The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-24
REACTION RULES
CANADIAN TRADE
UNION CONGRESS
Communist Minority in
Vigorous Fight
Especial to- the Daily worker.)


number Of delegates that attended as
we'll as the reactionary tone that dom
mated its proceeding under the dicta
torship of the labor lieutenants that
comprise the officialdom of the labor
movement in Canada
Despite the fact that the congress
was held in Ontario, the industrial
center of the Dominion, and the home
of one-haIf of the locals in the inter
national unions affiliated with the
Trade Union Congress, only about 200
delegates attended. This was so dis
appointing that even the fossilized
Tom Moore, president of the congress
devoted some time to bewailing the
lack of interest shown by Canadian
unions in the work of the congress.
One very good reason for this lack OF
interest is Mr.. Tom Moore, a cheap
Canadian edition of Sammy Gompers.
Moscow VS.. Amsterdam.
Practically every question that
came up for discussion, was settled
not on it's merits, but on the basis
of Moscow versus Amsterdam. The
only motions introduced that spelled
progress were brought forward by the
Communists, and the reactionaries
used the tried and trusty methods of
the American labor takers in attack
ing them.
The method is to smear the support.
ers of the progressive resolutions with
red, rave about the Union Jack and
law and order and create a hysteria
with the aid of vivid pictures of ter
ror and destruction which would fol.
low if the trade unionists listened to
the policy of amalgamation and indus
trial unionism instead of craft union
ism.
1t is the same method employed by
an American prosecuting attorney in
appealing to a jury to send a Com
munist defendant to the penitentiary.
Squirting Red Fire.
The resolutions which caused the re.
dictionary officialdom to bring on their
containers of imaginary red fire, were
those for amalgamation, a world trade
union unity conference and autonomy
for the Canadian trade union move
ment. In their work of poisoning the
delegates, the takers were aided by
ex-radicals and officials of the Inter.
national Ladies' Garment Workers
Union, who denounced the reds" after
the fashion of Charles Evans Hughes
and William J. Burns.
The executive attempted to conceal
a telegram of greeting received from
M. Tomsk, chairman of the All-Rus-
sian Trade Union Congress, an organ
ization with a membership of six mil.
lion workers. Moore stoutly denied
receipt of such telegram, but when
showed into corner finally produced
the cable which read: Greetings
fortieth convention Trades and Labor
Congress of Canada. For relentless
struggle against reaction and exploita-
ton and the emancipation of the work
ers of the world. Hail the unity of In
ternational Trade Unionism. - Tom
ski"
Even Mr.. Brownie, imported Brit
ish faker, secretary of the British ma
chinists and fraternal delegate to the
congress used his position to attack
the Communists. While Mr.. Brownie
was thus performing for the Canadian
capitalists and their labor faker allies,
the British Trade Union Congress
meeting in Hull, England, went on
record for amalgamation.
Buck Was Right.
Brownie, took occasion to state
that Delegate Tim Buck, Communist,
misrepresented the views Of Purcell,
chairman of the British Trade Union
Congress on amalgamation. Comrade
Buck declared that Purcell was for
amalgamation, and correctly so. as Pur
cells speeches at the British Trade
Union Congress. reported in the Lon
don Daily Herald. prove. But what
does a lie more or less mean to a
labor faker?
This was the first Canadian conyen.
ton at which a resolution came from
the floor to exclude the Communists
and isolate them from the trade un.