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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-28

Brotherhoods which although not
affiliated with the A. F. of L. are in
no way diStinguishable from them.
EMPLOYERS BUILDING
COMPANY UNIONS
3. These figures show that al
most half as many workers Joined
the unions outside the A. F. of l..
as those who joined the A. F. OF L.
1t is also important to note that
while the trade unions grew by
three-quarters of a million, the
company unions now embrace many
times that number of new workers,
emphasizing that the movement of
the workers for organization only
resulted in part in the entrance of
the workers into the trade unions.
This, of course, is to be explained
by the reformist and strikebreaking
policies of the A. F. of L. leader
ship, and by the insufficient acti-
witty by the TU.U.L. unions, in or
ganizing and leading the struggles
of the workers. The growth of the
independent unions is explained by
the fact that although there are
large sections amongst the workers
who no longer have confidence in
the leadership of the A. 2. of l..
unions, these workers either have
not as yet been reached or properly
reached by the T.U.U.L. unions. or
they still fear TO become part of the
revolutionary trade union move
ment. These latter unions are of
diverse character as far as their
program and leadership is con-
cerned. Where the Communists
recognized in time the situation
and helped to organize these I'M
ions, they have in the main adopted
class struggle policy and selected
reliable workers as their leader
ship. In the majority of cases
especially when these independent
unions were a result of split from
the A. F. of L. (miners) because of
the weakness of the revolutionary
opposition in these unions the lead
ership was taken by a new set of
reformists who try to mislead the
workers with left phrases but keep
them chained to the old reformist
policies. This is also true of these
independent unions where the Com
munistS and other revolutionary
workers remained on the outside
during the process of the for
nation of these unions mechanics
Association etc..
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-28

etc. were able to hold proportion
ately larger number of the work
ers who followed them in the
struggle than the T.U.U.L., although
they were less successful than the
A. F. of L. unions. A very i'm
portant consideration in the ability
to consolidate the workers into the
trade unions was the ability to
secure an agreement with the en-
ployers. The mistake must be
avoided of judging the importance
of work within the A. F. of L. and
the necessity for a systematic ex-
pOsure of the A. F. of L. bureau
crazy merely upon the basis of
these figures. While not captivating
to the propaganda of the refOrmists
and the renegades who repeat the
threat of Green, that there is no
room for any labor movement out
side the A. F. of L." while resist
ing all tendencies of liquidation of
the T.U.UL. unions, while MT
denying but on the contrary, utiliz-
ing the increasing rehabilitation of
the rank and file in the A. F. of L.
unions, it must be our policy to give
maximum attention to work within
the A. f. of L. unions and espe-
cially among the most important
strata, miners, railroad, textile,
auto. steel building, etc.. This
especially becomes important with
the increasing demagOgy the re-
fOrmists are compelled to employ in
the face of the rising mood for
struggle among the workers and the
increasing support they receive
from the government.
STRENGTHENING ROLE OF
SOCIALISTS AND RENEGADES
5. The Socialist Party leaders in
all these struggles were part and
parcel of the A. F. of L. bureau
crazy, carrying through all their
treacherous policies. They repeated
the words of William Green that
this is no time to strike" Norman
Thomas. They preached reliance
upon the N.RA. and the Roose-
welt government. In the unions
under their leadership they carried
through the worst forms of be-
trayal of the workers. The cleft"
socialists tried to cover up their be-
trayal with mild criticism of the
N.R.A., and were quick to recognize
nf f1,n -
the A. F. of L. bureaucrats, even
taking up the slogan of independent
unions with the intention of bring
ing them into the A. F. of l..
through the back door. The Muste-
ties played no independent role
in the big strike movement, thus
demonstrating their isolation and
bankruptcy. In none of the i'm
portant strikes did they participate
through their organization, the
c. P. L. A. (now the American
Workers Party, or through their
outstanding leaders. While in the
beginning claiming to be against the
MIRA. and for the united front,
they quickly exposed themselves as
unwilling to support the fight for
the united front paterson strike),
or to support any of the struggles
of the militant unions (steeD. They,
however, gave sufficient proof that
their position was one of support
for the A. F. of L. leadership with
but mild criticism and a plea to
Green that racketeering by elm
mated from the unions. Only in
the New York Amaigamated Food
Workers did the Musteite5 show any
influence, and here not among the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-28

