To Hear en beroep Maritime Mini Case War Looms Under the Banner of Lenin Are Youngstown Union Drive Ship Tie up to PACK NEW MOLITANT SATURDAY, HAMTAKY 18, 1988 the General Defense Committee and abstraction, as a fetish or sentimental ideal. The unity of the the League for Industrial Democproletariat is undoubtedly necessary for the victory over capWorkers parties and other organitalism. But that is not achieved at one step. For the workers izations which belong to or support to become united FOR THEIR OWN INTERESTS they must the united defense committees break with the bourgeoisie and take the road of the class strug the Herndon case, the has (Continged from Page 1)
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uing their anti union drive, how. or to take any serious steps the capitalist AGENTS in the labor movement, the socialever, makes it almost certain that toward organizing a real campaign record recommending that the east (Continued from Page 1)
patriots. Only then can the workers be united in the struggle the board will take no such action of protest throughout the country coast sailors attempt to get at When the board met several Questions recently addressed to least the west coast rate of pay by workers are seeking a new path. The imminence of war is for socialism. This is the way Lenin put the question of unity months ago at Tehachapi to consid. leading members of the Communist sob action, preferably on the cast arousing a still wider circle. revolutionary impulse to oppose and split. The experience of the working class has completely er the case of Caroline Decker and party and the as well as to constitutions inleda ne pepperhere all the war and the treacherous policy of supporting sanctions confirmed the correctness of his position.
is particularly noticeable in the ranks of the Socialist workers The unification of the working class for the revolutionary mento class war victims, it refusedence for the Repeal of the Crimin The Waterfront Machinists and to set definite sentence. The at al Syndicalism Law a united the Industrial Union of Marine and and the Socailist youth. But a revolutionary policy cannot be struggle on an international scale is a complicated process.
tempts to deport Jack Warnick, one front organized by the and Shipbuilding Workers on confined to national grounds. The fight against war is incon The class is not homogeneous. It has different strata in differof the acquitted Sacramento union its auxiliaries, as to why they will strike.
ceivable except as an international struggle. And this struggle ent stages of enlightenment and development. It has an arisists, make it clear that powerful not cooperate with the or Lockout talk is common on the in turn requires an international organization, tocracy which has special immediate interests of its own and forces are determined to squeeze unch a serious fight, have rewaterfront.
The growing strength the last ounce of vengeance out of mained unanswered.
of the unions, and resultant higber Will a revolutionary struggle against war be conducted advances them at the expense of the whole class. The labor the Sacramento prisoners for their The Workers Party urges all ages and shorter hours, eats into by the Second International? Or Stalin Comintern? Or the movement has a bureaucracy which, for the greater part, is crime of organizing unions and members and friends to respond im the income of the famished for two organically united. Whoever preaches any of these tied to the capitalists and represents their interests in the mediately to the call of the pronts capitalist class. The latter ideas deceives and misleads the workers. serious and con ranks of the workers. Then there is the section of class con Asks Protests for protest letters and resolu is goins de in their path to the sistent attitude toward the question of war is possible only for scious workers, the vanguard, who understand and represent to attempt to the The National Sacramento Appeal tions. Moreover, financial support sole the because garnering of huge dividends out of those who visualize an international struggle and an organiza the general historic interests of the workers as a class. Unificasituation which will exist when the of the new legal complications in the only possible source, the backs tion capable of conducting it. The question of the international tion has to begin with them.
Parole Board meets, is launching the appeal fight. Funds should be of the workers. That obstacle is is not something superfluous to be taken up later at leisure. it The problem of the hour is the unification of the vanguard drive to get unions and other or sent to Dr. Harry Leidler, chair the unlon.
is the heart of revolutionary policy. In 1914, after the betrayal on the basis of a revolutionary program. That can only be an Follow Claas Struggle Relief ganizations, as well as individuals, man, Room 707, 41 Union Square, of the social democracy, Lenin began his struggle against the international program no other is or can be revolutionary in to send protests to Governor Mer New York City.
riam and Attorney General Webb The oncoming lockout or strike war with the call for a new international! The revolutionists this epoch and the organization can only be an international of the waterfront workers canone of the present time must do likewise.
one. So Lenin posed the problem in 1914 when the collapse of of Callfornia against the continued imprisonment of the framed up comparably better situated than The reaction against Leninism, which has been synony the old tional became manifest. So we, following Lenin Sacramento unionists. Protests they were in 1934. Their organiza: mous with the reaction against the October revolution and the and faithful to his precept and example, pose the question should be sent to these officials at tion is stronger. They have learned idea of an international revolution, has brought great defeats today.
