The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-18
BY ROBERT KENT

The November Furniture Worker,
increased to 16 pages, marks con-
siderable advance, especially in sub
ject matter, over previous issues.
The news and articles are written
more concisely cover more territory,
and pulsate with the class-struggle.
An excellent job is done in exposing
the Code proposed for the furniture
industry by the bosses, by represent
tatives Of reactionary furniture work.
ers' unions. In simple but stirring
words, the slave conditions in this
Code are brought to light. The So
called reforms" asked by Louis Wald-
man, attorney, representing the up
holstery, carpet and linoleum Mech
anics' International A. F. Of L. union.
reveal their relationship to the con-
ditions laid down by the furniture
bosses when contrasted with the de-
mands made by the Furniture Work
ers Industrial Union at the hearing
and by the United Brotherhood Of
Carpenters and Joiners, A. F. of L.
on the Code in Washington.
Preceded by brief and clear an
alysis, the three Codes, that of the
bosses, the labor misleaders and that
Of the militant union, following each
other, tell their own story. Every bit
of it is absorbing reading.
News from Cities a, 4
The November %Furniture Worker"
avoids the mistake made by num-
Der OF our trade union publications
in New York City, namely Of pub
fishing little or no news of the work
ers' struggles in other cities. TO-
wards Mass Union" gives such news
in condensed and living manner from
cities in the Midwest, New England
and from the South. The caption is
especially significant as the Furni-
ture Workers Industrial Union is
making strides towards becoming a
nationwide organization. A national
convention will be held by this union
for the first time in January, 1884.
1t has already rooted itself in a num-
Der of cities outside Of New York
through active struggles and in gain
ing strike victories. 1t has headquar-
tiers as far west as Los Angeles, Cal,
Seattle, Wash. in the mid Western
cities, the centers for the furniture
industry in New England and in
Montreal, Canada.
Explains Union
In addition to increased news Of
strikes and struggles by furniture
workers in various cities, the Novem-
Der issue has added feature, ex-
planning the difference between the
industrial form of unionization and
craft unionization. This is a feature
every trade publication ought to
adopt. II gives older members infor-
nation so they can explain to their
fellow workers this important diff
ference, and for new readers, this
article, which is to be continued, sup
plies information that will make them
see the shortcomings of their A. f.
of L. unions and the added strength
they can gain through industrial
unions.
Another welcome addition is news
of Sam Weinstein, furniture worker,
serving q term in Sing Sing, after he
was framed for leading strike of
furniture workers in Brooklyn.
A letter from furniture worker
in the Soviet Union contrasts the
conditions of these workers under
Socialism with those under American
capitalism. 1t is telling Indictment
of the slavery capitalism imposed on
the workers.
Some Limitations
There is still room for improve
ment in the Furniture Worker" For
a. sixteen page paper, workers cor
respondence should be more plenti-
full. There are still too many typo
graphical errors that can be avoided
by more careful proof-reading. The
makeup, showing improvement over
past issues, is still too monotonous
by the indiscriminate use Of two COL
urnn captions and stories. A box
here and there, two column story
conferred between two singlercolmn
heads, wider use OF drawings of pic
lures, will help tremendously to i'm
prove its appearance.
Also the November issue contains
practically no article that brings
forward the Communist Party, 1t is
not enough to make workers class
conscious on the economic battlefield,
They should be educated TO know
which Party is their friend and which
their enemies. !..-- 80
The promising factor about the
Furniture WORKER Is its steady inn
provement. Already it is a publica
ton very well worth subscribing to
ana reading, not only for furniture
workers, but for others as well. I'm
proved still further, it can become
truly an outstanding publication OF
its kind in the country. More power
to i'll