The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-01
MANY TAILORS'
LOCALS BACKING
MAX SILLINSKY
Red Baiters Can't Down
Progressive


With nominations coming from
some thirty FIVE cities for Max J. Sill
linsSy for General Secretary Treas
urer Of the Journeymen TaiIors
Union, the campaign for the Office in
the Journeymen Tailors Union has
started with vigor.
Since the American Federation of
Labor Convention at Portland, when
Thomas Sweeney, the present Cen
eral Secretary Treasurer of the union
voted for the expulsion of William
r. Dunno, there has been a heated
discussion over this action of Swee-
ney's as against the action of Max J.
Sillinsky who was one of those who
voted against the expulsion of Dunno.
Protest Vote Against Dunno.
Protest after protest have been
registered by locals, individuals and
groups in the union against the out
rageous action of Sweeney. The Of
fetal organ, issue after issue, has
been filed with letters of protest and
criticism against himself which Swee-
ney against his will has been forced
to publish. At first not daring to
publish DUNES speech in Portland,
he launched a vituperative campaign
of SANDER and vilifcation against all
those disagreeing with him but the
avalanche Of sentiment against him
became so great that he was forced
TO publish DUNES speech in full in
the Official Organ.
As the time for nominations for
the Office of General Secretary-Treas-
urer grew nearer and it became mani
fest that Max J. Sillinsky would be
nominated against him on the issues
that had arisen in the JourneymenI
Tailors Union, Sweeney began to use
the official organ as a mud singing
instrument against Sillinsky and
those likely to support the latter for
the Office.
Today the "Journeymen Tailor"
has practically become a personal
weapon of Ofense and Defense for
Sweeney.
Foolish Red Batting.
Sweeney has inaugurated cam
paign of red batting in the union. All
Of his opponents, all those desiring
different methods to be pursued and
different action taken are "Com-
munists, Bolsheviks, Disrupters,
Reds" Sweeney has come out as
safe and sane socialist" and in one
of the last issues of the Journeyman
Tailor declares that only by building
the socialist party viii anything be
accomplished.
Big Locals For Max.
The last issues of the 'Journeyman
Tailor" have begun to contain de-
rogatory articles on Soviet Russia, one
of them pointing out how Soviet Rus
STA was violating the sacred principle
of agreements in refusing to rec
ognize Czarist debts.
Among the locals endorsing Max
Sillinsky for Secretary Treasurer are:
Cleveland, Pittsburgh, New York
City, San Francisco, Detroit, Butte,
Buffalo, Toronto, Canada, Denver
and Kansas City. These locals and
the members of the Journeymen
Tailors Union know for what to take
the so-called socialistic leanings of
Sweeney and his likes and on the
other hand look to Sillinsky's action
in Portland as well his stand with
Progressives in their policies as as
surfing them a militant aggressive
leadership of their union.
The task of the Progressives in the
Journeymen Tailors Union is clear.
II is now up to every forward seeing
member of the Journeymen Tailors
Union to exert every effort to assure
the election of Max J. Sillinsky and
the voting in of a consistent progress
sive policy for the Journeymen Tail
ors Union instead Of decrepit reac-
tionary and Designating policy of
Sweeney and his like.