The Connecticut labor press., 1919-07-12
WELCOME FOR JOHN P. FREY
 IN WORCESTER
Reception for Editor of Molders Journal by Molders' Union
 of Worcester.
TALKS ON LABOR POLITICS
Shows How Labor Suffers in Eng land by a Political Party.
 Interesting Talk.

Worcester, July 11.-John P. Frey, editor of the Holders Journal, and an influential man in the American Fed eration of Labor, was given big re- ception here by the local Union of Mod CTS. Over 500 attended the reception. MT. Frey came here'at the invitation ot Organizer Eugene Murphy.
 MT. Freys opinion of a national labor party, as told at the meeting, is such as to make him strongly opposed to such plan i'll this country. Labor and poht1cs in Great Britain and other European countries, he said, were identical and for this reason the labor movement must necessarily be the sufferers. lie found that in these countries nearly all high officials in labor unions were also pubic oh1ceholders, and that frequently the in terests of labor are sacrificed to satisfy the political aspirations of certain lead CTS, and characterized foreigners as be- ing afflicted with political itch.
 MT. Frey also related incidents to demonstrate the superiority and pro gressiveness of American trade union methods in comparison with the Euro pean kind. This occurred Ill London, when 87 delegates representing Euro Dean> countries and five delegates srepre--. senting the American Federation ot Labor met for the purpose of discuss ing policies to be adopted by labor dr1r- ing the war
 delegates were confronted with was that the proceedings were to be held behlnq closed doors, and that the pubic were to be deprived of all knowledge con corning the action of the lnterallied Labor Conference. .,.
 The American delegates strongly oD- jected to this secret way ot dolng things and forcibly pointed out the tal- lacv of proceeding in this manner. They showed where the foreign delegates were extremely inconsistent III so tar that they objected to the secret d1pio- matic systems of their respective gov ernnerts. yet they would do the very thing which they aver is wrong. he arguments were convincing, aand on the first point the American delegates were successful, as the proceedings from that time on were conducted with open doors.
 But this caused suspicion against the Americans, and on every point ln con tention, arguments were offered 10 show that American steam-roller meth ods were being used to control the con
 Mind you," MT. Frey said, there were 87 foreign delegates against our five, and still they claimed that steam roller methods were in operation.
 'But we won all our points" he sad, "and came away from the conference feeling satisfied that the American labor movement is not only the. most progress sive. but the best i'll the world, and we want to keep it so. We want to make more progress. We want more of the good things of this earth, and we want to do this ourselves We want to work out our own salvation, and say to lr- tellectua1s who criticize us for not do ing things in the polished manner III which they would like to have us do: Hands off! We know ourselves. We know how to conduct our affairs, be- cause we have been in the trade union business for many years. We welcome; your sympathy, your cooperation, and yot1r good will, but please don't attempt to change our ways We may appear crude and unpublished, but our principles are right, and we work under the theory that all men are born equal, and that all are entitled to fair and square dealH
 With this in mind and ln practice we are winning, and will continue, to be successful, and feel certain that eventually we will reach that goal which we are aiming for, industrial peace and happiness for all mankind'