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The shipowner s o.nd their tool s -:~ * ~J- ·.t- ~~ · • ~,. ~:- -.:- .,~. -::- * ~~- ,:- .. ~ ?~ -::~ J.f

are sho~ll'illg their hand to the l'ank * --<- .:- -~ ·:l- ... --~~ .,~ .;} .:- "'~ "..- ·J ~:- ">l- .~ ~:- * and fi l e more clearly than over -x- {t- 1\T~i'l~ND V0UR m~ I01~ h-l"~i!.i'.i' .ilJGS l ~:- * bufore as to how tL.ey are .iloving ?.' ~.l- TONIGIT'l! ---- Jan 7th 8 PM -;:- * to attack us . ->.'- {~ 14th &. Guor,:·.Jro St . * ~~-

Co r·porn.tion Lawyer Sloss , the * -lf DRINfl· YOUR P.Ari.'.r~~~n 11- * impa~etiaJ Bl'bitrator , and his rul - -:1- * AT'l'END -k· -:l-ings ape puttinG additional weap- -11- * -.:- ·.:- .~ ·.:· . * -ll- ~~- .:- -,;. ·Jl- ,:. ~~- ·" * ~:-

ons i n t 11e :1ands of the shj pow:!eros ~- ~~- * ~l- .:· ·,: .:- * ·!- x- <- •• : :;. ~.:- .~ .,;. * to attack us . This " Impo.rtJal Anoth0r stunt is boing pullGd Gl3nt l eman 11 , in rul ine; on article which u11 mvn must lmow t~bout .

11, Sect:t.on B -- that emplo~roa s With tho A\'n~rd ' s classif icat1o'1. of must parfo:;."lll all work as ordered J.ongsJlOr·~ lnbor bvil1G or.ly tho by the orr:Dlovcl~ - therefore , there handling of cn .• :r,o to it"'. firs t can ba no doc~ strikes , and l ays pl~ce of ru~t tl1~ shipowa1r~ aro t he basi.s to mako impossibl~ the now wor ki.c1g to f''Ot 1 nr.tio ... 1nl dock s~tt ing up of VTOl'!ring rules • workJ:rs ' c ode establish-3d which

In OJ.:>cl.or t o put over anotho:r- would set a so-cr.J.l~d mini mum one of 1ns Impur tlnl Rulings Sloss scu.lo of 40 crJnts an J: .. ou1 .. for alJ. i s now taki'1f' up the cr..sv as t o oth.Jr lubol' other than tho t of whethor nll 1o1on l"ltwt be dj.sputched longr;horo lr..bor . Thi o is tho sr.\mo fr om t ho c un b~t, 1 hiring h.Hl l . Tho mJ. nlraum W:.J.!<O sco.l o which Rv·:.n , shipown.:>:cf' thus c:~.re vw:r•kinG t o P-.~dt>o P.Jt ._ , Cr ..... f t and 1 ·o.L'1L~ w nt­have th.Ji:- select cro:1s of finlcs od to t:..ccupt fo r tl:t 1 lm1g:Jhor.)~•1on

and what not bo in n ponit ion to tog.)th;.Jr v.it:1 indj.vidun:_ port d ispatch tihJlll by phono . This v;111 ae::r.Jvru-.>ntA t~ :nu.r ago . onabl G t h o 3hipo1·mor.s to spl5. t us Tho i'/at.,"t•f':ront Work n· a.gr- ~n up and t;vt n r &co ntartod t o got cnlJ.~ t.l-).-. ntton'bion o f thv m.on to on thG fc.voro<.l phono l ist . ( Con'.;:• nu.,;d on Pngo T \VO , Colur,.u1 Ono

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we have no tir.le to lose to g~t our our forces together to oe .. tt b9.ck the coming attack.

'l'he Frisco local must take the lead in uniting all lo1.gsho1•e lo­cals and other marine crafts in a rank and file Pacific Coast Marine Federation . Already Paddy . Mori3s is DlOving to make a deal with C3ar­Milce Cnsey and "Dir ty" ~al to organize a Marine Federation of Fakers .

Proof that we can do t~s1and the workers will get together if we work correctly is shown by the action of tho Frisco Checkers now moving to get in with Local 38- 70 and durn.> Finnegan and his cl~que • In Pedro the Checkers want a sepa­rate charter for they have learned Ped1·0 Pete is ------- well, you know .

