The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-03
NACHINISTS ON
COAST WELCOME
The COMMUNISTS
Condemn Johnston and
Fitzpatrick TRADE
BY TOM LEWIS
Especial 20 The Daily Workerl

NOpeCldt TO ' ne lazy WoFkeT(
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Sept. L.
At the regular meeting of Machin-
lists Local Union No. 6S, a COM
munication was read from the Inter-
national Executive Board calling upon
all Communists, T. U. E. L. and
Young Workers League members to
sever their connections with those or
CARNATIONS or stand expelled from the
union after October Is.
A communication was also read
from President John Fitzpatrick and
Secretary Ed. Nockels, Of the Chicago
Federation of Labor attacking the
Communist Party and it's kindred or
CARNATIONS.
Refuse to ExpeIi Militants.
After the communications were read
motion was made to resist the In
ternational Executive Board and af-
ter considerable discussion took place
in which none favored the tactics Of
"B. & O." Johnston and his satellites,
the motion was carried unanimously
Each speaker expressed his view OF
the acts of the organizations and
members attacked The red scare
was sneered at by nearly all present,
and it was stated in plain English
that the T. U. E. L. was an educa-
tional organization and not dual I'M
ion as asserted in the communication.
Speakers also stated that all mem
bers had right to their political
views whether Communist, republican
or democrat.
Further, that making such silly
charges against the Reds was tend
ing to destroy the unions, was all
bunk as the Machinists' Union had
lost over 100000 members or there
abouts since the war period. Can
that be charged to the COMMUNISTS"
they asked. ION the contrary, it
must be charged to the failure of
our own leaders" g4
1t was also stated that the Com
munists were few in nusnber, com
paratively, and if they could capture
the union, or break it up, as feared
by the leaders, then the sooner it hap
pened the better, because, as we
stand at present, we can take no
pride in our organization" Since
the war, we have been continually
on the down road. Therefore, il the
Communists can infuse new life into
the union, rather than expen them, we
should welcome them"
Fitzpatrick Supports K. K. X.
1t was brot out in the discussion
that the Information Executive Board
and the Fitzpatrick and Nockels com
munications were consciously or I'M
consciously supporting the K. K. X.
when they opposed the organization
of Negro workers into the unions and
tho they may not have meant it that
way, the fact they are opposing the
Negro Labor Congress, places them
in the light of siding with the X.
X. X.
AS no one took the occasion to at
tack the Communists, the Young
Workers League members or the T.
U. E. L., Mr.. "B. G. o. Johnston had
better learn from his colleague, Mr.
Sigman, now of nowhere, that the day
Of peddling the RED Scare is past
in the unions.
The rank and file are learning fast
who the fighters are and how they
are struggling to build the unions
against the takers who have sold them
out or are selling them out with their
quack nostrums. The awakening
spells a wonderful change in the
unions in the near future, so the fax
ers had better be preparing them
selves for the inevitable downfall of
the whole brood including the two
white feather busters" OF Chicago,
Fitzpatrick and Nockels.
After the meeting adjourned, sever
al unionists were heard to remark. "If
they are going to expell the Commun-
lists, then, we will walk out too"