The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-25

shall be adapted to the new conditions
that have arisen thru the latest
change of front in the imperialists
camp.
!. w. w. Does Not Know Develop
ments.
Revolutionary workers over in
America, even the members Of the
| |. W. W., | take it, little dream Of
what is going on on this side Of the
Atlantic On the whole, they know
nothing, or at least very little, of the
new developments in the European
labor movement. They may have
heard about some scheme on the
part of Moscow and the Communists
to link the chief existing organiza-
tions into one big union;" but of what
it is all about they have no clear con-
ception.
Not so long ago there was held in
Hull, England, congress Of British
trade union delegates to discuss the
question Of the affiliation of the Am
sterdam and the Moscow information
ais. These two organizations are the
two main labor bodies of the world.
They are international in scope and
contain within themselves the prin-
cipal labor organizations on this
earth. The Amsterdam International,
with headquarters in Amsterdam and
with a membership of some sixteen
million is conservative. The Moscow
or Red International of Labor Unions,
headquarters in Moscow and mem
bership of about twelve million, is re-
evolutionary.
What World Unity Means.
From this congress at Hull dele
cation was sent to Russia. The mem
bers of this delegation met with the
delegates of the Russian Trade Union
Congress during it's session in Mos
cow and here the question OF the
amalgamation Of the two information
ais was further thrashed out When
the British trade union delegates
came back to England their reports
on Russia and on the progress Of
the amalgamation program were re-
ceived with great enthusiasm by the
British labor movement.
The significance of all this lies in
the fact that the British trade union
movement is the cornerstone and the
foundation of the Amsterdam Interna-
tional the same as the Russian trade
unions are the basis of the Red In
ternational.
Hamburg Meeting of Seamen.
On the night of February 5, there
was held in Hamburg, Germany, a
meeting of seamen. This meeting was
called by the German Transport Ar
better Verein, a conservative organ
ization linked up with the Amster-
dam International, to discuss the
question of the united front Of the
German seamen's unions.
All organized seamen had been In
vited with the result that there were
present members and officials from
some four different organizations, The
Transport Arbeiter Verein, The Indus
trie Verband Revolutionary dock
workers., the Schiffartsbund (red sea
mems organization) and the /. w. w
1.-TWO members). The hall which does
not hold more than five hundred PEG
pie, was filed to Overlooking; a pack
ed house as they say over In the
States.
One of the officials of the Transport
a Arbeiter Verband started off the dis
cussion with an hours talk on thS
subject in hand and altho he saic
nothing revolutionary or vital, the
usual trade union slop, still on the
whole his attitude was one Of sym
pathy with the new movement. Yes
once he even made a hit with m'
and that was when he said that al
an official of conservative union hi
could help only very little in the es
tablishing of the united front. Aftel
the first speaker there were others
and plenty of them.
Plain seamen Discuss Vital Subject
Here you had plain seamen discuss
ing a subject which is Of vital i'm
portance to the working class In al
interesting and instructive way. Ons
of these was Fellow Worker Walter
of the Schiffartsbund, Germany's rec
Sailors Union, which is linked vi
with the Red international of Labor
Onions and which has branches II
fifteen German ports and in four for
eign ports.
Dramatically, and yet faithfully
Walter pictured the deplorable deca,
of that prestige which German sea
men at one time enjoyed amongst thu
other sailors of the world. What hat
become Of that prestige? Where were
the German seamen's unions? Where
was their solidarity? Gone, all gone
Today so per cent of the German sea
men are unorganized while the res
are split up in some six different mu
tually destructive organizations, |
bunch Of helpless cattle, SO to speak
at the slaughterfest Of the German
: shipowners.
Amaluamatlon or AnnIhllatIon.