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[New York]
Vol. 8 No. 1, 3 January 1944
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interests of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
Nationalize the Railroads and Steel!
An Editorial
- Demand Nationalization Under Workers Control
Rail and Steel Workers Drive for Higher Wages, by Carl Davis
Roosevelt Joins the Chorus; “New Deal” is Outmoded, by Susan Green
The Strike at Point Breeze: Company Incites Race Bias, by V. Jensen
Michigan CIO Leaders Move for Labor Party, by Martin Harvey
American Ship Workers Strike in Defense of Union Leader, by James Shea
No Shortage of Profits for Canning Firms Either
Next Week
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Layoffs at Brewster Plant
- The Story of Steel Profits
- The Role of the Stalinists at the U.S. Rubber Company
World Events, by Europacus
- DeGaulle Against Free Press
- New Wave of Strikes in France
Your Sub’s Expired? Renew It! You Haven’t a Sub? Get One!
Labor Action Bound Volume for 1943
A Lesson in Workers’ Solidarity, by Stanley Grey
The Story of Harriet Tubman and the American Civil War, by W.F. Carlton
Bishop Spellman Speaks for Franco, by Chris Sikokis
The Meaning of the New Yugoslavian Provisional Government, by Max Shachtman
“Peace on Earth, Goodwill to All Men,” with Weapons, by Gertrude Shaw
Workers Party School Ends; New Term Begins in February
Montgomery Ward’s Boss Avery Seeks to Suppress Union Paper
The Struggle for an Independent Labor Party in the U.S., Resolution of the Workers Party
Vol. 8 No. 2, 10 January 1944
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interests of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
Supreme Court Rejects Appeal of the Eighteen
In 1944 Labor Needs an Independent Party, by David Coolidge
General Marshall Smears American Labor
Klan Elements in Detroit Again Whitewashed, by Ben Hall
Bosses’ Anti-Labor Propaganda Among Soldiers Has a Reason – Not a Good One, by Gertrude Shaw
Super-Heroic Profits for the Airlines – $168,421 per Plane
News and Views from the World of Labor
- Fascistic Drive Against Unionism on the West Coast, from Labor
- IWA Officials Feel Pressure from the Rank and File
- Chicago Holds CRDC Meeting
- UE Local at Foote’ Votes Fight for Increased Wages, by T.S.
World Events, by Europacus
- Polish Workers Fight Nazi Slave Drive
- German People Help Foreign Workers
- Greek People Demonstrate Against High Prices
Minority Resolution on Question of Forming Labor Party, by Paul Temple
‘Look Here, Mr. Striker ―’, by Kenneth Walsh
Now YOU Look HERE, Seaman Walsh ..., by Max Shachtman
Iran Oil – Another Chapter of the Same Old Story, by Paul Ullman
Line to Nut House Forms Here
No Fooling!
Workers Still Getting the Run-Around, by Walter Weiss
Of Special Interest to Women, by Susan Green
Robber Barons – A Saga of the Railroads, by William A. Stokes
[Correction]
Vol. 8 No. 3, 17 January 1944
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interests of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
Browder “Dissolves” Party; Backs Capitalism
FDR for Slave Law! by David Coolidge
- Baruch Has a Word for It
The New Convert! (cartoon), by Carlo
An Editorial
- Steel Profiteering
Cramp Strike Answers Company Anti-Union Acts
How Steel Monopolies Split the Booty
- Total Steel Profits 1940–1943: $1,206,000,000
A Report on Rail Profits
Mass Action, by David Coolidge
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Dalrymple Expels 74 Rubber Strikers, by Bill Ford
World Events, by Europacus
- Banker Gets High Post in Control Commission
- Item on German Workers
Levy Case and Army Jim Crow Put Up to President Roosevelt
Ceylon Trotskyist Leaders Imprisoned
Next Week
General Marshall Overlooked Something: Merchants of Death and Soldiers, by Gertrude Shaw
Somervell’s Evasions Protect Standard Oil Canol Grab, by V. Jensen
Sparks in the News, by John Berne
Polish Government in Exile Loaded with Anti-Semites, by J. Kaaren
Minority Resolution on Question of Forming Labor Party, by Paul Temple
The Drive on the Labor Movement: FDR Administration Leads the Attack, by Walter Weiss
The Politics Behind the Indian Famine, an editorial from India Today
Labor Must Organize the Fight Against Anti-Semitism, by Susan Green
British-American Rivalry in Asia
Next Week
Vol. 8 No. 4, 24 January 1944
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interests of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
CIO-AFL Assail Labor Draft Bill; Fight Efforts to Cripple Unions, by Susan Green
- WDL and NAACP Blast Conscription of Workers
Nine Men Named ‘Wilson’ ―
Negro Manpower Not Utilized
‘Scrap the Union’ Is GM Response to UAW Demands, by Mike Wylie
Food Stamps No Substitute for Jobs and Good Wages, by Nancy Nathan
FDR’s Message to Congress, by David Coolidge
Pravda ‘Peace’ Story Stalin Maneuver
A Case of Faulty Arithmetic
News and Views from the Labor Front
- How Will Labor Get an Annual Minimum Wage? by Gertrude Shaw
- Plan to Combat Sperry Layoffs, by Rocco
- Addes and Frankensteen Knife General Motors’ Workers
- Negroes Want Jobs – Not ‘Perfect Justice’
World Events, by Europacus
- Russian Imperialism to Swallow Poland
- Polish Underground and Socialism
- Nazi Paper Admits Workers Oppose Labor Front
Note to G.C., Berkeley, Calif.
Who Helped Hitler Rearm?
Herlands Reports on Anti-Semitism in New York City
- Slum Poverty “Discovered” as Cause of Hoodlumism, by Jesse Kaaren
- Unions Should Organize Defense Against Attacks, by William Gorman
Tresca Murder Still Unsolved
Stalinist “Liberation” of Poland an Imperialist Grab, by Max Shachtman
Editorials
- Frank, Joe – and Harry
- Something to Get Mad About
- Latest French Developments
Take Politics Out of Relief, by Harry Allen
WLB has “Principles” – Witness Its Garment Workers Decision, by Walter Weiss
Big Business Hangs Onto War Profits, by V. Jensen
Vol. 8 No. 5, 31 January 1944
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interests of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
Stop the Political Sell-Out to FDR! Organize Labor’s Own Party in ’44, by John Berne
URWA Ranks Fight Union-Wrecking by Dalrymple, by Bill Ford
Problem of Post-War Jobs Ties In with Labor Party, by Gertrude Shaw
Dalrymple Makes Big Mistake, by John C. Green
More Profits in 1944
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Attention! Rubber Workers Local 101
- C.P. in Brewster Local Dons False Face
World Events, by Europacus
- The Poisoned Fruits of “Liberation”
- German Soldiers Showing Strain
Great Britain Holds Up Trial of Noted French Fascists
New International Features Timely Articles, Reviews
Rockefeller Bank Indicted for ‘Trading with the Enemy’
Why Shipyard Workers Strike – Case History of a ‘Wildcat’, by Victor H. Johnson, from The Nation
Labor Must Ditch War Labor Board to Save Its Skin, by Susan Green
Labor Resumes Poll-Tax Battle, by Jessie Kaaren
Preparations for World War III
A Post-War ‘Prosperity’ Note – Peace Rumor Panics Wall Street, by Dan Berger
Strikes in Wartime Japan! by Nancy Nathan
Of Special Interest to Women, by Susan Green
Refugees Ask Exit FROM Russia
Vol. 8 No. 6, 7 February 1944
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interests of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
MANAGING EDITOR:
Gertrude Shaw
Sequel to the Miners’ Strike, by Gertrude Shaw
Cost of Living Up 45.5%, Wages Are Frozen at 15%, by Susan Green
Break the Chain! (cartoon), by Carlo
Here’s a Laugh, But a Sales Tax Is Nothing to Laugh At
Casualties at War Plants, by Hildy Johnson
Another “Dissolution”
Can You Top This?
NAACP Joins with Labor Group in Defense of Negro Unionist
News and Views from the Labor Front
- What Labor Can Learn from Recent RR Situation, by David Coolidge
- Washington Likes Dalrymple
- Prefers Fighting Labor to Fighting Japs
- South Chicago Steel Locals Join in Contract Negotiations
- Rich (?) War Workers
World Events, by Europacus
- Paper Describes Strikes in Nazi Occupied Italy
- Third Front at Work in Other Camp also
The Virtue of Frankness
... Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor ...
- A Reader Discusses Draft Labor Law, from B.P.
- “Profit Hogs” and the Black Market, from Mrs. D.L.M.
- A Correction – We Thank You
India Paying Billions for England’s War, by Stanley Grey
No Let-Up in Nazi Torture of the Jews
Roosevelt’s Anti-Labor Plans Are Real, by Walter Weiss
Growing Unity Between Jews and Moslems in North Africa
Maintenance of Membership Attacked, by John Berne
New Course Recommended to Our Readers, by Paul Ullman
Editorials
- Japanese Atrocities and Race Hatred
- Not a Matter of Race – But of War
- We Blame Capitalism as a Whole
Shadow of Unemployment, by V. Jensen
One Engine or Three, by Nancy Nathan
From England: Unbelievable Statement
“Join Hands with German Workers!”
Workers Party Meeting Explains “Dissolution” of Communist Party, by R. Craine
Vol. 8 No. 7, 14 February 1944
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interests of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
MANAGING EDITOR:
Gertrude Shaw
FDR for Any Anti-Labor Bill, by Max Shachtman
Soldiers Against Labor Draft
Disgusting Antics – Including Anti-Semitic Jabs – As Congress Stalls on Soldier Vote
No “Enemies” in Business Deals, by V. Jensen
What’s Stalin Up to Now?
Progressives Win Brewster Election
Funds for the 18
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Dalrymple Now Faces Expulsion by Union, by Bill Ford
- The Melon and the Rind
- 28to28 to 28to30 a Week for a Family Man
World Events, by Europacus
- What Goes on In North Africa
- A Classical Method of Discrediting
- DeGaulle’s Brand of “Democracy”
A Reader Likes Our Ideas, from M.A.
