The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-04
By Fred Ellis.

masses? Their appeals to the rank
and file are only again a gesture to
deceive the masses. The bureaucrats
that have schooled themselves in the
demagogy of Tammany Hall are try
ing to make up in noise and in poses
for what is lacking in substance in
this bill. Who can take seriously their
statement that "no political differ
ences should stand in the way of a
common front against the common
enemy?" These SNUG hypocrites re-
sort to this phrase-mongering in
order to conceal their criminal re-
sponsibility for dividing the workers.
They introduced political differences
as basis for destroying the Cloak
makers Union. These Tammany
henchmen demoralized the rank and
file by their expulsion policy against
the militant workers on the alleged
ground that the Communists were
dividing the labor movement accord
ing to political opinions.
Supporting Tammany Hall.
IF THESE bureaucrats mean seri-
ously to conduct war against
the employers, why do they not call
off their war against the left wing
But these worthless and lackeys of the
, employers will do nothing of the
kind. They continue their fight
against the left wing. They announce
that there will be no strike on the
I.R.T., thus throwing away the battle
against the Interborough Rapid Tran
sit Company before it has even be-
gun. At Miami they endorsed their
'non-partisan policies" of supporting
capitalist candidates. And it was also
at Miami that this meeting was de-
cided upon with the object of boom
ing the nomination of Smith as the
Democratic candidate for President
in 1928. The Tammany Hall hench-
men will be on hand in goodly num-
bers, to be sure, and the most fulsome
praise poured out for Smith. 1t is in
the guise of struggle against the
injunction and company-union menace
that these officials are carrying for
ward their boom for Smith.
Bureaucrats Will Not Fight.
Only the militants can lead the
fight against the injunctions. Only
he class-conscious workers can rally
the masses of labor for fight to the
finish against the terror of the CAPT.
talist class against the trade unions.
These bureaucrats will not and can
not conduct a serious struggle. They
can conduct only sham battles and
will betray the workers in their fight
| against this menace to the life of the
labor movement.
The Rank and File Must Act.
WHAT shall be the policy of the
I" rank and file of Labor regarding
this injunction bill? The trade
union workers must demand a real
law and real fight against the in
| functions. The rank and file of Labor
must demand a bill to completely pro-
hibit injunctions. In order to achieve
this they must call for the mobiliza-
ton of the political power of the
workingclass. This means breaking
completely with the capitalist parties
and the establishment of Labor
Party.
These bureaucrats say that polit-
fcal differences shall not stand in the
way. The workers must force these
labor bureaucrats to join in real
united front Of Labor, including the
trade unions and workers political
parties, which will hold mass meet
ings not in Cooper Union alone but
in Madison Square Garden, to which
the rank and file of Labor in the en-
tire city will be called, which will
hold labor parades and conduct real
demonstrations. Demand of the labor
officials and have the local unions go
on record that the labor movement
issue the slogan for mass violation of
injunctions wherever injunctions are