SP ~d:D UP THE RANi< AND MARINE FED~~ATION .

FILS SQUj,RE reAL ROSSI

''WE GOTTJ.. .. HAVE P.t!:ACE lN INOOSTRY"

UNEMPLOYM~NT INCREASJS, FAK~ GRB:.JN ADHTS .

This year Green admitted (N . Y. Times , Oct . 29th) that unemploy­ment has exceeded last year's lev­el . He also said : 11 D.lr.Lng these 12 months tho normal increase in population has added close to 450 , 000 to the army of job seekers for uhom l.I'dustry p:o.~ovides no work Thus the number without work J.n in dustry has ri~en from 10, 108, 000 in septeJtiher 1933 to 10, 951,000 in Septembel' 1934 11 • Green deliber­atGly undOl1 e s t;.Jnates . There ai"e more than 16 million unem~loyed

and unem, loyment deepens evary day

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Ro8~i, ~he Lnpartial Mayor was eo­pointed arbitrator of the Jackson miner 1 s s'~rike .

Rossi claims he J.A all for the wor~ers, he dom&nds coft- nosed bull ets instead of stael jackets . He says the:r dont hurt so much .

J\t least ope m.J.llion workers were involved in strike3 in the Un'ited St£ltes ~n thu nine months ending Sept . 30 , 1934 . This is clG:tl· from an oyawination of the UnJ.ted States Departnent of Labors figures of 098 strikes wit~

73A, 586 \lorkers in the fil'st ei~t mo~t~s of the year . Add to this the number invclvad ~n the general teAtiJe strike of Septe~ber, and other stri kas durJ.ng the sa:rne month, and th3 figure rises to woll over the million mar 1<.

LAWY~n WANTS ~~50 A DAY TO FRAME '!WRK.Li:HS

Former District Attorney Me -Allister of sacramento is demand­ing ~~50 a day po1~ man fol' hlmself and two other frame - up artists to send 17 OorrJ1.un2.sts to long urison t.f3rrt\S on Cr.tunnal Syndics.l i .:im chtu•ges .

T~o County 3onrd of Supervisors wants e fra~e-up at bargain rates , off~rs him ~375 a month .

Moanwhile many workers and poor farmers are losing their homes un­able to pay tho high t~xes , the County Relief DoEa•d telling many nead~ng ~~lief, thGrJ are no funds

All organizatlons shoulc send protost resolut1ons to District Attorney Babcock, Sacrawento, de­manding r.)10aso of these workers and tlN :money us, d to give no\3dy people r·ellef .

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WE r.nn 0zpoct plonty of Wtiuring ... nnd wa.tling at our nc.At muoting whon P .. H1dy Moris s , C ru ft, und 'l'hur ston to~l us tho groat Facr~f1cos

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WTL.rr1 ro vcu 'I'TUNK OF IT NOW, CR;,F'r? In tho firat bFllot of tto SOcttlo

Loc c. l Cruf'ty Cr&ft fW.id: 11 ~rho ntriko Wd~ only P R~pltbltcnn plot to dls- ­cr.)dit tho 11 littl·J fa thor in wnsh . " Hav..:l tho mlJ.itaJ.1ts chnngod your mind, Crn~t ?? Or huvo you still

THE ARBI'l1H.ATI01-i MYSTERY !"AN IS H.J:R'Ji: got politica.l hopes ? Livo in hopo TAK.J: 1 EM OFF PET.£, W;:J: KNOW YOU . Fa.k:,r B.1 orkluud mo.do Chiof Gunman .

A ~UES'ri011. OF PADDY ~~t0!1ISS

How dJ.d Bjorklund mako She!.•iff?? Will hJ shoot tho worl<ors in tho next strj.k..; ? ?

Si~AHT WD!CHffiiVER SKIMS HATCH COMBING WI'I'R LOADS

Tom Dun.ca.n , a smart winchdri vor who soar, how close he can come to thu hatch combing with load~ has boun stopped by tho I .L . A. r ules froru drl.ving vlinch. His smartalick ways of driving wlilcho3 .. hhv:o boon . r osponsiblo for four deatbs . Ho trius to so0 how close ho can co~o to tha hatch combing and eoru~timos ho don ' t clOHl" the combing with the r osult of tho load topuling and c,r asbing into tho hold .

