Arizona republican., 1921-06-25
RUSSIAN SOVIET
 CONDEMNED As |ENEMY TOuBOR
Report Adopted By Ma
 tional Federation Amid
 Scenes Of Confusion- Again Refuse To Affil- Hate With International
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 Hate With International
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 DENVER. Colo. June 1<-Ths Rr- ton of the executive council in re- pudiatlng and serevinE relations with the international Federation Of Trades Untone uas sustained tonight by an overwhelming vote o< the an nual convention Of the American Federation of Labor
 Propoaals made by the rnfcrna- t.on.l Association of Nschinisfs .ni the Fircnen and o1l<ra union that the executive council and President Gompera b< immedlately instructed 10 reafultafa tho American labor movement with fh< European orxnri- sat.ons were alnost unaninou-iy der Amid canfurien and turnon the convention adopfed c report con- demning the Rnaeian soviet govern with -destroyine the s~if- rorrr-- ment Of the Rnasian people and inn posinx . xicIoco tyranny.
 | Opponents of the commirte<'< .r- ton attempted Co prevent the matter from going 70 . vote and hurled cries Of machine rr,e~ at President gomper. when they fsiied- D s.
 
 ssrion of gag rule when fhrc@s~r<f with pr~ferment Of chnrxex sr4In<t him by the chsirman-
 Cemmunists in Minorify
 The committee's report said there were 6e<eoo communisfs in Russia and that only II per cent of them
 We pIedEe our frsendship to the people of Ru<sis-- the report s.Id. and thia attitude x.u not te chanE~d 10 tho confrnry except Go those who are des<royIn< the s>lf- Eorernn<nt of the Euus,an p<c~'c and imposing c vlcicus tyranny , hope that the sIfuatIon fin Eun<Is will chanEe % that Freedom. d<urc- . ney and humanikAr1an prlnclpl<s VIII prevail
 Opposition to she r<port wzs en- . pressed by d<Ient~s ee the I.d.r.' toniui declared that the convention q ! attitude toward Rusaln ahould b> thn anne as that oxprc1s<d toward lrf- ! land HenJAmin Sch1>sink~r. pre<I- dent of the Garment Worxer.- who recently visited Enssia- <.sd that sz fta repulf of his visit be would un' e 1oin the bolahexis< movement noz ( the communist movement but h. q vac fuzpreas<d that L<nine wn' e earnestly striving for a soiution s. ,< the t<ua1IAu problem
 . Voc Down Arnendnent '- can Federation Of Labor fo1a, 2 voted down consffrnffor.. fl amendment designed fo give won ,- en equal rights and prlxllexe .- of membership An the union o< fhsI q trade or industry. An zfunar.. I> unions. however. were urxcd not sl '- discrintn.te .s.insf the woman ~.s 10 e@rnsr and admit her 10 n<ncer>his r Efforts to wtpr out tho ~cpIor line n n organized labor orkArsxzfion< als n failed The crKanixHfion took th lo stahd that national and internarlora 'h unions could not bc compelled to rec lo okrixe rcxro workers and that fkI
 va. a matter 10 be adjusted by con l. ference between the negro wage earn
 CTS and the various orEkniz1 tlon-
 Both questions wsre the ~ubfc<r
 Of lonK and stormy debates m wnlr M discrimination by certain unIn<'
 axzin<t the negro and women Nax q csrners was bitterly denounced " The committe<'x report re5~cfln
 the constltutional Amendment ro <Is women industrial equality de<ente ssn the f~d<rAtfon's stand on women | - Industry and cited efforts ro rrf bei s. ter wages and working conditions e them ft declared that only a ~fr' r unions were discriminating again, he women and for that reason dlxar
 proved the amendment and urge .rr that those internatlonaI and nafinn. <l- organizations which do not adrr IT. women to membership give early cor od siderztion for such adml~<ion- d. Fs~or -Eassi Rishts- he Equal rights for women in :nfu' n- try was voiced by delegates from a Of cigar makcrx and the laundry worl -r- CTS union. who declared --If a worr1 r.' does . mans work xhe should recei' f- a mans pay. All declared that u nE xanix-d labor should protect tl v" woman wage camera
 w. ID. Mahon. president os f'
 A nziEamated Association of Strr aud Electric Railway EmpioFe. ~ Afuerlcs- declared that his orxarir Icr tio1 would not allow the fedora sll to 10 <ictate 10 it In the matter of wet rr~ ans labor. He said he was in flaw er- os protection for women workers. r
 he did not believe the back platfnr
 of a street car vas the place for
 woman
 The defeated constitutional amen
 ment would have provided for the |tS suance Of a separate charter hy q
 federation to a wor&n's local withn ss.t the consent of the union having tur. cu- diction over the particular trade. sh. The negro question aroEe or ( r. report of the committee on lAE .e,. which disapprovcd s resolution cn ,o ing for the suspension of unions tt fdiscriminated against negro works s- The committee. however. was uph| "a by overwhelming vote
 -, Replying to question from [
 floor as to whether it vas posst
 10 force any affiliated union to VI. - out the color line President Snl uei Gomperr said.
 ., Gompe~s View
 The American Federation of T. bor has previously declared that lf .... the duty of all workers. to organ. regardless Of sex. nationality. ra political belief or color.
 The federation. however. cani forre this vieW upon individual or ~ fIiiated unions without their corsef % %onn Jordan w. Chambers. a negro de p.o gate of the Railway Coach Clean ,l of St Louis declared that confercn ~ between members of his race and
 unions had been ordered At prcxil IA conventions but never had been h' - and urged drastic action Co com hr.. recognition of the negro wcrkers an. The convention was urged to n.n- the tissue of womens rights ,.so- rlrhts of the negro fogefhr- and fi