The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-28
CANADIAN RAIL
WORKERS HOLD
BIC UNITY MEET
Delegates from All Over
Canada Present
By TIM BUCK
Especial to The Daily Worker)

the most representative and business
like gatherings the amalgamationists
have ever held, was the amalgamation
conference convened by the Montreal
IAmalgamation committee at the
Railroaders club here.
Seventy-four delegates; all creden-
tailed by their local lodges to both
the divisional convention and the
amalgamation conference, coming
from points as far apart as Port
Mann, B. O., and Richmond, Quebec,
and representing every craft
strengthened by delegates from the
Canadian Brotherhood of railroad
employees, constituted a conference of
no mean order.
Get Down To Work.
Terry McGovern, chairman Of the
lie. P. R. Federation (Montreal)
called the meeting to order with a
few timely remarks on the work so
far done by the Montreal committee,
pointing out that when first organ
lied it had been expressly arranged
that it should be provisional only;
carrying on the work of education
and organization in the interest of
the amalgamation movement, until
; such a time as it was possible to
organize a really representative
! gathering such as the present where
! real national committee could be
elected and the work could be pro-
] perly organized on a national scale.
, Delegate McGovern having been
elected as chairman of the confer
ence, and the rules of order being
z adopted, the report of the provisional
, secretary was called for.
Z Secretary Longs report, free from
all yerbiage; and dealing only with
actual work accomplished, showed
very clearly that altho the committee
D had considered themselves merely
PROVISIONAL; they have done trojan
work Nearly $500 has been raised
for propaganda work (mostly local
i Ily). Copies Of the Minnesota plan
have been published in French and
distributed among the French speak
: ing railway workers of Quebec, num-
: erous local amalgamation committees
I have been set up at various points
e particularly in Ontario, sympathetic
f relations have been developed be-
6 tween the amalgamation forces and
l. the G. b. of R. E., and endorsatior
l. of their work have been received
Il from no less than three hundred
II local lodges thruout the Dominion
d all Of which are on file.
y Out For Amalaamation.
Resolutions were dealt with re
r affirming the determination of thi
Z Railroad workers of Canada to worl
!, in cooperation with the st. Pau
"a committee until amalgamation is az
- accomplished fact, urging support o.
is the "Amalgamation Advocate anC
y appointing Secretary Bill Long a,
4 contributing Canadian Editor, on the
le setting up and the work of the loca
l. amalgamation committees, and one
4 drawing attention to the menace Of
e the various schemes Of cooperation
N standards Of production, etc, where
$ by the international officialdom is en-
IL deavoring to reduce trade unionisn
IS to an appendage Of the capitalist sys
re tenn, and a means of increasing tn,
y exploitation Of the workers in tn,
e. direct interest Of the employing class
10 The Conference went on record un
a. animously as reafirming the convic
ne ton of the progressive railroader
IS that in the present crisis of capital
TX ism no schemes of collaboration cal
c. help the working class. Our onl,
n hope lies in militant industrial or
= ganization.
Executive Elected.
of An executive representative of al
crafts represented, with power to ad
: Representatives of other crafts wa
elected, to function on a Nations
scale. Delegate McGovern was re
elected as Chairman of the Nations
.ssl committee, Bill Long was re-electe
N as Secretary, Delegates Smith Of tn
Carmen, Toronto, and .Corrigan o
- the Boilermakers, Montreal, wer
ne elected vice Chairman and Treasure
- respectively. Delegates Dalyrympl,
~ Stratford; Wall, Montreal; ThomI
- son, Montreal; Snedden Stratfort
81 Wilkinson; Knowles Walsh an
q, Hughes of Montreal; Jack Lakema
Nv Of Edmonton; Chisholm of Toront
=. and Mattick Of the Moulders, VIM
~ peg, will compose the new nations