the revolutionary trade union move
ment is making heaoway among
the workers. The Roosevelt govern
ment is, however, moving in the
direction of the Incorporation of
the company unions within the A.
F. of L., the conversion of the
existing A. F. of L. unions into
company unions regulated by the
government the Outlawing of all
class unions, as part of the drive
for the fascination of the govern
ment and the trade unions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-28
SOME TASKS OF COMMUNISTS IN TRADE UNIONS

mobilize the entire Party membership for revolu-
tonary trade union work. Enroll every Party member
eligible into the trade unons the basis of thorough
enlightenment of the membership to reasons for our
emphasis work in the factories and trade unions.
"In raising before the Party, work in the factories
and trade unions the central task must be taken
to the opporunist conception of trade union
work.
"Our trade union work is not an end in itseIf-the
trade unions for the Communists bridge to the
Masses
From the Resolution.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-28
ROLE OF VARIOUS UNIONS
IN STRIKE STRUGGLES

4. The growth of the various
trade unions runs in the main
parallel with the leadership of the
struggles by the various organiza-
tons, emphasizing more than ever
the necessity to do everything pos
sible on our part to organize, pre-
pare and lead the developing
struggles. Thus the A. F. of l..
unions which have grown by some
half million led 100000 of the
workers on strike during the last
year and mainly the strikes of the
miners, garment workers and tex
tile workers. The T.U.UL. unions
which recruited some 100000 new
members led strikes of some 100000
workers but because of the heavier
attack on these unions and the inner
weaknesses of the T.U.U.L. organi-
zations were not able to fully con-
solidate under their leadership the
masses who followed them in
struggle. The independent unions
who also led strikes of some 100000
workers (shoe, auto miners, taxi,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-28
MOVES TOWARDS
FASCINATION

T. The present proposed legisla-
ton (Wagner Bill, Connery 80 hour
bill, etcD which is supported by the
A. F. of L. leaderships, it not merely
a defense against the demands of
the workers and the rising struggles.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-28
Bourgeois Offensive and Increasing
Resistance of Workers

/. Tremendous changes are tax
ing place in the ranks of the
working-class and in the trade
Unions. The outstanding events of
the recent period are a more rapid
and deep-going rehabilitation OF
the workers, already expressed in
the growth of a militant mass
strike movement; the entrance of
new hundreds of thousands of
workers into the A. F. of L. unions.
with the simultaneous growth of
some Of the unions of the T. U.
q. L. and the rise of mass indie
pendent unions; the beginnings of
a mass opposition within the re-
forniSt unions. All this indicates
that we stand before great class
battles that are maturing and that
there is the possibility of rapidly
developing a united mass revOlu-
tionary trade union movement. The
bourgeoisie and the reformist trade
union and socialist leaders are in
creaSing their activity in the at
tempts to disrupt, diSorganize this
movement, and divert it from the
revolutionary path. The role and
activity of the Communists in this
situation is at the present time of
decisive importance and will deter
mine who will gain the leadership
of the Ieftward moving masses, the
reformistS or the Communists.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-28
GROWTH OF T.U.U.L. AND
INDEPENDENT UNIONS

2. The T. U. U. L. unions have
organized during this period over a
hundred thousand workers. While
some progress was made among the
steel and metal workers, the marine
workers, the packing house work.
ers, among the miners in the West
New Mexico, Utah, etc. the gains
were still largely in the lighter in
duStries garment, shoe, furniture,
food, etc.. An important achieve
ment limited to the West Coast was
the growth of the T.UU.L. unions
among the agricultural workers, the
fishermen, and lumber workers. At
the same time a new development
was the strengthening and the
building of the independent unions
in some of the important industries
thinning, shoe, textile, metal, auto,
taxi, postal workers, technical en-
gineerS, etc.. 1t can be estimated
that at least 10000 workers joined
the independent unions since the
beginning of the last year and that
their total number now reaches the
figure of 100000 members. This
does not include the Railroad
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-28
II. The Growth of
the Trade Unions
and theL
of the Struggles

