The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-06
By !. AMTER.

1T seldom happens in the struggle against
counter-revoutionists that three defeats are
given them in as many days. But this took
place in the Metropolitan Area of New York
on Dec 81 %, %. Three smashing defeats
from which they have suffered desperate
wounds.
Defeat Number One. Convention of the Ma
tional Textile Workers Union Ellen Dawson,
renegade from the Party, came to the conyen-
ton, but dared not open her mouth, for the
textile workers of New Bedford know her
only too well. Eli Keller, supporter of the
counter-revolutonary views of Dawson, also
came to the convention, and tried to be seated.
The New Bedford workers know him also.
Keller made his appeal-and then the New
Bedford textile workers answered in language
that he will never forget.
Wesbord came-but one who deserted the
field of battle in Gastonia, dared not be seen
too prominently at the Textile Workers Con-
vention He looked in, saw the militant spirit
of the convention and departed-to meet with
Dawson and Keller in a restaurant and consult
on future activities against the National Tex
tile Workers Union, against the Communist
Party.
At this conversion, the workers demon
strated their support of the Communist Party.
At the mass meeting on Friday night, at the
convention, the name of the Party evoked ire
mendous applause. Non-Party workers took
the floor to speak in favor of the fighting
qualities of the Party, and II joined the Party,
one Joined the Young Communist League.
Defeat Number Two: Metropolitan Area
Conference of the Trade Union Unity League
in New York City on Dec. o. The Lovestone-
ties modified all their forces, attempting to
smuggle in every possible illegal delegate.
They came to obstruct, and if possible, to
break up the conference.
The Communist Party spoke at the confer
ence, denouncing the actions of the renegades
not only in the Party but in the unions of the
country Tremendous applause from>th work
ers, who know the Party. Speeches Of the
renegades, distortions, lies, no policy, not dar-
ing to discuss the policy of the 7. U. u L.
Gross, one time leader in the Needle Trades
Workers Industrial Union, with his policy of
taking the needle trades workers back into the
ranks of the fascist scab company union of
Schlesinger and Dubinsky! Followed by
young delegate, for the first time attending
conference of the TUUL. 81 don't know what
the issues are here, but ] see one thing and
that is that these people have come here to
break up this conference. They have no bust
ness here, and should be thrown out"
The resolution presented by the Metropoi-
tan Area Council of the TUUL, analyzing the
situation, counting the achievements, the weak
nesses and errors, the opportunist mistakes
clearly, is adopted unanimously the renegade.
Lovestoneites not daring to vote against this
basically correct, analytical document.
Defeat Number Three: Emergency Mem
bership Meeting at Central Opera House, on
December %. "A meeting Of 1000 members of
the Party, many of whom on their way to the
hall were presented with another edition of
the vicious documents that Lovestone and Co.
have got accustomed to publishing since their
expulsion from the Party.
This document--an "appeap'--contains such
statements as:
"Why are we facing the severest crisis we
have yet faced?" Who faces the crisis-thc
Party-or Lovestone? The Party has over
come the crisis, and Lovestone and his $50
followers throughout the Party face their
crisis, in the loss of their leader Bacharin,