NEW ISSUE RISES
IN TEXTILE STRIKE
Question of Workers’ Right
To Strike Without Losing
Job Before Board
Washington, Jan. 15.—The nak
ed question of whether Section 7A
of the National Industrial Recov -
ery Act gives to cotton mill work
ers the right to strike without los
ing their jobs or being evict
ed from their homes came
before the Textile Labor Relations
Board today iin the discrimination
case involving the Ninety-Six cot
ton mill, at Ninety-Six, S. C.
Spokesmen for the management
of the mill, which is headed by
J. C. Self, of Greenwood, very
frankly told the board that strike
breakers were hired to take the
place of those who went on strike,
and the irifll did not shut down;
and they did not propose to dis
charge workers who kept the
wheels of commerce turning in or
der to rehire employees who left
their jobs voluntarily.
Union’s Case
John Peel, vice-president of the
United Textile Workers union,
which filed the petition against
the South Carolina mill, summed
up his case by stating that 142
men out of 158 who came out on
a strike have not been rehired, that
President Roosevelts executiye or
der when the strike was settled
has been flaunted, and the textile
code of fair competition and Sec
tion 7A of the Recovery Act vio
lated.
Judge Walter P. Stacy, chairman
of the board, clearly stated the
point at issue when he interrupted
the hearing and said:
“Does not this case come right
down to one point? Approximately
142 men went out on strike. Their
places were fille dand they have
not been taken back because there
is no place for them. They say
they have been discriminated a -
gainst. You (the employers) say
they have not.”
M.G . McDonald, Greenwood at
torney who represented the Self
mill at the hearing .agreed abso
lutely with the statement made by
Judge Stacy.
Simple Question
A number of witnesses were put
on the stand by both sides, but
they offered no important testi
mony. The mill management ad
mitted the men had not been put
back to work and the whole ques
tion placed before the board for
decision was whether or not Sec
tion 7A and the textile code give
to employees a right to strike and
retain their jobs.
Judge Stacy asked McDonald
this question: “If employees lost
their positions when they strike,
would not this restrain them in
their right to engage in concerted
action for their own mutual bene
fit?”
McDonald argued that tms provi
sion had no connection with the
question of the r ight to strike. He
went further and said that the code
and Section 7A did not apply to
the 142 employes because when
they quit their jobs, they ceased
to be employes and the provisions
-*f the code did not apply to them.
“I take it,” Judge Stacy said,
“that you contend an unsuccessful
strike at Ninety-Six is not to be
construed as a successful strike.
“Exactly,” McDonald replied.
"There is a vast difference.”
The attorney said if there is such
a thing as an equity in a job that
those now employed have a higher
equity than the 142 who went out
on strike. He said the evil done in
discharging those now at work |
would be far greater than the good
to be gained by rehiring the strik
ers.
The argument made by McDon
ald was unlike any yet heard by
the textile board. Entirely new
questions have been raised and the
board’s decision, which is expected
within the next two weeks is awa't
ed here with interest.
Francis Gorman, first vice-presi
dent ofthe United Textile Workers,
was present at the hearing, but
left the presentation of the case
entirely to Peel. Sitting within a
few feet of Gorman was Self and
other officials of the rriill.
During the noon recess Gorman
said he had never seen such a fla
grant violation of the law, and de
clared the defense put up by the
mill management was so weak
that it “made him sick.”—(News &
Observer).
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Merchants Oppose
Keeping Sales Tax
Scotland Neck, N. C.
January 16, 1935
The Roanoke RapMs Herald
Roanoke Rapids, N. C.
Gentlemen:
In a meeting of the Scotland
Neck Merchants Association held
on January 9, 1935, the following
resolutions were unanimously a -
dopted, and the secretary was in
structed to send you a copy of
same.
“WHEREAS, the three per cent
sales tax, enacted by the 1933
State Legislature, was enacted as
an emergency measure only for the
two year period, and whereas con
ditions have greatly improved in
North Carolina during the past bi
ennium, therefore;
“BE IT RESOLVED; First —
That we petition the 1935 Legisla
ture not to re-enact thils obnoxious
sales tax which is a direct tax on
poverty in favor of the more pros
perous corporations and landlords
of the State. We feel that a tax
imposed on the people of the State
should be in proportion to their a
bility to pay, and we further rea
lize that when we tax the poor and
ignorant class of people we are
imposing an unjust burden wholly
unworthy of the State of North
Carolina.
“Second—That our Senator and
Representatives be instructed to
use their influence and ability to
have this tax eliminated at this
session of theLegislautre, realiz
ing that there are ample sources
that can be tapped to obtain the
necessary revenue to run the
schools and defray the general ex
penses of the Government.
“Third—That a copy of these
resolutions be sent to each of our
members of the 1935 Legislature,
a copy to the Scotland Neck Com
monwealth and other papers of
the County, and a copy be spread
upon the minutes of the Associa
tion.”
\VHh kindest regards, w; are,
Yours very truly,
SCOTLAND NECK MERCHANTS
ASSOCIATION.
Lila Allsbrook.
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