The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-07-22

WHILE THE EVIL forces of reac-
ton are busy the world over stirring
up religious national and racial an
tagonism between members of the
human race, some sections of the
labor movement continue that educa-
tional program which alone holds out
for the exploited and tormented their
only hope for the establishment of
amity and brotherhood based upon
recognition of their common inter
est and their common destiny.
AMONG SUCH UNITS of Ameri-
can labor, the International Ladies
Garment Workers Union has tradi-
tiOnally been recognized as the most
consistent, the most courageous, the
most enlightened and consequently
the most successful. From its birth
nearly half Century ago, the I.L.G
WI. enscrolled upon its banner the
tenets of its faith: eve know no race
creed nor color lines. We are all
workers and it is only through our
unity as workers can we effectively
oppose injustice, poverty, war and hui
man exploitation That it has kept
the faith is known and appreciated by
the enlightened and progressive ele-
ments of the nation.
RECENTLY THE UNION conduc-
ted a five day institute at the Hudson
Park Labor School, West Park. New
York. The Institute was attended bv
students, all members of the IL.G
W., from all sections of the North
east. The experience of the students
is lmpressively told by one of them
in part as follows:
Five days is not long time, but
IN those days, | and the three other
members from our Local had expert
ences which we all believe will not onIy
De OF benefit to us personally but
which we hope will enable us to better
serve the Union which sent us.
In those five days we learned MANY
things. Some of those things we
learned through our classes in ParIia-
mTelntarcy Law, Current Problems and
Labor IN Foreign Countries. We We're
thuS helped by patient, UNDERSTANDING
teachers to learn how to run orr Union
meetings. i''oi'
But not all the things we learned
at Hudson Shore came through orr
classes. We were able to discuss with
each other, outside classes. the mil
hon and one things which we all had
IN common. Members from otbo,
sections were interested in Iearnino
ABOUT our Union in the HARRISBURG
"a area and particularly were they
interested IN our strike. Thew a1sC
wanted to know about the anti-lsboI
leglSIatlon passed by our last General
Assembly. -'''' >eiiera
I'VE exchanged opinions and ideas
and we all came away with a new con-
9ceptlon of the labor movement W.
learned what unity means. We fonnd
OUT mat labor's strength must he nsnJ
not alone in the shops and Factories b,,t
on the political field as well. for Iabo,'s
enemies do not hesitate to usn +be
many branches of government for for
Chel a own selfish purposes.
80 many things were discussed 7
am unable to touch upon all of tberl
aC TINS time. But out of the Tns+i+,7+n
got several things which 7 fnoI '' :
10 t1u b. speak OF because I believe them
o o " VI great Importance to all of us
as me members of the I.L.G.WU &c
FIRST l came away with the firm,
IollVlctlon that the labor movement
mas mas no room for race prejudice MAN.
0Cher nationalities beside native
T T4:I were represented at tbe
1n' l, myself, am a Croatian
IL lhere were Portuguese girls fror,
massachusetts,, Italian girls from NoLr
YORK; Russian girls from Boston