The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-25
BetrayerS Attempt
To Soft Pedal
Negro Struggles
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man is also an expelled member
of the Communist Party, expelled
because he refused to recognize the
Negro problem as national queS-
ton, and consistently objected to
the theory of special demands for
the rights of the Negro workers.
He assumes now that by using these
four Negro lackeys, he will be able
to gain the sentiment of the Ne
groeS in Harlem-and then place
them in such a position where he
would more effectively exploit them.
In the May-June issue Of the
Justice" Edith Kline, in an article
reprinted from Opportunity; Jour-
nal of Negro Life" attempts a lit
erary trick to cover up the das-
tardly deeds of the IL.GWU.
Even the officials of the National
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People, and other fake Ne
gro politicians are forced to admit
that the N. r. A. has only Worsened
the conditions of the Negro work
ers. At the field day of critiSim on
the N.RA.-called by Gen. johnson
to quiet the rumblingS of the work
ers, Henry Shepard of the Trade
Union Unity Council revealed the
true picture of discrimination and
persecution against the Negro since
the NR.A.
No Santa Claus
The Negro workers say to Edith
and all other takers who talk about
Saint Nicholas There amt no
Santa Claus" They see in
the codes, especially in Local
?, an instrument which caused
wholesale layof of Negro workers
due to the slight increase in wages
for low-paid workers, and COM
plants Of discharged Negro work
ers brutally brushed aside by the
IL.GWU. officials.
Mention was made Of Local co.
PresserS Local OF the International,
in their work among the Negroes.
1t was stated that the Union has
been a Cinderella tale come true.
We can see readily why comparison
is made with fairy tale stories
such as Santa Claus and Cinder-
ella. Here is one example and rea-
son why these fake union Officials
resort to such tactics.
Recently in the R. and E. Dress
Shop, the chairlady was told by
the boss to call in a Negro girl
presser, from Local so, who had
been fired from that shop four
months ago. A white presser was
on the job when the girl came to
work.
The chairlady hired her, and then
the boss fired her. When the girl
complained to the Union, she was
told that she first has to get the
boss consent. After waiting for
several weeks they sent her to a
shop at Stanhope Street. She
worked three and one half days
and the boss fired her. Abe Strauss
man, from the Union, claimed the
boss had right to fire her, as she
didn't work IS hours. Then the
girl asked him why she permitted
them to fire her at the r. and f..
where she had worked more than
% hours. No explanation was given.
This Negro worker now clearly sees
the difference between the IL.G.
CIV. and the Industrial Union,
where no such treatment ta&e5
place.
The argument used about the
liquidation of prejudice can be
blasted in thousand places.
Jim rowed at Convention
The recent convention of the IL.
GNU. reveals this concretely. No
Negroes were officially elected, but
were appointed in order to hide the
meaningless and demagogic gee
ture to make it appear as though
they are recognizing the rights CT
the Negro workers. The appointed
Negro workers did not have the
same rights as the elected white
delegates at the convention.
The FJegro and white workers
must see through all attempts OF
these takers to betray them. The
role of the Negro lackeys the
tricks of Zimmerman and the fax
cry of Edith Kline must be answered
with mass exposures.