The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-28

namely Jtl6 rlgIlb 10 bTlS lOD, as
we'll as other conditions.
In the furniture trade the splen-
did strike which involved practically
the entire industry was sold out by
the socialist leader Tieze, and today
the upholsterers are shaving under
miserable conditions and with the
consent Of the union, the bosses are
taking back even the slight gains
which they we're forced to give to
the workers in the past strike.
In the printing trade Zausner,
one of the shining lights of the So
cialist Party, has betrayed the in
terests Of the workers by openly
permitting the bosses to undermine
the seven hour, 50 scale which the
workers had won as result of their
struggle.
THESE are but a few examples of
4 the treacherous role played by
the Socialist Party and socialist
controlled unions in the day to day
struggles Of the workers against
the bosses.
The most outstanding of these be-
trayals, however, the Socialist Party
has carried through in the recent
strikes of the taxi drivers. For the
first time in many years 10000 taxi
drivers vent out on strike against
the most miserable and inhuman
conditions. The Socialist Party, in
the persons of Panken, Levy and
Micky Most, the true agents of the
bosses, have been instrumental in
betraying this strike which is of
outstanding importance in the his
tory of the strike struggles in New
York City, Today the same Panken
and Levy are attempting to split
the union of the taxi drivers and in
that way helping the big fleet own
ers to utilize the split to force the
company union on the taxi drivers.
The betrayal of the Socialist
Party was limited not only to serving
the interests of the bosses during
periods OF strikes, but to every
phase Of the class struggle. The
Socialist Party and the unions UNI
der its control have fostered, en-
couraged and helped to build up the
most scandalous racketeering in the
trade unions. Every attempt on
the part of the workers, whether
it is in the Walters Union, in the
Laundry, Building, Clerks, in the
Moving Pictures or any other union,
to rid themselves of these racket
GERS who lived on the workers, the
racketeers always found their great
est supporters in the Socialist Party
and Forward" who gave their
money, their press and their bless
ing to the racketeers.
is against this record of the black
n est treaohery, the militant forces
inside and outside of the A. F. OF
L., under the leadership of the
Communist Party, will come out in
the tens of thousands to celebrate
May |, to take courage in the
achievements under the leadership
of the fighting unions and the
Communist Party. We will come
together in thousands to solidify
our forces, strengthen the bond of
unity between all workers, and to
take up with greater energy and
enthusiasm the tasks of strengthen
ing and building the militant T. U.
U. L. the militant independent
unions, the fighting oppositions in
the ALL, to build united front
of the unemployed and employed
workers. To build the Communist
Party under whose inspiring leader
ship and guidance the militant
forces in the American labor move
ment have been able to expose and
in many instances to defeat the
demagogy of the Roosevelt admin
stration; and win important con-
cessions from the bosses and to
build rank and file unions con-
trolled by the workers as instru-
ments to carry on the struggle for
the immediate improvement in their
conditions; TO prepare themselves
for the final struggle for the over
throw of the bankrupt capitalist
system.
AS a result of the experiences of
the workers of New York City with
the Socialist Party and A, F. of L.
leaders in the past struggles, many
of these workers are turning to the
militant forces for leadership. De-
spite the poisonous propaganda of
the bosses and the Socialist Party,
who in every struggle are raising
the red scare in order to defeat the
workers, tens OF thousands of work
ers, among them native American
born workers, new sections of the
working class not involved in strug-
giles until now, are turning to the
Communist Party and to the mill
tant unions for leadership.
Workers of the Trade Unions:
Let us work with greater energy
and enthusiasm to make May the
biggest and most inspiring mass
demonstration of the fighting forces
Of the American working class. Let
US make May demonstration
that will help to inspire and en-
courage us in the coming decisive
battles of the American working
class with their class enemies, the
bosses and their allies, the Socialist
Party and the renegades of all
shades who have become part and
parcel of the treacherous officialdom
of the A, F, Of L.