Sacramento, the state capital.
That there will be plenty of dimstanding between the workers and to the working class of the whole world and a frightful disin The Third International in its first four congresses under culty in getting the board to act at victory to be treachery or incorrect tegration of the workers organizations, including the organ Lenin compressed the fundamental strategy of the proletariat this time is made clear by the char. Continued from Page 1)
leadership. The right wing acter of the men who compose it against organized Inbor. The new collaborationists and the Staten. izations of the vanguard. The struggle for revival of the into a number of documents, theses and resolution which, in all The chairman Frank Sykes of city administration that was elected as the piece these ne class strus against confusion and Leninist, that is the revolutionary: Made to order substi revolution of the Bolsheviks this strategy was illustrated in movement is a struggle the essential parts, still retain their validity. In the October ting 5, 000 annually for his work pered by the bosses to start such waterfront, victory is certain.
San Francisco, in addition to set to take office January was pre ele policy will be instituted on the tutes for the revolutionary strategy of Lenin appear on every practice and fully vindicated. It is the mission of the Fourth on the board, is a building contre la drive.
side. The renunciation of Leninism has become a fashion. International, which as yet is only a program and project of tor. He is in close touch with the son was hired to import sabs to Let us see the attitude of the ola Stalinism not only confuses and demoralizes those who remain a section of the vanguard, to carry the same revolutionary Industrial Association, open shop break strikes of the drivers union guard of the labor fakers. Schar under its direct sway, but also many of those whom it repels. struggle through to the final victory.
general star of the San Francisco Mayor Bvan first act on as renburs erstwhile member of the Herbert Zam, like numerous others, who long mistook Stalinemployers.
The work for the Fourth International is work in the Board Members Reactionary Sorming entiretem as the recente bere there by the membership, and press ism for Leninism, in reacting against certain aspects of the spirit of Lenin. The unceasing struggle for the regroupment Joseph Stephens, second memUnion 877, and President Hubbard este mercetary La for the California former has discarded the cardinal teachings of the latter. The of the vanguard under the banner of the Fourth International, ber of the board, was one of the of the United Labor Congress on Federation of Labor. formula for this back sliding in the most fundamental question on the way to the unification of the working class for the revoreactionaries who helped the Sac. Jan. for creating disturbances Scharrenburg Attack ramento Bee stir up agitation when they made an effort to settle The Sallor Union has deltber of the vanguard is the spurious, soul saving formula of Lenin is alive in the work of his disciples. To take part in that of our epoch the question of the international organization lutionary assault against the capitalist order, is the sign that against the prisoners during the the dispute at the grocery and meat ately and fasrantly violated every unity.
trial last year. On Jan. 10, 1934, market owned by George Oles, who agreement signed with the shipwork is the way to commemorate his name.
the Bee carried a statement by was given the mandate to begin owners since last year strike and In his recent polemics against Trotskyism Zam develops Stephens advocating the conviction the open shop drive against labor, bas repeatedly expressed bitter re his conception of unity as a fetish. From all the vast and rich yard workers are pioneers in formof of the costs. He gets 10, 000 an newspapers, begin to hurl charges such agreements.
ing a true industrial union, and because of this reason must be sup nually as president of the Sacra of gangsterism and racketeering Only by a prompt declaration of the workers in the world war, the consequent split in the interported to the utmost, for a defeat mento Merchants National Bank, at the local union through the war on the wrecking crew can we national labor movement, the Russian Revolution, the formafor the Industrial Union of Shipbesides his 5, 000 from the state. newspapers, mass meetings, pulpits hope to re establish the reputation tion and later downfall of the Comintern, the terrible defeats yard Workers would be a defeat He was a supporter of Governor and other agences. The newspe of our international union as a re of the later period from all this vast experience Zam arrives for the cause of industrial unionRolph, Mooney great enemy. Continued from Page 1)
ism.