Plenty of Paper for Anti-Semitic Lies
‘Common Man’ Wallace Can’ Fight Fascism, by Ralph Marvin
A Pipeline to Carry Oil and Profits, by Stanley Grey
A “Lasting Peace” Based on Exploitation, by Leon Gordon
Ickes Ought to Know
Of Special Interest to Women, by Susan Green
- “One More Sable, Honey ...” (cartoon), by Carlo
Roosevelt Whitewashed at FEPC Meeting But Audience Senses Need for More Effective Action, by F. Forest
Willkie’s Plan Would Mean 40% Withholding or 15% Sales Tax, by Gertrude Shaw
Respect for the Nazi Mind
Lynn Case Decision
Atrocity Posters for Speed-Up
Hillman and Stalinists Bring ALP to Verge of Crack-Up, by Albert Gates
Vol. 8 No. 8, 21 February 1944
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interests of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
MANAGING EDITOR:
Gertrude Shaw
Congress Votes Price Rise
Roosevelt Planned Smear-Labor Campaign, by Walter Weiss
The “Big Steal” Formula (cartoon), by Carlo
No Ballots for Soldiers
“Seaman” Walsh Is a Phony!
Labor Action Subscriptions Hit New High
Stalin ‘Finds’ Vatican Pro-Fascist, by Chris Sikokis
Next Week
News and Views from the Labor Front
- How the WLB Prepares to Crush the Unions, by Walter Weiss
- FEPC Charges Discrimination by Sailors Union, by Scott Byer
World Events, by Europacus
- “War guilt” Trials Then and Now
- Some Facts from Inside Germany
New Protest to Knox on Seabee Discharges
Labor Draft No Surprise, Says Writer, from W.W.
Navy Yard, Army Camp, Red Cross – All Discriminate, by Ruth Leonard
Why U.S. Does Not Recognize Bolivia, by Paul Ullman
Rail Profits Come Before Safety and Progress, by Eugene Vaughn
Italy’s Fascists Hop AMG Bandwagon, by Jessie Kaaren
New International for February Features Review of American Labor Party
Negro Children Manhandled by Cops, by C.W.
Time Out – To Bury the Dead
Editorials
- New York Times – A “Refined” Labor-Hater
Nazis Study AMG Rule in Italy – To Prevent a German Revolt, by Sara Klein
Teaches Tolerance – Gets Fired, by Julian Stern
Restless British Workers Breaking Political Ties with Churchill Tories, by Nancy Nathan
Cropper Fights Illegal Entry
Not the Truth – Just Advertising
Capt. Rick Knows His Unions
Vol. 8 No. 9, 28 February 1944
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interests of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
MANAGING EDITOR:
Gertrude Shaw
Rail Union Votes Resolution for Labor Party
FDR’s Veto of Tax Bill Leaves Issue Unsettled
In the Next Issue of Labor Action: First Detailed Report on Italy to Appear in This Country
“States’ Rights” Is a Phony Block to Soldier Vote, by Walter Weiss
Juggling Living Cost Figures, by W. White
News and Views from the Labor Front
- FEPC Bill Contains Threat to Labor, by David Coolidge
- Next Week
- Local No. 9 Hears Appeal of Members, by Bill Ford
- Ford Company Fights Union
Shachtman Tours Midwest
Mass Action, by David Coolidge
A Reader Discovers an Error; We Agree and Explain, from M.M.
Only Socialism Can Bring Peace and Freedom (speech), by Max Shachtman
United Mine Workers Journal Tells Truth About the Cost of Living, from United Mine Workers Journal
The Baruch Plan: For Monopoly and Profits, by Eugene Vaughn
Jews of Europe Face Doom, by Jessie Kaaren
On Fascism: What Some Liberals and Educators Say
A Southern Gentleman on Capital Punishment
A Scoundrel Takes His Life
Quality and Prices of Goods Show Workers Getting Gyped
Vol. 8 No. 10, 6 March 1944
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interests of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
MANAGING EDITOR:
Gertrude Shaw
Read First-Hand Report from Italy on this Page!
Some Whys and Wherefores on the Subsidy Question, by Gertrude Shaw
Destroy the Black Market! by Susan Green
Brewster Local Must Get Fired Stewards Back on Their Jobs
Roosevelt-Barkley Tax Fight, by John Berne
- Political Aspects
- Bread-Butter Aspects
Conditions of Labor in “Liberated” Italy
- Letter to National Secretary of Workers Party, from A.C.
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Here’s How Union Men and Women Can Start Working for an Independent Labor Party
- UAW Board Issues Anti-Strike Ukase, by David Coolidge
- A Few Facts to Remember
What Soldier Vote?
A Correction, But No Change
I’ll Have One, Too
A Reader Wrote In on Subject of Congress, by Ruth Philips
United States Employment Service: How It Serves the Boss – Not the Worker, by Joe Leonard
International Finagling by the Capitalists, by Eugene Vaughn
No Freedom of Expression in the Army, by Stan Lepetit
Bilbo’s ‘Plan’ for Negro ‘Freedom’
Shachtman in Buffalo
Of Special Interest to Women, by Susan Green
Editorials
- What Fascism Is, Is No Mystery
Tribute to Austrian Workers Who Fought Fascism in 1934, by Sylvia Merrill
Vol. 8 No. 11, 13 March 1944
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interests of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
MANAGING EDITOR:
Gertrude Shaw
Riot Sticks and Black-Jacks for Use Against Labor, by N. Nathan
General Strike in Italy – Workers Rebel Against Invaders
- Strike Threat by Workers in ‘Liberated Italy’
Your Future in the Hands of a Cotton Broker and a Director of Sperry’s
America Firsters Meet in Philadelphia
- From their Own Mouths
ALP Backs Tammany Choice, by T.R. Cobb
News and Views from the Labor Front
- San Pedro Local 9 Renews Its Fight for Autonomy
- Army Does Not Keep Promises to Los Angeles Strikers
- Union-Busters in New Orleans
- Nice Round Figures
- Brewster Local Decides It Wants Arbitration
- Dalrymple continues Anti-Union Moves, by Bill Ford
Shachtman in Chicago
Press Action
Rankin Joins List of Stalin’s Admirers, by J. Jacoby
An Editorial
- Fascist Enemy in America
Militarism for Post-War Use Being Planned, by Stanley Lepetit
Butter Wasted, by Jessie Kaaren
Child Labor, by Ruth Philips
Army Air Force Discrimination
Negro Children Abused
Division in Palestine Labor
Discrimination on Increase Says Regional Director
Editorials
- Historic Struggles Being Waged in Italy
- Lost in the Shuffle
- Try Another Secretary Knox
In March We Celebrate
- Paris Commune
- Death of Marx
Parade of Milkmen, by Ernest Lund
Advertising Pays
Vol. 8 No. 12, March 20, 1944
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interests of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
MANAGING EDITOR:
Gertrude Shaw
Stalin Recognizes the Fascist Badoglio, by Susan Green
Welsh Miners Out in Mass Strikes, by Mike Stevens
Steelworkers Must Get Their Wage Increase
- Last Minute News
Shake Them Down (cartoon), by Carlo
Situation in Ford Motor Co. Reaches Crisis
Our Brothers in Arms Being Disfranchised by Congress, by John Berne
Michigan Meeting Fumbles in Forming New Party, by Ben Hall
Mass Action, by David Coolidge
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Puzzle Solved
World Events, by Europacus
- Mr. Churchill Spills the Beans
- Churchill-Stalin “Friendship”
- “Rationed” Laughter in Germany
- Revolutionary Forces in Europe
Perhaps the Matter Isn’t Closed
Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor ...
- C.P. Line Makes Happy Personnel Managers, from T.H.
- Japanese Workers and Capitalists, from S.B.
Lawmakers at Work – A Day in the House, by Tom Tanakos
San Pedro Local 9 – How Pollard Was Supported by Communists
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Ranks Get Wise to Dalrymple, by Bill Ford
How the System of Checks and Balances Works, by Walter Weiss
Editorials
- Stimson Ikays Jim Crowism
- Statistical Witchcraft
Change of Policy on Palestine, by Jessie Kaaren
Debunking a Fable, by Nancy Nathan
Little Difference
Vol. 8 No. 13, 27 March 1944
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interests of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
MANAGING EDITOR:
Gertrude Shaw
Workers Party Platform
Food Stock in Storage; Release It for Our Use!
Who is Sabotaging the Soldiers? by John Berne
30-Hr. Week Is a Cinch – You Bet! by Nancy Nathan
Fight in ALP Subject of Talk by Shachtman
Landlord Gets 30% Raise
Not Advertised
Mailing Rights Restored to The Militant
New Crop of Star-Spangled Millionaires is Being Born, by David Coolidge
Mass Action, by David Coolidge
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Michigan Forms New Party, by Ben Hall
- CIO Wins Three-Way Battle in Philadelphia Transportation
- Brewster Local Must Fight Company Union-Busting Plans
- Leaders of CIO Political Action Committee Again Boost “Their Friend” at Detroit Meeting, by Ben Hall
- Aluminum Workers Meet
- Who Are the Eighteen Prisoners?
World Events, by Europacus
- Meaning of Strike in North Italy
- Why Naples Strike Was Called Off
Baruch Plan Is for Monopoly Capitalism – Not for Free Economy, by Eugene Vaughn
Setting the Stage for a National Slave Labor Law, by Walter Weiss
Hamburg Workers Want New Party
Loyal to His Class
Workers Party Convention Discussed Important Issues
Bruce Bliven, by William Gorman
Platform of Workers Party
‘Equal Rights’, by V. Jensen
Not So Dumb
Air Control – A Bone of Contention, by Julian Stern
Vol. 8 No. 14, 3 April 1944
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interests of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
MANAGING EDITOR:
Gertrude Shaw
Henry “Houdini” Kaiser
- He Puts It In; He Takes It Out (cartoon), by J. Reilly
Support the Demands of the Steel Workers
The Washingston Run-Around, by Walter Weiss
Coughlin Tries to Influence Labor, by V. Jensen
- From Their Own Mouths
Hillman-Communist Bloc Wins over Dubinsky in ALP Primaries
Who Is Getting Rich out of the War?
