Word: gormanic
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Replied Strike Leader Francis J. Gorman: "The battle goes...
Grateful for such moral support from NRA, President Sloan promptly thanked the General for thus "definitely spiking propaganda [that NRA and the Government are behind the strike] effectively used in many mill centers." Strike Generalissimo Gorman quietly pointed out that the agreement at issue had begun with the following words: "This agreement does not prejudice the right to strike...
...these words were a pardonable exaggeration, it was nevertheless true that he had made a great demonstration. Henceforth, especially in the South, his organizers will not have to prove to workers that United Textile Workers is powerful enough to close hundreds of mills. Mr. Gorman had made his point and to continue the strike longer could not win him much more. In fact there were some indications that although the strike seemed to be gaining momentum in New England, it had passed its peak in the South. Protected by guardsmen and deputies, some mills in the Carolinas which had been...
...Leader Gorman offered to submit the questions at issue to arbitration by the new Textile Labor Board, on condition that all mills first closed. Thereby he stood to gain two more prizes: 1) if all the mills closed it would make literally true his boast that "we can stop the wheels of the textile industry," would make his demonstration of power more convincing; 2) if the issues were submitted to arbitration the union would be certain to win some concessions...
...first week of his great demonstration closed, Leader Gorman said: "We make this arbitration proposal now so that further murder of our fellow-workers can be avoided. . . . We have shown the way. It is a way that has been open always. The only thing that has stood in the way has been the arrogance of the employers...