The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-20
CHICAGO WAGES
BIC FIGHT FOR
FOREIG INFORM
Council Plans Monster
Mass Meeting

| 4 ne dangers contained In the DlllS
directed against foreign-born work
ers which have been introduced into
the United States Congress have been
brought wildly to the attention of
the Chicago workers in general. Ma
tive born as well as foreign-born
workers realize the seriousness of
this danger and consequently the re-
spouse to the campaign Of protest,
initiated by the Workers Party, has
been tremendous. At the present
time there are affiliated to the local
Chicago Council for Protection of
Foreign-born Workers, organizations
representing a total of more than
$1,000 workers. The Council, as we'll
as its aims and objects, has been en-
dorsed by the Chicago Federation of
Labor, and the whole labor move
ment, including local unions and Ian
guage fraternal organizations, have
become strongly animated by this
campaign.
Organizations Represented.
There are, at present, the following
unions and organizations represented
thru delegates to this Council: Ma
chinists' Union No. "a; Machinists'
Union No. 1874; Machinists', Union
No. 113; Machinists' Union No. ATS;
Painters Union No. 1874; Painters
Union No. 237; Cap Makers Union
No. B.; Brewery Workers Union No.
| Is; Carpenters Union No. GAL; Car
penters' Union No. 1876; Carpenters
Union No. 1867; Hodcarriers' Union
No. 81; BARRIERS Union No. 54S; Car
penters' Union No. 1871; Carpenters
Union No. 1884; Amalgamated Cloth
ing Workers locals 80, 269 and 270
are affiliated thru ep.ablished Ian
guage councils; Local Chicago, Work
ers Party; Local Chicago, Young
Workers League; German Workers
Protective Association; Hungarian
Sick and Death Benefit Fund; South
Slavic Organizations for the Protec-
ton Of Foreign-born Workers; Tx
ranian Organizations for the Protec-
ton Of Foreign-born Workers; Lithu-
anian Workers Alliance; Italian Or
CARNATIONS for the Protection of For
eign-born Workers; Jewish Organiza-
tons for the Protection of Foreign
born Workers.
The unions either directly repre-
scented, or represented thru the vari-
GUS protective organizations, COM
prise a total of more than 27000
workers, while the combined strength
OF the language fraternal organiza-
tons amounts to about $4,000, and
the council is still growing. Resolu-
tions being carried by the council put
it on record to do everything in its
power by means of publicity, public
mass protest Meetings, etc. to oppose
the proposed lass to Cypress the for
eign-born workers have been sent to
all Congressman and Senators of the
State of Illinois, with a request that
they vote against these bills. Sim
liar resolutions are being endorsed
by local unions and have, in several
cases, brought about a lively debate
which always tends to emphasize the
solution pointed out by the Workers
Party, that is, complete unity Of all
workers organized in a great labor
party, as the best means Of effective
ly fighting these oppressive laws.
Capitalist Politician Appears.
! The extent to which this has been
recognized was shown most clearly
in the Conference held Of the Chicago
Council Sunday, March 18th, when
even one of the candidates for Repub-
lican Nomination for Clerk Of the
Municipal Court, Titus Haffa, altho
a big employer himself, appearing
before the conference, stated that he
recognized the necessity of the work.
ers getting together and acting to-
gether, politically. This has been the
keynote in the campaign: that the
workers thru their own party must
place their own Representatives in
the law-making bodies and thru this
instrument, control the actions Of
their representatives.
The various language fraternal
hsocieties, under the leadership of the
language branches Of the Workers
Party, have organized strong coun-
ellis and all of them are active in or
ganizing mass meetings and creating
mass sentiment so as to bring press
ure to bear upon the capitalist poll
ticians. All of these councils are
sending their representatives to the
central council so as to unity the
whole campaign, and particularly to
make it a united movement Of both
native and foreign-born workers.
Socialists In Opposition.
The Lithuanian Workers Alliance
is particularly active, and now is COM
posed of 43 organizations, including
even nationalistic and Catholic or
CARNATIONS, who nevertheless see the
dangers threatening the working
- y "a ~
sent between fourteen to sixteen
thousand members. The Socialist
Party groups Of this language COM
pletely refused to join in a United
Front with the other Lithuanian
Workers, in order thus to strengthen
the campaign, but went ahead with
their own mass meeting March 10th
at which some 200 were in attend
ance.
The pleas Of the leaders Of these