The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-13
BY P. YUDIcH.

tie in the lnternational Lanes Gar
ment Workers Union started. On
June II the machine of the Joint
Board suspended the executive boards
and managers of Locals 2, and %.
War was declared and the pogrom
started.
1t is usually accepted that such
kind of war as the present one can
not be dragged out. In general, mass
revolts must quickly come to and end
in victory or defeat. There is no diff
ference if it is a mass revolt in UNI
ion or in other spheres Of social life.
Struggle 5roadens.
But this struggle which, is now be-
ing led by the cloak and dressmakers
has overcome this general rule. 1t is
eight weeks time, and the struggle is
intensifying and broadening itself.
The self-defense of the. masses which
Sigman's pogrom has provoked has
been transformed into a powerful
struggle against the pogrom leaders.
The tasks of the revolving masses in
this struggle have almost become
daily routine. Day in and day out it
is the same, only with more fire and
more audacity.
Apparently this fact itself is an in
dication which shows that the present
resistance of the cloak and dressmak-
ers is such phenomenon which
must bring about an altogether new
situation.
Prepaid for Decisive Finish.
1t appears that the tens OF thou
sands of members of the International
view their present struggle as a de-
cisive one. 1t appears that the cloak
and dressmakers have decided once
and for all to liberate themselves
from their misleaders. The Joint Ac-
ton Committee which leads the strug-
gle has taken into it's hands every
possible weapon and is prepared not
to drop these weapons until the strug-
gle is brought to the desired conclu-
sion.
Does the Sigman machine feel this I?
Yes. Sigman and his gang have
long since understood this. And there
fore they have become desperate of
late. Even Yanovsky in his Justice.
who but last week pinched himself in
the cheek and made believe that he
was overjoyed at the result of the
fake referendum-even he came ont
this week with howl of conster-
nation.
1t is hard to remain quiet and keep
still, he says, seeing how this wild
greatness (meaning the revolt of the
membership drags in more and more
people. You think perhaps we can
save some yet, perhaps a word of
warning in time may shake many to
a consciousness of the wild impossi-
bic things that they are doing
What Do You Mean "WiId"f
You understand that what is wild"
and impossible" to Yanovsky, is that
great phenomenon that more and
more members have mustered them
selves in the struggle to liberate
themselves from the hooliganism of
Sigman. But it is interesting to see
that even Yanovsky has now started
to cry openly instead of pinching his
own cheeks.
1T is possible he says, that it is
now too late to warn, il it is true, as
we hear, that this hysteria has now
become general epidemic in the
union"
Sigman himself has surely become
more desperate. He was forced to
fix the designations of two of his
closest colleagues, Perlstein and Fem
berg. He was forced to take over
himself the administration of the New
York Joint Board, to take over the
leadership of the pogrom on all fronts.
What then are the prospects? And
on what does Sigman build his hopes
Prospects.
Sigman builds his hopes still in two
directions: On the one hand, for a
united front with the Breslau group;
and on the other, for the unification
of his machine with the bosses, from
whom he expects to receive greater
help, especially when the beginning of
the season in the trade will be felt,
which means at the time when there
will be bundles in the shops.
Sigman began to hope for the ac-
tive support of the Breslau group as
soon as he made peace with the idea
that Perlstein and Feinberg should re-
sign. We have already. made clear in
previous article this fact that the
resignation Of the twonpogrom-heroes
was given more as concession to the
Breslau group than as, concession
to the membership. reo
The Sigman clique twas forced to
that concession, and they were Ger.
tainly forced more thru the powerful
struggle of the membership than thru
the pressure of the internal machine
opponents; but in agreeing upon the
resignation Sigman had in mind to
receive certain price.
A Deal With Breslau.
This consisted in the delivery of
the goods" by the Breslau group in
the pogrom against the membership.