The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-02
WORKER BESTS
VERBUND LEADER
IN CONTROVERSY
Socialist Exploiter Fears
Soviets
BY n. YANKELS
worker Corresponding

A couple of painters and myself
were working on a residence house
in Eevanston My boss told me that
the owner Of the house, which was
quite an elegant one, was member
of the Jewish Verbund of the socialist
party. 7a
When he started on the job all there
was, was just the painters. The,
family was away on vacation. 1
had heard from. some people that are,
very close to the socialist movement,
that this fellow was very active in,
the '.bund," which in czarist Russia
was a revolutionary organization, but,
today in this country is the mouth
piece Of the yellow socialist leaders,
[ also found out that he makes his
living exploiting others.
was interested to find out how
this fellow lived, so browsed around
the house. I saw lot of magazines
from the Literary Digest to the Red
Book, lying around the house. In
his library of books, there was not
single book on the labor movement. or
the class struggle. His bookshelves
were covered with lot of cheap
fiction in handsome bindings.
Good Advertising.
After noticing the kind of library
and the stuff he reads, l spoke to one
of the other painters on the job about
it. The other painter, who attends
night college, answered This guy is
in business. His business needs pub
licity." While having leading role
in the Workmen's Circle, the socialist
party and the Forwards it brings him
good advertising. He himself is very
far from being revolutionary, tho he
boasts of what he did in czarist
Russia ages ago.
One day at lunch-time, while I was
sitting on the floor eating my lunch
and reading The DAILY WORKER,
the owner of the house, who had just
returned from a vacation, came in.
He saw me reading The DAILY
WORKER and said;
Are you Red?"
eyes" / answered. Every class
conscious worker is a Red
1t was quiet for while.
"Wnat do you think about Rusia?"
asked this socialist.
Il wish we had such government
herei" l answered.
whats wrong in this country" he
demanded.
Probably nothing for you, but
there is lot of things wrong for me
and my class" answered.
"Why, the Russian workers are
starving to death, while you are here
making a pretty good living"
Russia for Workers.
Speaking about Russia, 1t is plain
that you, not being a worker, should
be against it. The Soviet government
of Russia is controlled by the work
ers and peasants" l explained. "As
to the kind of system that is best
for the workers, l will discuss only
with the workers. You are very far
from being worker. What's wrong
here? II for instance l make $12 a
udy anu prOuuC6 Wv AOh ehoS uoy, INC
boss gets So for doing nothing. Under
the Soviet government we would cut
out the boss and have bigger share
of what we produce. Your party
knows that, but you have become
traitors to the working class and that
is why, not being a worker, you are
opposed to the Soviet government in
Russia"
Workers Must Join Communists.
"The Workers (Communist) Party
and the Young Workers Communist
League are the only organizations for
the workers. The socialist party is
not for the workers. 1t Is for the
middle class and the 'liberals'-that
is who is who'-and now l must go