The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-23

Great stress was laid on the fat
policy is due to the open shoppers an
attempt at the open shop scheme. are
now resorting to control the unions
on the class collaboration plan.
Elect Jones Business Agent.
Joe Havel, delegate from the Book
keepers and Stenographers' Union,
the first of the six to address the
meeting, stated that no overt act has
been committed by any of the de-
PENDANTS.
The fact that one of the defendants,
w. H. Jones, has been elected bust
ness agent Of the painters, one of the
large and progressive unions of the
city, has thrown fear into the camp
Of reactionary business agents who
foresee in that the slipping away of
their jobs into the hands of progress
sive militant trade unionists.
This he declared had a great deal
to do with their expulsion. They
could not make an attack on Jones
without including others, he stated
Socialists" Play RepuIsive Role.
The most disgusting part of any of
them in the expulsion of radicals from
the labor movement, is being played
by the yellow socialist" he said
1T is he who is ready to do the dirty
work"
He cited David Levine, petty shop
keeper, who has been playing the
most conspicuous part in this in
stance, as one of the "yellows"
He openly Dragged, Havel said
that the reason he belongs to the la
Dor movement and several fraternal
organizations is to further his bust
ness by attracting sympathetic Gus
toners from the labor movement and
fraternal organizations.
He is leader" of the reactionaries
in the council and is chairman of the
strike and grievance committee and
vice president Of the council. An
other one of these, he said, is John
Belanger a former "wobbly," who is
more interested to preserve his job
as business agent than in the prog
ress of the labor movement. Empha-
sisizing the necessity of staying with
in the labor movement, he concluded
by urging members of the organized
labor movement to continue the fight
against explosions and for the rights
of trade unionists to have political
iopinions Of their own.
Attack Has Long Roots.
Morris Hansen, delegate from the
painters, in forceful terms said that
while large number of trade union
lists and delegates are of the opinion
that the election of Jones, business
agent Of the painters, who is a mill
tant trade unionist, has to do with
the expulsion, nevertheless, the root
Of the expulsion policy that is being
deeper than that.
1--WE must seek for an explanation
of explosions, deeper than that" he
said. The working Of the capitalist
class within the unions on the class
collaboration plan. to which the mill
tant and progressive forces in the la
Dor movement are bitterly opposed,
explains it.
He cited the instance of the German
trade union leadership who worked
with SHINES and others on the
class collaboration plan followed by
wholesale explosions of Communists
and betrayal of the organized labor
movement.
The Communists, however, kept on
fighting and built up their forces
counting now millions. He urged the
| fight by trade unionists be kept up,
regardless of consequences, for the fu-
ture is with them.
Convicted Without Trial.
]. c. Carlson, delegate from the
shipwrights, said that they were con-
victed before being given a trial if
I Jepsen's ruling is to be taken SER
iously. Doyle, the secretary of the
council was not authorized to confer
by wire with Green, but he did just
the same. Like the previous speak
ers he concluded by urging trade un-
ionist members to keep up the fight
for the strengthening of the labor
movement.
H. G. Price, delegate from the ma
chinists, said that the machinists Of
this city are progressive and stand for
the rights Of everybody to express
ones political convictions. A number
of trade union leaders, he opined, are
controlled by the bosses. "If you want
to do something worth while, do It
within the labor movement" he con-
cluded.
Business Agents Hate Radicals.
w. II. Jones, delegate and business
agent of the painters. said the build
Ing trades is controlled by the bust
ness agents and these business agents
do not like radicals.
They did not dare to expel by the
simple method so farcical trick was
enacted. The duty of the radicals Is