The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-09
CLOAK DELEGATES
TO REBUILD union
DESPITE SIGMAN
Organize Over Heads
of Fakers," Is Slogan

expulsion policies which have been car
ried thru with the aid of the bosses
and take steps to unity and rebuild
our organization.
"In order to prevent any opposition
of it's policies on the floor of the con-
vention the international administra-
ton has made sure to eliminate every
opponent by Illegally removing such
candidates from the ballot. In view
of this it is hardly to be expected
that this convention Of hand picked
delegates will seat the elected rep
resentatives of the workers, nor is it
to be expected that it will take any
steps to unite the workers in an eff
fort to rebuild cur organization,
which has been shattered during the
period of the struggle.
"The workers know that what is
necessary at the present time is not
merely a change of personnel in the
administration, as is advocated by
some Of the opponents Of Sigman who
are sponsoring the candidacy of Mr..
Schlesinger, the former president, but
a fundamental revision in the policies
which will DO away with explosions,
determinations and surrender to the
bosses, and will unite all the workers
regardless of their views and opinions
in one common effort to rebuild the
union and restore union conditions.
nonaud ITnitad ITnior,
"The workers have authorized us
to come to Boston to fight for a
united union, controlled by and in the
interests of, the workers. In the
event that those in control Of this
convention will continue the present
policy of explosions, prosecutions and
surrender to the bosses, we are then
authorized to take steps to lay the
basis for the rebuilding Of our union
and for, the restoration of union con-
ditions for the workers in our indus
try, above the heads of the Sigmans
and the Schlesingers.
eve desire to state that the fake
issues of Communism raised by Sig
man is intended to prejudice the pro-
gressive delegates in the union, is
nothing but smoke screen to hide
the sinister motives of the present
administration desiring to maintain
itself in control of the union by force
and violence. The propaganda that
we are coming to create trouble is
an old practice of the administration
to becloud the real issues. We have
come to Boston to transact business
in the best interests of our memhn~e
in the union"
Yesterdays session of the fake con-
vention controlled by the Sigmanites.
and the Observation-Disclosures clique.
was marked by a series OF speeches
begun by Sigman who delivered the
Keynote" speech after the Star
Spangled Banner had opened the Of
fetal sessions. Speeches were also
made by sue hunion-smashers as
Matthew Woll, Max zaritsky, head of
the capmakers' union, who began the
mass expulsion policy and other les
ser flights"
Sigman, in his speech, admitted
that since he had acquired the presi-
dency of the International, the union
ization Of the trade has gone con-
tinually down, but the blame was
attached by him not to the union
smashing tactics of himself and his
aides, but to the Communists. This
was the only subject discussed by
the other speakers.
Meetings Called
The left wing delegation is arrang-
ing a series of mass meetings to be
held turnout the week for the needle
trades workers here. A "proletarian
banquet" was held yesterday in honor
of the delegates and was arranged by
the progressive workers here, in the
international Hall in Roxbury. To-
night ball will be held by the Fret.
heit sympathizers Of Boston, in honor
of the delegation. 1t will take place
in the Scenic Auditorium.
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