The Connecticut labor news., 1923-12-01
SWEDISH UNIONS REFUSE FRED" BID; ORGANIZED LABOR OF EACH NATION
 MUST WORK OUT OWN DESTINY

obtain fair hearng for their deas and proposals. The policy and tactics of the organizations have always been de termined by means of a majority vote of the members The Swedish trade union movement, therefore, is the out come of the efforts of the Swedish workers themselves; 1t IS reflex of the civilization of the Swedish people, of their economic life and of their manners and customs. For that reason we must preserve the unity of our movement and resist every attempt to bring it under the influence of doctrinnaire ideas imported from abroad.
 ''In our opinion the trade union move ment of each country must be allowed to develop Ill its own way. Conditions vary i'll the different countries and con sequently 1t IS necessary that the work CTS organizations adapt their methods to the peculiar conditions and experiences of each country.
 "In order to make cooperation pos sible, however, the workers of the other countries must understand and appreci- ate this fact Either because 1t does not know very much about the trade union movement or about the strong de- sire of the Western European workers for freedom and independence, or because 1t does not recognize the right of the workers of the other countries to de- velop their movement in their own way theThird International imagines that if can succeed in persuading trade union movements with long years of experi- ence to adopt the methods of Moscow and place themselves under the dictator only political aims in view.
 tS1MA a~A 46a4 la Tf,ird Tr- etrnational will not have much success with its unfair methods. We regard as unfair the attempts to undermine the unity of the trade unions by means of the tcel-building' stunts, and to destroy the solidarity and confidence of the workers by means of base and lying propaganda. For us 1t is fundamental principle that popular movement can only be built up by open an honorable methods controlled by all the members, for confidence can only exist where all share in the responsibility and have an opportunity to find out the truth for themselves.
 We venture to hope that you too will understand and appreciate these fundamental principles of ours, and that you will see to it that the Third Inter national, and the trade unions associated with it, vii give up the policy they have hitherto, pursued, as this policy cannot De accepted by the trade unions of Wes- tern Europe. In that way you would be helping towards rapprochment with the Amsterdam International, which is a necessary condition for cooperation be- tween you and us, a cooperation which we for our part would like to see estab lished provided it is established on the principles set forth above"
 In general and as a whole the Swed- ish pronouncement is an effective answer to the Bolshevik effort at encroacfnent and is. sound defense of democratic trade unionism against the autocratic domination attempted by the soviet ruled organization at Moscow.
 It is general opinion here that the Swedish answer is the most effective re tort to Moscow that has been delivered by labor anywhere in Europe