AGE THE MILITAT SATURDAY, MARCH M4 EDITORIAL Revolutivnary Youth Meer in International Conference at Lúxenvury ta the perspectives of the Stalinist union, must respect The Furriers Problem when wil. th the attitude of the majority of the workers who sup (Continued from page 1)
and worker youth to the support the it possible, with the acceptance ofera Tº many respects the situation in the fur trade, report it and fight in the ranks beside them. The Love the which could not send and following such an event to then our proposals on the new internatinued to carry tho banner of in last week Militant, stoncito policy must be rejected with contempt. delegates.
ported by a correspondent declare and work for the new inter All the other organizations pre vultion. It must be an active body presents a unique trade union problem. The right of The American, French, Bel, nationals. The comrades argued sent. with the exception of the alive to the needs of the hour.
Inside the Stalinist union, however, the militants gian, German and Swiss sections of that while they agreed to the neces Norwegian Workers Party accept Because of the hurried character the workers to join an organization of their own should tight for a realistic policy that would open up the choosing, the cardinal principle at stake in many of sity of the new international, It was led the theses. As a result the basis of the conference it was unable to the perspectives for success in the struggle which are The Socialist Youth Associa not the decisive question. They for the creation of two baros be discuss separately, nor to work out the labor battles now taking place or impending is clearly at issue. The Fur department of the Needlo Trades Industrial Union (T. bas the great head on tight against the of in a compara The Workers Youth Associa proceeded to divorce the question of camo non existent. These decisions a concrete program of action on the the new International from the of course remain provisional, de war danger. Similarly with the majority of the organized workers on its side but tively small and isolated sector of the needle trades con of Norway (NAD agitation for the principles of compendent upon the actions of the orquestion of Fascism and the strugno recognition from the bosses and no agreement with reduces the struggle of the furriers to an endurance The Mot Dag group of Nor munism, as if such a separation was sanizations represented at the concle to win the mass of working contest in which the odds are on the other side. way.
the bosses associations. The International Fur broader and more flexible strategy is necessary.
possible.
Terence.
youth. These are fundamental quesWorkers Union (A. of has an agreement with The Revolutionary Youth As The heart of such a strategy is the fight for unity, sociation of Holland (RSP. The SAP concluded their discus. Appeal to All Revolutionary Youth Lions that have to be acted upon the bosses but only a few hundred members and no not only of the furriers but of all the needle trades The Socialist Youth Associatheir thesis which did not contain sion with the proposal: to accept real support of the workers.
with the above political basis must begin at once with an interworkers. Nobody in his right senses can imagine tion of Holland (OSP. On the face of it the attempt to impose the Inter that such unity is to be realized under the banner of The Youth Group of the com new international and the new youth cuture. It was decided by the con greater support for them to initiate the necessary declaration for the laid, the conference proceeded the more practical questions of the decisions of the conference, to win national campaign to popularize the national on the furriers is an attempt to force them the As things stand now, after the recon munist League of struggle, International. Following the to accept an organization chosen for them by the stitution of the and the affiliation of the bosses. How can there be two opinions as to By a transfer of mandates, the ceptance of this, to elect a burocorenco to extend invitations to all an international campaign against Amalgamated to the of it should be clear youth organization of the PUP or with a secretariat located at Stock undependent relation youth of the danger of war and the Fascist the stand the workers should take on such a ques which way the stream is flowing.
tion? If the bosses are to be allowed to decide which holm them to aim deliberately to connect themselves with this ciation of United Socialist Youth the work of rallying the broadcations within the allicial interna: gram of rallying the wide masses of union the workers should belong to why not main stream and influence its further development.
specify a company union and be done with it? That, were represented. Holland had remasses of youth around the banner tionals, who show leftward tendence proletarian youth. In a word the in our opinion, is the fundamental issue although it fused to admit the representatives of the principles contained in the tes, to attach themselves to be de seading body must build a genuine In order to do so it is necessary for them to of is somewhat obscured by numerous complicating as the Independent Communist chesis. Then, in order arrive at alsions of the couference. The Buro. Communist youth international.
overcome prejudices against affiliation to the Youth organization of Sweden, who pects of the situation.
