely as at
the present moment there Is a gen
eral movement for unionizing the
retail trade*. i
BACK STRIKE,
U.M.W.A. MEN
ARE URGED
Coal Comjnjny Presses
to Evict Strikers
from Homes
(Special to the Daily Worker)
WILKES-BARRE. Pa.. Feb. 27.
In a statement issued today by the
| Rank and File committee of mem
! bera of the United Mine Workers of
: America in the Lance and Notting
ham collieries of the Glen Alden
i Coal Company, an appeal is ad
dressed to all U. M W. A, members
j not to work under police protection
, and to back the strike.
The statement is being distributed
I among the workers. It condemns
i the officials of the U. M. W. A. for
their efforts to break the strike
which is under the leadership of
the United Anthracite Miners of
Pennsylvania.
The workers are reminded that
j the troopers and coal company
agents were never “friends” of the
| workers, and that their pretense
, now for “building” the U. M. W. of
| A. is only to win support towards
j smashing all militant unionism in
j the Anthracite.
The strike of the Glen Alden mln
: e:s was more effective today and the
company in its usual radio an
nouncement does not even make its
usual claims for gains, as it did re
cently. It is now apparent that
most of the scabs have been brought
in from other regions, as few local
j people would work under protec
! tion of the State Trooper*.
Miners who were Intimidated by
U. M. W of A. officials to go to
work have reported that it is be
coming increasingly more dangerous
! to work with the scabs as most of
them know nothing about mining.
The sentiment among the miners
of both unions for unity against the
coal operators is now' in evidence
throughout the region and impor
tant developments are expected any
moment.
While the company is bringing
more pressure to force the eviction
of the Wanamie strikers from its
houses, the attorney of the work
ers is making efforts for a counter
injunction to stall the company.
More Ohrbach
Pickets Freed
One hundred and twenty-seven
pickets arrested at the Ohrbach de
partment store on Union Square
during the ten weeks that the
strike was in progress were dis
missed yesterday by Magistrate Mi
chael J. Ford of Essex Market
Court.
This brings the total number
of dismissals of arrested Ohrbach
pickets to 249 In two days.
Another group will appear for
trial today. Among those dismissed
was a group of marine worke-s, but
the largest number were students.
Members of the Fur Dyers and
Trimmers Industrial Union will
help the Ohrbach strikers in a mass
picket line at 5:30 tonight. All
court visitors will also join following
adjournment.
Another Record
WASHINGTON. Fen. 27.—One
year and a half after P.W.A. began
administering a $150,000,000 fund to
provide low-rental housing for
small-income people, officials dis
closed today that exactly 124 fam
ilies have been housed in such
projects.
United Front Labor Ticket
Polls Strong Vote in Chicago
(Daily Worker Midwest Bureau)
CHICAGO. 111.. Feb. 27.—1 n the
aldermanic elections held here yes
terday, the Communist-supported
workers’ candidates showed large
gains over previous elections, de
spite the fact that less than 45 per
cent of the registered voters par
ticipated at the polls.
The highest vote for the workers’
candidates was received by Martin
Miskerik, in the 21st Ward, with
861 votes. He defeated two inde
pendent candidates and ran third.
The second largest vote was re
ceived by James Hauffman. Negro
worker, in the Fourth Ward, with
682 votes.
Other wards where the workers’
eandidates received substantial sup
port were the 36th Ward, with 436
votes for Pfriffer: 40 th Ward, with
313 for Dolinky. Tenth Ward, with
NATIONAL
EDITION
WORK RELIEF BILL
STANDS DEADLOCKED;
FARMERS DEMAND FEED
Bring Starving Horse
Pig and Cow to State
Legislature
ST. PAUL. Feb. 27 (UP).—Des
perately needy farmers from the
arid plains of Western Minnesota
brought three starving, hollow-eyed
animals to the door of the state
capitol today to prove to legislators
that they must have food immedi
ately.
Within a few’ hours after a group
of farmers had brought three gaunt
animals to the steps of the state
house to emphasize the seriousness
of their plight, a bill providing Im
mediate appropriation of $500,000
for feed w»as introduced in the
senate, passed by a unanimous vote
and rushed to the House.
The farmers rode into St. Paul
last night in a cattle truck. In the
back were a thin pig, on whose
shanks was hardly enough ham to
go with two eggs, a bony cow and
a horse so lean “vou could hang
your hat on his hips.”
Tells of Conditions
The farmers were led by Luke
Keating, big Stone County agricul
turist.
"How bad is the situation out
there?” Keating repeated in reply
(Continued on Page 2)
Student Strike
Will Hit War
A nationwide strike of students
opposed to the growing preparations
for war and the menace of fascism
w’ill take place on April 12 In the
leading colleges and universities of
the country, it was announced yes
terday by a special united front
students’ committee.
The strike, to last one hour, is
expected to involve at least 100,000
students in 100 institutions, as well
as more than 20,000 high school
students.
The strike call will be supported
by the following student groups:
the National Council of Methodist
Youth, which has 1,000.000 mem
bers, the Midde Atantic Division of
the Inter-Seminary Conference
with members In twenty-six sem
inary schools, the Student League
For Industrial Democracy, the Na
tional Student League, and the
Youth Section of the American
League Against War and Fascism.
