The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-31
n. Y. Shoe Union Bares
Schemes of Enemies to
Turn Union Over to AL
Call Meeting Thursday
at Arcadia Hall to
Consolidate Forces
By z. 6. BIEDENKAPP

Convention Of the Shoe Workers
held in Boston in December, 1888,
uncovered many little schemes of
plotters who expected to pull the wool
over the eyes of the rank and file
delegation in order to put over a
grand scoop for the A. F. of L. Of
ficialdom. Thanks to the New York
delegation and rank and file delegates
Of New England these schemes and
schemerS were completely defeated
Today-six weeks after the con-
vention-we find that there are still
some schemers busy trying to make
a comeback with the hope of keep
ing the A. F. of L. bureaucracy's f1ag
flying in the breeze for the glory of
the bosses. 1t is important that shoe,
slipper, stitchdown and shoe repair
workers here in Greater New York
practice ever greater and constant
vigilance.
1t is of the utmost Importance that
every worker in the industry be on
guard and ready to defend our Or
ganization against any and all at
tacks. This can best be done when
we know how the bosses agents and
A. F. Of L. schemers work and OPP
crate among the rank and file.
To begin with, everyone knows that
the Boot & Shoe Union and its
agents are property of the bosses and
work openly in the shops, hand in
hand with the bosses against the
workers forcing workers under
threat of losing their jobs to do as
the bosses want, which is to join the
Boot & Shoe scab union.
N. r.. A. Maneuvers
The past four months of negotia-
ton with the N r. A. and the Ma
tional Labor Board have convinced
even the most Skeptical that the Ma
tional Labor Board works hand in
hand with the bosses and the A. F.
OF L. leaders, which in the shoe in
dustry means the Boot & Shoe
Union.
All we have to do is to read the
November 2, 1888, National Labor
Board decision, rendered under pres
sure of the 10000 strikers who de-
manded the right of belonging to a
union Of their own choice, and COM
pare that decision with their in
famous action in carrying out their
own decision since Nov. 2 and we will
find how clever politicians and law
professors in cahoots with Bill Green
operate in betraying and cheating
the workers.
Now comes the grand finale, the
proposed Feb. 2 election, that is sup
posed to decide which organization
the workers want--So they propose
that these elections shall be held in
the bosses factory the bosses
influence and the bull-dozing Of his
scab horders. Put in other words-it
is hold-up-just like sticking a gun
in workers belly and saying go
ahead fellow, speak freely, but be
damn careful of what you say" The
N. R. A., the A. F. of L. officials
and the bosses are three aces in the
joker hand Of capitahsm-Well, the
workers will come back with full
house and call their bluff.
Sing Praises for Scabs
While the bosses, the National
Labor Board, the Jewish Forward,
the Day, the Jewish Morning Journal,
the New Leader, II Progresso,
Courier di America, Bolletino della
Sierra are all singing praise for the
bosses scab organization the Boot g.
Shoe, the Workers Age, organ of the
Tenegades, expelled Communists, try
to poison the minds Of the shoe
workers with their propaganda for
the A. F. of L. officialdom, making a
distinction between the Boot & Shoe
and the A. F.. of L. With such
propaganda the I. Zimmermans, the
Bixbys and the rest are actually
weakening the fight against the Boot
q Shoe scab agents and are prevent
ing real unity to take effect on a
solid basis-on a basis of building a
militant shoe workers union-outside
Of the A. F. Of L. The Forward
speaks for the Boot g. Shoe. The
renegade sheet speaks for the new
union to affiliate with the A. F. of L.
These are different words, but the
same intentions to deliver the work.
erS into the hands of the bosses.
Don't Dare Speak Openly
To be sure, the oppositionists do
not dare to speak openly for the A.
r. Of L. when they come face to face
with the workers. They know they
can't fool anyone with their tactics.
How do they plan to carry through
their schemes? The answer is that
they resort to the same schemes as
the bosses do, raising the red scare,
slandering the leadership of our
union and the Communists who stand