The New York herald., 1921-12-27
+, RADICAL UNIONS AIM
Of WORKERS PARTY
Manifesto Shows 1t Had In
ception in Russian So
Wet Influences.
RED CONTROL SOUGHT
Members Will Bore From
Within Present Labor
Organizations.
Cut and Dried Program Put
Through Over Protest of
Extremists.

fuence. the national convention of the
Labor Temple, 243 East Eighty-fourt
street. drew to a close late yesterday
after having adopted with consider
able dissent and much vindictive ar
Sument manifesto and program ad-
lnitted to have been drafted, at-least
in part, by the Red Trade Union In
tsrnationale in Moscow.
The program calls, in effect, for the
rehabilitation OF the existing labor
unions in the American Federation of
Labor through the process known as
boring from within and used for many
wears and somewhat Intellectually by
the /. w. w. The practice OF estab-
fishing dual unions is abolished forth
with and while the program is a mild
document, considering it's source. it
does provide that the Workers party
will base it's policy on the interna-
tional character Of the class struggle
and will abolish capitalism and the
capitalistic form of government by
setting up workers republic.
Extrcmists Not Satisfied.
Although charged with cowardice. ex-
ploitation, lying and some other things,
the steering committee. and hence the
convention. refused to use the words
"Toviet form Of government" though
admitting it was aiming at exactly that
object. In consequence. and because the
program is not radical enough, is "op-
rortunistic" and reformist, the new
party loss the support Of the Proleta-
ran PARTY OF Detroit and Chicago the
three delegates from which declined
membership after having made stiff
fight against the adoption of the pro-
gram and suffered the fate that has
been accorded every other dissenter
since the convention began.
The Sacco-Vanzetti case came in for
Lrofncial attention early in the after
room session. Fred G.. Biedencap, after
discussing the evidence In that trial. de-
clareu:
II DO know from personal in
vestlgotion and observation that Sacco
and V~nzetti had nothing to do with
that crime. They were framed from
the word CO."
This brought long applause from the
convention, which then turned its at
'ention to the election of the central
executive committee which is to con-
troll the party's destinies absolutely for
q year at least. The nominating of the
members was made in the approved
style. Delegates were handed slips with
names on them. Each recipient gravely
nominated the man whose name he read
on the slip. and when fourteen names
had been read the committee, as select
cd By the steering committee, was nomi-
mated.
Denounced M Trimmers.
The committee proved to be substan-
fislly the same that has been running
The aff-ir since the start. OF it, a little
later. one Of the speakers for the Pro-
,r'nrian party said:
The executive committee you have
elected can't carry sLt the simplest sort
O. manifesto. The majority OF II are
the same trimming, compromising politi-
cirns who were In evidence two years
ago"
Following Is the list of conmitteemen
.'.'s referred to-
Nexander Trachtenberg. Ludwig Lore
:: mes T. Cannon. J. Louis EngdahI, j.
u. Sslutzky. Henry Askeli. Mrs. Marga-
rot Prevey. Elmer T. Allison, A. Bittle-
man. A. Wilenkin. Arne Swabeck. Caleb
Harrison. Robert Minor. Jay Lovestone.
Meyer Loonin. A. ]. Anderson and Will
i0m Wenstone. The names of seven AL
tirnates named are Charles Baker. Earl
Brouder. William F.. Kruse, Jack Carney.
i4arold Ware, Edgar Owens and Thomas
O'Flahcrty.
The election OF the committee passed
off quietly. But when the very long pro-
cram had been read and on top of that
very long resolution which contained
the details OF the method to be pursued
~ turning the labor unions red, the trou-
rle commenced. Il. ". Bait of Chfca 60
stated flatly that with reference to the
program Offered for the rubber stamp
Of the convention. the Proletarian Party
which he represented was determined
10 get on the record. Thereafter he had
three speeches to achieve this purpose
Demands . Real Red Party.
Bait said he had hoped for "a reyolu-
tionary party to function in n revoiu-
tonary Manner" This program. how
ever. might be adopted by the Socialist
Iarty." What is wanted 'is Commu-
rist party (cheers) to declare its alle-
glance to the Third Internationale of
Moscow and establish an Industrial gov
ernment In the form of the Soviet" He
also paid his respects to the executive
committee. saying:
1T doesn't show by It's record that II
knows anything about revolutionary ac-
tion at all. or has any understanding. II
YOU adopt this program you won't have
mass party. you'll have a mess
party"
For talking thus plainly Bait was
essaied and the Proletarian Party de-
rided. He responded 10 the effect that
the new party by It's own program was
opportunistic and asserted he had
learned the utter hopelessness of those
who were managing the affairs of the
convention.
"They haven't learned ANYTHING in
the last two years. The fact of the
matter Is they have received certain
instructions and they are trying to
carry them out"
AS to the prospect OF getting labor
into the revolutionary movement by the
tactics proposed, Bait said:
Its beautiful dream, but it's q
silly idea.
IF my experience shows anything. -
he concluded In this particular speech,
1T Is that this party will deteriorate
and degenerate. just as the Socialist
Party has degencrated. In the presen-
tation Of this program they have sown
4 the very seeds OF compromise"
Henry NJ. WicSs, also Proictaran.
helped out Bait by calling attention 10
tho fact that about the same DONNA nj
cioup in the Communist circles had put