The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-29
CBy WILLIAM W. wEINsToNE)


The conditions of the thousands
of painters in New York City grow
steadily worse. Under the leader
ship of arch corruptionists, the
number of unorganized continues to
grow, the standards won after dec
AIDES of struggle against the bosses
are being continually undermined
unlimited speed-up, unemployment,
denial of hard-won union conditions,
is the common lot of the masses of
painters. The Master Bosses As
sociation holds the whip hand over
the painters.
This condition is the product of
the offensive of the bosses against
the union, and the class collabora-
ton policies and corruption of the
reaetionary union leadership. In
the painters union Of New York,
this system of class collaboration
and corruption has been developed
into system of Brindellism-
known in the painters union as
"Zausnerism."
The painters election, which takes
place next week, for day secretary
Of the District Council, serves as a
lesson to the painters Of the city
and to the workers in general how
to develop a real struggle against
Zausnerism. The candidates in the
field for day secretary are two re-
dictionaries, Shapiro (the present
secretary and Mcnamara.
Trained by Zausner.
Both candidates are typical bu-
reaucrats, representatives of Brin-
dellism and Zausnerism in the paint
ers' union. Shapiro, who is now
running as an anti-Zausner candi-
cate, was associated with the arch
corruptionist, Zausner, for many
years. He has gone through the
entire school of Zausnerism and is
a class collaborationist and corrup-
zionist of the purest water. His
administration has been wholly
against the interests of the work
ers.
Mcnamara is one of the leading
lights of the Zausner clique, bu-
reaucrat to whom the ideas of class
struggle are anathema and for
whom working with the bosses
against the workers is the highest
ideal he has achieved in the painters
union. Between Shapiro and Nc
Namara there is really no funda-
mental difference. Both are against
the organization of the unorganized,
against militant struggle; both are
the tools of the bosses to intensity
speed-up and keen the workers in
oppression. The fight between them
has no practical significance for the
workers. The election Of either is
a victory for the bosses and a de-
feat for the workers.
Shapiro's Smoke Screen.
Shapiro is reactionary who is
now trying to make the workers be-
lieve that he has broken with his
past and is attempting to use the
hatred of the workers for Zausner
for his own advantage. Mcnamara
is an open reactionary and the
known candidate of the Zausner
CLIQUE.
Shapiro has succeeded in getting
endorsements of his candidature
from many Of the locals through the
support of so-called progressives
who were associated with the left
wing workers and Communists in
ousting Zausner from office about
two years ago. Those so-called pro
gressives, whether or not they are
fooling themselves, are surely de-
ceiving the workers by declaring
that it is necessary to elect Shapiro
for. with Shapiro in office, there
are more chances to fight success
fully against Zausnerism and pre-
vent the return of Zausner."
Zausner as ScarecrOw.
BY spreading this illusion they
are trying to rally the workers be-
hind Shapiro. Some aforementioned
left wingers, who are known to the
yorkers for their aggressive fight
q the interests Of the rank and Re,