/. About three quarters of a
million workers entered the trade
unions in the last year. This num-
Der is especially significant in the
face of the fact that in the most
important industries the number of
workers employ ed is half and even
less than IN the period immedi-
ately following the World War.
Close to half a million of these
workers we're recruited into the A. F.
Of L. unions the largest majority of
them among the miners, garment
and textile workers. At the same
time large sections of the steel
workers, auto workers, rubber
workers, ETC., entered the A. F. of L..
unions. In many cases the workers
themselves formed these unions and
then applied to the A. F. of L. for
a charter. In other cases the en-
ployers have directly aided the or
ganization of the workers into the
A. F. of L. unions for fear of the
t. U. U. L. or other militant unions
thinning, silk, needle, etc. But in
the main the workers joined these
unions because they do not yet
understand the role of the reform
list leadership and its policies, and
because of the weaknesses in the
activity of the I. U. u. l.. unions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-28
NEW WAVE OF STRIKES

5. AS a consequence of the grow
ing disillusionment of the masses
with the N. R. A., the re-
alization that under the N. r. A.
the living standards of the masses
have declined, there is now de-
veloping anew a mass strike move
ment which has all the charac-
teristics of becoming more wide
spread and more militant than last
year, directed more openly against
the NR.A. This growth of the
strike movement is already ex-
pressed in the first place in the
mass strikes in the auto industry
(Toledo, Wisconsin, Hudson, etc0 3,
the strike votes in many auto
plants throughout the country, the
pressure of the rank and file of
the Railroad Brotherhoods for a
struggle to win back the 10 per
cent wage cut, the beginnings of
struggles in the steel plants, the
strike of 5000 workers in the Mel
lon aluminium plants, the general
strike for the second time of the
New York taxi drivers, the insur-
gent strike of the Negro and white
miners of Alabama, the decision to
strike of the West Coast longshore-
men, etc. Emphasizing the class
character of the NR.A. as a weap-
on against the workers, the major
demands of the developing strikes
even more than before center
around the issues of wage in
creases, against speed-up, for the
right to organize and against COM
panV unions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-28
HIDING FACE OF PARTY

7. The leadership of the Party
in the trade union work remains
extremely weak despite the Open
Letter and control tasks adopted by
the G. G. and the Districts. The
majority of the Party members re-
main outside of the unions in most
of the districts dncluding such con-
centration districts as Chicago, De-
troit); in the Party as whole, the
important progress made was with
but a small section of the Party
membership active in the economic
struggles. Communist fractions,
without which there can be no real
leadership by the Party in the work
of the trade unions, remain weak
and receive little attention. The
District Committees do not yet even
feel the responsibility for con-
stantly guiding, controlling and i'm
proving the work of the fractions,
In many cases the fractions do not
exist at all. There still persists a
social-democratic division between
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-28

workers, but through some of the
Lore top allies. The position of the
MuSteites was, however, exposed
through two of the members of
their National Committee, Ryan of
the Hosiery Workers Union, and
the renegade Salutsky of the Anal
gamated Clothing Workers. Music
refused to take a stand against
Ryan, who openly sabotaged the
Cleveland United Front Trade
Union Conference, or against Salut-
sky, the editor of Advance" off
cial organ of Sidney Hillman, who
became one of the outstanding adj
visers of Roosevelt and Perkins.
An especially treacherous role in
the strike movement was played by
the renegades, the Trotskyites Can
nom and the Lovestonites. How
ever, only in the food union did the
Trotskyites play any considerable
role, and here the Trotskyite Field
betrayed the strike in alliance with
the renegade Gitlow. The Love
stoneiteS became the mercenary
troops carrying through the most
treacherouS policies for the labor
bureaucrats. Chief among them
were: Charles Zimmerman in the
needle trades, Keller in the textile
industry, and I. Zimmerman in the
shoe industry. None of these groups
has as yet been able to hire out its
services in the basic industries.
Their whole policy cannot be dis
'tinguished from the Green-W Vol
policy, except, perhaps, by the fact
that they act as the provocateurs
against the Communists for the
government and the top leaders of
the American Federation of Labor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-28

