The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-27

hat they might be better able to
combat the common enemy. The ac-
Eual work, however, had to be done
by the affiliated national unions with
4 the boundaries Of their own coun-
tries.
Frey, after accusing the delegates
in English, which they did not under
stand and which Senator Iglesias, the
official interpreter, deliberately mis-
represented, that they had not appear.
ed before the committee and present
ed their case, altho invited to do So
later in the day this crude juggler
presented a document to the CONVEX
ton which he said had been submit
ted by the Guatemalian delegates ex-
planning in detail the terrible
conditions of the working class of that
country. Then he asked the con-
vention, with hypocritical solicitation.
not to compel him to read it, or make
it a part of the minutes, on the
grounds that to do so would jeopar-
die the liberty Of those who intro
duced it. He urged that it become
confidential Informative document for
the benefit of the executive commits
tee, which of course, was the action
taken.
Unquestionably, the document and
the very presence of the delegates at
the congress endangered their liberty
But the statement that there existed
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if it had been read. In fact, the Guate-
malian ambassador, thru the capital
ist press of Mexico City, denied that /
conditions in his country were not
IS stated by the delegates. He did |
not say that he had seen the docu-
ment. but it was an official warning
&c these delegates to return to that |
country at their own risk. The real
motive of Frey in not wanting the |
document read was to keep back from |
the delegates the unpleasant truth |
that it was the United Fruit Growers
Association, and other American CAPT /
talist groups backed by the United
States government, who were the
cause of all the misery suffered by
these unfortunate workers.
He expressed surprise that the dele
gate from Guatemala expected this
organization to interfere with any
government, and frankly admitted
that it was not the purpose Of the
Pan-American Federation Of Labor to
try to compel any government to do
anything that it did not want to do.
That was for the unions in their own
country to decide.
The Guatemalian delegate accepted
this Interpretation Of the principles
and purposes of the Pan-American
federation. Altho he stated that in
ternational capital could only be
fought successfully by international
labor forces, he would, however, ask
that the North American delegates
within their own country demand the
withdrawal of American troops from
all Latin-American countries, that
they fight for the abrogation OF the
Plat amendment, that they bring all !
their power to bear upon their govern
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should not recognize any Latin-Ameri-
can republic that refused to grant the
workers the right to organize, the
right to strike, free speech, free press,
and freedom of assembly. However,
his appeal, logical and powerful, had
no effect upon this hand-picked con-
vention.
In order that the peacefulness OF
the next congress should not be dis
turbed in this manner, it was decid-
ed that the Central American Fedora
ton Of Labor, paper organization
set up by Gompers. shall represent
the five Central American republics.
The delegate from Santo Domingo,
an exiled liberal and now a prac-
ticing physician in Eel Paso, Texas,
presented numerous resolutions for