The youth organizations of the of La prejudices against the course of a mass move had sent telegraphie greeting of concord with the ICL, they proposed the conference decided, should con ment are quite futile anyway. It is likewise neces solidarity from Copenhagen, an additional resolution proclaiming sist of our member for every Internationalist Communist League An exactly analogus eilse is not to be found any where in the American trade union movement. The tion or loyalty to the this paper pretense Mot Dag group of Norway.
the ternational and to elect a buro loccisions of the conference. Because this work. The buro can rely upon fur workers, a small section of the needle trades ated in Paris the our active initiative and support in of a labor movement is not worth anybody loyalty.
work for the reali. its international character as a whole, constitute the only section where the Reports of National Sections ICL is to be represented by Once this correction in the orientation of the Left zation of aims of the resolution.
three this direction. We feel confident members.
Stalinist Industrial Union has the majority of the wing furriers union is made its position in the strugWith the opening of the confer Standpoint of that an application of the decisions organized workers. In the other trades the organized gle will be strengthened and the way will be opened ence it was found that while al These proposals were unaccept. It was further decided to create or the conference, a persistent and masses are in the of unions; uotside the furfor a number of edtective moves to get out of the pre smaller number of delegates were able to the delegation of the La secretariat of this buro, consist intense activity on the part of the rires, the Needle Trades Industrial Union, like all sent blind alley, present, actually, all the organiza which decided to rejeet the motions, ing of three members and made up buro and the sections adhering to the other Stalinist unions, leads an isolated, sectarian First, it can demand a charter from the Inter tions assembed in Holland were re no us it was inconceivable that the of representatives of the Socialist the conference will make possible and futile existence devoid of any future.
national with only one condition: that the local represented at Luxemburg. The first proposed Paris buro could carry on Youth Association (SAP) the Inde the creation of a mass Communist Besides that, the leadership and internal regime tain its autonomy and the right to choose its own point on the agenda was a series of an intense activity for the new youth pondent Communist Youth of Swo youth international based on the of the furriers section do not spenk for its future officials. If that is refused, a proposal can be made reports by the national sections on International without at the same on, and the laternationalist Com. principles of Marxism.
either. The paralyzing bureaucratism character to unite the two local organizations into a single body the status of their organizations. time working and agitating for it on unist Leaguo, with its center at ALBERT GLOTZER.
istic of all stalinist organizations to say nothing of attiliated to the International and, consequently, These reports showed that in almost the basis of the principles of com. Stockholm. This secretariat would the systematic errors also characteristic of Stalin. the of L, with officials to be clected in a super all the countries present active and munism, which could not and should have as its tasks the practical carry Correcrion ism weigh in the scale against union and mark vised cloction of the united organization. Third, the vital organizations and groups ex not be separated from the questioning through of the decisions of the it for the same doom that has befallen all the other international. The exist. conference and the buro, Left wing union can declare its intention to campaign isted with a will to reorientate the of the new uros of this character Thus, the conference dispersed by To the Editor of The Militant: Stalinist unions. The Stalinist party, which conence of two for the amalgamation of all the needle trades unions proletarian youth movement.
trols the furriers section of the Industrial union, has into one industrial organization afiliated to the The reports formed tbe introduc would only result in a dualism of the Dutch police, became a reality Dear Comrade: shown an infinite capacity for disrupting and destroyF. of tion to the political discussion. The work.
throngh the efforts of the ICL and in cutting down my article Oring mass organizations, none whatever, in any field, political discussion of the interna The Stockholm buro which would the SAP. After a day of sharp and sanizing the CWA White Collar to build and maintain them. In supporting the In If such proposals are made known to all the fur tional situation and the tasks of the stand on the position that the social intensive discussion of a comradely Workers (March 17th) to about dustrial Union in the fur trade as long as the major riers, and combined with a widespread agitation for youth was the most important ques democracy and Stalinism were bank character, we succeeded in over half its size, the blue pencil produced some errors. Particularly, in ity of the organized workers prefer it to the of unity throughout the needle trades, they will awaken tion of the conference. Here was ex rupt, would carry on its work with coming the differences of the con body, the revolutionary militants in the trado a bearty response from the workers, strengthen the pressed the opinions of the various out tolling the workers what to do. Lerence, and arriving at an agree telescoping the last part of the artishould not close their eyes to all these facts.
