The daily worker., 1925-09-26
NEGROES send
DELEGATES TO
LABOR CONGRESS
Whiteman Speaks to
Pitts, & vsssagerence az


PITTSBURGH, Pax Sept. 24.-one
dozen regular and fraternaI delegates
were elected at the Pittsburgh Local
Negro Conference held at the Labor
Lyceum to attend the National Negro
Labor Congress at Chicago on Oct. 25.
VIM. ScarvIIIe, w. O. Francis and
Ernest Careathers- we're elected as
delegates and In addition the follow
ing regular delegates from outside Of
Pittsburgh, c. w. Fulp, president of
Local 212 United Mine Workers, Prln1-
rose, Pa; J. J. Jones, member of Hod
Carriers Local 527 from Ambrldge,
Pa, Charles WaIlus, coal miner from
Vestaburg, Pa, member Of the U. M.
w. Of A., G. w. Rich, Of Ambrldee,
Pa, member Of the tiod Carriers, Lo-
cal No. II and T. A. Wilson Of Pitts
burg.
The following were elected as fra
ternal delegates: Joe Mankin, of Re-
tail Clerks, 1O46, Pittsburgh; Joe Sol
nitzky, Young Workers League; Sam
Slomberg, member of Workers Party
and Arne Swabeck, district organizer,
Workers Party.
Spirited Gathering.
Approximately so delegates attend
ed the convention representing vari-
GUS organizations and groups of col
ored people and trade unions. In ad-
dition number of fraternal delegates
participated in the conference making
total of more than 100 participants
of both races.
The conference altho a little slow
in getting started due to the fact that
delegates came together the first time
and were not acquainted with one an
other turned out to become a very
spirited gathering. The conference
was presided over by VIM. Scarville of
the local committee Of action with
W. o. Francis as secretary All the
participants became very enthused as
they began to recognize the great pos
sibilities in uniting workers Of both
races as embodied in the Negro La
Dor Congress movement
A local executive committee con-
sisting of eight members, to take up
the future work and also to provide
the necessary funds for the sending
of delegates, was elected. The confer
ence decided to initiate campaign to
enlarge the response to the national
congress by urging organizations who
were not yet representa- to send dele
gates direct. ls
Delegates elected from points out
side of Pittsburgh assured the confer
ence that the necessary means to
bring them to the national congress
would be provided for by the local
groups and thus connections have
been established thruout the Pitts
burgh coal mining and steel territory.
Unity of Workers of Both Races.
Many speakers addressed the con-
ference amongst them were Louis A.
S. Ballinger, member of Veterans of
Foreign, Wars who stated that the
working class was entitled to all it
produced and that he felt convinced
that this conference was one step
toward attaining that goal. c. w.
Fulp from the United Mine Workers
particularly stressed the necessity
of complete unity between both races
of the working class as only upon that
basis could the aims of the movement
be attained.
n In ho
ference pointed to the significance of
the opposition to the movement which
had come primarily from capitalist
dominated publications Of which the
reactionary Negro press was no ex-
ception and from the officials of the
trade union movement who had shown
their eagerness in helping to uphold
the present system of exploitation.
w. o. Francis in reporting on the
activities of the local committee of
action stressed the fact that the Negro
workers everywhere as soon as the
objects of the movement had been
clearly presented to them responded
wholeheartedly. which could particu-
iotiy DC mCdSulcu W SAlCuolNc ulblll-
button of publications and propaganda
material published by the Negro La
Dor Congress national committee.
e. H. Careathers in making the final
address told the delegates that no
matter what the enemies may say
about this movement that even tho it
would be charged il was directed
from Moscow, from which he himself
was convinced that only good direc-
tions had come for the working class,
that should be only one more reason
why the Negro workers in particular
should rally in full support.
Greetings from Workers Party
The district organizer of the Work
ers Party, Arne Swabeclr, brot greet
ings Of the party to the conference
emphasizing that the party as the
most militant section Of the working
class would continua az In tha naaf