The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-10-07
PARTY LIFE
PAhIl LIFE
The Unions
andtheFDaiIy'
Press Meeting
By N. FIELD

New York is calling a Press Meet
ing of representatives from all
unions. T. U. U. L. Leagues, oppo-
sition groups In the A. F.. of L., and
from various shops. The meeting
will be held in New York tonight.
TOR the first time in the history
1 of the revolutionary trade unions,
the T. u. U. G. is calling a Press
Meeting of representatives from all
lnions, leagues, opposition groups
IF the A. F. of L. and shops.
That such a meeting is necessary
Il important, not only to clarity
he position of the Daily Worker
n connection with recent struggles
conducted successfully by the Trade
Union Unity League, but also to
make clear the relations of the t.
U. U. L. to the Daily Worker, no
one can deny.
A WRONG APPROACH
For a long time the leadership
of the T. U. U. L. did no think of
the Daily Worker as a weapon
which can play an important role
in building and strengthening the
revolutionary unions. 1t is also
true that the Daily Worker has not
in the past paid sufficient atten-
ton to the task of roofing the only
English militant paper among the
workers in the trade unions. That
a sharp change and a definite turn
has been made by the Daily
Worker in regard to the trade
unions can be seen from the recent
unmasking Of the anti-working-
class mon partisan" policy of the
A. F. of L. officialdom in very
convincing manner.
The exposure of the Zausner-
Ackerly clique by the Daily Worker
revealed the great indignation OF,
the rank and file membership of
various locals among the painters
of the Brotherhood against the A.
F. of l.. breaucrats.
DUT what happened after the
II splendid job done by the Daily
Worker? Did the exposure reach
the rank and file of the various
locals for whom it was written and
whom it directly concerned? No
with the exception of several hun
dred copies of the Daily" which
were circulated by Local No. l. The
issues of the Daily Worker which
carried the entire story of the
Zausner- Ackerly betrayal should
have reached the entire member
ship of the painters union, and
thousands of copies distributed.
The same may be said of the
Fur Workers Industrial Union, al
though the Daily Worker was late
in giving sufficient attention to the
splendid work carried on by the
Fur Workers. The union did not
find 1t necessary to circulate the
Daily among the strikers. Even
some Of the leading comrades tried
to keep away the Daily Worker
sellers from entering the strike
hall. Even now there is a complete
resistance on the part of leading
comrades in bringing forword the
Daily Worker before shop workers
during the inside meetings.
DUTY OF FRACTIONS
Many more similar facts can be
brought out to show the impermis-
sable altitude on the part of lead
ing comrades in the trade unions,
but I believe that all these Short
comings will be brought out at the
Press Meeting. That is why such
a meeting is Of great Importance,
not only for the Daily Worker, but
also for the trade unions.
The fractions in the unions must
| help the Daily Worker become the
leading organizer and agitator of
our revolutionary trade union
movement (the militant unions and
opposition groups in the AT. of L.
The Daily Worker can be made a
popular paper in the trade unions,
| providing the fractions in the OPP
position groups and T. U. U. L. will
begin to raise the prestige of the
Daily" and not hide it from the
membership.
THE forthcoming Press Meeting on
L Oct should be of character
to work out demands towards
stimulating the activity of the
fractions in the unions. Plans will
be made for the election of Pro-
visional Committee to be elected,
to be merged with the Daily
Worker Conference Nov. 10.
When the trade union delegates
go back to the unions, and shops
they should seek to organize a
thorough discussion on the role of
the Daily Worker in the present
struggles; and on the basis of all
Qualifications, delegates should be
elected to the Daily Worker Con-
ference Nov. 10.