Last year 25,000 students acted
in such a strike. This year a vastly
greater number are expected to
answer the call, Many requests
have been received from high
schools for inclusion in the strike.
James Lerner, chairman of the
Youth Section of the American
League Against War and Fascism,
stated yesterday that “this strike
w'ill be a convincing demonstration
that the American student is be
coming increasingly aware of the
war plans of the war makers, and
the American student body will not
submit meekly to these reactionary
plans. The recent decision of the
Supreme Court upholding the right
to enforce military training in the
schools, the proposal by Chief of
Staff MacArthur to enlist C.C.C.
youths into an army reserve show
the direction of the war plans as
they affect the youth. The strike
will be a powerful expression of the
united front w’hich the students are
forging to combat the militarization
of the schools and of American
life.”
1 241 votes for Stovker, and 19th
Ward, with 108 votes for David
Young. Negro candidate.
The Communist-supported Negro
i candidate, Fred Morris, who broke
away from the Republican Party
and endorsed the full Communist
supported ticket and platform, re
ceived 1,271 votes in the Second
Ward.
In the 38th Ward, the Commu
nist-supported George Koop, So
cialist candidate who disregarded
the sabotage decision of the execu
tive committee of the Socialist
Party and entered the united front,
received 486 votes.
In the primaries. Mayor Edward
I. Kelly won the Democratic nom
ination for Mayor to succeed him
self. The total vote cast for the
Democrats was over half a million,
with 110,000 for tha Republicans.
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Nve to Ask Probe of
N. R. A. Effect on
Small Business
(Daily Wnrker Washington Bureaa)
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Feb. 27.
A campaign to enact a direct relief
appropriation and temporarily for
get about the work-relief proposal
with its bitterly controverted “pre
vailing wage" amendment gathered
! storm today. However. Roosevelt
; spokesmen still indicated that they
j are waiting for the President to
take the responsibility for the next
move in the Administration’s drive
to clear the wav for new wage-cuts
by slashing wmrk-relief par.
Chairman Glass of the Senate
Appropriations Committee told your
i correspondent he is considering
“separating” relief from the work
relief proposal, but even this
staunch defender of the Roosevelt
SSO-a-month "security wage” added:
"The President put a stop to the
enactment of the measure—it’s up
to him to start it again.”
As the work-relief bill stood thus
deadlocked, the Senate was in recess,
the House dawdled with a depart
mental appropriation, and the legis
lators generally fixed their attention
on the Federal Court decision hold
ing the famous Section 7-A. the
“col'ective bargaining” promise of
the N.1.R.A., unconstitutional.
To Remodel Blue Eagle
In this connection Senators Pat
McCarran 1 Dem, Nevada) and Ger
ald Nye (Rep.. North Dakota) an
nounced they will demand tomorrow
an “independent” investigation of
the effects of the N.R.A, upon la
bor and small business. They em
phasized, however, that their object
is to "rebuild” N.R.A. —which means
to rebuild worker illusions in the
union-smashing, trust-busting New
Deal mechanism.
The anti-collective bargaining de
' cision by Judge John P. Nields. of
Wilmington. Del., in the famous
Weirton Steel case, upheld the com
pany union as a perfectly satisfac
tory organization for "collective bar
-1 gaining” despite the fact that the
company paid the “employe repre
sentatives” $25 a month.
The Department of Justice, which
instituted the suit to help to pre
vent a strike by the steel workers,
said it “probably” would appeal the
decision of the Supreme Court. This
would merely mean further court
dallying in a further effort to re
build illusions.
“The decision just tossed another
New Deal job to do into the lan of
the Supreme Court.” Senator Nye
commented. Indicating his con vie -
, tion that this body would hold 7a
unconstitutional. Nye added that
when legislation to extend the N.
R. A. for two years is written, as
ordered by President Roosevelt, Sec
tion 7a “must be clarified, strength
ened and included.”
“Isn’t it pretty obvious bv now
that it was the purpose of the N.
I. R. A. originally to merely prom
ise ‘collective bargaining’ to put
over the union-smashing and
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Butler Strikers
Picket Stores
Striking employees of the James
Butler Grocery Sores yesterday
maintained picketing at virtually all
stores of the comDanv in Brooklyn,
Manhattan and the Bronx, union
officials announced yesterday.
Among the places picketed was
| the home of James Butler, at 56 E.
82nd Street. About fifty men with
placards stating that Butler Com
pany is unfair to labor, refuses to
recognize the union, exploits its
workers, etc., marched in front of
his residence
Several arrests of pickets were
reported.
A strike of the Daniel Reeves
Grocery chain employees is im
minent. and all preparations are be
ing made to call out the employees of
the chain any moment, Martin B.
K.vne president of the union stated
yesterday. The ballot of the workers
on the strike, still coming in shows
that the sentiment for a strike is
certain. The Reeves Company on
the other hand shows no inclina
tions for a settlement.
Cooperation with the strikers 1*
reported from all neighborhoods.
Scabs now in the stores have been
supplied by the Val O'Doole Detec
tive Agency. The stores are doing
very little business according to th#
i reports.