The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-30
BIG MEETING
IN TRAFALGAR
SQUARE, LONDON
Trade Union Rebels
Hear Communists
BY JACK MCCARTHY.
Especial Correspondence

iISL PuDuC Ilo6IlnR. OQdy the
huge crowd swarmed into the
square from all directions,
marching behind bands and as
sembled around the base of the
monument which served as the
platform for the speakers.
The bands played the Interna-
tional, the Red Flag and other
revolutionary airs. The march
ers carried banners with inscrip-
tons, Down with the Dawes
report, "a wage increase of a
pound a week for all workers."
"44-hour week and no more"
Then came the Young Com
munist League placards reading,
Communist Youth Will Win,
up Young Rebels" etc.
There were scores Of unions march.
ing, each with its respective banner,
but perhaps most significant of all was
large group from the National I'm.
ion Of Railwaymen,, Of which C. T.
Cramp is secretary. Cramp is as hos
tile to the minority movement in Brit
ain as Sam Gompers is to the T. U. E.
L.. He (Mr. Cramp) was instrumental
in getting thru the resolution at the
labor party congress calling for the
exclusion of the G. P. members from
the labor party.
Tom Mann cheered
When the meeting was opened by
Sam Elsbury, Of the garment workers,
who was chairman, the crowd,was so
large that it became necessary for the
opening of second meeting on the
other side Of the monument. The ap.
pearance Of the veteran labor leader.
Tom Mann on the platform, was the
signal for a roaring demonstration
from the assembled workers which
could have been heard in Buckingham
palace. Tom Mann spoke in no I'M
certain terms about the Dawes report
and what 1t meant to the workers of
the world. He severely criticized the
labor government for its acceptance.
He outlined the program of the min
GRITTY movement and explained what it
meant to the trade union movement of
Britain.
In replying to the actions of the re-
dictionaries who were responsible for
the resolution carried at the labor
party congress in reference to the ex.
clusion of the Communists, he said:
I have been in the labor movement
all my life and I want to tell the Off
cials who are responsible for these
resolutions that l am in 1t to stay for
the rest of. my life." This brought
shouts Of hear, hear" and prolonged
applause from the twelve to fifteen
thousand assembled workers. "The
Communists" he continued, i" are in
the trade unions, not as we have been
accused by the reactionaries, to de-
stroy the trade unions but to co-or-
dinate and amalgamate them into one
powerful, industrial organization for
each industry, to make of them effect
i've weapons thru which we can en-.
force our immediate demands; to de.
velop them further as instruments of
the class struggle. not to patch capital
ism, but to destroy It,"
Workers Against War.
The next speaker was J. r. Camp
bell, editor of the Workers Weekly,
and who is responsible for the present
general election. The prosecution of
Campbell by the labor government
was withdrawn because of the pro
tests Of the trade unions, the tory
and liberal members in the house Of
commons passed a vote Of censure or
the labor government for dropping the
Campbell case, hence the general
election at this time. When Camp.
bell stepped on the platform this was
a signal for another demonstration
from the workers They shouted their
approval Of what he had said in the
Workers Weekly.
The other speakers were Jack Tan
ner George Hardy, Harry Pollitt, Wal
Harrington, T. Winter, ]. Springhall
and Alex Gossip, each OF them repre-.
senting a different union.
Fascist Got Theirs.
Just as the meeting was about to
close. few tories could be seen in
the crowd and when the chairman
called for the singing OF the Red
Flag, the tories were compelled to
remove themselves or their tall hats.
While the workers were singing the
Red Flag and the International,
small group Of fascist tried to sing
God Save the King, but they were
soon scattered. One member OF the
Y. G. L. got 81 days in Jail for putting
one OF the fascist singers out OF
order.
The huge crowd dispersed. March.
Ing behind their bands. with their red
flags and banners they returned to
their respective localities, confident
that they had demonstrated their
strength to the enemies of the work.
ing class. !