The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-29
FOREIGN-BORN
COUNCIL GETS
STARTED HERE
Will Send Delegates to
Washington \

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tion Of Foreign Born, representing
over 10000 workers, organized April
10, is conducting an intensive orpan-
zation drive for additional affiliations
from trade unions, fraternaI and other
labor organizations. Four trade unions
have affiliated with the Chicago coun-
Gil since the conference. They are
Carpenters Local 10 and 416 and
Maehinists' Locals 800 and 47s. This
l brings the total of unions affiliated to
date up to nineteen, with considerable
possibilities for more. The |. L. G. W.
joint board affiliation includes the
seven !. L. G. w. locaIs.s
The executive committee elected at
the conference is circularizing the local
trade unions and other workers or
CARNATIONS not yet represented, ex-
planning the anti-alien bills before con-
gress and requesting them to affiliate
with the Chicago Council. The execu-
tive committee at it's meeting Sunday
April rs, took up the matter of issuing
petitions in protest against the pas
sage of these vicious bills against the
workers.
Will Send Delegates to Washington.
The enlarged executive committee
of twenty-one members will hold
special session on May to select del
egates to the National Conference of
the Foreign Born Council to be held
at Washington, d. c., some time in
May. 1t is the intention of the Chi
cago Council to send three delegates
A number of contributions have come
into the Chicago Council to develop
the future work.
At the organization conference an
enlarged executive committee of
twenty-one was elected with a small
working executive of seven members.
The council selected its chairman, Sec
rotary and treasurer. The executive
committee of twenty-one is consti-
tuted as follows:
J. J. Uhlman, business agent Ma
chinists' District Council;
Gross, Local 5, International Ladies
Garment Workers.
NJ. Perner, Machinists' Local 337.
]. T. Heinrichson, Painters Local
275.
Max orlowsky. Machinists' Local
$50.
J. Levin, manager joint board, I. L.
lG. W.
Max Hankin, Machinists' Local 199
l. L. Davidson, joint board i. L.
A. L. Isbell, American Negro Labor
Congress. cg
J.sDanta Local 11s, Tool and Dye
Workers Union.
Arne Swabeck, Painters Local 1914.
John Tuhy, Local "a, Machinists'
Union.
A. Berman, Carpenters Local 504.
John Semashko, Local 3, Building
Trades.
Pete Kashuk, Ukranian Conference
for Protection of Foreign Born.
]. Andrulis, Alliance of Lithuanian
Organizations.
VIM. Stepanoff, Russian Conference
Foreign Born.
E. H. Borgeson. Scandinavian Con-
ference Foreign Born.
Sam Cohen, Joint Board, Interna-
tional Ladies' Garment Workers.
Borisoff Shklar, Pullman Council for
the Protection of Foreign-Born Work
ers.
The president of the council is Max
Orlowsky from Machinists' Local $50;
vice-president, A. L. Isbell, American
Negro Labor Congress; recording Sec
rotary, John Tuhy, Machinists' Local
"a, and treasurer, Matt Perner, Ma
chinists' Local 3S7.
Campaign for Union Affiliations.
/ The Chicago Council for the Protec-
ton of Foreign Born is organized to
promote the campaign of enlighten-
ment as to the real character of the
bills proposed by Congressman Aswell,
McClintic, Osnowski and others. 1t
will use all means available to fight
the passage of these bills. The coun-
Gil will also conduct a campaign:
/. To promote cooperation of or
CARNATIONS of foreign-born workers
with the general labor movement
for the purpose OF protecting the
common interest.
2. To promote facilitation of the
granting of citizenship to all alien
residents within the shortest posi-
BILE time.
3. To promote the establishment
of a national center which will help
unity the activities of the movement
of protest against the anttalien bills
as expressed in the Councils for Pro-
lection of Foreign Born now organ
lied in various cities in the United
States.
Members of the council are visiting
local unions and fraternal organiza-