The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-03

unions after local union showed
that there was widespread inter-
est amongst the masses for
making the international work
ers' holiday one huge demon
stration of the solidarity of the
oppressed masses. To an Amer
lean accustomed to "Anti-red''
denunciations bearing the Com
per's union label every May first,
and to July fourth spreadeagle
orations on the Labor-Capital
peace day in September, this
attitude of the Mexican work
ers was most refreshing.
Russian Posters on Wall.
AS matter of fact the whole at
mosphere surrounding the deIibera.
tons was in most striking and vel.
come contrast to the staid and sitting
atmosphere so characteristic of the
average American central labor body.
On the walls of the meeting room
there were posters inscribed in Rus
sian, showing how the working and
peasant masses of Soviet Russia re-
PEELED the world capitalist reaction,
and how the Red Army was leading
the working class to victory.
In the chair of the presiding officer
there was seated an almond-eyed Mex.
lean who was an example of the type
reared in the union of Spaniard-In-
| dian and Oriental. Amongst the dele
gates one could see the native Indian.
the Spanish. Mestizo or Creole and
the American or "Gringop types. Here
and there were to be seen women del
egates. The representatives of the
various local unions come to the meet
ing in their working clothes. in their
overalls, in their tattered garments.
The salutations Delegate" so and
so and Brother" so and so were signi-
ficantly absent from the deliberations
of the Central Labor Council here.
The Mexican workers address each
other as ''eompaneros" or comrades.
The communications from the various
local unions to the central body called
La Federation de Sindicatos de
Obreros del Distrito Federal" all
ended with the slogan "Salud Y. Rev
olucion Social" In the English Of
our trade union movement this would
be the shocking closing Of Greetings
and Social Res-1rti--v."
May Day Strike Planned.
There was considerable discussion
over the question Of taking the work
ers in the ice factories off their jobs
on May list. The owners had made
the plea that these workers should
stay at their posts because of the hos
pital needs for ice. The delegates
would brook no such ruse by their
bosses. They were determined to
present an unbroken front in the May
LIST demonstrations. A special COM
mittee was appointed to see to it that
there would be no scabbing in the ice
factories.
Opposition from the ice bosses will
very likely be encountered. One dele
gate reported that his employer had
decided to run the ice factory on
May LIST, that he had proudly boosted
of his having no fear of strike since
he had already gone thru four strikes
and had managed to "fix" them with
bullets. In order to make sure that
the bosses would toe the work, dele
gates from the chauffeurs, -four mill
workers. transportation workers, de-
partment store clerks, and other un-
ions volunteered to organize them
selves into squads to prevent the ice
manufacturers from violating the in
ternational holiday.
Remember Haymarket Victims.
All in all, the May Day celebrations
planned by the Mexico City organized
workers will last four days. Mass
meetings, theatrical performances,
concerts, parades, demonstration to
commemorate the murder of the an
archist workers in Chicago in 1887, an
address by Luis N. Morones, presi-
dent of the Mexican Federation Of
Labor, to be released to the workers
Of the whole country on the radio, are
part of the suspicious program.
Extensive preparations for the cele-
bration of the workers international
holiday are also keeping busy large
sections OF the unorganized masses Of
workers and peasants. The writer had
the good fortune to take in a rehear-
sal OF great mass chorus Of thou.
sands OF men, women and children.
Crowded in the Plato, sumptuous
arena in the court of the "Secratavia
de Educacion, Publica," were thou
sands of workers and farmers dressed
in their overalls and working clothes,
singing under the directions of their
leader who was preparing them for
the inauguration ceremony to make
the grand opening of the National
Stadium on May LIST. The colors
OF the variegated shawls covering the
Indian women blended in charming
effect with the sad strain running
thru the powerful mass tones. In
music and color. in art and literature.
the spirit Of the masses bears the
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