Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-17
ny JAMES Nj. LYNCH.

BY JAMES Nj. LYNCH.
(Former president Of the International Typo
graphical Union, former New York State
Industrial Commissioner.)
TIME biennial convention of the
United Mine Workers Of
America adjourned on Febru-
airy in indianapolis amidst
scenes Of great disorder, attributable
to the so-calIed progressive delegates
to that gathering.
Immediately after the adjournment
President Lewis said that the con-
servative element in the convention
and the union had achieved a great
victory, that the insurgents had met
with overwhelming defeat, and that
from now on the progressive strength
would dwindle and finally disappear
He added that the union was not
seeking to offend and aiienate public
approval and public sympathy.
The radical agitation hi the ranks
of the miners union which culmi-
mated as described has also afflicted
"a number of International unions. 1t
Is an fter-the-war development, and
Russian example. Indeed much OF it
was promoted by agents in the en-
|ploy of the Third Internationale.
with headquarters In Moscow. do not
know OF any international officer who
has sympathized with this movement.
Every one of them, SO far as my OBJ
servation goes, has fought this boring
from within, with possibly one ex-
'ceptton. At times the battle has been
"a desperate one and required desper-
q "A Il
ed, the decline has been rapid. This
has been due to the fact that the dra-
matte battle on the convention floor
has attracted the attention of the
membership. has aroused them to the
menace to their union Of the philoso-
ply of the red disciples and they
have done the rest.
Would Control Unions.
1t is part Of the tactics Of the strug-
gle by the reds for the control of the
American trade union movement that
iii 1t can be captured the first great
lstep toward the red control of the
governments Of the United States and
Canada will have been achieved. 1t is
no small stake for which the schem-
Iers have been playing. The political
land economic control Of the North
American continen. is the objective
Moscow is TO be the political capital
of the world. This continent is to
DO conquered province. The red
generals are to be the arbiters of the
dest!nies of many millions Of people
1t is now asserted that the great
adventure failed in Russia and that
lit has in part been abandoned, that
the leaders of the communists there
recognize that there must be an un-
lderstanding with capital. Perhaps this
is true, but in my opinion it Is only
a truce. The communists had over
ESTIMATED their economic strength.
They have Travelled too fast. So for
a time retreat has been in progress
The world may be lulled to slumber
Then the time will come when the
Iold program can and will be resur-
|rected and applied with even more
iruthlessness and determination than
before.
II the wage Garner believes that he
will have any place of Importance in
this era he is fooling himself He need
!only survey the present position of
ibis Russian brother to know exactly
Of things. He will be the producer
with paternal supervision developed
to the last degree. His superiors,
who will make up the government
and it's policies, will do all the plan
ming and all the executing, especially
the latter IL there should be any one
with the temerity to question the
wisdom and the democracy of the new
That is what has taken
place in Russia. If the Russian
people want that kind of control that
is their business. Russia may even
tually be a most delightful place in
which to live and work That is what
the Roman patricians thought of the
Roman Empire. But there was little
liberty for the toiler, and he did not
seem to appreciate the paternalism.