The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-12
PRE-CONVENTION DISCUSSION
The Party and the Food Workers

dunn of the utilization of the whole A.F.W
to the TU.U.L. After these committees were
elected they remained on paper only, with the
exception of Silvers and the Hotel and Res
taurant Committee. The Silvers' committee
remained an outside propaganda committee
without drawing forces from the shops to do
inside work. There was no criticism on his
because the leading committee was responsible
The Hotel and Restaurant Committee came
with few contacts drew few workers from
hotels into the committee, but no attention was
paved in order to increase the activity. No
leaflets were issued through the chairman of
the committee Headquarters have been pro-
missed but still we have none
The Educational Committee met only once
and that's all. The Organization Committee
never met The language groups do not func-
ton because there is no head to give direc-
lions. Then again we did not do enough pro-
paganda for the memorandum. Then we started
Tor a new industrial union in a hurry-and
again not enough preparation. Without pre-
partition the leading committee called 1trjEcs
Gin one shop only one baker came out). Blame
cUnIaGe Pnchelsky, while the leading frac-
ton knew nothing about the strikes Only at
ter the injunction we had report that mis-
takes were made and that was Comrade Pin
chefsky's fault. We lost the Taupurs and
Grand Central Restaurants, both with over
$50 workers. The leading committee blames
Comrade Jantile. They dissolved the leading
fraction for the purpose of reorganization and
70 enlarge it, and all those comrades who
criticized the above and many other strikes,
etc, were scratched off and not even letter
was sent them for the meetings. In one of
the unemployed meetings a worker made a
criticism about the camp, that some workers
work too many hours. They answered him "Why
then do you want the iob?" and branded him
as job-holder.
Comrade Harry Frank was appointed to draw
up leaflet about the conditions of the young
workers in the food industry. He is a very good
comrade but does not speak or write good Eng
ish. After he spent three days and nights
drawing up the leaflet, the leading committee
told him that it is no good The leading COM
mittee boasts that they would bring into the
unions those cold timers" from the hotels and
restaurants if they had "time" because they
know them since 1919 but they say nothing
about the young workers. Il have no obiec-
ton to "old timers").
The legal action of the walters Of Local /
of the A. F. of L. against Lehman is not an
accident, but the failure of the fraction to
understand the decisions of the Party and the
RIL.U. and those who do understand, either
they left "Welsh" or they are afraid of losing
their jobs by opening their mouths to speak
Oll lIS llIlS VI lll6 AIRY, ana take the 16dQ
for the struggle against Lehman and Flore.
Instead they follow the Yellow Socialists.
These and many other mistakes after mis-
takes and crimes are keeping the masses away
from the union and when they do come they
leave. There is again a reorganization going
on, but in the same way and methods as the
others. We have the correct line and analysis
and if we apply them correctly with less mis-
takes and a real self-criticism, we will convince
the workers to follow our leadership.
We must educate our membership on trade
unionism. We must stop the discrimination
against those who make constructive criticism.
To establish organization and propaganda
committees in the chain stores, hotels and fac
tories, the heads Of these committees should
study how to organize the shop committee and
be able to explain this to the other workers.
To fight against craft theology local 1, A. F.
Of /. md Hotel and Restaurant AF.W)
Mobilize the fraction and union membership,
activize and assign certain territories to diff
ferent groups.