The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-08
VITAL PROBLEM
EVADED BY BOARD
OF THE IL. CIV. L
Gold Points to the Quick and Open Move of
Lovestone and Zimmerman Against Unity
of Workers in Trade

of being realized, they all of a sud-
den took fright and came out with
a panicky effort to resist unity at
all costs. No worker can fail to see
through these hollow phrases about
unity. And it is because the Love
stoneites have begun to realize that
the workers are no longer to be
fooled by these politician tricks that
they now resort to outright lying.
In their declaration these utterly
shameless perverters Of the truth
say to the workers that they
meaning the Industrial Unionl
make it perfectly clear that the
dressmakerS are going back into the
International in order to fight our
union, in order to sabotage the work
of our union" In this way they
try to bolster up their own lies by
twisting and perverting the declara-
ton of the Industrial Union. In
other words, they say to the work.
erS, if you don't believe us, here are
the words of the Industrial Union
to the effect that they are going
in to break up the International
And all this is done in order to pre-
vent the dressmakers from uniting
their forces!
In their panicky efforts to work
up some feeling among the dress
makers against unification, these de-
PRAYED politicians let the cat out
of the bag. "Their main objective, y
the Loyestoneite circular goes on
to say about the Industrial Union
'fs to come into the International
in order to combat the progressive
administration of our local." There
you have the whole story. That's
where 1t hurts them! That is fol
them the danger spot in the whole
question Of unity. That is why they
are throwing themselves so franti-
cally in the way of workers unity
and are issuing loud cries for help
The Progressive" Record
We will come back to the pro
gressive" record of the LovestoneiteS
later and bring out a few points
that are common knowledge among
all the dressmakerS. But first we
would like to put a few innocent
questions to the progressive" ad-
ministrators.
Let us assume that the dress
makers of the Industrial Union have
particular aversion for progress
i've" administrations, that they have
an unreasonable preference (car
you imagine IT'D for the black-reac-
tionary variety. Why should this
fact introduce a panic among the
thousands upon thousands Of dress.
makers in Local %, especially since
as the leaflet declares at the very
beginning, the Industrial Union il
sending in only "the few dressmak.
ers still remaining" in their unioni
What can a mighty local like Loca
%, provided with a progressive
administration, have to fear from
just "a few remaining" dressmakers
A short time ago furriers from tn,
right wing union were taken int
the Industrial Union. From tn,
very first day these workers received
their full rights as union member
of long standing to participate il
all the activities of the union, t.
talk at meetings, to criticize wheI
they felt inclined to, and to occup,
official positions. Some of thes
workers, now filling position of truS
and responsibility in our union
were formerly leaders in the RICH
wing Joint Council.
Why were we not afraid of thes
former members of the Joint Coun
Gil, while the Lovestoneites are II
such dread of the "few remaining
dressmakers OF the Industrial Union
We had perfect faith that tn
masses of fur workers would main
tain their union and appreciate tn
work of their administration. VIII
do not the Lovestonites show a sim
liar faith in their workers? TIL
dressmakers are certainly not S
ignorant, foolish and reactionar
as to allow themselves to be in
fuenced by "a few dressmakers
from the Industrial Union, to los
confidence in their progressive
administration and seek to install
black, reactionary one? Somehow
it doesn't seem to fit.
Most Hardened Warriors
Furthermore, the dressmakers Il
the Industrial Union are known t
all the workers in the trade as tn
most experienced and hardened O
working class warriors, workers VIII
have been through the Severes
tests and risked their lives for tn
interests of the workers. VIII
should such workers in particula
prefer reactionary to progressive ad
ministrations? Do not these worker
have to make living just as an
others? And what worker in a sho
would not like to have progressive
honest workers to represent him?
Do the Lovestonites really thin
that the dressmakers will fall fc
such lopsided, idiotic argument
that they make use of in order
hinder the unity of the workers
The fact that the Lovestonites al
forced to resort to such cheap lie
such wild attacks and venomou
provocations shows that the unit
decision Of the Industrial Union ha
struck them a knockout blow.
Being unable to make any NOR
capital out of the old bogus cry c
dual unionism" they are forced t
hunt for other demagogic argu
| ments to prevent the creation of