The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-29

lamps WSAG run ny large open supp
pers and that these open shop en-
ployers dominated the policy of these
camps, and tried to see that the
camps turned out scabs and strike
breakers.
Workers DslIusIoned.
But II any worker had the illusion
that the American Federation of La
Dor would condemn the Citizens Mill
tary Training Camps and would fight
against them, we'll, they have been
disillusioned. Not only that but it
seems that because the State Fedora
ton Of Labor demanded "that the con-
vention Of the Pennsylvania State
Federation Of Labor condemn the
purpose and function Of the Citizens
Military Training Camps and oppose
every move on the part of the employ
ers to organically connect the Amer
lean Federation of Labor with the
War Department to further aid the
bloody plans of the imperialists or to
in any way help in the recruiting of
young workers expected to serve as
cannon fodder in the next war;" the
reactionaries in the A. F. of L. went
out Of their way by not not only ig-
noring the resolution as they usually
do on such a proposition but actually
have taken the first step in connecting
the A. F. Of L. with the War Depart
ment. The executive council did this
by visiting the c. M. T. C. before the
convention of the A. F. of L. and
bringing in a report by which it claim
ed that the workers benefited from
the training that they received in
these camps and that 1t taught them
to become better citizens and that
they improved by the discipline and it
was claimed by some that they de-
veloped good trade union members.
Open Shoppers Favor C. NIT. C.
The workers must find out for them
selves, they do not even have to go
into the Citizens Military Training
Camps but only look over the list of
the chief hackers of the C. M. T. c.,
the trade union smashing capitalists,
to see whether or not these individu-
ais could pursue policy of making
good trade union members out Of the
young workers who are lured to the
camps. A few Of them are J. P. Nor
gan & Co., the Pennsylvania R. R.
System, Armour & Co., American SUI
gar Refining Co., Western Electric Co.
These companies contribute in one
way or another to the Citizens Mill
tary Training Camps. Besides such
notorious people as Atterbury, Charles
G. Dawes and Guy E. Trip of the
General Electric Co., are on the advis-
DRY committee Of the C. M. 7. G. as
ISOLATION. Now could any of the above
train good union members for the
labor movement when all of them are
openly against trade unionism even in
the form as expressed at the present
time by William Green, the president
of the A. F. of L. They will not even
except his crawling and picking up
the crumbs which they throw to him.
The only way that the A. F. of L.
will be forced to fight against the C.
M. T. C. and against the connecting
Of the A. F. Of L. with the War De-
partment is If the rank and file puts
up fight in its unions as can be clear
ly shown that It was not the leader
ship of the labor movement in Penn
sylvania who wanted the resolution
passed but it was the rank and file.
The resolutions committee which was
composed of the following officials
John A. Phillips, Typographical Union;
Thomas Kennedy, U. M. w. A.; Peter
Bollenbacher, Brewery Workmen; Is
aac L. S. Smink, typographical; Rim
aldo Capellini, u. M. w. A., brought
in recommendation that the resolu-
ton on the G. NJ. T. G. be not con-
Cured in, but in spite of the fact
the convention concurred in it by 100
votes in favor and 20 in opposition
1t would be we'll to take into consid-
Grafton the discussion which went on
and who was the one who opposed the
Recommendation of the resolution
committee.
In the whole discussion with the ex-
ception of President Maurer who
spoke against the resolutions commit
tee we did not have another official in
the convention that spoke for the res
olution. All others were rank and fl
ers. Each one of them condemned
militarism, some OF them who have
been across and have been fighting in
the last world war for democracy
lin no uncertain terms condemned mill
tarism in every form.
A Rank and File Resolution.
Though the Pennsylvania State Fed
Grafton Of Labor has passed the res
olution in Pennsylvania as yet the
executive council does not seem to be
carrying out the decisions Of the state
federation. The resolution called
that the incoming executive council
of the Pennsylvania State Federation