The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-13
How to Fight Racketeering

FOHN D. ROCKEFELLER JF,, tbs exalted philan-
thropIst was shown TO be fully acquainted with the
Al of l. and contractor racketeertng that went on
at Radio City to the tune OF millions Of dollars.
These facts we're brought out in the first of series
Of articles on racketeerng published yesterday in the
Daily Worker.
It is the purpose Of the Daily Worker series TO tear
off the lid that covers the whole rotten Of racket
eering in the A. F. of L. unions. Recently William
Randolph Hearst himself skilled Of gangster and
racketeer methods began fake series Of articles in the
New York Journal purportng to expose rscketeering'
Prom the very first as the Daily Worker pointed
out Hearsts task was to shield the higher ups While
printing the sensational details Of racketeerng
the New York journal attempts to whtewaSh those
really responsible
The New York Journal has bigger game however
william Randolph Hearst through his colunniSt and
political puppet, Senator Copeland is attempting to
this exposure" Of racketeerng in order to put over
program of antlabor legislation He wants to place
the bosses directly control OF the unions He wants
to make them fascist unions.
This type Of legislation is agreeable to the top bu-
reaucrats Of the A. F. Of L. who are working with
the Roosevelt government and the National Labor
Board to break strikes
DUT this legislation will hit the workers tire rank
and file who are being bled white by the whole
rotten system Of racketeerng.
Hearst Is speeding the development Of fascist
sures To achieve his end he follows the Shiny dema-
gogy Of all faScss He tells the workers it is in their
interests He offers the workers fascist control Of their
unions in order nd the unions Of racketeering The
racketeering terror viii be displaced by fascist terror
Out of the sinking mess Of racketeering now the
poisonous plant OF fascism is arising
It is the task Of all workers 70 fight both. BY in
creasing the real sruggls against rscketeering.
neoted intimately With the A. r Of l. bureaucracy
by building up the rank and file opposition, powerful
steps are also then taken against Hearsts efforts
sCrangle the independence OF the trade unions and
make them adjuncts OF the capitalist state.
The Daily Worker viii do all it to expose the
whole intricate system Of racketeering and ali its
tie-ups wherever it leads.
1t is up to the rank and file in the trade unions to
lead the fight against racketeering
THIS FIGHT calls for a concerted attack not only
against the racketeers in the union, but for build
ing I'D rank and file opposition that will be able
to protect all the interests Of the union members.
The rank and file oppositons in fighting against
racketeering not succeed they do not force out
the bureaucrats responsible for this racketeering
they do not win greater democracy for the member
ship.
Above all, the victory against racketeering will be
won in the degree that the unions can be made to
become the real fighting organizations protecting the
economic interests Of the workers, improving condi-
tions, beating back the bosses attacks against living
standards and ralying all the workers in them to a
tight for higher wages and lower hours.
For Communists the situation demands greater
energy in penetrating the ranks Of the A. F. of L.,
leading the rank and file opposition groups building up
the united front against the racketec and in the in
terests of the workers.