The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-18
MANY ISSUES
ASK DECISION
OF MACH|NISTS
Detroit Contention Is
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DETROIT, Mich, Sept. IT,
Resolutions demanding amalga-
marion of the metal trades, de-
claring for utilization with the
Red international of Labor
Unions, demanding recognition
of Soviet Russia, and denounc-
ing the Baltimore and Ohio class
collaboration scheme, intro
duced in the convention of the
international Association of
Machinists here, are now await
ing action.
One resolution introduced by
Lodge No. 81 demands Gimme
date action of the part of our
officers instructing them to take
necessary steps to call a joint
convention of the metal trades.
For Red international.
The resolution demanding afiliation
with the Red International of Labor
Unions, which was presented to the
convention by Lodges $50 and 337, de-
clares that, 1.-THE capitalist offensive
against the eight-hour day in Ger
many and elsewhere, the struggle
against Fascism, the occupation of the
Ruhr, and the threatened enslavement
Of the German workers, the struggle
against the terrorization of the work
ers all over the world, has taught the
workers the necessity Of international
solidarity and establishing united
struggle against capitalism.
zone of the principal weapons Of
the capitalist class is their ability to
use the workers of one country
against the workers of another in
time of war, use the workers Of the
different countries to slaughter each
other, and in times of peace, use the
products Of labor of one country to
break the strikes Of labor in another"
Favor Soviet Recognition.
Many lodges, including numbers 70,
$50, 337, and 119, in their resolution
favoring recognition of Soviet Russia,
condemn the delay and call on the
American Federation of Labor to join
with us in a movement to bring pres
sure to bear on the American govern
ment to give full and complete recog-
milton to Soviet Russia in the name
of solidarity with the first Workers
Republic"
A hot fight is expected over the So
called Johnston" or B. & o. plan,
which resolutions passed by lodges
$50 and 337 brand as "an el>0loyers'
scheme that will bring destruction to
our union"
The full resolution condemning the
B. & o. plan follows:
Swat 3. G. o. Plan.
Whereas the l. A. of M. is being
corrupted by the propagation and in
stallation of a poisonous scheme, vari-
ously called the Cooperation B. &
o. Johnston plan, which proclaims
as its object that the union shall be
made into a business institution, to
sell labor as capitalist sells, arch
brick, super-heaters, or lubricating oil
and
whereas this scheme is absolute
ly repugnant to the ideals of union
ism. to the traditions of the I. A., of
NJ, and to the effective functioning
and healthy growth Of our unions, be-
cause it destroys the militant atti-
tude and vigilant watchfulness of the
l. A. Of NJ, against the employers, our
natural enemies, and turns it to COLA
boration, to soft yielding and to acqui-
escence in intcierable conditions; and
Whereas the preamble of the /. A.
Of NJ, in its statement of the class
struggle as the basis Of our union,
lays down the only solid foundation
upon which fighting organization
can be built; therefore, be it
Resolved, That the convention of
the international Association of Ma
chinists rejects the so-called 'B. & o.
Johnston or Cooperative plan, and
brands It as an employers scheme
that will lead to the destruction of
our union, and the officials Of this
organization are hereby instructed to
enter into no further commitments
along this line and to cancel the pres
emit entanglements at the earliest pos
sible moment
James LeclSie,
Recording Secretary No. $50,
"Math. Melhume,
Recording Secretary No. 337."
Roberto Haberman, representing
the Mexican Federation of Labor, adj
dressed the convention today CRITICS
ing Johnston and DAWSON for not in
Guiding Mexico In their ranort. He