The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-09

THE workers of New Bedford Mass, have
been circulated by Lovestone on behalf of
the renegade Stephens, who took advantage of
his official position in the Party to sabotage
the work and finally justify his desertion by
a conversion" to Lovestone, before taking up
more lucrative work" This Lovestone letter
was answered by New Bedford worker, who
sent in copy to the Daily Worker. The letter
follows:
The workers know who you are! Traitors
have no place in the Communist Party!
l just received your letter full of lies AS
you know lies don't convince workers. The
comrades of the Party know exactly what
Stephens did for the Party, and recognize him
renegade and traitor, and not what you
would like to make of him. The facts speak
for themselves and prove much more. And
when all these sweet praises come from you,
who are no different then Stephens, co-work-
ers for the same cause, that of betraying the
interests of the working class, of fighting
against the Communist Party, surely you
inch of irresponsible liars cannot come to
and tell us who Stephens it.
Stephens is the most cowardy yellow, jelly
ish traitor l have ever known in my expert
ence in the revolutionary movement.
| had no intention of answering your sland-
ers, in wasting time on a bunch of good-for-
nothings, but when you are talking of calling
protest meetings." l decided it was time for
me to protest and hope that all other comrades
do the same.
Mr.. Stephens Before May Day.
Mr.. Stephens two weeks before May Day,
sabotaged all work in the district. Letters from
our section continuously demanding guidance
and information regards the preparations for
May First were not answered. But despite
the sabotage the workers know that on May
Day the streets belong to them, and demons
trated, without the help of Stephens.
In New Bedford, the working class is dis
honored with another renegade Pires, who
few weeks ago authorized the use of his name
in article entitled "The Situation in New
Bedford" appearing in the Counterrevolution-
airy Age. After reading this article, myself
and Comrade Alfonso Lamerus, went to his
house. ard asked him whether he is aware of
what he wrote, where he got his facts from,
and that we would expose him before the en-
tire working class in New Bedford He ans
wered very timidly that he did not write that
article. That someone in the group wrote it
using his name Once more we learned of the
Lovestone group, lies, deceit, mockery and
what not.
Renegade Weisbord.
Renegade Albert Welsbord, tins little Napo-
leon, claims to be the "leader' of the textile
workers We workers of New Bedford did not
forget the strike of 1928 which this great
leader claims to have been &c chief of. Dur
ing the strike Weisbord urged the workers to
parade even though the permit not grant
ed. This publicity hound" did not have faith
in the workers miltancy coward himself
and eager to escape the police clubs did not
believe that the workers would parade. But
the workers did. Fifteen thousand strong.
Weisbord instead of leading was in a Boston
car 1t the end of the liI- and later was found
by group of workers lying on a roof instead
of participating in the march. After the
parade the terror of the police was intensified
and Weisbord was no more Under the fac
tional protection of the renegade Bail, he went
to Boston. Neither of them concerned as to
what woaad happen to the workers and to the
strike generally
In the Gastonia Strike.
During the Gastonia strike the first time
a revolutionary union entered the South In
stead of receiving cooperation from the ma
tional secretary, Weisbord, the carreerist, dis
satisfied with his minor" position, leaves the
national office and disappears from the city
The stra in uas too hiD --..-..