The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-10-08
The Az. OIL. Convention
Betrays Itself by the
Company it is Keeping
BY J. LOUIS ENopAHL.
By ]. LOUIS ENGDAhL,

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TODAY, the Fat Boys" the majority of delegates
American Federation of Labor conventions have come
Dc know are N session on FER tna ts the
site rich in search of jazz
Much could be written as to why two A. r Of l. conven-
tons have been held here in six years In 1912 the dele
ates,stII drunk from their orgy Of jngosm trying help
Wilson win the war for democracy gathered here and
rubbed elbows with the proteers. They caoused
against the militant call Of the Russian boishev revolution
instead beginning the drift that resulted the present
the Communists and mtant generally in the trade
unions in the bitter attack every indication gov
eminent at Washington looks with sympathy upon the
recognition of the Union of Soviet Republics the
ming away from the slightest phase of the class
struggle u0
The A. F. of L. delegates, therefore, come on par
with the business who FREQUENT this seaside For
they the insurance business are they not also
bankers, do they also believe in company unions" diff
erng only slightly to the brand and do they not seek
class wages system with their class coabo-
ration schemes? Among the first to congratulate the pas
ursdctona dispute were couple Of Network contractors
Labor organizations in their militant infancy do not
resorts for ders like Atlantic City their con-
Ventons They meet in the centers of struggle where the
workers be enhused for greater efforts They where
the and women of labor standing erect facing
battles not where the most familiar sight is that Of
American rickshawmap bending his back pushing Wheel
chair Heghted with beeWeed capitalist human swine, along
the boardwalk.
Four cities seeking next years A. F. of l. conven-
ramento, Calf, Birmingham, Ala, and Detroit Mich.
ton should vote to the moving picture factory the
Pacific Coast where only the echoes of the class
clashes in the great basic industries heard
The A. F. of l., in its present mood, would be
Portable in Birmingham, Aa the Pittsburgh of the South
steel and coal center of ndustriazed Dixie. This the
open shop home of Oscar Underwood perennial candidate
for the presidential nomination the hands of the demo-
cratic party the party that William Green, president
OF the A. F. of L. like the late Gopers adheres The
steel workers and the coal miners unorganzed are
the lumber workers. rich field to raise the standards of
organized labor There would also be opportunity study
the question of the relations of Negro white workers.
But such things foreign these labor bankers and in
surance magnates.
There is also Detroit, that has kernel of itanoy in
its local labor President James OConneI of the
Metal Trades Department devoted full page of his report
to the organization of the workers. Detroit labor would
be glad to have A. F. of l. convention the cry for
unionzaon in the auto industry That would have been
good place to hold this years A. F. of l. convention The
bosses would then have something fear But the
is found in OConnels report that points all the
ursdictiona barriers that would thru multitude Of
unions claiming the members that would thus brought
into the ranks of organized labor He paints the picture
hopeless.
These of the why this A. f. of l. con-
vention is meeting in Atlantic City, where and comfort
abound, you have the price pay. As the A. r. of l.
will choose different place in which to hold its annual
gathering.