- The Steel Corporations
- The Big Steel Bosses
- But Not the Steel Workers
News and Views from the Labor Front
- River Rouge Local Aroused
- Why Addes Gained in Hudson Local
- Ship Workers Vote Not to Back CIO Political Action Committee
- Delousing a Louse
French Labor Struck Against the Nazis, by Europacus
Press Action
New International for March ―
Stettinius Goes to Placate Great Britain, by Eugene Vaughn
Of Special Interest to Women, by Susan Green
Motives Behind the Arabian Oil Scandal, by Jessie Kaaren
“Uncle Toms”
Lynn Case
Public Education Was Won by Labor, by Ruth Philips
Editorials
- Eire Is Not Intimidated
- Interpreting the Atlantic Charter
Platform of the Workers Party
Oil on Troubled Waters, by Nancy Nathan
Vol. 8 No. 15, 10 April 1944
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interests of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
MANAGING EDITOR:
Gertrude Shaw
An Editorial Statement
- ALP Primaries Won by Hillman-Stalinist Bloc
AFL Blasts Wage Freeze at Hearings Before WLB
Italian Trotskyists Call for Workers’ Councils
- The Manifesto (facsimile)
500% Profit Not Enough for Big Food Corporations
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Dalrymple Expelled by His Own Local
- No-Strike Pledge Repudiated
- Attempt to Railroad De Lorenzo
No Gold Pavements
March New International
... Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor ...
- Yes, We Did Forget to Mention, from V.M.
- CIO Committee of Political (Re)Action, from R.H.
- We Correct a Subscriber, from J.K.
- A Few Words from Old Man Farmer, from O.T.
- With Your Help, from R.A.
News and Views from the Labor Front
- 90,000 British Miners Strike, by Mike Stevens
- Union-Busting at Sun Ship
- A Frame-Up
- Wage Increases as a Result of Los Angeles Power Strike
- The Meaning of Dies’ Attack, by John Berne
- A Vacation in Heaven
- Ford’s Scheme to Lower Wages by Shifting Workers
When Capitalists “Educate” Workers
Smoke Them Out
Review of the News
- Steel Companies Get More Time
- It Happened in Weirton
- FDR Allows ‘Fraud’ to Become Law
- $1,165,800,000 Taxes on Consumers
- A Gruesome Report on Italy
- ‘The Insatiable Greed of Russia’
- The New Crop of German Communists
- Political Rough-riding by Churchill
- Victims of the Nazis and the Allies
C.P. Leaders Sponsor New Party: Communist Party Is Cracking
Will Capitalism Provide Jobs for All Workers? by Susan Green
Life Imprisonment for Negro Soldiers – ‘Scottsboro’ Method, by Jessie Kaaren
Peasants Rebel in China, by L.K. Low
Vol. 8 No. 16, 17 April 1944
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interests of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
MANAGING EDITOR:
Gertrude Shaw
Workers Party Platform – Why Does Labor Need a Program of Action? by Max Shachtman
FDR Deaf to Wage Claim of CIO-AFL! by Walter Weiss
Shoes and Capitalist Profits
Lord Londonderry of THE Londonderrys: Typical British Mine Owner, by Mike Stevens
- Freedom from Want – For Us!! (cartoon), by J. Reilly
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Labor Fights Union-Busting Laws, by Susan Green
- To Win Union Democracy Anti-Dalrymple Forces Need Organization and Progressive Program
- “A Friend of Labor”, by Ben Hall
Platform of the Workers Party
World Events, by Europacus
- Belgian Miners Do Not Fear Fascist Threats
- Germany: a Small Revealing Incident
- Stalinists angle for Power
17¢ versus $17,000
Portrait of a Government Official – Showing Powers That Pull the Political Strings
The Antics of the Communist Party – Browder Glad NAM Talks Like Him, by Albert Gates
More Than Year Since Tresca Murder – Case Still Unsolved Mystery – Why?
Editorials
- Mr. Hull Makes More ‘Points’
- Only the Surface Has Been Scratched
- DeGaulle turns to the ‘Left’
Break It! (cartoon), by Carlo
Weirton Teaches a Lesson, by Nancy Nathan
Farrell on Radio
More on DeGaulle and the Communists
Vol. 8 No. 17, 24 April 1944
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interests of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
MANAGING EDITOR:
Gertrude Shaw
Post-War Plans of AFL Are a Farce, by David Coolidge
NLRB Sides with Bosses Against Striking Workers
Let Him Have It! (cartoon)
Poll Tax Hits Black and White Labor, by John Berne
“Big Three” to Join in Armed Dictatorship over Germany
Italian Events
AKRON CIO Backs URWA Rank and File, by Bill Ford
News and Views from the Labor Front
- New Developments in Dalrymple Case, by Bill Ford
- Federal Shipyard Workers Reject WLB Raise of 1.2 Cents an Hour – Come Out for Strike Vote
- 6,000 Montgomery Ward Workers in Chicago and Kansas City Strike to Preserve Their Union
Politicians Wrangle for Political Domination in New York Negro Congressional District
[Letters]
- It’s All a Matter of Income, After All, from L.C.
- A Subscriber Gets His First Issue, from P.McD.
Gates on Tour
“New Era” by Johnston Is a Droll Affair, by Walter Weiss
A Professor Says Facts Are Not “Scientific”, by Sam Adams
A Seabee and a C.B., by Earl Wilson, from New York Post
Fear Inflated Stomachs
Of Special Interest to Women, by Susan Green
Comment on Articles on Zionism, by Ben Hall
An Editorial Statement
Wallace’s Job in China, by L.K. Low
The Cost of Living on the Carpet Again
Japanese Workers Defy Government
A Filthy Labor-Hater
Vol. 8 No. 18, 1 May 1944
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interests of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
MANAGING EDITOR:
Gertrude Shaw
Problems Before Convention of Steel Workers ― 1. Rescind No-Strike Pledge 2. Build Real Labor Party, by David Coolidge
For a Labor Party and a Workers Government, by Max Shachtman
- A New World Must Be Born (cartoon), [_by Carlo_]
What are YOU Doing About Subs for Labor Action? by T.R. Cobb
The Struggle for Independent Labor Political Action, by Sam Adams
Sitting on the Lid (cartoon), by J. Reilly
Events in Italy and Germany
A May Day Tribute to the Glorious Russian Revolution of 1917, by Reva Craine
- Lenin (drawing)
- Trotsky (cartoon), by Carlo
New International – A Magazine of Revolutionary Marxism, by Henry Coleman
A May Day Review of Labor and Its Problems
- Labor in 1886 and in 1944, by David Coolidge
Strength in Unity (cartoon), by J. Reilly
Where Does Poletti Take His Walks
A May Day Review of Labor and Its Problems
- The Battle for Union Democracy in Ship Local 9
- Tasks of the Rubber Workers, by Bill Ford
- Break the Chain (cartoon), by J. Reilly
- World Labor Conference, by Mike Stevens
The Present Stage of the Italian Revolution, by Max Shachtman
Fourth Anniversary of the Workers Party, by Albert Gates
Labor Action – The Paper Every Worker Should Read, by Gertrude Shaw
- Labor’s Struggles Reflected in the Pages of LA (collage)
War and the Working Class: Meet Mrs. Neame – Working Woman, by Susan Green
It Can Be Done (cartoon), by Carlo
Novelist James T. Farrell Appeals for Support for Victims of the Gag Act
Vol. 8 No. 19, 8 May 1944
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interests of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
MANAGING EDITOR:
Gertrude Shaw
FDR Action at Ward’s No Solution for Workers
- It’s So Easy! (photo)
- Study this Picture – And Learn Necessary A-B-C Lessons
- Ward – Morgan – and Co.
Detroit PAC Hogties Labor to FDR, by Ben Hall
Tenants in Government Houses Stage Rent Strike
Plan of Action for URWA, by Bill Ford
Gates on Tour
Workers Party Platform, by Max Shachtman
“Wages” That Are Not Frozen
News and Views from the Labor Front
- AFL Post-War Proposals, by David Coolidge
- ILO Meet a Capitalist Sideshow, by Sylvia Merrill
World Events, by Europacus
- Illegal Trade Unions in Belgium
- There Are Strikes Even Behind Ghetto Walls
- From Inside Germany: A Liar Confounded
Just What Is a “Hero”?
News and Views from the Labor Front
- The Answer! An Independent Labor Party (cartoon), by MCF
- CIO Leaders Sell Out to Michigan Democrats, by Ben Hall
- WLB on Maintenance of Membership, by Mike Stevens
- Labor Solidarity Is the Strongest Fortress Against Jim Crow, by D.C.
April New International Out
Platform of Workers Party
How Fascism Comes About, by Reva Craine
A Liberal Shows His Hand, by Gertrude Shaw
Vol. 8 No. 20, 15 May 1944
Labor Action
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EDITOR:
Albert Gates
MANAGING EDITOR:
Gertrude Shaw
Billions for Big Business – Nothing for Labor in Senate Bill, by Susan Green
How About Me? (cartoon), by J. Reilly
A Reader Blitzes Labor Action with 60 Subs! by T.R. Cobb
Missouri Farm Laborers Face Eviction
Union Comes Out Strong in Montgomery Ward Election
Sell-Out of Tenants by False Leader
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Cramp Progressives Elected
- John Green Bows to FDR on Wage Policy for CIO Shop Union
- Two Ford Strikes and Their Lessons
At Windsor Plant
At Highland Plant - Union Leaders Clamp Down on Houde Rank and File
Gates Meetings a Success
Steel Companies Pay Out 1600% More Dividends – Can’t “Afford” 17¢ Wage Increase
Labor Action Gets Report from Naples
- Support Italian workers (cartoon), by Carlo
Good Neighbors
World Events, by Europacus
- Stalin Gathers His Sheep to the Fold
- Stalin’s Aim: Counter-Revolution
- Citrine at the ILO Conference
Prepare to Resist Attacks, by Jimmie Little
Editorials
- Labor’s Great Political Strength
- The Negro in Politics
AFL Post-War Proposals, by David Coolidge
Charity by the Baruchs or Social Planning by a Workers’ Government, by Nancy Nathan
Two Excellent Points
We Like this Kind of Appreciation, from S.H.
