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fight against reaction. 1t is given in
full as follows:
A statement by six delegates charg-
ed with being members Of the Work
ers (communist) Party Of America.
To the officers and delegates of The
Seattle Central Labor Council:
You have before you tonight for
your consideration and decision a re-
port Of your strike and grievance
committee in the matter of the ex-
pulsion Of six delegates from this
council on account of political opin-
ion. In the first place, the under
signed, individually and collectively,
most emphatically protest. against
this discrimination; and we ask "Why
are the political opinions Of only six
members investigated? Why does not
the council propose to try republi-
cans and democrats for their political
opinions, and expel them from the
council if found guilty?"
Further, we refer you to the fact
that in the past, rulings have been
made by the president of this coun-
Gil president Mundy), that the local
unions (and the local unions alone)
who elect the delegates to this coun-
Gil are entitled to pass upon the
qualifications of the delegates and the
constitution Of the American Fedora
ton OF Labor specifically declares
that the credentials submitted to any
Central Labor Union by any affiliated
local union shall be accepted. "Why
then" we ask, "do members of this
council propose to expel us on &C.
count of our political ideas?"
Affirm Belief in Communism.
We hereby affirm our belief in the
principles of Communism as set forth
by all leaders of the Communist
movement since Marx wrote his Com
munist Manifesto in 1S47. We deny
that the members Of this council
have the right to call our political
opinions in question. The A. f. Of L.
convention of 1890, settled this ques-
ton once and for all, by declaring
that no discrimination should be
made against any member of this or
ganization because of religious or po-
litical beliefs. This guarantee is also
incorporated in the obligation taken
by the candidates on joining many of
the international unions affiliated
with this council
If it can be shown that any dele
gates are guilty of disrupting the la
Dor movement, then we agree that
such delegates should be summarily
dealt with, but insofar as no proof of
any disruptive actions on our part
have been submitted by your commit
tee, we demand that the charges
made against us be dismissed forth
with.
The charge has been made that the
principles of Communism are inimicaI
to, and descriptive of, the labor move
ment. We categorically deny this
charge and the implications contain
ed therein, and we affirm on the con-
trary that Communism, properly un-
derstood, offers the one hope Of free
dom and emancipation for the op-
pressed and exploited workers every
where.
Many International unions, such as
bakers and machinists, in their con-
situations have affirmed one Of the
basic principles of Communism,
namely that the workers as a class
must organize to fight the bosses, who
are already consciously organized in
ternationally on class lines. We Com
munists go one step further than
this, and we declare that the work
ers must organize politically on class
lines, for the purpose of destroying
government by graft and corruption
witness the notorious Teapot Dome
scandal-and for the purpose of
wrestling political power from our