Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-21
UNION TO CRUSH |
REDS IS SOUGHT
American-Italian L a b o r
Mission Here as Foe
to Bolshevism
WORKS WITH GOMPERS
Vice Mayor Of Naples Ex.
plains Object of His Tour
of America
WORKS WITH GOMPERS

To form an American-Italian labor
union in an effort to crush Bolshevism in
the United States and italy is the real
mission of the Italian labor commission.
which is in Philadelphia today
For this object" said Lieutenant Sill
vano F'asulo. Vice Mayor of Naples and
Provisional Deputy, I'VE were hurried
out of warfare the moment the armistice
was signed and enrolled to lead the labo1
moverns snt in italy into paths that should
be true to labor and true to Italy at the
same time.
"rhe Bolsheviki are fed largely by
labor tramps. Such men as Trotsky find
refuge in one country only to do mis-
eli ef in another. II was necessary, we
saw. to combine with the country of
fgeest emigration---the United States--to
destroy the Boshevik seed sown so
freely abroad so we came to this coun-
try two months ago and worked out a.
plan with Samuel Gompers and other
chiefs of your American Federation OF
Labor, which, since then. we have trav-
eed all over the United States to per-
feet
Leave for L. s. Jan. 25.
'On January 25 we leave for Liver
pool In London we shall make final
arrangements with Samuel Gompers for
the working out of our plan which briefly
is this: To issue union cards in July
to all Italians who wish to go to the
United States, recommending them as
fit men to be employed and so TO be re-
cognized by the American Federation Of
Labor. Also We shall designate the
oil of bat ana AaI dc,
In this way We hape TO cut out the Boil
shevki. and prevent disorderly elements
from entering your labor market-men
who come not to work but to destroy.
But where are your Philadelphia
Bolshevili? In Chicago. Boston and
/ other cities they came up and challenged
us to ope meetings, which we accept 4
We fought the mon the platform, am
tore to pieces their arguments for the
destruction of all existing governme-Y
in the United States. The audiences wC
generally with us. Here in Philadelphi..
not one has dared to show his face. Your
recent police investigation here into their
activities seem to have frightened them.
"The Bolshevk menace in America
can still easily be kept down, but you
must not export it from Europe. In
! Europe it is terrible. We regard ii az
| the Cnlc1 TASK LOT lne feuCe COnterences
Two Loyal Organizations
We have two loyal labor organiza-
! tons in Italy corresponding to your
/ American Federation Of Labor as we'll
! as two Bolsheviki organizations. on
. our commission are leaders of both
! loyal parties | am of the Cnione
! Italiana del Lavoro: Romolo Sabtani
is leader Of the unione Soc!alista
! Italiana. The two other members of
our commission are Ettore Cuzziani.
| Bologna labor leader, and Lieutena mt
Adelmo Pedrini, chief of the CO.
| operative organizations in Italy We
have gained much by studying Italian
labor problems from the American
standpoint"
This morning the commissioners met
in conference New York and Phila-
| delphia representatives of the Ameri-
, can Federation of Labor at the Hotel
Walton. They went to New York this
Z afternoon,