The labor world., 1922-12-16

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? The recon- mendation1 Of the COM
mittee:: is an. endorsement of. the
stand taken by: the American Fed
GRAFTON. of Labor: for more than 20
years and is*a vindication. OF the .po-
'sition of Samuel Gompers on polit-
ical action. 1t is also an endorse
ment of the position takei1: by Mr..
Townley, former president OF the
Farmers National. :Nonpartisan
league, who one year ago upon Ms
release from Jail declared for pos
lltlcal course by farmers and. work.
ers that would give them the sbal-.
ance o. power in government, which
they will have in Washington after
March next. ~ ~
The chairman of the committee to,
back the time-honored and .time-.
proven policy of the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor is Morris Hilduit.
former member of the Socialist par
ty apd, one Of the leading figures in
Socialist politics and literature. Tho
surprise OF the conference is in the
change OF heart of Mr.; Hilquit. =. s.
. Scorc1 '*Worlers' Party
The conference was further marl&
ed by its cQnstruetiye and practical
wisdom when it refused recognition
to the Workers party,g the dele
gates from which sought seats in.
the meeting. Edward. Keating Of
Colorado, editor, Of Labor at WASH
ington, led the fight against seating
delegates from that party. Mr. :Keat-,
Ing ID q former member Of congress:
The Workers party has no
place where honest; trade unionists
are represented. said Mr.. KeatinF.
in hissspeAch to- the conference. He
declared the party un- American ana
antf-!abor ;. ,3:= 80 .zE.s 8. 8 y ::
This conference. stands for the
flag and the constitution - continued
Mr. Heating. "and the reason We are
going to- kick the. delegates from the
Workers party out is becauxe they
neither stand for this country or It's
labor Organizations IS: s = Ess.- =. ~
- UnfriendIy to Unions.
< Its officers are managed by un-
friendl ". Interests" he charged. " '.Its
leaders know: they receive money
from anti-labor employers to, come
into labor's ranks and disrupt labor:
Organizations. They are out to de-
stroy the unions: They are relatives
ly in the ts.me. position as the citi-.
zens' alliance &.5s.s,.
Minnesota was represented at tho
conference by A.. E. Bowen and d.
9. Dorman, representing the Farm
ers Nonpartisan league; n. d. Cra-
mer,~ Minneapolis Trades, and Labor
assembly; G. w. Lawson, Minnesota
State Fed deration of Labor; Thos.
Van Lear. Working Peoples Nom.
partisan league. and w. w. Royster;
railroad 1brotherhoods. ~. Il. .,,:5. IS,
The railroad; brotherhoods took
la leading hand in the big confer
once, following their successful paEz
ticipation in: the. political battles II
a score OF. states this year. The
president *of the conference is WIZ
Jam p. Johnston Of. the, ha,International
Association of Machinists. t. =.
#z. Minnesota Was Divided. gssS:
While the: Minnesota delegation
divided upon the question of estab-
|lishment of a national third party
at this. time, they agreed upon q
harmony plan" which was in part
adopted by the conference. This plan,
according to one Of the delegates,
provides for leaving the entire mat
ter to the progressive forces sof the
various states !. y 2zy ~ Il s.st
\ r. p. Cramer, representing the
Mirn1eapo poAs Trades; and, Labor as.
sembly. was under Instructions in fae
for Of the formation Of a third party,
while A. e. Bowen; and D. C. Dor
man, as representatives OF the Ma
tional Nonpartisan league,s are op-.
posed to third party action at this
time. w. Nv. Royster, while favorinE
q third party, advocated that the
question be left to the several states
to decide. George w. lawson. rep4
resenting the. Minnesota State Fed.
GRAFTON Of Labor, also urged that the
question be; left to the states to de-.
eide. Thomas Van Lear wasunde in-s
structions from the S Working Peo-
Pies league to urge the formation
OF. a., national third party. s$sst,.E .5$:ss 4,.5
Makeup sof. Conference.
The Cleveland conference was the.
result Of move initiated about
year ago by the International As.
of Machfnists and was At
tended by deiegat ates from the Ie.s
railroad organizations, the National
Nonpartisan league, the Working