The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-06

promise of nothing. Mr.. George
Sloan, of the National Textile In
stitute, has granted no recognition
to their demands. The workers went
back to work on promise of "a re-
port" to be made by the Winant
Committee by Jan. 1, 1885. This is
all part of the pledge that German
and Mcmahon gave to Gen. John
son, which the latter exposed in
New York City about a month ago
when he declared that "Gorman and
Mcmahon gave me the pledge that
there would be no strike" When the
rank and file convention decided
for strike, German and Mcmahon
placed themselves at the head of
the strike in order to betray it-and
they did betray it.
The New Leader, however, of Oct.
6, sees in this betrayal "a victory
for the workers" The shameless at
titude of these Socialist leaders
must be condemned by the rank
and file of the Socialist Party. For
such sell-outs, David Dubinsky, So
cialist President of the I.L.G.W.U.,
has been made president of
the A. F. of L. For such sell-outs,
Sidney Hillman, co-worker of the
Socialist leaders, president of the
A.C.W.A., has been placed on the
National Labor Relations Board,
and only recently approved the con-
tinuation of the auto code, which
legalizes the company union. This
is the Socialist Party in action on
the labor field.
Socialist Party and Upton Sinclair
The Socialist Party pretends that
it is conducting campaign against
Upton Sinclair, the so-called "re-
negade Socialist" of California. But
this is utterly untrue. Norman
Thomas openly apologies for Sin
clair. He says New Leader, Oct. g.,
ut is not the job of Socialists to
fight Sinclair as an individual. We
have got to go out of our way to
make it clear that we are rot want
ing to give aid and comfort to Gov.
Merriam" On Oct. 27, Thomas
states. While we are compelled to
distrust Upton Sinclair, his method
and his plan, not for a minute do
we exclude the vicious and con-
temptible attacks made by his
enemies of the capitalist right
what Sinclair has done is to take
some pretty good ingredients, mostly
Socialist ingredients, ETC., ETC." What
is this but clearest apology for Sin
clair and his program? This is
merely in justification of the fact
that Thomas himself openly CO.
operated in the City of New York
with the LaGuardia Fusion admin
istraticn as member of the Char
ter Revision Commission; Mr..
Vladek, of the Jewish Daily For
ward, is a member of LaGuardias
Housing Commission. This close CO.
operation with the capitalist parties
has made it easy for Paul Blanshard
to join the Fusion Party; Carl
Borders to become an official of the
MIRA, Paul Douglas to assist the
U. S. government, Sinclair to be-
come a New Dealer"
Socialist Party and Unity
At time when in every capital
ist country, fascism has either beer
established or is seeking to estab-
lish itself; and when in the U. S
especially through the New Deal
and the organization of fascist
bodies, with the open participation
of public officials and business men
it becomes clear that the struggle
against fascism must be taken UT
with all energy. At time when wal
is knocking at the door, when SHARP
diplomatic notes are being exchang-
ed by the imperialist powers (U. S
and England to Japan; Yugoslavis
to Hungary and italy,, when the
japanese imperialist government
threatens the Soviet Union in the
East and is planning an invasion OF
Inner Mongolia in preparation fol
this war, when Germany plans war