Montgomery Ward Duplicity: Legality, Capitalist Style, by Walter Weiss
Vol. 8 No. 21, 22 May 1944
Labor Action
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EDITOR:
Albert Gates
MANAGING EDITOR:
Gertrude Shaw
Foremen’s Strike Highlights Detroit Labor Unrest
Anti-Poll-Tax Bill Ditched
Stiff Fight on Renewal of No-Strike Pledge, by David Coolidge
Comments on Important News
- Three Anti-Labor Moves
- Dies Reads Handwriting on the Wal
- Foremen Organize and Strike
- ILO Finishes Its Labors at Philly
- Good and Bad Nazis
- British Empire Conference
Sperry Local Still Without Contract
News and Views from the Labor Front
- About the sinister Influences on British Labor, by Mike Stevens
- Cleveland Street Car Workers to Take Strike Vote, by James Shea
- Ward Election a Good Starter
Gates Meetings on Tour
Baths Are Becoming a Luxury
A Reader Joins Up, from H.C.S.
Democracy for Brazil – After the War
Oil in the Far and Near East
War and Imperialism Ruining Puerto Rico, by Ruth Philips
C.P. in Italy – A Comparison with Spain, by M. & R. Gould
An Exposé of Gerald K. Smith and the America First Party, by Reva Craine
Smith Committee Out to Boost Living Costs, by Eugene Vaughn
The Solution for the Housing Muddle, by Jessie Kaaren
MCF to Convene
Vol. 8 No. 22, 29 May 1944
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EDITOR:
Albert Gates
MANAGING EDITOR:
Gertrude Shaw
An Appeal to Communist Workers: On with the Struggle for Socialist Freedom, by Max Shachtman
- The Communist Party Turns Its Coat
CIO Top Leaders Scuttle Labor’s Political Power
- They Sold Out to Roosevelt (photo)
How the Capitalists Figure Their Profits, by John Berne
Liberal Party Repeats ALP Errors
Addes: ‘Break Thru Picket Line’
Brewster Plants Shut Down
Straight Talk, by Ernest Lund
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Seamen Picket Service Hotel, by Scott Byers
- Union-Boss Collaboration
- Last Minute Stoppage of Cleveland Strike, by James Shea
World Events, by Europacus
- Threat of Strike Saves French Workers
Reading Incident Poses Soldier-Worker Problem
Three Dollars for One, from United Mine Workers Journal
Gates Meetings on Tour
The Militant and Our Italian Comrades, by Max Shachtman
Platform of Workers Party
A Strange Pair
Editorials
- Those Who Got Slapped
- Mission to Moscow
Deal with Franco, by Julian Stern
More Ships – Less Time (diagram)
For a New World
- Labor Can Produce Plenty for All – with Time for Leisure, by Nancy Nathan
Some Don’t Play the Horses
Vol. 8 No. 23, 5 June 1944
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EDITOR:
Albert Gates
MANAGING EDITOR:
Gertrude Shaw
An Editorial Statement
- Lessons of the Brewster Sit-In
Brewster Workers Sit-In Scores Partial Victory, by David Coolidge
- Bulletin
- A Rank-and-Filer Tells the Story, by A Brewster Worker
- The Mayor Was Too Busy
Bridges – Labor Traitor, by T.R. Cobb
- Throw Him Out of the Union!
The SP – A Party of Confusion, by E. Lund
Straight Talk, by Ernest Lund
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Thomas on the No-Strike Pledge, by David Coolidge
- Charge It to Cost-Plus
- Ken-Rad Plant Seizure Parallels Ward Case
- Labor Organizer Fined
The Box Score, by T.R. Cobb
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Illinois District No. 12 UMW Calls for Autonomy
- Low-Down on the Chrysler Strike, by Martin Harvey
- A Cock-Eyed Set-Up, by Walter Weiss
Of Special Interest to Women, by Susan Green
May New International Contains the Following ―
Editorials
- Browder’s Venture into Economics
- Another Smelly War Scandal
Worker by Brain and Brawn (photo)
For a New World
- Here’s Proof that Labor Can Rely on Itself, by Nancy Nathan
Allies Ignore Critical Refugee Question, by Jessie Kaaren
Vol. 8 No. 24, 12 June 1944
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EDITOR:
Albert Gates
MANAGING EDITOR:
Gertrude Shaw
Cut-Backs Threaten Mass Layoffs
Invasion: New Stage in War, by Albert Gates
Brewster Workers Showed the Way (photo)
Layoffs Start at Houdi Buffalo Plant, by Steve Kent
Chrysler Strike a Fight for Auto Union, by Martin Harvey
Will Ship Workers Accept Green’s Bankrupt Report, by David Coolidge
Fighting Spirit Marks Brewster Union Mass Meeting, by Sam Adams
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Pedro CP Tries Frame-up on Labor Action, by Anne Temple
World Events, by Europacus
- Foreign Workers in Nazi Factories
- Nazi Police and German Soldiers – Belgian Underground
Our Greek Martyrs
Father Coughlin, Anti-Labor Apostle of American Fascism, by Reva Craine
Sewell Avery Battles Ward Union as Government Agencies Rest Their Case, by Walter Weiss
Sumner Welles’ New World No Bettter Than the Old, by Julian Stern
The ‘Dummy’ Party (cartoon), by Carlo
Tories and Labor Skates Join Witch-Hunt of British Trotskyists
CP Expels Darcy
May New International Contains the Following ―
Editorials
- An Unreconstructed Imperialist
- R.J. Thomas Double-Talks
Churchill Praises Franco as He Once Did Adolph and Benito, by W. White
A Letter to the Workers Party from the Italian Left Communists, from Zadra
Capitalist Comments on Unemployment
Vol. 8 No. 25, 19 June 1944
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EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
T.R. Cobb
Congress Rips Up Price Act!
Ward Union Faces New Avery Fight, by T.R. Cobb
Why Labor Needs a Party of Its Own (cartoon), by Carlo
High Court Frees Fascists; Refuses to Review Labor Case
Longshoreman Sends an Open Letter on Harry Bridges’ New Scab Policy, from A Longshoreman
Mass Meeting Supports Minneapolis Appeal
Straight Talk, by Ernest Lund
News and Views from the Labor Front
- ‘Hit the Bricks’ – Sailors Vote to Strike! by C.T. Wolf
- NMU Rings Cash Register for the CP
- Cutbacks Force Change to Worse Jobs, by Jimmie Little
World Events, by Europacus
- The Ghosts Return
- This Anti-Fascist War
The Box-Score
Out of the Past, by Ruth Philips
No Mystery in Communist Flip-Flops – Party Serves Stalin, by David Coolidge
- “Wall Street Final – Closing Bid and Asked!” (cartoon), by Alan Dunn, from The New Yorker
The British Empire’s Little Helpers, by J.R. Johnson
Labor Defense Committee Aids British Trotskyists
Editorials
- Once Again, the Brewster Fight
- Ship Owners and Sailors
- Now It’s Budd’s
Apostle of American Fascism, by Reva Craine
The Question Is: Who Is Really the Bureaucratic Monkey on a Stick, by Walter Weiss
Discrimination in the U.S. Army Upheld by Supreme Court
Right Up Pegler’s ... Alley
A Capitalist Comment on Unemployment, from Forbes Magazine
New York Readers!
Vol. 8 No. 26, 26 June 1944
Labor Action
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EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
T.R. Cobb
$41½ Billions in Profits, Dividends, Disbursements to Big Business, Says SEC Report
Congress Puts Skids Under Price Controls!
Allied Invasion of European Continent Faces Snags – They Fear Revolts
- Ware in ‘Science Fiction’ Stage
Frozen Pay Check (cartoon), by Carlo
10th Year of New International
Badoglio Smell Still in Italian Cabinet, by T.R. Cobb
The Same in All Capitalist Countries
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Job-Hunting No Picnic to Ex-Brewster Workers, from Union Man
- Negroes Attacked in Memphis
- No Bail Allowed, Case of British Trotskyists Stirs Labor Protest
- Civil Rights Committee, WDL Win Release of Kelly Postal
World Events, by Europacus
- The Struggle over French Colonies
- Revelations of the United States News
- Future of DeGaulle
Platform of Workers Party
Naming the War, by Walter Weiss
A Phony Negro “Bill of Rights”, by David Coolidge
Straight Talk, by Ernest Lund
Home-Grown Fascism in Tory-Bevin Defense Regulations, Laborites Charge
Paying for Their Own Way!
NAM Man Weeps over ‘Labor Coercion’
Society Note of the Week
Editorials
- Labor Is Getting Wise to Bridges
- Playing the Game of Boss Politics
- The Supreme Court Acts in Two Cases
Who Will Govern France? by J.R. Johnson
Famed Philosopher Dozes in the Middle of World-Shaking Events, by V. Jensen
We’ll Do Our Part, from C.C.
Isn’t This Where We Came In? (cartoon), by Carlo
Vol. 8 No. 27, July 3, 1944
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EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
T.R. Cobb
Living Costs Up 45.3%, CIO Says
Big Business Staged GOP Convention!
It’s More Than Time to Cut the Ropes! (cartoon), by Carlo
Tresca Case Still “Mystery” to DA’s Office
Here’s How Your Costs Rose
500 Laid Off at Bell, More to Go; Company Hits Seniority
Rubber Workers Face Convention: Want No Synthetic Programs or Leaders, by Bill Ford
News and Views from the Labor Front
- What is the Meaning of “Free Trade Unions”, by David Coolidge
- Foremen’s Organization Raises New Problems for the Unions, by Mike Stevens
- ‘Remove Bridges’ – CIO Unions
- End of the Line for Bureaucrats in Cleveland Transit Union
- CP Boys Ask Labor Action Ban in CIO Council
Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor
- [Russia]
- [Unemployment], from D.E.
