The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-17
Secretary of Labor
]. j. Davis Tries to
Stem Progressive Tide
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session barring all visitors to the con-
vention and launched into an attack
against the Communists and VIM. ].
White from Girard in particular who
is visiting the convention as member
of the organization. Tighe and his
cohorts accused White of giving out
information to The DAILY WORKER
and the Communist Party and read the
first article written by myself on the
convention. No proof was offered that
the contents of the article were not
true, but a terrible crime had been
committed to let the workers know
that there is in existence in these
United States union called the Anal
gamated Association of Iron, Steel &
Tin Workers that is supposed to take
into it's ranks all workers working
within the steel industry.
have pointed out in a previous ar
ticle that Tighe and company does not
want to organize the steel industry but
insists on maintaining the Amalgama
ted as a small craft organization of the
skilled workers and Ignore the great
number of the semi-skilled and I'M
skilled workers who constitute the
majority in the steel industry whom
this reactionary band of lickspittles
even insist on insulting by inviting
one Of their worst enemies to address
the convention in the person of ]. ].
Davis who never misses an opportun-
ity to attack these foreign born work
ers, the creators of the wealth of the
steel trusts.
Progressives One Third.
The progressive forces led by Jen-
nings of Granite City, McKeown from
Liberty Lodge, Warren, Wilbur from
McKees Rocks, Kingston from Girard
and others fought against the move
of Tighe to go into executive session,
only trick motion to exclude White
from the convention. The reasoning of
these so-called leaders seems to be
that the rank and file members Of the
union shall not be allowed to know
about and participate in the delibera-
| tons of their own union.
The vote on the motion which was
put over right after the speech of
Davis showed that the progressives
polled over one third Of delegates in
spite of the well prepared trickery of
the machine.
The convention is still discussing
the wage scale and the report Of the
committee on the officers report have
not yet come before the convention.
The question of organization have not
yet been discussed but will no doubt
come up within the next couple Of
days.
Tighe in his report goes into the
usual Mysteries Of the labor takers and
recommends the expulsion of Com
munists from the Amalgamated and
the committee on officers report is re-
commencing that the officers be given
the full power to carry out this policy.
The progressives on this committee
are in the minority but intend to fight
against this attempt to destroy the
union by expelling the best fighters
who have been in the forefront in the
struggle against the bosses and also
recognizing. that this will only be
prelude to the next step of expelling
all the opposition forces to his rule
or ruin policy. The Amalgamated Asso-
citation has within its ranks only a
fraction of the great number Of UNI
organized steel workers m this
country.
II does not exclude members OF the
political parties of the capitalist class,
the X. X. K and other political insti-
tutions in this country and the Pro-
gresslve forces must fight against this
attempt to expel members of politi-
cal party OF the working class. The
Amalgamated must become q real in
strument of the steel workers in their
struggles against the steel trust. This
can be accomplished by the progress
sive forces by the adoption OF real
program OF action which will finally
overthrow the bankrupt leadership OF
Tighe and company place at the head
Of the union men who will fight for
the interests of the steel workers.