This guy is dangerous Hnd by thv rules of tho I . L. A. ho has not permission to drive winch anynorv . All ga'lg and dock stuW"':.."ds to.ko notice of this and ho ohonJ.d bo knockvd off if ho accupts a ·:linch­drivor's job . Ho i~ o~ly cllgiblo to pnc k a 1·10ok •

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GIV.d; AID TO OUR POLI'.VIC/.L PhiSO:L:nS

~.!on and won~on wo rke r3 in the forof1•ont of' tr4de union struggJ.es and strikes , are co"ltinua.lly being arrested , .io.ilGd , frc.med on frtke ch&rses - and sentenced to lung terms ln pl'itJon .

sound com .. 'llon sense :1nd u..11on discipli~e, &s well as ordi~Qry

human gratitude and sentiln~nt , m~ke

aid for political pr1sonar~ a !Gad ing o.nci ind~spGn:::able activity of all worke~R' or~~nizRtion, espec ­ially of all tr'l.clo u:1ion Ol"'ganizo.­tions .

'l~he Prt30't1Gr~ Relief' Danartment of the l . L . D. narries on this vi­tal job in splto of lr ... sufficion.t monef . T~a Pri~oners Reltbf beJps prisoners and t;:.lso the frunil:tos · left behind.

It now se~ds mo~ey, l~tters of enco,n•agement, und rer..<iing matter to 60 pri~or.ers ~erv~n~ scntenceG a year or !.1ore -- and to &s mun:.r families of such :rrl~o"'ers •

There nrd 23 childran in the Uni to<l States whose fa ... ~1ers :u·e serv:'nf" Lij;.'E ;::ontences for polit­ical 11 c r1~.-.1E~3 11 • Anot!'lor 27 childi•Gn will bli gl"m-n u.n b.lfore thAv sco their fa thOl'Z , '1ho uro poll ticr.l victil.l:,l a:r0 u.;.1dur the care of the PrisOH'1rS nollof .

Monoy , clot"'l.ot; , books , office help , and letters of oncoul'a.gemont and solldurity to prlsoncrf , are all nedd~d urgently . Send all do­nations to I . L . ll, 1005 ~arkot St . Room 410 . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -S . F . WORKd:}~S 1 SCHOOL OPEN3 JAN . '7 , SPOO If.L C 0Ui1SeS FOR TR.i;D8- u:-IOUIST

Tho S. F . WO:!."'i<crs t ~chool, loc~.lt

od at ~63 H~yo3 St ., is to begin its 4th yun1· on z,fon . Jan. 7 , 1 935

'Ni'th the gonl of' 500 studonts for the wint\;.lr acssion tho \10r;mrs school is of(~r~ng 36 courses of tho mo~t d~~~rslfied nnturo , r~ng­

ing from nocjal , economic, polit­jcal, A.nd '"'Ciont:ific sub,iGcts to tho more ~pocializod nho:-t wnvo radio, sport~ , stenography, ::md cultural flold!J .

It is tho only school in S . 1•, . which offors complJto intorprota.­tlons of MnixiJt and Lanlnist ~os­i tionf' o'rt +l•O ~J .. •oblol1'W of the da~.r .

Special co~rsJs for trade- union­ists donl 1.c .crith trudo uni_on pro­blarts s one of the outstanding fcaturos or tho school .

A prominont achiovomont in the pro3rDm IJJ.' tho ~iorkol'S 1 School is tho spucial rnd:! o :Jxtonsion cO'.lrso broo.dcast ovor stat1or1 KTAB ovary Wednesday &t 6 : 11:5 P . Ni .

Rogj.str~t.ion is tr..king pl:-.co daily at ·~63 rra~ri.:Js st .

BRO'£I:~RS P.ID STRICKK~ ~-~6I'BER SOLIDAHIIJ'Y EXFR~S~.t!:D ~:liTH

COLL~TION .

