The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-31

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! committee, land direct Hanley to pay
the debt as soon as the Industrial
Worker publishes retraction Of ar
ticles siding with acts OF Rowan" A
motion to condemn the editor of the
Industrial Worker and demanding his
expulsion was tabled, to be acted on
later.
The Romantics in the convention al
so stood up for Mortimer Downing in
this dispute. Delegate Swanson de.
manded that Hanley be condemned,
for boycotting the Industrial Work.
err"
Oates Motion Has Joker.
Joe Oates did Rowan, Ryan, Trotter.
Bowerman and the Rowan faction a
good turn when he presented motion
for their expulsion with joker in it
that it go to a referendum. vote
Oates motion was finally passed, after
many of those who voted for expul-
sion had opposed putting the matter
to referendum. Most of the dele
gates who favored the outright expul
sion by the convention, voted for ex-
pulsion thru a referendum only in
the interests OF unity.
Oates thus scored a victory, saving
Rowan and his tribe from outright
expulsion. Delegate Anderson was
one of the few who wanted the mat
ter to go to referendum vote, but
the motion expelling Rowan and his
followers was carried % to 3 and
Oates little scheme worked.
Starts BraveIy of for Europe.
Over the question of sending creden-
tials to an l. w. w. administration to-
Czecho-Slovakia, in answer to an ap-
peal sent from that country for aid
in organizing an /. w. w. group there,
arose discussion involving the en-
tire problem Of international connec-
tons and political affiliations.
In spite of the fact that the discus
sion ended in the adoption Of a reso-
luton empowering the general execu-
tive board to call conference of for
eign l. W. w. administrations to dis
cuss the problem Of organizing in for
eign countries, the debate brought out
the fact that great deal of disagree
ment exists as to the scope of the |.
w. w.
That the organization, altho calling
itself Industrial Workers OF the World,
is designed particularly to fit condi-
lions in America, and that the estab-
lishment of foreign administrations
would result in dangerous entangle-
ments," was the view taken by
Charles Gray, delegate from I. U. No.
10.
That the capitalist class, in the
course of its fight on the I. w. W.,
will deport enough of the active mem
bers to carry on propaganda in other
countries was the somewhat novel
stand taken by Joe Jordan, l. U. no.
The view of most of the delegates
who voted in favor of the international
conference was that too many for
eign countries, the debate brought out
calling themselves |. w. w., which are
in fact, not afiiliated with the l. w. w.
organization here. The chief purpose
of the conference, according to these
delegates. would be to clear out i'm
posters.
unwlttinaIy Support Anarchists.
II such conference is held 1t is free
ly predicted that the l. w. w. will fino
that 1t has unwittingly been shelter
ing choice brood of plain anarchists,
who reject all Capitalization such as
is inherent in industrial unionism and
who are mere camp followers Of the
labor movements in their own coun-
tries.
Such has been the experience of the
Marine Transport Workers attempt to
organize the /. w. w. in Germany with
scoundrel named Rieger at Ham
burg. Also, It recalled how the l. w.
w. published the book attacking the
Soviets. written by A. Souchy OF the
anarcho-syndicalist international. This
book put the l. w. w. in the light OF
endorsing the White Guard bandit
Maxine, now sheltered by Catholic
Poland.