The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-19
OIGnder DOdges Khan Issue

Victor A. Olander, secretary of the Illinois Fed
GRAFTON Of Labor, accused by two delegates to
the Peoria convention, in a statement to The
DAILY WORKER, with having, in conjunction
with Frank Harrington, president of the Illinois
Miners Union, attempted to induce the two dele
gates, Eli Lucas and Robert Speedie of Dowell,
to withdraw the resolution they had introduced
denouncing the Ku Klux Khan by name
The DAILY WORKER reporter learned that
Harrington received letter signed with the mi
tails of the Khan, warning him that unless this
resolution was withdrawn he would lose thousands
of votes in his candidacy for president of the
Miners Union. Fearing loss of Khan votes, Far
rington prevailed Olander to assist him in try
ing to induce the Dowell delegates to withdraw
the resolution They fatty refused to accede to
the request
The publicity given to the story aroused much
anger among those exposed in this shady proceed
ing, but no denial made during the Peoria
convention of the truth of the story as published
in The DAILY WORKER.
In order to give Mr.. Olander an opportunity to
confirm or deny the truth of the matter, a DAILY
WORKER reporter called on him at his Office
After considerable beating around the BUSH Mr.
Olander finally decided to issue a statement that
had no more to do with the question of the Khan
resolution than it had with the fourth dimension
have the Khan resolution withdrawn. The state
ment follows:
have been requested by reporter from the
DAILY WORKER to express my views with refer
to certain reportorial opinions, published
the guise of in the Chicago Tribune and the
DAILY WORKER, regarding the actions of the
convention of the Illinois State Federation Of Labor
the views expressed by the delegates and the opinions
of the officers Of the convention. In reply have
stated that shall gladly give to either newspaper
vuhaf the Mir
did, but that will assist either Of these pubca-
tions any other publication antagonstic to the
trade union movement by discussing with them the
unfair and untruthful articles relating the officers
of the federation, the delegates and the convention
itself which have appeared in both papers.
1t is my duty officer of the Illinois State
Federation Of Labor to uphold the policies determined
by the federation thru its conventions the organza
ton itself and its affiliated unions against those
who, for purposes Of their seek to dis
sention among the organized working people. That
is all to say the matter either the Chi
ca9o Tribune the DAILY WoRkER.-Vletor A.
olander, Secretary.
The Olander strategy, to link The DAILY WORK
Err with the Chicago Tribune is as clumsy as it is
crooked LII is on par with his puny effort to
connect the name of William u. Foster with "Hell
an Maria" Dawes The labor fakers fast losing
the confidence of the class conscious workers be-
Of their open alliance with the capitalists
their secret and clandestne love for such strike
breaking organizations as the Ku Klux Khan and
their frank endorsement of the Fascist American
Legion, obliged to dissembe and in lieu of a
genuine defense resort to the timeworn trick of the
shady lawyer, that is when in difficulty abuse the
opposing counsel.
There are none so blind as cannot see thru the
smoke raised by the ossifed labor lieutenant
of capitalism, Victor A. Olander
1t should also be noted that he did not deny
his trucking to the Klan when given the oppor-
tunity.
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