pare the promises Of the govern
ment and the A. F. of L. leader
ship with the results of the N.R.A.
While the N.R.A. has resulted in
increased profits Of hundreds Of
millions for the capitalists, the real
wages of the workers are lower
than before the NRA. as a result
of: a. the utilization Of the mini
mum wage clause to drive down
the wages of the workers as
whole b. the reduction of hours
without corresponding compensa-
ton in weekly earnings. G. the
rapid rise in prices. d. the greater
intensification Of labor At the
same time while the right Of the
workers to organize into unions Of
their choice is being met by the
brutal suppression Of the armed
forces of the government the cap
italists were able under the N.RA.
to increase their company unions
from about a million to five mil
lion members.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-28
ACTIVITY OF THE
COMMUNIST PARTY

COMMUNIST PARTY
6. The Party played an I'M
.portant role not only in the strikes
9ed by the T.U.UL. unions but
played an increasingly important
role in most Of the strikes led by
the A. F. Of L. and independent
unions. This was especially true of
the strikes in the textile industry,
the strikes of the taxi, hotel work
ers, the garment trades, and to
lesser extent in the strikes of the
auto workers and the miners.
Our Party was, however, slow in
taking advantage of the favorable
situation for the organization of
the struggles of the workers. One
of the reasons for this was the still
existent underestimatiOn Of the
moods of the masses for struggle
mining, needle, textile, auto
Paterson, Allentown, Detroit, etc.).
AS a result of this the Party Or
CARNATIONS and the fractions were
not fully orientated for the leader
ship and the development of the
struggles. In addition to this the
following Characterization of the
Twelfth Plenum of the E. C. c. I.
as to the failure of the Communist
Parties to rouse the masses for
struggle fully applied still to our
Party:
'The chief cause of the insuffi-
cient development of the struggles
is the still unsatisfactory appli-
cation of the line of independent
leadership Of the economic
struggles, on the basis of the
tactics of the united front from
below, the underestimatiOn of the
partial struggles in the weak con-
facts in the factories and among
the unemployed, in the weakening
of the revolutionary positions in
the refOrnist trade unions. in the
inability to expose the maneuvers
OF the refOrmist trade union
bureaucrats, openly or concealed
Evening star., 1934-03-11

Royalty funeral of King Albert Passing in the
funeral procession left right the Prince Consort OF
Adoph Sweden among the many dignitares
attending. 9 Associated Press Fnoto
Evening star., 1934-03-11

Belgium was a nation bowed in grief as
the last rites were observed for King Albert.
Here is the impressive funeral procession
passing through the streets OF Brussels.
@ Associated Press Photo
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-10

temperament falling Tlmpsons that his voehanq stroke wasn't they please Mir Timpson while
 Tidcn will take the Garden noise and like it. of the hypocrica of the The gallery pick their teeth audby customers frank in their comments And there's anything amental tennis player.
 officials of association long view with mixed feelings of alarm and the interest dens Tennis Troupe There omc any fights these days Yes ndeedy! There must be q slump in sportsl in tour which h and Vines and the the snees camp in droves before the end of the m gumme @ e % @ prisoners surrndering World
 players professionals a The fact is that lot of hypocrisy would and the sport & conducted % on mnc more honest bs if a tho spectacle of amateur tennis players with financial year playing tennis Even wrestling fan would suspect something with su amateur tennis and 1t with fine disregard for the public
 
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 Chief tonight in sessona debut Of Ellsworth m worth Vines whom Tden ud from the feature singles mach Bruce Barnes Vincent Richards a singles
 The opening of a will months visit the Garden P1aa of France will join the
  other leading wders will for 1884 will be $25ooo which rather even though they're talking in billions Washington the middle tonight request that gentleman with tho ton 23 to stop chewing that loudly
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-10
ST STAN GIRLS
 PLAY PRELIM TO
 O'FE HOOP GAME