David Bush, the third mem. town Telegram which is part of the One or more charters must be at one basic conclusion: The Second International, splotched ber, is an attorney of Oakdale, and Scrippe Howard chain, carried on a revoked. have weighed all with crimes and betrayals and firmly controlled by incorrigible through the picket lines of any company union. The bosses, fearA second danger comes from the ganization is behind the drive to against the Truck Drivers Union, Bridges maritime federation will national capitalists, is the only possible International. The dustrial Union which has acted as Industrial Union, have taken steps deport Jack Warnick on evidence accusing it of the most dastardly doubtless so to bat for the union failure of the Trotskyites which won his acquittal in Sacra crimes, appreciate this, their insistence unfonists should by walking out in lze a company or untons that have thelr charter on the necessity of a new international, condemns them to the solidarity.
alon. These mento. He was a mouthpiece of For quite a while this went on revoked.
company union men, who form a The Industrial Union Record the organized employers in the until it culminated send being One thing becomes clear here: futile existence of an isolated sect, says Zam who has apvery small group, are waiting for The Industrial Union is compar. the picket lines to weaken in order State Senate in 1958. do 1983 the taken they beat up and there were due to the militancy of the seamen propriated for himself the masses in the Second International. atively new, not much over a year to be back to work. They must be organization, blocked his candidacy square of Youngstown. This act living standards, they are under In.
for a judgeship because of his tie up was not committed by the Drivers attack, not only of the employers. The central fallacy of the Trotskyite position (aside carried on a hard, brave battle last but they must be kept out of the with the Pacific Gas and Electric Union as the newspapers and the but also of the labor leaders.
from all other considerations) is that it ignores the in year. It was denied admittanceyards.
into the of because of the Co. keystone of the reactionary city administration would have the convention of the International stinctive desire of the working class for unity, a desire Craft Unions Threaten crowd.
craft unions stand. Over twenty people of Youngstown believe Sermen Union, in session at the In addition to sending letters to There is a suspicion that this scab. time of this writing, will be the which followed a series of defeats to which disunity was a craft unlons claim jurisdiction over third danger, which is very the Governor and Attorney General, Elchenlieb, was paid by the borges scene of an attempt of the reactionstrong contributing factor. The Trotskyite remedy for work in repairing and constructing great, comes from the direction of letters should be sent the State to take the rap of having his panta aries to elther emasculate or expel the present situation is the formation of new parties and the bureaucracy of the craft unions Board of Parole, Sacramento, and taken off for a run in the city of these militant locals.
a new International that is, new splits on a national On the west coast the union (there are, as we have remarked.
to the individual members of the Youngstown in order to stir np a The Maritime Federation, foundand international scale. But this formula flies in the face not in the Maritime Federation. It 20 such craft unlons claiming Jurboard. Such letters should stress Lynch sentiment against the union. ed in struggle, and much more am of the desires and the interests of the workers, including has consistently attempted to join isdiction over different parts of the fact that no overt acts were Mike Hornyak, a young militant enable to mass pressure than the the federation the influence of shipbuilding and repairing work. proven against any of the prisoners of the union, and Sam Orr were robot like unions that once existed the advanced workers in the Socialist and Communist the craft union affiliates of the The craft union ple card lendere that their sole crime has been arrested on frame up charge of on the waterfront, is a constant parties.
Maritime Federation (Machinists. may offer their services to the emthe organization of unions, and kidnapping and torture. Slike Horn threat to Scharrenburg and his 1lk. If we may be allowed to say so, the central fallacy in Selera) has kept them out. Bridges. ployers, saying, If you do not that one of the convicting jurors yak is at this time under a 3, 000 has already declared that in his bond out of Jail. Som Orr is a wait a few weeks ago: The struggle of interests of the workers. We cite a few: The labor movement proposes that the Industrial Union have to come to terms with the Again we repeat what we stated Zam position is that it ignores historic facts as well as the who is under stalinist influence come to terms with us, you win opinion there was absolutely no Ing a 000 boud in jail.
the seamen be properly give up jurisdiction over certain Industrial Union. The employers evidence against Norman Mini or Local Issues Paper supported by the Maritime Federas of Europe was united in the Second International on August 4, key crafts (caulkers, machinists first preference would be no union Caroline Decker and that the whole The Truck Drivers ion retion! Unqualified support to the 1914. The united organizations of the social democracy only and boilermakers) and the depleted at all, but rather than have the verdict was a horse trade.
