The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-10-06
.SAKLATVALA BAN
RESENTED BY The
CHICAGO UNIONS
But Communist Source
is Troublesome"

The barring of Shapurji Saklatvala,
the British Communist member of
parliament from entry to the United
States to attend the sessions Of the
nterparliamentary union, was sub
iect to the fire of many voices in the
Chicago Federation OF Labor, Sunday.
The resolution to protest the high.
handed action of Secretary Kellogg
and President Coolidge in shutting
out the Communist visitor to the
Washington gathering, was introduce
ed by Andrew Overgaard of the Ma
chinists Union, who put up Stiff
fight from the floor and met with
wide sympathetic response to his
appeal for action.
The American capitalist government
has no hesitation, he pointed out, In
admitting without the slightest ques-
ton all sort Of enemies Of the work
ers including the counter-revolution
airy generals who tried to drown the
workers revolution in Soviet Rus
STA in seas of blood. The American
government admits the most savage
enemies of the workers from Bulgaria,
Hungary, Poland. Now the American
government was picking out a rep
resentative of the workers to shut
out. He protested against the open
discrimination by the government
against the workers, and pointed out
the alliance against the subject peo-
pie of India, between British and
American imperialisms.
Moved to Fumlaate II.
The resolutions committee moved
to refer the resolution to the fedora
ton executive for further report, each
committeeman, however, stating that
he approved of the purpose of the
resolution, but that the trouble was
that a Communist introduced it, con-
sequently, 1t would have to be sort
OF fumigated by passing thru the
hands of the executive Of the fedora
ton and again brot before the body.
1t came from a Suspicious source"
Speaking against the committee mo-
ton to refer, Anton Johansen of the
Carpenters, Shussler Of the Photo En-
gravers. and Arnold of the Painters,
Joined Overgaard in militant criticism
Of the action Of the American govern
ment, tho the last two wished to make
clear they were not in agreement
with Communists on other things.
Mead stated that in the past the
Liberation had been over hasty in
g3ting down resolutions, just because
they were introduced by Communists.
Re himself disagreed with Commun-i
lists generally, but there was a dam
ger of going too far on this path Of
opposition to every resolution intro
duced by. Communists. Brother Ar
mold also remarked upon the inadvis-
ability Of this course.
Anton Johansen made slashing at
tack on Secretary Kellogg for his &C
ton, which marked Kellogg as the
most servile tool of capitalism in the
American government" The action of
Kellogg, moreover, proved the inter
twining of British and American i'm
perialigm and the control of the enc
mics of workers and oppressed PEG
pies. Shussler remarked that the act
VI hSAOSB anu OOoliuee SHOWS tndJ IN
America we have "hypocricy" and not
democracy.
Fitzpatrick Makes Usual Attacks.
John Fitzpatrick opened up his Gus
tomary barrage on Communists and
made the rather obviously untrue
statement that Overgaard was dis
loyal to the trade union movement.
Fitz said he would welcome a chance
to deliver blow at British imper.
ialism, but did not want to be ticket
ed as Communist for passing a reso-
luton introduced by Overgaard. The
resolution was referred to the execu-
tive for elaboration and further re-
port.