In Passaic

The textile strike of Passaic, N J., was ended, and for the first time in ten and a half months men, women and children too, could shout without risk of having their heads broken by deputies of the sheriff. Or they might go to work, if they wished. Their Communistic fellows, as apt as the deputies at skull-cracking, would not hinder them.

International President Thomas F. McMahon of the United Textile Workers, who took charge of the strike last summer, after "Communist" Leader Albert Weisbord had withdrawn (TIME, Aug. 23), had dealt conciliatingly with Vice President Charles F. Johnson of the Botany Mills. They agreed that the workers might organize, provided they entertained no Communistic taint; that collective bargaining would be recognized; that no outside help would be hired until all strikers were placed; that the open shop system would prevail; that future disputes would be put to arbitration. Their principals--employers and workers approved their agreement last week; and more than 7,000 strikers immediately rushed to register for work.