The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-07

DEAR SAM:
Well it looks as though the LTD
note I sent you on the lack Of Z
bouncing L. s. y. out this way has
the tovarishes LIS u. -conscious--st
least you hear rumorS on all sides
now about action in the sport field
Before l wrote that note. though
l did ask many Of the leading com
rades in the district where I could
find an L. S. U. group In order 10
get in some good old-fashjone6
wrestling or basketball. I was told
there isn't gym in the city the
l.. S. U. has access to, and this fact
was confirmed to me today by Bill
zaslovsky, secretary of the local
L. S. U.
But Bill also told me that the
Y. G. L. has consistently ignored i,
s. q. work except for assigning sew
eral comrades at different times
and then Immediately withdrawing
them for "other work"
The Soccer League Comrade
Heikkenin mentions is of the
hardy perennial type that is com
posed Of mostly revolutionary
workers, and they therefore carry
on, L.S.U. or no L.S.U. These
workers are connected with, a.
COmrade Heikkenin says, foreign
language groups who already un-
derstand the difference between
workers and boss sports. But IL is
mainly the workers outside the
revolutionary movement that we
want to win away from bourgeois
sports and into the revolutionary
wOrkers' struggles.
I have not been isolated from tfas
sport-loving revolutionistS out here
because It SO happens that the sport
center Comrade Heikkenin men
tions, the workers Book Store ct
2019 W. Division st., ls also the
night office Of the Western
Bureau Of the Daily Worker. In
fact, that Is where I first learned
Of the need to prod the L 8. o
into action.
ATDw the National Office Of tSus
~ L. 8. U. may be somewhat sat
isfied that the Chicago L. 8. u. Is,
as you put it, going strong" Let
me hasten to assure the comrades
in New York that IL isn't even
stared and that the comrades here
are begging leadership. The secre-
tarv cannot do It all.
To convince ycu OF this I win =,
quote Just part of q letter sent 10 (
mass orga nizations yesterday by E
Comrade Zaslovsky, In which be
sends out q necessary call for ac
tion and announces an L. s. u.
meeting on Saturday, March 10.
at nm, In the Imperial Hall,
2409 N. Halstead ST., to which all
organizations are urged to send
representatives. The letter reads,
in part:
Remarks have been heard
throughout the district that the
Labor Sports Union in the Illinois
Dis strict is dead-in other words, ii
is not functioning. Yes, this NAV
be true to a certain extent But
whom are We to blame for this?
Who is the Labor Sports Union in
this district? Not the district SEC
rotary alone. Your club is a part
of the Labor Sports Union. Our
organization is composed of various
affiliated bodies, OF which your or
gani2ation is q part, or, if it isn't,
it should be- Forward to some
real sports activity in this district.
Let's have a real mass represent
ton from YOUR CLUB on March
10 at imperial Hall"
Also, the swimming meet sup
posed to take place III Chicago,
March II, which Comrsde Helix
Ienin refers to, has been called eff
because o9 lack Of comrades to carry
the meet through.
Let me, at this time. as long as
all the dust is being kicked up, urge
every organization to get behind the
L. S. U. in Chicago and start "the
ball rolling
With workers sports greetings,
DAN DAVIS.