The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-14
MILITANT Dye
WORKERS ISSUE
new STATEMENT
Criticise Mistake Made
by Prog.ressives

The action of six progressive mem
bers of the Cleaners and Dyers Union
who signed a statement under threats
Of loss of their livelihood from the
Jewish Daily Forward, after they had
been expelled from the union, is cri-
ticised in statement issued by the
progressive group of the organiza-
tion. The statement claims that the
action taken tends to strengthen the
reactionary leadership of the organ
ization.
The statement reads in part as
follows:
eve wish to point out the follow
ing to the honest but mistaken work.
srs, who. have heroically fought the
corrupt Efrad machine in our union
and who have voiced the sentiments
Of the majority of the rank and file
against the treachery and open sell
ing out of the interests of the work
ers to the bosses.
"The first paragraph of the letter
'elating to the history of the frame
up and expulsion of the six workers
is substantially correct. However,
that which follows is a clear express
sion Of lack of fighting policy and
gives the impression of appealing to
the good graces" of the bureaucrats,
Only thru a fighting policy can we
rid our union Of the bosses agents,
who are destroying our union.
awe wish to further point out to
The expelled members that that part
Of the letter in the Forward which
speaks of only one "ism" is incor-
rect and tends to mislead the workers
into the lack of appreciation of the
need for independent political action
on the part of the workers. All work
ars who have participated in strikes
and othGt' working class activities
nave learned thru the clubbing, jail
ing and injunctions that the bosses,
who use their political weapon, the
capitalist state machinery, are at a
greater advantage in our struggle
against them. The fundamental me-
cessity of the workers is not to scab
upon themselves politically and that
in our struggle with the bosses a
mighty weapon in the aid of our
struggles is the use of the political
power of the workers.
"We also wish to point out the
grave error in the letter of the ex-
PEELED workers of our union when
they say, we all understand what
inner struggles in a union mean. The
fate Of the needle industry is before
our eyes, We wish to make clear to
every worker that struggle against
The bosses agents and betrayers
against the workers interests is a
life necessity, otherwise our unions
would be destroyed and our condi-
5ions would be reduced to that of
slavery. A ruthless struggle for the
determination Of the tools of the
bosses with the unions is of prime
necessity.
"The reference to the fate of the
needle workers must be made clear
TO the workers. The present condi-
ton of the needle workers. union is
directly due to the strikebreaking
tactics of the Sigman machine and
the Forward. They are the same
clique as our Efrads, who have
worked hand in hand with the bosses
and have brazenly sold out to them
as do our own clique.
"We trust in the honesty and
workingclass integrity of the ex-
PEELED members that they will realize
The trap which the Forward set fol
them and that only thru an uncom-
promising struggle against all forms
of betrayal of the workers interests
the elimination of the Forward and
the Efrad clique is the only solution
for Kidding of our union of the tools
of the bosses and the building of a
strong union which will fight for the
interests of the workers"