The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-10-18
BY }. LOUIS ENGDAHL.
fsnaoIai To The Daily Workarl


delegates with il, the Green regime
in the A. F. of l.. convention here
visibly felt itself fighting on the de-
fensive in its struggle against the
labor party resolution, introduced as
a challenge to the 'non-partisan" poll
icy of supporting the two Wall Street
parties.
Not only old reactionary wheel
horses like President Lynch of the
Printers Union and John P. Frey, edi-
tor Of the Moulders Journal, and pres
ident Of the Ohio Federation of La
Dor, had to rally to the support Of
the resolutions committee, but Presi-
dent Green himself took the floor to
apologize for the political policy urg-
ed by the executive council, and adj
mitted that the labor party policy
would some day be adopted.
Rejected After Big Fight.
The labor party resolutions drew
most blood from the administration
and secured most support among the
delegates of all the progressive pro
positions that came before the gath
ering. 1t was rejected, of course
along with resolutions demanding
world trade union unity and recogni-
ton of the Union of Soviet Repub-
lies.
Terrible Mistake Of Printer.
Progressivism rose to taunt the
Green administration Immediately af-
ter the days session got under way,
when it was discovered that the print
ed report of yesterdays proceedings
showed the resolution attacking class
collaboration concurred in by the
committee and adopted by the con-
vention.
1.-THE chair knows that the resolu-
ton was defeated. was watching
that resolution very closely" declar-
ed President Green and ordered that
the printed minutes be changed.
The labor party resolution was at
tackled by the committee as contain
ing revolutionary philosophy be-
cause it sought political cooperation
with the socialist and Communist
parties and because it inferred that
the government was a thing apart
from the American people.
Fitzsimmons Fights for Labor Party.
Delegate Fitzsimmons of the Can
ton, Ohio, Central Labor Union, open
ed the discussion by declaring that
the labor party was something that
labor needs. He pointed out that
delegates had already confessed the
non-partisan policy was a method by
which promises were secured from
politicians who considered such prom
Uses merely fish hooks to catch suck
ers. He declared the labor party
idea was making progress and that
steps must be taken to get our own
men in congress"
Hayes Supports Revolution.
Delegate Max Hayes of the Print
ers Union, next got the floor and
tried to quiet the fears of the adj
ministration as to the revolutionary
character of the resolution. Hayes
declared it was necessary to have an
opposition as we'll as an administra-
ton group in the convention in or
der to secure clash of conflicting
views on vital issues. He declared
the labor party resolution fundameQ-
tally correct, land I'll support it if /
have to stand alone.
ut may be that the workers right
now are too interested in movies,
prize fights, dog fights, tin lizzies and
the manufacture of hootch; but that
is no argument against the resolution.
This labor question is not going to
be solved on the industrial field alone.
We must back up our industrial with
our political power"
Sooner or Later.
He reviewed the strike of the an
thraclte coal miners and showed the
power of the non-producing parasite
cal class thru its ownership of ma
tural resources, concluding that
Sooner or later you will find it nee
essary to establish an independent
political movement instead of follow
ing your non-partisan policy that con-
tains a lot OF beautiful Rhetoric that
gets nowhere
Hayes denied the results claimed by
the executive council in its report
for this policy.
Any Time, But Not Now.
Delegate Lynch said conditions
were better in this country than any
where else and therefore, the labor
party was not needed. He raised the
fake argument that this was an at
tempt to substitute the labor party
for the trade unions. He said, "The
time for the labor party is not now.
The report of the committee is sound
for its time" confessing that the time
will come when the labor party will
come into being.
Delegate Frey confessed he had had