The Organizer (Minneapolis, Minnesota), 1934-07-16

              UNITED
LABOR
ACTION
DAILY STRIKE BULLETIN
SMASH THE
CITIZENS
ALLIANCE
TWO TWENTY-FIVE
SOUTH THIRD STREET
Volume I, No. 4
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, MONDAY, JULY 16, 1934
Price one cent
Strike
Membership Assembles at East Side Eagle's Hall, Monday, 8 p.m.
Midnight!
The Sharp Shooter
The Gods of fate do so decree
That man must fight to win.
That classes rise and classes fall
Amid the battles' din.
That nowhere else
And nohow  else
Can workers sound their hour,
Except by standing toe to toe
And  fighting strongly with the  foe
Will win their way to power.      ,
How is your advertising campaign
coming,   Mr.   Levy?
We give our readers a solemn promise that this will be the last time we
mention the Saturday Scandal Sheet
in this column. It is like shooting
bubbles with machine guns. Even
when you score a bullseye, you don't
hit anything.
Hello, Mr. Beardsly, well be seeing
you!
Our Weekly Doubt
John J. Bigdough in a statement to
the press says, "The men in my plant
are satisfied. They are being influenced by outside agitators."
The Fargo- Moorhead Local have the
right idea. Not only drivers, helpers,
inside and petroleum workers, but milk
wagon drivers as well—just imagine.
Guilford is a big guy. Huh! So was
that pile of manure before the farmer
spread it on the North Forty this
spring—some—
Those dock workers and truck drivers in Frisco are going to make a
touchdown.   Oh!   Mr. Casey!
They accuse us, in this local, of being un-American. But how's this for
some real American members:
Happy Holstine—Chippewa.
Ray Rainbolt—Sioux.
Doc Tillotson—Chippewa.
Bill  Bolt—Chippewa.
Bill Rojers—Chippewa.
Joe  Belanger—Chippewa.
That auditorium meeting was a darb!
How About It?
We are being forced by the employers to go on strike again—for what we
have already won. He, or they, have
found a loop-hole. In case they win
this strike, which we truck drivers,
helpers, petroleum workers and plenty
of inside and platform workers say
they cannot win, they will use the unorganized inside worker for the purpose of undermining our union. If you
care to know how he can do that, I'd
say ask your employer. He must know
or he wouldn't care if you joined a
union or not. But friends, the employers are willing to put up a fight to prevent our union from taking you iit
Are you going to stand back and watch
us fight for the welfare of your loved
ones and yourself? If you are, you
will always think "if I had only listened."
The employer does not care for you
or your loved ones. If you think he
does, I'd say meet him on the street
some time and see what he says or
does. I'll bet he'd see every cloud in
the sky when you meet him, but not
you.
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STRIKE CALL OF LOCAL 574
Unanimously Adopted at General Membership Meeting, Wednesday, July 11 '
Since the settlement of the strike on May 25th, Local 574, through its duly authorized
representatives, has been attempting to negotiate wage scales with the employers in accordance with the agreement which brought about the ending of the strike. We have attempted
to settle with the employers all other matters left for negotiation. All these attempts to settle
the dispute by negotiation conducted with the greatest patience and persistence, have met with
failure. The employers, egged on by the Union-hating Citizens' Alliance, behind which stand
the banks and the sinister financial interests of Wall Street, have violated the agreement. They '
have set out to break our union and rob us of the fruits of our victory.
All the efforts of our Union, over a period of six weeks since the ending of the strike, to
establish living wages and hours have been frustrated by the arrogant attitude of the employers. The Regional Labor Board by its action, or rather, by its failure to act, has aided in
every case in upholding the hands of these employers. Every attempt of the Union to negotiate and secure satisfaction for the just demands of its members has been met with evasions,
tricks and subterfuges. Every approach for practical discussions of our grievances has been
answered by columns of paid newspaper advertisements filled with misrepresentations, lies
and slanders against the Union and its leadership.
The vital questions of wages and hours, which are of life and death concern to our members and their families, have been callously ignored. The right of the Union to represent all i
its members — which was explicitly agreed to in the strike settlement, has been denied. «
Seniority rules provided for in the agreement have been violated by a majority of the firms.       ,
In this unscrupulous course, the Citizens' Alliance and the employers are seeking to shift <
the issue. They cloak their campaign to wreck the Trade Union movement and deprive the ,
workers of decent human lives behind personal attacks on the leaders of the' Union. The
bosses want to dictate to the Union what leaders it should have. We reject this dictation. We
have the right to be represented by leaders of our own choosing and we intend to assert this '
right. We reject the insolent demand of the Citizens' Alliance and the bosses to choose our '
leaders for us. Local 574 is a democratic trade union organization. Its membership is fully <
capable of deciding this question for itself without any advice from the exploiters of labor.
The general membership meeting declares that the leaders of our Union have faithfully ■
served the interests of the membership. They have conducted themselves as responsible trade <
union officials and have not imposed on the Union any issues, political or otherwise, contrary ,
to the interests of the Union and its members. They have shown their efficiency as organizers •
in the building of our Union.  They have demonstrated their loyalty and courage under fire.
The "Red Scare" of the Citizens' Alliance is nothing but a fraudulent maneuver to distract our attention from the struggle for decent living conditions and demoralize our ranks.
