The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-01
SECRECY AND
E||.XPluSI0NS THE
RULE In MPLS.
Communists and T. u.
Ell. for Open Assembly
tspeeIaI 70 The paIIy workerl


MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Jan.
30.-Mesting behind carefully
guarded doors, in an executive
session, the Minneapolis Trades
and Labor Assembly Wednes-
day night voted non-concur-
renee in a resolution presented
by Painters Union No. 1876, de-
handing that Dan w. Stevens,
twice unseated as a delegate 70
the central labor body, be given
q fair and impartial trial on the
charges that in a speech before
he assembly Stevens had SIAN
Iered the oficialdom Of the
American Federation of Labor
Despite the fact that large num-
Der of rank and file members OF the
trade union movement had gathered
to listen to the proceedings, the reac-
tionaTy chairman ordered the galleries
cleared.
Left Wing Fights for Open Hearing.
Immediately progressive delegates
launched a fight against the move
10 exclude the sympathetic visitors,
contending that labor union members
have the right TO know what is taking
place in their central body.
]. o. johnson, Communist, and a
delegate from the Carpenters local,
took an appeal from the decision OF
the chair, demanding a roll call vote,
but the move was finally defeated and
the visitors ordered from the meeting.
Mors Expulslcns.
Continuing incir okslaught ay&inss
delegates who hold membership In the
Workers (Communistj Party. the reac-
tionary element challenged the creden-
tails presented by Lathers' Union No.
1870 for Walter Frank. A committee
composed Of Franklin W. Hynes.
Arthur Axsen and Leenert BoeTbeck,
was appointed to hear the charges
against Comrade Frank.
The complaint insists that "as a.
member Of an organization opposed
to the principles of the A F. of L.,
Frank is not entitled to seat as
delegate to the Trades and Labor As
sembly." Upon the demand of Com
rsde Frank the complaint was
changed specifying the Workers Par
ty as the organization in question. The
committees report is to be presented
to the next meeting of the assembly.
Honest Delegate Fired From Job.
Delegate A. ID. Harris, Boilermakers'
Union, who opposed the wave OF re-
action at the last meeting has been
dismissed from his position. according
to rumors in circulation here. Accord
ing to reports, Harris wife and family
have had to appeal for assistance to
the commissary fund Of the labor as
sembly.
Delegate Harris had charged that
Robley d. Cramer and Budd l.. Nc
Rillipps had called at his home de-
handing that he line up with the
takers against the Communists in the
local fight.
MeSs meetin9 SaNcu.
Undaurted by attempts on the part
Of the labor takers to keep the truth
from the rank and file Of the Min
trade union movement, the
Trade Union Educational League call
cd general mass meeting Friday
evening at the Unitarian church, Sth
street and La Sale avenue.
The three Communists who have
been denied seats In the Trades and
Labor Assembly, have been named as
speakers for the occasion. They are:
Dan w. stevens, Painters Union No.
lS6: G. a. Hats~say, Machlnists
Local No. 81. and Walter Frank,
Lathers' Union No. 100. Jack Bradon,
Local No. Of. will act as
chairman of the meeting. At this
meeting the program OF the T. U. Il.
L. viii be fully explained, as we'll as
he reasons why the reactionaries
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