The daily worker., 1926-09-11
ANTI-FASCISTI
IN CONVENTION
CHEER GITLOW
Green Offers Support of
A. F. of L.
Especial to The Daily worksr)

ANAAN AOANIAt OCpL. - WIN btNGn
hundred delegates present from all
parts of the country, the opening ses-
sion of the Anti-Faseistl Alliances
convention in Cooper Union Sunday
cheered itself hoarse when speakers
denounced Mussolini for his bloody
rule.
Benjamin Gitlow, representing the
Workers (Communist) Party of Amer
lea was greeted with enthusiasm as
he offered the anti-Fascist organiza-
ton the hearty support of Commu-
nists.
1--WE are actively engaged in a
struggle against Fascismo in the Unit
ed States, in Italy and in every 9TH
er country where 1t manifests ITSELF"
said GitlOw ut came into existence
after the heroic struggle in which the
italian workers were betrayed. They
were seizing factories, raising the Red
flag and gaining control of the army
and navy. The movement was betray-
ed and reaction came in with Musso-
lini and Fascismo. It is a brutal,
military and savage regime. The
eighthour day has been abandoned
in Italy, strikes are Illegal and mill
tant workers are assassinated.
mo wonder the capitalistic govern
ment of the United States, headed by
strike-breaker, President Coolidge
does everything possible to aid Mus
solini. 1t is no wonder that Gary
helps him, for Gary lives by keeping
in subjection the steel slaves who la
Dor in the steel mills of this coun-
try. The workers an all countries are
united in the movement against Fas-
cismo. and those in Italy will over
throw Mussolini and seize the fac
tories and the government. Every
movement on the part Of the workers
here is brutally suppressed by the
capitalistic government of the United
States"
The 700 delegates from all parts of
the country cheered mention by Git
low of Soviet Russia, and there was
added tumu1t when the orchestra
started playing the Internationale.
Dr. Charles Fama, secretary of the
United States board of pension sur
geons and captain of the medical
corps reserve denied that he was
either a socialist or Communist but
denounced Mussolini as a ''cowardly
scoundrel" and said he was in power
only because the opposition was not
united.
The evening session was held at
the Rand school. A telegram was re-
ceived and read there from President
Green of the American Federation of
Labor assuring the convention that
the A. F. of L. stands with you in op-
position to Fascism and all that the
word implies" Green said 'Fascism
has succeeded in destroying indepen-
dent democratic trades. unions in Italy,
free speech, free press, and democ-
racy in government"
kilograms were sent President Coo
hdge demanding for the victims Of
Fascist oppression the right of asylum
enjoyed here of old, and to Judge
Webster Thayer, the trial judge in
the case of Sacco and Vanzett, de-
manding a retrial Sessions continue
in the Rand school.
Solid With Mexican Labor.
At the meeting in the Rand School
the conference heard Roberto Haber-
man, representing the Regional Con-
federation of Labor of Mexico, the
largest organization in the country,
and the Mexican Minister of Mines,
Commerce, Labor and Industry.
Haberman pledged the support of
100000 organized workers of Mex
leo to the fight against the fascist,
and recounted the history of SINH
lar battle which has ragged for cen
tury in Mexico and is now being won
by the forces of progress.
Rome and Mussolini.
He showed the close relationship in
theory and effect between the move
ment led by the Catholic hierarchy of
Mexico to take from the peasants
their land and to peonage, which is
worse than slavery, for slaves cost
money and have to be looked after"
Rome is the greatest enemy Of
Mexican labor from the point OF view
of the fascist and the hierarchy"
said Haberman.
The conference adopted a resolu.
tion to send telegram to President
Gales of Mexico to assure him Of its
solidarity with him in the struggle
against the papacy.
!. L. G. W. in Campaign.
Morris sigman, president Of the In.
ternational Ladies' Garment Workers
pledged the aid of his organization in
the anti-fascist movement, mot only
with sympathy but with every other
support that can lead the great fight
for liberty to victory"
A resolution was adopted asking
Italians in the United States not to
employ italian governmental agencies
in sending funds to relatives in the
fatherland Telaoranna rIadofng tI,o