Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-01-15
INV, FAIL TO CONTROL
 CONVENTION
Though Denied Seats, Working to Precip- tate General Strike.

chicago, Jan. 14.-Socialists and ,nsmhers of the l. w. w. made an ,,nsuccessful attempt today to gain control of the National Labor Con- press. called by the International Workers Defense League to decide upon plan of action to obtain new trials for Thomas J. Money and War ren Billings, now serving life terms for murder in connection with the San francisco preparedness day parade bomb outrage in July, 1916.
 Trouble was precipitated at the opening session when several hun dred socialists and I. w. w. leaders insisted upon being seated as dele gates. Among the socialists in at tendance, was Adolph Germer, Ma tional Secretary of the party, and Rev. Irwin St. John Tucker, recently con- victed for violating the espionage law, and George koop, of Chicago.
 Germer was later seated as a dele gate from local of the United Mine Workers
 Although the radicals were denied Beats, they refused to leave the hall hnd attempted to participate in the proceedings. Apparently they intend to continue their fight at every ses- sion of the three-day convention. They Twill. it is said. work for the passage pf resolution favoring in a general labor strike,
 The International Workers Defense -eague in planning the congress in rlted only trades unions to send dele gates and wanted the discussion con- lined to the Mooney case. but Bolshe- ism and many other subjects would te considered before the meeting if me radicals carried out their plans. R, H. Ashcroft, a deleeate from Tacoma. Washington, is said to have resolution calling for the release all industrial and political prison- w including Eugene V. Debs. Victor
 Berger, Adolnh Germer. Wm. D. haywood. and all other radicals con- 'cfee since the beginning of the war. e' also declared that a majority of ne deleeates from the west and north- west favored a general strike to en- orce their demands. He was busy oday circulating a petition for sigma lures Tn support of his radical pro- gram
 Chairman Nolan said it was the in snt'on to confine the membership of 1e congress to delegates from trade Unions.
 ! nave been fighting this case for So years and have already saved afee persons from the gallows," :" ufouled Nolan. "If outsiders are ad- ql.'ed 1t will wreck the movement. se want only trades union men as ielegates."
 sehs schulberg, of San Francisco, lo poAe Tn favor of excluding radicals, pu. M was frequently interrupted. Fin a,y nS ne shook his fist at a socialist ns nu shouted: You never worked a ,ay m your life and we want you and v ,uur Kind to get out. You fellows "aa' to ruin this movement.
 r 'oclallsts and members of the I. w. , h. insisted on speaking and declared 1aa @ ,ay ,ney mad done more than organ ho sN ,aoor t oarouse public interest in ne Mooney case,
 esa' aaoeft Green, painter, from Chi so, ana others asked to have the s,od,s seated. After riotous No,ae Nans1e or nearly an hour, Chairman v.an oo;a put the motion to exclude the rsrr;as r,aalsts and l. w. w. and declared il roas su ny vlva voce vote. There was ttora r, ol olsapproval and when Green of np'eu tha to appeal from the decision
 " 1ie chair, he was howled down. eonn. ". nourke Cochran, of New York ha "se, Se, Tor Mooney, then addressed Wi,son,,ee v,esates. He praised President vio,ena asua labor policies and made g of ;vn. ;va.: attack on the administration "rs "T's.ice In the courts.
 k thae ae latest word from our President be 'oa. oa. the Bolsheviki in Europe car cocsn"l sauelled by food" said Attorne, rho rs"an. oa, T do not agree with him rule "'y Nn cure for Bolshevism means sound Vy .ae majority. That does no forca tbaI thbnIa,r. l do not fear this new r,asses "aa a mas come into being. The alwavss nave never been vicious. it i: |todavs ass the classes. The worlds choic, chaos IS between democracy an( eyervth in government like this of tSe SSenng depends upon the honest amome. e Judiciary. Our Constitution 1t 's is c"se to nothing except so far a
 The eeonnrmed "nned by the Judiciary" rectiuae convention passed a motion di presiaks..t pIk the chairman to cable t, pers lent na Wilson and Samuel Com eratopp president of the American Fed sentimano,f un or Labor, it's approval of tn ran 'i'' expressed by Attorney Cock ternat;ecson rt congress was called by the Tn and ndi,onal is M Workers Defense Laagu delegates composed of more than 1!oo ious osasts sfs. from trades unions ' in var var throuehoan.tt ua.ts. <, Labor organization fsht ttaoat to out the country. backing tn il is 'U s.:s secure new trial for the mer CT ueiensssa saia, tn,6 have raised s1oo,o ,ooo as 1