The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-07

they themselves wanted to be he
roes in the fight against the Com
munists. Immediately Mr.. Bohm
prepared charges against Comrade
Bimba, stating that the latter be-
longs to the Trade Union Educa-
tional League which is a "dual or
ganization" and stands for the
revolution" and the "soviets" in
this country. Worse than that, the
league might take away the job Of
Mr.. Bohm, Mr., Bright and Mr..
Gompers! Therefore, Brother BIN
ba is not eligible to membership
in this union"
Sans Orders Carried Out.
To make long story short this
is what followed; The trial COM
mittee reported to the membership
meeting that the charges were not
proven and. therefore, Brother BIN
ba should be exonerated, hut should
be withdrawn as a delegate from
the Central Trades Council. Mr..
Bright and Mr.. BONN voted for the
report Of the committee because
they thought that if the charges
are not proven then it is entirely
illogical to expel a MEMBER merely
for his political views or affiliations.
They thought it would be better if
this dirty job is left to the "pope"
of the Federation himself. Soon
after the meeting President Bright
wrote to Mr.. Gompers telling him
they only recalled Mr.. Bimba from
the Central Trades Council The
membership would not stand any
other step. What does Your High
ness Think"
Mr.. Gompers was astonished that
his boys did not carry out his in
structions completely. He immedi-
ately wrote to Mr.. Bright that the
'T. U. E. L. and the Workers Party
are the same thing; in no sense is
the Workers Party a political party
and therefore, Brother Bimba must
be Immediately expelled from the
union" And Mr.. Gompers must be
notified Immediately when his in
structions will be carried out. Mr..
Bright, scared to death, brings the
letter to the meeting of the execu-
tive committee and forces the de-
cision to suspend Comrade Bimba.
Then he wrote to Mr. Gompers that
his instructions are carried out and
received an answer thanking him
for his obedience. All this happened
before the meeting of the union.
This is in violation of the consti-
tuition which says that member
may be suspended or expelled only
after a fair trial and not by the
officials or executive committee, but
by the union membership meeting.
Expelled Refused Floor.
At the last meeting of the union
March ~ the case came, up as a
fat accompli. The instructions
from Mr. Gompers were received
and carried out and Comrade Bimba
is no longer a member of our union
and, therefore, he cannot even get
the floor to state his case. Mr..
BONN cried at the top of his voice
that if we grant the floor to Com
rade Binba, tomorrow our local will
be reorganized Mr.. Bright told
the meeting that it would mean
only one thing if the meeting re-
jected the orders Of Mr.. Gompers
and that is, the receiver would be
sent Immediately and the local
would be reorganized tonight. He
told the members that this was the
opinion of Mr. Frayne, the New
York organizer Of the A. F. Of L..
The members we're absolutely
disguised with the cowardly action
of Mr.. Gompers and his henchmen.
Even some of the more honest So
cialists were opposed and protested
against the instructions Of Mr..
Gompers.D One Of them said: GAS
long as l am a man and not cow
ard l will protest against such
dirty and dishonest work on the
part of Mr.. Gompers or anybody
else. Here we go out and call upon
the workers to join the union and
on the other hand we cxpel them.
How will we dare to come to the
Office workers and ask them to come
into our ranks after this meeting
Do you know that anywhere you
go you will meet the communists?
What will you do with them? Win
you refuse to accept them into our
union and still expect to get the
other workers to join us?"
Socialists Lick Gomper's Fist.
The other socialists like Volk
and Steinberger, Of course, bowed
thew heads and licked the feet Of
Mr.. Gompers. The final decision Of
the union was not to decide any,
thing That is, we do not take
the responsibility for the expulsion
of Comrade Bimba. We only noti-
fed him that he is expelled by our
dictator and coward, Mr.. Gompers.