Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-09-27
LABOR HELDL|KE[Y
TO REFLECT GREEN
Gompers' Successor Expect
ed to Have Little Opposition
at Federation Convention.
By the Consolidated Press.

By the Consolidated Press.
William Green will be reelected
president of the American Federation
of Labor in the convention which
opens In Atlantic City on October 5.
There are two reasons:
First, there is no one who wants
the place who could be elected. Second,
no one who might be able to make a
creditable showing against Green
would accept the office at this time.
1t is no secret in union circles that
Green has been growing stronger, par
ticularly within the past two months.
Many Of the wait and see" con-
tingent have become strong sup
porters. There are reasons for this
growing strength.
Green began his official career with
q good deal of caution. He waved no
great banner and did not do much
talking. But he did a great deal of
studying. AS time passed he obvious
ly felt suuer of his ground. The COM
ment is general in union circles that
the new president Is becoming more
firm, more aggressive, more emphatic.
He is winning warm friendships and
his position is not In danger in the
Forthcoming convention, according to
the best judgment of men closest to
the situation.
May smash 1rautlOnS.
There are many uncertainties about
this convention. however. For the first
time in 40 years there will be new
hand on the gayel. 1t Is more than
likely that some of what might be
called the respect for tradition will
be found to have passed with the pass
ing Of Samuel Gompers. There may
be, on some matters, disputes and de-
~ would
have ensued If the old regime still
lived.
1t Ia pointed out. however, that the
new president may keep the conven.
ton so busy with issues of his own
making that there will be little energy
left for going off the reservation.
II international affairs doomed large
in last years Ell Paso convention, they
may loom even larger this year. TO
begin with, a German trade union del
egation Of about Is members will at
tend the catherine. No such stable
foreign delegation has ever attended
any American Federation Of Labor
convention except the mass delegation
of Mexicans who came to FL Paso.
In addition to the Germans there
will be the usual British delegation
and there Is in that connection
quiet undercurrent on wonder as TO
what, II any. pinkish sentiments these
delegates may unburden--there will
be a Mexican delegation. and there
will be representatives of the Pan
American Federation Of Labor. Still
further to enlarge the international
program, the question of extraterri-
toriality in China will come before the
convention as a result of President
Green's recent letter to President Cool
idge asking the United States Govern
ment to take an emphatic lead to aboi.
ishing extraerritortality.
Communism Sidetracked.
Whether the Issue Of communism
will thrust itself into the convention
Is unsettled. Indications are that I'M
less Communist sympathizers start
something the question will rest as
one on which policy is settled. The
question of affiliating with the Inter
national Federation Of Trade Unions
at Amsterdam is probably in the same
category.