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Last Monduy morning ·.'1hilc v:ai t ­ine for ord.' l~·s at tho IInll O'lO of tho boys a.nnot~1CO<l. about a Bro~hvr mombor being in tho hosri ,;"'..1 !;lnd thDt his wifo had sont a 1atch to tno H~ll to ho rafflod off so they c OHld lu vo som~.< 1nonoy J.'cr Christ­mas . And d~d th~ boys respond. Did thoy? $0J . OO in l vsz thnn 15 m Ll1Utos from only o h"cnd.i'ul of tho boys .

It:: snro sh.ows tho gang sticks tue;vbhor .

Tht-lnking you, J•1 Stu ;.rodor~.; .

SAN 1~1nM CISCO : 1934 By Pr.J.ul GourtnJy

SOLIDtl~!ITY

Of courou t~o pa pors lied '.1h;, c_u~ist

thu funvral ICach(;;cl tho longth of Mnrkut St . n.nd thon some o.1eht ahro'lt~t .

Twohund.:-c.dthouso.nd}'X;onlo SO.t, it onsy sure , Wo m.'1 't"chc d w 1 thou t o. word our shouldoro :·r "rd againnt onch othor ' s s1o~ldur

I htlpTNnod on th.) ::; id J and in my f1•o.:: tight .~..·j s 1:; I fol~ tho ntrongth to grub tho WOl"-, d ,

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,Teo S turn0v1•g, Piur {'.6 , gang boss , out to got wtsq to r.ims~]fa •

nooont1y tho docl{ :..;t<..:w~j_"d ·in

PINN.tl:GJiN COUNTS II.LEfLJJ B/.LLOTS • SCLID.'~RITY NE.EDED AMONG CI·BRKS ••

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c!lrl~vinP' out his c'luty of t Jll1.ng I wt:'.s glr~d to se~ the let­th'J ~on to work sni'o loads , Joo ter in yvul~ laot isoue f:..--on~ Rnnk tbroa.tonod to bent him np wlth a £~.nd F:tla cler.:r as it su..c:e shows piucv of ch.1ru1ago . Finl.cy OVOl .. tiJl'lo thllt some o~· them are waking up . No Fr.)d had to ngrou tho loud3 wore doubt , the tact that soma of' thel7l too big . are reodi~~ t~g Waterfront Worker

It ce1•tainly loolcs lon.sy wh.Jn a. has smneth~r~g to do with their a ­fink boss hrtd to r~grov t:ro lends wnkenJ.ng , so here's wic;hin~ 'l'HE WA­W.)rO too b1.g while Joo , a tmion TER F~ONT 'f.TORK.I:!."'"'R much su0cess in nan, th:.. .. out~ ... wci to boat tho stow 1935 .

d Th.3 cle""•ks ,~ouo v-e:r, ~hoHld ar up . ~ 11 d A Uaicn Man not l"J J so scared. o · t!LE:l so- ca e

LUCKENB •. CK BOSS SP J..3DS UP Gf:.NG -H .. \NDLES ~!ORE TONN,\GE TH .... N OTHER

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D:>ar Ed : I work for n bo3::> on tho :.uck­

onb&.ck by tho naJ:-1;) of Willituus . H0 is sul'O t1~ying +;o mal:o a na.mo for himavlf . Or X:nas Eve we, worl;:­ed Oil 14th St . and a.ft~.Jr tho fru:tght w~s dj.vid.:>d wo hod mor e froight than n.ny ganc; working, but wo finishud u ho.::..f honr sooner thfl.n any gang . Tho boss , Will­iams , was running &round tvl~ing thv f~llm.s ·i.;o work i'astvr, i'~.g­

uting nnd fussing trying to l~lp tho docK €,'-ang work, but ho was only g;)ttJ.ng in tho way . This boss is n d.Jtrimvnt a.nd draw- back to tha I . L . .. ~ . Can ' t tbus .. boase;s ovvr rvalJ.ZJ thnt thoy arJ only wor kers lik0 thv stvv .Jdor·0$3 . 1.11 tho workers do is mako profits for thJ shipowne rs . If wo &.11 stick tog0t!1vr, slow down. on tho job and tak;) things .)asy, wh~t

can th~ 8hiuownor do ? Thos0 htm­gry bos.J .lS mu:1t bo mado to roo.l iza th~t W.) hrvo a roul union on tho bv~cL now end uo .ar...> going to stop th-; ~~ d.c:t vi ng tho mon

