the roman catholic new deal AFL and the security wage strike

heres a good story.....

george meany's only strike 

 its 1935 harry hopkins wants to pay
nyc area unemployed  plumbers 63 cents 
per hour 

on WPA projects 

union wage locally 1.50 

MEANY SAID NYET

SURE WE DON'T WORK REGULAR BUT WHEN WE DO ITS AYT 1.50

TAKE IT UNCLE HARRY OR WE STRIKE YA 

AND BY THE WAY NO PREFERENCE IN HIRING FOR DOLE ROLLERS
AND NO ONE HIRE PER HOUSEHOLD

----- PLUMBERS ARE CLANISH AND TOO
PROUD TO BE  DOLE TAKERS ----------

NOW THESE PROJECTS WERE ALREADY UNDERWAY 

SO A WALK OUT IF NO IRON OUT....

MEANY ET ALL SET THEIR JAWS AND...


THE HARRY BOY REP
POPS HIS CORK CRIES "COMMIE DUPES" AND ....

AFTER A FEW LOUD NOSES

A NEW YORK WPA STRIKE IS VOTED...

AND GEORGE ON NATIONAL RADIO 

SEZ

" AND THERE'S NOT EVEN ONE 
  COMMUNIST ELEMENT AMONG UZ" 

" WE FIGHT ONLY
 TO PRESERVE
     THE STANDARD RATE OF WAGE..DEAR TO EVERY UNION MAN "


MEANY SEZ TO HARRY
OKAY
SO YOU CAN GIVE US ONLY 60 BUCKS A MONTH 
FINE 
WHATEVER 
JUST UNDERSTAND THIS
  U  DIVIDE THAT 60 BUCKS  BY A BUCK FIFTY 
AND THATS HOW MANY NEW YORK PLUMBERS' HOURS 
YOU BOUGHT UNCLE SAM 
PER MONTH