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rank and file, then that fig-leaf of
democracy is cast aside and dictator.
ship stands out in all its ugly naked.
ness. They tear up their own consti-
tuition and they trample 1t in the mire
and they ride rough shod over any
body and everybody that stands be-
tween them, their swivel chair and
their $4,000 year jobs.
1--WE have had with us for some
time a special representative of the
executive council of the A. f. of L.,
Brother Smith, who is a special envoy
of King William I. do not envy
Brother Smith in his position. He is
paid well to do the dirty work of the
executive council of the A. F. of l..
and he is here in that capacity to-
night. Only few days ago Brother
Smith rushed into the yellow press
and uncovered red plot to destroy
the labor movement of this city Won.
derful, isn't it? He must have been
taking lessons from Bill Burns or else
reading the Minneapolis Labor Re-
view or, no doubt, both.
81 Am a Communist"
"He has accused the Communists of
being bunch Of craven towards, and
for those Of you who do not know it
want to say that ! am a Communist
1T does not take much courage to
spread lot Of Shiny filth in the press
of the master class, but to lead the
workers and the poor farmers in their
immediate struggles with their ex-
ploiters, to organize the unorganized
on the basis of class struggle, to work
for the amalgamation Of the obsolete
craft unions into industrial unions, to
make them an effective weapon in the
hands of the rank and file in their
everyday struggles and also in the
final struggle OF the workers for
power, to carry on a campaign for the
naturalization Of basic industries
that kind Of fight takes real cour-
age.
"And while the Communists have
been putting up fight of that nature
where do you find the Greens, John
stons, O'Connells, Lewises an d
VOLS?
Officials Are Helping the Enemy.
'They are busy putting over B. &
o. plans and fake class collaboration
schemes to outlaw strikes and in
crease the already fabulous profits of
the railroad barons at the expense of
the workers. They are busy organic.
ing labor banks similar to the one
we have in this city, protected by the
VIM. ]. Burns Detective Agency
They are busy putting over fake insur-
ance schemes. They are passing reso-
lutions urging congress, the joint
naval committee on naval affairs and
the secretary of the navy to build
more and larger battle ships. y
Why More BattIeshlps?
why do they want more and larger
battleships? To protect the interest
of the workers when they go out on
strike? He'll, no.
do they imagine that union work
ers will be employed on the building
of these instruments of destruction Z?
Certainly not. These takers know
that all battleships constructed by the
Wall Street government are built in
the scab contract shipyards Of the
east.
To Force Slavery on German LaborI
~ will tell you why they want more
and larger battIeships-and that is to
fasten the shaekIes Of slavery more
firmly upon the German working class
thru the enforcement of the Morgan.
Dawes plan; to protect and collect
Morgan's loans to the bankrupt CAPT.
taiist nations Of Europe and South
America.
1.-THE American Federation of Labor
at the Ell Paso convention, unanimous.
ly adopted a resolution endorsing the
citizens military training camps and