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NE'.VS J.ND S'l'ORIES FOR YOUR PJ".P&.R, Tfl :~ IJ>IJ".TE11FRONT WORKER * NEWS d?OUT THJ JOB J.ND TIIE ·:t­

BOSSES WIIO LIKE BIG LO.:.re *

11rl'ac,1ir e 11 ns there io not one of the ·clique v:ho h~s the br::tJ..n.S. o.;C a rabbit , so i t wiLL to\cld vsr>:r JJ.ttle effort to ~et rid of beth Finnognn unci tl.w b1uich of ctoad-h~11ds who sup 1."~01't h .L •l . Ono thinr; that ~houlc" be investi~::tted is the illogal bal lotting at tha ~est election . It j s a well l:nown f:;~ct that :rnon w:tth no stc.mps in thoir books , but "whoao vote vas 11 .JF,fe 11 , \\era allowed to vote . Votec th~t wore cnst for t:tosa ooposing W'"l rs not counted .

- T!1o r·3al solidarity of La.bor n1ust be ~ducacod into tl1 e Clerkn ' membe rship so that thoy will insist on 1.uro d~.Mt-cratic

rul.o .in thE:t loc!'l otherwi~e us your corr·osponde1:t so well statod the nrosont official~ wtll get root0d in thoro and it wiJl tuke moro than c doso of salts to movo tbo~ . Anothor thing thr.:.t wj.ll soon be a.lt .J r•.Jd vfnen the cldrks got somo real union s pirit is the work ing of 1o~1p; ov~rtime by some mJm­bors whJ lJ vtbo:t's aro wo.lk5.ltg tho

f-. str:Jets . 'fhoy do :i.t at tho .,, J.:cllo.r docks , also at 35 a.nd 39 . Thoso HOGASSES as you callnd t'l:lum some weeKS ego are 3ncroies to thomsvlv­os and to tl1oir :'ollowmoml) .. n:•s . I 111 be tlnklod pink to chip in for flowors v1hen any of thcso union scabs pass out, as one ovortimo , u.rtist did at pier· 39 somo years ago .

so clerk:~ , c..ttohd your mootlngs . D::mt lot tl.tO P.,...us . pick n.ny of tho cltquo to count votes o r anything olsv, >3p'1cially monoy ELECT mo.n fC'\ .. c an trust, hy r.)gu­lsr nomin~t~o1 and vot u .

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DOS38S GEE XMAS TURKEY SITIPO#Nr.:Rs ~~\PECT SPEAED UP

MUCH WORK TO 8~ DONE D:la. r Ed :

Dear Ed : :1gain I am Jh .. nning you o. fow

lin~n in rugard to our rogula.r · mootings .

Admiral Line gang bosses re­cently receivea a ton pound turkey fl'Om tl.~.e Co . No,~· th~t t "' J ha v) nn orgo.niza­

tion, ~thy cun rt tho broth·?rc ntt"nd tho onmo? HnvJ thoy foreotton our last stri~o? It s~orus th~t mo~t brothers think they huvo \'!On some­thing nnd r.r o now layin~ down on tho job . \t'o all knO\J that wo hflvo some trnitors in our unJon fl.lld with Loo J . Holman etill &round thoro is n plot to ovJrturn our orgnnizat1on ~nct dr~vv us Lll b~ck into slav~~y, wors~ than wo hnd before •

It seems to have caused Honr y Mossel , Alec Johnson and Hungr·y Gus to forget w0 we11.t thru a coast wise stri're and wo ~mow what work .. ing solid'lrity .means to us .

Tho~ aro now trying to chase the mAn and jncr8aso loads in the ho~os of gJtting a biRgor and bet­tor o~esent next year .

Jo~.. Wi!lu to yoursolvos, bo tm­ion . .,un , tho Slue Book days ar.e gono .

I hopJ tho follO\/S with fo.m"'.l ­ics GiVJ this serious thought ~nd nttond th .... ir union Mo~...tin."'" . M~yho thing~ don ' t run so S'1!oothly "t timos b 1.lt ·'1t our m-.:otinr;s wo cnn thrash out our djffo~onc0~ nnd F0t a program 1 .. appod out so tlwt ,)V )ry member- will know what it is all about .

