Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-15
WOULD HAVE LABOR
.SCORN BOLSHEv|SM
Many A. F. of L. Delegates
Hope to Put Convention
on Record.
OTHER ISSUES ON SLATE

By the Associated Press.
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J., June IL
Vital problems confronting organized
labor in its reconstruction program
will come before the convention Of
the American Federation of Labor
next week. or premier Importance
will be action to crush bolsheyism and
the plans Of bolshevists to enlist labor
in their Gauge Is ~ Z s. IL r.
Would Denonnce Soviet.
Taking their cue from Secretary Of
Labor Wilson. who IN an address yes
tionary plans Of "a misguided few, >,
many delegates plan not only to kill
resolutions offered by some Of the
radical element, but to take such
action as will make 1t absolutely clear
that organized labor in America Is
entirely out OF sympathy with their
schemes. 1t is promised that the
action taken will make it plain that
workingmen and women in the
United States are satisfied with their
own form Of government and that the
thing they least desire is the soviet
There are a number Of rather radical
resolutions now in the committees.
members of which could. IL they de-
sired, keep them from ever going any
further.
This course, however. will not be
pursued. The guiding hands of the
convention want to get the resolutions
out in the open as quickly as possible
so that the sponsors can see for
themselves just what the solid bulk
Of American labor thinks Of them.
Fierce debates. however, may be ex-
pected. for the hackers of the resolu-
lions seem determined to fight for
them.
View on Negroes Unions.
While passage Of the resolution pro-
viding for the organisation of negroes
and their formation into separate
unions where all white unions refuse
to admit them was brought about
principally by the desire of the fed
GRAFTON to enlist negroes in the or
ganization. it was interpreted today
as being also a blow at the radicals.
Negroes. according to labor leaders
who have been dealing with them for
years. are the most conservative ele-
ment in all the unions into which they
have been taken, Radicals nowhere
it is said. have been able to make the
slightest Roadway among negro
workers. although it appears isolated
efforts have been made.
Espionage Law to Come Up.
The espionage law and proposals to
urge its repeal also will come I'D for
early discussion. It is expected that
these will be the cause of considerable
debate. resentment against the opera
ton Of the law and its results being
strong In various quarters
This sentiment appears to be best
expressed in a resolution put in by ].
NJ. Barnes OF the Cigar Makers Union.
which asserts that thousands of
American citizens are now incarcerat-
ed under the law termed "a wartime
measure" for Exercising their right
to free speech. free press and free as
semblage or for other Industrial ac-
tivity on behalf Of the working class"
It is declared also that public meet
ings are still being broken up. speak
ers jailed, the press muzzled and per-
sonai letters rifled.'
The resolution demands the imme-
date release OF all persons in the
United States prosecuted or i'm
prisoned for political opinions. indus
trial activities and religious beliefs.''
Consideration of the plans for gov
eminent operation of the railroads, as
fostered by the railroad brotherhoods
of the country. is expected to OCCUPY
considerable time during the coming
week.