The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-15
Analgarnated
Misleaders in
New Betrayal
By DoMENICK FLAIANI

ers in this city, an organization built
through the struggles and sacrifices
of the workers.
At the last meeting of Local 1879,
held here Oct. 3, the present mis-
leaders of the Amalgamated Cloth
ing Workers were unmasked before
the eyes of the membership of the
union. The local membership meet
ing overwhelmingly supported the
left wing group in the local in their
fight against the corrupted high
paid officials of the A. G. w.
Treachery of Officials.
will give here a few high lights
of the latest developments. The So
called Organization campaign" con-
Quoted here by the officialdom of
the A. c. W., under the dictatorship
of Blumberg, has been a complet
failure, due to the betrayals an
treachery by the misleaders of thu
A. c. w, Hillman, Blumberg, Vein
stein, Morriconi and the rest of the
corrupted machine.
During the period of the Organ
ization campaign" the officialdom
prevented the meeting of the union
locals, joint board, board of direc-
tors, etc. Knowing that strong OPP
position to the machine was grow
ing among the members of the
union. the above method was used
to prevent the members of the union
from exposing their fake campaign.
Mr.. Licastro, ar Organizer" of
the A. c. W., who came here at the
lightning of the campaign, has
gone away for an Operation"
Blumberg was forced to send away
this semi-fascist Licastro, for he
knew the members would no longer
stand for him. Licastro, among
other things, proposed to have the
reactionary fascist Judge Alessar
oroni to preside at mass meetin
Of the union. =
Hillman then shipped the reaction
airy, yellow socialist, Sala, here as
an organizer, with a mandate to
break up any part of the organlza-
ton where the left wing have con-
troll.
The mandate that Sala was given
! by the bureaucratic reactionary
Hillman, who dared openly to state
at mass meeting of the clothing
workers here that "To strike against
the boss for better conditions is an
uncivilized method" is to be put
into "effect."
At the last Local 139 meeting De
Martins, who permitted himself to
believe little in The honesty of the
present officialdom of the A. C. W.,
stated to the members that at a
meeting of the organizers staff that
all that was taken up was "How to
keep out of the local administration
the Communists and those who az
against the machine; how to exp
from The organization Domeni1
| Flaiani, now secretary of the local;
low to kick out Noe Maggetti, now
president of the executive board;
how to expel Iacono, an active mem
Der of our local, and others"
Members Aroused.
When the members of the local
learned Of these plans made by the
machine all at once began to call
the organizers present at the local
meeting TRAITORS, job-holders, fas-
cists," and other appropriate names
fer these misleaders of our organiza-
ton. The members openly stated at
the meeting that they would never
permit these reactionaries to expel
Flaiani, Maggetti or any other men,
bers of our organization. Motions
were made that the whole admins
tcaticn of the organization, Begin
ming from the manager, organizers
and business agents, be removed
from their post, and other motions
were presented to condemn the
treacherous policy of the official
dom. Sala, the yellow socialist, in
CIDER to prevent the passing of these
motions. which would have bed
passed with a unanimous vote at tha
meeting, started a riot and broke ~
the meeting.
Left Wing Must Lead
Clothing workers of Philadelphia:
! IF xuo ora to boftor oyr conditions
if we are to be able to bring bread
and butter to our children, if we are
to organize the Philadelphia cloth
ing workers, we must organize our
selves under the leadership of the
Trade Union Educational League,
under the leadership of the left
wing group in the locals, and wage
a struggle against the present reac-
tionary agents of the bosses, Blum
berg, Weinstein, Morriconi, London
and the rest of the corrupted ma
chine.
Organize shop committees in your
shop, whether it is union place or
a non-union shop, and get in con-
nection with the Trade Union Edu-
cational League. A real campaign
to organize the Philadelphia weol
ers car only be successful w
these nlisleaders are gone and II
the rank and file, take control of
our union and use it as weapon
of the workers against the bosses.