The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-15
Members of Suspended
Local Meet With TUUL
Painters Union
By H. K.

NEW HORk-After a long and
oloody struggle on the part of the
rank and file membership of Local
l02. Brotherhood of Painters, they
finally succeeded in ousting Jake
Wolner (Jake the BUM and his
gang from Local leadership in the
early part of this year. The General
Executive Board of the Brotherhood.
seeing the developing militancy Of
the rank and file, suspended the
Local on some kind of constitutional
pretense. The membership Of former
Local No 102, in the meantime, or
ganized itself into clubs known as
the Ideal Clubs. The rank and file
Of the clubs are sincerely expecting
to organize a clean, honest, rank
and file Local in Brooklyn If they
get a charter for the G.EB.
The membership, since the char
ter has been revoked, was led into
believing all sorts Of promises made
by many not elss corrupt leaders
than Jake the Bum. They have been
fed on all sorts Of illusions. They are
asked to believe that once Jake the
Bum is out, there is nobody left
among them who will, as soon as
the new charter is issued, continue
the grating policies Of Jake the
Bum.
In the meantime, the G.E.B. is in
no hurry 10 issue 8 new charter.
The reason for this is obvious TO
anyone who is acquainted with the
doings Of the G.E.B. of the Brother
hood It is certain that no charter
will be issued to the Ideal Clubs,
unless the grating bureaucrats of
the G.E.B. are convinced that they
will have their henchmen in con-
troll of the new local.
The Alteration Painters Union,
seeing these conditions, has time
and time again offered its assistance,
TO improve the conditions in the
shops where the painters were help
lessly exposed to the bosses. AS a
result Of these activities of the AL
teration Painters Union, the mem
bership of the Brotherhood is more
or less convinced by now of the
sincerity of the Alteration Painters
Union.
Call Joint Conference
The Alteration Painters Union Is
sued call for joint Conference
to take up the question of United
Front Organizational Drive.
The rank and file, against threat
of the demagogic leaders, that in
case they come into any official
conference with the Communist
Union" they endanger the possibility
Of their getting a charter, forced the
Issue and did elect a delegation Of
four to find out what the Altera-
ton Painters Union meant by
united front.
Elect a Committee
The committee met with the
United Front Negotiation Commit
tee of the Alteration Painters
Union. and seeing the readiness and
sincerity of the APU., endorsed it's
proposals, and went back to their
Club to carry out the first point of
the united front proposals of the
Alteration Painters Union; ito elect
broad Joint committee of fifteen
from both organizations for the
purpose of organizing a Joint meet
Ing to discuss and prepare a pro-
gram for a united organizational
drive to establish united front
committee which is to lead this or
ganizational drive" etc.
The painters Of Brooklyn, and
even those in Greater New York,
are hopefully waiting for the results
of these united front negotiations.
The rank and file of these two
organizations can be the only ones
who can start a drive against the
existing miserable conditions In the
painting trade: against the unlim-
tied working hours, against the
NR.A. 40c wage scale, against open
shops, for putting into effect the
demands of the last general strike,
and to prepare for a general strike
under rank and file leadership; put
ting aside the treacherous mislead-
ers of the A. F. of L. for a living
wage and conditions for the painters
IN New York.