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left wing and adopted by the con
vention would be carried into effect.
Shachtman who is pledged to sup
port the amalgamation resolution and
the other left wing resolutions pre-
scented to the convention and fight
corruption in the union was elected
president. Shachtman is in the left
group of the Sorlxin following.
Benjamin Gold, who was defeated
by the new alliance of the Kaufman
machine with the Sorkinites, has de-
clared that the left wing will fight
against the present board as it can
not be trusted to carry out the de-
sires Of the membership and that this
alliance of the Sorkin and Kaufman
machines was nothing but a maneu-
yer of the Kaufman machine which
will attempt to recapture power in
the union at future date. He show
ed that the tactics. which will be
used by the new alignment, will be
one of sabotage of the New York
joint board and the sabotage of the
left wing resolutions in order to dis
credit the Communists and prepare
q comeback for the Kaufman ma
chine.
Must Fight Kaufmanism.
He further pointed out that the left
wing would lend their support to the
president Of the board, Shachtman,
only on the condition that he fight
.Kaufmanism and against any attempt
of the Sorkin machine to bring Kauf-
man back to power.
Delegate Skolnick was defeated for
the secretaryship of the union as well
as Gold for the vice-presidency thru
the betrayal of the rank and file by
the so-called progressives, who at
the first opportunity that presented
itself in the convention jumped onto
the band-wagon Of those who have
formed an alliance with the Kauf
man machine. Among these so-called
progressives were Gross of Local 5,
New York, and Highlander of Toron-
to. Wlnick, a Sorkinite, from the
same local as Gold, was elected to
the vice-presidency, by vote of 40
for and 20 against. Skolkin was de-
feated by Vol, Kaufmanite, for the
secretaryship of the board
Executive Board Makeup.
The executive board as it is con-
stituted today consists Of two Kauf-
NANTES, four Sorkinites, two waver-
ing between Sorkin and Kaufman and
two left wingers. Two other men,
bers Of the board will fall to Kauf-
man, as the delegates from st. Paul
and Montreal did not accept and cleo
tons in these locals will fall to the
Kaufman machine.
The general executive board by no
means represents the dominant opin-
ion Of the union. The board is a fed
Grated body in which the eleven Iarg-
est locals are represented on the
board by one representative the
vice-president of their local.
The resolution introduced by the
left wing endorsing the Freiheit and
The DAILY WORKER was defeated
by the convention due to the "bar-
gain" struck by the two machines.
The resolution calling for the re-
lease of the political prisoners was
adopted with a tail added by the new
alliance of reactionary elements, call
ing for the freeing of the counter
revolutionary socialists who tried to
destroy the workers Soviets in Rus
STA.
Gold declared that counter-revolu-
tionaries were not the same as i'm
prisoned workers in capitalist coun-
tries and urged the adoption of the
resolution without the tail.
Drive For Labor Party.
The adoption of the resolution IA
voring the formation of the labor
party, places the delegates of the Fur
riers' Union in a position where they