The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-07-17
CHaiguA. f. of L. Retains
Discrimination.
CONTINUED from page u

AtOiibiihCh iioib PttEt -
two years at previous Conventions
by adoption of the report of the Com
mittee of Organization of the A. f.
of L., once at st. Paul, Mimi, in
1918 and again at Atlantic City in
1920. The condition persisted-The
question REQUIRED. Requests and
Recommendation" were made and
THE COLOR LINE WAS NOT
WIPED OUT BY THE CONVEN-
TION OF THE AMERICAN FEDE-
RATION OF LABOR-if news
agency reports of the most reliable
kind are true.
Should anY--on question the &C.
curacy and authority of the above
made assertions, the writer and
signer of this article respectfully
refers them to the constitution of the
A. f. of L. and to the official proceed
ings, Of the 38th annual convention
of the A. f. of L., sevenh days pro-
ceedings, action on Resolution No.
Is and to the 39th annual proceed
ings Resolution No. 100, the same
resolution being the one written by
the signer of this statement, sub
mitted to the Tacoma Washington
Central Labor Council by Thomas F.
Burns (white) and made a part Of
Mr.. Burns instructions to the 38th
Annual Convention of the A. f. of
H., was introduced at Atlantic City
by Mr.. c. Jordan Chambers, colored
Of St. Louis Mo, at the sessions of
the both Convention A. f. of l..
After reading the argument of the
chairman Of the organization COM
mttee of the A. F. of L., then turn
10 the constitution of the A. F. of L.,
and read section 6 of Article XI.
If the above is not sufficiently en-
lighening to the writer of head lines,
editorials and new dispatches for
Race papers for the supposed in
formation and guidance of the Race
in its industrial efforts against its
greatest foes, the laborers of the OPP
posite race who would use and do
use the power of their unions to
prevent Race men and women from
having the sacred Fright to Work,
then the following bit of history in
connection with the movement lead
ing up to the recommendations of
The Montreal, Canada, Convention
might be of some interest.
At the last November Annual Con-
ventiOn Of the American Federation
Of Labor which was held ut Buffalo,
N. Y, 1917, the news dispatches car
ried an article quoting Mr.. Samuel
Gompers as stating to the Conven-
ton that "the colored laborer was
factor in industry which had to be
given serious consideration"
Immediately the same opinion and
impression went over the country as
was left in the wake of the announce
ment from Montreal. As an officer
of organization of Race laborers
which was seeking some way effect
lively to prevent and combat the an
tagonism of the organized white
laborers and to prevent the use of
Race men as tools by the employers,
thereby arounsing racial antagonism,
! along with Dr. Bousfield, our Sec
rotary, sought information from all
authoritative sources chiefly among
which was the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People thru it's secretary, Mr.. John
Sbillady, white, and himself a former
Trade Unionist. This research work
extends from the Pacific Coast back
to New York, Mr. Sihllady after Civ
ing us the advantage of all his per-
sonal knowledge and experience with
Che trade union movement and of the
autonomous" and '.Jurisdictional"
angles governing the operation of
the constituted machinery of the A.
r. Of L., frankly admitted in closing
the correspondence that such other
action as might be effectively taken
would have to come thru the activity
Of the men directly concerned. Hence
we left the field of theory and re-
turned to che field of practical fact.
We abandoned any possible action
on the part of the N. A. A. C. p. and
employed the practical weapon placed
in our hands in the form of the