The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-04
I'll Lavoratore" By May |!
BY BURCK
By DOMENICK FLAIANI.

NEVER before was the Communist Press SO nee
~ essary as the organizer of the working class
as it is at present, when the whole force of the
ruling class and of social-fascism is combined
for the crushing of the militant resistance of
the struggle of the rising working masses. The
absence of II Lavoratore, a Communist organ in
the italian language, in the struggle of the work
ers has been clearly noted in the latest strike
struggles in Lawrence, Mass, and particularly in
the strike of the dressmakers.
In the textile industry, we'll as in the Nee
die trades the Italian workers play an important
role. Due to the suspension of II Lavoratore for
lack Of funds the italian workers in the dress
makers strike and in the textile strike had no
newspaper which would have guided them in the
correct path and exposed the poisonous propa-
ganda spread by the fascist and semi fascist
organs which are daily serving the interests of
American imperialism.
Must Have ii Lavoratore.
Few facts of recent strikes will bring to the
attention of the entire Party and the working
class the need of II Lavoratore, The N Y Ital-
ian newspapers such as I'll Progresso" II Cor
riere," etc, in their fascist fashion allied itself
with the reactionary, corrupt Schlesinger ma
chine of the International and published
their statement calling upon the dressmakers to
refuse to strike" Beside the fascist news
II Nuovo Monde This organ represents the in
terests of the bosses and of the corrupted fascist
leadership of the Amalgamated, international
and similar categories
Strikebreaking Sheet.
II Nuovo Monde, a strikebreaking sheet of
socal-fascism, before the strike of the dress
makers repeatedly appealed to the dressmakers
to refuse to strike" When the strike de-
clared II Nuovo Monde saw fit to ignore the
fact that thousands of dreSsmakers struck for
better conditions
On the fourth day of the strike this fascist
outfit with the aim of breaking the mihtancy
of the striking dressmakers published an article
heading it, THE complete defeat of the strike
of the Communists" These blunt facts cannot
be ignored. Social-fascism serves as break in
the struggle of the workers. The leading Party
committees must take these facts into consider
alton. We must win the Italian, working class
of this country for the class struggle The lead
ing committees must work out ways and means
whereby the entire Party will be made to under
stand the Importance of the organization of the
Italian workers under the influence of our Party.
We Need the Paper NOW!
Now, when the U. S. government is launching
an attack upon the foreign born workers, with
mass arrests and deportation, when the
foreign born workers are being thrown out on
the streets, jobleSS at the mercy of cold and
hunger, especially now, when the government is
trying to crush the American revolutionary
movement and its leader, the Communist Party,
we must realize the Importance of maintaining
the publication of the Communist Press which
is as Lenin said, 'the collective propaganda,
agitator and organizer of the working class"
Funds-Problem.
II Lavoratore was forced to suspend it's publ
cations due to lack of funds. The entire work
ing class must be modified behind the drive
for the support of II Lavoratore 1t is through
II Lavoratore that we will be able to reach the
Italian workers and mobilize them in the strug-
gle against unemployment, for immediate relief
and unemployment insurance 1t is through II
Lavoratore that we will be able to mobilize work.
ers in the factories and shops against wage cuts;
that we will be able to smash the fascist and