The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-28
By william :. puNNE.

in all avenues in which 1t finds ex-
preston is one OF the, most remark
able events Of the present epoch.
AS Communists we are especially
interested in its activities in the ranks
Of working class organizations and the
effect 1t has on the working class or
ganized and unorganized.
1t is commonplace to state that
the Gompers' officialdom Of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor is an append
age of American imperialistic enter
prise, but even commonplaces become
Of unusual interest when new events
of major Importance to the working
class appear.
OF such character is the policy
adopted previously by the A. F. Of l..
oficialdom but openly announced to
the world at the FL Paso convention
in the presence Of Mexican, British
and German delegates.
Monroe Doctrine Of Labor"
Matthew Vol, the heir apparent to
the Gompers' throne, characterized
this policy as the Monroe Doctrine of
the American labor movement" No
where in the world are the catch
words of the capitalist class used to
the extent that they are by labor Off
cialdom in America, but this is some
thing more than mere parroting of
capitalist slogans.
Following the reading OF a resolu-
ton aimed at the Communists and the
left wing critics Of Gompers which
was adopted as a pledge Of good faith
by the Mexican labor bureaucracy and
which contained the following clause,
Resolved, that the Mexican Fedora
ton Of Labor will oppose all attacks
which the enemies Of the American
Federation of Labor will attempt to
undertake against it in any part what
soever of the Mexican republic" Vol
delivered himself as follows:
"Mr. chairman, | move that the
president Of this federation convey
to the Mexican Federation Of Labor
our appreciation for this declaration
OF loyalty to the ideals Of democracy
and pledge Of support and eo-opera-
ton with the American Federation
Of Labor in the promoting Of the
ideals Of trade unionism, which, af-
ter all, is the beginning Of the Mon
roe doctrine Of American labor to
apply to the western hemisphere"
New Coalition Starts Work
No sooner was this cementing of the
bond of Latin-American and Yankee
labor imperialists concluded than the
new coalition of betrayal showed its
hand.
Treyino, secretary of the Mexican
federation, who recently went to Eng
and, and offered to Macdonald afilia-
ion Of the Mexican labor movement
to the Amsterdam International in re
turn for recognition OF the Mexican
government by Great Britain, took the
floor and accused the British labor
party government of allowing British
capitalists to ship arms to de la
Huerta. He further stated that con
signments Of arms and munitions
were on the way from England for
General Flores, who is heading anoth-
er armed insurrection against the
present Mexican government, and ap-
pealed to the British fraternal dele
gates present to show real solidarity
and prevent the shipment of these
arms"
No Communist will criticise Ire
vino for his expressed desire to pre-
vent British capitalist aid to reaction
aries, but arranged for by the Com.
pers' machine, it served two purposes
that are of evil import to the working
class. First, 1t served to throw sus
picion upon and compare unfavorabl,
the British labor movement with the
American Federation of Labor in the
eyes of the delegates and the work
ers who read the reports of the con
yention. Second, it displayed the Brit
ish imperialists as the only enemy Of
the Mexican workers and concealed
the fact that AMERICAN CAPITAL
lists ARE NOT FURNISHING ARMS
AND SUBSIDING INSURRECTION
IN MEXICO BECAUSE THE MEX
CAN GOVERNMENT HAS CAPITU
LATED TO THEM.
Aid Wall Street In Mexico.
In other words the American FEEDER
alton of Labor oificialdom has, on be
half Of American Imperialism, stepped
out as the foremost defender of II:
right to monopoly of exploitation;
on the two American continents
American Imperialism and its labor
wing, the American Federation OF La
Dor will protect the Mexican mass
es from all oppression except that
sponsored by Wall Street and its in
strument in Washington, d. C. It is
OF course, much better for the Next
can workers to be robbed and murder
ed by the gunner Of Yankee oil well
and copper mine owners than by SINH
lar agencies employed by British capt.
talists. Gompers and Coolidge agree