The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-18

II. LEWIS the DlB culeI OF Lne repuD'
lican labor takers who aided Coolidge
and may be Coolidge's choice as sec
rotary Of labor.
The third party" advocates are
busy in the hotel Hobbies boosting the
fortunes of the LaFollette group. Will
lam H. Johnston, speaking at a meet
ing, predicted the destruction Of the
democratic party and the erection on
its ruins of liberal party"
ponlIn or Lewis?
The name Of John Donlin Of Chica-
go, is being mentioned as a possible
competitor with John L. Lewis for the
post Of secretary Of labor under the
new Coolidge regime. Donlin refused
unanimous reelection at the Build.
ing Trades department convention just
closed.
Donlin is faker of the deepest dye.
Bernard M. Baruch, chairman Of the
war industries board, says Donlin
made a splendid record" Of support
ing the government during the war
and that he "made the best speech de
livered during the war"
Strong for Class Collaboration.
Donlin Is noted thruout the building
trades for his campaign for class col
Elaboration with the bosses. He travel
led over the country trying to organize
the bosses so he could help them bet
ter than they could help themselves.
Donlin's greatest pride was his
board of jurisdictional awards"
There is much discomfort among the
rank and file workers at the way this
was organized. Instead of the board
consisting of representatives of the
unions alone, Donlin put over the
scheme Of collaboration by making the
board composed jointly of bosses an6
union officials. For this reason many
of the unions detest the whole idea.
Hedriek Hears Things.
The new head of the Building Trades
department, George F. Hedrick, has
Expressed himself as apprehensive o.
an effort to cut wages. He quoted &
speech made at the convention Of ths
American Association Of Bankers in
Chicago where the speaker said:
I'VE are unable to do business Will
European countries. First, they have
no gold. Second, we cannont accep
their goods because that would inter
fere with the manufacturers Of the
United States. Third, their securities
are worthless. In order to make their
securities worth an American dollar
it will be necessary to reduce the
wages Of men and women of the Unit
ed States"
The banker went to say, that such
a reduction ought to be accepted vol.
unfairly, even if it would cause suf-
fering. "The suffering" he said, Twill
be nothing to the suffering the work
ers will undergo if we have to enforce
the reduction Of wage scales on them
against their will"
Hedrick had to admit that the dis
cord in the buildinug trades was at
present too much to make any secur-
ity against wage wars by the bosses.
BRUSH OFFICIALS on Way.
G. T. Cramp, Of the National Union
Of Railwaymen, and A. B. Swales
chairman Of the last British Trade I'm
ion Congress, are enroute here to at
tend the A. F. of L. convention.
Peter Grassman, vice-president OF
the German Federation of Trade I'm
ions, will be here and John Colbert is
coming from Canada.
Labor's Disgrace to Convene.
The editors Of approximately 200 So
called labor papers" are gathering in
Ell Paso for the convention Of the In.
ternational Labor Press. The opera.
ton Of the international Labor News
Service" which was founded by Com.
pers to propagandize the policies o,
the bureaucracy as against the lef
wing, will be discussed by these AGO
lytes Of Samuel
Fat Boys Disappointed.
A bunch Of bloated labor takers
went across the Rio Grande yesterda.
to greet the assembly of the Mexican
Federation Of Labor They had been
encouraged to go visiting by the re
port that among the first arrivals ir
the Mexican convention were four rep
resentatives Of the Chorus Girls I'm.
ion Of Mexico. They we're deeply dis
appointed when they found that the
Mexican chorus girls were represent
ed by four men.