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Congmssj about ,,00 in ,,116 Harlem     Temmtsv League, and tho Gmployers and disastrous to the workers. Following is a brief
2,000 Others ldentlfied Wlth Vamous Subsldlmv groups. enumeration of some characteristic strikes inaugurated or taken
Following are the demands of the National Negro Labor Congress eherge of by Communists.
as adopted at their iirst convention: PASSAIC
N. J. .
We demand the full equality of the negro people in the social system of the Th k ’ ’ JANUARY TO BDPTEMBEW 1925
United states and everywhere. Against racial inequality we raise the StHii _SO
of the hands of all private persons and shall be made a matter of public . . ¤¤O at OHc· Ie relief committees of th€ Commuliist
administration with the first applicant served regardless of race. OI`gamZa‘t1OHS meartrlme Collected b€'€W€€I1 $500,000 and $600,000, by
(2) \Ve demand the full and egual admittance of our people to all theaters, Pepuler S¤bSC1‘1Pt1011S. The employees finally went back to Work
restaurants, hotels, railroad-station waiting rooms, and all other places of Wltll I10 COI1CeSSi0I1s Wh:1l;eVe1‘ As the mills h Cl b li f hi
public resort, and no separation or recognition of C0l01‘ diSlCif1Cti0HS, and that Hierchandjgg mg,1·](gi; f th d a een Ou O t G
heavy penalties be imposed against persons who so discriminate. , U C d 1 { . or {HOD S an unable to HH 0I`d€I‘S, they lost .
We regard these political and social demands as embodying the demand of d cmu ee O thelr bUSUle$S illlil Were able to reemploy but 9_()()()
fun SOON, Equality for the mgm pBOp,€_ of the 15,000 workers employed before the strike. Thus, 5,000 indus-
trious men and women lost their `obs a id ll { ' —¤ · ‘
COAIAIUNIST DISTURBANCES IN INDUSTRY 0PpQI`f£l1Iil'%y fg? RH hOH€St €i·I`l)ltI‘i1glOIi of lillgir ;ii‘l;}$E1$d;`;i`bi]§l1l;) 
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A maternal part of the testimony taken out by the committee re- V Owaxizatgon M? dSgE3?g2C¥1tt11§1)an§°gS if thO Smell lesmmete labor V
lated to the activities of communists in fomenting discontent and ’ ‘ 0 OW or ·
strikes in the various industries of the country. Possibly no report FUR woRKnns’ srmnn NHXV Y
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testimony 'lihe Commumsts overcame the legitimate unions and gallgd and
Patiently and with incessant labor the communist aims at the per- %OOb{ Ohm`? Of 3* S}“`1kO,amOH§ the fur Werkers of New York City, in
. version of the jvorkers of America in the hope that strikes and indus- C e luefgv 1926- A reign or rerrer €H§U€d throughout the fur dis-
trial unrest will ultimately culminate in a social revolution. Their hmm t ee WhO OPPOSOd the eemmumere Were eeeeulted and their
riots are failures and easily handled by the local police, Their Pmes mVeded· About 10,000 Workers were involved The Condi-
menace to our Government is not serious. Their eHorts to undermine 4) q {GODS WOXO SO unbearable that the emeere ofthe I¤tG1`H€1’¤10H&l Un-
the churches and schools have met with but little success, but in labor 1OHv et the Gnd Of the elghth Week ef the Strilw, e¤U€d H1 President
disturbances their activities have resulted, and promise to result, in Green ililthe é,m6};ieH,Fede1`at¥1r of Leber that he might attempt
various t,.Oub]€_ some se emen . is e was a e to accomp ish on terms more fa-
AQ alrmldy Suggested, their Strikes ,,,,6 Political rather than €CO_ ,,, ,, vprable than those finally obtained, but the communists refused to
nomic. They advocate reforms but obstruct their execution. They 2* IOW them to be “OePted and the Strike eenrmued f01` Hlho Weeks
foment strikes but refuse all efforts at conciliation, arbitration, or lOngOI`· These mm Weeks Cost the Werlrere $5OO»OO0 ¤€id1U0¤=1l and
Settlement. Appmently thelr V1 QW IS that the more prolonged and the terms accepted at the end of that period were not as favorable as
bitter the strike, the greater amount of class consciousness and class these Presldeet Grew OOOIO have Obmmed for them mee W€€kS
hatred that will be engendered. In some cases_one active communist O“I`h€I`· The Stmke Covered, 3 Perwd of 17 Weeks, end, ·°¤€€01‘d1Dg
is able to go into an industrial field and precipitate a strike costly to tO fhO Ogums ef thc OOmI¥mmStS themeelvesv Cost Over $838900- It is
claimed that the communist leaders left the treasury of the legitimate »
unions in debt to the amount of about $1,000,000.
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