saksing morale of the Left wing and put an enorm organisations present on the basic we demonstrated that to wait until ment which makes possible for us cle into one paragraph, was made ous pressure on the oflicials of the International, in question of what to do. In the mass national organizations were to go a step forward. But it must to say: The Lovestoneites must be The role of the Lovestoneites in this situation is cluding their Lovestoneite come ons. Either. these course of the discussion apparent in existence before building the new be stated very clearly that the con forced to break their bloc with sodecisions while clalist and reactionary elements. particularly revealing, both as to the ultimate logic officials will be compelled to accede to the demand of agreement was reached by the dele International could lead to nowhere, ference and its of their trade union policy and as to the essentially the masses for the unity, or they will be convicted gates on a series of principled quesond that it was inverted interna marking a tremendous step forward, etc. As a matter of fact, in this particular situation, the Socialiste opportunist political character of this group. The to the wilt of responsibility for the split, robbed oftions such as the proletarian dictationalism. since the reorganization is after all only the first step.
are very valuable elements; and Lovestoneltes are betting on the victory of the re every plausible argument and completely isolated Lorship, the soviet system, the arm and reassembling of the new organi Great Tasks Ahead though some of them are following actionary combination of the bosses, the NRA and from the masses who want unity more than anything ed struggle for power, the united nation of the working class could The real work lies ahead. Every. the Lovestoneites in their unprin.
the of and have taken steps to get in on else. In any case the position of the Left wing union front, etc.
only be on the basis of the existence the ground floor of the boss supported International. will be strengthened, and if it has to fight alone for But on the decisive question of of the international movement. We thing depends upon how the burocipled bloc, others of them are with They have accepted leading posts in the International another period its members will ortided with a what to do sbarp differences ex therefore proposed that the confer and its secretariat proceeds to the Progressive Group. What said Thus they give a radical face to this organization new conviction. The chances of victory will be multi pressed themselves between the defence come out openly and clearly realize the conference decisions in in its original form was that the al life. This, after all, is decisive. In Lovestoneltes must be forced to international, legation of the ICL, and the left for the new youth which has no support except that which it gets from plied many times.
the employers.
centrist elements adhering to the with one buro to work in this direcour opinion, the executive must break with the reactionaries. The emulate the activities of the Inter Socialists belong in a progressive The Lovestonelte policy of supporting the of The Stalinist bureaucrats in charge of the Left London Bureau (now transferred to tion.
The ICL declared at all costs, which led them to an objective sup wing furriers union, of course, will oppose such a Amsterdam. Agreement on Amended Thesis national of Scialist Youth during bloc in this organization.
EMERGENCY EMPLOYEE.
port of Lewis against the heroic struggle of the ProAfter an intense and protracted fundamental strategy and will try to suppress any free discussion that following the gressive Miners, has brought them to the shabby role of it in the union. But these ideas will make their agreement on a series of princ aiscussion, agreement was reached March Young Spartacus or above was made in the waloried of agents for the fakers in the case of the furriers, way just the same. They are stronger than the appled question, and following the between the two tendencies at the of fetishism, as a trade union policy, is false paratus of the bureaucrats because they correspond general agreement as to the degen conference. The representative of The March issue of Young Spar. Oflice. Our correspondent was not to the core. Is the present case, as in many others, it to the burning needs of the workers. And, in adoleration and collapse of social dem. the Sociplist Youth Association (stacus contains articles interesting responsible and we are glad to make serves as a cover for political and personal opportion, they indicate the only way to save the furriers ocracy and Stalinism, including proposed them to include in both to militants in the movement the correction and to concur with tunism. The revolutionary militants among the fur organization from the debacle which overtook all the their youth organizations, it was their thesis the clauses for the new and the young workers coming to his opinion regarding the socialist riers, without deluding themselves in the least about other sections of the Industrial Union. necessary to declare openly and youth international and the new in communism. It features the les workers in the CWA. without equivocation the need of ternational, to clect one buro with Sons of the Austrian events and inLos Angeles tlemen of the Blue Grass country. the new youth international.
creating the new International and its secretariat at Stockholm, which cludes several articles on the war Shachtman Tour Almost an Eden of contentment, would have the task of realizing the danger, the hotel strike, the tasks MASS MEETING Proposals of Youth peace and refinement. The federal decisions of the conference in prac of the Spartacus Youth Clubs, and DO WE NEED NEW REVOLUThe representatives of the SAP, tice. Inasmuch as the thesis in gen report of the New York Yipsel conPostmaster General Farley, the ed upon to go the limit in lickspit report shows a different meture claborating on their thesis, presenteral renders a correct characteriza vention. In addition, a story on TIONARY PARTY IN AMERICA?