- [Enjoy Paper], from M.A.B.
- [10 More Subs], from H.
The AP Incites Servicemen Against Labor, by T.R. Cobb
Race Haters Attack Negroes and Jews as Senators Sit in Cowardly Silence, by Leon Gordon
Straight Talk – Reading That Really Mattters, by Ernest Lund
Umberto – A Chip Off the Old Moron, from The Countercurrent
N.Y. Times Credo: Smear Labor on the Front Page
Platform of the Workers Party
The Invasion Reveals – Labor’s Apathy to the War, by J.R. Johnson
- Wheres’s Our Party? (cartoon)
C.P. Councilmen in New York Apologize and Vote for Sales Tax, by Mike Wylie
Vol. 8 No. 28, July 10, 1944
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EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
T.R. Cobb
Eighth Army Boys Speak Out
Danish Workers Strike at Nazis!
Solidarity Wins Seamen’s Strike
On Inside Pages of This Issue
Self-Rule Near, Local 9 Trains Guns on Pollard
CP Stooge Heads Local 101; Militants Lack Program
Capitalist Reconversion Plan Means: Back to Apple-Selling Days, by Albert Gates
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Miners Want Local Autonomy – Without Strings, by David Coolidge
- Resolved: Bridges Must Go
World Events, by Europacus
- High Sounding Phrases and Real Policies
- Allies Would Like Badoglio in Power
- All Capitalists Have Post-War Jitters
Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor ...
- [Like the Paper], from J.M.
- [Saw Introduction Offer], from A.V.
- [Keep Up the Good Work], from H.T.
- [Send Me Two Copies Every Week], from C.G.P.
American Exploitation: Out of the Past
FDR’s Payoff: A Kick in the Pants to Labor, by Mike Wylie
Could Willkie Do What Roosevelt Failed to Do? His Unsolicited Program for the GOP, by V. Jensen
- “Kill FEPC“ – Senator George
- Glad to Have You, George – FDR
Winnie Wants Less Ideology – More Empire, by Sam Adams
A Five Foot Shelf for Workers, by Ernest Lund (reading list)
Editorials
- A Bureau of Anti-Labor Statistics
- Playing the Game of Boss Politics – II
- A Judge’s Cheap Exhibition
- War Profiteering on Child Labor
Servicemen Fight Greek King, by Jim Tanakos
Subway Mystery: LaGuardia Joins Gang-up on People, by Carl Davis
Recommending a New Song to Communists
June New International Features Invasion Articles
Vol. 8 No. 29, July 17, 1944
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EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
T.R. Cobb
Business Control of Reconversion Guarantees Mass Unemployment
- Bulletin
Sales Tax Plan Soaks the Poor, by Mary Bell
A Twist of the Wrist Would Put Them to Rout! (cartoon), by Carlo
Houdi Workers Rap No-Strike Pledge, WLB
R.J. Thomas Warns on Contract Cancellations – 1,645,000 Workers to Lose Jobs in 1944
Greek Masses Nix the King, by Jim Tanakos
Nazis Slaughter European Refugees
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Slander Campaign Paces CP Scab Program, by David Coolidge
- And What Company They Keep!
- Longshoremen Can Scuttle Bridges’ Pro-Company Line
World Events, by Europacus
- Strange Fruits of “Liberation” in Italy
The Box Score
Out of the Past: Workers Won Free Education
Ode to the War Labor Board, by Jess Ferrazza
An Obituary to an Anti-Labor Cardinal, by Mike Stevens
Angling for Labor – The Hitler Way, by Reva Craine
Hillman and the Corruption in U.S. Politics, by J.R. Johnson
Anti-Negro ‘Incidents’ Undiminished, by Jesse Kaaren
GOP Platform: The Corn’s as High as an Elephant’s Eye, by V. Jensen
Editorials
- Profits Come First in Reconversion
- “Reducing Diet” for Occupied Europe
Great Britain: People Revolted by U.S. Race Prejudice, by W.F. Clayton
[F.D.R.Surprise]
Vol. 8 No. 30, July 24, 1944
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EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
T.R. Cobb
Bosses in Wartime Salary Grab
CIO Plays Bad Politics at FDR’s Convention
Wage Cuts Cause U.S. Rubber Strike
Hold the Bag Again! (cartoon), by Carlo
Supreme Court Receives Lynn “Segregation” Case
Michigan CIO Retreats from Its 1943 Militancy, by Martin Harvey
War Cost at 200 Billion Dollars, by T.R. Cobb
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Ten Million Unemployed Normal, Say Experts, by Albert Gates
- Chicago UAW Local 719 Votes Against No-Strike Pledge
- How the Stalinists Won the Kearny Shipyard Election
- Michigan CIO Militants Set Up Caucus
World Events, by Europacus
- Neutral Sources Say German Workers Are Anti-Nazi
- German Workers Help Foreign Comrades
- Increasing Conflicts with Officials
Last Call to Send Greetings to 10th Anniversary of New International
Out of the Past: Winning the Right to Vote, by Ruth Philips
Little Fiorello Is a Four-Alarm Fraud to New York City Firemen, by Walter Weiss
Mass Action, by David Coolidge
- BLS ‘Price Index’ No Substitute for Real ‘Cost of Living’ Guide
- Statistics and Statistics
- A Word on Coos [_sic_]
Four Million Army Rejections Reveal: U.S. Workers’ Health Shattered, by V. Jensen
Labor Lookout, by Sam Adams
Stalinism Gets Free Help Again – The Militant Is at It Again
What Russia Wants in Germany, by J.R. Johnson
Negroes Need a Labor Party, by W.F. Carlton
Allied-Bonomi Government in Italy Holds Out on Democracy, Independence, by Mary Bell
Jugged for Investigating Forced Labor
Vol. 8 No. 31, 31 July 1944
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EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
T.R. Cobb
Rift in German Ruling Class Shakes Nazis
CIO-PAC Alliance with Democrats Hits Labor, by Michael Wylie
Don’t Be a Sucker – Build Your Own Party! (cartoon), by Carlo
Salaries Boiling Over – Wages Packed on Ice
Wall Street Banks Tighten Grip on U.S. Economy, by T.R. Cobb
- Reports Shows World War II a Mint to Morgan, Rockefeller, DuPont Interests
Lewis in the Dark on the Real Significance of the Miners’ Strikes, by David Coolidge
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Steward Fired, Bethlehem Burners Walk Out
- Local 9 Rank & File Still Lacks Authority
- Local 719-UAW Resolution Raps WLB as ‘Stooge Agency’
World Events, by Europacus
- Nazi Thieves Fall Out Among Themselves
- Workers Not Yet in Motion
- Nazi Slaughter Will go On
City Bosses and Southern Bourbons Rule the Democratic Party, by V. Jensen
- “Eminently Qualified” – For What?
Why Negroes Should Give G.O.P. and Democrats the Brushoff
More Pap from the NACCP [_sic_]
[United Mine Workers Journal on Dewey-Bricker Bandwagon]
Editorials
- Playing the Game of Boss Politics – III
- The Holy See and the Unholy C.P.
- Trotskyist Victims of Tory Reaction
Churchill Threatens Bloodbath in ‘No Freedom for India’ Edict, by Reva Craine
China ... U.S. Conscripts Coolies; Political Rivalry Tense, by L.K. Low
Phantom Buckley
Vol. 8 No. 32, 7 August 1944
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EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
T.R. Cobb
Smash the Wage Freeze! by T.R. Cobb
How Can Labor Tolerate This!
A Program with Plenty of Sock! (cartoon), by Carlo
300 Unions Demand FDR “Free the 18!”
Blood Money and the Fortunes of War
We Reply to Buffalo CIO Council, by Albert Gates
News and Views from the Labor Front
- WLB Emasculates Contract of U.E. Local 425
- Local 42 Shipyard Workers Condemn Bridges’ Proposal
- what Makes Sperry Gyroscope Company Spin?
- Chrysler Strike Leaders in Big Sweep of Local Union Elections, by Martin Harvey
World Events, by Europacus
- allies in Italy Afraid of Anti-Fascist Partisans
- DeGaulle Maintains Vichy Officials in Office
The Box-Score
John L. Lewis Chooses the Pro-Big-Business, Anti-Labor Republicans, by David Coolidge
- What’s in a Name to the 100% Political Misleaders of Labor? (collage)
Ads Offer Quack Cure for ̴Little Steel” Headache, by Walter Weiss
Editorials
- The Murder of Matteotti – 20 Years After the Event
- A System of Destruction!
No Alternative for Negroes But to Fight for a Labor Party, by W.F. Carlton
Palestine ... Political Divisions; The Coming Elections, by William Gorman
Akron CIO Sec’y Railroaded into Army!
Vol. 8 No. 33, 14 August 1944
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EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
T.R. Cobb
UAW Chiefs Doublecross Militant Chevvy Union, by Martin Harvey
Congress Talks Dole – Says Nothing on Jobs
Bust CIO Union, Aim in Philly Race Strike
WLB Stalls; 2,500 Strike at Houde’s
The Michigan Commonwealth Federation Is Founded! by Mary Scott
- MCF Born Out of Militant Traditions
- Vote for These MCF candidates in Michigan
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Pedro Ship Repair Workers Take Strike Vote
- No-Strike Pledge Keepßs Wages Frozen
- Murray Hears Dalrymple’s SOS; URW Dictator Off to France
$100 Billions – Leftovers for Profit Feast, by Mary Bell
Albert Joseph Liebik (Ted Lyons) (obituary)
- This Is Sure a Helluva Christmas, by Ted Lyons
Jobless Future for Women After the War, by John Stuart
Saving the Jews – Allied Style, by V. Kaaren
$100 Billions Pork Barrel ―
Editorials
- A Labor Slush Fund for Boss Politicians IS Scandalous
Tweedledee and Tweedledum, from Labor Herald (Baltimore)
Negro Viewpoint ... Does Cheap Patronage Cancel Oppression? by W.F. Carlton
A Report from Lilbourn, USA
Vol. 8 No. 34, 21 August 1944
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EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
T.R. Cobb
UAW Ford Local Joins Fight on No-Strike Policy
- Progressives Win in Chicago
Big Business Senate Votes Meager Relief!
