The Connecticut labor news., 1924-01-05
B. American writers stationed in Moscow.
 And other persons and agencies.
FACT NO. I.

The Red Labor Union International through it's American agents and af- hliations is and has beens constantly at work in the effort to undermine and destroy the American Federation of Labor.
 In one of it's published proclama- tions, the Red Labor Union Interna- tional declared the American Fedora toin of Labor Absolutely unable to rise before the American proletariat." " It continued to say, "the Red Interna- tional of Trade Unions is watching with interest the growth of the new currents in the American labor move ment," but declared that 1t was do l ing much more than watching, declar- l ing among other things, The moment has now arrived for the creation of a united front against the industrial kings of America" The same docu- ment described movement for, "summoning the rank and file of the American Federation of Labor to force their leaders to convene a gen. eral congress-" for the purpose of carrying out Communist proposals.
 FACT NO. 2.
 Initiating the attack on American labor by means of propaganda direct ed from Moscow through agents in the United States, the Red Labor Union International about January T., 1922, issued declaration from which the following is an extract:
 We are on the eve of creating a consolidated left wing bloc rallying on one hand, the independent unions, tions affiliated to the American Fed eration of Labor We presume that this bloc, created under the pressure of acute social classes will be the starting point of the organization of a red trade union movement in the United States"
 FACT NO. 3.
 A bolshevik courier in Berlin was relieved of a document containing in- structions from the Third 1nterna- tional otherwise known as the Red International or Communist .Interna- tional, containing the following ex- plicit directions for operations in the United States:
 Especial attention must be paid to the American Federation of Labor. It must be broken, agitating with the energetic aid of the I. w. w. for the creation of revolutionary trade un- ions."
 A. NO. 4.
 No union has been more bitterly at tackled that the United Mine Workers of America.
 The Pittsburgh District was one of the districts singled out by the com munists to capture. One Of the agen- cies through which the communists worked in the Pittsburgh District was an organization known as the Prog ressive International Committee of the United Mine Workers of Amer ica" This was intended to be an or ganization within the union, rally ing point for the Reds in line with the general red operation of boring from within"
 The United Mine Workers of.Amer- ica found it necessary to officially de- fine this so-ca1led Progressive In- ternational Committee" dual organ ization and to order that all members of this inner committee of Reds be expelled from the United Mine Work CTS as dual unionists.
 FACT NO. $.
 District No. 26, of Nova Scotia, Canada, was another district singled out by the communists for capture, United Mine Workers found 1t nec- essary to revoke the charter of Dis trict No. 26 in order to hold the com munist machinations in that district. Notifying District President Daniel Livingston of the revocation of the charter, President Lewis said:
 "I have in mind that you are self-proclaimed revolutionist. I am familiar with the constant intrigue between yourself and your evil genius McLachlan and your revolutionary masters in Moscow. 1 can recall the sentiments which you enunciated a, comparatively recent meeting of the international executive board at In- dianapolis, when, with the cold feroc- ity of 1ve-year-old defying its moth CT, you announced you were believer in revolution by force.
 No doubt the present strike III Nova Scotia corresponds with your ish government and in pursuance thereof.
 "In consideration of these strange facts, the international union feels warranted in intervening for the pro- tection of its membership and to pre- vent the discharge of it's properly assumed obligations.
 You may as well know now as at any time in the future that the United Mine Workers is not political insti- tuition and cannot be used to promote the fallacious whims of any political fanatic who seeks to strike down the established institutions of his govern ment"
 FACT NO. 6. One of the American trade unions directly attacked by the Communist machine was the International La 1 dies Garment Workers. 1 An effort was made to compel the then president of-that organization, 1 Reniamin SchleSinoer tn inin the