The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-02

THAT the left wing interfered
with organization work. In
Justice of Jan. 25th, they say:
Had the organizing work
among the dressmakers of
Chicago proceeded along
regular and normal lines, we
are confident that by this
time there would be but few
of them outside the union"
But every member of the
union knows that the regular
and normal" lines were broken
up in Chicago by Perlstein,
under orders from the G.. e. B. Not
alone were explosions resorted
to, but even the shameful expedient
Of cooperating with the employers
lin getting members thrown out of
the shops, deprived of their jobs,
denied the right to make living!
Charge Yanofsky Lied
Attempting to justify themselves
before the protesting membership.
the officials bring slanderous charges
against their victims. In Gerech-
tikeit Of January 18th, Editor Yanof-
sky says:
"They 1.-THE expelled) were de-
trimental in the shops where they
were allowed by the union to work.
They undermined the prestige and
authority of the union. What
could the union then do but
take them off the job? Now they
are raising the cry that the union
left them without bread :.
People who cannot see the thing
little deeper may really think
that the union here committed a
terrible crime. What, to deprive
people from making a living? And
this has caused a good bit Of rest
slessness among the members who
cannot understand that if these
people would not have been taken
out of the shops these shops would
have become non-union."
This charge against the left-winr
workers is a vile SANDER, and the
Chicago membership will all know
that it is not true. Perlstein himself
would never dare to make such
statements in Chicago. The truth,
well known in Chicago and which
should be known turnout the country,
is that those workers taken from
their jobs were not only among the
best workers in the union, but. were
also leading fighters for the union in
the shops. Some of them were shop
chairmen or served on price commit
tees until taken from their job, and
they maintained union conditions,
held the organization together, and
supported the authority and prestige
of the union. Not one single act can
be cited by Yanofsky or anyone else
to prove otherwise.
Reaction Failed.
The fact is that the reactionary Of
ficials have failed dismally in their
duty Of building up the union and
making it powerful weapon for the
membership, to improve working con-
ditions, and Yanofsky and those who
tell him what to say are merely add
ing another shameful act to their
long record in an attempt to shift
, their own responsibility onto the
shoulders of the left-wing members
The present deplorable condition ir
the ladies garment trades is the d.
rect fruit of the policy of the Gen.
eral Executive Board in destroying
the rights of the membership, in ex
pulsions, acknowledgements, and dis
ordinations in the shops. Those re
sponsible for that policy are respon
sible for its results. The member
ship Of the I. L. G. W. U. will no
allow them to evade this response
bility.
If the officials really want to OF
ganize the industry why do they
carry on their disruptive campaign
The left-wing members expelled il
Chicago were the very men ant
women who. in the past, have beer
the most active organizers and strike
leaders and who. at the very timt
they were expelled, were carrying OF
, the organization campaign. Perl
: stein himself is on record to tina
effect and the entire Chicago mem
bership knows that it is SO. 1t wa
the left-wing members who assumed
y