The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-08
Putting You on the Spot

Unless you're denizen of the underworld
like Haywood Broun, the Socialist" candidate
tor whlskey (no, he says he prefers gin-so
gin 1t is and may it choke him y, you may not
be hep to the correct slang of gangsterland
When Tammany (or Capone) gang thinks
it necessary to bump off somebody, they Dor
row Thompson machine gun from the oblig-
ing police, and perhaps bullet proof vest as
matter of precaution, and then figure out a
way to put the guy on the spot
Knowing his habits, whether blends or
brunettes, they get jane to give him the come
on, and make a date for secluded spot, or
even one not so secluded. He comes, but she
doesn't. She has "put him on the spot" how
ever And the gang rides by in car, fills
him full of lead, and sends him to breakfast
with the angels.
We are reminded of this when reading the
speech of Governor Roosevelt of New York on
Sept. 5, to the N. Y. American Legion conven-
ton. The N. Y World says he urges train
ing of sufficient numbers of citizens to guar
antee state of preparedness" and then quotes
him follows
II am not miitarist. But l am 100 per
cent IN favor of having this country ready
in case of emergency"
Now we don't contend that Gov. Roosevelt
is blond or brunette jane. That would SLAM
pose of making date with you, the workers
on the corner of Preparedness Avenue and
Emergency Street, so that the imperialist gang
sters can have you shot full of holes for the
greater glory of god and j. Pierpont Morgan
Moral: Beware of blends or brunettes but
II you have to choose between them and CAPT.
tast bull, our advise is that james are risky
but capitalist "peace talk" is always a peril.
control by the bureaucrats in staging fake
strikes with left phrases to fool the workers.
In these cases the revolutionary unions must
be able to register the mood of the masses, to
build united front shop committees, to conduct
their campaign in the shop rather than in the
company union hall, in utilizing company union
elections-not in any alliance with progressves
who want to patch up the company unions but
only as platform to expose the bureaucrats
and to bring forward the program of the revo-
lutionary union
In this, Of course, we cannot follow rigid
policy. In cases where local union affiliated
with the A. f. of L. company union Joins the
strike, and is really wagng struggle against
the employers, the task of the revolutionary
unions is to enter a united front with the
local unions, taking all necessary precautions
against any possible tendencies to capitulate
during decisive moment of the strike, drawing
the rank and file into active participation in
the strike committee. The T.U.U.L. must lead
all workers, those organized in unions, as we'll
as those unorganized, thus demonstrating in
theory and practice that only the revolutionary
trade unions can lead the workers in strikes,
and are the consistent fighters for the econ
omic demands Of the workers.
Only through correct policy, with thor
oughly planned campaign of action can the
revolutionary unions be strengthened political
ly and organizationally drawing masses Of
workers into membership thus laying a solid
foundation for strike struggle.