The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-06

4 dustry as introduced by O'Connell
resolved, 'tthat the officers Of the
American Federation of Labor are
hereby authorized and instructed to
inaugTate a general organizing cam
paign in the automobile industry at
the earliest possible date and that the
president Of the A. F. OF L. call a con-
ference of the officers of all national
or international organizations for the
purpose Of working out the details so
that questions of jurisdiction may for
the time being be eliminated to the
end that all employed in the automo-
bile industry may be brought into
membership in the A. F. of L."
The committee permitted the last
part of the resolve to stand. But it
changed the first part so as to leave
the organization Of the automobile
workers to the discretion of Green.
Resolved" It said in It's altered
form, that the president Of the Amer
lean Federation Of Labor call a con-
ference of all national and interna-
honal organizations interested In the
automobile industry for the purpose
Of working out details to inaugurate a
general organizing campaign among
the workers of that industry :"
No one rose to protest against this
clear-cut avoidance Of the most con-
spicuous Of all the tasks of the fedora
ton. Surrounded by the automobile
plants of the Ford Motor Co, the Cen
eral Motors Corp, the Hudson Motor
Car Co., the Packard, the Cadillac, the
Fisher Body Corp. and the others, the
official" representatives of the Amer
lean labor movement passed blind
resolution. The propaganda of the
American Plan autocrats whom Mai.
Berry so eloquently called "hypocrit-
teal" was incemparably less hypocrit-
zeal than this resolve. O'Connell spoke
on the resolution and his first sen
tence was almost slight-of-hand, in
view Of what the committee had done
to his proposal.
7 rise to support the recommends
ton of the committee" he said, "and
to occupy your time for few minutes
In calling your attention to the impor-
lance Of the proposition"
Note how the second clause follows
fast on the first, as If to color it and
disguise it. Is 1t the recommends
ton and the resolve that are impor-
tant or does he mean the problem Of
organizing the automobile industry
"The automobile industry Is the
third largest industry IN the United
States" he continued.
He described the industry and its
lack Of organization. And he con-
cluded by saying, mo task confront
ing US in this country in organization
is equal to the task ask you to face
in the organization Of the automobile
industry, and If we get the hearty sup
port and the united cooperation Of the
international officers OF the trades in
terested in this work, by the next con-
vention we may be able TO report to
you that this problem has been at
least penetrated to the extent Of plans
being made and work being done that
Will bring hope. happiness and pros
perity to the millions of people en-
ployed in the industry"
What has become OF the first mill
tant suggestion which caused the
board Of directors OF the Board of
Commerce to sound the alarm Of "an-
. other Herrin?"
Now you see it and now You don't
Maj. Berry himself in the printed
proceedings is listed as absent from
the afternoon session of Thursday,
Oct. 7, when the committee on resolu-
lions reported. T. w. Mccullough,
delegate of the international Typo
graphical Union, rose to say among
other vague things that he agreed
with Andrew Furuseth. Of the Inter
national Seamen's Union OF America,
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