They will not succeed. The conditions of our lives are too bitter. Nobody can divert us from
the fight to better them.
We note with the greatest indignation that D. J. Tobin, President of our International
Organization, has associated himself with this diabolical game of the bosses by publishing a
slanderous attack on our leadership in the official magazine. The fact that this attack has become part of the "ammunition" of the bosses in their campaign to wreck our union, is enough
for any intelligent worker to estimate it for what it really is. We say plainly to D. J. Tobin:
"If you can't act like a Union man, and help us, instead of helping the bosses, then at least
have the decency to stand aside and let us fight our battle alone. We did it in the organization
campaign and in the previous strike and we can do it again. We received absolutely no help
of any kind from you. Our leadership and guidance has come from our own local leaders,
and them alone. We put our confidence in them and will not support any attack on them under any circumstances."
We are fighting for more wages, for better hours and working conditions and for the
right of Union organization. The conditions under, which we work are intolerable for men
who want to live as human, beings and who aspire to provide a decent existence and a future
for their families in this, the richest country in the world. That is our right. We have worked
for it, and we intend to fight for it to the bitter end.
In doing so we feel deeply convinced that we are fighters for the preservation of the
Trade Union movement and for the rights and interests of all workers. Our strength and
confidence is multiplied by the conviction that our fellow workers and brother unionists in
other trades, who helped us so nobly before, will rally to our aid again. We rely on the sympathy and solidarity of the other unions and workers organizations who endorsed our demands
by their presence in the great labor demonstration Friday, July 6th. We appeal for the support also of the organizations of farmers and gardeners, of the unemployed workers, of the
rank and file of small business and professional people—of all who are cheated and oppressed by the financial tyrants who have turned our great, rich country into a land of privation
and misery for the masses.
We are confident that our appeal will not be in vain. Therefore, convinced of the justice '
of our cause, relying on our own strength and the sympathetic aid of the great majority of the <
population, the general membership meeting solemnly declares:
All members of Local No. 574 will go on strike for the enforcement of the Union de- '
mands on Monday, July 16th, at 12 o'clock midnight. ,#, ,•■.'■•:
We call upon our sister Local No. 120 in St. Paul to take similar aethjij ptj&sigenerul.J
membership meeting Thursday night, and we pledge to Loral \%Q, our. solidarity and <
co-operation in a joint struggle to a successful conclusion. *•):''•.' • :' ':•■.' • •     /.'.:     l'\<
We call upon all other trade unions in the Twin Cities to' rally to our support with <
moral and financial aid and to hold themselves in readiness to take sympathetic strike i
action if such becomes necessary to secure our victory and smash the union-wrecking ,
campaign of the Citizens' Alliance.
Propose Strike
Committee of
100 to Lead
Secret Ballot to Reaffirm
Strike Decision
The Organization Committee and the
Executive Board of Local No. 574, assembled in joint session at the Union
Headquarters Saturday evening, July
14th, to complete plans and preparations for the strike in accordance with
the unanimous vote of the membership
at Eagles Hall on Wednesday, July 11.
At this meeting the following resolution was unanimously adopted:
RESOLUTION
(1) To call a general membership
meeting of Local 574 for Monday night,
July 16, at 8 P. M. at East Side Eagles'
Hall, to take final action of the membership on the strike.
(2) The Organization Committee and
the Executive Board consider the
unanimous strike vote at the July 11th
meeting as a democratic expression of
the firm will of the membership to enforce its just demands by strike action.
In order that the membership may
have an opportunity to reaffirm its
unanimous action and to demonstrate
its sentiments finally and conclusively,
a secret ballot on the strike will be
taken at this meeting.
(3) The Organization Committee and
the Executive Board will recommend
to the general membership meeting
that it confirm its unanimous decision
of July 11th, and proceed with the
strike as scheduled for midnight, Monday, July 16th, and that it -elect a
Strike Committee of 100 to conduct the
strike.
2.
Strike Deputies
Lyle Bickford—8 E. 17th St., Br. 2698.
Al  Brenfang—32 Glenwood Ave., Ma.
9451.
Merle   Birmingham—St.  James  Hotel,
No. 412.
Thos.   R.   Bissonette—1130   14th   Ave.
S. E., Gl. 2871.
Harold E. Bither—1302 7th St. S. E.,
Gl. 1930.
Everett O. Bittner—1800 Nicollet Ave.,
Ke. 4429.
Peter Bliss—1118 9th St. S.
Joe Bolleg—64 E. Hennepin Ave., Ma.
8981.
Russell Bomsta, 1418 Sth Ave. S., Ge.
3994.
Sophias Borgen, 3229 Nicollet Ave.
Ben   Bowen—1904   10th   Ave.   S.,   At.
4998.
W. R. Brabec—3307 Bryant Ave. S.
David Brancheau—3240 Hennepin Ave.,
Re. 3811.
Ernest Braxton—607 6th Ave. Nr
Ajbert Brecht—1330 Adams St. N. E.,
:gv. 1013.
;Of8sJ«f,BS-lghtf-302 Lyndale Ave. N.
■Dardld. Brooke—106 E. Hennepin Ave.,
Ge. 0874.
Harold G. Brothers—1933 Ewing Ave.
S., Ke. 6308.
Herman Brown—607 6th Ave. N.
L. M. Bruen—10 E. 19th St.