The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-25
ELEGATES MAP INSURANCE FIGHT AT PITTSBURGH FARLEY
Looesone Cioes Yeom'an Service to Green and Company
lids Reachonary Program To EnpeI Militant Unionists

are not satisfied with the progress
made thus far in broadening the
League. But already it involves
numerous organizations, including
A. F. of L. unions, S. P. organiza-
tons, liberals, peace organizations,
farmers, Negro, student orgsniza-
tons, etc. all of whom accept the
minimum united front program of
the League. And this composition
has been achieved despite the at
tacks made on the League by Green,
the s. P. leadership and Lovestone.
Does Lovestone believe that unless
the A. F. Of L. Council endorses
the League that it must be narrow
and "impotent"? Does Lovestone
believe that unless the S. P. Off
cially joins in the building Of the
League that it can not be under
taken? That we must not strive
to create the broadcast possible or
ganization in this field unless we
get the support Of the N. E. O..
Of the S. P? AS for the Love-
stonites we would like to ask where
was Zimmerman, who, until this
day remains a member of the Ma
tional Committee of the League?
What did he do to broaden the
League among the needle workers,
even his own local?
Represented Broad Front
At the very inception of the
League the S. P. was invited to
join in the building of the League.
They even sent delegates to the
meetings for a time under the pres
sure of the movement and the rank
and file of the S. P. Why did they
withdraw? This Lovestone does not
mention. His job is to attack the
Communist Party. The S. p, N. E.
c. again under the pressure of the
rank and file sent unofficial OBJ
servers to, the last convention of
the League. These observers" pri-
vately had to admit that the con-
vention represented a broad united
front of workers, farmers, INTEL
lectuals, students, ETC., including
large numbers of official delegates
from the A. F. of L. unions, and
the Socialist Party.
Evidently the main reason that
the League is narrow. is that it
did not get the approval of Love-
stone. If that is the case, the
growing militant labor movement,
the growing united front of the
masses will remain marrow" For
Lovestone, bankrupt and isolated,
will continue in the future as today
to be of little consequence in the
labor and revolutionary movements.
AS for us, we shall continue to
work with the greatest energy to
involve all those willing to struggle
against fascism and war into the
League. We shall continue espe-
cially to work for the utilization
of the A. F. of L. unions and the
Socialist organization wit h the
League. The Communist Party does
not approach the League in the
sense Of any desire for mechanical
domination. We are sincerely work.
ing to unite all those willing to fight
for the elementary program of the
League even though there may be
differences on important funda-
mental questions. In the course of
these mass struggles, the masses
will learn of the correctness of the
policies put forward by the Party.
That this is our approach is rec
ognized by the leading non-Party
elements working in the League,
trade unionists, intellectuals and
others who, by the way, constitute
the majority of the leading COM
mittee and officials of the League.
Here is what the national chairman
of the League, DR.. Harry F.. Ward,
had to say on this question at the
last convention of the League:
81 want to speak to the point