The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-17
Tricks Fail to Save Kaufman Machine

The roll call, but could not proceed
delegates refusing to allow it. Gold
demanded the right to appeal against
the chairs ruling, but the later would
not allow it, knowing he could not
be supported.
Motion of delegates to adjorn was
not allowed Time for lunch recess
arrived and yet he would not allow
adjournment, all the time advised by
London.
Finally he was forced by delegates
who would not allow the railroading
Of their resolution.
The afternoon session opened with
similar attempts to proceed and a
similar attempt at railroading, but
the machine could not succeed and
was compelled finally to yield to an
appeal made by Gold and was defeat
ed forty to thirty. Some Of Kauf-
mans own delegates being unwilling
to stand for his autocracy.
Again, however, kaufman attempt
ed to put through steamroller tactics
Six. o'clock was approaching when
time for final adjournment of the
convention was to take place. He
tried to rally out of town delegates
to force the lefts to yield Every
move was countered by the lefts.
Sensing the determination Of the
lefts and progressives Kaufman
again resorted to compromise and
proposed an Interpretation of Fridays
resolution, that it meant liquidation
of the fight and cooperation with the
Joint Board, no determinations for
the past struggles, etc.
The machine was beginning again
to crawl Still the lefts did not
yield, proposing that both resolutions
be sent to committee for immediate
decision, and this the machine was
compelled to do under pressure of
out of town delegates who were grow
ing impatient with Kaufmans OBJ
structive tactics.
The committee brot in unanim-
Gus decision declaring the Joint Board
had fought against violation of demo-
cratic principles, membership suspen-
sions, and that under chaotic condi-
tons created in the organization by
the former administration, not all con-
stitutional interpretations had been
lived up to by the lefts and pro-
gressives. 1t pledged support to the
Joint Board and Fridays action was
interpreted as liquidation of the
struggle against the Joint Board con-
Quoted by the reactionaries.
In effort to take defeat gracefully,
and keep up appearances, the Kauf-
NANTES seconded the resolution and
it was carried unanimously The
lefts and progressives recovered the
ground. The smile of satisfaction
was missing from the machine polit-
icians' willy faces on Friday, after
this days exciting battle.
Proves Telegram Forgery.
The falsity of the fake telegram
Kaufman tried to use to retain his
power by splitting the left bloc was
proven by the following reply to the
inquiry sent the Chicago headquarters
of the Workers (Communist) Party
concerning the supposed telegram in
troduced as an exposure" The gen.
eral secretary, c. E. Ruthenberg wired
as follows:
"The Workers (Communist) Party
in this statement does not abandon
the right to advise it's members re-
garding policies pursued by them in
shop organization, but issues its cate
gorical denial of sending the alleged
telegram, the use of which shows up
the machine as the INSCRIPTIONS
clique resorting to every device to
maintain power"
The convention will adjourn Mon
day night. Sundays session is de-
voted to committee meetings all day.