The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-05
GOMpERS BUSY
IN SUBMARINE
WAR ON FOE,
Fights for DICTATORSHIP
in the A. F. of L.
fContinued. from PAGE ID


going to the meeting of the conft
ence for progressive political actio
scheduled to assemble the next mon
in Cleveland. Gompers only shrugg
his shoulders, shifted the air, al
grunted; all of which was intend
to convey the idea that inc Clevela
meeting didn't matter.
Gompers Controls In New York.
But the Cleveland meeting of Il
G. P. p. A., in December, 1922, to,
a stand against the tabor party"
refused admittance to the Communi
delegates, and the next summer at Il
Albany meeting of the New York co
ference for progressive political actit
we find Gompers' Tammany Hall 7
liticians in the New York labor NOV
ment absolutely in control
During the past year the G. p.
A. has been drifting more and mo.
towards the Gompers' position. 1t WI
Gompers who pulled Fitzpatrick al
Nockels out of the July 4, 1872
farmer-labor convention, in Chicag
1t was Gompers who inspired LaFt
lette's attack on the June II nation
farmer-labor conference, in ST. PAT
this year.
Gompers has been in league wit
the worst elements fighting the Cor
munists. 1t was Detective Burns WI
said that altho he didsnot sleep in II
same bed with Gompers, nevertheless
they were in agreement on mar
things.
Gompers used the conference I,
progressive political action and II
LaFollette movement to destroy ind
pendent political action for the worl
ers and farmers under the standard
of the farmer-labor movement.
Resains Dictatorship. K
Now he is using his machine, lii
the Tammany Hall crowd in Ne
York, to destroy the conference II
progressive political action, so that b
will again become the dictator of Ii
political policies Of labor's ofaciaIdon
Two Of the original slogans of th
@. P. P. A., 'the labor party" an
recognition Of Soviet Russia" hay
been completely dropped. While recol
milton of Soviet Russia was the bi
issue in the British political struggl
LaFollette has been absolutely silaI
on this question while Hughes, Dave
and other republican campaignel
have carried on a systematic attac
against Soviet Russia. Gompers is
one with Secretary Of State Hughe
on the question OF warning againI
the Workers Republic and he he
pulled the LaFollette campaign alon
with him on his side in this fight.
Watch II Paso Convention. 4
The situation will clarity itself cor
siderably with the meeting Of th
American Federation OF Labor in
few days 1t Bl Paso, Texas. There IN
Gompers' oficialdom will have to d.
clare itself on the promises Of tn
LaFollette campaign that it is ''goin
to organise the third party"
1t can pretty safely be predicted
this time that Gompers' position VII
not only be against the third party
idea, but that moves viii be made 70
the liquidation Of the conference 20
progressive political action.
Where VIII the Socialists COT
This raises the question Of wha
will happen TO the socialists in thi
changing political panorama. tn
Hillquits and the Bergsrs are nor
convinced that they have killed tn
socialist party. But they would n
doubt be content to maintain a SINAI
nucleus of an organisation to Civ
them place, no matter how .insie
nihcant, within the conference 10
progressive political action II tn
G. P. P. A. would only organize a '1s
Dor party" that would give the &C
cialists chance to drop their owl
I organization, the IS. p" and be
come full fiedged members of "ths ID
Dor party"
But with the American Federation
of Labor torpedoing not only "th1
labor party" but the G. P. p. A. a.
well, II can rapidly be seen how d
socialists not only become orpha
but also are without any asylum
fering refuge. -
It has been a clever maneuyer oar
ried out over the long period OF time.
But all indications are that II is sue.
ceeding beyond expectations. And all
| the time GOmpers. backed NV his az.
pensive propaganda machine in Wash.
ington, has been carefully spreadinh
his network of lies, charging that
is the Communists who have mad
farmerlabor political action impcy
sible. For an echo listen to r.
patrick and Nockels in the Child r.
Federation Of Labor, or the Gompl.r.
agents In any organisation s fh.
workers. anywhere in the land
But the workers and fexploite,
farmers win gradually realize who !
l. n.