The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-10
A Petted Prisoner of the Parasites.

THE Woman Trade Union League, that makes pretenses
at being labor organization that is affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor lived to its role of PAM
pered darling of the parasite rich in celebrating the 25th
nversary of its existence This affair held at less
place than the Hyde Park estate the Hudson of Tamany
Halls governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, the same Tammany
Hall that rejected every piece of labor legislation Roosevelt
himself admits SO per cent? at the last session of the state
assembly and that is failing daily in New York City alone
scores of strikers the picket line One of the members of
the Honorary Committee for the affair Morris Hill
quit the Socialist.
The climax of this "cass peace orgy reached when
Mrs Thomas W. Lamont the wife of Morgans banking part
er who just helped finish the job at Paris of placing the
war debts the backs of the worlds workers. handed Miss
Rose Schnedermann president of the League check for
100000 to cover the indebtedness the Leagues head
quarters in New York City, This cash payment to the
League driving the spokesman of the striking Gastonia
North Carolina textile workers out of the Leagues recent
convention at Washington D. c. refusing them the right to
appeal for aid in their struggle with the powerful Manvle
Jenckes corporation that also has mills in Rhode Island not
far from the haunts at Newport of the Laonts
Morgans and other multi-rnillonaires.
Governor Roosevelt seized upon the occasion to make
little political capital for Tammany Hail. Of this Tammany
stands great need in view of the rapidly approaching
municipal election campaign. This the only value that
be the of the appointment of
members to commission "to study and report the adj
visibility of state old pension law. The governor
himself IN an unguarded moment OF frankness declared
cannot call it than gesture" 1t is capitalist ges
ture the face of growing rehabilitation the ranks of the
working Glass; effort to give Tammany Halls Labor
ackeys zone of those crumbs Ito another of Rooseves
expressions with which is hoped they will be able to satisfy
disconnected workers and keep them in line at the polls and
prevent them from joining class struggle trade unions
The commission padded with churchmen charity dis
pensers and politicians thus placing the whole question of
old age pensions charitable basis in which it is claimed
that the aged will not be erdd poorhouse but nsnuang
that much be expected The viewpoint that old
age pensions constitute just demand on industry is
tirey rejected. a.c,,,.
The Womans Trade Union League, the harot of capt.
tat politics and great business cannot be the organizer of
and the fighter for the workers of this country
Neither the W. T. u L. and the A of L. reaction wage
real struggle for old age pensions and other forms of social
against unemployment sickness and accidents This
effort grows out of the class fight waged by the left wing
industrial unions under the leadership of the Communist
Party that alone will raise the banners of class revolt against
cas peace in the approaching municipal election campaign