The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-23
BY LOUIS LYMAN.

scab union are at an end. The So
called elections were not in any way
distinguished from others engineered
by the Sigman-Schlesinger clique a
year ago, except that they obtained
the services of three Impartial
persons-Roger Baldwin, Arthur
Garfield Hays, and A Billikoff.
They have affixed their signatures
to declaration that everything was
in the best of order this time.
The rank and file of the union
have always openly accused the re-
dictionary machine of fraud during
elections and demanded that they
be held under the supervision Of
an impartial committee, but the
bureaucrats never acceeded to this
demand. at is below the dignity of
the union that outside people should
supervise the elections. This would
be confession that there are good
reasons to doubt our honesty and
integrity" was Schlesinger's con-
slant argument. So the clique itself
always carried thru the elections as
they desired. Now, for the first
time in the history of the union,
Schlesinger announces thru the
Forward" that ELECTIONS will be
held under the supervision Of an
impartial committee of liberals so
they cannot accuse us of crooked
ness"
Fake Manoevre.
1t is quite clear why Schlesinger
has adopted this piece of trickery.
He hoped that by this fake man
oeuvre he would be able to fool at
least a part OF the cloakmakers and
dressmakers into believing that the
clique has reformed, that it is adopt
ing new policy, does not want to
maintain itself IN power by force
as in the past, and does not steal
elections. Schlesinger was eager to
get people like Louis Marshall and
Warburg for his impartial COM
mittee," even announcing in the
Forward that Marshall would be on
the committee. However, it seems
that Marshall has more important
matters to attend to than supervis-
ing fake elections and being a cats
paw for Schlesinger. Since Marshall
was not available, Schlesinger had
to content himself with using Roger
Baldwin for his devious purposes.
We cannot understand what
prompted Baldwin to allow himself
to be used by Schlesinger. We know
that Baldwin is very well informed
as to the events that have trans
pired during recent years in the
International. He knows that all
progressives have been expelled
without trial, the only charge being
that they were Communists He
knows that the International has
formed opposition locals and united
with the bosses thru whose aid and
that of gangsters they have forced
the workers to register with them.
He knows that the clique has framed
up many innocent workers and sent
them to jail. He knows that the
corrupt bureaucrats have thrown
out hundreds of workers from the
shops and this robbed them Of the
opportunity to earn livelihood. He
knows that hired gangsters of these
| takers have MANNED and crippled
many workers fighting against re.
dictionary policies of the clique. He
knows that Schlesinger in conspir.
acy with the bureaucrats of the Cen.
trail Trades and Labor Council have
gone to Mayor Walker urging
greater police forces to aid them in
attempting to break the strike Of
the dressmakers as this was reported
in the entire press. The police even
without special requests such as
this, hardly fail to show theil
''friendliness" to strikers, doing
their "duty" without being urged
But they excel when answering tho
clarion call to defend America anc
| its sacred institutions from the
"Bolsheviks," who, Schlesingel
states in the press, are fighting
in this strike for recognition Of
Russia"
In response TO urging from the
ILGWU, the Central Trades ant
Labor Council and the bosses, the
police are faithful to their masters
Workers are nabbed by the police
as soon as they show themselves OF
the picket line. There have beer
1,200 arrested in two weeks stlug
gle. Sam Markowitz and Morris
Reiss, Schlesinger's lawyers, hav'
assumed the role of district attor
ney, demanding high bail and big
fines or Jail sentences, accusing tn
strikers of being professional gang
sters, accusing them of the heinou
crime of being Communists. In on,
case after another, the strikers s.
accused of being gangsters had t.
be discharged for lack of any evi
dence whatever that they wer
guilty of disorderly conduct. Never
theless, whenever possible, tn