commissioner, do serwility and invention. Gorify. Sanitation of the worst type, unimed the unique, and not entirely new, tion of the present world situation the Snow Gang, poem and some who promoted Roosevelt into the ing the Loader and the Great proved outdoor toilets, water car point of view, that it is necessary and a correct criticism of the 2nd science Itemy make the paper very MUSIC ARTS HALL Presidency, stated Sunday that there Disciple. Stalin, in the Daily ried by hand, unpainted, miserable to win the broad masses of workers and 3rd Internationals, we found attractive and readable.
In Advance 10e, at Door 150 was more honesty and truthfulness Worker of March 10th, Minor says the builders of cities, shacks for Plans are being made to publish 233 South Broadway among politicians than any other Lenin built up and trained a core the growers of food, while hundred Young Spartacus as an eight pager class of his acquaintances. In of Marxian revolutionists the hard of thousands of building trades MILITANT PLEDGE FUND regularly every month, Branches Tickets obtainable at: other words, the rest of his friends est, clearest, and best of whom he are bigger crooks and liars than nicknamed Comrade Steel (Stal searching for a job. That is capital workers tramp around vainly of the League and Spartacus Youth 224 Spring St. Room 218 the Walkers, McQuades, Smalls, etc. in. Our call for weekly or monthly pledges to help sustain The Mili Clubs should immediately pay for and that saying a mouthful, as We don know if that lie is or state.
ism in its most highly advanced tant has brought some immediate results as evidenced by the list their bundles. Yearly subs at the LIONEL TRILLING low price of twenty live cents can the following recent news items iginal with Ninor or not. The facts printed below. Thus far, the response has been from the members Noted Lecturer and Writer easily be obtained if the paper apwould indicate.
are that Stalin gave himself the of the Communist League, with one exception which is from a sym pears regularly. Let us hear from will speak on The recently deceased Moe Rosen name of Steel and later he took Party Life pathizing school teacher you!
THE PROBLEMS OF REVOLUberg, second hand dealer and pay unto himself the titles of the LeadA letter in the Party Life col.
We take this opportunity to make a special appeal to our readers TIONARY NOVELIST off man for the Insull Capone ganger. and Great Disciple. and umn of the Daily Worker of March in Chicago revealed to the Federal Curthermore, the discription, hard ruh states that the writer joined and sympathizers to pledge definite weekly or monthly sums as a con. Salt Lake City at the Income Tax Department that he est, clearest, and best is self bes the party in June 1932, was made crete manifestation of their interest in The Militant and the cause OPEN FORUM SPARTACUS YOUTH CLUB had on his pay roll the former towed. Lenin qpinion of Stalin is unit organizer, member of the secit represents.
126 East 16th St.
mayor, Tony Cermak, to the tune of known to Minor. It was written in tion committee, and put forward as In spite of the many difficulties, The Militant has continued pub Every Sunday 7:30 95, 000, and numerous aldermen a last and solemn warning to the an aldermanic candidate without lication regularly over a period of five and a half years, coming out as and other democratic and repub party. In this document, Lenin every knowing what it was all 1318 Second St. South a tri weekly on two special occasions. This was made possible only THURSDAY, March 29th, 1934 lican politicians. Many of whom Last Testament. Stalin was char about. On several occasions was hy tremendous sacrifices. But this condition must now be stopped. Auspices: Communist League of Admission Free are as well known to Farley, as are acterized as rude, disloyal, and un called into the office by the Section Worry about paying the linotyper; worry about paying electric, gas Roosevelt, Bull Montana, and Boost for leadership. The party was organizer and told about some op and other bills; worry about raising the necessary funds with which Boo Hote.
urgently advised to remove Stalin position force and to vote this way to mall the paper in addition to worries about personal economics, In Welfare Island Prison, politicas secretary. Of course what Lenin for that. But was never drawn are not conducive to the production of the kind of a Militant we vis fans of the Farley stable were actually sald matters no more to into any discussion concerning the ualize.
