The Connecticut labor news., 1923-07-13

| 1 Workers of the World"; we have in
 comparatively recent times been
 obliged to openly oppose and strike
 down the propaganda of the Red | Trade Union International of Mos
 COW" which openly reared it's serpent
 head in the ranks of the organization
 in the maritime provinces of Canada. l All of these organizations, drawing
 to themselves the worst clements in
 industrial America, were dual organ
 izations to the United Mine Work
 CTS, having for their purpose; first,
 the control, and later the destruction
 of our trade union organization, com
 mitted as 1t is to the principles of
 collective bargaining and the perpetu- | ity of established governmental insti- | tutions.
 | With the lapse of time evidence has
 appeared to definitely indicate vis-
 ible bond of affinity between these
 several aggregations of malcontents. | Various individuals active in. one of these so-called organizations and
 driven by the extremity of circum-
 stances to other fields have appeared
 as the proponents of others of the
 above named dual movements A
 common inspiration and a common objective unite them, and 1t has at l Val iOuo ISquII great QlHS6nC6
 to combat their intrigue and render
 futile their machinations. Tn every
 instance, however, the United Mine | Workers has emerged from the con-
 flict with their philosophy with an en-
 hanced prestige and greater loyalty
 among its members, which wildly de-
 plcts the triumph of truth over so-
 phistry and the worth of true indus
 trial service as against the false vap-
 brings of industrial zealots
 The material accomplishments of
 the United Mine Workers. committed
 as it IS to recognized trade union
 principles, commend 1t as an organ
 ization to tke minds of thoughtful
 men, and its marvellous growth and
 expansion in influence is tribute to
 it's founders and it's members who
 have governed and regulated its af- fairs.
 In virtue of these facts, 1t is, there
 fore, entirely proper that the United Mine Workers should give attention
 to the latest of the adversaries which has issued challenge to its integ-
 rity. This band of self-styled indus
 trial crusaders have classified them
 selves under the high sounding title
 of the Progressive International l Committee of the United Mine Work
 CTS of America" These men, with
 out warrant for their acts, have un-
 dertaken from time to time to meet in
 secret conclave and there, amid the
 enthusiasm which always prevails in the adoption of resolutions, have highly resolved to assume control of the United Mine Workers and thence | forth direct its affairs along lines. tconceived by their deranged mental l faculties.
 Crowding for position in the front ranks of these doughty warriors ap- pear many faces known of yore as enemies of the American Federation of Labor and its allied international unions.
 At a recent conference held in Pittsburgh, Pa, assembled under call from this aggregation, appeared Will liam Z. Foster, the moving spirit and counselor of the Trades Union Edu- cational League" known and recog- nized as an adjunct of the Commun- ist Party in America. From the pro- life mind and the facile pen of Eos ter came the various resolutions an tagonistic to the United Mine Work CTS and the American labor. move ment which were adopted at the Pittsburgh meeting of these irrecon- cilables. Cheek by jowl with Foster appeared one Howat, an expelled member of the United Mine Work CTS ,and responsible for a trail of misery and confusion, following in the wake of his unhappy career. Associ- ated with this group was also one Merrlck, for some time an inmate of Ia penitentiary in the state of Penn sylvania. Lister among the faithful , IS the name of Caleb Harrison, for ma af T, dustrial Workers of the World; J. A. Hamilton, a renegade school teacher without trade union affiliations; Jos. Manley, son-in-law of Foster, and many others of their ilk These in dividuals, with ample funds coming through Communist channels from foreign shores, are undertaking a campaign of villiheation and nisr ep- resentation of reputable leaders of the and the established tribunals of the union for the pur- pose of undermining the confidence of its members and setting up their own within it's ranks.
 In consideration of these facts, the executive board feels in warning the members of the United Mine Workers and other trade unions in the organized labor against giving aid or com fort in any form to the promoters of this dual union. The constitution of the United Mine Workers definitely classifies such organizations as the Progressive International Committee as being dual in purpose, and mem oership in dual organizations is ex- oressly prohibited.
 The international executive board trough the adoption and issuance of his authoritative document definitely places the so-called Progressive In- ernational Committee as being with n the scope of the constitutional pro-