The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-12

COmlntern was pointing to the be-
ginning Of the end Of capitalist par
tial sterilization. He even called the
beginning Of the present crisis as
merely stock market affair" of
no great significance.
But Lovestone did not even dis
play the honesty that some of the
other right wing groups, for ex-
ample, Brandler, showed, by openly
advocating all OF their right wing
policies. LoveStone used Tanamany
methods in fighting the Conintern.
He pleaded loyalty to the Comintern
while developing his right wing pro-
gram. He claimed that he was op-
posed to the Brandler policies and
publicly spoke against Brandler. 1t
IS well known that while a follower
of Bukharin, he demanded, for fac
tioTfal reasons, at the Sixth Party
Convention that the C.P.S.U. remove
Comrade Bukharin, the then leader
Of the right wing in the C.PS.U.
from all posts IN the Party and the
CcninteTn. These methods were
characterized by Comrade Stain as
stock exchange" methods.
It was only after Lovestone had
been expelled from the Party that
he came out publicly against the
policy Of building the industrial
unions made necessary because of
the refusal of the A. F. of L.
bureaucracy to organize the Unor-
ganized and the mass eKpuIsions
which this bureaucracy carried
through. It was only then that he
openly identified himself with the
Brandlerites.
Trade Union Policy
We shall deal with the trade union
question in a subsequent article. We
will show the whole line of this
group on the trade union question
to be one of following at the tail
of the most reactionary bureaucracy
of the A. F. of L. and the Socialist
Party. We will also deal with the
development of the Party trade
union line and its tactical applica-
sion at the various stages of the
struggle. Here, however, we wish
70 point out few instances of the
practical work Of the I,ovestoneites
in the trade unions TO make clear
that their activities and their poll
cies have nothing to do with Gem
munism and to expose the fraud
that the tactics OF the Party at pres
emit have anything to do with what
LoveStone stood for or advocates
now.
The differences on the trade
union question between the Party
and the Lovestone renegades are
not merely ON the question of build
ing independent unions (Which we
advocate only where there Is a
basis and the work in the A. p. Of
L. Unions (Which the Party has
always stood for but rather these
differences lie in the character of
the trade union work, whether these
unions be affiliated to the A. F. OF
L. or not.
The Loyestone policies in the A.
F. of L. unions GLG.W.U. and
| U.T.W) and the independent unions
United Shoe) are essentially the
same as those Of Green and Co.
1t is a difference in the first place
and in the main between reformism
and revolutionary policy.
These practical questions will also
make clear to every worker that
Lovestone is not for unity with the
Communist Party but rather with
Green, German, DubinSky, and Co.
Isolated From Workers
The Lovestone renegades have
made little headway in general or
in the trade unions. They have,
through some of their lieutenants,
positions of leadership in three
unions: the dressmakers in New
York local % of the IL.GW.U),
the Lovestonite Zimmerman being
the manager Of the local; in the
Silk Workers Local of the U.T.W. In
Paterson, where the Lovestoneite
Keller is the secretary; and in the
independent union, the United Shoe
and Leather Workers Union where
I. Zimmerman, though defeated for
office. was smuggled in by the re-
dictionary bureaucrats to position
Of responsibility. In the basic in
dustries of steel, coal, marine, rail-
road, marine, auto, etc, the Love-
stoneites are completely isolated.
But let lis state at the outset
that the Lovestoneites have not
gained the position Of leadership
by even in anyway carrying on
an independent" policy In the
name of their group. They have
gained these positions only by
merging with the most reaction
airy officials of these unions, by
becoming the mercenary troops
of the labor bureaucracy in the
struggle against the Left wing
The dressmakers know that 1t
was not the small group around
Zimmerman that was able to de-
feat the Left wing candidates,
who received some 1000 votes in
the local. 1t was the Dubinsky-
ties, the anarchists, the Socialist
Party groups following confer
ence of Zimmerman and yIadeck)
that formed the bloc of which the
: Lovestoneites became part with
one ticket against the Left wing.
The Zimmerman group by itself
: would not have received more
: than few scores of votes, while
2 the Left wing ticket received
: 1000. votes. This is also true re-
: garding the positions gained by
the Lcycstoneites In the textile
S and shoe unions.
Aid ALL. Bureaucracy
: What policies are these renegade
: carrying through in these unions
They are carving through the r,oli