The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-07-04

eral secretary of the Amsterdam In
ternational, Oudegeest, who lost his
sleep and appetite for grief, began to
develop stormy journalistic activities.
AS result of his efforts the interna-
tional social democratic press has now
been flooded with articles and notes
sharply opposing unity Of the interna-
tional trade union movement.
TN an editorial article in the central
4 organ of the Dutch. Social Democ-
racy, "Het volk." Of May s, we read
that among the followers" of the
unity slogan a distinction should be
made between those misled and those
who do the misleading, that the unity
effort is result of cooperation be-
tween the NATIVITY of the ones and the
dishonesty of the othersP that trade
union unity "a journal edited by
Comrades Purcell, Hicks and Finn
mem is the camp mainly of those mis-
led and that 1.-The editors and contri-
butors of this organ display more
zeal than political wisdom" ETC., etc,
in the same spirit.
ILrE would not deal with this dig
w nifed" literature had it not been
for the fact that it represents
sample of the methods which the sec
ond international and the right wing
of the Amsterdam international are
forced to resort to in the struggle
against the danger" of the restora-
fiou ~ union rrffu
However, Oudegeest apparently was
not content with the anonymous at
tack upon the Anglo-Russian rap
prochement and taking as his excuse
an article in the Labor Magazine, the
organ of the British Trade Union
Congress and labor party, which be-
Titles the significance of the r. /. L.
u, he took upon himself nothing less
than the job of saving the Russian
trade union movement from the Com
munist Party.
A FTER vituperous outpOuring up
"A on thesheads oof ffzinoviev, Lozov-
sky, and the other leaders standing
outside the ranks of their own trade
union movement" for their systematic
and tireless struggle against reform
ism, Oudegeest treats his readers to
the following Dutch concoction:
1.-THE position of the Communist
Party in Russia, not only from
political, but from trade unionist
point of view as we'll, Is more diff
cult than everl The leaders of the
Russian trade union movement will
no longer reconcile themselves ~
with a position of subordination to
the Communist Party leaders. The
further the capitalist system lie be.
coming rehabiltated in Russia, the
more clearly do the trade unions
realize their true tasks and the i'm
portance Of independence.
"MTE would really gladly support
w our friend (?) Tomsky and
his comrades In their struggle ~
for freedom from the violence Of
the Communist Party, but owing to
the position of a number of coun-
tries, where the Communist trade
unionists have not yet become as
independent as our Russian COM
rades, we are forced to ponder over
the question Of whether this sort
of consideration for the Russian
comrades would not prove too costly
In the other countries.
"XTE, who know Of the neeotIa-
Vbtlons between Russia and Eng
Iand'somewhat more (I) than would
appear from the general press ac-
counts, have gathered the definite
impression that Tomsky and his
followers are ready to tread along
the true path. But the fact remains
that the Russian trade unions are
affiliated to the Red international Of
Labor Unlons, which takes orders
(7) from the Communist Party and
whose constitution dictates to It's
adhefents In the various countries
the destruction ~ Of the Amster-
dam international as appears also
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