The Organizer (Minneapolis, Minnesota), 1934-07-09

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TWO TWENTY-FIVE
SOUTH THHID STREE
Vol. I, No. 3
Minneapolis,  Minnesota,  Monday, July 9, 1934
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Twin Cities Transport Strike Looms
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The Sharp Shooter
How Near is the editor of the Saturday
Press to Guilford?
THE SHARPSHOOTER'S IMPRESSIONS OF "574" DANCE
Beautiful hall — nice; decorations — well
equipped bar — good orchestra — friendly
bartender — that one dance — bartender
again — cold beer — revolving dance floor
— music, girls, decorations, spinning lights,
gorgeous bartender. That trip downstairs,
an accomplishment — the trip up again, to
say good night to that prince of men, the
bartender — that slide down — the cool
air on the street — The Bed — The Head!
FARM PROBLEM DEPARTMENT
While we do not think the crop reduction program will save the farmer, we are
in   favor   of   plowing   under   every   third
Carson.
O-
Then there is our office girl who thinks
a Boycott is a male apricot.
When  you   meet  a  man  who  wears   our
button
Smile and wave your hand
He's the kind of a guy you know is right
He joined the Local and helped us fight
He's   swelled   the   ranks   of   our   growing
might
And he's one of the Union band.
Are  you  going  to  the   christening  at
Jack  Shepard's when, and if?
Now Mr. Bowen, can't you see our viewpoint at all?
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Red Scare Raised in Attempt
To Break Union
In regard to the statement appearing in
the Daily Star purporting to be a reprint
from the official journal of the International Brotherhood of Teamster, Chauffeurs, Stablemen and Helpers of America,
The leaders of Local 574 have injected a new spirit into the Ttvin City
Labor Movement which has brought
the workers into all the Unions by the
score and has put the Citizens' Alii-
ance on the run.
Fearful lest the strain of a large
membership composed of eager, aggressive workers should bend its antiquated super-structure, the International has raised the cry of Communist against these leaders. This can
mean only one thing. The executive
officers of the International must protect their huge salaries. They realise
that a militant Local Union exposes
their incompetency. Therefore the International officers propose to sacrifice the workers of Minneapolis and
St. Paul to the Citizens Alliance so
that they may protect their own private interests.
Are the labor leaders in the Twin
Cities going to sanction this outrage,
or are they going to rally to the support of the leadership and program of
Local 574?
ALL LABOR LEADERS SHOULD
PUBLICLY REFUTE THE ARTICLE
WHICH APPEARED SATURDAY IN
THE   MINNEAPOLIS   DAILY  STAR.
the General Drivers' Union Local 574 wish
to issue  the following statement:
In the drive of the employers and their
Citizens' Alliance to break up and destroy
our organization they have resorted to
every means at their command, intimidation, threats, bribes, lies, and terror.
They have now resorted to what is probably the last weapon at their disposal,
THE RED SCARE.
We do not know where the official or-
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7:00   P.  M,  WEDNESDAY,  JULY   11,
IS  DEADLINE
Labor   Board   Rules   Against   Local   574.
The employers have finally succeeded in
exhausting the patience of the entire labor movement. Through their Advisory
Committees, Steering Committees and
their General Executive Board, better
known as the Citizens Alliance, they have
run the gamut of printers ink from libel
to comedy. The employers have chiseled,
cheated, swindled, and bandied words
long enough. They must now act—or
else!
As though the swindle were not already
complete, the Labor Board has "generously" ruled that Local 574 shall have the
right to represent almost half of its membership. Then, as an after-thought evidently prompted by a guilty conscience,
it "recommends" that the employers condescend to "bargain" with all workers who
can produce affidavits to show that they
were on the picket lines during the May
Strike.
But the fanfare is now over. The con-
nivers have been exposed, and the call to
battle has been sounded.
Last Friday the workers poured into
Bridge Square thousands upon thousands
and showed the employers and the world
in general that they were solidly behind
Local 574, that if the employers hope to
crush the most powerful union in Minneapolis they must be prepared to crush every union in the Twin Cities. Shoulder
to shoulder they marched, workers, farmers, and university students, organized
and unorganized, employed and unemployed, but all united in a protest against
exploitation by the privileged classes and
a demand for a decent standard of living.
The demands of Local 574 were unanimously  endorsed  and  solid  support  was
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