The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-01
PAINTERS MOVE THRU
DAILY STRUGGLES TO APPLICATION
Already Give T.U.UL. Vote of Confidence;
Militant Class Struggle Policy Is Guide


past experiences they had with al
teration painters unions, when takers
under the guise of organizing work.
ers, established all sorts of rackets.
and disbanded after having collected
enough money Of the workers. 1t was
therefore natural that many workers
should be reluctant to join, and only
after our union began to lead strug-
giles, and in most cases win better
conditions for the workers, that the
painters began to understand that
our union was really an organiza-
ton with whom they should join UP.
The members Of our Union know
that these victories were possible
only because Of the policies and pro-
gram OF our Union. They were con-
WINGED OF this because 1t was they
the membership of the Union. side
by side with the leadership that or
garized, led, and finally won these
struggles, and were instrumental In
Shaping the policies of the Union.
1t was the membership who put forth
as their leaders, rank and file work
erS who have became known to the
| workers in the trade as result of
strike struggles, and likewise gained
the confidence Of the membership of
the union and were therefore placed
in leading positions. Our member
| ship also learned the meaning of left
wing leadership and know whenever
our union meets the problems 1t can
not solve that we turn to the TUUL
Tor guidance and leadership and to
help us generally in our work. It
was therefore a very healthy and Sc
rious move on the part Of the mem
oership at the general meeting 10 call
for affiliation.
For Mass Organization
The utilization to the TUu1,
places upon the leadership and mem
oership alike a very responsible task.
To affiliate without changing the
narrow base of our union will not
mean much to US, and 1t therefore
calls upon us to view the utilization
to the T.UUL. as q. means of going
over to real mass organization of
painters.
One very important problem along
with concentration on big shops, no.
tells, office buildings, ETC., is the poll
cy OF the building Of the united front
movement Of our union with the
rank and file Of the reactionary
Brotherhood. We find as we go along
In our organizaticxal campaign that
we viii daily confront problems of
Joint action on jobs and shops and
unless we begin to seriously develop
the United Front we will unwilnugly
put a wall between ourselves and the
rank and file Of the Brotherhood who
must be considered by us as workers
VINO are up against a reactionary
gangster leadership and are looking
for a way to solve their grievances,
The membership Of our union knows
the good and bad sides of the union.
In many cases they are much more
alert to detect mistakes Of the union
than the leadership, and their desire
to affiliate with the T.U.UL. flows
from the same source, namely, to
safeguard the existence OF the union
and to broaden its base of activity
by involving the rank and file of the
union In the every day activities Of
the union.
Vote Of Confidence
The vote of confidence given TO
the T.U.UL. by our union signals to
the leadership of the union that we
have but began, true good begin
ming, but that the real task is yet be-
fore us; that we have but organized
a small number Of workers in COM
pertson to the many thousands who
are still unorganized: that We have
not as yet learned how to develop
and apply the United Front tactics
that becomes most important at the
present time, due 10 the demoralized
state Of the reactionary leadership
OF the Brotherhood and on the other