The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-20
MILITANT LEADER EXPOSES
ROLE OF LOVESTONEITES
in NEEDLE TRADES UNION

That's fighting the NRA. thinner
man-LoveStone style.
Shadow Boxing With Reaction
aries"
One of the basic principles" of
the zimmermans in the needle
trades is Ito fight against the re-
dictionaries in the union" With
this war cry they sally forth to
capture jobs in every election. You
will find this phrase, fight the re-
dictionaries in the union" in all
their circulars and programs. But
the reactionaries have suddenly be-
come nameless. At least the Zim-
mermans do not know any reac-
tionaries in the union by name.
How can the zimmermans name
the reactionaries when in every
local union as well as nationally
they have openly united with the
Hochmans, Dubinskys, Perlmutters,
and all the other officials of the
old guard, so lavishly praised by
General Johnson.
The reader should not be sur
prised to discover that the reac-
tionaries against whom Zimmerman
is fighting are perhaps Sigman and
Schlessinger. To be sure they are
both dead, but does not Lovestone
assure us that Zimmerman is the
most courageous labor leader in
America; he can fight even the
dead
LOveStOne's United Fronts
Another problem which the Love-
stones and zimmermans have solved
correctly" is the united front.
When it comes to united front tao
tics, the Communist Party is "op-
portunist' and right wing" they
declare. Should the reader doubt
this, let him examine the united
front concluded by the thinner
mans with the official family of thu
IL.G.WU., Dubinsky, Hochman,
Antonini, etc.
Zimmerman himself explained
the principles" on which this
united front is based in his speech
made on the occasion of his in
stallation as manager of Local %,
OF May 18th, 1888 He said:
Brother Antonini spoke about a
truce in the union, but there can
be no trace. The struggle in the
union revolves around the question
of policy and tactics. These differ
ences of opinion exist and they
cannot be stopped. However, re-
CARELESS Of differences, there are
certain elementary points that all
must unite upon, such as fighting
the bosses, pcketing, organizing the
unOrganized workers, improving the
conditions in the shops" emphasis
mine, IP). Zimmerman, Dubinsky,
HICKMAN and Antonini have reach
ed common understanding on
these elementary points of fighting
the employers"
Zimmerman's Elementary Points"
What is Dubinsky's and Antonini's
conception of these elementary
points? Mr.. Dubinsky himself pro-
vides the answer to this question
in the New York American" Of
June 20, 1888, where he decares:
my work will be guided by the
principles that everything we do to
help the employers will help Inn
meaSurably in improving the work
ers' standards" And Mr.. Dubinsky
has indeed carried into life this
conception by giving up week work
in the cloak trade, surrendering the
demand for limitation of COIL
tractors in the dress trade, giving
the cloak bosses a scientific" wage
classification which is rapidly wip-
ing out the minimum wage scales.
introducing a similar scientific
scheme for the dressmakers, snug
Cling into the dress agreement q
secret clause granting the employ
ers the right to re-organize and dis
charge workers, etc.
Outside of these elementary
points" there can be mo truce III
questions Of policy and tactics
declares Zimmerman, "the most
courageous leader of American
labor" On such basic points of
principle as, for instance, how many
angels can pass through the eye of
needle, Zimmerman will. of
course never make a truce with
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