The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-17
A. F. of L. Convention at
FL Paso to Aid Drift Into
Communist Ranks in U.S..
BY J. LOUIS ENoDAHL.


The closing days Of last week the gatherings Of the
various A. F. of l. departments with the usual urisdc
tona disputes occupying the center Of attention Open
sought against the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners In what is age-old dispute.
1t very evident on the Of the conventions open
ng that the only flicker of life in the gathering will manifest
itself the discussion Of the recent elections But it is also
quite evident that the overwhelming decision will be against
the organization of so-caIed third party"
There little doubt that this will be Gompers method
retreat in order to gag the opposition that might from
America, who enthusiastic in his support of the
strikebreaker Coolidge and may get job Secretary
dent of the international Printing Pressens Union,
equally energetic behalf Of the presidential cand
dacy of Mogan's lawyer, John Wasreet Davis, the
democratic ticket
Compers already claimed that the LaFoette showing
mot disappointed by the result"
The most detailed statement issued by Gompers the
results Of the last election given out in Chicago his
way FL Paso He did not denounce the democratic party
did he urge third party"
be he criticized the Madison Square Garden
vention OF the democratic party charging that the platform
adopted threadbare mpOten and failed grasp the
material difference from the republican platform But he
did not attack the donkey party.
Gompers evidently has in mind that there will be other
national conventions of the democratic party. The Com
pers eye to the future work in the New York switch
from LaFolete Tammany Halls candidates, Davis and
A Smith, The best evidence that Compers had his finger
in the New York jump from LaFoette to Davis found in
the claim of Tamany Halls labor clique that they
advised by Washington headquarters of the F. of L.
proceed as the local situation warrants.
0ompers will hail the LaFoette vote as victory for his
policy of working thru the old parties He will cry against
Ing He viii no doubt ots the ousng Of British
labor rule warning to go slow In the face of crisis
inc st %or0 TINS as N al O.nsf r OF =
that results in complete inaction When Gompers raises
the $50 Slow sign at Pas9 N will mean Stop to
in the efforts to organize any third party movement
There indications that LaFoIIette will have any
message for the A. F. of l. convention No mention has
been made of any invitation to LaFolette to to FL
dorsed him. thru its executive council for president In fact
the tendency seems to be to keep Laoette completely out
LaFoette is spending the time on his farm in Wisconsin
No word indication of any kind from the Wiscon
sin senator that he pushing any plans for third party
Coolidge steam roer' that they going LaFo-
ette and all his followers out of the republican party They
claim the beginning is be made by deprving these self
styled progressves of all the party favors they have
s he T tss bs fS rv ns
tons of building third party their first would be
to reject all the favored places they have enjoyed under the
Thru the many years he has been in the U. S. senate
Laeoette has risen to powerful committee positions He
high the finance and interstate committees
i ooSD Hnd IA ne t a a
LaFoette has shown indication that he intends ren-
qashng any Of these positions by sexeng his connections
ton middle class party The holds true for all his
followers in congress- members of both the senate and the
house of representatives.
Thus the isolated position of the four millions who voted
for LaFoette reveals itself and more from day day.
oompers in the organized labor movement makes
against these millions dropping back into the two old
ties. In fact he favors it. Toilette issues call hold
these millions together in middle class third party
The alliance OF the labor bureaucracy with the political
spokesman of little business has resulted another betrayal
of workers and poor farmers deuded by the slogan Get
something now"
With the opening Of the A. F. of l. convention, is we'll
for the workers and poor farmers watch Compers at FL
Paso and LaFolette in Wisconsin, They will that
forward from either of these. They will
wage effective fight against the capitalists
The workers and farmers realize that every
political we'll industrial issue the call for the class fight
against capitalism from the Communists; that there
is short to the social revolution; that the victory of
the oppressed will only thru the complete abolition Of
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