The Connecticut labor news., 1924-11-29
MEXICAN LABOR :.
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and known, as matter involving pr1n-
 ciple why the credential of a declared
 communist has been accepted. And if
 the credential is rejected, let it also be
 known why a credential of declared
 communist has been rejected.
 First Of all, 1 want to state emphat-
 ically that the bona hde organization in
 the case under discussion Is that repre-
 sented by Comrade Calderon Besides,
 I wish to say to you that it is neces-
 sary that this convention take some de finite resolution, not on the subject of
 communism in Russia, but on fhe sub- ject of communism i'll Mexico; not on
 the subject of the communist movement
 or the communist ideals of Russia, but
 on the communist movement and the so-called communist ideals and methods
 of the Mexican communists
 We want to know if the 'Confedera- cion Reginal Obrera Mexicana' (Mex-
 ican Federation of Labor) Is the gen
 uine, bona fde organization representa-
 tive of the aspirations of the working
 people of Mexico, or whether it is not,
 for 1t is only in the latter case that some
 other organization can lay claim to being
 the genuine representative of those as
 pirations It is necessary that this Con vention make it definitely understood whether the Mexican Federation of La bor will continue permitting other or ganizations to challenge its right to rep resent the aspirations of the workers of Me.>ico; the right it has to be the gen. line and only representative of those aspirations and the right to direct the labor movemenY of the country,
 do not think that the Mexican la or censure the labor movement of Rus sia nor the methods employed by our Russian comrades within their own country. 1 am one of the many mem bers of our movement who are firm ad- vocates of the principle that the Mexi can Labor Movement has the right to direct its own movement and the obh gation of preventing the labor move ments of, other countries from attempt ing to direct it. And furthermore, I firmly believe that the same right and the same obligation applies to the labor movement of any other country. We must begin, then, by respecting that right so that the labor movements of the other countries will also respect our own right.
 'It IS necessary, therefore, that this Convention define these two questions, which arise from one and the same principle:
 "First-The Mexican labor movement has no right to criticize or censure the labor movement of Russia nor the me thods it employs within that country.
 "Second-The communist party of Russia has absolutely no right to estab- fish in Mexico d branch of that party, nor to attempt to direct the activities of the Mexican labor movement.
 'In accord with these principles, ab- solutely liberal, absolutely libertarian, the only thing to do that will be the am plest manifestation of freedom, is to respect the rights of the labor move ments of all countries, and to take the necessary measures to prevent the labor | of other countries from att to direct our own movement. | Can there be a more ample spirit of freedom than that?
 You all know that for the second | time the Mexican Federation of Labor has given me the opportunity of visit ing the largest countries in Europe, where the labor movements are of great In each of these countries here Is a national labor movement based on the form and procedure that he various labor organizations have deemed best in their own country. There Ire also III existence so-called commu 1ist parties, which are really, groups ike the Mexican communist party com posed of about one hundred persons. Under the auspices of these groups dele cations are sent from Moscow for the of combating the national la DOT movements of the other countries, treating tremendous divisions that are ,ausing ruin. of those labor movements. And now, l wan to raise my voice to ;harge that the Russian communist party S responsible for the fall of the labor government in England. And in all other countries, as in Spain, for where the facisti and the re- lctionaries have gained the upper hand 'ver the working people, they have done 50 through their use of the groups of 'o-called communists organized by the | Moscow delegations
 T want to be perfectly unrerstood. l nm not against Russia. I believe that | \ 1al- clIa.11d |