The labor world., 1922-07-15
FOSTER 'BORES FROm.WITHIN and
WOULD MAKE FOR One BIC UNION
Tails Duluth Workers How tn rough Proper Education Trade
Union System May Be Changed to Industrial.

An industrial organization il like
that OF chain. Its strength is in its
weakest link. The trade rniop organ
ization is like that of a ca. le, which
lasts until TIE last strand gives way.
All composite parts of an industrial
organization may win together, but
by. the same token they lose or break
together and all are lost. '.he weak
ening or destroying of one trade
union organization leaves the others
to battle on for the cause: That's the
difference. 1t is as important to have
an organization f. defeat as for vic
tory.
The trade union mo cement has
gone through the fire of experience.
It has learned it's lesson. 1t has sur
vived where the industrial form Of
organizations since and before it
have perished. 1t is the fruit of in
dustrial history, and no amount of
sophistry, criticism or fake slogans
will make us close our eyes to the
past and tie up with the romantic,
temperamental and impractical ele-
ment of people who hive time and
again proven that they do not even
understand human nature much less
the principles Of orgc nized labor and
working class solidarity.
Foster Admits 1t.
Foster freely admits this fact. In
his paper, The Labor Herald of May,
he says: Radicals are fond of tell
ing the world how to organize; for
years we have criticized the ineffi-
cheney of the capitalistic society. We
have yet to really demonstrate our
own ability, and here is one of our
good opportunities to show what we
can do in this line
On the above the Journal of Elec-
trical Workers and Operators COM
ments: ''Strive as they may to Gre
ate the impression that they are now
opposed to secession, resolute until
they are blue in the face, shout as
loud as they wish about the weak
ness of the labor movement, scream
about amalgamation and industrial
unionism, and continue to manufac-
ture and shrek all the lies they wish
about international officers, who
cannot be present every time one OF
their vilifiers has mental hem
orrhage, the obvious fact remains,
whether or not they are sincere, that
all such activity has always led to
division and then to secession, then
loss, woe. and misery for their de-
luded followers.
All Plead Solidarity.
emo new movement that later led
to. secession ever started out by ad-
mitting that it would divide the
workers. Without exception. each in
its turn insisted that it. acted in the
name Of solidarity, and each offered
much in promise, but invariably de-
livered nothing but disaster.
This is exactly what has occurred
in France in recent months by fol-
lowing the identical program Of the
Trade Union Educational League.
The fact is admitted even by it's own
publication, The Labor Herald.
ION page 6 of the March issue it
states that the league is identical
with the movements through which
the militants in other countries have
transform ed their trade unions into
real fighting organizations
And on rages % and 20 Of the
same issue we read: Sad disruption
has come into the ranks of French
labor. A definite split has occurred
between the right and left wings of
the trade union movement. This is
the result of bitter struggle be-
tween the two. The situation got so
bad that the organized revolution
cries, to save themselves from an
inhalation and the movement with
them. called special national con-
vention to decide upon their next
move for unity and a militant move
ment. AS things now stand there are
practically two distinct labor move
ments in France. 1t is factional war
to the knife"
What. could be palmer?
Never Fails to Divide.
1T matters not which faction is
right or which has the most brains.
The point and the crime is that it
never fails to tear the workers or
CARNATIONS into shredS, and leave
nothing but shattered hopes, excuses,
alibis and despair.
What the league dmits has Just
happened in France by following the
same methods that it proposes, what
all labor history shows has happened
following such methods. will again
happen in America and in Canada if
the activities of the Lev movement
are continued unchecked. The lead
ers could not stor it from happen
ing. even if trey wished, after a, GER
tain point has been reached. a fact
they KNOW but greed and desire for
power overcomes consci ace, if they
have any.
1T has already created wide divi-
sion in many local unions; history
Is only repeating itself where one
group of men set themselves UP in
a separate camp wit the announced
purpose Of capturing the opposing
camp. Such are only the natural and
logical results Such are the things
most helpful to- employers. No one
knows it better than Foster end his
like. :. -"
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