The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-10-10

tracised and attacked by the whole
capitalist world. You WIN be com
PEELED to face what Russia faces now
Even J. II. Thomas who hates Sow
let Russia as much as he likes Lord
Inchcape land that's saying good
deal) did not dare raise his voice
against It. The resolution was car
ried with only two dissenting votes.
For the first time since It's enact
ment. the official British labor move
ment had an opportunity to register
its opposition to the Dawes plan. This
scheme for sweating German labor
was denounced by an Overwhelming
vote. Even J. H. Thomas, ]. r. Clynes
and Margaret Bondfield, members OF
the labor government that put this
over, did not dare raise their voices
in its favor. A. ]. Cook, secretary
of the Miners Federation, speaking
for the resolution, said that there had
been time when the British workers
had not been opposed to the Dawes
plan. 1t was because they had not
understood it. But now with British
mines shut down, 100000 miners I'M
employed and German coal going to
Italy and other former British mar
kets, their eyes had been opened TO
its effects. ~. - IN" 4-ns
"TNHIS Trade Union Congress be-
4 lieves that the domination of non
British people by the British govern
ment is form of capitalist exploit
alton having for it's object the secur-
ing for British capitalists ~ of
cheap sources of raw materials; (2)
the right to exploit cheap and unor-
ganized labor and to use the eompe-
tition of that labor to degrade the
workers standards in Great Britain.
ut declares its complete opposition
to Imperialism and resolves: "a to
support the workers in all parts of
the British Empire to organize the
trade unions and political parties in
order to further their interests,
and (2) to support the right of all
peoples in the British empire to self
determination, including the right to
choose complete separation from the
Empire"
A A. PURCELL, yice-chairman OF
"A the congress, moved the .forego-
ing resolution, with definite emphas-
is upon the menace of the coolie stan
dard to British workers. John Brom-
ley, secretary of the Locomotive En-
gineers and Firemen, whose appear
ance denoted prosperous business
man, but whose remarks were along
the lines of the class conscious work
err followed in the same vein. Harry
Pollitt (Boilermakers) clear-headed
secretary of the N. M. M. expressed
the Communist position. Then ]. H.
Thomas, secretary National Union of
Railwaymen and colonial secretary of
the late labor government, arose to
offer a weak opposition. There was
no question as to how the vote would
go but Chairman Swales decided to
make a demonstration by a card tally.
The count showed S,OS2,000 for and
10000 against.
Thus begins the passing of one
of the hoary traditions of Great Bril-
I tain-the sanctity of the British en-
pire.
FHE general council was instructed
l. by later resolution to consider
sending delegation to India and the
Far East to help in the organization
of the workers there.
The convention expressed solidarity
with the striking Chinese workers and
condemned British diplomacy there.
An account of the Scarborough con-
vention for American readers would
be incomplete without mention of the
fraternal delegates from the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor. Messrs.
Adamski Omitted Garment Workers)
and Evans electrical workers) were
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