The Connecticut labor news., 1923-06-22
Canadian Unions Dis cover Gigantic Plot to Control Instead of "Unite" All American Labor.


 Labor.
 That there Is room for doubt as te the sincerity of many who are insti gating the substitution of industria unions for the present form of craft unions IS amply demonstrated by the following letter sent out by the indus trial dictator of the Workers Party Canadian agent of the Third (Com- munlst) International of Moscow-tc its cells, boring from within" in the Canadian unions, says the Canadian 1, Congress Journal, official organ of the Canadian Trades and Labor Congress Ill its current issue:
 lin accord with the decisions of the enlarged executive in special meeting after convention, 1 have prepared a general amalgamation resolution to be submitted at every Trades Council where we have members.
 Il must urge all comrades to ap- proach this proposition in a spirit ot real cooperation. Should the indus trial organizer himself not be a dele gate to the Trades Council, all possi- Dle preparation should be made, and the actual carrying out of the task be lett to such comrades as are. On the other hand, whether or not 1t Is the industrial organizer who intro duces 1t, on no account must 1t be thrown III the ring so to speak as a challenge; let the whole thing be ar ranged with all possible care, so that the resolution comes as an expression of the feelings of the delegates.
 The resolution should be copied out afresh and if possible submitted by local, or several locals. Get 1t adopted in the local lodge, for sub mission to the council, and rather than have 1t mailed to the council in every case, care must be taken as follows:
 "Where we have representation or sympathizers on the Trades Council executive, and there IS good pros poets that the executive will move concurrence, by all means mail 1t to the secretary i'll the usual way. Where, however, the probabilities are that the Trades Council executive will amend 1t very much or recommend non-con- currence, the lodge should instruct delegates to the council to bring 1t up on the floor.
 While 1t is advisable to retain all salient features so as to demonstrate the fact that 1t is an organized effort, 1t Is, of course, quite all right for members in every city or locality to adapt 1t to their own conditions. One thing must be borne in mind; what ever the form of the resolution final ly adopted, by all means see that it contains the clauses-Amalga gamation of the various trade unions so that there will remain only one union for each industry, and the clause in the mandatory part-consolidating, etc, in to powerful departmentalized indus trial organizations.
 Difficult though the task of getting this through may be in many places, and slender though the result may ap- pear; it must be realized that this, constituting as it does the first gun in our Dominion-wide campaign, MUST be successful. If 1t is, 1t means the beginning of an amalgana ton agitation that will put the Trades Congress itself on record in favor of it. And this is one of the most inn portant duties. Immediately upon the adoption of this by any council a motion must be submitted instruct ing the secretary to forward a copy to the Trades Congress with a letter explaining our action.
 Il would suggest that Nova Scotia and Alberta act on this at once"
 The resolution, referred to in the above letter, which 1t Is suggested should be adopted, either in it's orig inal form or camoufage to meet the conditions in any given locality is as follows:
 Whereas, Employers throughout the country have solidly united, be- ing bound together by a solidarity of interest and organization which have no room for divided action or deser- tions and moreover, they are sup ported by the government, the courts and the press in any smashing or wage-reducing campaign in which they may engage; and,
 "Whereas, The unions because they are divided against themselves along trade lines and are thus unable to make united resistance against the employers constantly suffer defeat after defeat, with heavy losses in membershi pand serious lowering of the workers, standards of living, and working conditions, giving rise to tendency economically unsound but immediately attractive, namely, seces-