Address these letters as follows: furious attack of the bosser and or Insofars. curious attuliten tots e Cabost this seamen, without any 118, buts, served to paralyze the masses and plunge them into the im remnants would then be taken into Industrie munton there would be Mr. Frank Sykes, Kohl Building, open shop interests. It immediate.
perialist slaughter. On the other hand, the Bolsheviks who the Maritime Federation. The unton sure to come to an agreement with They may sign San Francisco, Cal. Mr. Joseph iy issued an open letter on the had SPLIT with the social patriots, stopped Russia partici however, as the only organizational with the craft unions, making a Stephens, Merchants National Bank, charge of gangsterism to the people Tampa Defense to pation in the war and made a successful revolution! The revo setup able to cope with the present the last femprovement in water and Sacramento, Cal. Mr. David of Youngstown, demanding an in Bush, Oakdale, Cal.
vestigation. It also issued a state lutionary advances of the European workers in the post war day shipbuilding industry and pro conditions for Pressure Can Help ment to the newalers, January ployees.
back whatever little they give to While it can hardly hoped 10, pledging full confidence to Mike reformist agents of the capitalists, the formation of new parties Although outside the of Lloss skilled sections. The men must the skilled by doubly exploiting the that the board will set the niniHornyak and Sam Orr, and a fight and the rise of the Comintern. One of the few countries and the Maritime Federation, the be prepared to fight for their inmum sentence for any of the prison for their vindication on the framed(Continued from Page 1)
Austria which retained its unity almost 100 percent on a union has won the admiration of all ers, a real expression of protest by up charge of kidnapping and tor Miami meeting of the F. of social democratic basis, succumbed to ignominious defeat de unionists, by its class conscious at dustrial union to the finish.
powerful workers rs! rganizationsture.
would not be without its effect. It It has also countered with cramp Boagilantes threaten spite the heroic resistance of the Socialist workers at the last edited on any forms. It se nelupu report, have, in spite of their word, might compel the board at least to move of issuing a newspaper edited ing to remove the next of moment.
set sentence so that the prisoners by the executive Board of the Truck convention from Tampa unless Zam implies that Lenin was wrong in 1914 when he called lines. It has joined in acts of soll eral Engineering and Drydock Co. a rupture the social of all to set it at something close to the Guide. This paper met with tre the Ku Klux murder gang brouw. doubly wrong when he formed the Comintern in 1919. We do support of the Machinists is the Union. The Industrial Union is at minimum mendous response, 700 copies being to hook. President Green of the latest. It joined the one day mem present holding conferences with During recent years criminal sold on the first day. The unton is of L, due to the intervention not think so. It is false to put the question of unity as an orial strike and parade on July the General Engineering and Drysyndicalism prisoners have gener mobilizing its forces. The presll of the Joint committee, has already in commemoration two strikers dock Co. but if the Industrial Unally served between two and three dent of local 977 stated issued such a threat, and many who had been killed by the police iom cannot come to an agreement years. If the board is to be pre Make Youngstown a Union Town local and international unions are new organization has just been in the strike of 1984. It downed with the company, they must force vented from setting a higher sen. We are digging in and are known to be in favor of enforcing Plan Appeal cu tence, there will have to be a ser determined to carry on our strugfense Committee, comprising the of last month which succeeded in promise to support the Industrial ous movement of protest.
gle for decent wages, and to or President Heaton of the Florida Scottsboro Case Stethodist Federation for Socian winning freedom for the four union Unton The latter win most proba The effect of the nation wide proganize the inorganized drivers at Federation of Labor, a political Servicethe National Association on.
test in the Herndon case, where no matter what cost.
