The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-08
Defeat the Strike-6r0akGrS.
Maintain the Unions as Fighting Organization
of the Workers

DUT the fight isn't over. 1t is here
u that Matthew WToll, gives much
more time to his Job as union
wrecking vice-president of the A. f
OF L., than he does to his task as head
OF the Photo Engravers' Union, 1t Is
Woll who has been directing the so
called investigation" Of the Furriers
Union in New York City, which is
merely a mask for another attack on
the left wing.
This is the Vol who openly and
deliberately sabotaged every effort
put forward at the Detroit convention
OF the A. F. Of L., in October, to
provide assistance for the PassaiC
strike.
This is the Vol who has attacked
Senator William Z. Borah for his et
forts to bring about q satisfactory
settlement at Passaic, thus acting as
strikebreaker for the powerful tex
tile mill owners as against every
effort to crown the valiant fight OF the
mill workers with victory.
THEN there is Mcmahon. He heads
4 the United Textile Workers Union
an A. r. Of L. organization. What has
already been accomplished in Passaic
shows what can be done to organize
workers in the textile industry. The
Passaic accomplishments wildly re
veal the shortcomings and failures OF
the reactionary A. F.. Of F. bureau
cracys policies. The struggle at Pas
sale had been on for more than hall
year before the A. F. Of L., thru
McMahon's union, agreed to enter the
situation, but 1t seems then only to be
tray it. For now the demand is framed
in secret, by the N. Y. conspiracy, that
the Passaic strike must be defeated
because its victory would bring toe
much credit to the Communists. Thus
Mcmahon puts on the cloak Of strike
breaker.
During the A. r. of l.. convention
at Detroit, Mcmahon managed to BIZ
absent during all the time, on severa
different days, that the Passaic strike
was up for consideration. He sent nc
appeal to the gathering. He was re
ported "at his hotel" He was alb
1olutely silent on the issues involved
In the struggle. He would not speak
himself. He prevented spokesman
for the ssrikers, a strike official, who
was present in the convention, from
speaking. Mcmahon flttingly com
pletes this quartette of strike-breaking
conspirators.
TT is we'll for the workers generally
L over the whole country, to know
all these facts when the reaction ad
vances with its malicious attack
claiming the left wing and the Com
munists are not serving the best in
terests of the organized labor move
ment. Informed workers will not per
nit themselves to be misled or con
fused by any barrage of untruths, nc
matter how skillfully 1t is laid dowr
by the offlcialdom.
"Coolldge-the Strikebreaker" in the
White House at Washington, on be
half Of the class for which he rules
will be happy to learn of the strike
breaking, understanding conspiracy
launched in New York City. He will
be overjoyed, a smile lighting up his
dumb countenance, voicing the Joy o.
the Morgans, the Buffers, the Schwabs
the Garys, the Peabodys and all the
other multi-millionaire open shop
pers." There is cause for rejoicing, fol
them.
Every attack on the left wing means
that the capitalist dictatorship will
feel itself a little safer, more com
Portable in its present position, where
It is permitted to plumber the work
ers OF the wealth they produce. The
growth of labor's fighting left wine
means the development of g threat
to this ruling class power.
THUS the workers generally over the
l. nation are vitality interested in this
conspiracy Matched in New York City
II is their duty to join In the effor'
to defeat the foul purposes of the con
spirators. This can only be done BY
rallying all labor's progressive forces
everywhere. The power OF the left
wing must grow, to protect all gain
already made. to consolidate labor'i
power, to march forward under thu
guidance OF a militant program, de
handing amalgamation, the organiza
ton of the unorganized, a labor party
and the support Of all other issues that
will help:
MAINTAIN THE UNIONS AS
FIGHTING ORGANIZATIONS or
THE WoRKERsl
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