There ~s lots of work to be done at our un.LOn l!leetings . T~1ere is the qaestion of th~ working rule$ and conditions , vacancies to be i'illed on the Execut!. vo Board; and dela~ctes to q1ect fer the Marine .Fodera.tlon,, that will 1Ll1.ito all marlne crafts into one solid federat1on . These points a~ould como up in OUr' ne"l(t me·..Jtinj;'l" but how can a R'lnl: s.nd Pile organiza ­tion with a membership o.r 4500 do any business w~thou~ a JUOlum?

We all like to be good unlon man paying.our . du~s a~d w~aring our union buttons , but this alone does not ~ake us good union men .

~Phero is no exc';~e fo"l.' any

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PARGZJIH.C:N ~1-".hEHS IIIAKE DJ~AL -- WITH DiftTY II lJEAL II OP PERRYBO;\TM~N.

EditOl' : L0v1is , Johnsor! a:'ld Crumwino ll r e

still at lt; f5.Hdinp. now wa,v~ to try and put it ov,Jr on us bargmen •

. 'it tho last me . .)t.i ng, Johnson bogan mcan::..ng b.)causd so1e1~ of the membl'n·s aru gott ~.ng inforroa t :1 on on ho"' to ru:1 a U..''llcn for the ben3 fit of its mo~ors , which ho gr0atJy disaDnl·ovvt of .

If Jo'm::-on had any decency and solf- rospoct loft hG would lut had onou.Bh alrme n.nd l"•1s 1gn from of­ficu . Ho has already stutod that ho did not soll tho bargomen out and that ho is not a~ha'11-1rl of whot he ~ardon, , but ovvr y bargomon knows of tho soJlout boceuso we uro "'Orklng und~:Jr tho lousy agroo­mo'lt • brother not attending his urdon

meeting except when he is wor k ­ing .

The only thought that wo all should have is thal.i WE MUST Arn'l:END OUR UNION r7Z.?l'INGS . It is ou:::- un­ion , we must L.elp tran~act the buaines~ and hel~ our rank and file offici~ls in keeping oar un­ion in the control of tho rank and flle .

Scabby Cr·um'.?ln.:t , tho borgo;non soc,..otary, dOG:.J not l.iku thJ N'1t~r front Wo~k~r - - ho oays its too d:irt;r . 01' courso , Cl~unrNino would sav that , p·o is so dirty himaolf thQt naturally ho judges OV)ry -tning in •.;ho ~nmo littrt •

L .... wis , John,Jon and Paddy Morris ha vo gottJn toc;.,thur with anothor first - cla:.J::: fnkcr , 11 Dirty" l))al of the Fvrl"yboatm\)n, and drvw up an agru~mont whor) mun can transfvr from th.J Bargemen into tho Furry­boatmen and vico vvrsa . On this bas:'.s 60 barg')mon aru go.1ng to transf.3r into tho ~,orryboat;non aa doole hands , which Muf1ns a ruduc -tlon in wages .

Yours for better attended

A l.,cCcrmack .Man .

Waterfro1·t Worker P. o . Box 113A

D3nr Brother~ :

meetings

The san Fl'nncisco Rank and Fila Committee •:fishes to express its

• gratit~de to the brother$ from the I . L. A. who have conf;ributed to help tho wor!c of -:he Ranl= a~ld File Connni t1~t.,G

This bring3 up tho quo3tion whvthor such loado~s aro working for tho Ahipownors or fo~ tho mom­bJrs . Tho on.rg.:lmvn t.!link tho whole knbocdlv of fnko1~c. aro work­ing for tbv shipowu. l'S .

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Wo nJud offici1l3 liko ·tho lon~:;horon .. :.m ht-1.V.J --- mon v.ho have guts and Lra1ns .

A Bargomc.r. •

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EXPOSUHg - uLAI.\tS i~ IYv iJ~PL GOOJJ OLL·:£ST FOLI'l'I'JAL rRii:>ONSR :CN THE FO.:l '!!OI;KE:\:-\ WOltLD

J))ar Ed : Thv 1.1./n t ... rfront W.orker he s dor:.o

a J.ot for us b~t Ylh~..:n J~ho panor oriticizus Pr~s . Roosvolt 1~ sur e burn3 r.!O up .