Tho ore manager, Dan Sulli- vaM, has secured c banner attrac- ton for Saturday night. The St. Stanis1aus girls team will meet q team to be announced later at tho Central YMCA, as n co-feature of the O'fre-St. Cecilias game which is causing considerable interest throughout the city as the sport ing popuiace of this city wonder if the ore team will measure up to all tho words of praise that have been spoken about it.
 This Is the first year that St. Stan's has supported q girls team and despite the newness of the team it has made m envinble record in tho state Polish league. Tho girls arc coached by Herb Colby and base their attack upon we'll grounded Fundamentals. Herb Is being complimonted by many for his efforts in making this team q winner---one that is sure to reach the top in this locality and to fur- nish tho Pastimes with stiff oppo- sition fin the years to come. Stella Sllz is the captain and high point scorer of this quintet. The squad is co1orfulIy clad in green uni- forms and make 6 striking appear ance.
 This Eamo is scheduled to start ct 7:15 D. m. with the main game between tho ores and St. Cecilia's to follow at S:15. Dancing will get underway at 9:15 P. m. with q new surprise orchestra to charm tho danco-lovers of Naugatuck valley.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-10
SMALL ARMY OF
 ROCKIES SIGNED
 FOR BALL CAMPS
American League Teams Have l2O New Men
 Room for 26 More
BY GEORGE K!RKsEY United Press Sum COrrespOndentl

Chicago, Jan. 10.-CUP) -Four hundred and ninety-nine ball play CTS will begin the annual trek to the south and far west next month for the major league spring train ing season, survey of the rosters of the 16 clubs showed today.
 Of this group, 107 will be rook- ies, recalled players or former ma jor leaguers coming back to the "big time" for another trial.
 When midsummer rolls around and the clubs have to trim their squads down to the player limit of twenty.three. I'll players who go to the training camps will be back in the minors. The statistics show that there'll be room for just 26 newcomers in the two major leagues, unless some of the vet erans slip and are sent back to the bush leagues to make room for new blood.
 Plenty of Talent
 The American League; which set the pace In trading activities since the World Series, also will take the largest number of newcomers to the training camps. The American League clubs have 120 new men on their rosters, against the National Leagues 77, 6 difference of 43 players.
 The St. Louis Cardinals. with 3S, and the Chicago White Sox, with 37, will take the largest squads to their training camps. Tho Boston Braves with 22 players, one less than the major league limit, will have the smallest squad.
 On the Roster
 The world champion New York Giants, with 32 players, have the third largest National League squad. The Washington Senators, American League champions, with 27 players, and the Philadelphia Athletics, with the same number, have the smallest squads in their leagues.
 The White Sox will have the biggest group ofN rockies 10, fol. lowed by the Red Sox, Tigers and Yankees with 17 each. The largest rookie squad in the National League is 13, gathered by the Cardinals from their many farms The Braves, with three newcom- CTS, have the smallest group of new talent in either league.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-10
TIGERS TRIM LION
 HOOP CONTINGENT
fspec,ny to The Dcrnocrat)

Princeton, N. J., Jan lO.--- Princeton's basketball team re- turned to it's home court last night after losing three games on g. holi- day trip and got back into its wln- ming stride by humping Columbia 32 to 21, in slow Eastern Inter- collegiate contest. It was the Lions first league game and tho Tigers second, so Princeton, by virtue of q previous victory over Harvard, is now in full possession of first place in the league standing.
 Johnny Grebauskas, former Naugatuck high school star. scored two field goals and q similar num- Der of complimentary awards for six points. "Swede" Larsen and Ken Fairman were the high SCOT CTS with -12 and 1 points, respec- lively.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-10
Heferee: Buswa Hardy. Time: Four 8-minute periods.

With Captain 'Slats" Martino, Jenny Jacovino and sonny Romeo leading bombardment of the irons. the North End "Y" Juniors defeated the Camp Walcott CCC. Camp boys 39-31 before a capacity crowd ut the North End Y Mon- day night. 1t was tho fifth straight win for tho Juniors who started fast and were well out in front at tho end of tho first half, though their lead was cut down by some classy long range location by Howie Harris, Camp Wa1cott shoot ing star. Rossi, former Wilby var sity member, was substituted and his passing helped his mates draw away from their opponents, Jaco- vino sinking two sensational shots which brought the crowd to It's feet. In tho prelim, Eddie Fox and Lou Kelley led the Psi Upsilons to q 25-21 win over the Colonials. The scores: