New-York tribune., 1920-05-13

tion prevents me bringing my American
comrades fraternal greetings from the
french party. We all welcome the
nomination of Debs, hero and martyr
OF the American proletariat. We ex
pect magnificent vote in Presidential
battle"
Lefts Still Show Fight
Routed the day before. when the con-
vention rejected the doctrines of So
vletism and the dictatorship of the
proletariat. the Let's in the convention
returned to the fight yesterday and at.
tempted to obstruct the adoption of the
declaration of principles proposed bv
the committee headed by Morris Hill
quit. )
They were repulsed again, and failed
10 prevail upon the convention to in
sert any declarations which would in
any way commit the Socialist partv 70
the theories and policies of the Bolshe
vi& government of Russia. The CON
Ventlon adopted the Hillquit instru-
ment. with few slight notifications.
"A point on which the Lefts made a
particular fight was that pertaining to
the attitude of the Socialist party tow
ard the American Federation of Labor
and the principle of lone big union"
The convention, while going on record
as favorlng the latter idea, declined to
pass a resolution condemning the fed
eratlon or lndorsing any particular
labor organization. Delegate after
delegate arose on the floor and de-
nounced the proposal to commit the
Socialist party to the l. W. w. or any
other particular organization.
Frederick Biedenkamp. of the Metal
Workers Union, not affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor, attend
ing the convention as a fraternal dele
gate. assailed both the Socialist party
and the American Federation of Labor
Tor their conservative policies" He
called upon the convention to take an
out-andout stand against the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor
TO hell with the American Fedora
ton of Labor and up with industrial
unionIsm!" he cried. lie was howled
off the platform
August Claessens. one of the Social
lists expelled from the Assembly at AL
bany rose and, addressing the chair
man. Cameron King, of California,
asked to be informed whether Bieden-
kamp was "a fraternal delegate or a
delegate"
Backs Cause Of Labor
in adopting the Hillquit declaration
tie convention went on record as sup.
porting organized labor. wherever it
may be struggling for the interests
OF labor, recommending closer organic
unity in all labor organizations and /
urging its members to join the bona
fde labor movement arN bore from
within for the policies OF the Social
.st party. NO direct political inter
ference in labor unions was the sub
stance Of the labor clause in the Hill
quit instrument.
Public administration of the coun-
try's wealth for the equal benefit Of
all' is the cardinal principle of the
declaration adopted by the convention
1t emphasized the defeat of the radical
element headed by the Illinois delega-
ton and some delegates from Queens
and Kings, who demanded an open
pronouncement for the dictatorship
Of the proletariat" and "limtaton Of
citizenship TO workers.
The primary principle adopted
reads.
The Socialist party of the United
States demands that the country and
its wealth be redeemed from the con-
trcl OF private interests and turned
over to the people, to e administered
for the equal benefit of all"
Discussion of the respective clauses
of the Hillquit document consumed the
greater part of the day. One Of the
clauses stricken from the HillQuit
declaration was that which some dele
gates declared might be considered as
a reflection on the Church. Delegates