The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-19

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union he hired good press agent
and transformed himself into mini
ature Henry Ford. His business grew
to large proportions. He was making
money, but rumor has it that he was
little bit jealous Of the profits made
by Hart, Schaffner and Marx, the boss
tailors that Sidney Hillman worked
for-as an employe-some fifteen
years ago. Hillman no longer works
for them-as an employe.
CUDDENLY, Nash saw the light
- shining thru Sidney Hillman. The
Sidney that he had hitherto thought
responsible for the unpleasantness
that open shop golden rulers some
times have to endure, turned out to
be different kind Of girl. The end
of the picture finds Nash asking his
employees to join the Amalgamated
Clothing Workers and Hillman telling
the same body of workers that the
Amalgamated was always hungry for
the opportunity to cooperate with
Nash. Sidney makes it quite clear
that Hillman was the kind of fell
low he would like to see in charge Of
an orphanage.
lHILLMAN'S speech to Nash's en-
- ployes is given In full in the cur
rent issue OF the Advance. Nash's
speech is auspiciously edited" News
papermen who know the tricks Of the
trade would like to read everything
that Mr.. Nash said to his workers
when he urged them to join the Anal
gamated. OF course, every worker
will be glad to see an increase in the
ranks Of the Amalgamated, but rad
icals are suspicious of Greeks bear
ings gifts" When leopards begin to
change tkeir spots capitalists may be-
gin to cl nge their skins. So far the
leopard Was maintained the status
quo. Ditto for the capitalists. In actual
life Golden Rule Nash" is no differ
ent to a Judge Gary. Glass conscious
members Of the Amalgmated would
feel happier If Nash's employees were
brought into the union by other means
than Pollyanna pourparlers between
Nash and Leo Wollman or other
Greenwich Village barnacles who now
hibernate on the payroll of the A.
C. w. of A. ~
THE Advance boasts that the union
= ization of the thousands of workers
of the Nash Co., is particularly graft
flying, because it was achieved with
out an industrial conflict" And "it
is a victory for the Amalgamated's
ideals which aim t6'introduce indus
trial democracy into relations between
employers and workers in the cloth
ing industry Adsagain bringing
civilized methods into relations be-
tween the employers and workers :"
Which is very fine but very impossi-
BILE. All kinds of stunts are tried to
achieve this end-that is the elimina-
ton of class conflict-but the velvety
hand of Hillman will be as futile as
the mailed fist of a. Mussolini.
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IF anybody thinks there will be no
conflict Of interest between Golden
Rule Nash" and his employees, they
are due for rude awakening. Where
Is Nash going to get his profits from
unless from the unrequited toll of his
employees? Either Nash must haggle
with his employees over the price of
their labor power like his competitors
and beat them down to the lowest
penny or he will be put out of bust
ness by those who will. He will not
be put out Of business because of any
compunction about fleeing his en-
ployes. That is the nature of capital
ism. Hillman knows that. Schloss-
berg, the ex-S. L. P. man knows it.
So does Salutsky, alias Hardman,
former member of the executive com
mittee Of the Workers Party and still
a political fiirt in the alleyways of
pale yellow radicalism.
IWHAT took place in Cincinnati is
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Hillman for the greater glory of both.
When Hillman saidli in his speech pub
lshed in advanced I'VE are not OBJ
posed to piece work or any other kind
lof work. We believe in whatever is
best for each situation" he did not
tell what took place between Nash
and himself in Washington, but sea-
soned members of sthe Amalgamated
may draw their own conclusions as
to what TRANSFERRED behind the scenes
before the curtains went up.
| GLASS collaboration will not work,
- even with such experienced art
lists as Hillman, Schlossberg and Sa-
lntsky pulling the strings. But for the
fighting ability Of the members of
the Amalgamated displayed on the
picket lines 1t is quite likely that
Nash would continue to babble about
the golden rule" and give cold eye