GHEJ.·.r !l~C'S l

I hsv J wor:~od 10 .. ·uars on tho S . F . Watorf~cnt as a Htuv0Uoro and I thank P:ces. Roosvelt nnd 1·he New Baal for vrhat I have toda r. Befo .• :e · the stl'ike a fen1 r~7oei ved all the work - rion mos"G of u~ are gett:!.ng ot<.r tir.e in, thnrJcs tc, Pre.; . Roos ­velt and ·t;he NGw ·I.'eal .

Th~J"e is a glarinCl' cont:r·adic ­t1on between our Seasonc Greeting~ ~Ld our soc!al , oconomic , agricul­tural und indug~r~al situatio~ , whjch we fac~ at thg pressnt timo . ¥/hen tr.e Sous..:>n ' s Greet lngs rmd the HolidayP a ra 'i!i tl-t us , I will be holcin.3 st ~ndi'::-. st to the lofty ideals whic!1 brv11ght en..o.ncipation EUJd tho f lN:t i'8 tiv:n•J and of the workers to one- sixth of th~ world. :.1-;r undying cc'!'lfidonca is .... n the workOj.'~; and wh:v not't The:r create und prod'l.co all tn~ .mato1•ial t.hin. .... s of l 11'a . With warm seasons Rl.d comradoly g'~"G Ctines to all the rtufil)'1"ve , -~'armors anj vrorblrs , wl'lo nre s t rtr-ul1ng .,nd. saC\rific:ng fo r 0. bat'tfn WU"'ld, for all who toil and spi.n,

Put thls dov:n in yo'.l.r little notaoco1{ . 11he New J~sl is ~..:>ing over and R.S times ~oos on we ~d. ll.!

nave me-re ar.d batter t in.es , thanks to Pres . ·Roosevelt .

Thanking you, A ~tever:or3 .

(Ed 1 s .Note) ~ore than one ~il~ion and a

half work(.}rs ·.valked out or! str.a~e in 1934 , ln the n~st pcwerrul strik(' .vave in tLe history of the cou:.1.try . Alt!1ough most strll'es were called for hig~er w~ges , bet­ter working co~c~t:ons and un~on r ecognition, ~h~ b~ttle eeneralJy cent~red ~rvunu unLon reccgniti0n as the contral d.err. ... nd . Sec tio.1 7 A is SUPi-"~Oaeu. to pro1n i.se the v; ot':ccrs the r:Le:":lt to clwos~ th~il· OW1'1 un­ion , but in e·ery d!soute Roose­velt and the ~. R . A . Bacl~Gs did nothing to forue t~o e~ployers to recognize the men ' s UllJ on~ ; on the other haufl , every concoiva~le government&l ~gency was used to force the stri,:ers b~ck to nork . The ve17 ..:'ect ~;hat the wo:!'kers had to vrt.tlk out 0'1 strike o.coves thnt sect i on 7A was not enforced . Sec ­cndly, the. t the m.tl Liorl nnd a lw lf workers Ptruck proves that the N. R. A. did not riaso wsgos and im­orove condJtiOllS as wo s nron1laod . .As the N. h . A. DID NOT - t_ ... jvo the workers the right to organize and a.s the N. H. A. DID ~!OT rtlise wne;es , but on tho othe r .o.lRnd the N. l-l ~ A · dld incro~ae ~rofi~s and raised the price of foodstuffs with the result of the ever- broadon2ng stri ke wnvc of the aroused workers .

•r:1c Wo. tcrf:"'ont Worker Vlould also likJ to poin ~ out that hoo~0velt and the ifc 11 .D.Jr:.l a7'e not respcn­s iblo f.::n~ +- lla 1 ... 3t te:· worl~ing cond 1 · tions c~ the S~ F, b~~ch .

we '.l't'CQ ;.l.l v:o c:wrs who wani:. to more thOl"·"'~\.4 - h1 v understand the Ne\"1 .teal anr. 8ll j.ts par ts , to 1·ead the Wor~c•:n:> ' s Press , and all pam--phldts doc.ling with the vital question of tho wo't'.!rers . Work-ing- class ro&dins mnteri~l can be purchased at 37 Grove StreJt , or on the front tJVOi."'Y nay .

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