The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-25
The American Federation of Labor and
World Trade Union Unity.
CONTINUED from Last Issue.)

TN Gompes attended the first Of the International
Federation Federation Trade Unions Amsterdam He
aided the bureaucras of the unions the Allied countries to ap
ply the policy of the Allied diplomats there But when these
thru of the European workers
place their the abolition of capitalism and the
specialization of industry Gompers could not stand and with
drew from Amsterdam being anxious
the utilization of the American Federation of Labor
of industry plank in the seriously and this
the aiation of the of L. to Amsterdam But Com
pes could stand for Of specialization which
intended to be the guiding line Of the activity OF Am
sterdam. iss .,. 49,
Amsterdam some Of the international unions affiliated with
the industrial secretarlats affiliated with such as the
These affiliations course nothing
achieving international unity concerned The rea
tonship Industrial secreariats merely
wardng some deserving official with trip to Europe to attend
the meetings Of the secretariats. lANM
This isolation of the A. L. the international trade
union movement reflects the foreign policy of the department of
the of L. follows in the most careful the policy of
the impeas diplomats be by the following facts
Before the entry of the United States into the in 1917
Woodrow Wilson urged all Americans be neutral in
thought At that time it did suit the fnanciers and indus
tras the their president neutrality
The A. F. of L. policy also neutral in thought"
In 1917 the fnances finally decided that this country would
the the side of the Allies Wilson, the peace pre
dent of 1916 became the advocate of against Hun mtar
advocacy OF war OF determination against the Central Powers
Turnout the F. of unions propaganda in favor of the
was carried on vigorously Trade unions who opposed the
peast denounced and the trade unions became part
OF the recruiting machinery of the u Gonpe spon
united front of leading labor takers and yellow socialists such
Waing Spargoand Russell to line the labor movenlfp
also went on mission the Allied
lie the workers those countries who firing
cry in favor M continuing the and assuring them that the
workers ofthea United States supporting the Allies
At the end of the the United
participated in European affairs during the conference
Versailles While Wilson represented American Imperialism
the Versailles table, Gompers co-operated
ton OF the idea of the labor office of the league of
with the labor takers of the Allied Active participation
in European affairs by the imperials diplomats of
States had its counterpart in the participation AF of
in the European labor movement a'sosa esa
The landslide victory of the republican party 1920 on
platform of withdrawal of the United States European
fairs the defeat of the league nations establishment
OF the policy OF United States isolation found RESPONSE
from the A. F. of Gompers spurned the
ona II is interesting to note that the
f. OF L. withdrawal from the Amsterdam International
clause IN the constitution binding all affiliated carry
out the decisions of the executive