The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-18
SICMAN MACHINE
DENOUNCED 0 N
MEETING FLOOR
Members Will Reject
Fake Majority"
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Hyman and denunciation of the
Communists and their official organ.
He told of his early affiliation with
the I. W. w. and apologized for it
by implying that he was an ignorant
immigrant boy at the time.
5Iames Membership.
He blamed the membership for the
bad conditions in the industry and
proved that he reads The DAILY
WORKER and Freiheit by quoting
literally from their editorials. Boro-
covich opened the debate for the left
wing following Shelley, an ''impar-
tial" delegate whose request for the
floor was greeted by storm of laugh
ter aroused by delegate quoting
from Zimmerman's earlier speech in
which he said that impartial people
we're found only in the cemetery.
Borocovich quoted from Justice and
proved that while the left wing joint
board was fighting to save the union
in New York after election by the
largest majorities ever polled, Yanof-
sky as editor and spokesman of the
machine, had carried on an unscrupu-
lous campaign against the rank and
file officials.
Expose Machine.
Hyman's speech was the most COM
plete exposure Of the crooked prac-
tees Of the machine in New York that
had been heard at the convention.
None of his statements were denied
nor was Sigman able to answer a
single one of his arguments or accu-
sations when he closed debate. Fine
berg had mentioned an article deal
ing with Perlstein in the Freiheit and
Hyman stated that if there was one
thing in the Freiheit in which he had
been in full accord it was this par
ticular article. He told how the ma
chine had planned to have the strike
committee raise the dues, disband and
leave the membership unable to lodge
a complaint against any permanent
body. He told how Perlstein had been
both for and against a raise in dues
in order to confuse and divide the
membership and how the left wing
had found the unions bankrupt when
it came into power. He stated and
proved that the machine had attached
up So that they 'couid not even pay
tuberculosis benefits as they fell due.
He cited the case of the worker who
is dying a slow and painful death as
a result of injuries received from ma
chine gangsters and the case of the
six gunmen hired by the Sigman ma
chine who beat up the workers in the
Solomon shop.
Flags Sigman.
Hyman sketched with bold strokes
the background Of corruption, gang
sterism and Responsibilities which
forced the revolt of the New York
membership and told the Sigmanites
that it would do them little good to
raise the Communist bugaboo. "You
claim victory in this convention"
he said, land that men like Yanof-
sky is responsible for your victory
Give us more Yanofskys. You dele
gates who are afraid to face your
membership come to New York when
give my report on this convention
and see what they think of your vic
tory. You have slandered us until
you have discredted yourselves
when you slandered us our people say
Well. they must be honest men, I"
Many admissions made by Sigman in
his effort to overcome the effects of
Hyman's speech are most interesting.
Among them were the approving
statements that most of our member
ship voted for Governor Smith," that
it was the other officers who employed
gangsters, that he had no objection
to Communist opinions but only to
their actions, that is their fight
against union reactionaries, his ridi-
cule of the membership aroused by the
receipt of telegram demanding his
resignation from a mass meeting OF
garment workers in New York last
night called to discuss the use of po-
lice in the convention Saturday.
Left Proposition Wins.
Following the close vote on the
New York situation the convention en-.
dorsed the proposition of the left wing
that no raises in dues or assessments
be made without the consent of the
membership. approved the merger OF
three New York locals amt the peace
agreement which reinstated the ex-
PEELED left wingers. The cchvf ntion
rose for one second in memory OF
Gomners and after ARRANGING fer the
nomination Of officers at two O'Clock
Wednesday adjourned
The minority report on the officers
report read by Zimmerman in the
name Of the progressive bloc this
morning has created a sensation
among the delegates to whom mimeo
graphed copies were distributed. II
Is complete indictment Of the Sig
man machine and a history Of the re
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