Who Betrayed the Polish Underground?
CP’ers Attack Labor Action Distributor
Hudson Men Stop Contract Chiselling
Transport Company Aided Philly Race-Hate Strike
- Lessons for Labor in Shameful Strike
Next Week
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Fight for Right to Strike Gains Ground in UAW, from Union Action
- Local 212, Detroit UAW – CIO Hammers No Strike Pledge
- No Wage Freeze in the $25 an Hour B(racket)
- Dewey Backs Up Wage Freeze
- Officers Dictate Elections in Kearny Shipyard Union
High Taxes Have Not Stopped High Incomes, by Walter Weiss
Out of the Past: How Labor Fought Jay Gould, by Ruth Philips
Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor ...
- [British Eighth Army Quote], from G.V.S.
The “Big Steal” Formula
In Memory of Leon Trotsky, Murdered by Stalin’s Agent Four Years Ago
- He Foretold the Future of a Whole World, by T.R. Cobb
- Leon Trotsky (photo)
- This is James T. Farrell’s Tribute to Trotsky
- Fascism and the New Deal, by Leon Trotsky
- His Unheeded Warning of ’31
- Hitler Banned All Trotsky’s Writings
Capitalism Taboos ‘Equal Opportunity’ for Negro People, by W.F. Carlton
Editorials
- What About It, Mr. Robert J. Watt?
- Communist-led ALP Joins Tammany
- No Censorship of Soldier’s Reaning! [_sic_]
The Tragedy in Philadelphia, by Max Shachtman
Yellow Press ... “Pampering” the Jobless with Bare Necessities, by Mike Wylie
Why U.S. Workers Should Support National Liberation Struggles, by J.R. Johnson
Vol. 8 No. 35, 28 August 1944
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EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
T.R. Cobb
Give Business All It Demands, Nothing to Labor – Congress
Convention of UAW Will Face Big Issues Soon, by Stanley Holland
Labor Must Fight for Post-War Security Now!
Anti-Dalrymple Forces Sweep URW Elections! by Bill Ford
Congress Hands Business 100 Billion War Surplus!
The “Big Three” – Hitler’s Aids, by Max Shachtman
Raises? That’s Inflation! Profits? That’s ‘Free Enterprise!’
Michigan Politics a Sewer, by Martin Harvey
News and Views from the Labor Front
- What the Sperry Local Needs: DEMOCRACY
- To Avert Strikes, Ban Unions – Chrysler’s Bid
- Navy Cracks Down on San Francisco Machinists
Out of the Past: Sacco, Vanzetti, Labor’s Martyrs, Will Be Remembered Forever, by Ruth Philips
Press Fight for Post-War Security Now! ―
Kilgore Bill Was “Not Urgent” – FDR
Cutback Tremors Shake Buffalo Labor Movement, by Eric Floyd
What Is Behind the N.Y. Times Account of Matteotti’s Murder
Mr. Minor, This War Is NOT Like the Civil War of 1861, by W.F. Carlton
- Senator Backs Race Strike
C.P. Book-Burners Ply Trade on West Coast, from R.
Editorials
- Soak the Rich for Unemployment Benefits
Stalin Leads Wolf Pack in Shameful Lust for the Blood of German Workers, by J.R. Johnson
GM Workers Slugging It Out with Bosses and WLB! by Martin Harvey
The Bretton Woods Conference: The Plunderbund and Its Plunderfund, by Mary Bell
Vol. 8 No. 36, 4 September 1944
Labor Action
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EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
T.R. Cobb
CIO-AFL: End Policy of Retreat, Open Labor Offensive! by David Coolidge
These Unions Have a Fighting Program!
- “Rescind the No-Strike Pledge” – Local 719, UAW-CIO, Chicago
- “Get Off the Bosses’ WLB” – Local 719, UAW-CIO, Chicago
- “Build Labor’s Own Party” – Local 42, IUMSA-CIO, Philadelphia
Seniority Hit, Ford Men Walk Out
Open Drive for 4,000 New Subs
Paris Masses Did It Themselves, by J.R. Johnson
That Very Old “Expert” on Italy ...
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Hudson-UAW for teh right to Strike; Factions Mum
- Read Labor Action for Full Coverage of Leading CIO and AFL Conventions!
- Hoboke Ship Local 15 Scotches No-Strike Pledge
- Cutback Layoffs Come in Buffalo Aircraft, by Erik Floyd
World Events, by Europacus
- Cherbourg Isnᰱt Happy Under Allied Occupation
- Stalin and DeGaulle want Share of German Booty
Out of the Past: The “Riots” of 1877, by Ruth Philips
Readers of Labor Action Take the Floor ...
- “Red vienna Is redder Than Ever”, from J.W.
- She Likes the Sperry Story, from Miss M.X.
FDR’s “Hold the Line” Applies to Wages, Not Prices
Bretton Woods Conference – II: United States – The New Seat of Empire, by Mary Bell
Some People Write Letters to Keep Busy ..., by Walter Weiss
Ban on GI Jim Crow a Paper Edict Unless Negroes and Labor Enforce It, by W.F. Carlton
A Letter and a Short Comment, from D.A.
The Box-Score
Editorials
- Against Labor, the Sky’s the Limit
- Sidelight on the Dumbarton Hoax
What Labor Can Do About an Incorrigible Congress
“Make the World Safe for Muley,” GI War-Cry
19 Discharged Seabees in Test of GI Bill of Rights
Russia Blocks Plan to Feed Poland; Uses Political Black-Jack as Weapon
In the August Issue of New International ―
Vol. 8 No. 37, 11 September 1944
Labor Action
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EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
T.R. Cobb
Greetings to the Conventions of UAW-CIO and UMWA – Labor, Take the Offensive!
- Miners, Too, Need a Labor Party, by David Coolidge
- Lest We Forget – UAW Was Born in Struggle (photo)
- Auto Union Faces Very Grave Crisis, by Ben Hall
- Workers Party Salutes Labor Union Conventions, by Max Shachtman
6th Year of War Shows the Need for Socialism, by Carl Davis
Join the Drive for 4,000 New Subs for Labor Action
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Ford UAW Delegates Fight No-Strike Pledge
- FDR OK’d Business Refund, Silent on Kilgore Bill
- Sperry Workers Got 5 Cents – So Leaders Ask Dues Hike
- Company Provokes Hudson Strike, by Staff Correspondent
- UAW Local 280 Bans Incentive Pay
- Rubber Barons, Press, WMC Gang Up on Rubber Workers, by Bill Ford
Readers Take the Floor ...
- A Farmer Chides Dewey and Hoover, from O.T.
- New Zealander Salvages, Subscribes, from C.G.
- How About a Sub Flood, Jamestown? from J.V.D.
“We Did It Before ...” (photo)
The Real Score for 1944
- For the Bosses
- For the Workers
A Strike Threat Won This – The Miners Retained the Habit (photo/collage)
Editorials
- The High Cost of cost of Living Surveys
S.W.P. Acted Coy on Negro Question at M.C.F., by Mary Scott
- A Letter on Poland The Militant DIDN’T Print, from Darwin Deen
Defeat of Kilgore Bill Poses a $64 Question, by Walter Weiss
The “States Rights” Record
Vol. 8 No. 38, 18 September 1944
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interests of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
T.R. Cobb
No-Strike Repeal Fight Brings Rumor FDR to Hike Wages
PAC Fakes FDR’s Labor Record
- [Memorial Day Massacre] (photo – crossed out)
Rubber Workers for Fighting Union Policy
Navy Attacks Labor Standards
Great Britain Will Not Free India! by R. Craine
Drive for 4,000 Subs Opens with a Bang; Two Cities Jump the Gun
News and Views from the Labor Front
- John Green’s Local Won’t Back Him for Int’l President
- Buffalo Bell-UAW Adopts Militant 3-Point Program, by Erik Floyd
- Bridges Expands His Fink Proposals
- Strike threat Wins Partial Restoration of Seamen’s Bonus, by Earl Boreas
Out of the Past: Fannie Sellins – Labor Heroine
Next Week
Look Who’s Complaining About High Taxes Now!
- Industry & Labor (cartoon), by Carlo
Chiang Kai-shek Rule Challenged, by L.K. Low
Big Boys Had a “Good Year”
C.P. Strong-Arms Union Militants
Editorials
- For the Immediate and Unconditional Independence of India!
Dumbarton Oaks: Act 1 of the Third World War
Dollar Paytriotism: How U.S. Industry Armed Tojo’s Empire
France in Ferment as People Demand Sweeping Changes, by Sam Adams
Sen. Truman Miscast in “Friend of Labor” Role, by Walter Weiss
“No Human Rights for Defeated!” – Allied Plans, by Europacus
Company Fink in Union Ranks
Vol. 8 No. 39, 25 September 1944
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interests of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
T.R. Cobb
UE Convention Issue: Restore Democracy, Militancy to Union – Communist Domination Paralyzes Union’s Progress
Fighting UAW Convention Votes – Referendum on No-Strike Pledge, by Max Shahtman [_sic_]
- Reuther: Got Caught (photo)
- Murray: He Pleaded (photo)
- “Dick”: Booed as Usual (photo)
- Sidney: All Not Clear (photo)
Opening Days at Rubberworkers Gathering, by John Berne
Autonomy Bid Loses in UMWA, by David Coolidge
How the UAW Ranks Organized for Victory, by Max Shachtman
Labor Action Makes a Hit with UAW Delegates; 60 Subscribe
News and Views from the Labor Front
Out of the Past: The Homestead Strike – An Early Struggle Against the Steel Trust, by Ruth Philips
Dewey’s Daily Double-Talk, by W. White
The Cost of Living a Big Joke to FDR
Platform of the Workers Party
How the Workers Party Foretold the Struggle in Europe
An Editorial
- Miners’ Union and Real Democracy
World Events Are of Great Importance to U.S. Labor, by J.R. Johnson
Extermination of German People – Allied Plan, by Susan Green
Vol. 8 No. 40, 2 October 1944
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interests of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
T.R. Cobb
What Labor Action Means to Shipyard Workers of America, by Ernest Lund
U.S. Workers: Aid Our Anti-Hitler German Brothers, by Albert Gates
IUMSWA: Forward to a Progressive Policy!
