The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-09
Build Your Union!" Is
Weisbord's Last Appeal
to the Passaic Strikers
BY J. LOUIS ENoDAHL.


ploiters of the workers in their
struggle to prevent the vitalization
of the American trade union move
ment.
The farewell rendered Weisbord
by the Passaic textile workers was
labor's best answer to the Greens,
the Wolls, the Morrisons, The Trib-
une, the Daily News and everything
that they stand for. According to
the strikers official publicity service,
1.-THE meeting (held in the open air
at Belmont Park, in Garfleld) was
one Of the most important and dra-
matte held in strike which has had
many dramatic moments. The huge
park was packed to capacity, over
$4,000 persons managing to squeeze
themselves into the premises, while
other thousands jammed the win
dows and doorways of the adjoining
hall and occupied verandas. roofs
and trees across the road"
Gustav Deak, the head Of the
strikers organization formed under
the standards of the United Textile
Workers Union, affiliated with the
A. F. of L., presided at the farewell
to Weisbord.
Weisbord is in Chicago attending
the International Labor Defense
conference. He now wears a watch
with case of white gold bearing on
its back the inscription: "From the
Passaic Textile Strikers to Our Or
eanlzer, Albert Welsbord, in Appre-
citation of Loyal Service In the Glass
Struggle, Sept. 2, 1926"
There was a fountain pen and a
pencil from the five members of the
United Front Committee, the stan
leaders of the struggle with "From
the U. r. c. to A. w." engraved
upon them. There was huge silver
loving cup from the Lodi strikers,
presented by committee of Negro
workers. And fiowersI And huge
placards displayed over the mighty
farewell throng promising, "Weis-
bord, We VIII Build Strong Union
as a Monument to You." And then
Weisbord spoke:
1T seems that my head has been
demanded for having faithfully and
Loyalty served the interests of the
strikers" he said. am sure that
there are many workers who will
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done that he should be removed?"
They will want to know If he is dis
honest or disloyal. They will want
to know why Weisbord can find no
place inside the American Fedora
ton of Labor.
These are questions that President
William Green and all the members
of the executive council of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor will find
1t very difficult to answer.
II may be expelled from the Pas
sale textile strike, but l cannot be-
expelled from the labor movement.
Il shall continue to devote my
life's work to the cause of the work
ing class. l have no interests other
than those of the workers. When it
became necessary that remove my
self in order to pave your way into
the American Federation OF Labor
and to victory over the mill bosses,
gladly pledged myself to do so.
am here tonight to carry out that
pledge. AS you are aware, when l
came among you to organize you,
had no thought of organizing MY
UNION. knew it would have been
insanity to organize an independent
union. From the very beginning it
was my aim to get you into the main
body Of the American labor move
ment. and in this connection we
made several overtures to the
United Textile Workers of America,
but the U. T. w. was not ready at
that time to take us in. Now that
you have gained admission into the
U. T. w. we can celebrate the reali-
cation of your first objective.
THAT | am going away is not
sign of weakness. 1t is a sign of
strength that am able to leave you.
satisfied that you are now powerful
enough, that you have wise and
trained leaders who have come up
from your ranks, to assure the pro-
lection of your every interest"