shown to be on a somewhat lower Minor now than it did in 1918 When grievance. It was always cut and RESOLUTION UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED BY MASS MEETING plane than the imprisoned gangsters he attacked Lenin and Trotsky in arlod. All that was to do was The Pledge Fund, if promptly and regularly remitted, can help OF THE INDEPENDENT PRINTING EMPLOYEES and the degenrate malé prostitutes the New York World and other eap to vote so and so. think the sec to overcome these difficulties, stabilize the paper, and permit is the Thursday, March 15, 1934.
who cooperated with them in rotitalist publications.
hope of making it a bi weekly noon. We hope that our readers and tion was a little too bureaucratic bing the general run of prisoners.
sympathizers will participate in this action by sending in their pledges WHEREAS Now the party, just exists. There The code signed by the President for the Graphic Finally there the New York City Rural Housing at once.
are no struggles, no unemployed Ar Industry promises to improve conditions among the Home for the Destitute, where the That the New York song writer movement.
THE PLEDGERS norganized but fails to provide the means to achieve honorable Mr. Farley most honest who had the country Crying for Editorial comment by the Daily BROOKLYN BRANCH, LOCAL this betterment, and and truthful politicians robbed the the Carolines a couple of years Worker hopes this situation is not Paul King 25 weekly WHEREAS This code does not meet the burning problem or un aged, the crippled, the blind, and ago would be crying a different tune widespread in the party. It is not MANHATTAN BRANCH, LOCAL the feeble minded. Savings of old if he lived there is indicated by in line with the open letter and employment since it refuses to grant thirty hour Wright. 50 weekly and literate scrub women stolen Arst reports on rural housing ro it has been taken for granted.
week, and Konikow 25 weekly by trusted officials These officials ensed by the Department of Agri that he (the writer of the letter) is WHEREAS The code as well as previous conditions in the typousing the unfortunate Beardslee 00 weekly inmates culture. Unpainted one story frame a full blown Communist. No doubt graphical industry causes a deadly competition between dread of a nameless grave in Potshacks lacking the most elementary it is the duty of a full blown Sterling 25 weekly union and inorganized men setting up different wage ters Field as a threat, forced them sanitary facilities are the general Stalinist and how full somo Victor 50 Weekly scales to the detriment of all to turn over Insurance policies apd rule for the great American farm them are blown to stick up his Weber. 50 weekly TIIEREFORIC BE IT RESOLVED That we, 500 printers assemsavings accounts into their hands. home. Out of 2, 311 houses in Dup hand on a bureaucrat say. so, to Gordon. 50 weekly bled in mass meeting in Stuyvesant Casino, 142 Second When, by accident or otherwise in County, North Carolina, only slug a Trotskyist who calls for a Stone. 25 weekly the vell is removed from the politi hnd central heating plants and united front one day and the next Avenue, New York City, March 15th, 1034, under the 10. Kling. 50 monthly cil life of the nation, corruption. 2, 062 depended for heat and cooking to march chanting We want a uniauspices of the Independent Printing Employees.
11. Bleeker. 50. monthly graft, and thieving is shown. These on fireplaces.
RESOLVED That the only way to eliminate the competition beted front. but what a crime against HARLEM BRANCH, LOCAL are but the sores which, breaking tween printers and the deplorable conditions among the Who has not been thrilled by the Communist movement to through the skin, give evidence of call mith 00 unorganized well to take advantage in any way the rotten condition in the body of songs, stories, and movies of old such a servile wretch a Communist.
SYMPATHIZERS of code provisions is by complete unionization of the capitatism. And Mars, crooks, and Kentucky homes and Kentucky gen.
BILL.
18. Teacher 00 weekly industry and gratters, though they be, we may BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED That complete unionization can grant to Farley that the politicians PROGRAM: be attained only by the opening of the books of the are just as honest as the Insulis, Saturday, March 31st Chief Littlemouse in a recital of his union of the Allied Printing Trades Council and the Morgans, Staviskys, Rockefellers American Indian native dance IRVING PLAZA admission of all the unorganized printers, and Krugers, Mellons, and Harrimany, Duncan dancer Lifshite whose creatures they are.
15th St. and Irving Place BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED That this meeting calls upon the Fortune teller Get your tickets now, only 35c in unions to proceed immediately to open their books to Minor and Stalin Dance and Entertainment Other special feature advance at the International every employee in the industry.
Bob Minor can always be depend Good flye piece jazz band Buffet Private Table Workers School, 126 16th St.
HONOR AMONG THIEVES on Printers Demand Unionization of veekly Gala Spring Festival