The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-15

building up a reactionary machine in
the central body which has determin-
ed apparently to wage relentless war
upon every progressive who has sue.
ceeded in being elected to that body
A campaign has been carried on in the
locals to defeat progressive delegates,
and the attack upon Comrade Emme
and Votaw was timed to come when
the greatest reactionary strength had
been marshalled.
Our FarmerLabor Fight.
The recent contest for representa-
tive in congress furnished the long
looked for excuse for charges prefer
red against these two comrades. A
pamphlet appeared in the course of
the campaign in support of Comrade
Emme on the farmer-labor ticket, in
which statements which have not even
yet been denied we're made about the
activities of Starkey and Mahoney
who were supporting Oscar e. Keller
recactionary on the republican
ticket.
1t was charged that these comrades
were responsible for the pamphlet,
and that its appearance and their con
duct was detrimental to the labor
movement of st. Paul. The trial com
mittee composed of reactionaries, had
refused to hear the charges on their
merits, by limiting the hearing to one
svening and by not requiring the ac-
cusers to prove that the statements
were not true. The committee ac-
ceped Secretary seigel's Assumption
that the statements were false" as
fact.
Every principle of fairness and par.
liamentary rule was violated in the
determination not to allow discus.
sion of the conduct of the trial or of
the merits of the case before the as.
sembly. Only after the committees
report sustaining the charges and a
motion that the delegates be expelled
was Comrade Emme able to get the
floor. Altho repeatedly interrupted
and heckled by the chairman, he sue
ceeded in presenting the essential
facts to the body, but facts and fair
ness did not count, because the reac-
tionaries had the votes.
Gang Destroys Record Of Hearing.
The chairman ruled that sections Of
the constitution Of the A. F. Of l.
could not be read, many decisions of
the chair were appealed from and
sustained by the reactionaries. So
ashamed of their methods and afraid
that the rank and file unionists might
get hold Of a transcript Of the pro
ceedings were they, that the notes
taken by a union stenographer wer
ordered turned over to the secretary
who Immediately destroyed them.
Both delegates insist that they will
fight the case to the limit, and intend
to carry the question of their expulsion
to the local unions in a referendum
under provision of the by laws,
which right the reactionaries tried to
deny them. Their local will doubtless
back them up since, it is one of the
most progressive In the city.
A United 'front.' with Capitalist Press.
The widest publicity was given to
the expulsion in the capitalist press.
EITHER a reporter was admitted for
the purpose. or else some reactionary
very carefully prepared the news stor-
les, which contained some minute de-
tails. Especially notorious was the
attempt to discredit delegates Of the
Teachers local who fought the reac-
tionaries on the floor.
The reactions of fair minded people
in the local labor movement to last
nights election is decidedly favorable.
They are beginning to see where the
leadership is leading-to the ruin Of
the labor movement