The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-12
AmaIgamated Members
Must Force Officials to
Fight on Vital Issues
BY J. LOUIS ENoDAHL.

TODAY copy Of the current ISSUE Friday 4h of the
Advance official organ of the Amagamated Clothing
Workers of America, arrives 1t is empty usual OF any
statement the vicious smuggling OF union members IN Chi
cago by thugs under the direction Of minor officials OF the
regime that dominates the organization 1t still says
nothing about the arbitrary dismissal of Joseph Shatr from
his job in the Chicago bank Of the Aagamated because he
advocated progressive at the Atlantic City conven
ton of the American Federation of Labor as delegate OF the
Bank Clerks Union.
deibe brand of gnomny upon the Hman Schossberg adj
instation in the Amagaaed No effort of any kind has
Joseph Schossberg epudate the sIuggngs of
which they very much to justify the oustng OF
Shair, blow at mlitancy in the whole labor movement
Instead in this particular issue Of the Advance more
Thus the misunderstanding regime the customary
trick of trying to draw red herring the trail that leads
directly to its own g It tn to direct ht the Tss sn nS q
WORKER will refrain from discussing the full in its
proper place and at the proper time
There is no doubt that the Hman- schossberg regime
has PLACID clever ophists in leading positions the edi
toa staff of the Advance They adopts at word juggling
There Charles w. Erwin, time editor of the New
York Call socialist daily that completely deserted by the
rank and file when fed oeruch at the trough OF the anti
militant trade union ofciadom.
There is also J. B. SalutsI<y who showed he no
adept at playing with phrases in his lengthy report in the Adj
the recent convention of the American Federation
Labor Bandyng words Sautskys stock in trade and
he'll stick at it, if it leads to extreme misconceptions
whether nothing at all in the way of idea is passed to
the membership Of the Amagamated thru the unions official
organ This attitude of course helped make life uncomfort
able for Sautsky in the Communist movement, where he
fingered for time. He comfortable in his present
roundings. fFt
With such tricksters Erwin Sautsky, others
of lesser in prominent places the Advance it
wonder that attacks The DAILY WORKER take the place
of declarations the big issues in the unon The Aaga
mated officials from HiIman and Schossberg down.
that they have made smuggling issue in the union must
know that they cannot combat those who wronged with
silence Hnnan and Schossberg may learn from the expe
renee of the Morris Kaufman regime in the Furrers Union
and that OF the Sgan administration in the international
Ladies' Garment Workers Union asa
Is to be in he
Amagamated will agree with anything that appears The
DAILY WORKER. If it chose to do it could find plenty of
material for page attack in every weekly issue.
But such attacks side issues, not divert the
tenon of the AnaIgamateds membership away from the
main issues the development of the union into militant
fighting organization the struggle against wage the
elimination of smuggling orgies against those of unions
members who disagree with the administrations position and
the punishment of those in the of Sha who
pion progressive like world trade union unity
class collaboration recognition of the Union of Soviet Repub
cs the Labor Party amaIgamation and organization of
unorganized The membership of the Amagamated must
force the oficiadom into the open to fight vital issues
That what they fear But that the only way make
progress.