Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1926-01-01
To All Organised Labor:

Information has reached nc that
central bodies AMI local trade unions
IN various parts ef the country have
been askd TO contribute 10 a fund to
be used 70 send committee of alleged
labor representatives 10 Russia for
the same purpose that committee Of
communists from Great Britain visited
Russia and sought 10 make the werld
believe that the soviet govsfnmen, MAS
representative Of the people.
The agitation for the creation ef
this committee Is being cafried on hs
the members OF the communist organ
nations and those who are in sym-
pathy with communism.
While this agitation Is in progress
representatives ftom the Russian gov
efnment have banQueted with Amer.
can bankers and are now sowing the
seed Of their pefnieious doctrine in
the capital of our nation.
The American Federation of Labor
at iis convention IN Atlantic City
October s.i6, 1925, unanimously con.
demned In vigorous language the
cemmunlstic philosophy and the whole
dictatorship in Russia. Following Is
the action of that convention.
"fhc American Federation Of Labor
stands uneqnivoeally for democracy,
for the right of people TO rule them.
selves aud 10 control tholr own deeti-
nies through political machinery of
their own making.
THE American Federation of Labor
Nth all .aE fhn ..F "a
high ideaiiSm every kind of autoency,
bureaucracy or dictatorship. whether
brutal or benevolent
"rhe American Federation of Labor
is emphatieally opposed 10 revolution
and 10 tho teaching OF revolution by
violence wherever democracy exists
and where the people have the power
10 modify or change their government
through the use of constitutional
means.
The American Federation OF Labor
denounces the whole communal phil
osophy which is superimposed on the
Russian Soviet government both as a
philosophy and as structure of 30
called government,
'srhe American Federation of Labor
opposes the whole communist phil.
osophy and dogma and the whole die
,atorship in that unhappy and OPP
pressed country,
"rhe American Federation Of Labor
declares it's hostility not merely in .
defensivs manner but la n vital and
aggressive manner.
"rhe American Federation Of Labor
urges the government of the United
States to maintain the position II has
taken In favor of non-recognltion OF
the soviet regime and We commend
our government for its courage, It's
adherence 10 fundamental principles
of democracy and It's absolute refusal
10 be drawn into the barter aud sale
for diplomatic advantage and capital
istie exploitation.
"The American Federation of Labor
will not barter its honor OF It's faith
in democracy In that manner and !,
will oppose with all its might any
governmental attempt In that dirce-
ton.
The American Federation Of Labor
will continue It's opposition against
all forms OF communist agitation In
the United States and in the Western
Hemisphere and We are proud OF the
pledge Of cooperation In that difees
ton which has been given US by the
organized workers Of Mexico.
''rhe American Federation of Labor
in democratic in faith and structure
and II can never be otherwise. Demo
eracy and autocraey can mike no com.
promise. To compromise with tins
enemy Is inevitably to the advantage
of the enemy.
'sThe American Federation Of Labor
porposea, In the future as In the past
10 use every honorable method 70 pro-
teet its own integrity against the cor
rupting. disntegrating, devastating
OF communism and TO pro-
tect in like vigorous manner every
institution in our Republic
We stand for America, for democratic
America, and we want the world 10
understand that fact"
The plan Of sending a committee 10
Russia Is not In the interest Of the
wage earners Of the United States or
of the people generally, II is In the
Interest Of the few communists who
are endeavohng TO hold power In Rus
sia, TO strengthen that power and to
extend It's influence throughout the
other nations OF the world.
Such a committee will not be repre-
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