The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-15
|. A. M. CANDIDATE
SHOWS UP FAIL IRE
OF B. & o. GANG
Points Out Loss of ESQ.,
900 Members
BY H. S. MeILVAlGH.
Candidate for Vice President of the
a Of M

international ASSOCIATION Oh Macnln'
lists, held in Detroit during the month
of September, among other things
amended the constitution so as TO FRO.
vide for a reduction Of eight officers
in the staff Of the grand lodge. This
amendment was ratified by the mem
bership in the November referendum,
and because of this action a special
election will be held in 1925 to elect
an entire staff Of grand lodge officers.
In. accordance with the constitution,
nominations for Office must be made
in the month of January, and the two
highest nominees for each Office will
appear on the final ballot in April at
which time the election will be held.
The race for nominations is now
on. Many aspirants for Office have en-
tered the field, placing their names
before the membership and requesting
nominations for the various offices to
be filled. Oceans of literature are
surging thru the organization telling
depleted membership of the great
qualifications possessed by most of the
candidates, or group of candidates,
who aspire to guide the future destin-
les of the l. A. of NJ.
Many Of the candidates lay great
stress on the number of years they
have held membership in the organiza-
ton, and what they have sacrificed
for the benefit of the rank and file.
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all that most of them have to say re
garding the coming election in our or
ganization.
Nothing is said about the deplorable
conditions existing in our trade and
the crying need for constructive
program to prevent our organization
from going out of business entirely as
a labor union. Nothing is said about
a plan of action that will recoup our
scattered forces and bring the l. A. OF
NJ back to the position of militant
aggressive trade union which it once
occupied.
In contrast with the above there are
a few candidates in the field who are
supporting practical program. A
program that has plan of action tc
meet the awful conditions existing in
our trade, and one that will rebuild
the organization on militant fight
ing basis.
Left Wing Candidates.
These candidates lay stress on the
need of constructive program and
pay little attention to the personality
of the men who are seeking nomina-
tom in support of this program. They
point out the need of industrial organ
izations thru amalgamation, and call
attention to the results of the open
shop drive on our organization to
prove that closer unity thru amalga,
nation is the only solution that will
save us from complete destruction as
a labor union.
They are opposed to a policy that
commits us to so-called "co-operative"
schemes between the masters and the
workers, and to prove the fallacy of
such a policy they point to the ruth
less methods pursued by the masters
in their efforts to annihilate any effec-
tive organization on the part of the
workers
This group Of candidates is known
as the left wing, and is made up Of
class conscious machinists who under
stand the class struggle and the meth
dds we must pursue to overcome the
present conditions prevailing in our
trade.
Militant Program.
At the forefront of these methods
the left wing raises the following Is
sues, which no other candidates have
endorsed, but which no other candi.
dates can or will dispute the impor
lance of:
% AmaIaamation Of all crafts
in the metal industry into one indus
trial union covering the entire in
dustry. (2) Development OF shop
committees. ~ The organization
of the unorganlzed. (4) independent
working class political action for a
workers and farmers government.
(5) Against racial discrimination.
(6) Freedom Of expression within
the union, and reinstatement Of sus-
pended and expelled members who
have been Disseminated against
merely for radical activities. ~
Against the "B. & o." plan and all
other forms Of class collaboration.
(s) For a convention every two
years. (9) No exclusion Of young
workers from union or It's affairs.
(1o) The recognition Of Soviet Rus
sia, the first workers republic. (1f)
Closer international solidarity Of all
metal workers.
Tho left wing candidates are aware
of tho loss Of membership. in our or.
ganization and know that the struc-
ture of our present union is obsolete
when fits membership drops from more
than 100000 TO less than $4,000 in
years. The left wing stands for plan
OF working class education that will