Militants Make Strong Bid at URW Convention, by Susan Green
Rumanian People Victims of Russian Imperialism, by T.R. Cobb
Detroit Leads Subs Drive; Two-Week Total Reaches 415 Mark
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Unsolved Issues in the Mine Workers Union, by David Coolidge
- [John Green Before the War Labor Board]
Out of the Past: The Ludlow Massacre, by Ruth Philips
Shachtman Speaks on Auto Convention at Detroit Meeting
Next Week
California Employers Seek to Outlaw Closed Shop by the Ballot
WLB Holds to Wage Freeze While Profiteers Rake It In, by Walter Weiss
Sperry Union Needs Control by the Ranks
Italian Anti-Fascist Masses Act; N.Y. Times Deplores!
“The Gravedigers”: How French Rulers Sold Out to Hitler, by J.R. Johnson
Editorials
- URW Convention Compromise Vindicates General Tire Strikers
Vol. 8 No. 41, 9 October 1944
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interests of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
Progressives in Stiff Fight at Ship Convention, by Ernest Lund
Wage Increase Hint = 4th Term Propaganda!
Phil Murray, Fourth-Term Fantasy, and a Few Facts, by Walter Weiss
Forced Labor in New Deal State of Florida
Chevvy Local Elects Militant Leadership, by Martin Harvey
FDR Does It Again!
Boss Pew’s Court Upholds Libel, Would Curb Union Free Speech
Detroit Ups Its Own Quota; Drive Hits 646 Subs in 3rd Week
News and Views from the Labor Front
- WLB Stalling as Usual on Wage Demands, by Mike Wylie
- Company Unions win in Buffalo Over Do-Nothing UAW Policy, by Eric Floyd
- “The New Order of WLB Unionism”
- RR Workers Joint Action Group
Out of the Past: The Western Federation of Miners, by Ruth Philips
Readers Take the Floor ...
- Steel Worker Reader Urges LA Forum, from B.G.
- A Congressman’s Mystical Maneuvers, from A Regular Reader
Slave Labor in the “Workers’ Fatherland”, by Arthur Perry
The Record in Italy Shows – AMG Will Not Purge Fascists, by Ernest Lund
Re-Heating an Old Dish at Dumbarton, by W.F. Carlton
Egad! Stalin Fears “Contamination” of Red Army by – Rumanian “Luxuries”! by J.R. Johnson
- Russians Toast King Carol
Editorials
- Remember – FDR Vetoed Smith-Connally Bill Because It Wasn’t Strong Enough!
- The Warsaw Defeat: Unmasking the Four Freedoms and the Atlantic Charter
The Tragedy of “Freed” Italy, by George Taber
Holland – Big Business and Queen Plan Corporate State, by Jim Tanakos
British Socialist Victims of Tory Justice Win Freedom
U.S. Business “Morals” Alarms British Press
Note to Subscribers
Vol. 8 No. 42, 16 October 1944
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interests of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
FDR Stands Pat on Wage Freeze! by V.F. Jensen
“The Voice” – And We Don’t Mean Frank Sinatra, by Mary Bell
New Shift in the CP Line, by Max Shachtman
- The Bosses Sat Up and Took Notice
WLB Rejects AFL Plea for Little Steel Change
The Shipbuilding Workers Convention – An Analysis, by Ernest Lund
WP Branches, Friends Obtain Over 1,000 LA Subs in Four Weeks of Drive!
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Companies Provoke Eastern Shipyard Strike
- Bulova Watch Company Hires Labor Spies
Out of the Past: “I’m an Undesirable Citizen”, by Ruth Philips
Max Shachtman Speaker at N.Y. Workers Party Mass Meet
Lerner, PM’s Advocate of Mass Annihilation, by William Gorman
Bargaining Away Poland’s Freedom, by Walter Weiss
Preparing a New League of Nations, by W.F. Carlton
Next Week
Editorials
- Labor Leaders Uphold President – FDR Upholds Little Steel Formula
- Labor Needs Its Own Political Party
- Willkie – A Liberal Imperialist
Jefferson Caffrey – Portrait of a U.S. “Career Diplomat”, by L. Ernst
American Fascism: Ford’s Flunkey Finances Gerald L.K. Smith, by Carl Davis
Current New International Features Articles by German Internationalists and Marxist Scholar
Vol. 8 No. 43, 23 October 1944
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interests of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
WLB Refuses to Unfreeze Wages! by Mary Bell
Steel Profits Increase 390% – But Wages Remain Stationary, by V.F. Jensen
Workers and Elections, by David Coolidge
The Big Money Behind the Republican Candidate
Big Steel Corporation Supports Little Steel Formula
Readers – Get Your Friends to Subscribe to LA – Here’s How!
Last Minute Flash on UE Local 425
News and Views from the Labor Front
- American Labor is Just Rolling in Wealth ...
The Textile workers – Forty Cents an Hour! by Walter Weiss
Packing House Workers – 28 Dollars a Week, by Mike Stevens - Ford Out to Smash 425, Fire Steward, Stall Grievances, by Ruth Philips
Out of the Past: Debs, Gompers and the American Railway Union
Balance Sheet on the Ship Workers Convention
- Future Prospects for the Progressive Group, by Ernest Lund
- Ship Convention Politics, by Susan Green
The Late Wendell Willkie: The Politician Who Came Too Late, by J.R. Johnson
Pardon Refused the Eighteen!
- [Conflict Over Trade Union Democracy]
In Its Fight with SUP – NMU Plays Standard Oil Game, by Scott Byers
Note to Subscribers
Editorials
- Back to Breadlines – Post-War Prospect of Twenty Million Workers Without Jobs
Words, Words, Words – The Hoax of Dumbarton Woods, by W.F. Clayton
Greece: Liberation or Occupation by the British? by Jim Tanakos
Of Special Interest to Women, by Susan Green
U.S. Bankers: Hands Across the Sea
Vol. 8 No. 44, 30 October 1944
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interests of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
UAW Members Can Defeat No-Strike Pledge, by Martin Harvey
Elections Show Need for a Labor Party! by David Coolidge
Canadian Labor Congress Rejects No-Strike Pledge, by Mike Stevens
District 30 Steel Convention Ho-Hum! by R. Harris
URW President Fines Workers over Walkout
Avery Formula Still Used by Ward’s
Low-Down on “Differences” Between GOP and Democrats! by Mary Bell
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Communist Victory in Local No. 9 Blow at Union
Out of the Past: “An Injury to One Is an Injury to All”, by Ruth Philips
Labor Action Subs Drive Wings Its Way to Goal; 1,650 Subs Total So Far
Portrait of a WLB “Public” Member, by Walter Weiss
- Catechism for WLB Members
Hoax at Dumbarton Oaks – II, by W.F. Clayton
Paris Cardinal Sprinkled “Vichy” Water, Not Holy Water
Churchill, N.Y. Times, N.Y. Post, Sforza and the Roman “Mob”, by Edward Warner
English Trade Union Congress Swallows Lie; Links German Workers to Fascism, by Reva Craine
Russia and Iranian Oil, by Albert Gates
Poor, Oppressed Greeks Have a Word for British Occupation – It’s Imperialism! by Paul Ullman
Low Wages in Meat Packing and Textile Industries Show Up in High Profits
NAM Would Bar Closed Shop
Vol. 8 No. 45, 6 November 1944
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interests of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
The Republocratic Candidate (cartoon), by H.
It’s Time for Labor to Get Off the WLB!
Detroit Strikes Show Need to End “Pledge”, by Martin Harvey
The Daily Worker Presents: The “Republican” Candidate, by T.R. Cobb
Pappy O’Daniel Passes the Biscuits – to Big Business, by Sam Adams
Florida Still Fighting for Peonage
Progressives Take First Steps to Fight Communist Control of FEMWU
Halfway Mark Reached in Subs Drive; Almost 2,000 New Labor Action Subs!
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Ford Instrument Bosses Try to Wreck Grievance Set-Up, by Ruth Philips
New York Workers Party School Opens with Two Classes
Spain: Maquis Fight Franco Dictatorship, by Jessie Kaaren
A Dictionary for Workers, by Stanley Grey
Japan: Not a Mysterious Land at All, by Carl Davis
Where are 4 Freedoms in Romania?
Churchill, N.Y. Times, N.Y. Post, Sforza and the Roman “Mob” – II, by Edward Warner
Editorials
- Romania Joins Allied Camp But Facist [_sic_] Practices Remain Intact
- Four Freedoms Don’t Apply to Greece; British Aid Reaction
On the Anniversary of the Russian Revolution, by Mary Bell
Murals and Morals – Siquieros and Rivera: Triggerman and Turncoat, by John Stuart
Five Labor Conventions
Next Week
Vol. 8 No. 46, 13 November 1944
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interests of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
Cost of Living Is Only a Joke to the WLB, by Mary Bell
Vote Proves That Labor Can Build Its Own Party!
We Know this Isn’t News, But War Has Made Big Business Bigger!
WDL Tests Law Licensing Union Organizers
Navy Mutiny Convictions Due to Jim Crow
CIO Case for Putting the Heat to the Wage Freeze
- Steel, by Philip Murray
- Auto, by R.J. Thomas
- Aluminum, by N.A. Zonarich
- Rubber, by G.L. Patterson
- Low Rate of Increases
- The Plunge of Payrolls
How U.S. and Britain Helped Japan to Power, by Don Bateman, from British New Leader
Out of the Past: The Lawrence Strike, by Ruth Philips
State Anti-Union Laws, from WDL
Readers Take the Floor ...
