The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-28
CONTROVERSY in
court HOLDS Up
|. W. ". MEETING
Delegates Are Helpless
When Matter Comes Up
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selves against the Rowan injunction
in the master in chancery's court, so
demoralized the convention that
George Speed made motion that
I'VE adjourn and go home, as this
bunch doesn't seem able to get to.
gether to do anything"
A recommendation was read the
convention from Edward Delaney, un.
til the present convention secretary of
the California defense committee, that
the Rowan-Bowerman board members
be expelled from the !. w. w. for call.
ing the l. w. w. members gunner
and hi-jackers." 1--WE have proved to
the capitalist courts in the last FIVE
years that we are not gunner and
hi-jackers," said Delaney. "And now
so-called general executive board mem.
bers place the lives Of l. w. w. pris.
oners in jeopardy and damn the man
in prison. They also took l. w. w.
affairs into these capitalist courts and
l demand complete retraction of their
statements or that they be expelled
from the /. W. W." No action has
yet been taken on Delaney's charges.
Says Convention Lacks Courage.
Delegate A. Hanson sounded a note
Of warning to the delegates that the
membership is not only disguised with
the Rowan-Bowerman officials for
bringing the I. w. w. into the capital
list courts but the membership is also
getting disguised with the convention
itself for lacking the courage to de.
cisively dispose of the charges against
suspended officials. Before long,
economic determinism is going to
settle the fate of this convention for
you" said Hanson. I'VE are running
out of money and will have to adjourn
before we have accomplished our pur.
pose If we do not hurry matters"
After the two witnesses had refused
to talk and motion had been made to
refer the controversy back to the in
Vestigating committee, Rumbaugh
made a motion to hear the report OF
the auditing committee appointed to
go over the books before the conven-
ton. Delegate Joe Oates declared:
We are sidestepping the controversy
again. We started it and ought to 20
thru with it." Speed then made his
motion to adjourn, which was not
seconded. can emergency seems to
be existing among the delegates"
Oates added, "and we ought to do
something"
Chairman Accused Of Partially.
Delegate Nelson then made motion
to rescind the former action of the
convention taking up investigation of
the controversy, and the convention
tabled the motion. I'VE let the dis
ruptionists hold up this convention
day after day." Delegate Rumbaugh
told the convention. There are par.
ties to the controversy here and ready
to testify and the chairman refused to
hear them" Rumbaugh referred to
PEG Monoldi, secretary of Industrial
Union No. $50 and G.. e. B. members.
A motion by Joe Jordan that all sus-
pended officials who refused to appear
before the convention for investiga,
ton Of charges against them be ex.
PEELED was being discussed when noon
adjournment came.
AT the hearing yesterday before
Master-in-Chancery Bernstein, the I.
w. w. injunction case brought out the
following facts: Guinea, lawyer for
the temporary administration, asked
Rowan's group to settle out of court.
Bigelow, Rowan's lawyer, refused,
saying he did not recognize the con-
vention. Griffith apologized for ask
ing for the injunction. Rowan's group
refused to submit the whole case to a
referendum. Harry Trotter of the
Rowan group threatened violence
against Doyle and Fisher after COM
planning to court of gunner.
Dirt Movers Show spunk.
From the northwestern district OIL
Industrial Union No. $40 came a tele-
gram to the convention demanding
that If William Buchwald and P. ID.
Ryan, officers of No. $40, refuse to re-
cognize the convention, the conven-
ton itself elect two other men from 4
the $40 delegates to take over the Of I
fees Of Buchwald and Ryan. The telel
gram was received with applause.
Unable to Audit Books.
That the financial affairs OF the /.
w. w. have been put into hopeless
confusion by the fractional struggle
was clearly shown by the report Of
the auditing committee. Because each
member OF the Rowan-Bowerman fac.
ton has insisted on keeping his own
Individual accounts, and has persist. h,
emily refused to turn over the recordskf
70 central committee, it has beenJ
impossible for ]. A. Grinith OF this. FAD.
ton to make an ineligible report on
finances.