The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-25


hon, president of the A. F. Of L. tex
tile union, on the wrist.
The Militant" in attempting te
chain the workers to the A. r. Of
L. burocracy, is so careless in its
SANDERS that it contradicts itself in
the same issue. Attempting to keep
going the fabrication Of MacMahor
and the Paterson capitalist press, the
Militant" repeats the lie of ''un-
denied reports OF the offer by the
National Union OF individual strike
settlements and a lower wage scale
C'Militant," page /, Oct. y. But ir
the same issue the Militant" admits
that these false and slanderous re-
ports circulated by the bosses and
their press were denied. "The Ma
tional Textile Workers Union Is re-
ported in the Paterson papers to be
offering separate shop settlements
below the demands of the ofhcial
general strike committee. The dis
avowal Of such intentions in the
Paterson papers of Oct. 8 didn't come
too soon.' ('Militant," Oct. 7, edi-
torial, page A..
The above example taken from
many, sufhces to expose the SIAN
derous methods used by the new
mass agitation" paper supporting
the U.T.W. leadership.
Shooting at Dead Dog
1t is popular, at this late date in
the strike, after eight weeks of be-
trayal, for the Militant" to come
out against MacMahon, after he has
already been discredited. The mil
liant" is shooting at dead dog
Although its shots are by no means
dunn dunn bullets but rather BIS
But we look in vain throughout the
"silk number" for the name of Frank
SchweitZer, secretary of the Asso-
ciated Silk Workers (UT.W) and
MacMahon's representative in Pater-
son. In the many columns on the
silk strike we find the name Of Ell
Keller, chief Paterson organizer Of
the silk strike and purveyor of Mac
Mahon's policies only once, where
he is mildly criticised for a "buro-
cratic" letter. In the following issue
of Oct. IA we find not one mention
Of the sell-outS of either Schweitzer
| or Keller.
Is there any difference between the
leadership of the Associated Silk OF
Paterson, which is a local union OF
the U.T.W., and the national policy
of the U.T.W.? Is there any strug-
gle between the two?
What About Schweitzer and Keller
Schwietzer and Keller are follow
ing MacMahon'S line in the silk
strike. They refused to call out the
dye strikers; they told the workers
not to picket; they refused to spread
the strike; they tried to break up
the strike by sending the ribbon
weavers back to work; they sent no
one into New England, let alone the
South; they agreed to the five weeks
truce in Washington; they agreed to
a separate agreement with the JAG
guard workers; they tried to send
the dyers back to work under dis
graceful U.TW. agreement on two
separate occasions; they both refused
to make any public statement even
mildly criticizing MacMahon. And
now these leaders as well as the
Militant" are trying to block the Or
ganization OF one united rank and
file union Of the dyers, which was
proposed by the N.T.W. and enthu-
siastically received by the rank and
file Of the A. F. Of L.
Militant" Doesn't Expose N.R.A.
RoIe
The "Militant's" line, the line OF
the employers, is seen again in the
handling of the question Of the N.
RIA. by the Militant The fact that
Schweitzer on numerous occasions
has praised the N.R.A. is suppressed.
Also the fact that Keller has made
no statement against the MIRA. The
role of the MIRA. is not brought out
by the Militant" The MIRA. trap"
is spoken of. But why IL It that the
Blue Eagle heads all official parades
Of the Associated Silk Of Paterson
and is not seen on the N.T.W.U.
picket lines? Because the N.T.W.U.
has explained to the workers that
the N.R.A.-Roosevelt Government, In
cooperation with the Paterson Assoc
ciated Silk leaders as well as Mac
Mahon, has chained the workers to
the $13 cotton code and had q hand
in all sell-out agreements so far ne
gotiated. To criticize the MIRA, as
the Militant" has done, without
bringing out the fact that the MIRA.
relies on the Associated Silk leaders
OF Paterson to cook up strikebreak-
ing agreements in secret conferences
still going on, is to hide the strike
breaking role Of the MIRA. as well
as to protect MacMahon's Paterson
lieutenant.
Militant Repeats Lies About Forces.
The Militant has also spread the
lies Of the manufacturers regarding
the relationship OF forces In the
present strike. The Militant SAYS
THE Allentown workers have affili-
ated to the National strike commit
tee" (U.T.W). In Allentown, the AL
lentown Silk Workers Union is af-
filiated to the United National Strike
Committee, with which the NTW.U.