- CP Unions in the Chamber of Commerce, from A Longshoreman
- Blasting at the Bureaucrats, from Mrs. A.P.K.
- Leteer from a Colombian Friend, from G.G.V.
- Interested Reader Wants Old Copies, from J.J.P.
- We’re Taking Care of It Right Now, from E.B.
Two Cities Beat Quota in Sub Campaign; Spurt Needed to Put Drive Over the Top
China: What’s Behind the Return of Gen. Stillwell, by L.K. Low
DeGaulle’s New “Order” in France, by V.F. Jensen
An Italian Noblewoman “Suffers” War, by Will Gorman
C.P. and the Fallacy of the “Hard Peace”, by Reva Craine
Editorials
- Labor Vote Strength Shows What a Genuine Labor Party Could Do!
- Was President Roosevelt Really Labor’s Friend?
- Labior Must Declare Its Political Independence
- Nowe Is the Time to Build an Independent Labor Party
The Big 3 and Iranian Oil, by Albert Gates
Capitalist Justice – Minneapolis Case: Six Free; No Pardons Heard
A Magazine Every Union Militant Should Have ―
Vol. 8 No. 47, 20 November 1944
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interests of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
FDR Has No Real Plan for Post-War Full Employment! by Walter Weiss
Allies Bolster French Rulers Against the Masses, by Mary Bell
PAC Can Pave Way for Genuine Labor Party, by David Coolidge
Didn’t You Promise No Excessive War Profits, Mr. President? by Ruth Philips
- The Government Cares for It’s [_sic_] Own
Two States for Union Shop Ban; One Defeats It
Bass Defeated in Goodrich Local, by Bill Ford
Incentive Pay Behind Continental Strike
Out of the Past: “Soviet” in Seattle, by Ruth Philips
Kentucky CIO Convention Overlooks Union Problems, by R. Harris
A Few Weeks Left in Sub Campaign – We’re Confident of Beating 4,000 Mark!
GI’s Pay for “Hard Peace” Propaganda, by Sol Rayo
What Should Be the Future of PAC? by J.R. Johnson
British Policy Reason for Moyne Murder, by Will Gorman
Civil Rights Defense Committee Asks Funds in Christmas Drive, signed by John Green, Julius Hochman, James T. Farrell, John Dewey, George Baldanzi, Roger Baldwin, Willard S. Townsend & Warren K. Billings
Stalin’s Hand of Empire Reaching into Iran’s Oil Fields, by Albert Gates
Editorials
- WLB Acts Fast – Against All Strikes Even “Legal” Ones
- Why DeGaulle Wants to Disarm FFI
Break the Little Steel Formula! (cartoon), by Carlo
War Labor Board: AFL Right to Fight to Revise Little Steel, by Sam Adams
Daily Worker on Negroes and Elections – A Falsification of History, by W.F. Carlton
Vol. 8 No. 48, 27 November 1944
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interests of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
Still Stalling on Wages! by Albert Gates
High Wage Myth
Murray Rants, But WLB Is Hard of Hearing, by Mary Bell
FDR Plans New WPA for Post-War, by M.J. Marshall
Labor Action Gets 261 Subs for Week; Drive in Last Lap
Mass Action, by David Coolidge
News and Views from the Labor Front
- 1920 Wage Levels Prevail in Textiles! Profits Up 600%
- Women of the Pacific: Union-Busting Front
- Boston Teamsters Strike for Democracy in Tobin’s Local
Out of the Past: General Strike in the Coal Fields, by Ruth Philips
They Did Business with Hitler!
Next Week
Why the American People Don’t Have Plenty for All, by Walter Weiss
Here’s How Four Freedoms Work for “Liberated” Italians
Cartels and Reconversion, by V. Jensen
Great Britain: Democracy at Work Under Churchill, by Mike Stevens
Getting Ready for Peacetime Militarism
Two Negroes: Labor Leader, Labor Traitor, by W.F. Carlton
What Should Be The Future of PAC? – II, by J.R. Johnson
War Surplus Properties Go to Capitalists, by Ruth Philips
Election of Roosevelt No Guarantee of Security for American Labor, by Susan Green
Vol. 8 No. 49, 4 December 1944
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interests of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
Rescinding the No-Strike Pledge and the Boys in the Foxholes! by Mary Bell
Atlantic Charter Just So Many Words on Paper
- Belgium, by Albert Gates
- Italy, by John Stewart
WLB Steel Decision Evades Wage Issue!
STOP Collective Begging, from Local 654, UAW, Flint Michigan
- No-Strike Pledge (cartoon)
Fraudulent #101 Election Puts Communist In
Forgetful Phil – Then and Now, by Walter Weiss
The Telephone Operators Know How to Fight for Higher Wages
- A Union Statement ―
- The Story of the Strike – The Conditions that Causee [_sic_] the Strike ―
- Statements of the Operators ―
Mass Action, by David Coolidge
News and Views from the Labor Front
- UAW Rank and File Organize for No-Strike Referendum
- R.J. Thomas: Caught in WLB Revolving Door, by Sam Adams
Labor Action Drive Hits 70% of Goal; 299 This Week
MCF in Michigan Elections, by Grace Scott
Russia: Twenty-Seven Years of Foreign Policy, by Carl Davis
Of Special Interest to Women, by Susan Green
Troops Protest ‘Foreign’ Draft in Canada, by Mike Stevens
A Dictionary for Workers, by Stanley Grey
No Place in Dearborn for Negro Housing, by Martin Harvey
Increase Reward in Tresca Murder Case
A Great Figure in American History, by J.R. Johnson
The A.T.&T.Empire, by Ruth Philips
Profits Rise only 10%, by Sally Howard
Vol. 8 No. 50, 11 December 1944
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interests of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
What Is Behind the Stories About Shell Shortages?
Where Is Democracy in Greece, Belgium, Italy?
- An Eye-Witness Account of the Terror Against the Greek People
State Dept.: Millionaires’ New Club, by Mary Bell
Right Out of the Horse’s – Mouth
Liberals Swoon as FDR Fires Littell, by Walter Weiss
Bureaucrats Take Control of UAW Local 856
L.A. Campaign Extended for Two Weeks for Xmas Drive
Mass Action, by David Coolidge
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Ford Motor Company Opens Drive to Smash Local 600
Out of the Past: The Monkey Strike in California, by Ruth Philips
“War Is Wasteful,” So Labor Must Accept Unemployment
Commies Give Ex-Sec’y Hull Pat on the Back, Too
Democracy and “Liberation”
One Tenth of the Nation, by J.R. Johnson
Belgium – Pierlot Government: Servant of Monopolists, by Sam Adams
A Letter from German Socialists, from Committee Abroad of the IKD
What Socialism Would Do with Labor-Saving Devices
Behind the Shake-Up in China’s Politics, by T.R. Cobb
A Dictionary for Workers, by Stanley Grey
Spain’s Fuehrer Says He’s Not Pro-Fascist, by Jessie Kaaren
Workers’ Control Means Plenty for All, by Susan Green
Hard Peace Line of British Union Leaders Only Aids the Nazis, by Ted Grant, from British Socialist Appeal
Vol. 8 No. 51, 18 December 1944
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interests of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
Hands Off Greece! by Max Shachtman
High Wage Myth; 40% Get Less Under 65¢ Hourly, by Susan Green
Union Printers Lick Scab Shop at Donnelly’s Plant in Chicago
What They Are Fighting For
Presto! No Shell Shortage Now ―, by Walter Weiss
Mass Action, by David Coolidge
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Apology, Bombast, Jingoism at CIO Convention, by David Coolidge
- Behind Social Security Fight
- Bridges Leads Union to Company Collaboration
Workers Party Notes: New York Runs Lectures, School
No Space – L.A. Drive Will Return Next Week; Less Than 500 to Go!
Editorials
- WLB Steel Award: Frozen Wages
- London Trade Union Parley
One-Tenth of the Nation, by J.R. Johnson
A Note on Morals: Stalin’s Spirit in Fourth International
Greek Events Testify: Workers Party Foresaw Events, by Reva Craine
Can This System Be Changed? by T.R. Cobb
Here’s What Will Happen to Wages When Cutbacks Come
- Factors in $344 Million Increase in Weekly Payrolls (chart), from Economic Outlook
Vol. 8 No. 52, 25 December 1944
Labor Action
A Paper in the Interests of Labor
Published weekly by the Labor Action Publishing Association in New York City
EDITOR:
Albert Gates
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Mary Bell
Hands Off Europe!
- Hitler: He Oppressed Europe’s People (photo)
- Churchill: He Is Hitler’s Successor (cartoon)
- Stalin: He Is Churchill’s Partner in Crime (photo)
- Roosevelt: He’s the Ally of Churchill and Stalin (cartoon)
UAW Rank and Filers’ Leaflet on No-Strike
300 Workers Protest British Role in Greece
Workers Party “Hands Off Greece” Meeting
Ward Strike Proves the Injustice of the Pledge, by Jack Miller
Dalrymple Splits Local 101
Mass Action, by David Coolidge
News and Views from the Labor Front
- Jew-Baiting Used in LaMotte’s Dive Bomber
Out of the Past: The Red Special, by Ruth Philips
Carlo Tresca Memorial
“Liberating” Europe’s Masses
- By Carring [sic] Up Poland over Heads of the People, by Mary Bell
- By Hand-Picking the Italian Government, by Sam Adams
- Christmas in Greece (cartoon), by Carlo
Bevin: Imperialist Labor Leader, by Reva Craine
Britain Won’t Get Out of Ethiopia
Unemployment Guaranteed by Capitalism, by M.J. Marshall
Socialism versus Free Enterprise, by J.R. Johnson
PM Laments, CP Lauds New State Dep’t, by Carl Davis
Common Men Risen in the World, from Time
Negro Sentenced for Defense of Home
This Will Make You See Red
Two Weeks Left in Labor Action Drive; 381 Subs to Go!
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