job holder under the Democratie for the Advancement of Colored is reached, throw a picket line the judge was driven to free Hern The Union has a good chance of party, is trying to sew up the con. Continued from Page 1) People, the American Civil LiberDangers to the Strike around the General Co. keeping out don in order to avoid the political defeating the open shoppers, and vention from Tampa. Efforts wil terred to the Federal courts, Osties Union, the International Labor There are a number of dangers the Machinists, as well as others.
assisting the be made to get the industrial union mond Fraenkel of New York and trial Democracy. Dr. Allen Knight The rank and file of the Machinis well known. The same could be unorganized workers in the building sroup in the Executive Council to Clarence Watts of Huntsville, Ala, Chalmers, pastor of the Broadway time when the majority of the men Industrial Union in this action.
done in the Sacramento case, where of a real fighting union movement, take a firstand against Tampa defense counsel, said they would Tabernacle, is Chairman and Coi. have been long unemployed. They all support to the striking west First, the strike was called at alsts will undoubtedly support the the prisoners than there was quite stirred up over the slogan of as, who is chairman of the Joint on this motion was set for Jan. 16. the American Church Missionary must get the help of the entire labor resent militant industrial unions.
against Herndon.
The efforts of the National Sac This struggle may mean the begin to address the Council on the subthat the defense contemplates the seoth Infantry, is treasurer of to be able to feed themselves and unlike the antiquated and ramento Appeal Committee to or ning of a real drive among the sect.
ganize a nation wide movement on steel workers for organization.
direct appeal to the Federal courts the Committee. Representatives of their families. This help must be potent craft unions!
The Joint committee now has to take jurisdiction from the state organised labor are so far consplc forthcoming regardless of the fact Members of the Maritime Federa behalf of the eight Sacramento pamphlet in the press relating the courts of the inotion for a change nous by their absence.
unionists, have had no cooperation LUMEN CLUB hike to Palisade story of the Tampa crime against of venue is depted.
from the Communist party, the Inthat the Industrial Union (against tion: Support the move for admitSunday, Jan. 19. Meet at 242nd working class organisers. It will its wishes) is outside the of tance of the Industrial Union to ternational Labor Defense or their Street and Van Cordland Park sell for cents per copy and may The first action by defense coun SUBSCRIBE TO NEW MILITANT. As a matter of fact, the ship the Maritime Federation. sympathizers.
11 Sympathizers and friends be ordered in bundles at low rates sel in the Scottboro case was taken Although the LD. represents are invited to come along. from the Non Partisan Labor De Monday in a motion demanding a the prisoners, except for Norman Mini, they are passive in the fight.
CLEVELAND FORUM fense, 22 East 17th Street, New transfer of the trial from the AlaYork City.
bama to the Federal Court on the LENIN MEMORIAL MEETING They did not begin legal moves on Every Sunday Night at Eight The Political Committee of the ground that the state statute for the question of the transcript of Admission Free Workers Party calls on all members bidding more than one change of got into action. The Daily Stadium Hotel trial proceedings until after the to push the sale of the Tampe venue prevents the defendants from SPEAKER: MAX SCHACHTMAN West 6th St. and St. Clair pamphlet, to get their unions and obtaining a fair trial. The motion Worker carries nothing about the (second floor)
other organizations to go on record was filed by attorney Watts of Sacramento case. Henderson legal Sunday, Jan. Which Party in support of the workers of Tama. Huntsville, a member of the state moves are ignored by the Commu for the American Workers All New York members should do Legislature, who has been retained SUNDAY EVE. IRVING PLAZA HALL niat party, which strives to isolate his fight from mase support.
Speaker: JOSEPH KNIGHT. their utmost to build the Hotel as co counsel by Samuel Llebowitz.
Sumday, Feb. 2: The Decline of Delano meeting so that the reac Lebowitz holds retainers from all Breaks Unity the Third International. tionaries of Tampa may know of the Scottsboro boys and now has JANUARY 19th IRVING PLACE 15 th St.
Although the includes Speaker: HENRY THURMAN our solidarity with the workers of complete charge of the case. The the Non Partisan Labor Defense, Aupload: Workers Party Ithat city. is out in the cold.
ships. im.