The Connecticut labor news., 1921-12-23
PLAN WORLD STRIKE IN CASE OF NEW WAR
International Federation of Trad. Unions, Representing a4,ooo,ooo
 Workers.

Plans for calling a general interna-
 tional strike in event of a threatened
 war have been made by the Interna-
 tional Federation of Trades Unions, according to statement received here this week from the Amsterdam headquarters of the organization, which represents 24,ooo,ooo trade unionists in Europe.
 A provisional international commit tee has been authorized, 1t was stated to take all steps necessary to com bat militarism and counteract the danger of a new war" This commit tee IS empowered to proclaim and carry out the general strike inmedi- ately upon threat of war.
 The federation has also called upon
 the workers of all countries to start action Simultaneously against the
 ever-1rcreaslng attempts to Worsen
 the conditions of the workers in con-
 nection with the prevailing economic depression"
 The program laid out will not apply as whole to the American Fedora ton of Labor, as the American move ment has withdrawn its afiliation with the Amsterdam organization The International Association of Ma chinists and the United Mine Work CTS of America, however, are allied with the European federation because of their affiliation with international federations, which hold membership in the Amsterdam body.
 The conference at which the anti war program was adopted, according to the announcement, was held in Amsterdam and was attended by del egates of the International Trade Secretariats of Transport Workers, Miners and Metal Workers. 'Presi- dent John H. Thomas, the English labor leader, was reported unavoid- ably absent.
 The statement explained that the measures taken by the conference for combating new wars are preliminary to more definite steps to be taken by the next congress of the federation, to be held in Rome next April. The provisional committee now in charge will report at that time It consists of members of the Bureau of the In ternational Federation and three trade ecretariats-Robert Williams for the International Transport Workers Federation, Frank Hodges for the In- ternational Miners Federation, and C. 1llg for the International Metal Workers Federation
 The conference appeals especially to the millions of wives and mothers, whose husbands and sons will have to give their lives in event of new world war, to organize and stand shoulder to shoulder with the work CTS organized in the International Federation of Trade Unions in order to combat 1nilitarism and render a new world war impossible" says the resolution calling for a worldwide strike.
 The International Federation of Trades Unions, it is pointed out by local labor leaders, has in it's afilia- tion the trade union organizations of Great Britain, Germany, France, Hol- land, Switzerland, Denmark, Italy and many other European countries. It has been at odds for some time with the American Federation because of the formers alleged Revolutionary activities" and anti-war propaganda during the recent world conflict
 President Samuel Gompers of the American Federation last spring served notice on the international that the American labor movement would not re-affiliate unless the internation- aps alleged revolutionary program was modified and the autonomy of the American Federation was guar anteed