The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-19
STEEL WORKERS
ARE GAGGED BY
LABOR TAKERS
Mike Tighe Whets Up
Convention Clique
BY WALLACE METcALFE.

ny WFNGGfN0E WILT
NILES, Ohio.-During the past year
the nearest thing to organization eC=s
by M. f. Tighe & Co., Of the Anal
gamated Association Of Iron and Tin
Workers, was at Detroit, where few
workers promised the oficialdom
that they would think It over" In
spite Of the thousands Of unorganized
steel and other workers eligible to
join the A. A. of !. S. & T. W., this
is the only work" accomplished by
the officialdom.
Lodges known to be favorable to the
machine have been sending in attacks
after attacks upon the progressive
rank and file organization. These ma.
chine lodges have been spewing theiI
venom-like propaganda all over the
pages Of the Amalgamated Journal
preparing the ground work for the at.
tack which the desperate officialdom
will launch at the coming national
convention. The editor Of the Journal
has set down these rules for lodge
journal agents to follow:
al. journal agents should refrain
from mentioning In their letters mat
ters that transpIre at any executive
session Of a sub-Iodge, With the ex-
ception Of things Of general interest,
az. Mention should not be made oil
non-attendance at meetings, non-psy.
ment Of dues, poor lodge attendance,
and the delinqueneIes Of members.
"3. Matters of a personal nature,
jokes on members, lbelous remarks
or anything of deroeatory character
which might be mIseonstrued Will be
eliminated from letters"
The officialdom are doing every.
thing possible to prevent the A. A
of I. S. G. T. w. from becoming an eff
fective organization by applying this
blind censorship and system Of gagg-
ing the rank and file.
The true condition existing in this
once powerful union must be made
known to the workers, and its weak.
ness must be exposed rather than con
cealed, as the oflcialdom are attempt.
ing to do.
When the rank and file once know
the true condition of their union
they will not be sandbagged by some
Eighty scribe who cannot see the diff
ference between loyalty to class and
loyalty to sleek oflcialdom who have
long ago lost their vision of what
working class unions function for.
"Save the A. A. Of I. s. & r. WIZ
is the cry of the rank and file. and
"organlze the unorsanizedl" Anal
gamate-Agitate-
1t is expected that the officiaIdom
will dig up defunct lodges in order to
have their delegates at the conven-
ton. 1t is expected that no stone
will be left unturned to defeat the
progressives. But thinking members
Of this union will ask of M. f. Tighe
& Co. the following questions:
I. How many new members have
we secured during the past year Of
your administration? How many new
lodges?
2. How many. members hsV0 Es
lost9 why nave we lost then7
8. What have you done for our
loeked-out and strIke-ridden Iodoes2
4. What about our treasury What
about the censorship you have placed
upon our journal?
5. Why do you cry that the -aeds"
are to blame for this deplorabIe con-
dltion of decay now existing in our
international union, when you know
that ONLY the progressive lodges can
show Increased lodge membership
Unorganized and organized steel
and iron workers! Place your shout
ders to the wheel and unite with the
progressives by supporting them in
their work Of educating and organ.
izing the steel workers.