The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-10

president.
Speigel and Silva are progressives
and there will at least be less TRAD
ing against the reds" and, we trust,
more effort directed toward organ
izing and building up OF the labor
movement in Utah.
Con D.. Silva, probably the most
progressive of the delegates present,
was, in the absence of the reactionary
president Goodmansen, acting chair
man of the convention. His report
as first vice-president was the most
comprehensive as well as the most
progressive report submitted to the
convention.
Following are some excerpts from
his report:
Organize the unorganIzed.
EVERY delegate to this convention
should upon return to their own I'M
ions urge the local unions to become
active in interesting all unorganized
men and women who work in joining
the organization Of their craft. And
then follow that up by having the
craft come into the central body and
the state federation. You owe this
activity to yourselves as protection
to your wages, to your working day
and to general conditions surround
ing your working place.
II regret very much that the Amer
lean Federation of Labor has failed to
heed the request of the Utah Fedora
ton to aid us by sending an organ
izer into this state. Several similar
requests have been sent to the Amer
lean Federation of Labor by former
conventions. l am sure that if an
organizer were sent here our member
ship would double by the next con-
vention God knows there is plenty
Of organization work to be done in
this state.
DisapproVss A. T. of L. Action.
1.-THE officers Of the federation re-
greet very much that thru the action
OF the A. F. OF L. we have lost the
Brotherhood Of Railway Clerks.
hope that the convention viii go on
record as favoring such action by the
American Federation of Labor as will
settle this controversy on such a
basis as will again give us the aff1lia-
ton Of this splendid body of working
men and women"
Closer Relations With Farmers.
The following recommendation of
Silva's was endorsed and committee
appointed:
II would recommend that the state
federation and the local assemblies
make a point of cultivating closer re-
lations with farm labor as organized
in the Farm Bureau. Not only should
we extend our campaign in behalf of
the union label to the farmers but we
should urge cooperation in all lines.
We should have standing committees
from the federation and assemblies
to act as fraternal delegates to the
Farm Bureaus and to keep them il
touch with our activities. We should
ask Farm Bureaus to send fraternal
delegates to meet with us.
Condemns Company Union.
I Let US not forget the menace of
the company controlled union. That
is one thing organized labor must
fight with all its power. 1t is one of
the worst forms Of wage slavery.
These company unions and the "open
shop" are fostered by the Associated
Industries which hide their real pur-
poses behind what they hypocritically
call the American Plan" l recon-
mend that delegates urge their I'M
ions to give stronger support to the
Labor Bulletin" That is the most
effective means of fighting the COM
pany unions and the Associated In
dustries..
Labor Party?
cannot close this report without
calling to mind ,one Incident of our
dip into PRACTICAL. politics two
years ago. In Weber County all
the labor, progressive and radical